africa is experienced in a drug crisis in 2017 west africa accounted for 77 percent of all tramadol seized worldwide in the following story right now takes us to liberia where we meet a drug peddler who makes a profit from selling tramadol. monrovia liberia the abuse of the painkiller tramadol is on the rise. officially the synthetic opioid is only imported in $50.00 to $100.00 milligram pills but criminal networks smuggle in tramadol tablets $3.00 to $5.00 times higher in dosage. those pills are then passed on to street vendors like henry kane the 19 year old makes a profit every day. and i was and i used to sell electronic gadgets but then my business went down because of the call in a pandemic so i started selling tramadol people who have nothing to do people who don't have jobs they all come to me to buy my pills. kane says he's tried the drug and knows its effects but you keep selling as long as there's a market. sometimes i take it myself because i want to know what it is like the feeling of it i think it and i like it i see why people come to me and bites every day i know exa

well that seems to be their part and especially in the west africa. region where current or you see what is happening in the course they have to change the constitution so that the incumbent president can run for. then the same thing happens in guinea where he has actually been in power for one or 2 times for 10 years he is has forced to change the constitution so that he can run for another time but people have to know that this guy cannot be in the same basket as other people who have been in power for 2 decades really could even for decades has just been in power for all of 2 times 10 yes' but then the change of the constitution itself raises questions about his motives and he is also is very questionable he is 82 years only. afraid what about his main challenger at delhi india he is no new come it's a political power isn't. yes he's very very you know new has acquired in this so your poise and president. that he's some couple of years ago he has been also the prime minister he's very very experienced politician and he has also muscle support from

africa is experience in a drug crisis in 2017 west africa accounted for 77 percent of all tramadol seized worldwide in the following story really not excess to liberia where we meet a drug peddler who makes a profit from selling tramadol. monrovia liberia the abuse of the painkiller tramadol is on the rise. officially the synthetic opioid is only important in 50 to 100 milligram pills but criminal networks smuggle in tramadol tablets 3 to 5 times higher in dosage. those pills are then passed on to street vendors like henry kane the 19 year old makes a profit every day. i used to sell electronic gadgets but then my business went down because of the call in a pandemic so i started selling tramadol people who have nothing to do people who don't have jobs they all come to me to buy my pills. kane says he's tried the drug and knows its effects but he'll keep selling as long as there's a market. sometimes i think it myself because i want to know what it is like the feeling of it i think it and i like it i see why people come to me and bite every day i know it's not food to people and it is ille

news africa on the program today democracy in west africa voters in guinea kicked off the 1st profit straight off elections in the region including in ghana the ivory coast and. they're all warnings democracy is deteriorating in these countries . and to say is you have to reinvent the wheel we'll meet the businessman creating youth employment opportunities in cape town with a simple but ingenious idea. hello i'm christine one day it's good to have your company there often is often electoral dispute in guinea a day off to a tense presidential election votes all still being counted but the opposition has already say it will publish its own results while the incumbent president alpha condé is seeking a 3rd term following months of protests against the move during which security forces killed dozens of people. and president alpha condé has called for a free fat and transparent election. he came to power in 2010 as an opposition candidate in guinea's 1st democratic election since independence from france in 1958 back then his win was seen as a break from decades of authoritarian rule bu

we go over to london fred when he's in our west africa bureau in lagos hi fred good to see you so awful condé once a nother term in office and there's been much opposition to that but just had a small about his 10 years in office. in the last 10 year prison. says he claims that he has changed things he has changed the economy of the country which he says that he's pretty son actually messed up with everything and then now he says that for the last 10 years he has done incredible job in terms of economy and he has the kountry so. but then there were position on the other side the opposition says that this guy wants to stay in power something they don't want to see repeating itself tell us more about the opposition candidate what how much support does he have among the nails. he has i can say that he has significant support because this is a guy who has been he's a former prime minister he has a q prior to several ministerial posts during the not going to rule so he's an experienced politician but also he he has a massive support from the old regime for the people who are against the inc

well that seems to be their part and especially in the west africa. region where currents are you see what is happening because they have had to change the constitution so that the incumbent president can run for a time then the same thing happens in guinea where he has actually been in power for one or 2 times for 10 years he is has forced to change the constitution so that he can run for another term but people have to know that this guy cannot be in the same basket as other people who have been in power for 2 decades even for decades has just been in power for all of 2 times 10 yes' but then the change of the constitution itself raises questions about his motives and he's also is very questionable he's 82 years almost. afraid what about his main challenge at delhi india though he's no new come into political power is he. yes he's very very you know new has acquired in this so your poised and president. that he's some couple of years ago he has been also the prime minister he's very very experienced politician and he has also muster support from fro

this is deja news africa on the program today democracy in west africa voters in guinea kicked off the 1st drop it straight off elections in the region including in the ivory coast and. they're all warnings democracy is deteriorating in these countries . and to say is you have to reinvent the wheel we'll meet the businessman creating employment opportunities in cape town with a simple but ingenious idea. hello i'm christine one day it's good to have your company there often is often electoral dispute in guinea a day off to a tense presidential election votes all still being counted but the opposition has already say it will publish its own results while the incumbent president alpha condé is seeking a the following months against the move during which security forces killed dozens of people. and president alpha condé has called for a free fair and transparent election. he came to power in 2010 as an opposition candidate and guineas 1st democratic election since independence from france in 1408 back then his win was seen as a break from decades of authoritarian rule but now critics ar

this is news africa on the program today democracy in west africa voters in guinea kicked all the 1st off a string off elections in the region including in ghana the ivory coast and. they're all warnings democracy is deteriorating in these countries. and to say is you have to reinvent the wheel we'll need the businessmen creating youth employment opportunities in cape town with the simple but ingenious idea. hello i'm christine one day it's good to have your company there often is often electoral dispute in guinea a day off to a tense presidential election votes all still being counted but the opposition has already say it will publish its own results while the incumbent president alpha condé is seeking a 3rd term following months of protests against the move during which security forces killed dozens of people. and president alpha condé has called for a free fair and transparent election. he came to power in 2010 as an opposition candidate in guinea's 1st democratic election since independence from france in 1000 or 58 back then his win was seen as a break from decades of authorita

well that seems to be depart on especially in the west africa. region where current or you see what is happening in the course they have had to change the constitution so that the incumbent president can run for. them the same thing happens in guinea where he has actually been in power for one or 2 times for 10 years he is has forced to change the constitution so that he can run for another time but people have to know that this guy cannot be in the same basket as other people who have been in power for 2 decades even for decades has just been in power for all of 2 times 10 years but then the change of the constitution it's of raises questions about his motives and he's also is very questionable he's 82 years almost. afraid what about his main challenger at delhi india he is no new come achieve political power is he. yes he's very very you know me has occupied several minutes so your poised and president. that he's some couple of years ago he has been also the prime minister he's very a very experienced politician and he has also must have suppor

africa in guinea or in togo we had elections this year that was a very similar story that the sitting president claims he does have the right to run for a 3rd time because the change in the constitution to mammon doesn't account for him so as a result the main opposition parties here except for an independent candidate that is running against president ouattara these main opposition parties are saying that this entire election here is a farce what they want is a different candidate from the r h d p party the governing party a candidate that didn't have 2 terms so far now we know that there was a lot of violence killed killing thousands of people after the 2010 election and there are fears of a possible return of that violence and how likely do you think that is. definitely those memories are very very stark memories 2002 to 2010 when the ivorians here really received a very very brutal taste a brutal experience of what polls election violence can mean nobody really knows how the violence that into the run up to these elections have already played out on the roads nobody knows how that

africa in guinea or in togo riyadh elections this year that was a very similar story that the sitting president claims he does have the right to run for a 3rd time because the change in the constitution to mammon doesn't account for him so as a result the main opposition parties here except for an independent candidate that is running against president ouattara these main opposition parties are saying that this entire election here is a farce what they want is a different candidate from the r h d p party the governing party candidate didn't have 2 terms so far now we know that there was a lot of violence killed killing thousands of people after the 2010 election and there are fears of a possible return of that violence and how likely do you think that is. definitely those memories are very very stark memories 2002 to 2010 when they ivorians here really received a very very brutal taste the brutal experience of what polls election violence can mean nobody really knows how the violence that into the run up to these elections have already played out on the roads nobody knows how that is

africa but it's images of the dance of death of death leading people the way they would in a medieval drawing and to dance against it the way villages would dance to let the play part of them by obviously has very strong echoes with where we are today that's part of the fact of covert being that exhibition as opened in both but it's not yet been possible to travel from johannesburg to. so i'm hoping to get the during the run of the exhibition. and to see how it feels in a different space obviously an exhibition changes every time it moves it's a mixture between the work that's there and the space it's shown in and and it looks beautiful and dr hunter i'm sure it does not just quit a politics play such a huge role in your work and of course your own biography how do you see the political role of our ted at this stage of your career. well i'm interested in an art that can reflect things which aren't usually very political or that is to say that can affect the ambiguity the paradoxes the contradictions of the political so normally when one thinks of political art one thinks of something

we go over to london freedom of when he's in our west africa bureau in a good to see you so i'll condé once a nother term in office and there's been much opposition to that but just had a small about his 10 years in office. and. prison. says he claims that he has changed things he has changed the economy of the country which he says that he is pretty son counting actually messed up with everything and then he now he says that for the last 10 years he has done incredible job in terms of economy and he has the kountry so. but then there were position on the other side the opposition says that this guy wants to stay in power something they don't want to see repeating itself tell us more about the opposition's candidate what how much support does he have among gay males . he has. said that he has significant support because this is a guy who has been he's a former prime minister he has a-q. prior to several ministerial posts during the not going to rule so he's an experienced politician but also he has a massive support from the old regime for the people who are against the incumbent presi

the full any people are a nomadic ethnic group that move with their cattle across west and central africa but with population growth there is less space for their heads to graze freely that means they often come into conflict with owners of farm land who accuse them of trespassing and destroying their crops here's an example of how this dispute is playing out in ghana. 50 year old giallo sambo is a few money herdsman in eastern ghana he owns thousands of cattle they graze on lands like these and that's creating problems with the locals who own the farmland . they are now retaliating. in your mind you might be yeah yeah we don't have any other job we raise livestock and farm at the same time to make a living and for many years we've done this without issues and in recent years our cattle have been attacked and killed by locals and security forces. they're trying to destroy our livelihood yeah well i do and i have i thought sambo has lived here all his life and he was born into the fulani community just like his father and grandfather. he explains why he now feels threatened by the current

we go over to london freedom of when you he's in our west africa bureau in lagos hi fred good to see you so awful condé once a nother term in office and there's been much opposition to that but just had a small about his 10 years in office. and. prison. says he claims that he has changed things he has changed the economy of the contrie which he says that he is pretty son actually messed up with everything and then he now he says that for the last 10 years he has done incredible job in terms of economy and he has the kountry so. but then there will position on the other side the opposition says that this guy wants to stay in power something they don't want to see repeating itself tell us more about the opposition candidate what how much support does he have among the natives. he has i can say that he has significant support because this is a guy who has been he's a former prime minister he has a-q. prior to several ministerial posts during our contest rule so he's an experienced politician but also he has a massive support from the old regime for the people who are against the incumb

we go over to london fred when you he's in our west africa bureau in lagos hi fred good to see you so algal condé once again that the term in office and there's been much opposition to that but just had a small about his 10 years in office. in the last 10 year prison. says he claims that he has changed things he has changed the corner of the country which he says that he's pretty says our son actually messed up with everything and then he now he says that for the last 10 years he has done incredible job in terms of economy and he has the kountry so. but then there will position on the other side the opposition says that this guy wants to stay in power something they don't want to see repeating itself tell us more about the opposition candidate what how much support does he have among gay males. he has. said that he has significant support because this is a guy who has been he's a former prime minister he has a q prior to several ministerial posts during us are not going to rule so he's an experienced politician but also he has a massive support from the old regime for the people who

let our thank you so much for your company everyone where we begin in west africa authorities in nigeria's biggest city lagos are vowing to investigate reports that security forces have. opened fire on protesters are rights groups are citing what they call credible reports that some demonstrators were killed or the army calls the reports fake news nigerians have been protesting meanwhile for weeks against police brutality and corruption. they came out in defiance of a curfew and after dusk the trouble started the many green uniforms was seen setting up barriers surrounding the area and eyewitnesses saw c.c.t.v. cameras and street lighting being disabled for god then suddenly gunshots. i truly am sure they're. ok all sincere huge people outside the toll gate started taking cover now down to down. the road i. think. a d w news crew who were on the scene were forced to take shelter next to their vehicle . i think. the earth even after the sun went down the shooting continued so did the protest deep into the night was here look how many of them are still down on her way out just in nigeria out

the felony people are a nomadic ethnic group that move with their cattle across west and central africa but with population growth there is less space for their heads to graze freely that means they often come into conflict with owners of farm land who accuse them of trespassing and destroying their crops here's an example of how this dispute is playing out in ghana. 50 year old giallo sambo is a fulani herdsman in eastern. he owns thousands of cattle they graze on lands like these and that's creating problems with the locals who own the farmland thing they are now retaliating. in your mind you might be yeah yeah we don't have any other job we raise livestock and farm at the same time to make a living much for many years we've done this without issues and in recent years our cattle have been attacked and killed by locals and security forces. they're trying to destroy our livelihood yeah well i do and i have i thought sambo has lived here all his life he was born into the fulani community just like his father and grandfather. he explains why he now feels threatened by the current hostili

well that seems to be the part and especially in the west africa. region where cut into you see what is happening in the course they have had to change the constitution so that the incumbent president can run for a time then the same thing happens in guinea where he has actually been in power for one or 2 times for 10 years he is has forced to change the constitution so that he can run for another time but people have to know that this guy cannot be in the same basket as other people who have been in power for 2 decades even for decades has just been in power for all the 2 times 10 yes'. then the change of the constitution it's of raises questions about his motives and he's also is very questionable he is 82 years almost. afraid what about his main challenger. delhi india though he is no new committee political power is he. yes he's very very you know only has occupied so very many so your poise and president. that he's some couple of years ago he has been also the prime minister he's very very experienced politician and he has also must have suppor

the felony people are a nomadic ethnic group that move with their cattle across west and central africa but with population growth there is less space for their heads to graze freely that means they often come into conflict with owners of farm land who accuse them of trespassing and destroying their crops here's an example of how this dispute is playing out in ghana. 50 year old giallo sambo is a fulani herdsman in eastern gonna he owns thousands of cattle they graze on lands like feeds and that's creating problems with the locals who own the farmland. they are now retaliating. in your mind you might be yeah yeah we don't have any other job we raise livestock and farm at the same time to make a living for many years we've done this without issues and in recent years our cattle have been attacked and killed by locals and security forces. they're trying to destroy our livelihood yeah well i do and i have. sambo has lived here all his life he was born into the fulani community just like his father and grandfather . he explains why he now feels threatened by the current hostilities. and. th

i was right and employment hand going on west and 19 has left. in south africa being accused off or kinds of i think citizens. and there is not their victims of the constant terms of violence dozens have had their shots looked at the west violence in 2018 more than 60 people killed in that year. the recent imagines of a group calling itself put south africa 1st has knocked many for the nationalist scared that of most aggressive wave of xenophobic violence could erupt this group. made after a different community organizations is home to protest demonstrations and protests across the country asking for the nationals to pick and live should understand the position of citizens when they see as. much or 2 of the foreign nationals in the country the bad people one percent is good the rest they need to go back to human rights watch dogs are taking the government to spin to attend to the concerns of the groups such as put some of the 1st before things get out of control reactivity worried that this is now going to you know break out into again the same t

africa is experiencing a drug crisis in 2017 west africa accounted for 77 percent of all tramadol seized worldwide in the following story right now takes us to liberia where we meet a drug peddler who makes a profit from selling tramadol. monrovia liberia the abuse of the painkiller tramadol is on the rise. officially the synthetic opioid is only imported in $50.00 to $100.00 milligram pills but criminal networks smuggle in tramadol tablets $3.00 to $5.00 times higher in dosage. those polls are then passed on to street vendors like henry kane the 19 year old makes a profit every day. and i was and i used to sell electronic gadgets but then my business went down because of the corner pandemic so i started selling tramadol people who have nothing to do people who don't have jobs they all come to me to buy my pills. kane says he's tried the drug and knows its effects but he'll keep selling as long as there's a market. sometimes they take it myself because i want to know what it is like the feeling of it i take it and i like it i see why people come to me and buy a dividend i know example to

here and is unique in west africa it was founded by study as a new one of the biggest names in contemporary africa. and his latest project he works with refugees from mali. there are lots of refugees here the 1st place an african refugees head is elsewhere in africa europe. people think africans are going to cross the mediterranean and invade europe for that's false lots of african refugees stay within africa and often. the purpose of the beyond borders project is to go into the camps and get refugees to dance. this allows them to regain control and self-confidence and to overcome boredom and loneliness. they're going to return to campus with new knowledge with a breath of fresh air and hope. they were deal with the issues which affect everyone but from an african perspective. just as a dance for such as dance because it's a universal language you can communicate transmit emotion and touch audiences but it using words. sound passive. as a representative of africa's politically active dance scene beyond the neighbors you also took part in the town's caucus interest in along with dancers from

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to meet here it is unique in west africa it was founded by. one of the biggest names in contemporary african. in his latest project he works with refugees from. there are lots of refugees here the 1st place an african refugees head is elsewhere in africa europe. people think africans are going to cross the mediterranean and invade europe for that's false lots of african refugees stay within africa. is. the purpose of the beyond borders project is to go into the camps and get refugees to dance. this allows them to regain control and self-confidence and to overcome boredom and loneliness. are going to return to campus with new knowledge with a breath of fresh air and hope. they were deal with the issues which affect everyone but from an african perspective. president i dance for such as dance because it's a universal language and you can communicate transmit emotion and church audiences without using words. sound passive. as a representative of africa's politically active dance seem younger neighbors year also took part in the town's caucus inte

news africa on the program today democracy in west africa voters in guinea the 1st profit string off elections in the region including in ghana the ivory coast and. they're all warnings democracy is deteriorating in these countries. and to say is you have to reinvent the wheel to meet the businessmen creating youth employment opportunities in cape town with the simple but ingenious idea. hello i'm christine one day it's good to have your company there often is often electoral dispute in guinea a day off to a tense presidential election votes all still being counted but the opposition has already say it will publish its own results while the incumbent president alpha condé is seeking a 3rd term following months off against the move during which security forces killed dozens of people. and president alpha condé has called for a free fat and transparent election. he came to power in 2010 as an opposition candidate in guinea's 1st democratic election since independence from france in 1958 back then. his win was seen as a break from decades of authoritarian rule but now critics are accu

it is unique in west africa it was founded by sally s. and one of the biggest names in contemporary african dogs in his latest project he works with refugees from. there are lots of refugees here the 1st place an african refugees head is elsewhere in africa europe. people think africans are going to cross the mediterranean and invade europe but that's false lots of african refugees stay within africa. is. the purpose of the beyond borders project is to go into the camps and get refugees to dance. this allows them to regain control and self-confidence and to overcome boredom and loneliness. they're going to return to the campus with new knowledge with a breath of fresh air and hope. they were deal with the issues which affect everyone but from an african perspective. as regards for such as dance because it's a universal language you can communicate transmit emotion and church audiences using words. as a representative of africa's politically active dance scene beyond the neighbors here also to pass in the town's call case interest in along

africa. at this market in a crop it's easy to see how imports are driving out domestic products translates into job losses the only translates to trashing off my view. it translates into puppets. and it translates into cash tristian valley's young people long to dr discounts. need to modify fast * changing business because you have lost once while bob was there a while back about 3 years ago and bottle sick on food from the us and us get done out of africa and work on a fortune which is. sort of how the show. yes there was one spanking if you try to change policy here by. me. preposition or not destroy lives. and thus making the song some time for the plan to find out because those who profit have very few. to noosa some men. and women will. seem ot upon you as an agricultural advisor in northern gonna be at the tomato factory and quite to go that's gone out of business. as a result local farmers are desperate. many of them leave the region others are experimenting with alternative crops and

countries on the continent is i doubt badly organized or non-existent in west africa one stossel has developed an app to help improve the efficiency of collecting on recycling waste could the idea catch on elsewhere too many people in god are already using. oh. just a quick leak and they waste collectors on the road and a crime based company is always on call to pick up its client's plastic waste and not only does their recycling phone call their waste it's also pennies for each of their beds await the amount entered into the ad and the money transferred drive to the clients account up to the time i've been in the morning and in mine. please make a request and then place my request then one of the i ready to pick from and to pick up that the plastic. 20 by small collection trucks have been zipping around across streets for 3 years every month they collect of tons of plastic waste from regular customers and around $2500.00 housewives brings teamed up with a friend for the project. by the mobile platform recycling service people spring got tapes because. they can record for pickup. to

unique in west africa it was founded by a new one of the biggest names in contemporary african dance in his latest project he works with refugees from mali. there are lots of refugees here the 1st place an african refugees head is elsewhere in africa europe. people think africans are going to cross the mediterranean and invade europe for that's false stuff lots of african refugees stay within africa and off he. is just to put the purpose of the beyond borders project is to go into the camps and get refugees to dance. this allows them to regain control and self-confidence and to overcome boredom and loneliness event could lead to the. evil of the party don't look they're going to return to the camps with new knowledge with a breath of fresh air and hope said knew very little that's why. it works deal with the issues which affect everyone but from an african perspective . to try to do that dance for such shows dance because it's a universal language you can communicate transmit emotion and church audiences with it using words. as a representative of africa's politically active dance sc

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africa on specifically again i am capital accra that's right sondra with their creation. with influence they have the parts suppliers and fascinates us and also to make us think could be a man jaco is a good man painter whose works draw attention destruction of our oceans it graphic upgraded my verses to find out. in his studio. doubts about 2 things he laughs deeply fish on the ocean he sneak nane with furry. mr fish much of this week he picks the sea creatures struggle with pollutants dumped into the ocean. no specific thing when he 1st started painting by 20 years ago but having grown up in a fishing community his consent from irene life grew with environmental issues becoming more and more pressing i've been painting from eric perspective of a shut eye and seeing some plane for years but. seeing the polish aspect of it it is going to affect and even kind of fishes we have in the oceans so few years to come if we are able to do a bot do anything about getting this which is not in. the paintings illustrates the purity of the contrasting needs with the damage done by hum

africa on specifically again i am capital accra that's right sondra with their creation artists come out with influence they have a part to surprise them fascinates us and also to make us think could be in our yard is a good man painter whose works draw attention destruction of our oceans it could offer got paid him a visit to find out. in his to do you. doubt about 2 things he laughs deeply fish on the ocean his nickname which for. mr fish much of this week makes this secret chess struggle with pollutants dumped into the ocean. no specific thing when he 1st started painting by 20 years ago but having grown up in a fishing community his consent for marine life grew with environmental issues becoming more and more pressing i've been painting from eric this picture of the shot and seeing some plane for some years back and seeing the pollution aspect of it it is going to affect and even kind of fishes we have in the oceans so few years to come if we are able to do about do anything about getting this wish. in. the paintings illustrates the puti of the contrast in it with the damage done

well in west africa violence has marred the presidential election in ivory coast opposition parties which are boycotting the vote say several people have been killed in clashes on polling day police fired tear gas during these demonstrations against the current leader. he was running for a 3rd term which the opposition says is unconstitutional. after polling stations closer president ouattara appealed for calm opposition candidates have already dismissed the whole process our correspondent funny fresh are in john has this assessment. the roads here in abidjan into commercial capital are almost empty people are staying at home and they're trying to sit out these controversial elections they are bracing for violence yet they're hoping for a peaceful outcome of the elections there were various incidents in the center in the cells of ivory coast including the capital city and. police forces to be trying to disperse protesters but again we're trying to prevent voters from casting their ballot now opposition parties are saying that this was not an election that quote the president president oua

newfies in jihadist of creations of course west africa and which tourist destinations frequented largely by westerners were no longer considered safe. now in uganda the good 19 pandemic has become a lifeline to new koreas for some people when they had the country's economy jobs were lost and many needed supports to get by but a group of women decided not to idle on launched a new all female toxic. taxi drivers in kampala serve the doe's of girl power it's female drivers only. and they know how to make their way at the time driving a taxi is a male dominated industry and female drivers were unheard of in the socially conservative east african country until the pandemic struck they often shuttle drunk groups they drive alone at night it's risky. therefore all women have been trained in self-defense they also all carry pepper sprayed and know how to use it if needed. this driver a mother of 3 like so many others here lost her job as an accountant at the beginning of the pandemic she's glad she found txiki as. you say if you take it up because you keep going to continue to for me to do so an

for all africa program it's a nonprofit organization which started in 2015 and it's west africa's 1st and biggest food bank. this year alone it's has recovered more than $305000.00 u.s. dollars of food products from spam markets with tells and farms to feed and support the holes and so vulnerable people. even being critical for those in need of food a corner virus pandemic for millions are for us to get jobs on. also benefit from the recovered food from. these food donations. for such facilities. through the 19. it wasn't easy for us here but. it becomes something that is her. plans to expand this kind of intervention to many other communities to help those in need of food. we have community programs like this that this food and. this our food. and they're trying but for us been able to see this food is more fulfilling in. with. i do has been recognized. as a food hero and he seems to expunge to other parts of africa in the future. well that's it for now be sure to check out other stories on. africa on facebook and twitter we'll leave you with these pictures of us from ethiopia rehear

africa that something could become a soup is pretty eventful call the 19 organizers are expecting 3 to 5000000 pilgrims this week despite the main ceremony on tuesday being cancelled it efforts to lower the risk of coronavirus contagion of the events being streamed to avoid overcrowding. they have come in their thousands despite the penn demick every year the mughal pilgrimage can attract up to 3000000 people here in the city of tuba the ones that are here have been given clear instructions. what i worry we follow the guidelines which are given by the caliph that they are where mosques and queue up for prayers in an orderly manner. the mcgough pilgrimage is the 1st law scale gathering in senegal since the corona virus outbreak must hand and paperbacks for storing shoes are part of the measures being taken by social distancing is almost impossible 'd. then that that's all it was a lot going up there lots of people here that's why we're wearing gloves and masks . will be so we can heighten the awareness among people. the disease is always here and we are doing our best so it will pass

on west and by 1000. foreign nationals in south africa being accused of or kinds of i think citizens. and there is not there our victims of the internals and violence dozens have had their shots looked at the rest of violence in 2018 more than 60 people were killed in that year. the recent invasions of a group calling itself put south africa 1st has not meant for the nationalist scared that if most of us wave of xenophobia violence could erupt this group. made up of different community organizations is home to protest demonstrations and protests across the country asking for the nationals to pick and live should understand the position of citizens when they see as. much or 2 of the foreign nationals in the country the bad people one percent is good the rest they need to go back to human rights watch dogs egging government to spin to attend to the concerns of the groups such as put some of the fest before things get out of control react differently worried that this is now going to you know break out into

africa. at this market in accra it's easy to see how imports are driving out domestic products translates into job offers the only translates you just ration of libel. it translates into poverty. and the translates into cash tristian values yom kippur $12.00 that after discounts. you do not have the capacity to change is this because you have lost ones clothes your old one back about 3 years ago mom didn't put off sick on food from the us and us could run out of africa and work on a fortune which is. what was called the shows the response from if you try to change positive value. preposition or destroy a life. that's missing the sun sometimes for the plan to fund it all goes on a profit but if you. don't who says amen. to much upon you as an agricultural advisor in northern gonna be at the tomato factory and quality that's gone out of business. as a result local farmers are desperate many of them leave the region others are experimenting with alternative crops so. i'm still do grow tomatoes b

africa that some fear could become a soup is pretty eventful call the 19 organizers are expecting 3 to 5000000 pilgrims this week despite the main ceremony on tuesday being cancelled in efforts to lower the risk of coronavirus contagion of the events of being video streamed to avoid overcrowding. they have come in their thousands despite the penn demick every year the mughal pilgrimage can attract up to 3000000 people here in the city of tuba the ones that are here have been given instructions. what do i worry we follow the guidelines which are given by the caliphate they are where mosques and queue up for prayers in an orderly manner. the mcgough pilgrimage is the 1st large scale gathering in senegal since the corona virus outbreak must hand and paperbacks for storing shoes are part of the measures being taken by social distancing is almost impossible. to happen that that's not it it was a lot going up there lots of people here that's why we're wearing gloves and masks . was it because we can heighten the awareness among people. that the disease is always here and we're doing our b

africa but it's images of the dance of death of death leading people the way they would in a medieval drawing and to dance against it the way villages would dance to let the play part of them by obviously has very strong echoes with where we are today as part of the fact of covert being that exhibition us opened in both but it's not yet been possible to travel from johannesburg to hamburg so i'm hoping to get the during the run of the exhibition. and to see how it feels in a different space obviously in the exhibition changes every time it moves it's a mixture between the work that's there and the space shown in and and it looks beautiful and dr hunter i'm sure it does not just quickly politics play such a huge role in your work and of course your own biography how do you see the political role of our ted at this stage of your career. well i'm interested in an art that can reflect things which aren't usually very political or that is to say that can affect the ambiguity the paradoxes the contradictions of the political so normally when one thinks of political art one thinks of somethi

he was in office and he says basically for him the clock has been reset just like in other parts of west africa in guinea or in told the reactions this year that was a very similar story that the sitting president claims he does have the right to run for a 3rd time because the change in the constitution to mammon doesn't account for him so as a result the main opposition parties here except for an independent candidate that is running against president ouattara these main opposition parties are saying that this entire election here is a farce what they want is a different candidate from the r h d p party the governing party a candidate that didn't have 2 terms so far now we know that there was a lot of violence killed killing thousands of people after the 2010 election and there are fears of a possible return of that violence and how likely do you think that is. definitely those memories are very very stark memories 2002 to 2010 when they are gorgeous you're really received a very very brutal taste the brutal experience of what ports election violence can mean nobody really knows how the

this is africa on the program today democracy in west africa voters in guinea kicked all the 1st off a string of the nations in the region including in ghana the ivory coast and took enough possible they're all warnings democracy is deteriorating in these countries . and to say is you have to reinvent the wheel we'll need the businessmen creating employment opportunities in cape town with a simple but ingenious idea.

africa on specifically to get my own capital accra that's right sondra with their creation artists can have great influence they have the parts suppliers and fascinates us and also to make us think could be a man jaco is a good man painter whose works draw attention destruction of our oceans africa update him a visit to find out. in his studio. doubts about 2 things he laughs deeply fish on the ocean he's nickname which furry. mr fish much office week he picks to see creatures the struggle with pollutants dumped into the ocean knuckle had no specific theme when he 1st started painting by 20 years ago but having grown up in a fishing community his consent for marine life grew with environmental issues becoming more and more pressing i've been painting from request picture of the shut eye and since i'm clean for so many years back and now still end up seeing the pollution aspect of it it is going to affect the world and even kind of fishes we have in the ocean so few years to come if we are able to do about do anything about getting this with ended up in. the bin thousands illustrates th

let's go over to deeds of use west africa correspondent fred move on you he is in lagos hi fred these protests began over police brutality but it's about more than back now isn't it. yeah you're right christine there are protests as you mentioned they started when protesters were demanding the state to disband this police unit and the government did just that and then they went ahead to demand the form of the. whole port in general and the government promised that they're going to look into this but then a christian out there is a problem of the mistrust because the protesters are saying that we have been asking these changes for so many hours and the government didn't do anything and that's why the protest was going to need to be on the streets demanding more but also if you really want to look at nigeria. with this current is there is more problems than just these. police there is corruption in security agencies these unemployment and. this this point of time young people are so angry and they want to see things changing right so what have you heard from the protest as they did it c

let's go over to deeds of use west africa correspondent fred move on you he is in lagos hi fred these protests began over police brutality but it's about more than that now isn't it. yeah you're right christine there are protests as you mentioned they started when protesters were demanding the state to disband this police unit and the government did just that and then they went ahead to demand the form of the. whole port in general and the government promised that they're going to look into this but then a christian out there is a problem of the mistrust because the protesters are saying that we have been asking these changes for so many as the government didn't do anything and that's why the protest as continue to be on the streets demanding more but also if you really want to look at nigeria the current. with this current situation there is more problems than just these. police there is corruption in security agencies there is unemployment and i think this this point of time young people are so angry and they want to see things changing right so what have you heard from the proteste

from west africa to get to europe you can use that kind money to start from destruction and i bet you at the end of 6 months you will see yourself in a position so was it worth it for you coming here everything you went through for the life you're living in today wasn't with it's not their life i'm living in today here it's not the kind of life i need election when i come back to you now because in this discussion now what are your final points i want to speak to all politicians and i call them. you know because they are not looking at the interest the needs deval not our ability that constrain people to margaret because to the gumbo to senegal to african political leaders it is convenient even if we die in the streets even if we die in the us we can send remittances so i'm telling africans who are there that i am guilty for being here if you come here you are opening from your walk you are running from changing africa so if i am speaking and if you can hear me today i am saying i should bark and then we should walk on what is happening because the future is in africa real question is

in south africa being accused of or kinds of i think citizens. and that is not their victims of the boston who tells them off the violence doesn't have a head their shops look at the west violence in 2018 more than 60 people were killed in that year. the recent inmate hands of a group calling itself put south africa 1st has knocked many for the nationalist scared that if most of us a wave of xenophobic violence could erupt this group. made up of different community organizations is supporting protest demonstrations and protests across the country asking for the nationals to pick and live should understand the position of citizens when they see as. much or 2 of the foreign nationals in the country the bad people one percent is good and the rest they need to go back to human rights watch dogs are taking the government to speak to attend to the concerns of the groups such as put some of the fest before things get out of control reactivity worried that this is now going to you know break out into again the same type of xenophobic violence it received

the felony people are a nomadic ethnic group that move with their cattle across west and central africa but with population growth there is less space for their heads to graze freely that means they often come into conflict with owners of farm land who accuse them of trespassing and destroying their crops here's an example of how this dispute is playing out in ghana. 50 year old giallo sambo is a few money herdsman in eastern. he owns thousands of cattle they graze on lands like the us and that's creating problems with the locals who own the farmland. they are now retaliating. in their mind you might be yeah we don't have any other job we raise livestock and farm at the same time to make a living for many years we've done this without issues and in recent years our cattle have been attacked and killed by locals and security forces. they're trying to destroy our livelihood yeah well i do and i about. sambo has lived here all his life he was born into the fulani community just like his father and grandfather . he explains why he now feels threatened by the current hostilities. they are ki

the felony people are a nomadic ethnic group that move with their cattle across west and central africa but with population growth there is less space for their heads to graze freely that means they often come into conflict with owners of farm land who accuse them of trespassing and destroying their crops here's an example of how this dispute is playing out in ghana. 50 year old giallo sambo is a free money herdsman in eastern ghana he owns thousands of cattle they graze on lands like these and that's creating problems with the locals who own the farmland . they are now retaliating. in my view might be yeah we don't have any other job we raise livestock and farm at the same time to make a living much for many years we've done this without issues and in recent years our cattle have been attacked and killed by locals and security forces. they're trying to destroy our livelihood yeah well i do and i about. sambo has lived here all his life and he was born into the flaunting community just like his father and grandfather. he explains why he now feels threatened by the current hostilities. a