Offered by the British Government to kick start the economy. Ivory coast is facing new Political Uncertainty after the sudden death of its Prime Minister im a do going coulibaly collapsed during a Cabinet Meeting just 3 months before he was supposed to run for president because soccer ports. Moments before his death Prime Minister i mean to go on the 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 he was welcomed home by president ouattara after spending 2 months in france for medical treatment over his heart condition the 61 year old was 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 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 to 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 the will have to put up a Strong Campaign against experience rivals including former Prime Minister and Opposition Leader good o. B. D. A former president with elections just 4 months away the sudden death of puts ivory coast into a new period of Political UncertaintyNicolas Hawke aljazeera. Executive director of the Africa International media group shit stain what political challenges may lie ahead. The main problems occurring now you know we will be watching what really happened because we we can reckon with a lot of tensions and also maybe president wiped out i will say when it comes to sion allows me to run again and facing that situation we have a note the former president 86 years old mrs romney and yet another tension we dont youre not thinking about candidates. Within my property so maybe iran meissner president whether there was not even a great comfortable position to do to begin with but now with these opening every would be all and they also may feel that its signaled to come up with their own ambitions and theyre really i mean it may be great james the u. N. Secretary general is warning of unprecedented levels of foreign interference and libya and tone of the tears as warring parties and their International Back as to end the political stalemate and agree to a cease fire to get a james bays has more from the 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 of 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 sense of the new face of its foreign interference reaching and president at 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 perlin 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 foreign 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 more lights 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 called. The problem is this porters of general haftar know hes now in a much we can 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 bays aljazeera at the United Nations may not libyas u. N. Recognize 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. Forces of the government of National Court capture the city from after hours fighters in june its believed the warlords forces buried their torture victims a local official of indias ruling b j p party has been shot dead in Kashmir Police said these 2 gunmen opened fire killing was seen by his father and brother outside the family shop a party called the attack shameful and mindless members of a Police Protection team which was absent during the attack had been arrested a strain here has suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong in response to a new security law imposed by china its also extending visas for hong kong residents in australia and offering pathways to permanent residence the government has warned its citizens and residents in the territory they could be at greater risk of detention under the law it punishes a range of crimes including submission with harsh prison sentences it was tried to do is taken steps to suspend their extradition agreement and we have formally notified hong kong and advised the chinese authorities but also note that travel advice from hong kong has been updated in would encourage a strong to refer to that travel advice the other issue that we are addressing is one that. As a result of charges that have occurred in hong kong that there will be citizens of hong kong who might be looking to move elsewhere after months of taking aim at mexico the u. S. President has welcomed his mexican counterpart to the white house and that his money Lopez Obrador has been criticized for holding talks with donald trump who remains a divisive figure in mexico 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 elections. 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 to 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 need 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 our fellow mexicans and for your 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 for Christopher Wilson is the Deputy Director of the Mexico Institute at the Wilson Center he says despite trumps warm words he continues to maintain a hard line on mexico. 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 their process use 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 2 president s 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 unfold and watching really harm be done to us mexico relations as a result of the policies not 2 of the top universities in the United States ah suing the trumpet ministration of its efforts to force out foreign students harvard and they must to Science Institute of technology mit are asking the courts for an emergency restraining order on monday the government said foreign students would no longer be able to stay in the u. S. If their courses have moved on line because of the pandemic. Time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back the fallout grows for colombias military over a gang rape that sparked national outrage. And as domestic flights resume in nigeria well tell you what the governments doing to keep troublous safe from coronavirus marla stay with us. Hello the daily event of building big thunderstorms in the high ground in this part of the man continues there is profit raining finally dying off just shows how much of this edge of the monsoon trough is full of moisture is just showing itself in the developing countries in somalia but for most its dry the orange indicates dust in the air talk to the strong breeze in the moment in fact temperatures are rising partly because of that you got 50 forecasts in baghdad and 44 in doha and the breezy day just is not particularly sandy through most of north africa is much the same but the rained out is vast russian free therapy through sudan and south sudan and beyond daily showers is hardly a surprise but we go to rejuvenation of the witness in this monsoon wind so all the way from normal up through the coast to tanzania to kenya it seems fairly wet in the next day or so weve been following the fortunes of south sudan to the forecast to juba still showing daily thunderstorms the temperature rising to 34 at best and 30 where its not quite so warm up ticky humid environment there so its welcome rain in south africa just gathering here is cloud so for the next couple of days increasing wind and then rain stretches right up into namibia. Short films of hope. And inspiration a series of short personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. Aljazeera selects. All. Welcome back to the top stories here on aljazeera ivory coast a minister has died after fainting injuring a Cabinet Meeting and i do go on coolly bollywoods the ruling partys candidate for the president ial election in october. The u. N. Secretary general is warning of unprecedented levels of foreign interference in libya from your good televisions urging the warring parties and the International Back as to end the political stalemate and agree to a cease fire. And the u. S. President as welcomed his mexican counterpart to the white house under his money has been criticized for holding talks with donald trump who remains a divisive figure in mexico because of his immigration policies and full of. Serbias president says a weekend curfew may not go ahead as his government considers the best way to control a spike in coronavirus thousands of people try to Storm Parliament and protested across 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. Well the us has seen the biggest jump in corona virus 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 Elizondo 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 that the states that are hardest hit on this give you a few anecdotes from each california 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 the core of Virus Outbreak in the u. S. Right now there are 42 hospitals that say they have no longer have 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 a key witness in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is leaving the u. S. Military left in a colonel alexander of the women is retiring from the army after more than 21 years of Service WomensAttorney Says his decision came off to come pain a bullying intimidation and retaliation led by the President Trump 5 women from his post as the top ukraine expert on the national Security Council in february. Facebook has removed dozens of fake accounts linked to roger stone a longtime ally of President Trump the social media giant said the accounts are used to manipulate public debate using false information stone is about to begin a prison sentence for interfering with the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 president ial election. Also removed false accounts and into the brazilian president his family its a crime that sparked outrage across colombia the gang rape of indigenous girl 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. Ports nothing but. 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 is more abuse cases came to light. They usually reticent armed forces publicly 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 wars when we see 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 hasnt 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 soldiers 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 illegals lying to the possible return of extrajudicial killings but for many here Sexual Violence cases that were truly the last straw a new poll shows an unpre