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Rivals at one of the world's most sensitive hotspots the Gulf of Oman is a particularly sensitive waterway as it connects to the Strait of Hormuz the shipping route for about a 5th of the world's oil that's writers sacré Goldman reporting a Moroccan court Thursday sentenced a popular You Tube personality to 4 years in prison for a video criticizing King Mohammed and calling the Moroccan people donkeys and stupid Mohammed said Cauchy was also find more than 40 $100.00 he was arrested last month after posting the video some of his previous postings were viewed more than $100000.00 times his lawyer plans to appeal the verdict Turkish president tell you a better one said on Thursday that Turkey will send troops to Libya now that Tripoli has requested it and will present legislation to parliament on the subject in January Reuters him or McCarthy has more to Kish President type one announced on Thursday Turkey will send troops to Libya now that Tripoli has requested it he will present legislation to parliament in January for deployment to the North African country are assigned to separate Accords a month ago with Libya's internationally recognized government of Fayez alsa Raj on security and military cooperation and now the run maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean the government of national accord has been fending off a months long offensive by Khalifa have tiles forces in eastern Libya which have received support from Russia Egypt and the United Arab Emirates that's what. Carthy reporting disaster officials in the Philippines say it's high food that hit central part the central part of the country on Christmas Day killed at least 13 people that's I thin brought sustained winds of at least 120 kilometers per hour tens of thousands of people evacuated their homes with many turning to improvise shelters and schools jams and government buildings. And officials in Pakistan and India say the 2 rivals exchanged fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Thursday killing 2 Pakistani soldiers an Indian soldier and a civilian woman I'm a. Goodmorning Africa welcome to daybreak Africa from the Voice of America I'm Paul Alexander in Washington sitting in for James Buddy today it's Friday December 27th and here are some of the stories we're covering Rwanda's capital we dealing with the aftermath of a downpour they killed at least 12 people and Doctors Without Borders has stopped anti a bolo operations in the eastern b.r.c. There are people that would go along to help their facility because they're afraid of our Lord I think it's like the street market and what we try to help here that we should be our. People. And people. That help your abilities that are cold that was Trish Newport m.s.f.c. Deputy program manager for emergencies on the difficulties of containing the bullets in a conflict zone will also hear about the bolts want to oppositions plan to appeal the ruling bet up held me presidential election results and we'll have the 4th part of guarantee Heelers 5 part series on China's growing role in Africa the key thing is what return they can get and the cost associated with me and I've seen them. Are the opportunities really off and I see a lot of the actually going to Southeast Asia that's banker said when pawn head of the Johannesburg Chinese Association done some Chinese business people leaving South Africa because the government doesn't have a sound plan to revive the sagging economy those stories plus Sampson all. Sports are coming up on Daybreak Africa. Heavy rains that ravaged Rwanda's capital and other parts of the country on Christmas night claimed at least 12 lives destroyed $113.00 houses and ravaged more than 50 years of land the ministry of infrastructure says some to galley residents are not getting water because heavy rains overwhelmed the water treatment system and forecasters say a repeat may be coming. As more details from. This heavy rain poured down for at least 5 hours. If there has to measurement of one square meter of the soil you see the 140 liters of rain flooding raised houses claimed people's lives and that made it the water for a structure many residents haven't had a drop in their top to since when is the Who says it's very hard not to have water now days like Christmas where it is like cooking and cleaning I highly needed the ministry of infrastructure Ses flooding affected by what a plant that usually treated $24000.00 a cubic metres they it has temporarily suspended operations. From suspended to particularly the ministry said. He'd record the 54000 units from the number 14000 for water to be treated minister could ever get it as sure as a residence that they're working hard to bring the city back to normal. He says as I speak government workers are you monitoring treatment process they're working tirelessly I can guarantee you that if there is no other heavy rains day more people are going to get water but if the rains again we get even worse. They read. They were agents warns the government and the general public that it is forecasting similar heavy rains. Rather through what I do he says in the next few days we'll be having heavy rains. A bit of light the big problem is that the forecast rain will. Affect areas should be prepared for the weather the government hasn't just made the damage from the rain but he says the cost is high Ses they want to be. Is that more than 6000 residents were evacuated from wetlands and high risk. Of life might have been higher. Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says it has stopped a bowl of prevention operations and other services in a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo due to the presence of armed government forces in several facilities operations have stopped in the town of be a Kotto and Eatery province just north of north keep both provinces are struggling to control the epidemic line reports for be away from Geneva m.s.f. Known as Doctors Without Borders says it had no choice the group says it had to leave b r Kotto because the presence of military troops inside its health facilities goes against its principles of neutrality and impartiality the deputy program manager for emergencies programs Trish Newport tells me away the problem surfaced at the end of November following attacks by armed groups 3 Ebola responders were killed and many others were injured in the wake of the violence she says the government in Kinshasa sent security forces to the area to protect the ball operation Newport's says she understands the need to protect civilians and medical personnel. You know it's the presence of the armed government forces discourages people from seeking medical care there are people that would not go. To a health care facility because they're afraid of armed forces because they have a different history with armed forces and we have always said that healthcare facilities should not be armed or there should not be armed people within them and people should be able to have access to health care facilities that are neutral Doctors Without Borders has been working and being a Cocteau since 2016 supporting the Ministry of Health initially its activities were focused on assisting victims of sexual violence since the start of the bowl the epidemic it has expanded its operations to manage suspected and confirmed cases of the deadly disease over the past 3 years Newport says Doctors Without Borders has built a strong trusting relationship with the community so the decision to close the operation was very difficult to make the impact it was really a place that we worked very closely with the community in weren't just focusing on Ebola we really listened to the community asking them what their priorities were for instance the community at one point we don't understand why you just respond to people and we don't even have access to water here into work with the community to build well in the community so that they did have access. What we were also doing was providing primary health care providing pediatric hospital care Newport says and the steps departure is permanent She says the organization's 18 bed bola treatment center and all other health activities will continue to be run by the Health Ministry the social and for v.o.a. News Geneva the spokesperson for boats one his main opposition the Amber Alert for Democratic Change or u d c says it's appealing a court ruling that rejected its challenge to the outcome of the October general election. Says the party has a strong case that claims of voter irregularities and regain chief justice Terence run a whiny The kill a or president more can we see must see see one a 5 year term with the governing votes won a Democratic Party taking a majority in the National Assembly he rejected the allegations of irregularities Tuesday. Tells me always Peter Clottey that the party is undeterred by what he wants is the spokesperson for both Swan its main opposition for Democratic Change He spoke with Vo ways Peter Clottey from the capital jabber a long while to. One of the middle of. The key players in. The can judge this for different. Terms with the. Producers and rather than. With 3. Cases. The. Majority want. Us. To do that. Today to be medical records the issue of elections that's not the u.s. In the sense also one because it really speaks of the blues that. So it's important to let such matters to you in the process. Take note of that as well as your part of the you do see going to appeal the ruling Aspas right that we had really is that the looting and what are the prospects of your appeal we believe we have a strong case and even from the judgment that were made by those within the magnitude of the wild $100.00. But if laid into the whole. Force of that would be because the issues that if there are no use them that we are going to rely on that became the head of. The state it in the head of the d.a. . And it also indicates the people the wheels of the party develop better than they were really really pleased and also allegations of. RINGBACK Where you are the. Last one which ultimately means that will be the water point in the election of the town was already pretty the. Cover more of what you say to your partner critics say that you don't have every day is that you are just wasting people's time. Public run for. Its hearing is that we. Courts. Work like we don't have. To look after. The. Trial. How have the people reacted to your court challenge of the arc of the October general election so fast. Generally people are. In court. Wasn't. Technically small what he was is the spokesperson for boats one is main opposition for Democratic Change He spoke with the airways Peter Clottey from the capital gathering on you're listening to daybreak Africa on the Voice of America I'm Paul Alexander in Washington and today is Friday December 27th authorities in Somalia have installed security cameras on major roads in the capital Mogadishu and an effort to deter ongoing attacks by the Islamicist militant group al-Shabaab residents and business owners have welcomed the stepped up security but as Mohamed Sheikh nor reports from Mogadishu some analysts doubt the cameras will be enough to stop the attacks this month Somalia artists began installing security cameras on some of the dishes major oldies like the McConnell crammer with the leads to the presidential palace and the line for a director of policy and legal effort. The minister of security says the close circuit television cameras mounted a key intersection is are meant to deter frequent attacks by the terrorist group for us ace this ickier to cameras will reduce criminal activities and prevent al Shabaab from carrying out attacks. Fog across our guys and I say these surveillance cameras release the terrorist attacks really will deter them occurring now and attacks because a cameras are tracking them in level of these things our people are quite happy about the move and deem it a step forward with a residence and business owner is half Welcome to the cameras in the city's business center slimmest militants often target business owners there is one of those who think the cameras will make a difference the biggest. Cameras obviously are anyone from committing a crime or even or a thief is avoid cameras like these. Because they are free to be caught on camera but political analyst has embraced the cameras will only detail terrorists who fear getting caught not suicide bombers who are told that if they kill they will be rewarded in the afterlife but the others who have been. Brainwashed or have been indoctrinated ones will not be avoiding anything because in the end of the day they think that they will go to heaven but the cameras themselves will need security as is likely to target them for destruction the terrorist group in May audit Mogadishu businesses with the cameras to remove them or else they would attack it director of communication is at the Ministry of Defense ace of origins will closely monitor the new security cameras system. With a special team that is money in this system will. Government establish it he says it's a smile that's not want to go into detail as it is sensitive to Father detail this is a mystery militant this Somalia also has to say they are also training and deploying more police and intelligence officers in the capital on a shuttle will reveal we knew look at the issue after more than a decade of rapidly expanding their investment in African nations Chinese businesses and officials are showing signs of slowing the pace of growth some are making noise about corruption and stalling on some projects today in the 4th of our 5 part series on China's role in Africa there in Taylor in Johannesburg looks at this as a Taishan in South Africa nearly 30 percent of workers are unemployed and the rand is down more than 30 percent from a year ago the almost total collapse of the state energy provider Eskom is a big contributor to the economic weakness China lent Eskom 2 and a half 1000000000 dollars last year but the country's ambassador to Pretoria learn something has referred to the utility as a trap David Lewis an economist a mentor rector of South Africa's Corruption Watch nonprofit says England's comments are highly significant. Accident rate kept. Government critics say under former President Jacob Zuma some individuals and corporate interests encouraged state policies that allow them to mock the profits from state owned businesses a practice known as state capture in Kenya Chinese business interests indicate they have doubts about the new standard gauge railway or s.g. Are intended to link the port of Mombasa with Uganda to sections linking Mombasa to the town of naive Asha northwest of Nairobi a finished with Chinese funding but China won't lend to Kenya the almost $4000000000.00 it needs to build the final track to the Ugandan border Kenyan economist and that say where there has been following the s.g.r. Saga closely that their fate has been put on hold because I think a lack of alignment between what the Kenyan government wanted and what the Chinese government is one of the finance. She says a major concern is the s.g. R's high cost more than $5.00 and a half $1000000.00 per kilometer of track that's almost 3 times the international standard and 4 times the original estimates Chinese officials and Kenya's railway operator did not respond to requests for interviews on the matter but Kenyan officials have said it's loans from China will be worth it when the s.g.r. Is completed as it will spark economic development given concerns that the railways overpriced where is says it's not surprising that China has decided not to fund the final phase for now instead of building the new railway from Niger to Uganda Kenyan officials say they will upgrade the existing older line where everything's Kenya's leaders must be held responsible for the project delays because they borrowed too much without a detailed transparent repayment plan that is absolutely in my view unacceptable by the government can get into such significant that and the general public has no idea what's going on that to me is not a problem the Chinese government the Chinese government is not accountable to the kind of people to the Kenyan government it is a part of what we can People example such as the Kenyan railway and South Africa's Eskom have some Chinese business people saying Africa is becoming less attractive a leading Chinese businessman in Johannesburg who spoke to v.o.a. On condition of anonymity says Beijing's officials in South Africa are concerned that the government doesn't seem to have a structured plan to revive the economy as a result some Chinese business people are leaving South Africa says banker when pollen also head of the Johannesburg Chinese Association the key thing is what return they can get and the cost associated around that and I've seen them go wherever the opportunities really. And I see a lot of that actually going to South East Asia Southeast Asia area that's really developing the caustic cetera so he says a lot of Chinese opera turned to their homeland or moved to Australia the United States and Britain where they expect to find better opportunities in established markets some are looking at other parts of Africa for investment. China remains South Africa's largest trade and investment partner Beijing law and African governments and businesses more than 30000000000 dollars last year as the Chinese Business Insider says if Beijing is off its cash tap South Africa's economy will no longer be in big trouble instead it will implode I'm tired for video news in Johannesburg. And it's time now for daybreak Africa sports here Sampson or Mali and I believe in Nigeria a very good Friday morning to you Sampson Good Friday morning to you we begin the sports with meals from the cup champions league will be busy bee. And it will do so head will look to continue the Apapa starts in the 212020 l. It's club competition group stage this weekend. Will be looking to record their 3rd successive women group of 8 when the fees and sides. You wonder on Friday. Arrivals he has a veto club will also be in action on Friday when they look with the defending champions and Giants fans to Denise in the group d. March in raids 5 games as scheduled to be played on Saturday and the action will be headlined by an encounter between could be least look arrive as us and all John and some African champions mental discipline dominance Sundowns remain undefeated in the group stage have been registered to we draw. Winless having recorded 2 draws of the 2 teams with clutch in blue in the groups you March lastly a tool to say hello will be hoping to continue their dominance in group b. By recording the flute can read when they take on to the nice outfit he loud too man. In raids staying in with food borne illness the Japan on the 23 scored will warm up for the 2022 q. Lympics with Findlay's against to Afghan control South Africa and could of one. Who scored will face South Africa at Kew Sunga stadium on March 27th before meeting could avoid at level 5 stadium. 3 days later both of the African sides have qualified for the somewhat lympics where the men's soccer tournament is to be contested by on the train's recites containing a limited number of overreach play is the would be joined by Egypt which also secured Olympic qualification at the 21000 Africa on the trans week of nations it way from football news the 22nd edition of the African championships in athletics is set to take pleas from the 240 to the 20th of June to need 20 ahead of the championship the Confederation of African athletics is working in collaboration with the old Gillian Athletics Federation to organize a successful Championships where the best of African off let's will converge on the capital or just the stakes of the competition quite high as it will be one of the last opportunities for the continent's efforts to achieve qualifying standards for the $22.00 and usually big games and that's it on deep African sports I am subsidy or. It's back to you Paul in Washington that's it for this Friday December 27th of daybreak Africa we thank you for spending this week with us join us again tomorrow for more Africa news and features right here on the English to Africa Service of the Voice of America as we count down the last days of 2019 on behalf of the daybreak Africa t.v. Producer Nickelback reporter Peter Clottey sports editor Samson or Molly and our engineers I'm Paul Alexander in Washington with he will have a. Very good weekend. I want to relax and walk around or charge up there and listen to music time in Africa this weekend it'll do all that and more. I'm Heather Maxwell I know good music and Africa is my passion. Joining every Saturday and Sunday for one hour of commercial free news and African music of the highest. You get great music music news and amazing artist interviews from rising stars to Silver stops this listen to worlds taking place so do it join us from music time in Africa your weekend destination. I my name is Larry London on January 3rd 1500 universal for an interesting program on border crossings featuring the songs with time in the title it's the new year 2020 is here and will be playing songs from Michael Jackson ariana grande a Justin Bieber all the hits with the word time in the title c.e.o. At 1500 universal on January 3rd right here on border crossings. The 1st hello there Today's Friday December 27th this is the always international edition I'm Laura London in Washington coming up North Korea promised us the so-called Christmas gift which so far as not surfaced North Korea has said the deadline it does seem like they are bound to enforce that in some way otherwise they lose credibility changes are coming to leadership that Britain's Buckingham Palace Also ahead Billie Eilish is getting another award but this time it is not for music it's all on today's international edition. North Korea may not have delivered a so-called Christmas gift to the United States at least at least not on Christmas Day but u.s. North Korea tensions appear far from resolved as John Young's end of year deadline for nuclear talks approaches the way the Correspondent Bill Gallo joins us from Seoul for an update Bill so far nothing on official still concerned about the Surete coming to fruition this threat originated early in December it was at the end of a North Korean state media editorial warned of a Christmas gift for the United States it didn't say what the gift was didn't say when the gift would come it really didn't say much at all however it sort of became the dominant media narrative I say as it relates to North Korea throughout the month people came to expect it to be a d.v.m. There perhaps another kind of longer range missile launch that is not without merit North Korea had given several plans that it was preparing to conduct a missile launch however as you mentioned Christmas without anything at all really there were not only not any reported weapons tests North Korean state media were pretty much silent there were no big provocations. Or you know threats or criticisms that all of the United States the people here are just kind of waiting to see what if anything the Christmas gifts will be 'd our official saying anything about their concern level if they still think something might happen or do they think it was just bluster what would from that perspective what are you hearing u.s. Officials are saying that they are maintaining a state of readiness sort of using typical language to say that they are watching closely but they say it's no more than usual but it's clear according to private aviation trackers that there is much more activity in the skies of South Korea I should stipulate as it relates to u.s. Reconnaissance planes drones things like that watching for a possible missile launch was actually a report last night in Japanese media that North Korea had conducted a big missile launch possibly in 1000 d.m. Launch and that it had landed somewhere in Japan that report was attracted minutes later it was a real embarrassment for the news agency 'd in h.k. It got a lot of people worked up turned out not to be true North Korea's self-imposed deadline to the u.s. The end of this year to start nuclear talks and really telling the u.s. To make concessions or lift sanctions etc What about this deadline is that the next thing the 2 u.s. Officials are likely waiting to see what happens if you have a deadline the end of your deadline that North Korea is really the next thing that everyone is watching and there are 2 possible events that will likely give us a good indication of what North Korea and going to do some time before the end of the year North Korea's ruling party is going to have a big meeting where they will likely announce foreign and domestic policy decisions and then of course Kim Jong un is going to give his New Year's Day speech last year and that week he warned of a new way the nuclear talks are going it's not clear they've made any progress or things like they haven't made any progress we could actually get to find out what that new. Way actually but yes North Korea has that the deadline it does seem like they are sort of bound to enforce that in some way otherwise they'd lose credibility again we're all waiting to find out what the details may be and what happens after the deadline but that seems to be the next big event the filter all right that is v.o.a. Correspondent Bill Gallo in Seoul South Korea thank you for being with us. Here are some of the stories we are following it v.o.a. News dot com a magnitude 5 point one quake has struck near Iran's share nuclear plant Japan will send a warship an aircraft and the Middle East to protect its vessels. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims a huge win in his Likud Party leadership race and u.s. Stocks rallied in new records as the Nasdaq and the Pub 9000 for the 1st time ever find expanded coverage of these stories and much more at v.o.a. News dot com and on our v.o.a. Mobile app this is international edition. Riot police stormed in shopping malls for a 3rd day of Christmas protests in Hong Kong Thursday and detained a number of people after masked protesters rooms through shops and disrupted businesses their actions were part of a 6 month anti-government movement to pressure the authorities to meet their demands they include universal suffrage and an independent investigation into what protesters say has been police brutality the anti-government movement in Hong Kong sparked by a controversial extradition law is showing no signs of abating journalist Verna you in Hong Kong talked about it with my colleague Kate pound often about these latest protests. The current wave of protests started on Christmas Eve while. In smallest. Been happening in various locations in Hong Kong mainly in shopping centers and shopping this day there has been a break that for a week when we had relative calm. Compared with mid November and this time people are responding to online calls for. Stopping protests and the intention of the protests is to. Make a scene and make a point through the shopping mall they were chanting slogans such as in the very Hong Kong revolution of our time and they were calling for an independent investigation into police brutality throughout the past 6 months in the antigovernment protests there smaller protests than some of the really huge ones this time people want to make the point to say that. Cool thing is trying to hurt the business scene in Hong Kong because. Christmas time. Is traditionally a time when local businesses hotels shops making lots of money what has been the economic effect of these protests then they really . Kind of cool a lot of disruption to shoppers because yesterday on Christmas Day and also the day before Christmas Eve. They were there a lot of protests in Manchaca and then police routine again and severely beat protest and passes by. Really a lot of the shops closed early and we saw a similar pattern across. In Hong Kong called the bay on all accounts day as well. And today we also will police rushing into some of the shopping malls 'd are not purchases going through the malls fencing bins. And really I think for a lot of the shops pretty pretty are putting experience. For the shops themselves from a lot of than simply have because I think this is making some sort of hazard in Hong Kong you know are more protest expected this week over this holiday period there's an organized protest on New Year's Day during the day. And this one has been all denied by a local group called civil human rights front and they have applied for a permit from the police so yes we are expecting another big one but the difference between that one and the ones we saw in the past few days is that the one that's been organized by this route is expecting a large turnout if they get to the tradition usually they attract the mall people crowd. Including. Young children where in the day the. Informal. Bring up here in the. Tend to be. Kind of joined by a younger more and. Post it. Was a u. In Hong Kong speaking with the Cape Town Dawson the past year has seen a series of protests not just in Hong Kong but all over from Chile to Sudan to Iran in more than a dozen countries citizens have been taking to the streets to air grievances and many of gotten results you know a u.n. Correspondent Margaret Bashir looks at a year of discontent in France protesters put on their yellow vests and demanded better pay and an end to rising prices. Oh I can sue damn the people brought down the 40 year regime of a genocidal dictator in Haiti they demanded the president's resignation and the prosecution of corrupt officials. And in Hong Kong demonstrators started by standing up to the Chinese authorities over an extradition law and expanded their demands to include more democracy the owner generations have failed tackling the biggest crisis humanity has had to face even school children have taken to the streets demanding that adults take better care of the planet in these countries and on the streets of Iraq Lebanon Ecuador Iran and elsewhere citizens are saying enough and demanding a change to business as usual the u.n. Secretary general has called on governments to listen to the real problems of their people if you school here that there is a growing deficit of trust between people and political establishments and rising strengths to the social contract. And all these also wrestling with the negative impacts of globalization and new technologies which have increased inequalities we did societies in response some governments have tried to address grievances well others use a heavy hand to try to keep power in Iraq and Iran hundreds of protesters have been killed by aggressive security forces while protesters have been overwhelmingly peaceful some in France Chile Ecuador Bolivia and Hong Kong have vandalized and looted property they have a right to peacefully protest governments unfortunately have been in many cases using excessive force arresting people arbitrarily sometimes even killing them were ordering them that is illegal the authorities who are responsible for the decisions and the killings should be held accountable but also protesters need to behave responsibly experts say protestors are less afraid the main thing that we see in many of these places is that is the break over the the fear barrier people who are now. Unafraid to grovel in the street and criticize these politicians something in the past used to be taboo to washy says in many cases it is now the politicians who fear the power of the people much of that power comes from organizing through social media which is both a powerful tool and a vulnerability as governments cut communication networks governments have realized that Internet shutdowns are a great way to make it difficult for protesters to organize but we've also seen that they still organize you can't stop them as 2020 approaches there are no signs the social media fueled protest movements are slowing down market Bashir v.o.a. News the United Nations. As they are. Earth heats up weather and climate patterns are changing dramatically around the globe Africa felt the effects of those changes in 2019 as it dealt with Cyclons droughts and on stop well rains that jeopardized livelihoods from Nairobi Rajel on board reports on what lies ahead for the continent 62 year old David Boies sort of Grahame's talks on his 21 hit death in Kenya's trans Oh your county can boy turns this talks of what could have been a boat would have eased into a leech for feeding his 1500 of Cutty He says the heavy rains that have rocked different parts of Eastern Africa cause the crops to feed you to move in the wrong group and we expect to. Come on here. We had invested heavily in 4 of the groups that. Are Unfortunately we were not able to get the government though the World Cup I mean for a lot of money was present wrong rather cruelly in the books we didn't get anything out of it up until a good excuse to get anything else well other than from the flank and we depend on the rain for agriculture turns their card to AK and voice had after retirement and 2017 isn't for growing predominantly me Kenya staple food apart from the excessive rain farmers in the area have faced pests and disease challenges every time we go to harvest the maize rain and it does amaze when the rain gets what undercuts the spoils very quickly that one has such advice of its growing of maize hundreds of Indians. The 1st crop was we didn't have enough to have a stock or gold one back because of this country and millions of people have been displaced as a result of widespread flooding this year across large parts of Somalia Kenya Uganda thought today. The floods have led to hundreds of deaths in November South Sudan declared a state of emergency into 7 affected areas with close to 1000000 people affected the kilometer logical Department are to be steered into an irregularity known as Indian Ocean dipole and a solution of surface temperatures of the sea which brings with the extremes 2 countries neighboring the Indian Ocean Bennett chance of is a deputy director of Kenya's bitter logical side he says he says nearly all of Kenya has received above average rainfall this year in some stations he likened courtly real stations they would have seemed. The records which I show you but to you what has been received is more than 100 percent of the Day long time one of each that can see what is usually to see the baby with the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere climbing to new heights Jenrette just had to specializing in climate in agriculture research says because can expect more extremes in years to come the will therefore have more effects of climate change affecting the weather patterns specifically the rainfall patterns. Climate Change want to be . More intense and therefore the limit of our ability that he is having these extreme events and over the droughts. Floods going to be more frequent are even more intense going to the future the solution for Kim boy and other farmers according to experts like lead and adapting to climate change that he sees would require help from government agencies to implement new cultural practices such as a tentative irrigation methods and efficient water storage for farmers Rylan war for viewing news trends OIRA Kenya You're listening to international edition back in a minute. We need a little straight talk want to make sense of the world around you ask a question hear what others have to say If so Voice of America has a variety of talk shows for you life style health politics youth boards we have it all June into our discussion shows on the radio t.v. Or the Internet they examine a wide variety of issues and world events not always covered by other media v.o.a. . I. Love Music How about Carrie Underwood. In the Ritalin experience the best country music on country hits USA I bring you some countries rock out a little hillbilly contemporary with the death of entertainment news 2 so join me for country hits USA on the voice of a. Few ways international edition continues well it's been a challenging year for Britain's royal family with problems including a potential rift between Prince William and Harry Britain's laborious effort to exit the European Union and a scandal involving Prince Andrew in a disastrous t.v. Interview in which he defended his friendship with sex offender Geoffrey Epstein and then failed to show empathy for Epstein's young female victims the turmoil seem to be reflected in Queen Elizabeth's recorded Christmas message about the need for reconciliation and forgiveness and she said that much like Jesus's life there are challenges we all face the path of course isn't over we smooth I may at times is she I have felt quite bumpy given all the turmoil there are apparently plans for some changes in the leadership at Buckingham Palace in the New Year here to talk more about it is London based reporter Amy Gutmann Amy What can you tell us . Some of these changes have been propelled by the Prince Andrew controversy shall we say and that's because Prince Charles along with his father Prince Philip really felt very strongly that Prince Andrew needed to step down from majority he was becoming a huge distraction and a huge liability for their oil family and it's believed that Prince Andrew has always been the favorite son of the queen and so there was a sense that she might not do what needed to be done and force him to step aside and sort of hang up his hang up is what it was you know form as it were the Prince Philip had summoned Prince Charles who is vexed in line to the throne to come for a meeting to discuss how to handle the next step and the queen has actually acquiesced in this case and she had a conversation she summoned Prince Andrew her favorite son to the palace and told him that he must retire from public life and that he was causing too much harm and too much reputational damage to the royal family and so it's believed that through this process and through some pretty decisive actions which are being lauded by the British public by Prince Charles he's starting to show his leadership qualities and very good judgment he envisions a slimmed down version of the royal family getting rid of some of the extended family in terms of appearances and in terms of relying on the well purse and and it's a more streamlined family I think he's aware that there's a greater demand for transparency specially when it comes to financials and what's being spent because after all much of this is coming from the public purse when is this all supposed to transpire and how big of a deal is this this is not necessarily a big deal this is a very organic natural progression after all the Queen is turning 95 years old in 18 months that's the age at which her husband Prince Philip retired from public life it makes total sense that she. 2 to do the same thing and 18 months is about the point at which you would hope that a succession plan would start to take shape more than a plan but actually a practice and so it makes a lot of sense that Prince Charles would be much more involved in some of the decision making and operational duties though I'm a very the queen has not suited him in any way the queen It's been charged where does this leave Prince William Prince William has also stepped up Prince William supported Charles in his views about Prince Andrew or to swing it and go and he's also become much more respected for his views and for taking a decisive opinion about matters and not to sitting back and remaining neutral the public has really respected the fact that Prince William has taken fans here all right that's London based reporter Amy Gutmann thank you for being with us. Well we've talked a lot about Hanukkah and Christmas and now it is the start of Kwanzaa we hear more about that religion or that holiday I should say in this report from now this world . 965 tensions between black communities and law enforcement reached a boiling point most Angeles of the early right 20 years as the Watts riots unfolded around him l.a. Based ph d. Student to this. Some opportunity to restore unity in black communities and foster African American cultural institutions values and traditions so 966 created Kwanzaa with a purpose to help connect black Americans to their African roots and with each other in the face of marginalization. In fact the name Kwanzaa you can comes from Mr Hume the phrase. Kwanzaa meaning 1st fruits from the decided that this new holiday should follow in the 7 day period between Christmas and New Years even added a 2nd a on the end of Kwanzaa. Present each of the 7 dates each day represents a different principle unity self-determination collective responsibility cooperate in economics purpose creativity and faith. During Kwanzaa from The Wanted communities to celebrate by gathering together to light candles and to join in a huge communal feast called Karami inspired by his Zulu harvest celebration every celebration is different but generally families come together to light a Cina read poetry and dance your traditional African songs trying to travel the country spreading the word about this new holiday event gain momentum for schools and colleges and pretty soon families started adopting Ponce it into their yearly celebrations at 1st many African American Christians were opposed to Ponza as they didn't want to be able placement for Christmas. But as Kwanzaa became more popular in the late 1960 his black churches began to embrace it and the holiday became a supplement rather than an alternative to Christmas. And. The music world is mourning the loss of a woman known for some big hits a.p. Correspondent Jackie Quinn reports the music world is mourning the loss of a woman known for creating some big hit. Her name was Allie Willis. And the theme from friends was just one of her many hits. Earth Wind and Fire recorded Willis's September and this hit performed by Patti Labelle 4 very early Hills Cop in 19751 her a Grammy. Allie Willis was 72 years old her publicist says she died from an issue with her heart I'm Jackie Quinn. 18 year old Billy Eilish has shot to fame in the past year and is want to slew of awards in the process but she's also been an outspoken in her lyrics and in the lyrics of her songs on social media about her concerns with climate change animal abuse and eating meat and she's now being honored not just for her music but for using her platform to speak out on the issue she cares about Peta people for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is recognizing Eilish for her activism at the organization's 14th annual Libbie Awards with their best voice for animals a war. That you've been listening to international edition does it for our show today you can find us any time at v.o.a. News dot com We thank you so much for joining us. I'm going to London and Washington have a great dad. Next an international public service announcement by the United States government. The United States is offering up to $15000000.00 for information leading to the disruption of key financial mechanisms of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps working particularly through its called force the i.r.g.c. As it is called is the chief Iranian institution directing and carrying out the regime's global terrorist campaign the mechanisms include among others financial institutions facilitating i.r.g.c. Transactions front companies tied to the i.r.g.c. And I r g c donors or financial facilitators one such facilitator is finance here and senior I r g c leader Abdul Reza Shah e a commander in the i.r.g.c. Called force based in Sana'a Yemen born in Iran circa 1957 he is also known as Youssef at a press conference special representative for Iran Brian Hawk noted that Shah e.a. Has a long history of attacks against Americans and our allies globally he planned multiple assassinations of coalition forces in Iraq provided weapons and explosives to violent Shia extremist groups and planned the January 20th 2007 attack in Karbala. That killed 5 American soldiers and wounded 3 others in 2011 challah each direction a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States Adel Algy bear at a restaurant in Washington had this scheme succeeded as many as 200 innocent civilians in the United States could have been killed special representative hooks said that given shall ease track record of terrorism and destabilization in Iraq the United States remains gravely concerned by his presence in Yemen and potential role in providing advanced weaponry of the kind we have interdicted to the. Since its inception in 1904 the Rewards for Justice program has pay in excess of $150000000.00 to more than $100.00 people who provided actionable information that helped bring terrorists to justice or prevented acts of international terrorism worldwide if you have information about Abdul Reza. Please contact the nearest u.s. Embassy or consulate or email info at Rewards for Justice dot net all information will be kept strictly confidential. That was an international public service announcement by the United States government. The only time. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming a huge win.

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