is business africa africa business. as well and we start in south africa where the government has made it urgent call to the energy industry to help find extra capacity. crisis states of eskom was the main subject south africans have been dealing with the worst power for a decade this week paralyzing business across the country. how do you run a cafe in a blackout no lights no coffee machine no electricity. businesswoman mike spear speaks from experience when she says you can't. coffee's and t.'s are afflicted review the boxes of 2000 rand if we morning if it happens in the mornings even afternoons people want they want ever just because make toast to cheeses we can't use any of those devices either mike his business is a victim of the rolling blackouts that this week reached a new level of severity made worse by flooding there were enough to force president cyril ramaphosa to cut short a trip to egypt on wednesday back then he blames state energy workers for part of the problem so there has been a measure of each sub.

traditional healing in south africa it's a 21st century make but not everyone thinks it's. hello i'm christine wonderwall come to africa it's good to have you along there is a race against time in south sudan with warnings that parts of the country could tip into famine in the coming months devastating floods that submerged entire towns have destroyed crops and killed livestock the world food program says 5 and a half 1000000 people facing hunger. she bore the capital of bomb a state is normally a flourishing town but since october when unusually heavy rain started falling nothing is normal anymore. you know. i've been destroyed by floods. people. so. the been destroyed the whole market. is barely covered with what a lot of human private been destroyed and disappeared you need. to know this situation is not just causing hunger but could also threaten the fragile peace in the area violence between rival ethnic groups has decreased of late. u.n. engineers repaired roads relinking areas where the groups live but now because of the floods these roads are no longer usable people

is found in india and it was transported from africa to india by the project. and the samarian traders so again you can speak about food and not bring colonialism because that's how all those places are transported all over the world so if you look at africa for instance it's got we've got indigenous ingredients that grew up here in africa but those ingredients can be found all over the world because of trading because of slavery because of all of office of. migration that have happened throughout the world and you can look at africa and not see that in spoons i mean you look at the food of the western cape its influence very much by the french englanders who came and brought with them see grapes which are very integral part in western cape could mean those are brought to the take by the french who are going to who came with the dutch in 1642 they broke with the cape militias larry who have influenced that part that region of africa has moved so same thing in durban if you go to keiko then which is another part of south africa which is the south is is on the co

found in india and it was transported from africa to india by the project. and the samarian traders so again you can speak about food and not bring colonialism because that's how all the places are transported all over the world so if you look at africa for instance it's got we've got indigenous ingredients the growth here in africa but those ingredients can be found all over the world because of trading because of slavery because all of all kinds of. migration that have happened throughout the world and you can look at africa and not see that in spoons i mean you look at the food of the western cape its influence very much by the french englanders who came and brought with them see grapes which are very integral part in western cape could mean those are brought to the take by the french who are going to who came with the dutch in 1642 they broke with the cape malays marry who have influenced that part but we janov africa's food so same thing in durban if you go to cater then which is another part of south africa which is the south is is on the coast. the co

that we get in the car with africa's moto grabby champion in uganda we call it. just the women fighting back we'll meet the granny packing punches in kenya for basic safety. where one woman is raising his voice for peaks. hello i'm christine one and i am michael julio welcome to east pressure the addition of d.w. news africa where we bring you some of all highlights it's good to have you and we start off in south africa an area outside of cape town known as the cape flats it's often associated with crime and violence we've reported on. gang related offenses and the data fit that residents are facing right now we have some inspiring news from the key flats 27 year old teacher admission of love his high school as a unique way of teaching his students he's got them hold on this. playing the i. love you break down the dominance of all teacher and if you sit down to listen to me i speak i know if i have some sort of the way with the trick in my lasix empty street i keep my fears on the ground i look at what interests me what fascinates to me and then i try to catch th

then plus one south africa as well now its costs out there how. hello i'm christine wendell welcome to deeds every news africa it's there to have you along if yo pia's 1st ever satellite has been launched into space the launch makes ethiopia the 11th african country to have a satellite in space egypt was 1st in 1908 now prime minister ahmed is credited with starting the satellite program 3 years ago while he was minister for technology. this rocket may have lifted off from shannon she northern china with its reverberations were felt half way around the world for some countries space travel is about thrusting their power for smaller nations just hitching a ride is a sign of progress. and to cause for celebration in ethiopia where they were up early to watch the countries for satellite sail into space. a year college or. satellite r.s.s. one which is currently launching from china. will be a foundation for our historic journey to prosperity. it is a landmark achievement for the country space program even if china paid most of the price tag the satel

on the game in south africa some see the top 2. is the top. of this body art are trying to prove that it's cool that. i am any of my good you know you're welcome to the program africa has the fig drug problem and it's killing hundreds of thousands every year we're looking at the suffering this multi-million dollar business courses and what can be done to stop it now according to the world health organization africa accounts for 42 percent of the global consumption of substandard and fake medicines their results are deadly 250000 drug related that are reported every year children are dying every year from malaria or pneumonia due to fit drugs flooding the market cartels free on developing countries with little or no regulatory oversight like in kenya where our correspondent melanie corrado. has been investigating it's been a year since 18 month old son passed away memories of a baby boy vivid so are the nightmares of losing him when he got sick son to a local chemist for help he was given an injection his skin color changed soon after in a publ

some companies in africa turning them into jackets shoes and harms. a french tannery produces lather for luxury accessories like card holders and handbags. and all measures which used to transform fish skin into leather because today it's a way studies thrown away by the food industry and the catering industry i wanted to question on the advantage of fish skin once it's been the scale it is that it has a unique texture something which one of the strongest the most durable levers in the world and very supple. the tunnel really removes the remaining flesh and cleans the skins and every taking drum. to soaking an eco friendly town instead of to dry. then the skins of softened and died with various colors. and now the company is processing around 2000 skins per month. skins that would otherwise just be useless waste. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it. visit our website or send us a tweet. hash tag doing your bit. we share your story. whether they're bikes or trucks and most players have to be changed every now and then long

africa's most urgent. what's in store. for the future. come for to make a series to the multimedia inside. the turret. this is the deputy is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the strong women off the d.r. see me said a rape survivor who's become but an activist for women added a business woman is a weapon of war in congo where fighting rages over the country's natural resources . also on all showed the man putting africa on the mat quite literally step by step. hello i'm christine wonderwall come to africa it's good to have you along in the democratic republic of congo sexual violence is widespread yet it's still a huge have today we meet one rape survivor who hasn't let her ordeal destroy her mission is to break the code of silence around trade and help women and girls she's also taken her passion for women's rights one step further. south east of the capital kinshasa there's a swathe monolith sunday and her friends go from door to door trying to educate locals about rape they will talk to anyone who's the women to listen. how old

day and told plus one south africa's wealth now its costs out there help. hello i'm christine one bill welcome to news africa it's there to have you along if yo pia's 1st ever satellites has been launched into space the launch makes it the opiah the 11th african country to have a satellite in space egypt was 1st in 1908 now prime minister ahmed is credited with starting the satellite program 3 years ago while he was minister for technology. this rocket may have lifted off from shannon she northern china but it's rivera preparations were felt half way around the world for some countries space travel is about thrusting their power for smaller nations just hitching a ride is a sign of progress. and to cause for celebration in ethiopia where they were up early to watch the countries for satellite sail into space. a year college or. satellite r.s.s. one which is currently launching from china. will be a foundation for our historic journey to prosperity. which is a landmark achievement for the country's space program even if china paid most of the price tag the s

from africa all starting to bite but at what cost the e.u. supported a lot to close the border between asia and libya in 2015 past smugglers' tell d.w. oil it's done is put more lives at risk. let's say i'm a driver transporting migrants and suddenly the military shows up good with the arms of the migrants out of the car just down the road and tell them to wait there until i come back and then i just leave and they die there just not there are many such cases. and watch a situation that seized the burden for women in northern uganda and also creates a business opportunity and. perhaps occasional food stamps were a picture. of the nigerian creative who makes our product interval. hello i'm kristie one to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along it is now for you is closed its border with libya to try to reduce the number of migrants trying to get to europe and asia took the step off to being pressured to do so by european countries now irregular migration from the region to the e.u. has dropped since then but thousands off would be m

wax print in africa is not just a fashion statement. way time, it has become a for women to carry their message into the world. >> most loin cloths have a particular meaning. family ore about the currentt political and social affairs. the theme of this one is jealousy. you see these birds looking at each other? it is a metaphor for the revelry that can exist in an african household. here, you haven't ungrateful man. you can give him everything, if him absolutely everything, and yet he will always go elsewhere. t this speaks of marital infidelity. >> she learned everything there is to know about the wax print industry with her mother. mike's print t trade has becomea tradition passeded from one generation of women to the other. it has even given rise to one of the most significant success stories in africa. make a true fortune through the wax print trade. this shop is also a family business, run by a 25-year-old. >> take a look at this work. this is good quality. can you sell it to me for 45,000? ok, 45,000. >> she grew up with wax print

damn good it comes to africa join us on facebook at g.w. africa. what secrets lie behind these walls and discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. d.w. world heritage $360.00 to get the maps now. suppose and now to be affectionate legend but as affectionately as you can. read the mayor pro tem in the middle of his election campaign in 2000 the documentary was filmed for russian television. to turn the camera back on of course the film secretly chronicled a power grab actually everything was precisely played instruction. featuring top supporting role. to the freedom of russia. and featuring a lead role like you've never seen before. but i'm here for that amir of edge to the ends justify the means. to jim's witnesses starts december 13th on d w. this is the w. news and they help stories. the u.s. house of representatives has approved a report that makes the case for in teaching president donald trump according to the tree how. page document the evidence for misconduct in office is poised overwhelming the whi

this is africa coming up on the program the onsets this was shoved into slavery from africa to america now to 400 years they are intending to where it all began searching for traces of that history and they are not going back to the u.s. . felt like i'll never belong. to it is known as the world's biggest floating city. nigeria i'm not too fond on any mobs at least not yet. i. feel welcome to the program some history lesson in the 1619 issue of where 20 captives from africa set sail for what is now the u.s. state of virginia its arrival in the era of american slavery this week 400 years later members of the u.s. congressional black caucus reflect on the. nature it's cruel history and legacies they visited the united nations headquarters in new york on the un's ockelford 10. as a place to contemplate the slave trade and racism today they were joined by the academy award nominated actor moore who sue from been in a nation film with thousands of africans were taking into slavery. this year 20. 400 years and the 1st week of this for. all of return on. haitian american. history. it makes us

this news africa coming up on the program. pirate nigeria's navy has trouble fighting our readers as the coast of west africa becomes piracy hotspot. on the devastation in uganda also villages again by flash floods and landslides killing thousands. are welcome to the program nigerian navy is on higher limit after pirates kidnapped the crew of last week it was the latest incident in a growing piracy problem afflicting the gulf of guinea off the coast of west africa the waters there now have the most anywhere in the world nigeria is at the center of our correspondent shot went to the niger delta to find out the scale of the problem and how it's affecting people there. from the outside the beautiful wetlands of nigeria inside a problematic history in the past creeks in niger delta. this region is already struggling for theft with arms trafficking kidnapping and in recent years a number of business has been to florida. has become a hotspot for narita. piracy and armed robbery at sea. and this is where pirates operate from a labyri

africa. according to the latest get the number of african open source projects has increased by 40 percent in the last year more than anywhere else in the world. one of these projects is run by a nigerian team using drones to map parts of lagos more than 1000000000 people worldwide but in places that don't have an official address which makes it hard or even impossible to locate them sometimes these. people cannot claim state support or get medical treatment and in case of an emergency authorities have no idea how many people are affected let alone where they are. whole in lagos this is one of the largest shanty towns in africa. around 2 thirds of all nigerians live in this type of settlement nobody knows exactly how many people are in morocco latest estimate said the population was around 90000 but cold for africa's lead technologist david limine thinks it's home to many more his organization is working on creating the 1st ever map of moscow. exists as a essentially a block wall or google ma

this weekend i think that's really one of africa's strengths from africa. i had already suspected that singing has a completely different meaning here than it does for us in germany and that it brought people together during the apartheid era and gave them strength and was maybe even used to make political statements political statements akiva the sphinx had music everything and. right now i'm very angry hesitant because i've just seen or been shown how so many personal fates were affected by a party it was my idea that if the apartheid hammond is in the studio but i'm also thinking about germany. and how there are still racists all over the world a man of justice who gives in who are who live in. so. who live there all in cool aiko means freedom to the women from leipsic are getting a lesson in soon one of south africa's official languages. there was that the. was. c.l.a and just 6 make good use of the break before their next for herself. she should. stand by the sun when i see. one to take care of. 10 stranded was yet here. and that in the end it was. wro

of despair and misery we want the horn of africa. progress. home radical reforms but he still faces enormous challenges following iraq. within the g.o.p. . july 16th 2018 the unthinkable ethiopia's prime minister on eritrean soil the move shocked even his own officials abby ahmed on the left reached across the divide and soon signed a peace deal with eritrea as president of worki restoring ties between both countries if you and eritrea are like estranged siblings they used to be one nation before eritrea's independence in 1903. between 10082000 they fought over the shared border. it's estimated 80000 people were killed the war was followed by a standoff that lasted 2 decades. suddenly those barriers were broken with abby calling for unity. dear people of ethiopia and eritrea. i would like to bow down and humbly thank you . because you chose compassion cruelty. peace not conflict love. forgiveness after fighting embracing and not pushing each other all. the division had gone beyond geopolitics families had been separated against their will and

the coast of west africa becomes piracy. under the bus station in uganda also villages again by flash floods and landslides killing. our welcome to the program the nigerian navy is on high our lead after pirates kidnapped the crew of on last week it was the latest incident in a growing piracy problem afflicting the gulf of guinea off the coast of west africa the waters there now have the most anywhere in the world nigeria is at the center of our correspondent funny for a shot way into the niger delta to find out the scale of the problem and how it's affecting people there. from the outside the beautiful wetlands of nigeria inside a problematic his story we have read in the creeks of the niger delta. this region is already struggling for theft with arms trafficking kidnapping and in recent years another business has begun to florida now. has become a hotspot for maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea. and this is where pirates operate from a labyrinth of waterways but it's not only home to criminals per could be no lives ne

school africa. your link to exceptional stories and discussion. of easy and wild. it's a double dip comes much to join us on facebook. because. it was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult chancellor helmut kohl addresses the people of east germany shortly after the fall of the wall. to commerce for term. journalist peter limbaugh was at the scene. 30 years later he looks back on the type system. starts december 19th. w. . greetings from berlin and welcome to arts and culture and we've got these stories and a crescendo in the pipeline. this week kicks off a year of celebrations of germany's best known composer nordvig fun beethoven. in honor of his 250th birthday. and a new exhibition in bonn brings us closer to the man and his news. we had to say your rick where a new exhibition of art from the democratic republic of congo looks at that country's traditions both past and present. and in our series $100.00 german must reads we feature johan not extraordinary memoir an exclusive love in which she tries to on ravel the history behind he

you look at africa right now maybe only 6 or 7 countries america. and 54 countries are . in within them maybe a 120000000 people his day job is in silicon valley but in his spare time to one the country is thousands of kilometers away filling in the gaps left by google street view being from zimbabwe and having grown up in the region i knew that many places in the region to grow fat street that became clear when tijuana moved to california a decade ago and he tried to show his new friends his hometown of harare friends parent asked me to show that. the house that i grew up. so we went to my hometown of google maps and we clicked all we could get like you are. like the. car why do we not have the same. truck terms that you know are the worst in cities do so last year he borrowed a camera and went back to southern africa to map some of the places he remembered from his youth. those images became the 1st instance of street view in zimbabwe. and he didn't just stick to the streets he maps some of the country's most famous sites like victoria falls from

at africa right now maybe only 6 or 7 countries are met. and there are 54 countries on the continent in within them maybe a 120000000 people his day job is in silicon valley but in his spare time to one the country is thousands of kilometers away filling in the gaps left by google street view being from zimbabwe and having grown up in the new made it makes in the region that street that became clear when to want to move to california a decade ago and he tried to show his new friends his hometown of harare a friend parent asked me to show them. the house that i grew up. so we went to my hometown of google maps and returned. satellite view of. the. car why do we not have the same. you know are the west and cities do so last year you borrowed a camera and went back to southern africa to map some of the places he remembered from his youth. those images became the 1st instance of street view in zimbabwe. and he didn't just stick to the streets he maps some of the country's most famous sites like victoria falls from above. the axis or resources t

africa the day's other you know started in significance the global military. expanding their military presence in the. here terror is an extremist groups also seek to establish a foothold with weirdo one the whole need to be a battleground for superpowers nor a hideout for the merchants of terror and brokers of the spear and misery we want the horn of africa to become a target of peace and progress. at home has led radical reforms but he still faces enormous challenges following your rise in the think bobbins within the g.o.p. . july 16th 2018 the unthinkable ethiopia's prime minister on eritrean soil. the move shocked even his own officials. on the left reached across the divide and soon signed a peace deal with eritrea as president he says of worki restoring ties between both countries if you and eritrea are like estranged siblings they used to be one nation before eritrea's independence in 1903. between 982000 they fought over the shared border. it's estimated 80000 people were killed the war was followed by a standoff that lasted 2 decades. suddenly those

my whole life, i really do feel africa as a whole is my home, and i am a product of africa. and this is really a place where i feel like i am in my element and i can make the biggest difference. reporter: darkoh is visiting a new clinic for transgender patients. he's an expert in public health-care management. his company, broadreach, is helping the clinic optimize its operations. many of the patients are or have been sex workers. many are hiv positive. there is still a lot of stigma attached to transgender in south africa, and healthcare has been sparse. but here, both patients and staff are accepted for who they are. gitata: i choose to love a ane truly to myself and not fit into your box. i decideded, and i chose t tot out of the box and just be me, and let me be a transgendeder woman, that's me. and if you don't like it, get back into your box and see if you are going to be comfortable in that box. reporter: many transgender people struggle to survive. there is an urgent need for access to care and counseling. igshaan: their families have abandodoned them, their communy

my whole life, i really do feel africa as a whole is my home, and i am a product of africa. and this is really a place where i feel like i am in my element and i can make the biggest difference. reporter: darkoh is visiting a new clinic for transgender patients. he's an expert in public health-care management. his company, broadreach, is helping the clinic optimize its operations. many of the patients are or hahe been sex workers. many are hiv positive. there is still a lot of stigma attached to transgender in south africa, and healthcare has been sparse. but here, both patients and staff are accepted for who they are. gigita: i choose to loveve ane truly to myself and not fit into your box. i decicided, and i chosese tot out of the box and just be me, and let me be a transgenender woman, that's me. and if you don't like it, get back into your box and see if you are going to be comfortable in that box. reporter: many transgender people struggle to survive. there is an urgent need for access to care and counseling. igshaan: their families have abanandoned them, their communy

robin road grew up in apartheid era south africa and made a name for himself with the street he moved to berlin 17 years ago and is now well established on the global contemporary art scene as an artist in south africa's young democracy road address the country's new possibilities the hopes and the fears of the buildings in johannesburg where his campuses. even today he has a difficult relationship with the white wounds of calories and even his own. fortunately ole road needs to make oh it's a great idea and something to draw with for the good you. just. she is another road to sign to the c.e.o. and didn't have. a bit of road road who joins me in the studio welcome thank you so much as it said you are based here in berlin and you once said lynn gives me the breathing space what i have internalized in south africa so just that mean it's still south africa is it your inspiration so that it will always remain an inspiration for me it's my roots are in south africa but i think that being in berlin allows me that space on the fiction to have that distance away from a very vibrant v.t. conf

use africa with any market is up next. a quick update on global markets. and for a much what you do nothing of the sofa. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. channel and if you are his favorites when official information has attorneys i have work on the streets of many cantors and their problems are always the same forward to the social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the human scene or michael folds who hunt inside to put their trust in us. my name is jane paris and i work. this is the news africa coming up on the program when will african treasure spirit tend to from europe some see that africa hasn't got the museums to house its own artifacts is that a fair argument. because with news of the world with extensive trust. on climate change is forcing increasing numbers of the jazz fulani to turn your back on your traditional nomadic life.

africa risk on clients in maritime security company focusing on west africa welcome to the show now how serious is wired time piracy in the gulf of guinea compared to other parts of the world. compared to other boats the wild delays serious say the most affected by us. of indian ocean off of somalia but. a lot of attention a few years ago compared to us uk and now has really dropped down southeast asia was against them a letter and since west africa has really hit the headlines most recently with the attacks but it's been an ongoing problem for a long time this year lloyd we've seen 52 major attacks on brussels in the region where the 125 c. 4 has kidnapped not just since the beginning a 1966 attacks last year and with 155 at night so it is a really sure the moment you see attacks are increasing what is the having arise these attacks. the main causes for is a really the problems that are in the niger delta in nigeria. and we're in the world we have 3 main things which are effectively an environment to operate from which is the niger delta as an area that has a very very loose rule of la

these are desperate times so africa have we armed groups are inflicting heavy losses to our music and forcing thousands of civilians from their homes. leaders of the countries affected no one else g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi to urgently find a solution almost president mohamed use of force says the frequency and sophistication of recent attacks these waters of. the scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists are getting more sophisticated weapons the terrorists have been real war professionals they progress every day on the strategic operative and tactical levels. they defied chairman appeal for a new strategy to phrase the growing threat in the foot that. we must work together to ensure victory against terrorism in the short middle and long term as the case in other countries fighting terrorism we need allies in alliance characterized to that responsibility cooperation and respect for each other. at the end of the meeting the leaders resolve to work together to fight the moves which until now has been largely carried out by the national lobbies syria

ego africa. the bigger animals attract a lot of attention but don't overlook these little flowers very endangered. and you can do something to protect them. and. we presume free success stories from south africa. identifying rare plants or returning them creating an urban oasis eco account for. 30 minutes. his future mission soaring into outer space charlie the robot. and other intelligent machines are the future. but they're already carrying out valuable tasks in the present what can artificial intelligence do. and what are its limits. charlie and the human. d.w. . in the height of climate change. africa's most of. what's in store. for the future of the. c.w. comforting megacities to the multimedia insight click enter. that this is the world's oldest film festival. supposed to do even faster. thank you for joining us josh. if you know the hearts of many. welcomes the shark. me. me me me me me me me me me me me movie because there's so much to discover will remain cheeriest. don't meet for minds.

this is news africa coming up on the program and african leader is recognized if you're just prime minister collects the nobel peace prize for resolving the long running conflict with every tree also coming out. the life changing experiences of benefiting from peace between the retreat. on the historic moments for. the scientists from beneath who is on trial for corruption. what does it mean for the country. i mean michael jr your welcome to the program prime minister has received the nobel peace prize at the ceremony in norway the nobel committee priest before his efforts to end 2 decades of conflict with its neighbor and longtime enemy every tree here in his acceptance speech said he had also stepped up as the mediator in political crisis in eastern africa warning that many times groups continue to pose a threat to peace in the horn of africa the whole of africa today is that as you know started its significance the global military superpower those are expanding their military presence in the area terrorist and extremist groups also seek to establish a foothold with weirdo one the whole n

one of the most stable countries in africa for decades leading africa's liberation libya was the head of the african union the head of the african european summit one of the most important countries and developing african economic projects such as the african central bank the african organization for natural resources the african unified army the african gold based currency and look at libya now it's a battle field for extremism for tribal conflict for western asians fighting for robbing libya of its wealth ideas of freedom and liberation. and sovereignty well if these allegations were presented to populations in nato countries is the reason for war were indeed false and you know the u.k. parliamentary foreign select committee in 2016 the the very high and we'll researched and well funded parliamentary committee and britain came up with many conclusions but the main ones relevant to our discussion they said 1st of all the accusations against the libyan regime were either completely invented or at least exaggerated and they said there were many chances to avoid the war and to reach a p

welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max keyser time now to go to south africa and talk with abraham cambridge of the sun exchange full disclosure i'm an advisor i am i done. to say see i'm very well howie oh excellent so listen it's been about 2 years since we last spoke so for those who don't recall tell us about some exchange what you call solar powered money some exchange is a pitch to pay a solar panel micro leasing platform and i was a baby and awoke to purchase a solar panel on line they gave us and still would hit in sunny south africa and eventually sell electricity to organisations schools and chose one lakh reserves you name it anyone from a desktop computer or a mobile phone can now slow the power africa the greatest thing about that is the income generated from selling this other is returned to people in big point so it effectively allows completely global irish of so pounds wherever to the effect of the stream modify sunshine from one part of the other and why do you think this is profound is that many individuals especially these days are increasingly frustrated by tha

to this is state of new news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes to infinity and beyond ethiopia's 1st ever satellite launches into space so what will it do. for you and has extended a peacekeeping mission in the d r c but why is that a controversial decision. then gold was one saw that print goes well now its costs out there help. hello i'm christine one bill welcome to news africa it's good to have you along if you hope is 1st if a satellite has been launched into space the launch makes ethiopia the 11th african country to have a special light in space egypt was 1st in 1908 not prime minister made is credited with starting the satellite program 3 years ago while he was minister for taking on the. this rocket may have lifted off from shannon she northern china but it's rivera preparations were felt half way around the world for some countries space travel is about thrusting their power for smaller nations just hitching a ride is a sign of progress. to cause for celebration in ethiopia where they were up early to watch the countries for satellite sail into space. yet on a. satellit

america africa. according to the latest get the number of african open source projects has increased by 40 percent in the last year more than anywhere else in the world. one of these projects is run by a nigerian team using drones to map parts of lake us more than 1000000000 people worldwide live in places that don't have an official address which makes it hard or even impossible to locate them sometimes these. people cannot claim state support or get medical treatment and in case of an emergency authorities have no idea how many people are affected let alone where they are. all in lagos this is one of the largest shanty towns in africa. around 2 thirds of all nigerians live in this type of settlement nobody knows exactly how many people are in morocco latest estimate said the population was around 90000 but cold for africa's lead technologist david limine thinks it's home to many more his organization is working on creating the 1st ever map of. the cocoa exists as a sentry a block or google maps it'

in south africa. is. trying to prove. i could you know you're welcome to the program africa big drug problem and it's killing hundreds of thousands every year we're looking at the suffering this multi-million dollar business courses and what can be done to stop it now the world health organization africa accounts for 42 percent of the global consumption of. fake medicines the results deadly $250000.00 drug related that are reported every year children are dying every year from malaria on the moon due to fake drugs flooding the market cartels free on developing countries with little or no regulatory oversight. like in kenya where our correspondent. has been investigating it's been a year since below 18 month old son passed away memories of her baby boy are still vivid so are the nightmares of losing him when he got sick son to a local chemist for help he was given an injection his skin color changed soon after in a public hospital he died in his mother's arms. one of the doctors pulled me aside and said your child has been

just that mean it's still south africa is it your inspiration so the africa will always remain an inspiration for me it's my roots are in south africa but i think of being in berlin allows me that space off the fiction to have that distance away from a very vibrant viddy conflicted jogger fee set the country so i think the distance being in germany being in berlin the specially i think is very helpful for my state of mind ok i would just bowl and inspire you as well but lin has inspired me really interesting ways it's been more. to be able to access these thought equal differences with its architecture with its european r.t.c. with its within modernity i think that being able to access that has been has been a very potent inspiration for me in my work i want to talk to you about bicycles because you feature them quite a bit different. and i know there's an interesting story concerning apartheid that sort of has to do with box of the story goes back many many years it goes back to the 2nd world war. and it's regarding this of african soldiers and the forms of compensation. world war 2 soldiers

business business africa and africa global business news here on. as welcome and we start in ghana where the local currency is under pressure again it's not just recently the city is heading for its 25th straight year of the prescience against the dollar at korti to prove data overshooting fiscal deficit and debt is one source of the weakness investors are concerned that the government won't stick to its spending targets after next year's election this year the city has lost 15 percent that's pretty close to the biggest and the decline in 2015 when the currency slumps 18 percent. the controversy over who always roll as apply a full 5 g. network infrastructure is heating up china's ambassador to berlin warn germany of excluding weiwei where from the country's 5 g. network and we've reported these threatened german comic has with repercussions chancellor angela merkel said today that she had no knowledge of any pressure from china critics are concerned that is too close to the chinese state and that it might use its technology to spy on foreign countr

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so there is a question is if and africa that's wants to. develop the satellite technology ok that's is a to spy and it is evident q thank you. for now the u.n. has extended a peacekeeping mission in the d.r. sea by and that the year the mission than as a school is one of the most expensive in history costing over a $1000000000.00 every year now the decision to extend the mission comes as people in the d.r. see call for the troops to leave the country. victims of a massacre these people were attacked early december in their villages in essent congo what exactly happened is unclear but officials blame a notorious militia group for the atrocities and so-called democratic forces for more than 2 decades the islamist rooted militia has been seeking to destabilize the government of india see the people of been the live on the frontline of this militia violence. their anger has also turned against the un they say the organization should be doing more to protect them. the u.n. have done nothing for us here. but when the school says it is not deploye

welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max keyser time now to go to south africa and talk with abraham cambridge of the sun exchange folders closure i'm an advisor i am i a done iris i see are very well howie oh excellent so listen it's been about 2 years since we last spoke so for those who don't recall tell us about some exchange what you call solar powered money some exchange is a pig's a pig a solar panel micro leasing platform and i was a baby and awoke to purchase a solar panel on line the gas and stored hid it in sunny south africa and eventually sell electricity to organisations schools and chose one lakh reserves you name it anyone from a desktop computer or a mobile phone can now slow the power africa the greatest thing about that is the income generated from selling this other is returned to people in big point so it effectively allows completely global irish of so pounds and wherever to the effect of the stream modify sunshine from one form into the other and why do you think this is profound is that many individuals especially these days are increasingly frustrated by that

assuming determination set of changing the landscape of the horror and the politics of the heart of africa which is not an easy thing not only that he and initiated the peace process was at a trap but we have not we have not seen him i must mention here that some of his own initiatives in the horn of africa i know is this talk between somalia and kenya for example i've been having some dropbox after that so you hasn't been a vote following what he has a started off initially the same is true with the peace deal was a trip i'm going to have to do a little bit of push back here was wet cell and state. of peace was an energy i think the nobel committee is recognizing the prime minister for the peace deal with editor and not with an editor at us that is entirely the affair of their trying to government and attract is a fiercely independent and sovereign state so we need to be able to question separate whether there is peace was an editor our peace between if you're paid any trip my my my opinion is that i do not think this 2 countries would be going back to that status of civil war that they h

one of the most stable countries in africa for decades leading africa's liberation libya was the head of the african union the head of the us. european summit one of the most important countries and developing african economic projects such as the african central bank the african organization for natural resources the african unified army the african gold based currency and look at libya now it's a battle field for extremism for tribal conflict for western asians fighting for robbing libya of its wealth ideas of freedom and liberation and sovereignty well if these allegations that were presented to populations in nato countries is the reason for war were indeed false and you know the u.k. parliamentary foreign select committee in 2016 the very high and we'll researched and well funded parliamentary committee and britain came up with many conclusions but the main ones relevant to our discussion they said 1st of all the accusations against the libyan regime were either completely invented or at least exaggerated and they said there were many chances to avoid the war and to reach a peace

is found in india and it was transported from africa to india by the project. and the samarian traders so again you can speak about fruit and not bring colonialism because that's how all the places are transported all over the world so if you look at africa for instance it's got we've got our indigenous ingredients the growth here in africa but those ingredients can be found all over the world because of trading because of slavery because all of all kinds of. migration that have happened throughout the world and you can look at africa and not see that in spoons i mean you look at the food of the western cape its influence very much by the french englanders who came and brought with them see grapes which are very integral part in western cape could mean those are brought to the take by the french who are going to who came with the dutch in 1642 they broke with the cape malays marry who have influenced that part but we janov africans food so same thing in durban if you go to cater then which is another part of south africa which is the south is is on the coast. t

africa i talk about. it is very. welcome to news from the. culture we have a really diverse mix for you today indeed one could say something for every taste. provocative canadian performance artist peaches the stage show which is definitely not for the faint hearted. in our series 100 german must reads the last on of katherina bloom classic novel from nobel prize winner bird. and an old black and white british comedy sketch that has become a cult classic here in germany on new year's eve. canadian musician and performance artist peaches has been raising eyebrows with her sexually explicit shows since she started performing in the 990 s. bisexual herself gender identity is a big topic in her work and her lyrics blur the difference between male and female it's shocking stuff sometimes and yet her music has been used in movies like lost in translation and t.v. shows like south park his stage show features 40 people on stage and right now she's performing it here in berlin.

just that mean it's still south africa is it your inspiration so the africa will always remain an inspiration for me it's my lights on south africa but i think of being in berlin allows me that space on the fiction to have that distance away from a very vibrant v.t. conflicted jogger fee set the country so i think the distance being in germany being in berlin the spatially i think is very helpful for my state of mind ok i would just bowl and inspire you as well. as inspired me interesting ways it's been more. to be able to access these thought equal differences with its architecture with its european r.t.c. with its within modernity i think that being able to access that has been has been a video inspiration for me in my work i want to talk to you about bicycles because you feature them quite a bit different. and i know there's an interesting story concerning apartheid that sort of has to do with box of the story goes back many many years it goes back to the 2nd world war. and it's regarding this of african soldiers and the forms of compensation. will go with 2 soldiers who volunteered to fig

our natural existence of individual sovereignty while all primates of course have evolved from south africa that's where all the great experiments and humankind has come from and it makes sense that he would be from south africa here in america to rescue us from our primitive ways that will kill us if we don't evolve and marginal revolution points out some of the other you know technologies he's developing on why they're so important to an individual and to a society how you can protect yourself solar panels plus the tesla give you mobility even if saudi arabia goes up in smoke and world shipping lines are shut down that's how our federal government sets our national governments and these giant militaries keep us in line they say well if you don't have us then saudi arabia's oil might not get to you and there's going to be apocalypse and you're never going to be able to get to wal-mart to buy your goods well here they're saying if you have solar power panels at your home and fresh water and things like that you can you can survive any of that stuff but i would talk about dig a little izatio

unlike in africa the amount of woodland in the e.u. was growing. in poland it went from 8800000 hectares in 1990 to 9400000 hectares in 2015 that only works with truly sustainable methods. is very pleased with what he's seen here. they have a forest cultivation plan set up for 10 years with a registry for each logging so. and that way they know exactly how much wood they're allowed to take from each plant will do dismiss means traceability right back to where it was felled and we know they've been cultivating sustainably for years. this one here for example is 60 years old supply of. wood for guilt free charcoal. thanks to traditional forestry guidelines modern technology and careful documentation this forest will continue supplying as much wood as it does today for centuries to come. forward he didn't know. is that it's that's false that there's plenty of wood right here in poland that you don't need to buy it in africa. that out there is enough deciduous trees to cover the demand for charcoal that sort of. helps to someday find charcoal in superm