dance is taking over nairobi and even spreading beyond. the employment opportunities in the city that has 40% unemployment and now all of a sudden, there's dance teachers and it is an opportunity for people to make a living through dance and i am just as excited about training future dance teachers and having more of these little studios around nairobi and around kenya as i am about training dancers that are leaving kenya and going abroad, like joel. annabel shaw, playing juliet, from the northern and manchester city ballet is on hand to greet him. romeo and juliet is my favourite ballet. i think the score, prokofiev's music, isjust to die for. i think it's gorgeous. when cooper told me kind of, yeah, only five weeks ago, "oh, you're going to do romeo and juliet. you're going to be juliet. joel is coming but he is not arriving until a week before the show," i was kind of like "oh, 0k!" the cast have already been rehearsing for three weeks asjoel arrives, with the opening night just seven days away. for now, i want you to get your tights an

dance is taking over nairobi and even spreading beyond. the employment opportunities in the city that has 40% unemployment and now all of a sudden, there's dance teachers and it is an opportunity for people to make a living through dance and i am just as excited about training future dance teachers and having more of these little studios around nairobi and around kenya as i am about training dancers that are leaving kenya and going abroad, likejoel. annabel shaw, playing juliet, from the northern and manchester city ballet is on hand to greet him. romeo and juliet is my favourite ballet. i think the score, prokofiev's music, isjust to die for. i think it's gorgeous. when cooper told me kind of, yeah, only five weeks ago, "oh, you're going to do romeo and juliet. you're going to be juliet. joel is coming but he is not arriving until a week before the show," i was kind of like "oh, 0k!" the cast have already been rehearsing for three weeks as joel arrives, with the opening night just seven days away. for now, i want you to get your tights an

in nairobi buses all filling up with people trying to get to be a village just for the holidays but it's fear that they could be carrying the virus to their destinations. and it will be in rural mali when experience with the rolling out of the polio vaccine has proved it's going to be a challenge getting the cold the 19 vaccine to the people. hello i'm chris. any christmas holiday celebrations in much of africa have been dampened by the coronavirus pandemic many countries are seeing kovac 19 infections rise forcing governments to impose restrictions on gatherings. has i will 1st report from lagos nigeria with the economic fallout off the pandemic has made things even worse. christmas is in the league is always packed with all kinds of parties festivals and events but this year is going to be more than usual because of the recent spike in. the governments has introduced. patsy's county vows and music our shows are now banned throughout the state of maine another major highlights of christmas here. is the amazing food unfortunately nigeria is going through an economic recession as a result

nairobi's night life was heavily affected by a strict caste. boston clubs as well as least struggled to make ends meet. and 3 d. are just gonna lose. despite the economics no doubt. the time. i want to see you see the country with no less if they were living in is it seems to me that people who want to some videos feast to think that she. come at you michael jr and then proceed to the program it's good to have your company we start off in south africa which implemented one of the world's strictest walked out very early in the. now in april the country closed its borders and went into a virtual shutdown even though the country then still had rid us of the few confirmed cases off the coronavirus the government was hoping to prevent equal laps of the country's already struggling healthcare system but the enforcement of the lockdown proved difficult up to clearly in south africa's townships that's because the lease and military forces were deployed and there were allegations of excessive force not as our correspondent andrea and krishna reported fr

as christmas approaches thousands of passengers from nairobi are preparing to travel the country for the past. week on the transport money to influence the t.n.i. what's chuckles country station it's an easy day for me compared to previous festive citizens cross a busy right now it's a challenge for us because now when people travel they're also complaining about the lack of money it's not like previous years when you would say a $1000.00 shillings for a ticket and someone is ok with. an awful. lot of money is not the only challenge but also through road called 9000 particles inside these counties buses. rosling get she's a university student traveling to visit her grandparents although she's wary of the called $900.00 in say these buses it's the only option for how i have it may have mixed feelings i'm excited at the same time i have fears because the interactions here are too much you see some people don't want to wear masks or not but are doing it on our boys after obama this is my tacos country bus station the busiest in kenya it's usually a beehive of activity thousands of famil

and a kenyan boy a strikes out against police brutality in nairobi taking the legal fight from the court for him to the boxing. match me how to walk into the program the european union has struck a controversy over investment deal with china the e.u. has high of the accord saying it will give european companies better access to chinese markets but critics say those economic benefits come at the expense of human rights. for 7 years european union representatives have been haggling with china at the negotiating table the results were presented at a joint 1st show press conference. market access for both sides will be improved a level playing field means that chinese state owned enterprises will no longer be given preferential treatment through subsidies and for the 1st time china commits to following environmental climate social as well as occupational health and safety standards but when it comes to those standards chinese president xi jinping made only they promise says in the agreement china has imprisoned up to $1000000.00 readers in labor and reeducation camps and shing shang province

leave somalia within 7 days malcolm webb has more from nairobi. that election is happening next month is based on a fragile agreement between the leaders of those 5 so you autonomous states and jubal and its president came here to visit nairobi kenya spoke to the government returned back to somalia the somali government then said the president the job were negative on the electoral agreement and blamed kenyan interference for that now just 2 days ago the president of another region somaliland came here to nairobi and that's been followed by further allegations by the somali government of interference by kenya that's what led to this latest move with them cutting all diplomatic ties but this is the latest in a series of diplomatic disputes between the 2 countries began nearly 2 years ago those disputes were initially about a maritime border dispute over which country gets to control substantial offshore oil was the more recent this be based around somalia accusations of kenya interfering in his forthcoming election so just to pick up on what malcol

fragile agreement between the leaders of those 5 so you autonomous and president came here to visit nairobi kenya spoke to the government returned back to somalia and the somali government then said the president the job were negative on the electoral agreement and blamed kenyan interference for that now just 2 days ago the president of another region somaliland came here to nairobi and that's been followed by further allegations by the somali government of interference by kenya that's what led to this latest move with them cutting all diplomatic ties but this is the latest in a series of diplomatic disputes between the 2 countries began nearly 2 years ago those disputes were initially about a maritime border dispute over which country gets to control substantial offshore oil was the more recent this be based around somalia accusations of kenya interfering in its forthcoming election let's take a closer look at somaliland and just how it fits into this dispute so somaliland the situated around the horn of africa and borders djibouti it's a self declared state but no foreign governments reco

in nairobi filling up with people trying to get to their villages for the holidays but it's fear they could be carrying the virus to their destinations. and will be in rural mali as we experience with the rolling out of polio vaccine has proved it's going to be a challenge getting the covert 19 vaccine to the people to. have any christmas holiday celebrations in much of africa has been dampened by the coronavirus pandemic many countries all seeing the 19 infections rise forcing governments to impose restrictions on gatherings. has i will 1st report from lagos nigeria way of the economic fallout off the pandemic has made things even worse. christmas is in the lagos is always packed with all kinds of parties festivals and events but this year is going to be more than usual because of the recent spike in $1000.00 infections the government has introduced. patsy's can evolve and music shows are now banned throughout the state of maine another major highlights of christmas here. is the amazing food unfortunately nigeria is going through an economic recession as a result of the pandemic so f

now on bbc news, from kenya's capital nairobi, ciru muriuki brings you the story of anti—apartheid leader, steve biko, who died in police custody in south africa. hello and welcome to this special edition of witness history with me, ciru muriuki, here at the national museum in kenya's capital, nairobi. this month we are featuring five incredible moments from recent african history. coming up, how tunisian women became some of the most liberated in the world in the 19505. we find out about the history of great zimbabwe, the ancient stone city once the centre of an african empire. plus one of the world's largest refugee camps. and the kenyan pop song that became a global hit. but first, we go back to south africa in 1977 when the country was governed by a racist system known as apartheid, which discriminated against the black population in almost every area of life. peterjones spoke to witness history about his friend, steve biko, a young black south african who was trying to bring about change. i miss my friend, steve biko, and i am forever in his debt. steve biko is one of the people that

as christmas approaches thousands of passengers from nairobi are preparing to travel the country from. uganda a chance with money to influence the t.n.i. what's chuckles country station it's an easy day for him compared to previous festive seasons. right now it's a challenge for us because now when people travel they're also complaining about the lack of money it's not like previous years when you would say a $1000.00 shillings for a ticket and someone is ok with it i don't know when we have an awful. lot of money is not the only challenge but also through road called good natured protocols inside these counties bus. rows going to she's the vastness to the traveling to visit her grand rapids although she's wary of the called $920.00 from inside these buses it's the only option for how i have we may have mixed feelings i'm excited and at the same time i have fears because the interactions here are too much you see some people don't want to wear masks when i got out and get out of our minds this is my truck with country bus station the busiest in kenya it's usually a beehive of activity

now on bbc news, from kenya's capital nairobi, ciru muriuki brings you the story of anti—apartheid leader, steve biko, who died in police custody in south africa. hello and welcome to this special edition of witness history with me, ciru muriuki, here at the national museum in kenya's capital, nairobi. this month we are featuring five incredible moments from recent african history. coming up, how tunisian women became some of the most liberated in the world in the 1950s. we find out about the history of great zimbabwe, the ancient stone city once the centre of an african empire. plus one of the world's largest refugee camps. and the kenyan pop song that became a global hit. but first, we go back to south africa in 1977 when the country was governed by a racist system known as apartheid, which discriminated against the black population in almost every area of life. peterjones spoke to witness history about his friend, steve biko, a young black south african who was trying to bring about change. i miss my friend, steve biko, and i am forever in his debt. steve biko is one of the people that

nairobi's nightlife was have any effect that's why districts cast. boston clubs as well as terribly east struggled to make ends meet. as 3 d. option sponsor donald. right despite the economics no doubt. that one has the energy where there is no doubt that if there were. any is it going to be great everyone uses $1000000000.00 feast to bring. our i'm at the micro junior and i'm to see one to see the program it's good to have your company we start off in south africa which implemented one of the world's strictest lockdowns very early in the pandemic now in april the country closed its borders and went into a virtual shutdown even though the country then still had rid us of the few cases off the coronavirus right the government was hoping to prevent equally lapse of the country's already struggling healthcare system but the enforcement of the lockdown proved difficult articularly in south africa's townships best because police and military forces were deployed and there were allegations of excessive force now it is all. a dream increase reported from. w

this man neither in the ring nor in the courtroom when shut raekwon bluey was growing up in one of nairobi slums he experienced what he calls abusive police but decided to vent his frustrations through boxing in the gym he believes it helped him a void confrontations that could have ruined his career now the 29 year old is offering youth in poor areas both boxing lessons as well as informal classes on the law. the vote for you did not always go for the closest to the ones that. move the emotional ups and push through where some sensible. comedian. one buoy also convinced 50 other young lawyers to do volunteer work in the slums he says that by teaching youth boxing they might believe more in themselves in spite of the challenges they face. rights groups say those include being asked for bribes or being assaulted by police the kenyan police deny the accusations and i think anybody's going maybe be a hoax and become a. cause for a lot of issues no one and i fight for equal status is put before the lives of the poorest neighborhoods. they own men listen attentively as one buoy helps them hone

as he and misconducts have been a problem in kenya for a long time one lawyer in the capital nairobi is trying to fight those abuses especially in the poorest neighborhoods and he's found help in the form of a spoiler. you may not want to tangle with this man neither in the ring nor in the courtroom when shadrack one buoy was growing up in one of nairobi slums he experienced what he calls abusive police but decided to vent his frustrations through boxing in the gym he believes it helped him a void confrontations that could have ruined his career. now the 29 year old is offering youth in poor areas both boxing lessons as well as informal classes on the law. being the most it is a home for you to be no noise both approaches to this course is the ones that. move a good muslim up in the 1st 3 were some since school. comedian. one who also convinced 50 other young lawyers to do volunteer work in the slums he says that by teaching youth boxing they might believe more in themselves in spite of the challenges they face. rights groups say those includes being asked for bribes or being assault

with this man neither in the ring nor in the courtroom when shadrack one buoy was growing up in one of nairobi slums he experienced what he calls abusive police but decided to vent his frustrations through boxing in the gym he believes it helped him a void confrontations that could have ruined his career. now the 29 year old is offering youth in poor areas both boxing lessons as well as informal classes on the law. being the most is the whole point being the noise of both approaches to the course is the ones that. move did martial arts and the 1st where some sensible. comedian. one who also convinced 50 other young lawyers to do volunteer work in the slums he says that by teaching youth boxing they might believe more in themselves in spite of the challenges they face. rights groups say those include being asked for bribes or being assaulted by police the kenyan police deny the accusations and i think the reason to maybe be a focus and you know a. cause for my views if you want and i'm afraid to put a source is put before them i think we're just making moves. the young men listen attentively as

the leaders of those 5 so you autonomous states that you mentioned its president came here to visit nairobi kenya spoke to the government returned back to somalia and the somali government then said the president a job or negative on the electoral agreement and blamed kenyan interference for that now just 2 days ago the president of another region somaliland also came here to nairobi and that's been followed by further allegations by the somali government of interference by kenya that's what's led to this latest move of them cutting all diplomatic ties but this is the latest in a series of diplomatic disputes between the 2 countries began nearly 2 years ago those disputes were initially about a maritime border dispute over which country gets to control substantial offshore oil reserves that is more recent disputes will be based around somalia accusations of kenya interfering in its forthcoming election and cutting ties though it's drastic these 2 countries are very intertwined what ramifications could it have. who cares troops make up a key part of the african union peacekeeping force in so

well police brutality and misconduct has long been a problem in kenya but one lawyer in the capital nairobi is trying to fight those abuses especially in the poorest neighborhoods and he's found a sport that's helping him to do it. you may not want to tangle with this man neither in the ring nor in the courtroom when shadrack one buoy was growing up in one of nairobi slums he experienced what he calls abusive police but decided to vent his frustrations through boxing in the gym he believes it helped him avoid confrontations that could have ruined his career. now the 29 year old is offering youth in poor areas both boxing lessons as well as informal classes on the law. mostly the code for you being not always appropriate to the course is the incessant . move. in my soapbox and depression where some sensible. comedian. one buoy also convinced 50 other young lawyers to do volunteer work in the slums he says that by teaching youth boxing they might believe more in themselves in spite of the challenges they face. rights groups say those include being asked for bribes or being assaulted by police

kenya and has ordered their counterparts to leave somalia within 7 days welcome webb has more from nairobi. then election is happening next month is based on a fragile agreement between the leaders of those 5 so you autonomous states and its president came here to visit nairobi kenya spoke to the government returned back to somalia and the somali government then said the president a jubilant were negative on the electoral agreement and blamed kenyan interference for that now just 2 days ago the president of another region somaliland also came here to nairobi and that's been followed by further allegations by the somali government of interference by kenya that's what's led to this latest move them cutting all diplomatic ties this is the latest in a series of diplomatic disputes between the 2 countries began nearly 2 years ago those disputes were initially about a maritime border dispute over which country gets to control substantial offshore oil reserves is more recent this be based around somalia accusations of kenya interfering in its forthcoming election. president alpha condé will be s

one place that has not one specialty that you just want to eat after being at the club and here in nairobi it's no different but these men and women who prepared these dishes are now being forced out of work early and i want to speak to one of them was just actually closing business how life has been since the curfew before i needed one i would open from about 5 until 10 i would buy 2 packets of meat produce but now i'm just buying half a packet and so much less. it's truly unbelievable to think that this is a speech that was so vibrant about half an hour ago but this i suppose the effect of the coffee the time now is 2117 and i'm just going to walk you through some of the spaces we've been through so that you can see the difference this is the pool table where just a few minutes earlier there were people milling about having a good time that's the backyard garden where we were. and the noise that we're hearing in the background of a few staff members who are left to lockdown and some of them actually have to seek care because of the curfew for the neighbors it's really good news because n

njeri mwangi, bbc news, nairobi. you can find more background and updates on this investigation by our africa eye team by logging onto the website, bbc dot com, forward slash news. asi as i mentioned, as well as finding play more information on that, you can also read about many other important investigations from africa. stay with me. in a couple of minutes, we will turn our attention to those brexit trade negotiations. good evening. some sunshine to be had today if you managed to dodge the downpours. we had plenty of hefty showers, even some longer spells of rain, and more rain in the forecast for the rest of this week, it will often be windy, but as so often at this time of year, with wet and windy weather comes mild weather. temperatures above the norm for this time of year. so, on the satellite picture, you can see these different clumps of cloud circulating around an area of low pressure. showers and longer spells of rain. some are more persistent rain across parts of the south—east, that will continue to dri

fragile agreement between the leaders of those 5 so you autonomous and president came here to visit nairobi kenya spoke to the government returned back to somalia and the somali government then said the president a jubilant or negative on the electoral agreement and blamed kenyan interference for that now just 2 days ago the president of another region somaliland came here to nairobi and that's been followed by further allegations by the somali government of interference by kenya that's what led to this latest move with them cutting all diplomatic ties but this is the latest in a series of diplomatic disputes between the 2 countries began nearly 2 years ago those disputes were initially about a maritime border dispute over which country gets to control substantial offshore oil was the more recent this be based around somalia accusations of kenya interfering in its forthcoming election well let's take a closer look at somalia land it how it fits into this dispute some other than the situated on the horn of africa and borders djibouti it's a self declared state but no foreign governments reco

having to shut down 8 hours before they're normally used to this is usually the time when people in nairobi leave their homes to come into the pubs this is a state of affairs right now. well that was edith reporting and i really at that time now at a time when the coronavirus and their make has caused so many to lose their jobs some in the world of digital os have managed to stay afloat the pandemic has created a space to further the debate of africa's digital economy. particularly proud to introduce to you my fellow got me in bed so. he's passionate about using the his imagination for 3 d. animation and is making waves in the industry his funky work covers a wide range of gun culture. every day better to be savanna sits at his computer working on his passion 3 d. animation his self produced bleeps raise awareness for issues like sanitation nutrition and cultural history chris we're not here to promote back old we're pretty sure it's. a signal foodies eligible i guess you know it's tough to see out of the country if. you want to see country i'm proud to have to. live here and it seems that

that the kenyan boy is strikes out against police brutality in nairobi taking the legal fight from the court for him to the boxing. match the howard welcome to the program the european union has struck a controversy over investment deal with china the e.u. has high of the accord saying it will give european companies better access to chinese markets but critics say those economic benefits come in the expense of human rights. for 7 years european union representatives have been haggling with china at the negotiating table the results were presented at a joint 1st show press conference. market access for both sides will be improved a level playing field means that chinese state owned enterprises will no longer be given preferential treatment through subsidies and for the 1st time china commits to following environmental climate social as well as occupational health and safety stand. though when it comes to those standards chinese president xi jinping made only veg promises in the agreement china has imprisoned up to $1000000.00 readers in labor and reeducation camps and shing shang provi

and it can employ a strike south against police brutality in nairobi taking a legal fight from the courtroom to the boxing group. american how to welcome to the program the european union has struck a controversial investment deal with china the e.u. has hile the accord saying it will give european companies better access to chinese markets but critics say those economic benefits come at the expense of human rights . for 7 years european union representatives have been haggling with china at the negotiating table the results were presented at a joint press conference. market access for both sides will be improved a level playing field means that chinese state owned enterprises will no longer be given preferential treatment through subsidies and for the 1st time china commits to following environmental climate social as well as occupational health and safety standards though when it comes to those standards chinese president xi jinping made only veg promises in the agreement china has imprisoned up to $1000000.00 readers in labor and reeducation camps and xing zhang province she has promised

now on bbc news, from kenya's capital nairobi, ciru muriuki brings you the story of anti—apartheid leader, steve biko, who died in police custody in south africa. i ,and , and welcome to this special edition of this history with me ciru muriuki end can you's capital nairobi at the national museum. this month we are featuring five incredible moments from recent african history. coming up, our tunisian women became some of the most liberated in the world in the 1950s. we find out about the history of zimbabwe, once the history of zimbabwe, once the centre of an african empire. plus one of the world's largest refugee camps. in the ca nyon largest refugee camps. in the canyon pop song that became a global hit. but first, we go back to south africa in 1977 when the country was governed bya when the country was governed by a racist system known as apartheid which discriminated against the black population in almost every area of life. we spoke to witness history about his friend, steve biko, a young black south african who was trying to bring about change. translation: i miss my friend, steve b

that's all from this special edition of witness history, coming to you from the national museum in nairobi, kenya. we will be back next month with a selection of extraordinary accounts of women in history. for now, from me and the rest of the witness history crew, it's kwaheri — goodbye. hello there. it's quite chilly for a while overnight. temperatures could be close to freezing for a while before the weather then starts to change. we've got all this cloud coming in from the atlantic, replacing the clearer skies. and the main driver is an area of low pressure and these weather fronts. and they will bring some rain into western areas and then that rain will move northwards and eastwards through the day and the winds pick up too. as we get the wetter weather arriving in northern ireland, wales and the south—west, temperatures here will be much higher by morning, but with some clear skies ahead of that, away from the north—east of scotland, it will be quite a bit chillier. as we head through the morning though, this cloud will quickly move northwards and eastwards and it will bring wit

the government has already canceled media presentations for malcolm webb is covering this for us from nairobi markham let's social media what has uganda asked google to do these online channels and i think justified it. with the gun and communications commission written to google complaining about these channels it says that their content incite violence has people at risk of being attacked for their try because of their political beliefs but rights groups have already spoken out about this they said the ugandan communication commission hasn't followed process that none of the stations in question have actually breached any guidelines and neither have they been any court cases against them but it is interesting that these are all lies the t.v. stations do include some stations that frequently follow and cover the activities of opposition. star bobby wine who's followers have been repeatedly disbursed on the campaign trail he's been arrested in the violence that you mentioned just a few weeks ago which 50 people died was following the rest of the wind during one of his political rallies. and n

it still she said many thanks indeed for being with us specifically that in nairobi nearly 4 months of the beirut port blast investigators have almost completed the task but the families of victims survivors and human rights groups say the high ranking officials will escape blame so in a hole the reports. on the frontline of the explosion from 4 months ago nobody can help us on august for a powerful explosion believed to be caused by nitrate that can't fire rips through port its impact was felt kilometers away 200 people were killed thousands were wounded and tens of thousands made homeless. piers males extended family used to live in this 8 story building who are still displaced how can we come back in the state i didn't believe thousands of lebanese have been struggling to rebuild their homes the cash strapped government has largely been absent and geos can only do so much piers family didn't just lose their homes they lost a brother jacob what's happening grief is now compounded with anger towards a political class that acknowledged knowing about potentially explosive material and s

thika main prison outside nairobi is a miserable place. built 66 years ago to hold 300 prisoners, when we visited a little more than a year ago, there were more than 1,000. in this one dank holding cell, 140 men were packed tightly together. the air thick with the smell of sweat, and urine. they'd been accused of everything from trespassing, and robbery, to assault and murder. some have already been convicted but most have yet to stand trial. they can't afford bail, so they'll likely have to wait here for years. >> alexander mclean: good afternoon brothers. our work is to help people who don't have lawyers to access justice. >> cooper: that's alexander mclean, the founder of justice defenders, which has been working in kenya's prisons for 13 years. >> mclean: how many of you have a lawyer? >> francis munyao: two, three. >> cooper: just three men in this group of more than 200 prisoners have an attorney. >> mclean: we think it's a problem that often poor people go to court without defense. >> cooper: defending the defenseless is at the hear

on monday with all the latest for us from nairobi thanks so much happened. still ahead here on al-jazeera. growing anger in northern nigeria where the threat from. crippling agricultural. past a dangerous business why owners of liquor stores in iraq are now living in fear. once again the atlantic sending a spear of war when weather to the way of northern europe massacre that is quite large and it will have quite a large effect as you can see it's quite complex system but basically we're talking about a nose of warmish air heading in this direction and for around it there's going to be cloud wind and rain so it's going to affect the british isles fronts those in parts of spain is going to head up towards scandinavia comes of against this still rather stationary cold air in western russia east year but even that's not as cold as it was with those single figures there are a few snow showers around the black sea so to get them as well maybe belgariad basically it's dull quiet weather but this rain give us some parts which was so sudden will produce some flooding

crisis will twined how much of the progress made on the cost of it will go to our correspondents in nairobi and. i mean for us all and let's do business tech giants will have to change the way they do business in europe all face fines of up to 10 percent of world wide turnover the a used rough rules are designed to rein in the power of the american. companies and bring order to chaos facebook's mark zuckerberg and other tech bosses control troves of done to run platforms on which thousands of companies and millions of europeans rely on it have a listen in to what the competition commission of market best are going to have to say a short while ago about the digital services and digital markets act 2 complacent one. to make sure that me as uses its customers businesses have access to every wide choice of safe products and services online just as well as we do in the physical world and that all businesses operating in europe that can be a big one that can be small small ones that they can freely and fairly competes online just as they do offline because this is one world. brussels sees the pow

yeah, well plus a benefit they have, there is same story during baron nairobi. thanks a lot for joining us now to some of the other business stories making the news. the makers of 2 covered 19 vaccines have filed for european approval. the u.s. drug maker of money was now followed by germany's biotech and its u.s. . bonafied is that they hope to make the jobs available by the end of the year. both are said to be around 95 percent effective video conferencing absence. sumedha seen its revenue more than quadruple in the past quarter. profits rose to almost $200000000.00 compared with just $2000000.00 a year. and a coronavirus pandemic has brought the company explosive growth. but investors worry about its future is back. seems unable people to get back to work again. you know, he is in berlin to accept a prize for innovation. his latest test lead gigafactory is under construction nearby and while highly anticipated it raises questions for germany, including how america's most forward thinking car company will get along with the country's tightly regulated labor sy

poverty line meaning they'll have to live on less than $2.00 a day let's take you over through our nairobi correspondent joy doreen beera so would it be right to say the coronavirus hasn't hit africa as hard as the experts predicted what's hitting hard at the economic consequences of this crisis. that's right ben and the economic consequences could be what africa is most concerned about because we have seen in several weeks there while the bank has released a report saying that africa's economy has contracted close to the negatives and for this to actually for africa to recoup or get back to where it has been in terms of economic growth that's going to take maybe 5 years from now for that to happen but when he also comes to issues to do with health what we are seeing right now is that africa is experiencing a delayed because in the recent weeks we have seen community transmission of coverage 19 of a similar countries on the african continent you look at south africa you look at kenya and uganda they have increased cases in the bus in weeks but yes you're right economically speaking africa

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kenya and has ordered their counterparts to leave somalia within 7 days welcome webb has more from nairobi. action is happening next month is based on a fragile agreement between the leaders of those 5 so you autonomous states and its president came here to visit nairobi kenya spoke to the government returned back to somalia and the somali government then said that the president a jubilant were negative on the electoral agreement and blamed kenyan interference for that now just 2 days ago the president of another region somaliland also came here to nairobi and that's been followed by further allegations by the somali government of interference by kenya that's what led to this latest move them cutting all diplomatic ties this is the latest in a series of diplomatic disputes between the 2 countries began nearly 2 years ago those disputes were initially about a maritime border dispute over which country gets to control substantial offshore oil reserves that is more recent disputes will be based around somalia accusations of kenya interfering it is forthcoming election. now there are warnings

international also sits on the african union's advisory board on corruption he joins us from the kenyan capital nairobi thanks for being on t.w. business let's talk about the coronavirus pandemic has corruption got in the way of countries being able to respond to it in the way that they could in q one really and and yes the answer to those question is yes. and you know you money terry and crazes. or would you need to use all those who want to benefit from the expense of citizens that maybe. i'm very very dense that you know in many countries of these i was having. a real case of you know where corruption can be the difference between life and death. indeed. he did less corruption. bit of a chance for us to very successfully. we've got vaccines hopefully on the way and there are measures to try and get those to the countries that maybe couldn't secure them for themselves but is there a danger of corruption getting the way of that process as well and those vaccines not getting to the people the need them the most. well i think that danger exists and i think states need to do is to plan ahead and those wh

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between the leaders of those 5 so you autonomous states and jubal and its president came here to visit nairobi kenya spoke to the government returned back to somalia and the somali government then said that the president a job were negative on the electoral agreement and blamed kenyan interference for that now just 2 days ago the president of another region somaliland also came here to nairobi and that's been followed by further allegations by the somali government of interference by kenya that's what's led to this latest move them cutting all diplomatic ties but this is the latest in a series of diplomatic disputes between the 2 countries began nearly 2 years ago those disputes were initially about a maritime border dispute over which country gets to control substantial offshore oil reserves that is more recent disputes will be based around somalia accusations of kenya interfering it is forthcoming election. the international criminal court has rejected calls to investigate allegations of genocide and crimes against humanity and china's province exiled a week has had given the court evidence

lisa misconduct is a problem around the world in our next report will be to noir who grew up in a nairobi slum and discovered that boxing helped him deal with the injustices the hunted out by those who supposed to uphold below now he's sharing the life skills he's learnt with a younger generation. you may not want to tangle with this man neither in the ring nor in the courtroom when shadrack one buoy was growing up in one of nairobi slums he experienced what he calls abusive police but decided to vent his frustrations through boxing in the gym he believes it help them avoid confrontations that could have ruined his career. now the 29 year old is offering youth in poor areas both boxing lessons as well as informal classes on the law. being the most things about for you to be in the noise 05 so this course is the ones that people. move the emotional ups and push through where some sensible. comedian. one buoy also convinced 50 other young lawyers to do volunteer work in the slums he says that by teaching youth boxing they might believe more in themselves in spite of the challenges they face

man: we're in nairobi cbd, actually, the central business district, at a somali restaurant. you ask for tea, they'll just bring you a camel tea without even asking. man: we have so many rather different types of products being taken out of this milk, camel milk. for example, we've got yogurt, we've got the carmel latte, which is loved specifically by the somalis. ahmed: it helps with my digestion. and, you know, i feel energized. and you can actually feel it instantly. when you drink, that day you'll actually feel it, like it's a detox. simpkin: with the human population growth globally, the world has been more intensification in terms of producing food for humans. we all know the impa of livestock in terms of being blamed for global warming. in some countries, there's gonna be less rainfall or higher variability in the rainfall. and the camel is going to be one of the best adapted animals to deal with that. so really they are an animal of the future. announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by a grant from anne ray foundation, a margaret a. cargill philanthropy; th

yeah, well, what's a benefit to have there is same story during bear in nairobi. thanks a lot for joining us now to some of the other business stories making the news. the makers of 2 covered 19 vaccines have filed for european approval u.s. drug make of money was now followed by japanese biotech and its u.s. . bonafied is that they hope to make the jobs available by the end of the year. both are said to be around 95 percent effective video conferencing out zuma seen its revenue more than quadruple in the past quarter. profits rose to almost $200000000.00 compared with just $2000000.00. a year ago, coronavirus pandemic has brought the company explosive growth, but investors worry about its future is vaccines unable people to get back to work again? you know, he is in berlin to accept the prize for innovation. his latest test lead gigafactory is under construction nearby and while highly anticipated it raises questions for germany, including how america's most forward thinking car company will get along with the country's tightly regulated labor system. a year ago,

joining me from nairobi ian african analyst from bbc monitoring. thanks for staying up late for us. we have communications restored to the region. udoes that gives a better sense of what is going on? >> it only just happened today that some parts of the region had restored telecommunication services. it m -- it was very difficult to get accurate accounts of the conflict on the frontline but for the last few weeks we have narelied regand national broadcasters to get a sense offf whatials are saying about what is going on in the frontline. t focused on th frontline and mostly focused on statements as a way of getting a sensef what the intentions of the confrontations were going into the region as well as what the offense it would mean in the aftermath of this conflict. >> theid as far as i understand it will only go into the government-held aas. whatpl will happen to pin the nongovernment held areas? >>fi it is dlt to determine that because officials in the areas they are still holding say there is fighting ongoing meaning there is a possibieyty re in the crossfire and may not be able

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all right mark thanks very much but update reporting from nairobi. interpol has warned that organized crime networks are preparing to target 19 vaccines it issued 100 to its 194 member nations outlining potential criminal activity but physically and on line the global police coordination agency says that criminal organizations may attempt to fake or steal supplies of new vaccines nations he called for coordination between health regulators vaccines come closer to distribution let's take this on we can speak to jay williams who's president of the rendition of rendition in for a 2nd joins us on skype from augusta in georgia jake should this global orange notice which means it's a serious an imminent threat to public safety who would be the prime targets of supply 1st of all. obviously some of the vaccine manufacturers themselves but you know while they've been concentrating on security for quite some time now the actual us supply chains largely have not the 1st time they've really been involved up to this point and so we're going to see criminals targe

town is the director of the i.g. 80 climate protection and application center he joins us now from nairobi good to have you with us on the new server we've just been hearing there some strong words from the u.n. secretary general but in the middle of a pandemic when countries have other very pressing concerns do you think anyone is listening to this i i hope so because climate change is here or are asked who are all those who. are last year 21 who was the woman. since records began maybe. 2 and the 19 was the 2nd warmest. just 0. degree celsius behind the warmest year on record of just $2162020.00 is not that far behind. i think that. the window. very fast. but i can see the reaction from some countries. by. may in minutes from the. oil and coal producing. another country to underestimate their motivation climate change. what you point to some of the evidence that climate change is real that it's a pressing concern that we've been covering the the stories of the warmest temperatures on records the bushfires that the devastating impacts of climate change this evidence is there it's there gi

anchor: we have more from nairobi in neighboring kenya. reporter: the government said it's forces have controlled all of the to gray region ever since it took the capital city on saturday. the prime minister has told members of parliament the government forces did not kill a single civilian in their operations. the t pls leaders are contradicting these claims, saying many civilians were killed in government airstrikes, something the government denies. they have also said they shot down one of those military planes, that they have taken back one of the towns within the vicinity and that they are fighting on all fronts. the prime minister's spokesperson called these claims delusional. but without journalists or mentoring workers having much access to the region at all and with the phone lines and internet cut off, it is difficult to verify any of these claims. the red cross has said in the city, 80% of people in the hospital have trauma injuries. they did not say how they got those injuries but they said there is a serious shortage of medica

think that mark went across the mountains from nairobi this radio is launching a formal appeal that to the world trade organization of china's decision to impose heavy tariffs on its barley and may they sing impose 5 years of do she's on the grain effectively halting a $1000000000.00 trade the 2 countries have been in a trade dispute since a stray is called for an investigation into the origins of the corona virus pandemic peter mccawley is an associate professor at the australian national university he says it's clear the standoff is going in the wrong direction it's not just bali it's tourists that's why and it's call even lobsters cotton sugar the coal issue has been in the pipeline for a little while now but it now seems clear just in the last 24 hours or so that china is imposing curbs on on coal the really big issue down the track is iron ore but it looks as if china does not have many alternative suppliers exporters and it's not just bali but all exporting sectors are concerned on the other hand the australian government is playing the security card the australian government is