Against it. Europes young people europes future. In 60 days. What secrets lie behind beats me. To find out you know most of experience and explore resonated beyond Cultural Heritage sites that will include the d w World Heritage 360. This is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes its a 3 horse race thats too close to call the hour we heads to the polls in an election that pits the president against his own iraqis have been young and wild most voters are below 30 will hear from them and the president who spoke exclusively to. Russia. On for. The world drew griffin. Also coming up on the show up to 72 years of the Cannes Film Festival a black african woman director is in the running full to the palm dole for the very 1st time the film atlanta to make cinema her story of the senegalese starring south mati deal. Needed. Black people on screen like. Like everywhere. Im Christine Wonder while come to africa. My law is president is seeking a 2nd 5 year term as the country votes in a general election on tuesday the 78 year old is up. 6 of the candidates including
his Vice President. Who is 32 years younger than him but opposition leader. Is seen as having the best chance against the incumbent in an election where the economy and corruption are the main issues with a population of about 20000000 is one of the poorest countries in the world its also one of the youngest 70 percent of people are below the age of 33. 00 and creech put together this report about the tactics candidates have houston to appeal to the youth. Waiting in anticipation to see what new surprises in store Vice President candy did. Past Election Campaign rallies have become known for their creativity at the age of 46. 00 hes the youngest of the 3 major candidates and he wants to use that to his advantage his push ups on stage impress many of his young supporters in the capital city of new long. Record executives showing that hes think you know what do you. Hope. He says you know malawis the poorest country and i know it is hard to find jobs and he said very encouraged me and i think its he says doing it hes doing it for us is a for the country. We love his ideas he has encouraged us and were ready to vote for him. He would be ready to be sent. This refugee which he most wife also helps in the fight to win the youth. A few kilometers away at the 2nd biggest Opposition Party the m. C. P. Gets mobilized loud and colorful the central theme is centered on the youth in my last week more than half of the registered voters are under 30. They use their most energized in this election we have mobilized the youth like you can believe no party has had the Youth Conferences across this country like we have they believe in us they believe in our message and they believe that the youth will prosper because we have so much in store for them. The difficult Economic Situation is seen on the sidelines of the major Election Campaign events countless sellers of goods but most customers have little money for it 24 year old sells tap Water Bottles and plastic bottles for the equivalent of 0. 06. To asia and they are you know my their cd we listen generation for young people is not that good. With school and then it is a school of a lot of us went to school you know we have to greece that would enable us to work or do business. To read and she when shes staying at home because there are no jumps or no Business Opportunities for us to see the room in malawi agriculture is still the main source of income often the harvest is just enough for ones own family the state is the largest formal employer but still dependent on Development Aid from abroad president Peter Metallica insists that he stimulus the country i dont proof the infrastructure so he is running for a 2nd term but more than half of the population of my lab we live in poverty and many young people havent seen any improvements. Its still it seems theres no
sense of political does and stands men from the young people in we and the country expects a high voter turnout. And so the candidates fight for votes with credit to vittie. Ok that report from. Spoke exclusively to malawis president. People are. Going into this election if you go out and talk to young people on the streets many of them are not happy many of them i talked to told me that there is no Job Opportunities for them they dont really see a future any more well. Obviously or you say oh well for. 50 percent of the country if you go to person thats me or paid me and you know no country not even germany or the United States can employ or the new. Employer but
but what do you know about it usually the thing is ok on this street. Frustrated nor drop but more jobs more jobs. What youre going to training thats why i started getting these committed to go calling were good but it took time it got to be done overnight 78 years old the majority of the country is younger than 30 years actually what are you responding to those who are saying it should be the time for the Younger Generation to provide the leadership of this country a question of. If you would. Wear that youre no good about. Going to contribute i do have an idea i know what ive gone through needs to move from poverty to prosperity im not sure what exactly im doing and trying to do the next 5 years the issue of corruption is still something people hotly debated about in this country before the fall of Vice President s and hes now one of the
opposition candidate and. He actually claims that you are not serious about stopping theft. And wrong. Wrong wrong. But he just cant do it so he doesnt see the but you know we are fighting corruption and many many people have been trying reading. About 17 people being convicted one was sentenced last week to i think one of the major people im actually investigating many cases thats still going on and the anticorruption blume director of Public Prosecutions is going to say on the Police Fiscal police. Investigation but but you know what is a very difficult thing to do because these are very clever people who are doing some people very sophisticated. Computer and most have been you know. Its not easy and sometimes we dont have enough resources but. Theres no more corruption
here than in other country and they want. To make sure that we fight this girl during one of the campaign release you actually sets that some of the opposition. Foreign professionals from russia and india to rig the election do you have any evidence for that claim i dont. So why did you never put it on the table well it would take our Current Administration time welcome wanted what i wanted to but we do everything but the point you know all those things are good shoes always made. Rigging. Shoes through democracy and i do through every election. Loss of claimed i did the rig thats historical figure. If i won an election windows 300. 00 for a transplant if i lost it was corrupt it was rigged all over the continent so its
nothing new. South africas former president jacob zuma is back in Court Corruption charges zuma is accused of taking bribes back in 1999 when the government was buying ops the 77 year old once a panel of judges to throw out the case against him the charges were dropped shortly before he became president in 2009 and been reinstated last year so has always maintained that the trial is politically motivated hes a lawyer hes being treated unfairly the board and my limit Friends On The Other side one engine is just too much to appease and so its driven and inspired by something all of us in this little me have. To varying degrees its bias. Meanwhile in its 72nd dia the Cannes Film Festival is experiencing a true premia Franco Senegalese direct deal is the 1st black African Women direct
say in the running to win the dole the film at 70 has been described as a Ghost Story Set on a City Building site but the men working they havent been paid for weeks and face the inevitable pull off the ocean. Matty hope so he said film portrays the Atlantic Ocean as a Supernatural Force which is swallowing up senegals use. As a black woman a mist a really mists of black figures in and black characters like cruelly and its also why i made this film i needed to see black people on screen like shoot like everywhere. Atlantic tells a story of a dark these poor parents of a ranch for her to marry
a wealthy man but she is secretly in love with Building Worker suliman. When he and the other men set out in a boat for europe he never to pull happens and they all try and put out a cant believe that superman is gone. Mahmassani who plays a dad says shes humbled by the films Success Costar Nicolson Goosey the message behind the tale of love beyond death because youre a book old pal id really love for our parents to learn through this film that forced marriages dont help their children. That they do it so that their children dont hang around in the streets. But i think im. Should be based on Love And Money as does the buzz they dont number. One seeks entire cast and crew were in luck was that for the Premiere Deal says it sucked but can have to wait 72 years to
see a black woman Director Lb Dog may come a lot sooner the sun and thats why i believe it is africa today as always you can catch all our stories on our Website Facebook page i was at woodleigh 7. 0 a big idea but whats become of it and what will it look like tomorrow. W. Gets ready for an indepth look at the european elections asking the questions that matter to her european voters hopes for the mood in parliament what challenges lie
ahead for way too long the close issues of the people in power have come their way with not doing anything to fight the kind of crisis. You know much of the rest of the. Expert discussion theres a bridge for. Voters 1st hand the. President is in the european elections on may 26th on g. W. Hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture and in a minute ill be talking movies with our man scott rocks at the Cannes Film Festival also coming up in strasbourg seat of the European Parliament a fit and sets out to explore europes social tensions on stage