The southern yemeni city of aden is the Prime Minister accuses the session is of staging a coup. Corruption and conflict high on the agenda as the African Union leaders hold their annual summit in ethiopia. Russian Opposition Leader likes in the family arrested as hundreds marched through moscow to show their support. Turkish backed forces take on the troll of the mountains north and soon. Now yemens Prime Minister is calling for an immediate cease fire in the Southern City of aden earlier here q separatists of staging a coup well so far at least ten people have been killed in fighting between Security Forces and secessionists the Security Forces are on the side of president abdurrahman sword had the. Theyre backed by the Saudi Led Coalition this is session this is supported by the government of the United Arab Emirates which is supposed to be also part of that coalition the u. A. E. Is part of the saudi led effort lets get the latest from osama bin. Yemens Prime Minister said secessionists have staged a coup in the city of wade and. Thats where the government had been based for the last few years there are reports of several people being killed in fighting between progovernment forces and separatists. This mobile phone footage appears to show people arriving in the city thousands of protesters have been gathering against the internationally recognized and saudi backed government the demonstrators are backed by the United Arab Emirates which is supposed to be saudi arabias ally in yemen. But its not necessarily a bad situation when youre. Really upset saudi across very important country in yemen. You are now you worry are not creating. A lot and your if you and all of the women who were there with me i. Think you would know that you are its own you have your own lives on the. Enormous youre really hungry i think we didnt want to repeat and based on current situation. The conflict in todays yemen is complicated the country used to be divided between north and south yemen until unification in one thousand nine hundred but the differences never really went away since the fight the duties began in two thousand and fifteen the secessionists have fought for control over air and sea ports of aden last week seven forces led by the man appointed by president of the rebel months who are highly as the governor of aden and i was to overthrow hardys government that Major General rule is to be rejected the deployment of northern forces to the south. Now the future of president hadi is in question he has been based in saudi arabia along with this Prime Minister havent been that are who struggled to control southern yemen despite support from saudi arabia. Womens elected government was pushed out of the capital sanaa in the north and now it doesnt seem to have a place in the south as well as some of the job aid others there. Lets go live now to aljazeera as correspondent. Who is covered yemen extensively lets start first of all with the basic question because we know the Prime Minister is saying theres a lot of military movement going on in aden whos in control of the city right now. So i mean i have been talking to people in there and they say basically that fighting continues as we speak intense fighting between the succession is forces backed by the United Arab Emirates on one hand and forces loyal to the president of the government so how do you who lives in saudi arabia the process session is why it is affiliated with the south Transitional Council have managed over the last few hours to control a major government buildings they say that they are committed to continue their fight and so they can control now the. Oil to has the. Seem to be losing the ground because now the u. A. E. And the secessionists have the upper hand we dont know how things will move into the coming hours but however how these someone who comes from from which is near neighboring then i think he calls all the tribes and and forces loyal to him and over the coming hours to join the whites in aden thats where we could see some very serious developments situation has been described to us by different activists operating as serious and explosive serious an explosive what does it mean for the coalition because weve got two sides backed by two Different Countries saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Which are supposed to be on the same side in this conflict. Its baffling though in a way sadly i mean if you look at the coalition in theory the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia are on the same page in the northern part of the event they take on the whole things and they say that the who things have taken use power to destabilize yemen when it comes to the south theyre not on the same page start your abs as you know that it backs up almost so how do you who is the internationally recognized president of yemen but the United Arab Emirates has been staunchly bad. Liking the fashionistas the secessionist have been Building Momentum over the last few years and they say that they are determined to break away from northern yemen they want to reinstate the south yemen republic that existed before nine hundred ninety this is something that could further undermine the chances to unify yemen its more fragmented than ever now this is the scary scene are your for yemen sami if the session is continue taking control of areas like i didnt have that im more to might say you know what i think we have to set up because the hard on me is have been saying over the last two years that he would like to have their own representation elease places like. And in some sort of limbo is going to be one of the most nightmarish scenarios that you could see in the near future that could pave the way for groups are affiliated with al qaeda for example to stage a comeback historically speaking people which is the most powerful. Outside pakistan afghanistan have you taken advantage of instability in the yemen to further expand so its a very delicate situation for the International Coalition for the Saudi Led Coalition and all the parties which have been trying to work hard to put an end to the conflict that has claimed the lives of thousands of people in yemen over the last two years or a lot of that. To get a better understanding of the recent unrest lets take a look at yemens past for much of the latter part of the Twentieth Century the country was divided into north and south the north enjoyed support from saudi arabia while the south went from being a british colony to a marxist state backed by the former soviet union but in one thousand nine hundred ninety the two sides united with the president of the north and becoming the leader. After just four years from the french our union was torn apart by civil war silas forces captured aid in defeating the south and forcing yemen back into a unified state friction has continued between the two sides with the south often complaining about what it sees as unfair treatment by the north while the south is resorts rich it says the north gets more investment and attention thats led to the birth of a Popular Movement which wants independence for southern yemen. Brahim is a news editor at middle east i joined us now from london good to have you with us lets start with the push being made by forces loyal to the former governor as a baby theyre the ones who are clashing with forces loyal to months old how the the internationally recognized president the way these forces what do they outta mutlu want secession and independence. It seems that that is what they want and there have been calls since last sunday so its been about a week for people to go down to the streets to protest and the Transitional Council has been calling on her duty and the head of government to dissolve for a new government to be appointed they are calling for independence as well as weve seen on the ground the clashes are continuing and the situation is developing very quickly the forces that are calling for this is session have taken over several Government Councils and buildings and they are moving towards the president ial building so the situation is quite tense there backed by the United Arab Emirates trained by the United Arab Emirates and by them does the u. A. E. Want to see yemens breakup and if so why. The this situation complicates the Coalition Forces and what their stance is because as we know the saudi arabia and the u. A. E. There are within a correlation thats fighting the Houthi Rebels but when it comes to the south the stance is on opposite sides to some extent while saudi arabia is backing hedi and his government the u. A. E. Has been backing the former governor of aden and a minister who was also sacked in may two thousand and seventeen by hedi break and both of these are very strong leaders in the south they have a lot of support and they are regarded as men so we can see from the situation and whats escalating in aden at the moment that saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Are on opposite sides there have been reports that came out in may two thousand and seventeen as well that teddy and the u. A. E. Are very angry with each other and there has been an escalation in a situation as well where since. Sacked the governor and the cap. Minister he was called by u. A. E. Politicians as someone who stepped in the back and there were calls for him to step down and to be replaced some i understand your question is that it was the u. A. E. Seeking obviously an extension of its power does it seem to interest to have the south broken away from yemen does that give strategic interest to the u. A. E. To its ports some say its looking for control over shipping lanes is that whats going on from the u. A. E. Perspective that that may be possible as we know the south is very rich in resources aden is a very important seaport there has been a lot of confrontation and conflict on who. Who owns or who is in control of the airport so it seems to be that the u. A. E. May be trying to enforce its control and power in the south and there are there are calls and there is potential support for that among many people and the south the south movement and the south Transitional Council so there may be support for such a movement which the u. A. E. May be indeed trying to enforce in the region or it will leave it there for now thanks so much for your analysis on that one. Thank you leaders from fifty five African Union nations are meeting in ethiopia for the organizations and youll summits in the fight against corruption is taking center stage jury is present one of the hardy is being put in charge of the blanks first Anti Corruption dr also discussed conflicts goal to end all wars across the continent by twenty twenty but there are challenges thirteen of the eighteen you Member States to to hold elections this year are either in conflict emerging from conflict or have a history of electoral strife the block will also tackle how to pay for its projects it wants to be able to finance and self completely right now most of the money comes from foreign donors. Some might say is this a new summit setting itself up for a Mission Impossible by making its main theme tackling corruption. Its very hard not to this skeptical lots of we can have to fight for them coming from countries that have a huge corruption problem and some of whom have come. To power through fraudulent means and questionable elections will be able to discuss corruption and find a solution to it but many say that they actually hold that they have found it important enough to discuss an option in africa is an all time high and according to a report was entered at the African Union summit fifty billion dollars is lost in the continent listed out rules capital and this is just from commercial transactions that when you include. Optional should show corruption it becomes a huge problem that has become an obstacle not only to the fight against colbert report also in some say the cost of all these tens of thousands of young People Living in africa trying to look. Elsewhere outside the continent and many people say that they are discussing it is by itself progress. The conference is also tackling a wide range of issues from immigration to an open skies agreement tell us a little bit about the other issues. Well the other main issue which actually consumed the most took their time this morning east issue all institutional reform as well as financial reform of the African Union the union right now has a quest host funding onto its streets to how its own members paying for its programs and projects right now its funded. By outside bonus. The scheme that tells the whole of Member States should impose a living over zero point two percent on imports into africa and into those countries so far only twenty one countries have implemented these and they are question marks and questions coming from the flys the main countries that donates funds to the African Union within africa algeria moral core south africa and nigeria present told the government is taking over the leadership also the continental body today and he will have a very daunting task trying to come these these five countries and others who dont believe in the scheme of the whole also being calls for Regional Economic integration and cross border trade all those calls going anywhere. Well this is something that has been on the agenda almost every time its. A quest thats africa three and small because africa does not see it as much as huge so its just one of those. Things thats a problem and flew on the agenda of the African Union. I would leave it there for now thanks so much mamma died out. Russias Opposition Leader has been arrested he was attempting to attend a rally called in moscow it was organized in response to him being barred from standing in the president ial election in march police have refused to authorize the rally hundreds of civilities turned up anyway. Hours earlier police raided his office and said they were looking for a bomb they shut down the live feed of his opposition television station. Activists report that ninety people have been detained across the country several were arrested in siberia it was among the first major city to stage a pro the protest organizers say rallies were planned in one hundred cities. Only chance is live for us in moscows other planned in one hundred cities most the must have started by now did they pick up the pace is expected. I have to say that here in moscow the crowd has thinned out significantly over the last half hour or so. If youve been here an hour ago this square pushkin square in central moscow would have been absolutely pants with protesters shouting the slogans that you hear time and time again at these demonstrations putin is a thief russia will be free now as you say there have been numerous arrests in various cities across this vast vast country in moscow there seems to be a much lighter touch no arrests there i could see here in central moscow although in the last thirty minutes or so most of the young people who were here are headed down tools of kremlin which is that way and i did see in a fair few police vans following down there were lights flashing so we might start to see some arrests here in moscow of course the big exceptions that lightness of touch that i just mentioned is when it comes to no volume so he turned up at this rally earlier on the day it was spotted very quickly. By police and bundles quite roughly into the back of a police van now he says his detention doesnt matter its all because all the people are turning out across russia he says are turning out not to protest for him but to protest for their own futures. This cant have been a surprise from the valley or the threat of arrest or possibility arrest always present while his message what is their sort of backup plan or plan to deal with this scenario now that hes been arrested. Well i mean this is what happens every time he calls for a demonstration every time people come out onto the streets because this is essentially an illegal unsanctioned protest so he will get arrested other people will get arrested his message now hes been barred from the elections as well as the. Russians people who support him should stay away from the elections in two thousand and eighteen in a couple of months time the space agree they should boycott that hes trying to turn out to try and drive down the turnout for the elections essentially to reduce the legitimacy of produce and reduce the legitimacy of the kremlin because everyone here pretty much assumes that it is going to be about to me a person who wins the elections in march and alexina valmy wants to make that victories as illegitimate as he can possibly make it where you. Live thanks so much challenge in moscow. Plenty more still ahead on the news hour including one on kongs most prominent activists is barred from standing for elections there. After more than one hundred people are killed in a car bomb attack in kabul new questions about the long running war. And its spore Roger Federer wins his twentieth grand slam title at the israeli an open details coming up with product later in the show. 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