With great interest around the world hows it going. But first we head to the Central African republic by land in ruins and rarely heard about a reporter brings us up to date. From the late one nine hundred century until one thousand nine hundred sixty the Central African republic was a french colony and it declared independence instead of a democratic government being installed the country was run by a series of corrupt politicians and autocrats including the notorious emperor because the first since then there have been a series of military put chits the last coup was in two thousand and thirteen for decades numerous warlords and rebel groups among them christians and muslims have fought over the countrys commodities fertile meadowlands gold and diamonds thousands of people have been killed while others have fled to neighboring countries like chad cameroon. And the democratic republic of congo according to the uns Refugee Agency around five hundred forty five thousand five hundred people have left. And even more six hundred thousand have been internally displaced. From the air the row in the northern part of the Central African republic looks pretty peaceful but what were seeing is actually a refugee camp housing around thirty thousand people some of them from the city itself. Im half of those in the camp are children. Many have been badly traumatized like lucy bless you shes twelve from a village about ninety kilometers away. I was lucy was forced to flee when her home was attacked by rebels. Who we didnt have any family to live with other people from my village just couldnt come across a teacher from the village tells us that her mother was taken by the rebels lucy hasnt heard from her since everyone else and her family is dead. Your stories like lucys are not uncommon. But imagine my loved one morning they came to our village they had really big guns and started shooting at everything in sight they even killed children i ran away with my family and came to this camp last year as well like the. After school we accompany a kid back to his new home in the refugee camp. Only his grandfather is there to greet him. Its very hard to survive here theres not much aid and we no longer have fields to plant things to eat only god can help us. The camp went up a year ago practically overnight after an armed group attacked the christian district of the city seeking protection the people there fled to u. N. Troops stationed nearby and caught up on the road is a divided city the small river that flows through its Geographic Center serves as the border the center in the northern districts is in the hands of the muslim rebel militia called select cong the southern districts are occupied by their largely christian opponents known as the. Many houses are deserted here next to that are the un barracks the cock a refugee camp grew up next to its protective fence. The blue helmets took up positions on the citys only bridge in an attempt to keep the two warring sides apart but the raids continue. There are around Twelve Thousand five hundred u. N. Soldiers in the country only a few residents have dared to return to their homes Florentine Don Betty lives in a hut built amidst the wreckage of his former farm which was destroyed by the sun a car. You dont normally move the country you cant sleep here anymore yeah woman was robbed here yesterday this and someone robbed her of twenty five thousand francs so i spoke with the authorities about the security situation here its not safe in this part of the city the. Security that you dont need to lou has worked for unicef in the Central African republic for years the congo bonder a camp is just one of many in the country she says and things are getting worse. The humanitarian needs are increasing sadly more and more people are under attack are i. D. P. s we are now we have six hundred thousand people who are internally displaced within the country which is what it was at the peak of the crisis in twenty fourteen so theres still a lot to do among the refugees tens of thousands of children who were taken up by armed groups the u. N. Is trying to liberate as many as possible from the warlords and rebels but many struggle to reintegrate into society. Many of the girls were kept for years as sex slaves. Who thought were moving them i was twelve and lived in bangor them with an armed group and forced me to go with them. Since then ive lived around here im seventeen now that it was terrible thing that they dont do you know they tell a huge i saw and did the most awful things as a single life i had all those years i knew it was no life at all. I says tell you something if im gone. Theres no safe haven for children in this environment of violence. At least theres a playground in the camp but the legacy of war is unmistakable even here. Sometimes a keel spends time with other children in the camp in the afternoon but nothing is like it used to be. You know i look up to you saying i had a good life in my village i had lots of friends we had a lot of fun together. We had School Lessons under the big tree in the evenings we saying and danced in the moonlight but thats our car. So you know many of my friends are dead. And the others are in refugee camps. To see and share a similar fate and they now face a highly uncertain future and as it stands now a peaceful solution between the warring parties seems unlikely. The Central African republic has a population of just five million but a total area almost twice the size of germany which should make it an ideal place for wild animals to thrive from congo bandura our reporter youre going to travelled further south to those anger special risk. That you met activists who are doing all they can to keep the native wildlife from being wiped out. Its relatively tranquil and the rain forest in the south of the Central African republic that hasnt always been the case but the war has shifted to other regions now guerrilla expert terence food was one of the few people who remained in after the area was overrun in twenty thirteen. And i have this quote here diluted to put excite. Us imports as i can from he done and succeeded to get here went by the way for escaping and kitted out of the five funds unless it is all just faceless just because of. The unique wildlife and is still thriving thanks in part to generous Financial Support particularly from germany. Some two thousand gorillas still live in the park for the most part undisturbed. Is a source of income for the population. They have to start off six to keep. This more traditional these complaints sixty people stephanie said its a state feeding i didnt tend to think. So i think that the people are the benefits. More than twelve hundred Wild Elephants also living. In the middle of the rain forest is a clearing the animals are attracted to the mineral salts in the soil. For the past year luis out on has been working here for the World Wildlife fund for nature hes had many years of experience dealing with Nature Conservation in crisis regions. Elephants are a favorite target for poachers. The animals and the clearing are restless. Thought i would come back to that part but if they think its a tough call i party. Stopped and. Last year twenty one elephants were killed by poachers thats not many compared to other countries in africa confiscated weapons and tusks are put an authorized storage. This is one of the biggest is your second think you are each. One for the fortune. But owns has spent thirty seven years working as a conservationist in africa and during that time hes observed how elephants are gradually disappearing from the continent. They lasted a fun duffy is here we we have we out there is of the. Phoenix with all of the we know that and if you do they will come here and they will climb to the gate i want to live on so we have to be really different from them. Even though rangers patrol the work they dont have enough weapons and ammunitions to ward off the professional poachers the situation is similar in the rest of africa. There are. A lot of people and not these theyre probing the people buying the things that only the elephant had. A lot of people. Did for that. During previous posts in chad and northern congo lost nearly forty employees in the battle against poachers. Destroying africa. And we are doing nothing i think we are in the war we are loosing the war and not the noble they want like all night that we are losing the war if we dont do nothing in defeat for the next five then diaz. Everything will be things. There are still many Wild Elephants in the sun go clearing. With the guns and then when you feel everybody say north how do you want to dance. I dont want guns to protect the elephant i want guns the people that dont but the daily find that these different because they come with guns if. They are going to die. Today the locals are celebrating the opening of a small center for handicrafts. When you step out on says come to watch the dancing and share the villagers hopes for. The future of design doesnt go region. Names are not on. Fourteen years old. And sort of toes in the north of the room. I love surfing and also playing the guitar. Im like a water rat im really interested in a marine life. And im in my leg. Were three brothers i am the oldest. My father works in a Marine Biodiversity conservation and my mother is a homemaker. Sharing life my family and my parents going to school and surfing with them. So when im out riding a big wave and go under i sometimes think ill never find my way out thats really scary. You know a lot of. Terrorism. Hit man. All the violence robberies and and murders. Id like to become a doctor or a Primary School teacher. I want to teach children and save lives. Yes i think so because my grandparents told me that when they went to school it was very strict. Teachers could beat them. And they told me their parents didnt have enough money to take really good care of them. That i love and this is. An underfunded no basic income has become a hot topic around the world its premise is simple every person regardless of their Employment Status should receive a basic and unconditional way from the state. And there are already examples citizens of alaska receive annual payouts from a fund financed by the oil industry and the government of ontario in canada is planning its own basic income pilot study in finland such a trial has been up and running for. The sound of the drum has to be adjusted a little before its completely finished you how you had to be man knows that from experience you hand guards made to order sherman drums one at a time. Right now im trying to make as many drums as possible to earn as much money as i can. But handmade goods always take more time and its not mass production so as a business so it isnt very lucrative next and. You have is grateful that hes now allowed to keep the seven hundred euros he charges for each instrument in the past his additional earnings were deducted from his Unemployment Benefits you high as one of two thousand unemployed finns receiving a universal basic income of five hundred sixty euros without restrictions besides making drums the artist says he can now also devote more time to his children and housekeeping. Most nights the rest so i dont have to deal with all that stress anymore before when i was receiving Unemployment Benefits i had to register regularly at the job center yet to prove that i was actively looking for work. On me in. Quite a burden. I mean that in the northern finnish city of olu got gokhan and also received a basic income hes been out of work for four years after his company shut its offices here the Computer Scientist eventually realised that he was too old for young startups and too long out of the business to be offered a programming position now he wants to be selfemployed the basic income provides him with a safety net. If there are a lot myself when i worked in the i. T. Sector salaries were quite good. And i know being selfemployed comes with risks but ive wanted to be my own boss for a long time and now i have the opportunity. Doesnt. She then and hes chosen a new career path selling luxury chocolate is his business idea yako offers his exclusive products just Specialty Shops in old who shop in malls he even imports some of them from germany. Online he set up an internet shop to increase sales in his Small Business your statement of wine or beer if you only want to sit at home on your sofa the basic income allows you to continue to be lazy stop looking for a job. But what if the more people like me want to work its very motivating me if i want to buy my yacht go is giving himself a year to make his chocolate business profitable one thing is clear to him in finland you cant make ends meet with the basic income alone. The finnish government isnt ready to release an interim assessment of the Pilot Program officials want to wait until the trial wraps up at the end of twenty eighteen to say how the two thousand test recipients used the basic income it could play an Important Role in future societies if there are radical changes in the working world. So its unclear how the job market will develop in the future. Its possible that automation could mean there arent enough jobs for everyone and then well have to consider how to overhaul our Social Security system and. You how yet again and still has big plans and since he began receiving the unconditional basic income his creative drive has blossomed. Together with some friends he wants to buy this vacant Cultural Center they want to call the project are to be envied. You have once artists to move in and work at the center hes passionate about his idea but he and his friends dont have the money to turn it into reality yet still he remains optimistic and the model innovations drive the whole world to develop and there should be as many of them as possible you have to have a hundred wild ideas in the end to remain that work and they move us forward and. You have yet to be in in things the basic income is a real innovation. And he believes it would be a shame to get rid of it after the two year trial. There are around one point three billion cars and trucks on our planet but any around two million of them have an electric motor that risk eld too few charging stations in operation plus the cost of the vehicles is too high for many. Nonetheless the number of electric vehicles is forecast to hit forty million by twenty twenty five not soon enough for some of them all green minded citizens of mexico. Its clear weather but a blanket of smog lies over mexico city five million cars travel through the vast urban center every day even though the bad air is culpable it seems no one here wants to give up driving. The dont know so many cars too bad they pollute so much people and why dont you have an electric car. I know youve been really wants to buy one hopefully we can get one soon. Like but theres not enough choice. The choice grants are. There are too few charging stations but where theres a will theres a way heck to ruiz has packed fourteen batteries under the hood of his converted electric l. P. G. Beetle. Were taking it out for a spin the cars quiet hum is quickly drowned out as we dive into rush hour in the mexican capital and are engulfed in exhaust fumes. I even had to go to a specialist because i developed a nasty a problem because ive been living in such a poisonous city for fifteen years. Who needs an expensive new car that will go two hundred kilometers an hour if you spend most of your time stuck in traffic ruiz had his car converted to meet his true needs. You so what kind of a range does your car have to go back fifty kilometers. Fifty kilometers thats nothing. Its really not worth it is it. I think it is worth it i never drive more than twenty five or thirty kilometers a day. If he had stronger batteries the electric beetle could go much further but really it doesnt care. He paid forty five hundred euros for his electric drive to this man i thought odell a pass the mechanic converts cars with diesel or gasoline engines into electric vehicles a mini like this one requires a lot more Battery Power than the bug deal of hers is self taught. Looks like all the others im pretty proud of it. Still opposed says converting conventional cars is quick saves resources and costs just a fraction of what a new electric car would cost us as well as to our advantage if we use whats already been made and turned it into something that could still be used but without the negative side effects. If the state were to subsidize not just the price of newly cars but also conversions he says everyone could have an electric vehicle for as little as three thousand euros and pas hasnt needed a big lab for testing grounds to make it work. Like you know. Here we would write down everything we planned and learned so we dont forget a lot of good not going to be that of. How to build the batteries. The mechanisms work. How we set them up and we thought it may look aortic but its whats going on in our heads. I mean even though the fifty eight year old has been experimenting for around a decade his dream making it possible for nearly any driver to convert a car rather than leaving electro mobility to the lucky few who can afford to buy an expensive new model. Beetle driver had told us was initially a customer but now hes turned into a partner those who really want to protect the environment dont have to wait for the car industry to finally come through. And over the whats been talking about electric cars since the one nine hundred eighty s. Weve been waiting for decades and then car makers only come out with really expensive car so. I decided to wait and had mine converted instead. Thats all for today but dont forget to drop us a line with your comments right to assets global three thousand at d w dot com or on facebook feed at least label society by for now take cash. Prosperity optimism thats the power of global troika global three thousand. By d. H. L. Feel. The book. The book. 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