The place and with home grown here. I. And you are welcome to the program. Is best known for its beautiful white beaches by the island nation has declared a state of environmental imagine see the huge one oil spill from a grounded ship over 100000 tons of oil need close to its waters efforts underway to salvage the situation. On the beaches already covered in oil which is threatening an entire lagoon and fuel is still pouring into the sea from the grounded ship. Locals are relying on the ingenuity to fight the pollution stuff in sugar cayleys into plastic sheets to make improvised booms there just isnt enough professional equipment volunteers are working with the authorities to scoop up the oil and pump it out of the ships tanks. The government has declared an environmental emergency. Were appealing to france and help the United Nations and other countries. We dont have the know how to deal with a catastrophe like this. Francis promised aid and the sending experts and the naval vessel the empty freighter ran aground 2 weeks ago on thursday a fuel tank. The japanese owners have offered an apology. But environmentalist a warning to spill could devastate the fragile wildlife of militias the fisherman the community is. Good itself is heavily affected and we fear that its going to be something that is going to last through. Months maybe years and. Its unclear what caused the ship to run aground police have opened an investigation. From spoke to dr. Who is conservation director of the more wish and Wildlife Foundation hes been on site in the last 10 days now he tells us how bad the oil spill age is. It is a catastrophe of unprecedented scale weve never had in. Terms of oil products which are now in the. Its an absolute catastrophe. So catastrophe you talk about. You know the impact on the ocean but what about the lives of People Living there. Absolutely i mean this is in the southeast of worship and the area where there are quite a number of people or all and we depend heavily on the sea with the fall tourism all for fishing mainly and this is going to affect thousands of lives fall many many years so the human impact of this of this oil spill is going to be far reaching and i think thousands of people. So is the government on the right track in dealing with this mass well is trying to do of the it can and all of the different units that link to do this to these trying to find a solution have been engaged. We cannot do it on ourselves by our selves and this is where weve been bringing in for an expertise weve had a lot of help and support from friends and help and support from japan is also coming but also theres a very strong civil Union Movement and surprised civilians and a lot of people giving their advice and help in this you know the we do not have the advantage of having experience to deal with an actual oil spill despite the fact that we despite the fact that we had a a National Oil Spill contingency plan but weve never had to put it into action until now so we are to some extent prepared but also unprepared call for a and always feel especially of this magnitude. Now youre actually say your government has called for International Heat exactly what kind of aid are you expecting. Well the french of d provided amazing support immersion is. Really an island which is 150 kilometers away and part of the republic of france we have received 2 planes with lots of equipment food to fight an oil spill theres a. Naval vessel which has arrived yesterday with saudi years and their specialist equipment and helicopters and is this sort of intervention which was present in really arriving moshes and now the French Marine corps is working with the National Cause god of mischas and and. Just to try to put into place. In any means to fight the next wave of oil spill which will happen because what weve had so far is on the probably a 10th of what is still on the boat so the Major Oil Spill is this is yet to happen. The number of corner virus infections on the continent surpassed 1000000 last week more than 20000 people have died that have you which will call it pivotal milestone as cases surge in a number of countries but thats quite the rise in cases in most subsaharan countries many governments are left in restrictions. Its a special day for these worship as in lagos nigeria. Its the 1st time theyve been allowed to attend church in person since march. The countrys lifting restrictions on some religious Services Despite an uptick in cases strict social distancing holes are in place. But many are still cautious. As i think or much it will do what it does and how cool for your thank god was one of the hot temperatures. I was in. Kenya is another country with a lockdown has been loosened despite an increase in a number of infections. The government was quick to act when the 1st cases were detected back in march. But like many other subsaharan countries they reopened the economy to prevent people from being plunged into poverty. Many like this taxi driver still feel abandoned and without hope is a good i took out a loan to buy this car but now i cannot afford to pay its a number of infections continues to increase i will have to move out of the city and back to my rural home. In ethiopia things appear to be moving in a similar direction. The number of infections doubled in less than 3 weeks in july with the country recording more than 20000 cases. The government that never imposed a full not down relying instead on preventative measures but the w. H. O. Said it fears many that are letting down their guard and that this as in other subsaharan nations could have fatal consequences. Will certainly keep you informed on the latest developments on the pandemic now from the u. S. To the u. K. Belgium and around the world rhesus monuments like this one of the former belgian king leopold are being poured out streets are being renamed but what do some africans think about all this there are some thoughts black people are still trying to fight for their rights and still trying to have a space not being 2nd class citizens the colonialists. They took everything that could benefit africans we can people we forgot what i pleaded before but where we came from now michael egan cameroon mats one activist whos working hard to raise tributes to colonize us under a blessed summer house meeting his mission to take down street signs very names of cornell feagles from the boss. Todays target is just a goal the former french president i will work to get. Financial help ministries the names of. If someone wants to change. Bodies when you go to paris you dont find a monument to the germans who occupied it during the war say. Parts of china were controlled by the british but you wont find a statue of a british person in china so this should not be the case in africa all societies have their hero and every nation has its product. A certain not. 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And in the latest edition of 100. 00 german must reads David Leavitts introduces us to the tragic romance of a minutes silence and lies zeke reed lends money for teacher stella butts we begin in the theater world which has been devastated by the corona pandemic and this week a look at 3 cultural capitals and how theyre coping with this crisis we begin in new york where broadway has never been so silent one of the most unfortunate stories is of a new musical called go from the North Country timing wasnt this musicals best friend opening as it did at the beginning of march. These days mezzo soprano trying to launch mainly views manhattan from a distance like the city her job went on lockdown at 19