Hello im kristie want to welcome to news africa its good to have your company as always environmentalist in morrish assault calling for an investigation into why dead dolphins have been found washed up on the indian ocean islands shoals 7 more caucuses were discovered on a beach and grand sable on thursday its a day off to 17 of those were found mia and oil spill. Was caused by a japanese ship that struck a coral reef last month. Fisheries minister has said that at 1st glance the dolphin dances dont appear to be related to the spill. Environmentalists say there must be an urgent inquiry to determine the cause of the ditz. My guest today is stefan goal of resistance to save vets a Political Party focusing on ecological and social issues in the rishis as defined is also an environmental activist and he joins me from the issues i welcome to day devaneys Africa Stefan so you visited the site with a dull fins was stranded what did you witness so yes we were unseen and work we saw. We saw. Prince so we dont consider actually to be more precise the man had to wear and this is where theres a computer and theres its also called a truck dog and so there was a there were 2 birdies on this show in a place called consomme which is under south eastern part of the only island and what resort really is a book for they have like. Them out. There where they were wounded one of them has been revived by year by the shock and then when we were. In the cedar tree we saw. Of those citizens that was in the sea but they were a lot of blood on the on the on their back. So this is what i personally. Witnessed yeah thank you phil carey find that i for one had made the assumption that you had dolphins and whales thank you for that clarification but has this stranding of these these dolphins have anything to do with the oil spill in morris just last month. Right so what we need to know is so yes 11 month back we had the right under ridge and that 20 this from now we had the order spirit and free days from now we had bought the bow out of the dark were shocked but was sucked into the into the sea so i think its premature to establish it as a leak or not because its on the yesterday on the 26th of august that we saw the 1st specimen of the dolphins and what were wrecking on the show. But i think that theres a lot of question. In my hits from from what weve seen from what is happening and we dont we want easy by what is being said by the operatives saying that there might not be a link between work and shoot and. So because it might not be if you go to the lagoon now it might not be visible the oil spill might not be visible but if you look at the surface of the sea you can see that there are still i drink of you that are still servicing the sea so that the level of. The law hood is not really known so we cannot conclude that it does not have a leak but we cannot jump to that conclusion saying that there is a link arcelor and serry mass. Sorry enough and i guess we could reach a conclusion if theres been no investigation and then know that a number of environmentalists in morriss are calling on the authorities to investigate how do you look at one such an investigation to be done stefan very quickly we have to wrap up soon. So thats thats the point because theres a breach of trust between her accusing the people now based on what has not been done since the wreck of the of the work so now were seeing the analysis theyll be conducting a nice only about of her gaze and people at environmentalists ecologists theyre calling for independent. Inquiries to be done independent and out of this based on simple principle of science that you need to come to verify and now were going to rely on one street specially when that stream has fear us so far so we are asking for the possibility to access one a piece one specimen of the overt open bodies to carry on an independent investigation im not one right that is stephan goes speaking to us from orishas thank you stephan its. A brief look now at some other stories making news across the continent koolaid as in mali have a nice ousted president ybor him from detention a spokesman from the military just to sit on things take a test but he says one of the International Mediation teams demands its being made by representatives from the west African Group of countries ecowas who are currently in the country meanwhile the European Union sais it will temporarily freeze its operation and. The important thing is to stress that our missions in mali civilian and military reasons had been temporary hold. Because circumstances didnt allow them to continue their normal p. B. T. They are still there and they will start working again and as soon as possible we cannot pretend to have used to be routine a country like man leaving this and having a military capacity from the government and thats what were doing. In a scene that whatever the government will be. Quoting we marry him people we will have to continue to do in this world. Residence in sudans capital khartoum have been reinforcing their homes using homemade sex as makeshift barry is flooding and torrential rains have been affecting sudan for nearly a month now over 30000. 00 homes have been destroyed and more than 80 people have died according to sudans of course in the capital khartoum and the blue nile and river nile states hardest hit more heavy rainfall is expected in the coming weeks. Some of the many sections that all along here we felt them who would send and try to block the water from the root so that it doesnt enter the houses. Thats for the street we have given up and the people who are in it but the houses if we can protect them. Wherever i am them in going to see us 9461948 there has never been floats like this year and the problem has grown bigger and bigger every year but we dont know why we are affected by extensive damage by the water but also by the environmental effects of the followers. Out there more. Police in south africa have fired rubber bullets at demonstrators near johannesburg after they were attacked with rocks and bottles process is accused police off choosing a disabled teenage boy in the area of eldorado paul wilson and his elders the 16 year old died of his wounds in hospital on wednesday night. We go to ethiopia next wave is a growing number of bookstalls in the capital addis ababa but the price of literature is going up with the demand to making it a tough sell for them. They have become a common sight on the streets about this about mobile vendors are making the habit of reading more commonplace in ethiopias fast growing capital they describe it as one of several 100 itinerant sellers he developed an interest in books during his childhood outside of the capital. Funding odyssey and began to help develop yourself as a person and then introduce me to the many people there are really interesting my friends are also working similar johnson but given me some very happy to join the profession but best thing on it but the business has become competitive in recent years when he does the work behind his book stand biggest who spends several hours a day walking along sidewalks and into cafes and strenuous work but it widens his reach. Going to listen this is my job my daily bread so i just keep moving and carry the books if im lucky i might sell 5 to 6 packs a day but on some days i dont sell anything. This utopian journalist is one of the uses regular customers reading is his main hobby hes particularly keen on history his last purchase was a book on the 896 battle of ads between italy and utopia. The main water wheel is between each other its a great victory. On italy and we are so proud of. Although their client base has grown over the past years vendors are grappling with rising book prices this young man just bought 2 books but says prices are too high for avid readers like himself. When i started reading as a child a book was 0. 20. This time its for your house and with this one when it cost 0. 20 in the library thats when i started reading and. The price increase is partly due to rising production costs in this Printing Press for instance paper printing machines and ink are important and the company has to pay very high taxes but rising prices dont appear to be spoiling the appetite for books in the bigger cities in a country with a Literacy Rate of less than 50 percent and where men still make up the majority of readers mobile vendors are playing a key part in boosting the availability of books for all. And that does it for our program today but be sure to check out our other stories thats on our website and for you to say forward slash africa were also on facebook and were on twitter and thats focused on the im on twitter to my handle is act 12. 00 a save and its always interesting for me to know what you think about the stories we cover here on news africa now after the sad news from orishas that more than a dozen day of dolphins have been washed ashore following an oil spill we want to leave you with with this a reminder of their beauty as well as the vital importance off for sex in our wildlife and on nature enjoy these wild african dolphins and africas closed see an extra before now of our. A Nobel Prize Winner is called in for questioning in belarus as the authoritarian regime continues its crackdown on protests challenging the reelection of alexandre of the countrys long serving ruler will talk about literary voices as a moral authority and also coming up. 5 years after germanys welcome of over 1000000 refugees a syrian pianist is making a life for himself and his family. And ahead of the virtual ceremony for the 2020 good to medal awards we profile the 2nd of 3 laureates british novelist indian mckeown. Well back in 2015 Svetlana Alexei of it won the nobel prize for literature for work that as the jury remarked was a monument to suffering and courage in our time the writer is famous for chronicling her countrys troubled history through carefully constructed 1st hand accounts well today shes one of the most outspoken voices of the Coordination Council thats a group that seeks new elections and talks with europes last dictator. A Nobel Laureate in literature on her way to question the famous author took the opportunity to warn against a split in the nation pitting the system against peaceful demonstrators. But. This year if we are separated in this way become divided in this way we will surely slide into a civil war which is that is very dangerous our goal is to unite society and help overcome a political crisis not to initiate any overthrow. But it coulda ties precisely what the members of the newly founded Coordination Council are accused of the council insists it only wants to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power in belarus. What we saw in the 1st 3 days of the confrontation when people were treated like that me was like something from the last century we have to talk to each other argue with each other my ideal is the red green flag in one hand the white red white in the other. The goal is to unite the demonstrators in white red white and the look of faithful in red and green. But look at shank oh is still determined to put the demonstrations down using brutal force. Many here welcome interventions from artists like alex a it. This is actually going on with writers can Say Something in a way that goes straight to the heart can be very rational so that one forgets humanism and so on she reminds us of these general human values. My knees. And then the poem get them. Started on i look see if it says if she were younger and not you know she might consider a role as a mediator but look at shank oh has no interest in mediation the arrests in minsk and other cities continue. That line i like save it speaks people do listen and joining me to speak about the voice of artists and intellectuals in belarus is my colleague Adrian Kennedy welcome adrian now we saw and i save it on her way there to her appointment with this Investigative Committee do you know what happened there was she didnt spend much time at the Investigative Committees headquarters she left quite quickly saying that she had invoked her rights not to testify against the self not to answer questions and reiterating that the councils only goal was to unite society now other members of this Coordination Council thats really seeking dialogue have also been targeted have they not thats right former culture minister. Was questioned by investigators on choose day he was forced out of his job as director of the state young. Fear after calling for new elections and complaining about the brutal suppression of the demonstrations hes one of the highest profile Civil Servants to come out publicly against the regime and many actors at the theatre he ran have resigned in solidarity that its striking and perhaps also encouraging the literary voices are actually being heard in this debacle d. W. Has also spoken to the young novelist Victor Martin martino that who is a critic of the regime yes our colleague to be. Nikkis about spoke to him via video link hes one of the few people who are still in belarus in minsk who will speak to International Media and we asked him about the role of intellectuals and about the dangers of speaking out for a look at that we have almost everybody silenced right now all dissidents who used to be in a position and who used to be imprisoned for many years there are silenced because theyre very much afraid of course i am afraid and of course i realize what. Are they can put me in prison and so on but at the same time what what use of me if not saying true for what showing what what is the meaning of my life being if i am silent in the moment when Everybody Needs a truth isnt much intervention was saying that he feared that many in the west see below us as part of russia but its been an independent state for around 30 years largely invisible to us he says there are problems there now and its time for the world to Pay Attention to them ok well attention is what we are attempting certainly a courageous voice from martin of its there in minsk and just for our viewers you can find the whole of that interview with victor much innovates on our you tube channel d w books and will certainly continue to follow that story thanks very much for bringing us up to date on that Adrian Kennedy thank you. Well the end of this month will mark 5 years since chancellor Angela Merkel made her famous assertion via shuffled us we can do this a statement that made was made at the height of the migration crisis that saw germany take an unprecedented 1100000 immigrants in 2015 while many of those refugees had fled the civil war in syria and the air how much was one of them. Because songs tell of pain and a lost homeland but also of hope 5 years ago pianist fled syria specifically the Young Refugee camp for palestinians. Back there he played music to counter the nightmare scene of bomb craters and ruined buildings and created beauty to fight despair. It was hungry or so and i dont cant feed my family but i was keeping playing piano we die anyway we will die from hunger in 56 days when i dont die play piano at least its held me i dont think music its feed people or helped people really its helped the mentality to see at least some of the why its quite a place in the in all this got us through in the. Neighborhood of damascus it was under constant siege from i asked troops for years people there had no electricity no food or medicine and a ham played music. The images of him playing went viral when a ham fled to germany in 2015 he was already a minor celebrity and was quickly offered a public stage but he felt uncomfortable with the attention. I am here famous playing piano their pay. What we are a group of people i thought i took a bit in connection with him its not easy you know when somebody is still dying from hunger and you tell him look we speak about you hear what its done for me there you know this is this is not easy here he is performing at a refugee shelter in berlin a celebration marking 5 years since chancellor Angela Merkels we can do it statement in the meantime ahabs wife and sons have joined him and he can work play in concert people listen to him. I am not start on a never live up feel i am a star i feel responsible to tell of this blah blah blah what i tell it no its import a label its not so important for people to hear it but at least i feel responsible to tell it and i use every mike every camera to tell that fraud people a ham songs deal with what hes experience and hes also written his autobiography which was published in germany last year in it he tells of his father who built Musical Instruments and of his own childhood in a still peaceful syria he tells of the children he watched die and of the moment when i asked fighters burned his piano but constantly retelling his story takes its toll. When i go on with this a story and remembering your move remembering the war its a really true heavy here and this is why i will list of the music because when i go on i will extend the pianist and the trombone or that this image but the horrible images from asimovs past wont stop so easily hopefully he wont give up music it helped him during his darkest times and it helps him now allowing him to make a living and a new life in germany. This week or celebrating the winners of the good in that all for 2023 leading lights whose were. Work in literature and the arts has built bridges for cultural understanding and our 2nd laureate is britains ian mckeown an incredible novelist whose mind works much like an anatomist thing the 4 bills of human nature with an ever painful precision. And make human has published 20 novels and collections of short stories in 29000 he published 2 books. In machines like me he tells the story of an android and asks are robots perhaps better than human. Cockroaches a biting satire about mckeown imagines an insect transformed into the british Prime Minister its the most of firstly political novel hes ever written in mcewen is a vocal and passionate remainer describing brecks it as the most pointless masochistic ambition ever dreamed up in the history of these aisles we lost that battle we were outmaneuvered. We were divided among ourselves and many were. We now just have to poke the. We can get away with that it works out. You know were now in a paradox who position of hoping that breaks it somehow works. You know theres nothing else we can. Even make un has garnered numerous awards in the course of his career but he partly grew up in germany and has a sentimental attachment to the country so that got a medal has a special significance to be honored in the name of johan gang from carter is an honor indeed. Sometimes we talk about what information we should send. Us an unmanned space ship that was in the boss solar system we send. We had to send a representative of humanity and i think good who would come pretty close to the top of my list because his interests were not in literature in drawing. In writing a book in the nature of light. Public administration and politics and music. And there are similarities in mcewen is also a serious thinker with a vast range of interests in the tradition of the great polymaths. Well worth picking up one of his books if you havent already had the pleasure of all that does bring us to the end of this edition so until next time stay safe and stay tuned. To the point of strong opinions clear positions international perspectives. Its official the republican and democratic parties in the u. S. Have nominated donald trump and joe biden as their candidate in this falls election now the campaign for the presidency begins in earnest will it be a dirty fight join us on to. The point. Thats a convention of 30 minutes on t w. Every day counts for us and for our planet. Global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation above how do we make cities greener how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with the waste. We can make a difference by choosing reforestation over deforestation recycling over disposable Smart New Solutions oberstein said in our war against her most truly unique and we know that the uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive the ideas from the environmental soon to global 3000 on t. W. And all ma. Theyve been robbed of their soul thats what a people experiences when their heritage is taken from them. Countless cultural artifacts were brutally stolen from africa by colonialists and carted off to europe. Stephas left wounds that have yet to heal what should be done with the stolen art from africa. The stolen soul starts september 7th on g. W. Cut above. The law by. This is g. W. Newswire from berlin tonight the creeping pandemic germany tightens restrictions hoping to reverse an increase in corona virus cases. Returning from high risk areas will be required to quarantine for 14 days of a ban on large Public Events is also being extended until the end of this year also coming up tonight a city on edge after unrest over the Police Shooting of a black man today wisconsins attorney general made public the name
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