Hello and welcome to the program. Im how much im shown. So malia has long been one of the worlds most divided nations government leaders, and theyll get issue have struggled for decades to a certain story in many parts of the country. The power vacuum has left somalis with little help as they suffer from drought famine and alarm the groups now president has on shifting how much has called a meeting of regional leaders, amy to confront the challenges. So what are the main obstacles preventing the country from coming together and can they be overcome . Well go to our panel and just a few moments, but 1st fenton on has this report. Somali as president says, hes looking to bring his country together. For some shape, mohammed has called a meeting of regional leaders with the name of healing divisions involved. The worlds most divided nations in somalia, civil more or less the collapse of the Central Government and 1991. The country has been fractured ever since the success of administration
Hello and welcome to the program. Im how much actual somalia has long been one of the worlds most divided nations government leaders and theyll get issue have struggled for decades to a sort of story in many parts of the country. The power vacuum has left somalis with little help as they suffer from drought famine and armed groups. Now president has on shifting how much has called the meeting of regional leaders, amy to confront the challenges. So what are the main obstacles preventing the country from coming together and can they be overcome . Well go to our panel in just a few moments, but 1st sent them on has this report . Somali as president says, hes looking to bring his country together, a song shape mohammed has called a meeting of regional leaders with the name of healing divisions and one of the worlds most divided nations in somalia, civil war lets the collapse of the Central Government and 1991, the country has been fractured ever since the success of administration struggli
We begin with some Significant Developments in ukraine, where there has been a major turning point in the fighting between Government Forces and prorussian separatists who declared their own republic in the east. After pledging to take back cities and buildings seized by rebels, president Petro Poroshenko declared his first victory today by regaining control over slovyansnk. The city set off the insurgency that swept Eastern Europe ukraine and sent the nation into a spiral of violent unrest. The tide now seems to be turning in kievs favor. The show of force has driven separatists from slovyansnk. Ukrainian troops moved into the former strong world stronghold of prorussian separatists. They are reportedly regrouping near donetsk. We are winning. We are confident. We are p. M. Kiev time. The flag was raised. The Ukrainian Military is working on the resumption of activity by Law Enforcement agencies in the city. President Petro Poroshenko called for National Unity and paid tribute to the
The streets of the capital bangkok. Jacob zuma is sworn in as south africas president for the second time. And preparing for the pope. Jordan welcomes pope francis on his first trip to the middle east. Im wayne reporting from new zealand where a maori tribe is trying to find a use for one of its products. Breaking news coming from the somali capital mogadishu. Latest reports suggest that there have been several explosions outside the Parliament Building in mogadishu. Heavy gunfire has been reported. Witnesses spoke of rebels appearing to launch an attack during a parliamentary session. Now, we understand that alshabab, the militant group, is behind the attack. Lets speak to our correspondent who jones us on the line from joins us on the line from mogadishu. Tell us what is going on at the moment. There has been an exchange of gun fire between alshabab inside the Parliament Building. And how long has this been going on. How many people have died. We are hearing of their being four bodie
To our viewers in the u. S. And around the world, a warm welcome to cnn news room. Im errol barnett. Appreciate you spending a bit of your saturday with us. Ousted Prime Minister inc. Lung shinawatra is safe. Being detained along with other leaders of her former government. The military has banned more than 150 prominent figures from leaving the country and imposed martial law. That includes a curfew and shut out independent media reporting, including cnn. We have Paula Hancock who has been watching this over the last few days. Bring us to speed. Whats the mood . A lot of people concerned and wondering how inshinawatras supporters will respond. Whats happening now . Reporter well, errol, we are seeing pockets of frustration coming out on the streets of bangkok. We are seeing hundreds of protests we understand, quite close to here standing up against the military and riot police. We have pictures from that particular area. Those protesters we saw a little bit earlier on today are trying