After the gang rape of a young indigenous girl and dozens of the useless by soldiers. Ivory coast is facing new Political Uncertainty after the sudden death of its Prime Minister ahmed do gone pretty badly collapsed during a Cabinet Meeting just 3 months before he was supposed to run for president nicolas hoc reports. Moments before his death Prime Minister ahmed who gone coulibaly appeared upbeat as he entered a Cabinet Meeting chosen by the ruling party as its president ial candidate he just tweeted to have a vision is not about church and political gains but careful planning for decades to come but inside the meeting he suffered a coughing fit collapsed and died no official cause has been given but he suspected of having suffered a heart attack last thursday you was welcomed home by president ouattara after spending 2 months in france for medical treatment over his heart condition the 61 year old was what he has chosen successor. Im back to take my place alongside the president to continue the work of development and construction of our country the ivory coast. In an address to the nation what are described as his younger brother his son. With the death of. Ivory coast loses a mugging for the youth an example of competence and persistence. After the tribute will come the political fighting his death creates a political vacuum with many eager to take his place and become the ruling partys candidate for octobers president ial elections the president s spokesman. And defense minister. Favorites while the countrys economy back on track critics accuse him of failing to address the deep grievances that led to the 2011 civil war 3000 people died after former president refused to concede defeat to ouattara. Whoever replaces you will have to put up a Strong Campaign against experience rivals including former Prime Minister gibbs civil and Opposition Leader oh he could o. B. D. A former president with elections just 4 months away the sudden death of quickly puts ivory coast into a new period of Political Uncertainty because hawke aljazeera. Is chief executive director of the Africa International media group share explained what political challenges may lie ahead the main problems occurring now you know we will watch each what really happened because we can reckon with a lot of tensions and also maybe president wiped out i will say when the constitution allows me to run again and facing that situation we have a note of former president 86 years old mrs romney and a lot of tension we dont unite and about candidates. Within my property so maybe iran meisner president whether there was not even a very comfortable position to do to begin with but now with this openly everybody all the political also me feel that was the signal to come up with their own ambitions and really i mean it may be great tense. The u. N. Secretary general is warning of unprecedented levels of foreign interference in libya and on your television is urging warring parties and their International Backers to end the political stalemate and agree to a cease fire diplomatic editor james bays has more from u. N. Headquarters in new york. 2020 was the year the u. N. And the International Community said they would bring peace to libya instead violence has intensified with repeated war crimes mass graves and civilian casualties there are new risks as well as opportunities for peace now that general have to forces have been pushed all the way to sirte time is not on our side in libya the conflict is and. Foreign interference reaching and levels including in the delivery of sophisticated equipment and the number of mercenaries involved in the fighting germany has been leading International Efforts in january it pulled together key players at a conference in birdland germany now has the presidency of both the e. U. And of the Un Security Council its foreign minister was blunt some of the countries who signed up to the berlin communique 6 months ago have been undermining it ever since with their actions current interference in may and the main driver of the conflict in libya it must be projects to an end that means no more planes no more tanks no more trucks or cargo ships full of weapons and no matter what lies so will those directly involved in libya now back down representatives of russia egypt and the United Arab Emirates said they support the u. S. Position even though theyre widely believed to back general have to militarily. France has a growing Strategic Partnership with the u. A. E. And was strongly critical of fellow nato member turkey the main supporter of the government of national. The problem is this porters of general have to know hes now in a much weakened position and they may want to bolster his military standing before any negotiations on the other side supporters of the government of National Accord no battle with half the insert would be very bloody but after that there be an open road to the part of libya where much of the countrys Oil Infrastructure is based james 0 at the United Nations libyas u. N. Recognized government says its found a prison used by warlords only for have to torture opponents government leaders in tripoli are calling on the un to investigate mass graves discovered near the prison in tahrir who are forces of the government of National Accord capture the city from have to fight as in june its believed the warlords forces buried the torture victims after months of taking aim at mexico the u. S. President has welcomed his mexican counterpart to the white house and there is money Lopez Obrador is in criticize for holding talks with donald trump who remains a divisive figure in mexico over his immigration policies and border war the leftist leader defended the trip as trade related some democrats say trump wants to use the occasion to drum up support among hispanic voters ahead of novembers election. The relationship between the United States and mexico has never been closer than it is right now and as the president said a little while ago people were betting against that they were actually betting against. It but its never been stronger never been closer were doing tremendous job together were cherished friends partners and neighbors our cooperation is founded on mutual trust and Mutual Respect between the 2 of us and between our 2 countries. But ok yes but i say i decided to come because it was very important for us to launch this new agreement but i also wanted to thank the people of the u. S. Government and you President Trump for being increasingly respectful of awful and mexicans and personal support in acquiring medical equipment to treat coronavirus patients thats why im here to express to the American People that their president has treated us with kindness and respect long live the friendship of our 2 nations well Christopher Wilson as they deploy the director of the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center he says despite trumps warm woods he continues to maintain a hard line on mexico and the policies and rhetoric from president from on a day to day basis have not changed that much he still is pushing mexico to be an extension of u. S. Immigration policy howards migrants seeking asylum in the United States by other cases the process used the National Guard in mexico to block migrants from among through mexico to the United States and generally speaking in rather aggressive terms of about the country now he doesnt speak that way about the president himself there is respect and this is what the 2 president s are talking about between each other as individuals perhaps even some sort of strange come rothery because of their similar populist styles of governing and distaste for institutions but the relationship itself i mean when i hear the president say today speaking from the rose garden about how wonderful the relationship is i just have to ask myself what world theyre living in because its not the same one that im living in watching these policies and all and watching really harm done to us mexico relations as a result of the policies. Now its a crime that sparked outrage in colombia the gang rape of an indigenous last month by a group of soldiers its turned the spotlight on the militarys record of Sexual Violence and human rights abuses as the country struggles to overcome decades of conflict. Reports. There was shocking. Kidnapping and raping an 11 year old indigenous girl 2 weeks ago. Protests broke out outside a number of army bases across the country demanding justice as more abuse cases came to light. That usually reticent armed forces publicly admitted that since 2016 at least 100. 00 the incidents of Sexual Violence against minors have been or still are being investigated. While 45 soldiers have been sacked another 75 remain active despite evidence against them. As. The military forces and its institutions should be protecting our rights not violating them if those who are supposed to protect our territories are abusing and threatening us what can we expect by the rest even theres a level of silence by the institutions trying to keep these cases invisible indigenous communities have long been vulnerable to Sexual Violence by both legal and illegal armed forces in the countrys internal conflict and the signing of a peace deal with fart rebels in 2016 has been stopped the crimes as pressure mounted the head of the army announced that another 31 soldiers were going to be discharged but insisted that it had never tried to protect the soldiers implicated. No colombian soldier is trained within the institution to attack the human rights of boys girls or adolescents. It has been a particularly bad year for Colombian Armed forces as a number of scandals have affected its image from accusations of illegal spying to the possible return of extra judicial killings but for many here Sexual Violence cases that were truly the last straw a new poll shows on them precedented fall in support from 85 percent to 48 percent in less than 6 months it was meant. To lead an investigation uncovering one of the abuses says that while military scandals are nothing new to the mens for justice show Colombian Society is changing. Since we used to have a major internal conflict society forgive the military because there was a big enemy the father. But there is no far anymore and society is not willing to forgive anymore and these scandals likely mean this time reform of the armed forces will be inevitable. For those affected by the violence real reform can come soon enough. And just. Time for a short break here on aljazeera when we come back in town to help out the meal deal being offered by the British Government to help kick start the economy and why a lebanese businessman jailed in the u. S. For providing millions of dollars to hezbollah has returned home Early Morning that stay with us. Hello we are watching the development of something vaguely tropical in georgia in the carolinas and its still there its still got the potential to develop into nothing exciting but a rather wet saying this is rather more obvious in its line its a cold front now ahead of it as being quite warm were not about 23 in winnipeg which means theyll be some pretty big thunderstorms up in the prairies far north of canada and some pretty big thunderstorms i would think in the midwest it temporarily quite quiet in the Southern States but as early stay that way but look whats happening up through married and then beyond this on shore breeze in the blue in the orange thats rather wet and unpleasant weather and still pretty warm washington d. C. Its 33. 00 degrees were on the top of where it should be this time of the year showers rings for the measure i did have been quite poky as you can see running through can Dominican Republic that general line moves slowly west towards so theyre going to cooper in jamaica and concentrate i suspect in nicaragua where the heavy rain is like to be rather persistent off the coast of mexico is a truck or depression which you cant any longer see its well gets to acapulco otherwise were just talking about coastal showers right the way up through mexico. Were talking about ivory poachers who have decimated populations of elephants in africa they almost always shipped the ivory out of a different country from where it was poached because thats where you start your search to look in the wrong place this radiocarbon dating method tell us if trade ivory is legal or not then we have a place we can focus Law Enforcement on take those out and perhaps choke the source of the ip from entering the network take no one else is. Talking about her come out of the top stories here on aljazeera ivory coasts Prime Minister has died after fainting during a Cabinet Meeting im a bally was the ruling partys candidate for the president ial election in october. The u. N. Secretary generals warning of unprecedented levels of foreign interference in libya i dont know but that is urging the warring parties and the International Back us to end the political stalemate and agree to a ceasefire. And the u. S. President has welcomed his mexican counterpart to the white house and that is money a lot of a goal has been criticized for holding talks with donald trump who remains a divisive figure in mexico of his immigration policies and border war. The u. S. Has seen the biggest jump in coronavirus cases recorded by any country in a single day more than half the states are seeing a rise in the number of infections despite that secretary of state mike pompei o says the world is looking to the u. S. For guidance as a Global Leader in the fight against the pandemic gable is on that has more now from new york. In states like new york where im at in new jersey the neighboring states the numbers have come way down but overall in the United States its a much much different story 35 states right now in the u. S. Currently are seeing their numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases increasing and theres only 3 states that see the numbers decreasing of the numbers of the states that are hardest hit on this give you a few anecdotes from california the governor just said there that in the last 2 weeks the number of hospitals ations has gone up by over 40 percent in arizona theyre saying only 145 i. C. U. Beds are available left in the state in texas more than 10000 confirmed cases there on tuesday a record for the state for 24 hour period and in florida the epicenter of a core of Virus Outbreak in the u. S. Right now there are 42 hospitals that say they have no longer had in i. C. U. Beds available for patients anymore so you look at these numbers and they are not very good theyre trending in the wrong direction nevertheless as you mentioned secretary of state might pompei o says and claims that the u. S. Is a model for the rest of the world. Serbias president says a weekend curfew may not go ahead as government considers the best way to control a spike in coronavirus thousands of people try to Storm Parliament and protest across the belgrade for a 2nd night over the governments handling of the pandemic protests spread to other cities many calling for president alexander to resign they blame him for a new surgeon infections after he lifted restrictions ahead of elections last month new measures will be announced on thursday. Now the u. K. Government has announced a 37000000000. 00 stimulus package its aimed at saving jobs and pumping new life into the economy which has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic aljazeera has joined a whole reports now from west sussex. The seaside town of reaches a faded 19th century resort town with fun times feel like a thing of the past a place counting the cost of coronavirus more keenly than most but most of the story from busking. During the summer and so on computers will be of a cushion but this year were not going to have anything like that. You see so very handsome a lockdown may have lifted in time for the Summer Holidays but growth and opportunity seem a long way off. People need to know that although hardship lies ahead no one will be left without hope. So today we with a plan for jobs our plan has a clear goal to protect support and create jobs its the latest in a series of interventions to support the economy the government here the treasury hoping to put hundreds of thousands of under 20 fives into work by paying their salaries up to the minimum wage for the 1st 6 months of their employment its intended to head off a looming crisis of unemployment with the economy predicted to suffer a 14 percent fall in g. D. P. This year. Jobs are just one part of an economy feeling the heat measures announced by the chancellor to stimulate Consumer Spending include a sales tax cut in the troubled hospitality sector welcome news for restaurants but itll take more than that to allay concerns about what lies ahead because theyre helping people but its not y