A year for the special performance here in berlin class, the escalating fights and eastern d. Ill see this for some people from their homes in the mineral or rich of egypt. As u. N. Forces expands withdrawing. We look at whether new tops come to bring peace. The i am Eddie Michael junior and you are welcome to the program. Nigeria is africa as largest economy and its most populous country. And like jerry and that suffering the west, the comic prizes in the generation widespread, how ship is triggering. Im go on the tough economic medicine prescribed by president black tinnell. He only took off his last me and among his fast thoughts, where the scrubbing of the popular baths, expensive fuel subsidy, and allowing in the car and see the myra to float about. Its promptly sunk. Its an all time low against the us dollar. Oh, thats translating into high cost of living for ordinary citizens. Headline inflation has 30 percent in generally, as the highest in nearly 3 decades for the inflation is even worse. But the minimum wage hasnt changed for the last 5 years. The economic pain is triggering days of protests and nationwide strikes by Government Employees and i by union members. People across my day as largest cities still to the streets, demanding the politicians change cost to reduce the suffering must be fully nigeria. Come to open markets like this one to buy food and other are essential for their daily lives. This is one place where you can easily see the economics for 2 months ago, this 5009. 00 route, which is the pre balance of about 3 us dollars. Would that be enough to prepare it . Parts of 90 rounds to you for my so many of 32, its for a whole week. Now i would have been able to get this march tomatoes, pep here on the, on, on even one kilo of she can. But today, the same 5000. 00 arrow con only gets me this much on about half a kilo of chicken, which would be enough for just 2 days. A foot with people was all free. No, no, no more. No. You dont have a lot of money to watch those who got the what is happening now is too hard. If i could speak directly to the president , i would have back him to have mercy on us. Things are too hard to let you know. Dont know what the valid cost when i do the government calls that i will will to do would have to be approved. Its not only for the stuff that has become very expensive, the costs of all die. So shells have also shuttled this role of tissues used to cost 400. 00 and there are no, its 700. 00. Theres certainly 3 pods. We may use this every month used to cost 259. 00 era. Now its 750. 00. This price hike is particularly effective and middle class was suddenly found themselves poor. Things like clothes and shoes have become a luxury acacia, or luckily is a freshman design now whose company has been heat hard by the costs of the to allow for imported materials. He says people often times afford hes ready to wear boots anymore. And today hes struggling to stay afloat. Almost everybody here. Almost be this one of the import. Oh yeah. So you know, what did i did . What did he diagnose your understanding by phone . So when i go to, so what do use connected, well, well do that so that do a lot be. So in reality when it gets reasonable, well get accept, you know, like im regarding you right . So can stop producing something on the now, right . So stop getting value after a long day of trying to get close to that, be great to apologize for the prizes. As we do cross on the tech support, were down to for me. Ive been tracking is a good one. Can i see them both . So i see because i check from a very Long Distance on is telling on this time 3 months ago, 4 months ago they found the walking very shorts. This time, most time. So i decided to but buy a car sites and go to buy whatever. But no, i understand that were still on the bike because theres early to get 690. Yes, feeling you called them was one of the main promises made by reset the elected president , while i met sooner, but less than one year after hes taking office. Things a point in the opposite direction. From on this, lets bring in perfect cool people. Hes a policy analyst and social interpret that based in a boot. Jot nigeria. Hello, patrick, welcome to the program. The cost of living and nigeria is unbearable for many inflation is the highest in decades, out of africa as largest economy. Get to this very little point. As well as several challenges. I mean obviously son does going to aspire globally on inflation, but as inflation dropped off across the globe, it did not drop off in nigeria. And thats the reasons for that. One is just the money supply into the economy. You know, in the last year weve had about the 76 percent spike and money supplied. And this is like real money. You know, its one called ways and means, you know, as a, to the central bank printing money to support the government in running its program. So lots of money and says if you are goods and thats what price would be inflation. Oh yeah, uh the money in charge president would like to move from east to address economic challenges after winning elections. Why is his Economic Policy not making peoples lives better . I think his thought id touch in on the key issues. I mean, hes touched on this, a customer on spies to, to the, for the challenge here would be, how do you design the programs to ensure that its the right people who get, you know, hes trying to deal with the issues around fx, a Foreign Exchange and you know, so again, the baton, it just how do you police that . How do you guys show that it was, but hearing every said they really deep bull and the, you know, its going to be a bit of a challenge to love those goals. But i think hes already started on the, on the right foot. I mean, is probably easy for you to say you in a suit and tie, you know, maybe not facing estimated challenges as the are not in i, j. And you know, because the cost of living as the saying is, is very high and placing is on record levels the night arise, losing its value more people are using the us dollar due to its stability box. Isnt that the recipe for disaster as it is because the big the us dollars shouldnt be a sofa. Right. What us hop on the bus as my dear and make money in myra. The rest of the market like my kids and they by dollars. So thats put a lot of pressure on the dollar, big quantum of dollars. We need that in the past. Trade internationally is you know, how to treat that now because, you know, people are storing the dollars in front of the updates on the pillows, etc. Now, how well have to deal with that is to bring back a little confidence and they kind of, you know, and when people trust that hes coming up with the right policies and programs, then they would trust that theyre coming to be robust and the dollar will cease to be a star outside the but you dont want to exchange and i did face that hes doing. Thats right. Yes. Is it gonna is gonna be under the night success . I doubt it. And i think its for him to communicate with nigeria and that its going to take you to a time, for instance, big, big challenge with having is putting space on right. The foot brightness, how spike what happens. Its the insecurity in the country farm us couldnt go to the farms, you know, so we dont have food. Whats it going to do to get to solve that is to solve the Security Problems and also to drive some print runs by the nipples. The commercial banks to fund the real sector or inquiry through the central bank to continue with its development programs. Okay. I mean, if i can, i agree with you on anything. Is a fact that people dont feel that hes doing enough to address the, the Current Issues because people are hassling, you know, to put it in the very typical and i there in time for people to understand what do you see and people protesting against the high cost of living, what impacts cool the ailing economy have on political stability in the country, or wherever the living and precarious things. Um, anyone who is full of meds area from over at daycare, the good news that we have got fine and complete the country. You know, used to be in the northeast, the book around now it spread across the country. That is most pits in madrid i sped violent call. Now can we add the home guy riots that were beginning to see in states across nigeria with the real challenge that we have with the and security. Thats a recipe for disaster. Now the big, so i think the government has is to rebuild confidence. You know, theres a massive trust deficits. There are some people who go smoke smoking the fact that they lost the election to name up. But i think the government has all the tools to rebuild the confidence to explain tonight doesnt continue to explain. And i do as you know what its going to address the problems. Right. Um, how optimistic are you that sooner than later, things will turn around. Weve been here. Ok, so weve kind of been here before. Uh, in 1999. We went to see me last situations and what happened was we had a government that continued to cons, communicate with the people, and build trust. I believe that if this government is given the opportunity to set to about if theyre able to come up with policies that seem to people who are loaded up with that its rigorous and evidence based. It will when that comes to you based on the you missed that so ready, but i think its all processing into the office. Yeah. I expect that those be steps will that will see less of them. And i also think that would see more confidence in the ad building with the people. Okay. I guess only time well tell pantries or people policy analyst and social interpret now. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. Thank you very much. Is now nigeria, economic was maybe a national tragedy, but some people can still see the humorous side of things. One of them is nigeria and stand up comedy style baskets mount. Hes just being here in berlin on hays. He will be in total during the crowd with his social political commentary on a range of topics, including this countrys ongoing crisis. Im in that country stuff. You know that the sales, big 300 and that i for one big oh you know, 300 a small egg. The team lead that a give me a hosp to was it . Yes. I know enough time. Scuffles. Ill bring it out. Then this is 300. How do these get these back . You can be forgiven. If you think this is lagos, nigeria has commercial a copy to it is billings popular and cinema. So im 7500 kilometers away. When, as youre in, stand up, comedian baskets mount best named brian up, which is on the 5th top of you have been told im going to travel for Christmas Christmas event because you guys are happy having took advantage of done night fall and there are no net right now, is it a why you always want each 1800. 00 . Yes. 19 now. And hes always hungry. Basket mouse has been his stand up comedian for 25 years. Hes a style in the African Committee scene where he regularly feels halls while often talking about difficult subjects in a digestible way. Theres a lot of people out there, theyve got a lot of people out, the very 90 my own country that can be heard. So they have to the pain, but the can speak up because they dont have the platform or the medium to do so. So what i do that seems that have these platforms. I want to use it for you to be able to use why is they want to use it for, to pass that message. And thats why i even do im doing comedy of travelers as possible to plug in messages in the. So thats my own way of spreading knowledge awareness for us to understand what were dealing with. And if you know for any really, thats how you all know that as ive come, pop culture continues to spread worldwide african comedies or format that still has room for growth. It is but also open in. So like, uh, just looking into a place is does, why hes here. And i think we have a huge black community and uh, apart from you is a home. It is another thing that we can actually look in. So i would say that he did a very good job to signify and all that is happening and then, you know, creates a few miles of it for us to just have phone. If youd like home, then for the most part we and i do is african, its actually read see us together in a place at the same time. But today, you know, a lot of us came out to see him too. So with less of style and thought it was fun if i was also a little afraid that it was the kitchen english. But i am happy that it wasnt as it was hilarious. Im so heavy that i was. Yeah. So well busted miles the spine in charge of comedy in economic hardship. His funds can only hold that then i do an economy discovery on top to potentially out just like african committed to the democratic republic of congo, where precedents violates the security has agreed to meet has rwandan, council pops polk academy for adults on gold, which is mediating between the 2 sites, as the aim is peace and eastern, the sea where heavy fighting between the commodities on the and m. 23 rebels is again driving displacements and regional tensions. Kinshasa and novice of accused rewind child supports in the m 23 rebels. Allegations dr. Galli do nice, the seas east is ration resources from gold and diamonds to cold time. But there are no fee is that the situation could escalate favor to ask United Nations peacekeepers begun withdrawing this week. That the government says that you enforce us up and down enough to protect civilians from groups on malicious in the area. The latest fighting broke out close to the main city goma in the neighboring towns of the 2nd session and for the amount of hundreds of thousands of people headed for going out in the hope of finding food, water and shelter. When claudine arrived, it had 2 children at the discount on the outskirts of goma. She felt relief, but only briefly. Shes one of the newest, internally displaced persons here. The un estimates of the fighting has driven 800000 people to seek refuge in this city alone. And despite claudine being a fresh face thats come, the 20 year old is not a new tool. She was born into the conflict and it continues to rob her, her loved ones. I saw them killed my friend. We were on our way to massage, and there was a lot of gunfire. Thats when my friend got shot in the head, keith. So he, claudine is running from the m 23. 00 rebels, whose resurgence in recent years has fueled violence and too many tavian crises in the area with the ripples gaining more and more round inland. The comes further east of buckling under the pressure and the advance makes fluid in fearful that its only a matter of time before the conflict catches up with her. You know, im scared when i hear that m. 23 is getting closer. I feel that things are not ok in my body in the capital can shesta. The focus is on diplomacy of to previously accusing rundle backing up 23 rebels companies. President felix do security has extended un only branch saying hes now open to meeting the runs and counterpart to gandhi. Has consistency denied any links to m. 23 talks between the 2 sides have failed before a Civil Society groups and not optimistic that diplomacy can do much to change reality is that it guy see here in the come every day there are 6 deaths for either because of the war like is the or famine as such, but do you want the congolese people to keep dying is to really critical would be some die on the battlefield or some die because they have nowhere to sleep. Im sick, you may have others are dying because theyre in becomes, you know, pick up their lean therapy because theyre afraid of me to ask you to about it. But here to think its the same thing. The most base youll see slippers and im sure that you instability zation mission. One new school admits that the d. C. Crisis is one of the most neglected in the world. The mission will leave the country by the end of the year and leaving most security questions open pointed scores of protection of cvn, hotter beach mondays, is gradual departure would certainly have an impact on humanitarian variations, essentially internal boxes. For those in the camp, the biggest challenge is a clear way out of the conflict either through diplomacy or military action. The empty tray rebels seem determined to take over more time between meaning one thing for claudine and have family things could get even with here. Joining me now is date of use isaac mil gabby, who has been closely following developments in the d. C. 4 years otherwise. A thanks for joining us. Fighting in the d. L. C has been going on for years about whats driving the recent upsets in the conflict as well. I think the number of factors that have led to the recent upside and fighting is going to come go. But the point of the main one is that the luck of commitment from the government and conscious sir, to deliver much needed services, close of the people is to come go, they feed. Theyve been, i mean, isolated, theyve been lifted out the needs and of being outside, effectively by the government in the case as a and also on this side of those fighting the governments if like the m for the 3, they see the image of this as a lead by president phillips that can be as lucky and commitment to 4 feet on the many promises. Its the agree done for many times a basic security bug tracking or not even a, implementing them like the grid. And so the left to defend themselves amid attacks from the government. So they say, look, this is one person wants us to talk or to impress based. But at the same time were getting a text from the government. And again, we come to the fact that now the many plans coming into the conflict from regional regional countries and, you know, looks yeah, well, well get some more of that in a bit. Uh, but you mentioned that the m 23, which is a name we keep hearing who i be and why the fights in the communities ami or what is the empty to 3. Get the name from the face, disagreement of much it printed said 2009, and they cut it short and printed 3. But initially theyll quoted National Congress for the protection of the people. However, this theyve submitted posting that the Impact Authority is that of a group separated by run that which is a sort of the drunk. Its a group that is fighting for the interest of come goal is to say, is corporate domina. To connect a spit kink, and with the group itself, form of the, the fight as was supposed to have been integrated, international police. And im a and the, but its going to of the National Congress of the people that give but, and for the 3 was supposed to be given posts and positions in the government. So the 1st for the government gives us a deed, implement this agreement. Thats a lot of countries that the me that a m 23 is being funded by one that youre saying thats not correct. Or what are you saying we in many countries, im actually from the u. N. And its reports i said, so of course allegations or accusations that the government and rhonda has always denied. But whether or not the governments suppose the emphasis of it shouldnt be the point because the empathy itself says its fighting for its own existence. Just like the existence of its people, just like many countries into wives, if also available, we need to fight for what the right to the belongs to us, where we belong to. And of course, even run to the highest interest in sales and support them so that theyre not kicked out of the territory to come in to run that. Because rather since then, of course, the school is talking about addressing the root cause and the president s. But its just like a he says he would accept a meeting with his rwandan count of pods. Polk a guy me to resolve the crisis. Quote such a meeting actually bring peace to eastern the assay, a way to be optimistic. That could be the starting point because the only say that theresa and youve got to press conference inconsistent, but all the loop has been saying he would never talk to a government even if they meet any have it is a really good thing that. So i think now your thing is under so much pressure that pretty much saying, hey, you have to meet with the run. The idea thats part of this illusion, itd be the to run to has to meet with the run does to sit down with google on or neighboring countries, including uganda, to really my pope. If this one way it was the solution, not on it to see to do with the input deputy, but also get the ripple groups who of rick trouble in the country. What brought so much misery, the group of google, who i really have no plans really to live down to. Um, do i do . Minimum, he has to keep on fighting. So i think it would be a starting point for the to the does to sit together genuine, to address the issues affecting to come. Right. Because were talking about if a fighting that has been going on for decades, right. And he has what i want to find out briefly from you before you go. How is the ongoing fighting affecting the stability of the sea . And of course, the region also whole. I dont much you wouldnt elephant slight is the growth of that stuff as were seeing. And if thats of google is you know, going across the internet. But in countries rhonda, youve gotten the ortho sauce into somebody and all the countries that they, theyre bothering with. And by the way, the price is of going to include it for the price is of so it also, it makes, it is like, is that so you can imagine it tone that was relating or is then come go to deliver food go. But it is like irish but does like audience, they have to import such bisk foods really doesnt do it to go. I think it does the coffee, does. The fighting has affected all countries in many, many ways, especially the river, just ordinary people have to run for their life every day, every night without top for retaining. And thats the big question. Thats the big problem with they ever return to homes is just you and i to watch and see whether indeed because we are providing the combo right. Date of use, i think with abby, thank you very much for your insights. Frontier id and thats it for now. 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