Tradition thats one of extravagance. And pristine one built welcome to news africa im glad youre chained in what happens when development is concentrated in the cities and excludes the rural areas in ethiopia one of the un says to that question is visible in the capital addis ababa the city has seen an influx of more than two Million People in the pos twenty is another meaning its size has almost doubled but infrastructure like housing and schools and the number of jobs on offer have not grown accordingly the result children many of them a full c. Live on the streets heres a report my colleague funny compiled. Over the youngest children even six. This boy is begging for anything just to survive he sniffing glue it beats the pain of hunger a common sight in the capitals main square. They try to escape poverty in the countryside or problems within their families but very often these children are somebodys parents to be able hoping they may find a job and become a source of income ever being here on their own young and vulnerable they face new difficulties the last official survey put their numbers in the capital at Twelve Thousand but that was almost a decade ago many n. G. O. S believe todays figures are much higher one of them retrack provides temporary housing for Street Children this place is just for girls. Last year a retraction altered more than five hundred children and adults here when they have a chance to be children again. This fourteen Year Old Girl arrived a couple of weeks ago. To you know and my family promised id be able to go to school but instead i had to work. She says she was twelve when she ended up as a domestic helper working fifteen hours a day and subjected to abuse after two years she fled such stories are all too common according to a minute to dare say a social worker she helps these children cope with their trauma we increase them to feel safe and protected and most of them came here having oil passing through different not use of situations so in order to me to get this are you see for situations we learn and we believe that these stations or it is for grahams help that there is to become annoying person retracts main goal is to reunite children with their families and raise parents awareness that child labor is illegal without much government assistance however there is very little Small Charities can do to provide long term support. These boys found work shining shoes their goal to earn their own living. Id like to quit this work as a shoe shine or go to school and live a better life but its not easy to get out of the situation so this is my life for now that one day i want Something Better thats my dream. As a mother night falls in this rapidly growing city no one knows how many thousands of children will be sleeping in this streets one of the challenges facing the government is to get a fresh count. The democratic republic of congo is one week into a new presidency and already there are some interesting developments three more rebel leaders have dramatically surrendered in a nod to the countrys change of leadership this comes days off to six hundred militiamen in the cus i reach and lay down their weapons and vall to end their uprising against the government in kinshasa province is a stronghold of the countrys recently sworn in president felix shes a kitty there was more good news from him for him though when a group of catholic leaders in the country said it was no longer supporting demonstrations against his election win now the Catholic Church who had claimed last years election was rigged were influential in fourteen eighteen mass protests against the former congolese president Joseph Kabila stepped down last week bringing an end to these families dynasty rule and making the first transfer of power via the bengal since the gained independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty so where to now for the largest country in Subsaharan Africa the best im joined by d. W. Correspondent when she went to was in the country covering that election for us last year she joins me now hi wendy so weve seen of course this ribble stand down and people are probably wondering when is this the beginning of something new for. Yes hi christine i think everything that has happened since philip she said katie was integrators the new president of the country many good sign actually because as you previously say there is this six hundred militia and from coming thats up to who was writing in the us a we have to remember that this party of the country was really exposed to violence and led many people left the country we are talking about thousands of people who left from the sea and goes elsewhere. In the neighborhood countries so this is a good sign but we still have to remember that there is other parties of the country like binny where there is still many challenges of security so we have to wait for the months coming but the response zone like binny where there is problems ok and then of course another development when they would be that the Catholic Church reportedly saying that its no longer supporting demonstrations against phoenix chickadees when what happened there whats changed. I think the Catholic Church dont want to be the one who will burn the country they have agreed of what happened and we also we have also seen that out some priests in that i say say that they welcomed the news of the new president in the country and the last action of the Catholic Church was demands that they organize a debating of the week it to remember the people who was date between two thousand and seventeen and two thousand and eighteen they was asking for to step down so this was the last action i think from today the Catholic Church has stepped down there as agreed but they still be like the one who will be the keepers of the democracy that will be there to remember and to to remember and to ask to fix the security and to be very sure of what hes doing especially at the security and social level wendy a lot of people are skilled a so skeptical about. They think that hes a businessman i mean just watching the two of them at the inauguration a lot of commentators were what quick to to talk about the public display of affection between the two men you know to what extent is feelings just a kitty in the hands of kabila or not whats the sentiment. I think sincerely she said katie was elected the new president he wants to show that he as a difference way of ruling the country he want to be different from kabila let me give you an example for example at the beginning of the suite there was a strike at the time school this is the Public Society who will manage the transportation and after two days of strike this you see katie yesterday ever decided to dismissed the head of time school this is the first time we see disguised of situation in the congo so he really want to show to people that he will be different from tabula and he would have many radical measure concerning career in the willfully being the Public Administration exits rob ok wendy very quickly are people convinced by this are they thinking that this is a new moment for congo. I think people saying that this is a new moment for the congo but we have to wait this is too early to have a big photo of what is happening on the ground maybe after one hundred days of the president we will see some change all not even social issues Security Health and so we have to wait its too early for the moment all right when you corresponded for us thank you thank you ok they say when you die you take nothing with you but thats not necessarily the case and gonna where people believe the dad should get the best possible sandal that often includes a custom made coffin that sometimes nothing short of ones wildest dreams as fun and flourish went out to get an extra force. Maureen is welcoming mourners to have fathers funeral he was a popular trumpeter in this church and he was the great trumpet that he was and yeah trumpets and you know one is doing it when its you know trumpets and glory and if he puts himself in it i mean he doesnt own star you know through this you know decided to use the trumpet to bury him the family had well known coffin copy into done yeomans beery period has been making coffins for more than twenty years. His coffins by combination of art and functionality. He has created thousands in different forms citizen of the coffee represents the lifestyle the car the job the pricing was right this was. Going. To vary person. The cost of an elaborate coffin depends on the complexity of the design this one could cost up to seven thousand five hundred c. D. s thats about one thousand five hundred u. S. Dollars fifty five times the Monthly Minimum wage or geary says he sometimes makes up to five coffins in a month even though the funeral industry is booming there are still only a few people in ghana who do this work it takes many years to learn and piri says these days fewer people are coming to learn because young people want something that can bring in money this. Way. If you come back. Were. Going to remain. Abuse says people come from different parts of the walt to buy his coffins Maureen Adams says shes convinced that the how far many has given the father the sendoff he deserves by burying him with his most prized possession his trumpets. Who flew on a ship to a nice if not thats all the on it on that with with his symbol of the symbol is the trumpets im sure you feel great to feel happy you will feel. The families that are able to give their loved ones a grand burial at sea dart no board. Like to go down in a microphone thats why i believe it today you can catch that story at all the others on our Website Facebook page and our last piece about your thinking about the topic design your fancy and maybe you can get some ideas from the pictures youre about to see. Lets take a deep dark. Join us for a closer look at modern culture from Germany Europe and beyond. Arts and culture on d w. Is the first time the americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship. Every journey begins with the first step and every language with the first word emerged from the. We need to learn german and why not learn with them simple online on your mobile and free to stop. Learning course nikos free german from a. T. C. Yes its time for news from the world of culture welcome along and heres whats coming up today. As the home boat forum is completion in the center of the round a cultural artifacts that is supposed to. Meld c o m g ws night grooves the show which brings together unusual boozy coding countess returns for second season. Form when ive missed jewels in november the major museum venue is one of the most hotly debated Construction Projects here in germany and my colleague david levitz has been following the story welcome david first of all. Tell us about the controversy surrounding the building its. Ok robyn brace yourself for a little bit of time travel here because the home blood form is partially a reconstruction of this of the baroque city palace of the german emperors located at the heart of berlin now the allies did bomb it in World War Two it could have been saved but no socialist east germany had other plans they tore it down and put up the palace of the republic in its place thats their parliament and Cultural Center hideous yes but also kind of great in its own way i think. You are right with hideous well you know a lot of people were it was still yes it