Jubilation in. Sudans government and rebels have signed the landmark peace deal its a dead ending decades of war in the country. Traditional healers in south africa are demanding recognition from the government for their work during the coronavirus and herbalists a better method should be considered in the search for a covert 19. In south africa as it is of the rest of the continent traditional healers often the 1st and last line of defense against illnesses or people who are marginalized and cannot access conventional medicine in fact the w. H. O. Estimates that as many as 80 percent of people in africa consults traditional hes talking to an expert after this report. Traditional. Have taken to the streets to attract government attention. They want to be recognized as frontline witness in the fight against the. One government financial and Technical Support to them to. The banks and. To traditional route but opted. For divorce attendant patients some with suspect sometimes. All my life. To say is that. Based on a case it might be. Dozens of patients some with suspected of the 1000 symptoms have gone through has said. It is only with government help with training and testing and that they can learn how to improve their Traditional Medicine to contribute in the fight against organ did we are yes traditional. Politician us we are Health Practitioners we fall under health department. That is way i dont understand why cant the government give us the chance. Of helping because we cant have that. Government. With the hope to carry out further tests at. Trails for the hips. For. The system of. The modern. Might to deserve the praise is additionally he who prescribes for most of our patients. Bruised even your immune system. In the recent. Days speech president. The support for the initiatives aimed at testing the effectiveness of of does not medicine on augmentin in this time of the pandemic we have seen the knowledge of Traditional Medicinal Plants increase in as much as we join the International Community in the search for diagnostics and therapeutics and a vaccine we are also looking at rio and important contribution indigenous Knowledge Systems particularly Traditional Medicine can play in improving the Health Outcomes and for people. Whose traditional did i say they hope that president obama process positive response. Will be forward by steps that will super funds provided and so you do the testing. For more on this im joined by professor moore to. Say hes a pharmacologist at the university of the free state professor that most obviously is also the chairperson of a panel of experts w. H. O. And the African Center for Disease Control to test african herbal remedies welcome to news africa professor more about that a little bit later but it start off with the fact that traditionally here is a piece of the case in south africa one should be more included in the fight against coffin 19 what do you think about that. Thank you so much for having me and even mediocre trinity to talk i think you know when youre on your station indeed i think these are discussions that are going on in terms of how do we think you know recognize an institution incisional is traditionally healing process in south africa we have in fact you know looked issue of course together with the traditionally lessons of africa realize that it is a pandemic it is something new and the also acknowledged that not had any priorities in terms of them treating patients and government so the range meant that we did was then to see the lead that in the cannot for instance claim to cure it but you do want to be involved in or the t. V. Deals that are leading in terms of the research in terms of the developing development or therapeutic for of it i just it profess that perhaps beyond the call of it the statistics are that in africa is one doctor for every 40000 people and one traditional healer for every 500 people thats a deputy h l statistic doesnt that make a case then for integrating alternative Medicine International health systems. It does it does and i want to say that i think if you look at you know africa you know the countries in africa or Different Levels of is usually is in Traditional Medicine in you know in India Health Systems so far africa has done a lot we have developed a point easy for indigenous militia systems weve put a bridge relations in terms of Traditional Medicines we have set up a study cherry traditional Health Practitioners council that is going to be looking at you know the practice of Traditional Medicine we in fact also have now started we have our medicines regulator with auriti to set up in working group to look at to be registration processes and bringing into the formal markets you know proprietary traditionalism of arcane region so south africa is doing a lot and we have established the consortium we feen the department of science and innovation that mantra dealing station the development of Traditional Medicines and that consortium comprises of traditional healer organizations right comprises of unit it comprises of Science Councils collectively i think thats also where we have looked at how best can traditional in the road in the fight against it and working with traditional healers we prioritized some treatments and prioritize some plans that we feel to bring i think the relief ok could be of use of the fight against corporate profits that if you think and say if you and i just want to talk here about or have you talk to us about what youre doing i turned to the deputy h. L. Perspective that panel of experts that you sit on are we going to save money going into research and development for some of these add things youre talking about from a w. H. O. Perspective. Yeah but remember that literally just gives guidelines and it is also the Member States that then implemented on those guidelines in the cannot adapt in a dog to do is go blind so what were looking at doubly true is really to say what would be the minimum you know preclinical where we should definitely recommend for countries to move into Clinical Trials or not you know how could we help regulate early with or e. T. S. You know in the countries to expedite the Clinical Trials you know together ill draw the line in those Clinical Trials weve traditionally you know approval of those clinical turf and lastly how then do we help they think medicines are they deleted or thought it is right also find we already studying Traditional Medicines you know were researched ok weve actually shown to be. Fantastic professor thank you so much thats all we have time for thats professor. Thank you so much sir thank you for having me thank you so much. At the weekend sudans Transitional Government and several rebel groups signed a historic Peace Agreement in the south sudanese capital juba the deal covers several thorny issues from Land Ownership to compensation and power sharing hundreds of thousands of people have died and millions displaced in decades of different conflicts across the dan including the regional stuff for now though the peace deal marks an important step for the country observers say the road ahead could still prove to be a bumpy one to off the main rebel groups have refused to sign the deal. The mood was on beat and for sudan finally a positive moment. The hope is that the peace deal will bring an end to decades of strife within the country. After the overthrow of Omar Al Bashir a top priority for the new power sharing government has been to end the countrys many conflicts including the long running wall in the for more than 300000. 00 people have been killed there. And the work of our fellow countrymen this is a great day in the history of sudan we are complicit in our main goals and ambitions in our grand revolution and it demands and that is peace the peace that has cost the boys and girls of sudan their lives their blood in order to accomplish this. The a cold will integrate many of the rebel groups interested and Security Forces and also give them Political Representation more than 700000000. 00 will be spent on rebuilding the water on regions including areas like the 4 where scarce resources for years have created conflict between ethnic minority farmers and arab heard is the deal will also help we turn thousands of people who flip the conflicts and importantly secure them rights to their land. Their treatment we have reached today addresses the issues of the stakeholders the displaced people refugees and the victims in all parts of sudan is specially in darfur and i salute all our people in sudan and those in the countryside. But there are still concerns about the implementation of the deal is specially when 2 of the main rebel groups have refused to sign the deal and tensions remain high in sudan because of the growing Economic Hardship the recent devastating floods have put a further 1000000 people on the verge of hunger all these factors could prove to make it difficult for the government to create lasting peace but theres no doubt that this agreement is an important step in the right direction. Now once again african run is one big at the London Marathon on sunday but in the main event there was also a big surprise while record holder and force it to kenya. Had been the favorite to win but it was it should i could have crossed the finish line 1st up in 2 hours 5 minutes and 21 seconds on the womens side kenyas record holder. Was in a need of her own up in 2 hours 18 minutes add 58 seconds this years race was only open to elite run is because of her the virus restrictions. And thats it for now well see you next time ok. Every 2 seconds the person is forced to flee their home. The consequences into sastra so our documentary series displaced depicts traumatic humanitarian crises from around the world. Forgetting we dont have time to think i didnt go to university to kill people i think the impact that. People feel for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of us who stay behind and simply. My husband went to peru because of the crisis that if he hadnt gone there we would have died of hunger manana now. Just starts october 16th. Movie theaters fear for their survival after hollywood once again postpones the new james bond movie no time to die that story coming up and. Sweet revenge the once overlooked painter arts music gentle leskie gets her dues with a revolutionary new exhibition. And later on 22 photographers reflect on the idea of home across borders. Welcome to arts and culture streaming Services Like netflix are thriving during the pandemic but a lot of Movie Theaters are scared they wont survive the situation got worse this weekend when m. G. M. And universal an ounce the new james bond movie will not come out this year as planned. If we dont do this. There will be nothing left to say well thats exactly what a lot of cinemas are saying base a without blockbusters like the new double has been no time to die its just too hard to fill the seats list in a World Company the 2nd biggest cinema chain in the world announced monday its temporarily closing hundreds of locations in the u. K. And the u. S. For 2 months at the least now ive got to w. s film correspondent scott roxboro on the line scott the new bond film was supposed to be out last april now its set for april 2021 studios obviously think theyre going to make more money then but if they dont release these big movies will there still be any cinemas left. Yeah i think thats the big question i mean its become almost a chicken and egg issue people are going to the cinema as if that were in place whether open because theyre not enough new movies out in the studios are putting their movies into theaters because not enough people are coming to see them and so someone has to move 1st and at the moment the studios are Still Holding back their vegas. Betting that in a few months time it will have a vaccine maybe the situation around that will have changed people come to the theaters in strength but the real issue now is were seeing with the cinema world situation is that in a few months time maybe theaters will exist in the same way a lot of theater chains that ive spoken to have said they can hold out for a couple more months but if by the end of the year the situation hasnt got much better we havent got more big movies out and available people to see that the whole system could collapse and the studios might be trying to at least movies without having theaters to put them in now its got there are a few big movie is there are coming out this year do they know something that the james bond people dont know. Well i think its just a matter of rest and whos willing to take risk and how much people believe even in the cinema i mean can it is that make them of course an old stone that isnt theatres and its done ok its made Something Like 300000000. 00 worldwide most of it outside the u. S. Which is unusual for a film like that the new films from the big studios that are also going to be coming out of wonder woman the new wonder woman wonder woman 184. 00 is going to be still scheduled to come out at the end of the year and a lot of theaters around the world are really hoping the film will bring people back to theaters the studios that are doing putting out their big films and taking that risk or betting that they will have as much competition because there are a few fewer other big movies available so that their films will sort of take up all the audience that is there even if its less than it would be in sort precode it times i also think at this moment there is maybe a chance for smaller movies use some independent films some sort of local language films and certain territories in france and in korea are doing very very well because theyre not competing with the big hollywood tentacles but even given that these big movies the bond movies the big display movies that is sort of what drives the entire Industry Worldwide and theater owners know around the world they need these movies in order to survive if the studios dont bring them out of the situation was very precarious indeed ok just briefly what do you think is the prognosis what do you think this situation is going to be like for movies from Movie Theaters lets say a year from now. If i do i mean its depend so much on what the situation with the virus is if things get better and if it is safe to go back to theaters i think youll see seals very quickly bring these movies back out again big movies like say at 9 in the past the furious film which is scheduled for next year and a whole lot of other movies and then maybe well have an over abundance of movies almost like a lot of films and well be wondering can we even see this many movies and you know you know we can thats a best Case Scenario the worst Case Scenario is that the change will start to close around the world and will have a very dangerous situation all industry good really collapse right thank you so much scott roxboro for coming on the show will we cant wait to see where this thing goes. Well is considered a genius today but are the media jumps alaskas achievements came against all odds a woman painter and 17th century italy she was lucky her artist father encouraged her to paint it all for centuries art historians considered her a curiosity now shes hailed as one of the most progressive artists of her day and her exhibition and Londons National Gallery highlights a painter who shattered conventions. She was one of the most dazzling artists of the brock and intrepid pi any other party means yet gentle a scheme be italian pain to use to work to raise the voice of women and fight for equality against all odds and this in the 17th century it was extremely challenging for women in the 17th century i mean they had sort of severe social restrictions but also as an artist i think you really had limitations this is sort of restrictions on not being able to move about and see the art works on public display meant that she was really exposed to very little compared to say have male counterparts the exhibition shows 30 pictures from a remarkable career the daughter of painter or out salumi gentle a ski are to muse you discovered her extraordinary talent early on and let nothing stop her. We know that she was painting independently by the time she was 16 and her 1st known work painted when she was just 17 is absolutely astonishing but i think also she had sheer determination she wanted to do the same work the men were doing that meant painting more than just 2 lives and portraits artemisia painted scenes susannah and the elders from 1610 shows a bathing susanna who seems visibly uncomfortable under the last moments of the men artemisia herself then became a victim of Sexual Violence the exhibition presents the original transcript of the court case the put art museums teacher goes to no time soon on trial for rape for the trial artemisia had to repeat her statements under torture. Q. Greed to undergo judicial torture it was the only way that she could prove that she was telling the truth and she knows that and the way she complies you know and sort of answers the judges questions with incredible poise for a girl of just 1718 and i think you get a lot of optimism from that to mean she is trauma and her lawyer. For avenge a visible in her most famous work judith beheading holofernes it shows female determination to make men pay for the violence inflicted the decapitation of the oppressed someone acehnese is brutally depicted. She takes the story of judas brutal killing of the general whole affair and hes dials up the excitement the passion the horror youre right inside the tents with this thing happening in front of you can almost feel the whole blood spurting on t. V. Its a very shocking picture unflinching images painted by a courageous woman now finally in the spotlight. 30 years ago east germany and west germany became one united germany and a group of photographers from both sides founded a new photo agency to mark the anniversary of the last call its agency invited photographers to give their take on boarders home and europe we talked to them as part of the d w arts 21. 00 special what is home. In search of europe. 22 photographers look at the continent from 22 angles exploring questions of identity about past and future. In a borderless europe what exactly does holland mean if. The nation and berg went to the river on the german polish border to find out. Its the 1st time i thought about the construct of borders in this way. The landscape there looks no different from that on the brandenburg it felt completely familiar. A landscape steeped in tragic history in melancholy. The people who live here were forcibly relocated after the 2nd world war and originally came from a completely different part of the country. For decades it was incredibly difficult for them to become attached to the region to feel at home there because they were always afraid of being displaced again 1st the. Fortress of young people from a german polish Community Project that expresses a deep yearning for roots. An open europe an idealistic project thats lost much of it shane many countries of reinforcing borders and retreating into themselves home atopic photographer espen i her fall also tackles born in norway by her for explores what connects him to his origins he photographs the life of his great uncle called beyond who will probably die in the same town he was born in a completely different life to his own he left the town when he was 2 years old was going to have always drawn to it time and time again to me. Its one of many homes. Its possible to have multiple homes how. Can you have multiple homes doesnt that go against the very idea. Which is contained within the idea of home and its sometimes too much i think. The idea is to load up totally overwhelmed. Pitches depict an ambivalent relationship can find. Moments such against the vastness of the landscape. And shifting. Can be something quite wonderful it can be custom dialect. And unique next. Its great that in europe we have this unity in diversity. I had. Perhaps essentially home is about belonging and we all want to belong and that since its an idea that unites us. And you can catch the whole special what is home on our show arts 21 online well japanese designer gowns found his home in paris thats where he founded the fashion house and thats where he died this weekend at 81 after complications from 19 hell be remembered for his bold colors and clashing prints inspired by his travels around the globe ill leave you now with a look back at cannes thanks for watching. A. Confrontation between china and taiwan the superpower is threatening to invade its neighbor. How serious is it how is china justifying its claims. D. W. Is Richard Walker analyzes the causes and dangers of the conflict in taiwan chinas next target closer. In 90 minutes on d w. In the eye of climate change. Africas minister. Whats in store for customers want to have for their future. C. W. Contacts are going megacities to the multimedia insight clips under. Beethoven is for me the tone is for. Beethoven just for ham. Beethoven is for. Beethoven is for embryonic. Beethoven 2020. 150th anniversary here on d w. People looking for courage. And there are many answers. There are many reasons. And there are many alternatives. To. Make up your own mind. Made for minds. This is d. W. News live from berlin tonight an appeal to germany help the people of better rooms exiled opposition latest atlanta Chicken House guy out calls for german maybe action to end the political crisis gripping the country she speaks to d. W. Ahead of a meeting in berlin with chancellor Angela Merkel also coming up how long will donald trump stay in covert current state the us president is reportedly pushing for a monday release just a day after brazenly leaving hospital 2 way to supporters faces mixed messages swirl over the true state of trumps health. Braver all of just win this years nobel prize for medicine for the discovery of hepatitis c. Im rebecca britains welcome to the program the bellerose in opposition latest atlanta Chicken House is calling for germany to take a bigger role in solving the crisis in belarus chicken on sky it was forced into exile after elections in august returned to power the countrys long standing there to Alexander Lukashenko shes been mating with leaders across the European Union has weekly mass protests continue in her home country human rights organizations say more than 10000 people have been detained in belarus since the contested election on tuesday shell meet with chancellor Angela Merkel in the german capital. And earlier he told the wind geminis intervention is so important in this moment of. The recent political crisis. Support of any country around it is important for us but germany is one of the most powerful countries in the world it is extremely important because we know they need. Help in mediation. With authorities and we think that germany and that is really just going to be extremely helpful in this situation. As cost mount to our Political Correspondent simon young simon taken to sky hoping berlin will step in and navya in the crisis what more could germany do to increase pressure on belarus. Well rebecca if germany does end up taking an active role in mediating between the regime and the opposition in bellerose i think that would be a huge step but whats being contemplated as well at the moment is more practical kind of help i think Legal Support for many of these activists which they definitely need medical help in some cases where theyve suffered as many as of them have at the hands of the police there might be practical help and psychological support and so on for activists families and in some cases i think even people might be offered the opportunity to come to the European Union for their own safety as has happened in the case of spent to kind of self and we can hear another clip per from that interview in which she mentioned what kind of support she thinks shes appropriate. I repeat it all the time you know. We need the support of their senses to know it can be any kind of help for students you know for journalist help for sportsmen for all those people who. Are fighting for the rights for new elections and. Its up to every country how to help but every. Circle of settlers in this camp at the moment. And our opposition made us atlanta speaking today w. A little earlier simon what message does it send to belarus that shes here meeting with the chancellor and foreign minister Weigel America whose spokesman said today that this meeting between the 2 women is going to happen on cheese day was a sign of the chancellors Great Respect and admiration for spread learned to kind of sky as she said she saw her as a leading figure in the bella roasts Opposition Movement of course and had Great Respect for her courage as well that was particularly emphasized so i think this type of meeting at this level clearly sends a message to the regime where the sympathies of the berlin Government Law i. Also met with the french president last week when he was in lithuania so its clear the e. U. Is getting behind the belarus opposition and the demands of the German Government are very clear that the violence miss and the Political Prisoners must be released and free and Fair Elections need to be held after those very distorted Election Results that came out of belarus just a couple of months ago dave Political Correspondent simon young thanks very much. Turning to the u. S. Where President Donald Trump is facing shop criticism for venturing outside the hospital where hes being treated for covert 9 taken from took a short motorcade ride on sunday to wave to supporters in a move that many say breaks Health Protocols the white house says doctors will decide whether to discharge the president later today meanwhile press secretary mcinerney has become the latest person in trumps all but to test positive for the virus. President trump alive and well appear to be the message behind his short right outside the walter reed Military Hospital where hes being treated for a cold that 19 the wisdom of his outing to greet supporters was immediately questioned leading physician said President Trump disregarded Standard Guidelines for coronavirus patients and put the health of others at risk. In a short video posted on sunday trump claims that this experience was teaching him a lot about the coronavirus anybody so its been a very interesting journey i learned a lot about kovi i learned it by really going to school this is the real school this is in the lets read the book school and i get it and i understand it and its a very interesting thing going to be letting you know about trumps doctors painted an optimistic picture of the president s health suggesting that he might be back at the white house as early as monday but the medical details provided were contradictory and a vase of some information including drops in the president s oxygen levels and the decision to administer a steroid treatment point to a more serious case of code 19 than what his physicians previously disclosed. Trumps supporters who organized the boat rally on marylands Eastern Shore were certain that President Trump would make a full recovery. Course i was worried about our president we love our president. I think hes in the best that he and hes got a great doctor and i think youll be just fine hes a Strong Healthy me and so i dont think the timing is good bad example hes recovering and getting very well i dont think i have too much of an impact on the election. With the election just one month away trumps camp is struggling to push his campaign forward polls show that joe bidens lead in the president. Race has grown since last weeks debate under quarantine the president cant hold rallies to fire up his base and his Coronavirus Diagnosis has made it even harder to divert attention from his much criticized handling of the pen demick. Lets head straight over to washington now where our correspondent is standing by my trumps chief of staff says the president could be released from hospital today what can you tell us about his condition. Well frankly we dont know as weve heard weve seen a lot of conflicting information over the weekend with doctors painting this very sunny outlook like weve said he might possibly be released today but then off camera once reporters were able to ask more questions off the record both doctors and trunk staff are saying actually his oxygen levels have dropped twice here we know that hes on these drugs that are usually used to treat very severe cases of covert and its just really hard to parse what is the real information on his condition what is the white house in this is a white house that throughout his presidency has never been very forthcoming on trumps physical medical state and since we have seen throughout this pandemic they have also frankly gas with the public a lot about the severity of the disease itself its very hard to know whats real and whats not right will trump at least to a video that hes really said hes learned a lot about covert 19 through this ordeal and then he left the hospital to dr. How did that go down in washington. Well certainly his supporters loved it especially those ones who got to see the president we do know that according to a white house spokesperson he was medically cleared to do this little dr but we have to understand for clarification walter reed is a medical hospital and most of the staff attending to him as a Military Hospital rather most of the staff attending to him are military doctors and trump is the commander in chief of the military if your commander in chief says he wants to do something chances are youre going to find a way to let him do it now among of course the president s detractors among democrats this is been seen as nothing but political theater putting people at risk for the sake of being able to wave to his supporters so reactions calm going down party lines but trump has focused on personal appearances at mass rallies to get across his message does his code in fiction mean hell have to change strategy in the lead up to the election well certainly we can look at this drive that he took by his supporters as kind of a mini replacement for some of the Campaign Rallies he was supposed to have over the weekend that of course got canceled or postponed im sure we are going to see a big push from his campaign in the couple of weeks very few days that we have left until the election to try to get him out there because as we know these campaigns are the the rallies these big impersonal terences this is what his supporters love this is what he loves doing this is where he gets his energy this is where he gets his message across most effectively and i can i can very much assure you that we are going to see as much of this as possible in the lead up to what will be a very contentious election day. They dont need washington correspondent in washington lets turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least 16 people are reported injured at a rally in mco just on capital bishkek to protest the official results of a parliamentary election held in the whole the soviet republic we cant they accuse the 2 winning parties of vote buying and fraud both parties and close to the production president. The famous cafes and bars of paris have been ordered to close their doors completely for 2 weights following a surge in corona virus infections the move comes just months south of france listed and nationwide lock down the new rules to ensure social distancing in the french capital go into force on tuesday. A suicide bomb attack in eastern afghanistan has killed at least i pay full and left more than 25. 00 injured the attackers rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the provincial governments convoy it comes as afghan president ashraf ghani travel to hop in an attempt to restart school hes told at the top. Well 1st of the 2020 nobel prizes was announced today and this is prize for medicine went to a trio of their discovery of hepatitis c. Charles rice and michael were on it for their groundbreaking research dating back to the 1970 s. The Nobel Committee says that discoveries help save countless lives around the world. 71000000 people thats how many suffer from a chronic hepatitis c. Infection as estimated by the World Health Organization they have to try to see a virus is transmitted through blood it often goes unnoticed for a long time slowly and silently attacking the liver infection can lead to diseases like liver cirrhosis or liver cancer a major reason people need a liver transplant the discovery of the virus led to huge medical breakthroughs really in the way of saving discovery and also its critical to go to the to do beginning to really under. The basic original discoveries that he really enabled theres so much else that has happened so many. Advances in syrup its at are but thats made possible at this initial discovery of the action. When harvey alter discovered the hepatitis c. Virus in 1909 it was the 1st step towards fighting dangerous and until then mysterious liver infections the 2nd Nobel LaureateMichael Houghton then succeeded in isolating the d. N. A. Of the newly found virus and finally Charles Reiss prove that it is the virus alone that causes Liver Disease these 3 scientific discoveries also made it possible to screen donated blood making blood transfusions much safer if it looked after the discovery we were able to test all the blood donors and sort out the ones with hepatitis c. One could also develop treatments with which we could successfully fight the virus. Theres still no vaccine for hepatitis c. The research for that is ongoing but today the World Health Organization estimates that over 95 percent of hepatitis c. Patients can be successfully treated against the disease thanks to the work of todays nobel prize winners. You know watching it d. W. News from then next stephen business has a Business News forget you can always get the latest news and information around the office on our website thats dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram but. Im a backer of his thanks very much for watching. To only. One or not too well. But what about assuring the economy instead. Of. A change in thinking is changing the economy to create something new. Economics magazine media in germany. On d w. What secrets lie behind small. Discover new adventures in 360 degree. And explore fascinating World Heritage sites. W World Heritage 360 get kidnapped now. The. Move. About of debt is threatening the developing world the World Bank Warning the solutions are needed and fast as the pandemic eats into countrys finances the organization raising the volume on its calls for debt moratoriums and forgiveness. Also on the show a look at how women in afghanistan are pushing ahead with their own businesses. And the worlds 2nd largest cinema. Personal world shouting over 700. 00 u. K. And u. S. Movie theaters after james bond is held up by the coronavirus. Glowing welcome to the show im Stephen Beers in berlin its good to have you with us or the world bank is sounding the alarm of the towering debt levels in developing countries weeks after zambia skipped a payment to private creditors World Bank President david moll pozen a virtual speech to the Frankfurt School of management calling for more countries to join a debt moratorium as well as private creditors who make up a growing portion of lenders in africa must also call for an International Joint action plan for Debt Reduction by years end of the push comes one week before the world banks annual meetings. Of the president of the World Bank Joins me today from washington david welcome to the show its great to have you as always david i want to start with zambia which i just mentioned missing a payment to its private creditors despite participating in this loan moratorium brothers death moratorium Program Sponsored by you and i. M. F. Why is that moratorium in their case not enough. Hi stephen i thought that mandatory. Helps a lot but remember what it does is dip the payments and quite a few countries theyre actually going to need a reduction in the amount of debt with Interest Rates as low as they are right now if i if i tell. You in dollars this year or you can pay me next year a 1000000000. 00 neither of those helps you very much because you know its very hard to come up with the money and the time value of money isnt the way it used to be so its just a big challenge for the countries d zambia. Is trying to find its way through that and theyll be working i guess with private sector creditors i dont know that situation so well now david after this debt moratorium came out from the g 20 private creditors a group of private creditors actually sent you a letter saying that they are willing to forbear on loan repayments but that they are not going to seek to cancel debt which is just what you said that you wanted so how are you going to get them to budge when they explicitly say we do not want to do that. What i had hoped in march when i when i called for the for the suspension of payments was that the private sector creditors would join with the official creditors unfortunately they they didnt do it they continued taking all the payments and while they did write that note that youre talking about there was never action by the private sector creditors to help make that work so the countries were under the risk if they if theyd missed a payment big penalty interest being applied to it thats one of the challenges i mentioned in my speech this morning the issue of penalty andrus its almost like if you miss to miss a payment on your credit card and then all of a sudden youre paying 20 percent Interest Rate compound it rapidly thats a risk for these countries and there needs to be more active participation by creditors you also mentioned in your speech today china and said that despite think are the g 20 they have not participated in this Loan Forgiveness Program to the most part they havent really shown many signals how hard is it going to be to get them involved. Well unfortunately they joined the g 20 indorsement of this concept back in march and president xi has spoken in favor of it but some of the individual chinese creditors arent participating and theyre some of the biggest creditors in the world so if you look at the poorest countries in africa and africa in general giant amounts are owed to these rather wealthy Chinese Government agencies that are still taking full payments and so thats one of the challenges that were facing and what for calling for you know we have our annual meetings coming up and were asking the g. 20 to to ask us for next steps in other words push forward and that the World Bank Shareholders are favoring that pushing forward with ways to find relief for the countries you know a big problem is the inequality that this all provide youve got youve got the advanced economies with these big stimulus measures through you know through Government Spending for example and the Central Banks that are buying up a lot of the debt that thats not available to the developing countries and especially not to the poorest countries so we need to find extra things are Different Things that we can do to help them through the crisis right david you mentioned those annual meetings coming up debt relief such a big focus but we just talked about china how reluctant they are and private creditors how reluctant they are the odds dont really look that great for getting a whole lot of debt relief for developing countries. You know whats happened thats right and thats a real concern in past credit crisis cycles and there have been a number where that they they tend to go on for many many years and the people of the country are left left in a very difficult spot there their government promised to pay and then the people are made to pay even no matter how poor they are and thats what were trying to avoid this time by moving faster toward actual reduction in the stock of debt of course the creditors are reluctant you know they want to keep getting paid every quarter if they can but at some point the world has to join together and push forward more aggressively. On this idea that look too much was lived in theres the pandemic has changed circumstances so we have to find a way through it baster rather than drag it out all right David Malpass president of the world bank with an urgent appeal thank you very much thank you bye bye all right and now we go to another developing country afghanistan it may not come to mind is the kind of place where Business Ideas can blossom but Women Entrepreneurs in afghanistan are on the rise and according to one local ministries estimate from 2018 theyre almost 900 small and medium size female own enterprises around the country and one such enterprise one such enterprise rather is a Fitness Center for women in the former taliban stronghold of kandahar. Political games have been slow for women in afghanistan since the fall of the taliban in 2001. But the gains in the gym have only just begun this woman only Fitness Center in the conservative stronghold of kandahar is credit to the hard work. The mode. Also employs women its vital progress in a country where less than a quarter of women walk outside the home. Which just in the us isnt. Im delighted to work here because i can help women and exercise myself after all exercise is good for my health and the money i earn is a Great Financial Health is my family. Its not just the cardio machines here that are raising hard creates the owner says shes never spent on going peace talks with the taliban could mean compromises that restrict women and threaten businesses like cars. I want to get on in the house they were worried not only about our business and sports but about all sectors where women work. Our concern is that if the taliban reunites the government what restrictions will they impose a lot of money because given what ive been following on the here is i think the talibans mindsets and ideas have not changed much the mission. For now the women walking out here see the will push through their fears and work towards their fitness and health goals. And lets take a brief look now at some of the other business stories making global headlines for us Software Giant microsoft will build 3 data centers in athens investing up to 1000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars in greece packaging goods Digital SkillsTraining Programs for governments and private Sector Workers as well as teachers and students greece recently emerged from a years long financial crisis. Oil production and export are resuming an opec member libya following the easing of a blockade by militant forces the blockade which began in january libyan output from over 1000000 Barrels Per Day to around 100000 the 1st tanker to leave was already carrying 600000 barrels and headed for italy. Well Global Pandemic may be a good movie plot but its a terrible reality for the movies the worlds 2nd largest cinema Operator Center world says its temporarily closing more than 700 theaters in the u. K. And the u. S. Center world says the delay in major film releases the newest james bond movie has made the industry and viable. Not for the 1st time had double 07 been expected to come to the rescue this time an industry thrown into crisis no time to die itself fell victim to the virus its pretty serious delaying its released until next spring. The loss of a crowd puller like bond has made the Movie Theater industry on a viable according to bosses and it comes after a miserable year doubtful sinew world lose 1600000000. 00 quick if you are you. We will. March. When we. Will be like also the shop was not food with 45000 jobs now at risk british Prime Minister baraks johnson is calling for the public to help us who i would say to people is that you. Do now have ways of making the shows go on in a they could be secure way and id encourage people. To go out to the cinema enjoy themselves and support those businesses it may be too late for the Silver Screen without the lure of blockbuster releases anxious consumers are perhaps even less likely to flock to the cinema for some of them no matter how much they need to see. From cretaceous to capitalism going once going twice stand one of the largest and most intact rexs in the world and apex predator walking the earth. Some 67000000 years ago is up for auction this week christies in new york is expecting between 6. 00 and 8000000. 00 to be paid for the prehistoric giants. And thats all from me and the Business Team today in berlin if you want more from us to check us out online at the dot com slash business also on facebook and twitter as always thanks for joining us. Confrontation between china and taiwan the superpower is threatening to invade its neighbor. How serious is it how is china justifying its claims. W. s richard analyzes the causes and dangers of the. Inflicted taiwan chinas next target. In 60 minutes d w. Ws crime fighters are back with africas most successful radio drama series continues in the only bestowed are Available Online of course you can share and disco song w africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms to. Tune in now. This is day to every news africa coming up on the Program Traditional team is in south africa say theyre also working on the frontlines of the day make and should be included in the fight against the coronavirus so what do they have to offer that. Will help take to show us we fall under the health department. That does away i dont understand why cant the government give us the chance. To. Jubilation in. Saddams government and rebel