Ali

MEMORANDUM *

Nasir Farah Ali appeals from a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming the immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of asylum, withholding of re *408 moval and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture (No. O3-71211), and from a decision of the BIA denying Ali’s motion to reopen his petition on a showing of ineffective assistance of counsel (No. 04-75506). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and we deny the petitions for review.

The BIA did not err in affirming the IJ’s decision. The IJ found Ali’s testimony lacked credibility because of significant inconsistencies between Ali’s asylum interview and his in-court testimony and declarations. The inconsistencies are not minor ones that “reveal nothing about an asylum applicant’s fear for his safety,” Manimbao v. Ashcroft, 829 F.3d 655, 660 (9th Cir.2003), but rather are direct contradictions regarding the key events that are central to Ali’s claim of persecution. These include two very different accounts of the events surrounding the murder of his brothers and direct contradictions regarding the treatment of his wife and mother during the attack on Ali’s house in Belet…