He takes it personally. With people and makes the game so special. Treif. More than. Mine. This is news africa coming up on the program un peacekeepers under attack in the Democratic Republic Of Congo that was treated as the inventor much in protest the argues the u. N. Mission of feeling that and c. B. C. Had been made that by militias. In uganda an eco friendly business has found the natural alternative to plastic drinking strollers they have made from the traditional local plant used in the country. If you let me. Get. A little something. You can clean it instead. And anything. Michael jr youre welcome so the show we start off in the eastern city of beni where police fired tear gas to protect the u. N. Stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic Of Congo locals marched on that when you still have cortez demanding that the force for take them from the few. Afflicting they are part of the country they see that if their mission cannot protect them properly then it should get out of congo. And the rights of the protesters say theyre being left to fend for themselves. In the last 2 days alone militias have killed 7 people and mark disappear at just the latest incident since massacres began in the region 5 years ago. People in the Remote East Congolese province have given up hope that the army is ever going to protect them and theyre demanding that the un mission will no school step in. The world what will we see in other provinces that theres been a reintegration of the local people after the war but in our region theres no end to the war the killing goes on why are we being killed or the. Thought that a muslim Militia Group operating from nearby uganda is responsible for the string of attacks the group calls itself like Democratic Forces and its been accused of killing many hundreds of civilians. In an attempt to calm the protesters were
no schools had ventured out and met the demonstration. That. We are very aware that much more needs to be done to protect civilians. To rally all efforts with our National Partners to protect and save lives thank you. 7 Militia Groups have been battling for years over Natural Resources in the mineral rich region. And i am joined now by My Colleague Wendy Bashi from africa. Welcome to the show when the its nice to see you now the people supposed to be protected by all clearly angry with the organization are putting things into perspective the peoples justified. Yes of course dippy people anger can be justified you know in this space difficult part of the congo the east
and bad especially in beni this is i mean most of 5 years 5 year many people died in this part of como they have been subverted every day if today and yesterday people are going in the street to bring the administration is dead because they want to tell the rest of the world and especially the people in kinshasa that they want something to happen and they want something to take in chad the situation to end that these massacres and now. What exactly has been their response to. This is not the 1st time let me remind you in 2014 people was against again in the street demonstrating there was asking no new school to do something because monusco is supposed to be the Peace Peacekeeping Force of the un in the congo but according to people in the me if you ask them question they will tell you that they have they feel like doing anything but if you
ask him or his go that will tell you that dad giving support to the National Army of the congo that helping them to root to walk very. Efficient way to stop this massacre. Have been made by the a. T. F. So that trying to well very odd but according to people this is not enough so they are trying they are trying. Its needed now tell us more about the militias why they can. We have to go back in history if we go back in history you have to know that according to many reports made by the un or many other people dismisses coming straight from uganda they have been in congo since 90 in their ninetys they called the a. D. F. They are coming from there was indeed opposition but weve made and then they decided to move back into congo to prepare their return in uganda since then dad
day has been staying in congo theyve been using their manner and resources and we dont know exactly what the motivation of the a. V. F. Of killing people you can be in a country and use the all the men there are resources but not killing people and this is the question who is coming all the time we dont know exactly why theyre acting dissuade to slaughter people and kill them and to kidnap them i see now before you go the way forward with all of this i mean this has been going on for a while now how does this end. We dont know exactly you know it is let me remind you when finished president of the cold war was doing his Campaign Last year he made many promises that he wants to put the edge of dinesh in that i mean. Since he has been elected he didnt do anything he have since general of displaced
to convince people to stop back to nothing and this is why we have all these people doing the most gracious they wanted. To remain to be reminded told the promises they made to dispatch so we are waiting maybe one day could you make a statement and maybe change weve come back for a moment people asked in the street asking for peace. Looking forward to that change from africa thank you very much for the time thank you. Now refugees in south africa are crying foul about what they see inefficiencies and corruption within the system thousands of people mostly africans fled to south africa in the past decade seeking asylum but one refugee from the. Best to ensure that refugees. From victimization. Reports from johannesburg. Thats when like i did somebody has decided to stand up for i think like him in south africa. He knows how inefficient and fast 1000 this system can be seen studios and ate and didnt know im still. In. If you just it does so i apply for a permanent residence which is section 24 a section 27 which doesnt come. On by has teamed up with other organisations to put on events cos the country the week before if you g. s Phone Counseling and legal advice. Some of them can speak their local busy language or english because that coming from they have a french a big grand. Baby grand and they dont the monster is well below all obligations
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his business 4 months ago with just 50 euros he only had to remember the wisdom of his grandparents. Used when for drinking the local brew. In uganda. Is as true as we used to they used to get from. And other places so we saw that it would be a great opportunity for us to fight single use Plastic Straws we plant to and. The Production Process is simple after cutting the said grass is trimmed to the right length. After that its washed and sterilized in boiling water. The natural straws are then dried outside in the sun. The process makes them ready
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enemy to snatch. Has his sights set high for his business he wants to see plastic straw usage in uganda drop by almost half in the next 5 years. Thats a pullout from did abuse africa you can catch all our stories on our website based on the actual its good by. Staying up to date dont miss our highlights w. Program. W dot com highlights. Look closely. Carefully you dont need to see the genius to dig it. Discover the. Subscribe to the documentary on you tube. Hello and welcome to news from and culture a literary focus today all illustrated nor a crude will join me in the studio to talk about bestselling book and never see a manuscript by france Kafka Baleful life free. Form a. Playwright all for all of these and with