A fan. Now somalias president is clear who is to blame for a bombing in the capital thats killed at least 79. 00 people and injured many more now most of the dead we University Students heading for a new day of classes a truck exploded at a checkpoint and police say the target was a Tax Collection Center and although theres been no claim of responsibility the president is pointing at al shabaab saturdays bombing was one of the deadliest recent attacks in mogadishu and 2011100 people were killed in a suicide bombing by alshabaab outside the governments ministerial complex and 2 years ago or nearly 600 people were killed and a double truck bombing that too was blamed on alshabaab well the reports from nairobi in neighboring kenya. Carried out joining morning rush hour as many people going to work and University Students heating to campus the bombs exploded at a security checkpoint used by many coming into mogadishu yet again another possibility. A truck loaded with explosives was needed at a busy checkpoint. The explosion led to many deaths and injuries most of those died here students who were going to the schools and universities. That the this explosion is like the one in does o. B. Junction back in 2007 just a few steps away from where i am. Officials believe the target was a building next to the checkpoint by Government Troops the group was pushed out of mogadishu several years ago but it still targets high profile areas such as checkpoints and hotels. Also carried out attacks in neighboring kenya and uganda. Its trying to stop attacks like this from happening. Saturdays tragedy has become a Lesson Learned since the country is in a state of war we need to be vigilant against terror attacks since the primary goal of the terrorists is to cause maximum damage to everybody. Not only targeting those who work for the government but the entire population for those caught up in the blast and those who lost family members and loved ones thats a little comfort now. Algis there on the day is an independent africa policy analyst and he says its time for the International Community to start making a serious effort to tackle armed groups on the continent. Theres so far from the International Community has not been 0 let me let me say that but having said that in my opinion my strong opinion it is insufficient it is less down was needs and is not just. About tab uganda then if you are to western and north africa there are terrorist groups all over africa has a real terrorist problem i live in washington and i dont get the sense that the western countries take terrorism in africa seriously think its a secondary problem they blame african governments this is a well the government is not perfect the government has corruption so until the there are the they have to do with i think that is wrong we have to use the same yardstick when the victims are whether europe whether in the middle east or whether in north america we have to understand we need to bring this event groups into the politico circle to talk but if they pick up then the state must still pres them so that in those lands are not killed we need to protect african lives the same way we protect lives while speaking of armed groups and an attempt to impose a new tax in Central African republic has left at least 40 dead and fighting between trade as an men and the violence began in the capital bangui on thursday when traders began resisting attacks demanded by local fighters dozens of shops and houses in the p. K. 5 district were bent down the un has warned of a new escalation of violence in a country thats already suffered years of unrest just from a savvy is a senior policy analyst for africa in the middle east at the Heritage Foundation in pennsylvania he says violence has been simmering in bangor pick a 5 district for some time. P. K 5 has been a flash. In the capital bangui that has seen various levels of violence for years now it was a bastion of safety for muslims who fled to p. K. 5 during the sectarian violence that broke out in the country between christians and muslims so very restive very volatile now and again this is just yet another round of violence in the capital city and in this specific neighborhood car is a desperately complex environment there was a recent Peace Agreement signed in february there were 14 armed groups that were signatories to that agreement and that doesnt represent all the our troops in the countries that gives you some sense of again the complexity of this so this is a very difficult situation and in a desperately poor country very corrupts its one of the least developed on earth now libyas u. N. Backed Government Forces are pushing back against war all day if i have to as offensive to capture tripoli theyve launched a new attack near the airport area and are claiming to have captains 10 of have to sell it as the government has requested military support from techie have to began a military operation to seize the capital back in april the limits and so you may remember god willing we will not leave this land to them the Libyan National army this is our land and our own or this is our country we will sacrifice the expensive and the cheap long live libya well have to us troops are threatening some of the operations of libyas state oil fan the n. S. A. Is considering to shut them down and also may close down its port and so when its planning to evacuate the refinery stuff in that area have to as many targeted an Engineering Institute in a residential neighborhood its the 4th such attack in the way and as many days. Now hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the home of lebanons Prime Minister designate sunday demanding that he doesnt take Office Protesters say they will continue the demonstrations until they are confirms he will not become Prime Minister the previous leader assad hariri was forced from office back in october following antigovernment protests but he remains caretaker Prime Minister. Said he would not back down until her son leaves because we want the Prime Minister was not a politician thats it doesnt die out evolution. Its imposed by this corrupt class theyre going to do whatever they want to pass on job all he cares about is having a position and stealing the politicians are the ones who starved us impoverished us undestroyed us we dont want we want one of us to represent us. Indias Opposition Congress party has called a new citizenship nor an attack on the countrys traditions culture and history the new legislation eases citizenship for religious minorities from neighboring muslim majority countries that protesters say the law goes against india secular constitution by not including muslims and women on the frontline of those protests and foreign met some of them in new delhi the 16 days into the nationwide protests against the contentious citizenship law and the women of new delhi are undeterred by the 26 dead arrests of a 1000 and the biting cold. The police see they are only maintaining law and order and deny trying to quell the protests. Some of them violent. These women say they feel threatened by the police and accuse some officers of committing what they call atrocities. Shahin courser is leading the female protesters have been is now if the women are protesting for their safety and to protect their children fear has taken hold of them since the clashes so they want the government to come here and assuage their concerns. But no one from the government has gone these women are braving the cold with their infants. Protests against the controversial citizenship this is the violence used by the police to suppress the protests including beating up students in a nearby university let them go and sensitive about and see the. Course or vividly remembers the events of 13th december the day she says policeman 1st trashed the students of John Muir University with stakes like the 1st for the children of many of the women protesters study there. She says shes never seen them so angry and scared as they rushed to help side the hamid is a womens rights activists who. Has long experience of working with muslim women she says that Police Brutality and the unjust citizenship law have forced women even from relatively conservative backgrounds to step out and protest never never have i seen this kind of spontaneous outpouring of education and protest by muslim women theyd afraid for the next generation for their children they had afraid that they may become either if you get in their own lands or they may be torn out the mother of 6 says have pressured her husband to stop protesting she is equally concerned by divisions within the protest movement and says the lack of leadership may be just the win for indias government is looking for. The leader of the Congress Party support the protests along with other parties opposed to the ruling hindu nationalist b. G. P. On saturday the whole gandhi visited the northeast 8 of us where the protests began over 2 weeks ago. Back in the capital of the female protesters say theyre not against one Political Party in favor of another they just want the basic right to be able to move safely and with dignity in death homeland yemeni al jazeera. A weather is next but still ahead after months of political unrest in iraq we find out how 2020 looks country in time once. Again welcome back to International Weather forecast well a major winter storm is pushing in from the Central Plains into the eastern part of the United States over the next few days these are the clouds associated with it we have a lot of rain to the south Severe Weather and up to the north it is going to be very very heavy snow. That will make its way into canada along this band we could be seeing anywhere between 40. 60 centimeters of snow over the next 2. 00 to 4. 00 days down towards the south it is going to be Severe Weather possibly very damaging winds as well as the possibility of tornadoes and as we go towards monday that system slides a little bit more towards the east for new york though it is going to be a big day on monday evening we are going to see some windy as well as very wet conditions in times square well across the caribbean things are not looking too bad across much of the area mostly cloudy conditions with a few showers in the area but nothing too heavy over the next few days for nasa we do expect to see a partly cloudy day 25. 00 and for have bene it is going to be a partly sunny day for you with the temps are there of 29. 00 degrees very quickly as we go towards parts of south america were going to see more rain down across parts of what is odd is that has been in the forecast for the last few days but for a sense yes it is going to continue to be very sunny and hot 37. 00 degrees here on sunday and as we go towards monday going up to about 39. 00. Counts of the costs 2019 what a year its been the world struggle to put aside economic game to save the planet from latin america the middle east people took to the streets protesting the spread of wealth at a trade war reshapes globalization counting the cost on aljazeera. Hello again. A reminder of our top stories this hour somalias president is blaming alshabaab for a truck bombing in the capital that killed at least 79. 00 people it exploded during the morning rush and most of the dead are University Students theres been no yet claim of responsibility. In the Central African republic at least 40 people have been killed in fighting between traders an armed men violence began in the capital. Traders began resisting attacks imposed on them by the fight says dozens of shops and houses in the p. K. 5 district have been down. And hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the home of lebanons Prime Minister designate demanding that he does not take Office Protesters say theyll continue the demonstrations until he confirms he will not be Prime Minister. While protesters in iraq have stormed the southern nasiriyah oil field and cut off its power supply thats according to the Reuters News Agency the oil field produces 90000. 00 barrels a day and a government demonstrations are continuing across the country including in baghdad where people are demanding the release of abducted protesters a protester was shot dead and others were injured by tear gas well thousands of students have also rallied on the streets of basra protest as there have been demanding an overhaul of the entire political system since october is still deadlocked over who will be appointed interim Prime Minister. Iraq is no stranger to a rest decades of war with its neighbors u. N. Sanctions a u. S. Led invasion sectarian civil war i saw and now these protests Simona Fulton reports from baghdad on what 2020 holds for iraq. Hundreds tens of thousands injured dozens of activists assassinated or abducted and only one resignation that is the result of 3 months of antigovernment protests in iran. Mark as unrest spills into 2020 the rift between iraqis and ruling elites only appears to be growing in but thats the here square the epicenter of protests some people call this a revolution they want the end tired Political Class to leave across the bridge in the fortified green zone politicians offer token concessions as they cling on to power all of the candidates put forward by Major Political parties to replace Prime Minister i love the mahdi have been firmly rejected seen as the product of a political system that has failed the people can watch whats the demonstrators say about the candidates cannot be disregarded we put down our conditions and do something to the politicians and all the world the protests have galvanized iraqis from all walks of life muslims christians the elderly women and the youth all united by demands for a just and sovereign government that serves its people regardless of religion sect and status i demand my rights im a student and i want to get a future for myself i hope there will be change for the better in the country and the schools will improve the majority of demonstrators came of age in the post saddam era but after promises of democracy they feel that down iraq are turning the reality of education is that 1st of all were in 2019 and there are schools built of mud in 2019 there are over 100 students and one class a student can learn an environment like this but as the weeks passed and crowds growth and so it seems theres the prospect of Sweeping Change what we have is. A system whereby there are multiple political actors who are very well entrenched within the state they are really fighting for their political survival right now and theyre really looking to find a way out of this Current Crisis through consensus i believe through finding some sort of an agreement between them that can push forward a new government that can pop. In the future address some of the demands of protesters for now Prime Minister either of them at the remains in a caretaker role a new election law was passed earlier this month and while it allows voters to elect independent legislators rather than choosing from party lists it doesnt give the people the right to direct the elect the head of state 3 months all the chances that this protest movement will usher in the new political order appear less and less likely that people are discouraged by the lack of progress and intimidated by the states violent response but unless the root causes of this crisis are addressed it seems iraqs streets will bear witness to more turmoil in the years to come the monopole to aljazeera. Now russias intensified Bombing Campaign on the syrian province of has brought up protesters in istanbul hundreds of turks and syrians rallied outside the russian consulate there angry at the new wave of attacks some of the demonstrations were also held in london and paris russia is supporting the syrian governments efforts to recapture the lost opposition stronghold troops have already seized towns and villages forcing a mass exodus of nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people mostly women and children. All staying in taki and for months people there have been calling for the return of their children and relatives from the kurdistan workers party. They claim the group has been forcibly recruiting them to fight monitor reports from. Security is tight outside the pro Kurdish People stomach rhotic pertti or hitch the peace headquarters in Southern Turkey these policemen are getting a peaceful protest by men and women demanding that tarnal their children who they say have been kidnapped or recruited by the Kurdish Workers Party p k k holding the pictures of their missing children they call for their quick return because this is their lives they took my daughter away and we havent heard from her for the past 5 years we dont know if she is still alive this protest was taught that in september by 1 mother but now others and metal family members of those they say im now in that arms of the p. K. K. Have joined a common claim among the protesters is that their children one last seen me here at the offices on the heads of the people. And they say thats why theyve continued the sit in outside the 2 offices but youll visuals however deny any links to the p. K. K. And say theyve also never actively recruited for the united nations. Some form of p. K. K. Fighters of the time to their families since the protests began and that is giving hope to people here who sneer mickie recent livid time from iraq where she fought under the p. K. K. She is telling custody awaiting trial for being a member of the group thats outlawed in tikki but some of us say stick god less of the shoes that live to xbox live on northwest and doesnt my daughter was 14 when she was kidnapped and i thank god that after 5 long years she surrendered 3 days ago i am so happy my daughter is out of the hands of those tyrants 2 weeks ago jaffer to jail and also to tom to his family he says it is out that the b. K. Cain companys cydia up to seeing his mother the protests in media reports are not in wont kill them to have them life is difficult you will constantly fighting and have little time to miss home or family life finally throw you get disgusted by all the death and destruction and you start missing your loved one isnt the p. K. K. Has been designated a terrorist organization by a techie the e. U. And the United States it too long to separate it is insurgencies south is to key in 1008 to 4 says that more than 4 to 1000 people mostly kids have been killed in fighting with Turkish Forces cads account for roughly 20 percent of techies population of about 80000000 people of the decade so much english and by the turkish state have been demanding greater rights and more autonomy but for many here they had to d. P. N. P. K. K. Have drugs that are litigious into fighting thats more to do with the groups interests that it is with the plight of the Kurdish People mohamed atta. Southern turkey. Algerias president has named the University Lecturer as the new Prime Minister abilities jeb drugs is a former diplomat and president ial advisor who now teaches Political Science at the university of algiers his appointment comes a week after was declared the winner of a controversial president ial election boycotted by many algerians on friday thousands of protesters continued calling for the overthrow of the entire political system while in france striking workers were joined by yellow vest protesters during demonstrations in paris and that led to clashes with police the strikers are angry about president s plans to reform Public Sector pensions the nationwide walkout is now entering its 25th day the yellow vests activists have protested on the streets of the french capital every weekend for more than a year against policies one of the yellow vests most prominent members who was blinded in one eye in a demonstration earlier this year says the same i was injured by a police officer. 20 or 40 stopped demonstrators from moving forward forcing the police to be backward they get angry and end up beaten out of truncheons and shields we have the policeman who did his badge number with he did and the commissioner has refused to give us his badge number just a reality now waiting to see whos going to rise up against human violence now criminal gangs in mexico notorious for cocaine trafficking switching their attention to something much healthier avocados and foam as a kid nothing in extortion by the groups is wrecking their 1000000000 dollar business their profits are growing along with the u. S. Consumers appetite for mexican avocados john home has more. The western world and in particular the United States is go mad for avocados within the last 20 years the average consumption there has more than tripled but if you are an american eating mets can have a car thats on toast or in your guacamole dip its possible not over the profits are heading to the right hands. Michu a can make the heartland gangs a hijacking the industry extorting and kidnapping produces stealing trucks with their crop. Its widespread in lucrative theres a reason they call this gringo. But most grows it too scared to speak out it took weeks for us to persuade this man before they started by asking me for more money perfect hair they came to the farm and said whos the boss we want you to contribute that was 8 months ago he stories coleman eventually different groups were all asking him for protection money and paying them couldnt keep him safe with normal rules some guys grabbed me and kidnapped me in their truck they beat me and broke my head open i told them to stop hitting me that i would get more money together the state Anti Kidnapping unit rescued him but after more than 40 years of growing avocadoes now everything has changed real roots through a lot of. My workers my children my family we dont have any protection now i cant go to the orchard because there are many more people that beat me. To a kind has increasingly become the battleground of a collection of criminal groups as in other parts of the country they branched out from complicated transnational Drug Trafficking to something. Simply preying on the local economy. Its affected mining lines local businesses i mean truck comes pacifically is a mutation of what was once trucks trafficking im def mutated into a model where the control territory within the territory you get to school. Hes out any type of commodity thats locally available so im it still includes drugs but its also about extortion kidnapping its useless it seems for the victims to turn to authorities you cannot be sure if you talk to mexican functionaries if you talk to the mexican state that you doing so will not be leaked to the criminal forces because the many times the criminals are in court with. The state forces. Its a Bleak Outlook for an avocado industry that should be enjoying the current boob. Job homan now does it a bit scarcity. When 6000 families in the town of kisumu kenya have been affected by severe flooding thats after the area was lashed by heavy rains that began on Christmas Eve east africa has seen unusually heavy rain this year due to the warming of the indian ocean investigators in kazakhstan are considering technical failure pilot error and weather conditions all as possible causes of a plane crash which killed 12 people on saturday people gathered in ality to mourn the victims the back edge it with 98 people on board crashed on friday the planes 5 recorders will be sent to moscow friend alices. Now some lawmakers in the United States want to change the way kids play american football to make it safer the state of new york is the latest to consider amending rules for under twelves in an effort to reduce head injuries but even with a new study highlighting the risks of the game theres still resistance out of there as christensen in me has more. Saturday night on the gridiron for many families playing american football is a tradition. One that starts at an early age. Its really fun competitive. 11 year old ryan for ranch loves playing the game even after suffering a mild concussion and its just a really fun sport and i like to hit people. But those hits even the ones that dont cause concussions could increase his chances of a degenerative brain disease was a recent study by the Boston University school of medicine found a players risk of developing c. T. E. Or chronic traumatic encephalopathy increases 30 percent each year they play the sport it isnt so much concussions although of course the cautions are a problem but its also a cumulative effect of even sub concussive injuries the study is fueling efforts to ban tackling under the age of 12 some states are talking about a modification to the game not banning it thats number one number 2 were talking about addressing children were not talking about adults that can essentially consent to engage in whatever activity regardless of the risks. Hitting is part of the game in football not an accident opponents say the studies dont take into account new training techniques and time limits on drills that involve contact which many youth leagues have recently imposed. We take the head out of the game we were using more Upper Body Strength hip straight leg strength and the head is out of the best answer for me as a commissioner. Football is the most watched sport in the United States but the number of kids who play on school teams has been declining for the last 10 years in part due to concerns about head injuries still for many parents a tackle ban is a step too far i think that prevention comes with teaching the proper techniques and the proper way to play the game i dont know that a law is going to ever you know solve that problem i do worry about it but i you know every bit footballs been going on for a long time and a lot of people play and not everyone gets hurt. The research maybe raising awareness of the issues. But these hardcore fans dont yet see a ban as the way to tackle this problem kristen salumi aljazeera bridgewater new jersey. Hello again im. With the top stories on al jazeera a truck bomb in somalias capital has killed at least 79. 00 people and injured many more most of the dead all University Students a letter has been no claim of responsibility somalias president is pointing at al shabaab. The motive behind such an attack is to terrorize and demoralize the Somali People and its government the people its government will never be demoralized from achieving our Development Goals and rebuilding our country this terrorist group of boston it seems has been contracted to kill and massacre innocent people and destroy all infrastructure in Central African republic at least 40 people have been killed in fighting between trained as an men violence began in the capital bangui on thursday when traders began resisting attacks imposed on them by local feiss dozens of shops and houses in the p. K. 5 districts were burned down. Libyas u. N. Backed Government Forces a pushing back against world Khalifa Haftar as offensive to capture tripoli theyve launched a new attack near the airport area and are claimed to have captured 10 of have to soldiers the government has requested military support from taki hundreds of protesters gathered outside the home of lebanons Prime Minister designate demanding that he does not take Office Protesters say theyll continue the demonstrations until house india but confirms he will not be the Prime Minister indias Opposition Congress party has called a new citizenship law an attack on the countrys traditions culture and history thousands of people attended former party leader raul gandhis rally in the Northeastern State of some the new legislation eases citizenship for religious minorities from neighboring was the majority countries the protesters say it goes against india a secular constitution by not including muslims and from its striking workers were joined by yellow vest protesters during demonstrations in paris and that led to clashes with police theyre angry about president emanuel microns plans to reform Public Sector pensions. Investigators says in kazakhstan are considering technical failure pilot error and weather conditions as possible causes of a plane crash which killed 12 people on saturday people gathered to mourn the victims the backend jet with 98 people on board crashed on friday well those are the headlines next stop its counting the cost stay with us a city defined by military occupation theres never been an arab state here at the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depot structure that maintains the can only project thats what we defuse it was one of the founders of the settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on aljazeera. Hello im adrian figure this is counting the cost on aljazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week 2019 what a year its been called the world put aside short Term Economic gain to save humankind from latin america to the middle east people took to the street to protest the unequal spread of wealth and demand that governments and austerity. At a trade war between the United States