So you can read. That certainly. In 60. 3. People for information. They want to express. Your facebook and twitter world today in touch. From the us. This is deja news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the fire burning on the continent we have a report from was empty and there may be a way it delayed rain is. And the dance off that one didnt dribble come on that sylvester. He was killed by the Congolese Army when it brings stability to the region and i didnt feel right and as i had arrived in my hands. A 180
degree turn from Child Soldier to mild Football Player will take you inside a project to help the kids to see our. Hello im kristie one to welcome to news africa its good to have you along remember those images all forest fires destroying the amazon rain forest they shocked the world and prompted a Global Response when nasa released Satellite Images off the blazes we saw that they were actually mall fi is burning in 7 and Central Africa and those burning in the amazon today s
reporter: they are calling for a stricter regulation of palm oil industry. if we should always expect t in the future. reporter: it has lifted millions out of poverty. people like this farmer. before i grew palms, i couldn t even afford to feed my children chicken. i have been able to buy a tv and refrigerator. the cheapest way to clear land for farming is to burn it. the government says it s trying to crackdown on manmade fires. for us the forest fire is a serious crime. reporter: officials show me how they use thermal energy to prosecute palm oil companies. they have opened cases against 21 companies in the last four years. but some activists fear it s too little too late.
food for the water that is there s no food for livestock land clearance hunting and the fires of southern africa have several causes in spite of the damage to the nature of the environment the situation is not yet out of control the people here are hoping the rainy season will come soon before more damage is done. the commander of the london rebel group in the east and democratic republic of congo has been killed according to the congolese army general service to lead the militia toward the democratic forces for the liberation of one bet since it was founded in 2000 the group was started by hutu officials who fled wanda at the end of the 1994 genocide. frayed move one year from africa is standing by to give us more insight into what the day off more a means for the if are and the region more broadly good to see you fred who was.
plane you can see that these are not large scale forest fires but many smaller bushfires in mozambique savannah area we fly on tonight where the president has declared a state of emergency due to drought still plumes of smoke can be seen everywhere mostly from manmade fires before the rainy season locals prepare their fields using traditional slash and burn techniques the ashes are used as fertilizer experts say this is typical for the region but it can be dangerous. given that that we even serious drought situation this is creating quite a serious problem for livestock but the national parks definitely for for their water than it was so it is a problem for the. areas and. so the regeneration takes some time and then there is no food for the animals there s no
shackled they say they re just porters and had nothing to do with the fires. for. it s illegal to set fires here or did the commodity for it but people don t care. if. they. saw you know they do it anyway. and then it gets out of control the. house back there just went up in flames see when you re driving through the area yet every few minutes you will pass a bush fire and it s really a mess of the bush fires rage uncontrollably especially at night images from u.s. space agency to show how mess of the affected area is far more land in southern africa is of lace than in the amazon but just how bad is the problem. from the