Thousands of people without food and shelter. I could youre welcome to the show the u. N. World food program is warning of. Crisis in book enough or so they see this situation is being driven by extremist violence the number of attacks in the country has increased significantly this year with the number of civilian thats already 4 times the recorded scene well have more from on our list in a moment but this report. Destroyed livelihoods this is the aftermath of extremist violence that has forced these villagers in Northern Book enough to abandon their homes and their fields taking with them only what they can carry. When they killed my brother. I hid in a wreath of beer and came back in the morning to save my family a problem. I left everything behind bicycle. Not just the clothes im wearing now. A little bit. More refugees are arriving at a makeshift shelters like in cairo or in central because enough are so many are malnourished in desperate need of food and medical care. Some have resorted to eating leaves. This man and his family fled 200 kilometers on foot to reach. What we need now is food Everything Else can wait once we get the food then we will worry about clothes and i want to one. Swathes of farmland have been abandoned leaving many bookie not be without a means to support themselves close 2500000 people into kenya faso have been forced to flee. The surge an extremist violence coincided with former president liz complier his resignation from power in a Popular Uprising in 2014 the Current Administration mistakes complier in a go she had to deal with extremists to avoid violence in bikini. Since his ouster jihad is to have rapidly expanded their influence. Fossil long theres been a 500 percent uptick in crease in displacement one 3rd of the nation is now a conflict area this is a catastrophe and weve got to act and weve got to act now. So far the military has been unable to contain the extremism despite international and regional assistance the compromise security situation makes it difficult for age to reach those who need it the most. The lives of almost half a 1000000 bikini babies has been pushed to the brink. For more on this im joined by. All the political advice. That is the african centile for the construct every solution of disputes. Thanks for your time so so tell us is the fights in between the military extremist groups all about Mineral Resources or is there more to it. Definitely war. It could be a fire to your. Head if you take the fact that. If you ever take it. Or make a rash of the. Wipes and out of your. Resource prices at the same time to also to resources in the face or dont know where traditional means and forms of development. And streaming in the numbers that they used in the past ok why are extremist groups spreading so much in the sahara region however when we look at it theres a bit of i do chip but fundamentally is the fact that the critic insists that to various government individually or even collectively looking at additional conflicts is the. Open there are just the long antiquated methods of trying to find. What is happening i think that to. Try to find traction in the eyes of young people that get radicalized and then later are engaging extremists which in many cases and cross over to a number of what has enabled countries leading to a wave of terrorist attacks ok so you mentioned a better vats and yeah but governments have not been able to contain extremism and the reason why is that exactly. Well in this sense to contain extremism you need to look at there were 2 between as for that a country which is look so the inability of governments to address previous it makes it impossible at 24 young people oh those that are excluded in the political economy and social look at this nation and. To find their lead to come this is more appealing to a being. A really full citizens or for that matter the 2nd. Ok quickly before you go what more than kind of regional and International Bodies do. They stream is a well i think well anything else if you look into the region of the sahara and. Regionally and internationally it does waking in political social and economic terms it is not development to the end it could be meeting this multiplicity of approaches that is the. Ok many thanks for your time quizzing going to policy on political advice for thank you and kenya more than 60 people have been killed and 120000 have been displaced by landslides after heavy rains and floods hit the region of west buckets rescue operations are being hampered by the massive destruction of property and infrastructure. Homes and livelihood swept away in only a few hours. Roads and bridges destroyed. People here dont have much and now everything is gone. So many people have been affected people have left their homes and no one can sleep at home for now because we dont know when the next landslide will occur. Actually all those who live in this area are affected and everybody is afraid of going back home. Years of deforestation months of drought and now weeks of heavy rains are creating the stephanie flights. That breastwork is a struct ling to cope and the army has now been called in to assist. The government is telling People Living here to move to Higher Grounds and seek shelter in schools and government buildings. Number 2 as if we are urging out people to move from the lower areas where there are mudslides and go to the Evacuation Centers because we dont know how long its going to ryan what i mean were going to get food and other relief along with medical supplies to help those affected need because a place the unusual heavy rains pounding large parts of east africa is caused by warmer than usual temperatures over the indian ocean and forecast to say more heavy rain is expected this weekend. You know kids had riots on the board up with my country ghana so what is there to know about you may know. Some of the most memorable places in his hometown that inspire him and his work. Im glad shes so sculpt of giants ill introduce you to my beautiful city loamy one of my sources of inspiration i hope you like it. At the soul was born into a good capital only which is home to more than 1700000 people. Voted on the border with ghana of the coastal city who wants not only miles and miles of beaches but its also home to the leading container port in west africa but the city does not profit much from leeds as it is mainly used for transfer shipments the majority of the population evolved from what treat. Their man is a car and cleans and these sense of tranquility is also noticeable in a piece of studio located in the neighborhood of the coming. War this is why i communicate with the would i like to bring new life to the dead my sculptures can be up to 4 metres tall i use my archway x. To talk about a feeling in my heart my goal is to give something new to the world. To move. The 20 year old artist never picks up wood from living trees one serving nature is very important to him the end sculptor also incorporates Recycled Materials into his artwork to make people aware of the importance of protecting the environment like many cities in west africa the man has a problem with its worst management thank you very much i always feel shocked when i see people to rubbish on the street that is why i gather the waste to include it in my work i even pay people to go to the rubbish dump and collect trash for me if youre so. Good at the so also looks for inspiration beyond Environmental Issues he also gathers ideas from the local architecture and historical trends just such as rome is all pia which was built by the german cologne eurasian in. Early 20th century what im what im saying here i think the old port is like a giant sculpture its like a museum. Can tell the children about the colonial history of togo. Who. Was a German Colony and seeing wild land at which point it was taken over by britain and france. Of rome a this Colonial Heritage lands with more than x. That the peace monuments located into one this culture takes its inspiration from because peace down. This statue inspires me a lot its a great monuments now represents peace in the world theres also does more all projects initiated by 2 goalies artist jimmy hope. Many took all these artists have worked on this mural. 8 review i think whenever i come here i feel like i am immersed in a welt full of hot one round really. Thats it for now from africa you can catch all our stories on our Website Facebook page we leave you with these pictures from senegal and the great. What secrets lie behind. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. W World Heritage 360. Get you now. Its time to take. Time to search the. Fight for the truth. Is hard to overcome. And. Its time for. You to use coming up ahead. Lines. These are the sublime tones of malis pitocin lyrics soprano was at home on stages all over the globe and a special guest on todays program singing here in her signature role of lulu performed at the bavarian state opera and with that greetings from berlin and welcome to the latest edition of arts and culture doesnt hails from southern germany and over the years shes established herself as an opera singer who defies categorize asian critics are literally weak kneed over the crystal clarity of her voice her versatility and her sue perv acting talent a dramatic soprano who also has a quieter more introspective side and before we meet her lets look at some of her career high. Malise pitts isnt has enjoyed a dream career as a corner a tourer soprano. Was. Electrifying performances have garnered her 3 german opera singer of the year awards a unique