People look up to the players, they look up to the g. O. P. And when will this century old tree in the canyon contest between the environment and urban development. Hello, im christine wonder. Its good to have your company. Amnesty International Say schools of people like the hundreds was stabbed and hacked to death in ethiopia is to grab a region on monday. Thats the region way of federal military troops, all fighting regional forces. Now the victims are said to be civilians from the group working in the village off. Mike, i would this is have told amnesty that they found dead bodies strewn all over the child. Some of those who survived say they were attacked with machetes, axes, and knives. Im now joined by as they are taken from amnesty international. He is the author of the report on the alleged massacre enterprise. Welcome to day debbie is africa for sam. How did you 1st learn of this . And its a message we kept. All of these are listen, theres a drone, some social media posts where the number of dead bodies were posted. Legends out there killed in my travels and killed a solitary to mississippi about. And to tell us more about the victims who they are. The victors written essays who were interviewed for the 2 cities, such as a they told us most of them are daily. Lot of us who go to town for this time of the year. And most of them are hard arse. As these drones are, national are desfontaines here to produce who is likely responsible for this really limited information we have under control and also Security Forces ramped to get out of regional development. Theres a times you specify, so basic information, it is likely that Security Forces and militia look a militia who are accountable to the Regional Government are to be had at desks. Ok, and i mean, this has happened as a conflict between the Ethiopian Defense force and t. P. And if isis continues, we dont know very much about this because there is the communication back a bit. Does that have anything to do with this massacre . Yes, the conflict has Data Collection ship or is a massacre because there was there active hostility between artists near my tattered rock and to grahams horses has lost some ground around my title. And during that time when national Defense Force was allowed to do things at night, zeus must like it has happened. So we can put zeus must like that into context of on greinke between federal government and the creditor. No. Government. Ok. I did mention that communication about a shutdown into gride. Does this need to change so that we have a better picture of what is going on in the region is on the side of the government offensive . Yes. The information blackout that has affected most internet communication is our capacity to monitor as a human. So you moderates and its a human tendency to easily into conflict areas. And also millions of people have out of trapped in figure out where this conflict is happening and their families and scientists are not able to know whats, what is really happening. So information blackout should stop. And also as a government should say, look, its humanitarian access. Ok to say take it from amnesty international. Thank you. The violence and military clashes in the to cry region have forced more than 7000 people to flee to sudan more expected to fall to although saddam has officially, closed this border to e. P. O. , be a refugee is, are still crossing and they report receiving assistance when they arrive in vermont, alone by day treating us well, i hope president all the time to grow and people are always come to sudan in times of war one, where the sons and with very similar do you have a 100 . Our ancestors came to sudan, dont stop on it. Welcome them. When you know, sudan has always taken a seat, i dont stop for a month. Got a captain has returned to the country of his birth to play for a local club. In accra, having one of the on his biggest stars on field, its hoped it a whipped up interest in the local football. League fixtures were cancelled and watched years of the current rise pandemic the leagues new series is due to kick off again on saturday. He is one of ghanas spaced ever football days for the past 17 years. And from all over the world, a somewhat john has entertained kenyans, but he isnt done just yet. John has come home today, hes training with his new teammates in accra, after signing with local club league on cities. He insists this is not the story of a one time star. Moving back home before retiring. He is working his way back from a serious injury, but john says he manes business. You know, i started training about 10 days ago. You know, so ill go along way to go, you know, everything that i can. And i think i need time to prepare physically, mentally, im very strong. Everything is alright physically and to be ready to be able to compete. You know, right now im just trying to do the finishing touches, use my experience and to michelle get fit. And john has a vast area of experience playing folk clubs in europe, asia, and the middle east. He has also a competent ghanas national team, the black stars for years, with that background, even from the bench he mentors the younger football is something he hopes to do more. While playing in the low colleague, maybe household name and people look up to me, especially the local players, they look up to me. He says that if he is happy, everybody is happy. You know, because it was a Bold Decision i took and i think there are a lot of few players in africa. And im very happy to be part of this history making and just look at club knows the west of the investment in him. The expect him to have an instant impact on the team down as a very normal run all over the well, we believe the football has now gone very commercial. Its gone very businesslike. So these days you also need to find avenues of making money and we believe that having a brand would help us in that regard. John is best remembered for his pen not amazed at the 2010 world cup in south africa. The anguish that they still love him and think its name, expecting a lot from him this season. The tactics of our son were john and the way he dances when he scores excites us a lot. And were expecting him to help this new club and also promote the ghana premier league. And hes someone he wants to play in the local league. Im happy hes not back home to retire. We cant wait to see him play in help the local league. Maybe john is a champion we believe in him, and if we have players like him coming back home, it will help our local league. They would still have much to contribute to Ghana Football Association craves for strategy is to interest only 1000 pandemic. Johns presence excites officials who want to build on that to attract other players playing abroad. I mean, the potential is there. We just have to work around it, develop it, and make it look attractive, and show some more. John is already bringing the spark back to the local league even before he is doing his bit to breathe fresh air into ghana football. Now urban development very often comes at the expense of the environment and its no different in kenya. Away environmentalists say the capital nairobi is losing its green spaces. Theyve successfully campaign to save an iconic tree in the heart of the city in steps and in tune to keep nairobi green. d these campaigners sound the alarm over the rapid rate at which the citys trees are being felled. Nairobis population is booming and its streets are struggling to cope with the masses. Who clogged these roads daily. Thats put pressure on authorities to expand nairobis highways in the process. Cutting down trees that have embellished these roads for decades. Including this fig tree. Its over 100 years old. Apart from being a city landmark, its also sacred to some the blue strip on it indicates that its in line to be axed. But this plan triggered a Massive Public outcry. This figtree is very significant because number one, it is a cottage, then a Cultural Heritage of the country. And the 2nd thing is that its symbolic of all agree spaces because this particular fig tree is fighting in our communities right now. Kenyas government has now backtracked on finding this iconic treat and more could be saved. This would be for us over many to forgo as we strive to eat sure. That nairobi remains and grows in the green city. In the us are. As nairobi expands, more bottles are expected about how to balance the environment with the needs of the growing city. For now though, come painters see this victory as something to celebrate that hits show is that is it for now at be sure to check out our of the stories on dot com forward slash africa. Were also on facebook and on twitter, wed love to hear from you. So write us what you think about this stories that we have on the program and the stories that you think we should be covering today will leave you with pictures. Ive gotten as a, someone in action tells me its fine to do. Yes, its on the way to bring you more conservation. How do we make super screen or how can we protect our protect so we can make a difference. Good morning to you. Series of little salsa d. W. Gone mind to know that 77 percent are younger than 60. Thats me and me and you and you know what . Its time. No voice is part of the 77 percent. This is where the 77 percent this weekend on d. W. Germany is the image as a nation of poets and thinkers, is largely due to the huge influence of enlightenment figures like the and bought how its perceived today. As a modern powerhouse of culture is at least in part, thanks to the work of close to tell a much more in a moment. And also coming up. Looking beyond hollywood, the coronavirus has impacted hundreds of thousands of livelihoods in the once booming Film Industries in india. And nigeria. Welcome to arts and culture. For more than 30 years, close detail, a man has been a driving force of german culture 1st as the director of the German National library. Then as president of the pression Cultural Heritage foundation. And since 2008 been president of the church, the institute thats germanys cultural calling card that offer rights operates worldwide in nearly 100 countries on nov. 13th feel officially retired. But who has a fishing stand off with a new documentary about his career . Clusty limon is a leading figure of germanys cultural scene, a man of books. He headed the National Library in frankfurt and oversaw the fusion with its east german counterpart in leipsic, in 1990, assuring equal footing. He went on to lead the group institute from 2008 until november 2020, and one of his last missions was in the media before the pandemic. He was invited to speak at a conference on the restitution of artifacts looted during colonial times. Culture is not peacemaking per se, but it functions in that spirit when it encourages Real Exchange of nobels. I am of the opinion that we are in germany can only be a Cosmopolitan Society if we were flooded more than just ourselves. In 1909 lehman with the backing of then chancellor Gerhard Schroeder unveiled his master plan for the renovation of polands Museum Island. Perhaps his greatest career achievement the that side of every age has its people. That means that now someone has to come along who has new ideas and sets new impulses so that it always has a fresh and contemporary shape. So i can let go very easily. Some projects such as the humble forum, also came with their share of controversy. But close to dudley man will now regard them from a distance and im joined by my colleague who coauthored the documentary close to thailand. The last cultural diplomat is maybe not the last because we still have you watching. Welcome to this hour that was together with a very short one that you made that fellow hina, such an interesting man. And someone whos always had a real sense for how to capitalize on romance in history. The to the benefit of culture as a unifier in germany as well. That wasnt an easy job, was that . Yeah, thats a side many people dont know, ignore about him. Thats in the ninetys after german your reunion occasion. It was a difficult time. You have to recall that a lot of people in the former socialist, germany, german democratic republic, they were embittered and feared to be overrun by companies to lose their job by institutions. And to be super flus. And he came in to reignite the 2 libraries. There were 2 libraries cold war phenomenon, National Library of the socialist, German National library in the west. And his task was to bring them together in leipsic and in frankfurt to one united institution. And he did it with an incredible credible sensitivity and empathy. And he gave people the feeling to get them on board and to listen to them. I think thats his style. It doesnt talk to people and then decide he listens to people before deciding one of his greatest achievements, of course is that he was one of the architects of post unification. Berlin tells yeah, that was the next job and actually the terrible tariff it job. He did of in leipsic on him a lot of reputation in the political sphere. So politicians thought, thats the person we want to really bring Forward Museum island, the whole museum scene in berlin, which at the time around 2000, was a bit not rundown, but in disarray. And underfunded, and he came in, he put up a master plan which he forcefully implemented here, renovated, restored, reconstructed Museum Island. Not on his own, with a lot of staff with a lot of collaborators, of course. And with the backing of politics, you have to say he got the funding and thats one of his abilities and skills. He can convince people also politicians to get the money for cultural projects. Incredible achievement. Now would you also call him a visionary because, for instance, he foresaw just how in issues of restitution, for instance, and post colonial conciliation would be for africa long before the debate that were actually seeing today. Not a visionary in the common sense of the word, but hes a person with a big sensitivity. Whats up at the moment . What isnt grass, whats to go down . And then when he took over Good Institute in the mid ninetys around 2008, i think he grasped the moment that there was a lot of interest in africa and the German Foreign policy. There was a lot of money as well for project cultural project. So what he did, his 1st trip as a president of duty institute was travelling to africa looking at the local situation and learning. Understanding that africa would be one of the future topics of going to institute of well, of the world. And he was very right about that. Now i just want to ask you, because you met with close to tell him and many times over the course of this last his final, very difficult year, a difficult year, obviously, because corona brought everything to a standstill. How was that experience with him . What was it like to get close to him . Well, we thought the last year would be a celebration, you know, with events with speeches, with parties, with trips. Actually we were lucky enough to do that. Last trip to bangkok, there was a celebration in bangkok and i think we were the last film Crew International film crew, who under normal circumstances did filming there. Because corona came, changed everything. We didnt see him after bangkok he flew out from bangkok with one of the last regular flights. So did we, and we didnt see him for a while. We met him again in a Museum Island because he worked at home office. Everyone else here. And i think he was quite moved by the film we saw today. He things now that he should start last career as an actor, and that is to do that very much in itself. Thank you. I know that film will be, running on monday on do w. , and we were couple our length, his successor, all the best. Thanks for coming in and telling us about and all this week weve been looking at the impact of covert 19 on the Film Industry in europe. And hollywood are of course only part of the picture. Indias bollywood and Nigerias Nollywood each produce more films per year than the u. S. Ever has. Which means the pandemic has a much wider Ripple Effect now there on her shake from india. And remember you, song was so the from nigeria are just 2 of the hundreds of thousands of people in the film business, who are now struggling to survive. On nollywood and bollywood based in lagos and mumbai are 2 of the most prolific Movie Industries in the world. Millions of viewers across continents watch their films. But the Global Pandemic is taking its toll on the industry. A mini song, the saudis film school is located in central lagos. Its no longer teeming with ambitious film students hoping to make it in the movies. Numerous shoots have been put on hold or scrapped altogether. I really thought it of sense of my income for this. From my part of projects, the t. V. Series, the film in the cinema and the acting school, was not only what has become increasingly popular and successful since the end of the 1990 s. It produces some 2000 films in series each year, mostly for the domestic market. Budgets run from almost nothing to into the billions. But when nigeria imposed a Strict Lockdown early this year, the Film Industry came to a standstill. Directors are now allowed to shoot films again, but under strict conditions. Here theyre rehearsing for series about a family with real life members of the family. These days more and more productions are going straight to streaming without being released in a cinema at all. Companies that are just a faster now much better position, such as north flux, a streaming platform in from a 1000000, muslims should release some 7000 cars. A mothers away in mumbai is the center of indias hindi language Film Industry. Known as bollywood. Its become famous for its extravagant music and dance scenes and superstars such as Shah Rukh Khan. But the corona virus has hit the indian dream factory hard. Behind the glitz and glamour. The industry also provides thousands of low paid workers with a livelihood and wash ache. His wife and their 2 children all live in a small one room apartment. Hes worked as a backing dancer on film sets for 35 years. Hes even appeared in a Shah Rukh Khan movie but now he has no income whatsoever. Before the covert lockdown, i used to get good work, my name and i would get one or 2 songs per month. I managed to earn about 18000. 00 rupees per month when i used to take care of my family expenses. But for the past 6 months or so, theres been nothing in the some film studios have now reopened, but theyre working under strict regulations as the authorities attempt to curb the spread of the virus. No big wedding or battle scenes are allowed for example. But at least cinemas, which were shut for months, were allowed to reopen in mid october, even in the, in the shoots. But just now actors especially are requesting for minimal crews. So our crew sizes, which of course means those people who would be with us will end up being the biggest loser. As 19 continues to read has decided to look for another job. I do have hope of finding work again. The world runs on hope, after all, he would films almost always have a happy ending. Hopefully there will be one for him too. Well, happy endings are really his thing be unstoppable than a house, or knows how to beguile us with images. That literally open up new worlds. His latest film, fireball visitors from darker worlds, sees him, teamed up with cambridge professor Clive Oppenheimer to undertake a globetrotting exploration of meteors that fell to earth, both ancient and recent. Well, its a fascinating 2 or that looks at the connections between science history and with ology, and thats now streaming on t. V. As of november 13th. So well leave you with some images from that film. And until we meet again, stay safe and all the best for us here in berlin. Throughout history, teacher rights have captivated schuman imagination. Above those for darker girls, this is so hard. The bigger were a fine line to change something. That is what high dive alley believes by muslims. I should come to soon as i find a solution, i go for the former minister of ecology knows this one would be forced to send us in a coal mine turned into salt. Next. Fortunately, shes not my canadian or support for 30 minutes. Doubling every journey begins with the 1st step. And every language with the 1st word published in the eco is in germany to learn german. Why not tell it simple online, on your mobile and free to shop. D, w z learning course, nikos fake german. 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