Language and. This gets me. To interrupt lets say you want to know their story. For margaret. This is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the gambit still reeling in shock the government says its sending a team to mauritania to investigate the deaths of dozens of migrants who drowned at sea in one of the deadliest such disasters this year. At building proof houses for cheney lagos and local occupy explains hes calling design. Mass graves in berlin all see the auto exhibition uncovering dr chapter of germanys history in the movie. You know very day they tried to kill the whole. Group. And they didnt succeed you know were still here and were here to tell the story. Hello im christine. Its good to have you along. Government sending a delegation to mauritania to investigate the drawing off 63 people in the Atlantic Ocean the majority of the migrants were gambians on their way. These are some of the survivors. The boat they were on left for the Canary Islands at the end of november the vessel capsized off the coast of mauritania as you can see now some of the survivors managed to swim back to shore although it is im not sure how many people were on board but instruments but the number as high as 180 people many of them are still unaccounted for and back in the gambia relatives of the victims are mourning their loss. News spread quickly among residents of barrow that a boat carrying migrants had sunk of mauritania relatives fear they have lost their loved ones the same vessel stopped here a few days ago looking for passengers Many Gambians boarded hoping to reach europe and a better life. With a little boat anchored in and the smugglers were scouting for passengers and my grandson and 2 others heard about this and decided to join them but we thought that it succeeds because 2 other boats that left recently reached their destination and. These survivors managed to swim ashore they are being housed in the mauritanian city of new i do believe and are receiving primary care mauritanian or thirtys say more than 80 passengers have been rescued already only see whats going. On here today because we are illegally emigrating to find something to make a living and to help our parents because theres not enough work in our country. We left gambia a week ago wanting to go to spain. The people who organized the trip abandoned us at sea because we were lost. We were lost and we didnt know where to go it had been that good it will not be available. Attempts to reach spain from africa have increased in recent years as authorities have clamped down on crossings to italy from libya. But different equal treatment on the atlantic route and the western mediterranean routes are becoming increasingly important in 2015 there were about 5000 arrivals in europe each year and 28 team the number reach 60000 yes for some. For the people of bahrain down be they are still many Unanswered Questions many victims were buried in mauritania without being identified. And therefore it updates on the developments on the story lets go to detail these all my while he who is in bunch will in the gun be good to see you all must so what do we know about those who survived and who are in mauritania are they going to be brought back so the gambin and what about those have been buried in mauritania will their remains also be brought back to the country whether according to their press release issued by the government they are informed the president and the government its walking route. To send a delegation to mauritania to investigate and work on how best they can how close they mean to those who left their lives those who lost their lives and those who survived the accident although we talked about some of the questions that are being raised in the gambia about this incident one of them is where was the navy when people took off from the coast to head off into the waters what what what what what what have you heard from the authorities about that. Well this is the same question many gun soskin expected under sustained media they said where was the gun that maybe because its just a few kilometers from where these people are bored de bortoli of dysentery and this is how can hundreds of people board boats retire to the knowledge of the ugandan navy who will use one or 2 or deceased so thats a question many people are asking and you have to get response from the authorities on that. Oh mother the gambia has been producing a lot of refugees especially during the time of former president john me looking at the statistics as they are which you have numbers for us it doesnt look like that is messing up it seems as though more and more people continue to risk their lives to leave the gambia and get say europe can you tell us why this is the case well from 214228000 according to you and over to 5000 governments that discussion and that went to general good to see or so how many talked out of the center of doing things to happen in this country in terms of investment and care in the what you display of people that did not change this is to young people that are still got a life that can be seen and if they should to go to europe and this is a whole employment and local school they have into country because most of them to think that they kind of make it in this country by our side again get a system that in the west there are 4 going to fosters. Its been about 2 years since your new president came into Office President adam a barrel is this a question of his incompetence all other reforms that the gambian needs does he need a lot of time and people just dont have the patience help us understand why things are not Getting Better for people why they feel like they dont have hope in the country. It depends on who you talk to too many the president goes for course and he cannot deliver any more sort of young people in this country toward the problem was with the former president and the way they think when this new government their program they decide what budget of how cool 2 years into his leadership the young people are still continue to leave this country and one improvement still on the increase so when they wont even get even on the president to step down at the end of 3 days instead of this 5 year term because many people say he kind of do anything you cannot change anything for the people of this country. All right all the while and bundle thank you thank you so much. On next story takes us to nigeria where temperatures rose up to 5 Degrees Higher than normal during the 1st quarter of this year its a massive jump even for a country already accustomed to heat waves Climate Change scientists warn this is unprecedented heat wave is a sign of what lies ahead for the country now the city of lagos is home to about 22000000 people and the houses people are building on not designed to save god from the heat but as youre about to see one architects has a plan. In the nigerian mega city lagos the poor feel the heat hardass rising temperatures hurt Peoples Health and make daily chores more taxing the children and the elderly are most atrocious in the city sprawling slums poor construction and overcrowding make heatwaves worse there is no ventilation when the sun beats down on Community Blogger moves on jolo he built this plane himself from wooden planks top haul and nylon and cardboard after authorities demolished his old house in a massive fiction. Developed. You call me to new developments well you dont get a. Yeah. Just. By rising temperatures and wary of both parties some residents are building their way out of heat waves architect papilloma tell you has designed a Training Center for Homeless Children that uses passive cooling to keep temperatures low inspired by traditional nigerian architecture a motel uses compressed earth bricks that heat up during the day and release energy at night when shaped roof disperses heat by diverting affleck he says cities are not doing enough to guard against temperature increases. Heat is rising it keeps rising as the city develops as were not dealing with pollution as we build tighter and tighter spaces so i think its really critical that people think about heat when thinking about design with the city swelling by more than 1000 people a day cool buildings will become increasingly crucial. Now here in the german capital berlin a namibian artist is helping to shine a light on another doc chapter of german history when namibia communities rose up against german colonial rule in 1000. 00 oath fall Imperial Forces responded they were quick to crush the un wrist and the result was the nia annihilation of the head a little and nama peoples well in 2004 the German Government form and recognize the atrocities and issued an apology but to date no reparations have been paid now going to be an artist isabelle touch of evil is addressing this National Trauma with an installation in berlin. Hes ancestors are herero one of the number being tribes the german colonial power who tried to obliterate over a century. With her exhibit here in berlin. Gives a voice to those who were silenced they tried to various you know they they they tried to kill the whole. Ethnic group the heroes as well as the numbers and they didnt succeed you know were still here and were here to tell the story. From 1004 to 1908 the german army brutally suppressed the herero unama rebellion killing up 2100000 people or more. The 1st genocide of the 20th century shaped modern namibia descendants of victims were displaced today 70 percent of private land remains in white hands germany has returned remains of victims to be buried but for lent has so far refused calls for reparations for. The. Fragile masks of the artists own face lie half buried in sand the work feels like an untended mass grave people catch a v. V. Hopes the started to scotch and about the crimes of the past before they are for god were our biggest thing is acknowledgment to acknowledge its history to acknowledge that it happened because for so many years its just been denied. Germany has finally stopped denying what happened in the may be but the path to healing more than a century of trauma has barely begun. And that is it for now from news africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page. Now were leaving you with pictures off the table and on the people in the media have a good weekend. What is kept at others it is the. Amount of Christmas Nicholas clueless feasts at the Christmas Market and listens to the visitors expose themselves. Even new kushti to becomes contemplative and explores other markets in lubec incredulous. Im not laughing at the germans because sometimes i am but mostly im nothing with the german think deep into the german culture. Will take this grandmother they owe you cos its sold out there no time rachel join me for me pick up the money of course. Tis the season to be jolly and Christmas Markets all over germany are a glow as people gather to stroll shopping and spend time with friends and family over a mug of mulled wine nicole foliage gets into the holiday spirit of the Christmas Market and