Reforestation unsustainability in the rain forest. Youre welcome to the program october 10th is a well day against the Death Penalty for years more and more countries have abolished Capital Punishment including south africa in 1995 but cost to reinstate that sentences have grown louder in recent months authorities there struggle to contain escalating violence on average 58 people are killed in south africa every day i hope you do the. Weighty 1000 that every year. Reporting from cape town has more. Every month clued visits his sons grave. Jerome was just 27 when he was shot in the front office over 3 years ago. He was june 2nd son killed by warring gang members in his neighborhood was this a good son eve when they was much younger i used to call him love that was my nickname for you and i used to talk to for years all these years he was the thoughts and told him yeah you my love you youre my aunt my able to think. But some abuser is still missing because up to today. This is not the one person theyre doing with. When joe was buried here his father says this part of the cemetery was still empty but since then oddly a day goes by without deadly shootings in escape flats neighborhoods the violence has been escalating for us Security Forces us traveling to keep the area under control. I didnt spring this in blue jones shows us his neighborhood a young man was shot here just a few hours earlier he had been waiting for a bus but did think that these needed inside if he could this be it a moment of time because theyve been trying everything they were getting everything on and nothing is really happening its getting worse and worse and worse i feel sick and tired of living like this and only that did they know that you can save us from this automobile murders that happening. Calls for the Death Penalty im getting louder here in south africa after a recent of a fall for violence against women 600000 people have signed a petition asking to bring back the Death Penalty but the government so far has shown little interest in changing the laws and currently the Death Penalty is inconsistent with the constitution. Most researchers say evidence that the Death Penalty ect. Really deters crime is inconclusive constitutional law professor p. Other forces instead calling for a larger and better Trained Police force and sweeping social change the Death Penalty is not a magic bullet the problem in south africa is that most cases of murder are never successfully prosecuted only about one in 10 people who commit a murder are actually sent to jail so the court said. If people dont believe theyre going to ever be caught and prosecuted the kind of sentence you get give is going to make no difference so for a practical reason they shouldnt be a Death Penalty because it doesnt make a difference of course also for the ethical moral reasons i think the state should not be in the business of killing its own citizens for any reason. At all but joins disagrees he wants justice for the murders of his 2 sons and he wants to live with his family without fear in his own neighborhood. Shes young and shes black and that means im going out to do it doesnt fit at least to certain types of german politicians to remember germanys environmentalists and shes the Vice President of parliament in the states of the whole state and she was born in germany with her parents came here from mali into 91 and she joins us in the studio im not a time are you doing thank you im fine thank you for inviting me thanks for coming because you have a very busy set the above firstly i want to find out how was it like being the 1st german and the Vice President of German Parliament it is absolutely incredible for me but especially for the community of effort german people in germany in general i think but what makes it a special youd be an awful german there isnt so many germans in politics so that means that were not very well represented in the political system in germany and thats the reason why it doesnt part and the people like need People Like Us are represented in the political system yeah now as you rightly said is this the one in 4 germans of the migrant background but it doesnt seem like the representation is that stock when it comes to politics why is that so i actually do ask myself the same question why is it like that and i think this is something which needs to be changed because i think the perceptions of how Society Works how politics work is very important and the meaning of where am i from and i think that we need to be represented in the same number as we are in the society in politics youve been very outspoken about many things talking about equality womens rights one of the other things is you live in germany born and bred here would you go the current asylum please i think we have still a lot of problems concerning asylum politics because there are still a lot of things you cannot do as an Asylum Seeker in germany its harder for you to get a job. For you to you know let your. Work and live here basically so this is the reason why i got into politics because i wanted to change some policies so that it is easier to start a new life year when you had to flee from your home and start a new life somewhere else what challenges are you going to seize in trying to change this i think that our society is conservative and im trying to do a progressive politic and this is extremely hard especially for in. A situation where im a member of parliament we are collision together with the liberals on the conservatives and you often see that its not that easy to implement progress of politics. Does it still beat your mind when you think about that you know 21st century when it still seems that selling to do such a thing definitely. I think the important thing i want to focus on is that change is happening and i see it from my own story i was born here in germany as a child of a refugee i was living an hour if she can for the 1st 5 years of my life i never thought that i would become the Vice President of a parliament and this is something young germans will grow up with with this picture of everything is possible. Such a position of power and i hope that more germans are getting into such positions because its important for all representation in society and in politics i definitely hope so too now one of the other projects youre working on is an action plan against racism why is this so important it is an important because Structural Racism exists in germany. United states everywhere and. We cannot achieve whatever we want to achieve its harder for us to get jobs its harder for us to get a place to stay its harder for us to to be who we are in the society and concerning police and other structures in our society or institutions and what im working on is that in our state and. Having an action plan against racism and every minister has to find a way to fight against racism and today was actually the day where the Interministerial Group was built and this was one of the major points i was working on while we had. A very interesting so its something you you always talk about you being born here to mali and parents who came in 1901 how important is it for one to remember the african roots is that a big deal yeah i actually always focus on being afro and german because i do not want to forget my rules i was. I was i grew up with african influence us because my parents are african and we heard music we listen to the history of the country of mali and this is a part of me and my and who i am and why i am who i am today and i dont want i dont want to forget that being german is the 2nd part of me because i grew up here i live here i speak german and both identities who i love the day grantor said it better i mean not many thanks for your time thank you. For environmental campaigners forest a weapon in the fight against Climate Change but the local People Living on the fringes of the countrys National Parks rely on using the forest for the our livelihoods the country has not adopted a un backed scheme to prevent deforestation and develop sustainable 1st use these trees are part of the green lungs of the world rain forest cover around 88 percent of got done stary treat and this is one of the protected zones. When the place is classified and you dont explore the world. Or you dont clear the forest to plant you dont hunt. You dont cut wood anywhere you want to you dont sell land you do the opposite. That boehner has a long tradition of protecting the forests the outcome the National Park is one of 13 in the country just these areas form part of the congo basin which is considered one of the most important forested areas in the world 2nd to d. M. s that when buttons yells skirts of the park villages count and the 10 why the government gets money for not developing these jungle areas. So. Its true that the forest is there but our pride is also to be able to live in a safe environment. That means having a plot of land and a house to protect your family. Were a little disappointed because they say that its the parks its the forest that must be protected. But were villagers where were going to grow our food the forest is the reason we have to do. For luggers the forest is green gold they want to cut down and sell the rare tropical hardwoods but the logging industry produces a lions share of Companies Carbon dioxide emissions the governments once the Forestry Companies to adopt better practices to help the country meet its Emission Reduction targets. Thats it for now from africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page. Beautiful africa free for just bye for now bot. Im secure in the they were that hard and in the end is a me you are not a lot of the here and more than most and you that. Are you familiar with this. With the smugglers were alliance of the whats your story ready. Im with numbers and women especially are victims of violence in terms of its. Part and send us your story we are trying in all weathers understand this new culture. You are not of in the to another years you want to become a citizen. In for migrants your platform for reliable information. Close. To. Hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture and coming out today. A big day for the book with not one but 2 nobel prizes for literature awarded to polish writer all go to a car joke. And the austrian. Leipzig commemorates a major protest march that was a turning point which led to the fall of the berlin wall 30 years ago. But we begin with the 2 winners of the nobel prize for literature one for 2018 and 1. 00 for this year as well this is because it was an awarded last year due to a scandal within the rather secretive Nobel Prize Committee so the committee has promised to be more open in the future and also less eurocentric however both winners this year are from europe the polish. For 2018 and this is one of the austrian author pay to handcuff. Born in 1942 austrian writer pay to hunt has been a perennial favorite for the nobel prize the Swedish Academy with typical literary flora credit him with creating an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of Human Experience among his best known novels is the