Lagos nigeria home of africas biggest Film Industry. In terms of Production Output its considered the 2nd largest in the world off to india bought ahead of hollywood. A New York Times article published in 2002 coins the industrys popular name. Nollywood became popular through a certain time for film shot with digital cameras telling stories based on the dreams and fears of Nigerian Society distributed in bulk on street markets. The reports in the over 60 movie screen mouse in the markets today a new nollywood is emerging it generates an annual turnover of over 500000000. 00 u. S. Dollars and produces the superstars of the african continent going from iraq to give us a little bit of i think you know. With glitz and drama the industry out shines its humble origins in an ordinary Electronics Market we started this business we outsourced them in this business to get in the market and looking in the. Street vendors continue to lay claim to nollywood a new breed of investor has entered the b
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And then tried to set alight looters came in and started stealing elements inside the Parliament Building meanwhile another group a crowd swelled to the National Television and caught the signal remember during those where 2 days ago the president had broadcast his message to the protesters into the nation calling for dialogue saying that he would organize a National Unity government russia and china have again vetoed a u. N. Security Council Resolution to keep 2 humanitarian border crossings into syria open the un says millions of civilians in the north west of the country depend on the aid sent across what it called a lifeline corridor and without the 6 month extension the permit for a deliveries expires on friday the other 13 members of the Council Voted for the resolution of humanitarian groups a 2800000 people in syrias rebel held north west depend on those passages for aid russia has insisted that only one is necessary the bible how a crossing saying that it counts for 85 percent
In the vote they abstain didnt vote for it and that was on sanctions they wanted some language condemning the sanctions on syria particularly the sanctions by the u. S. And they said at the time of Economic Hardship in syria it was not the time to pursue those sanctions that language didnt get into get into the final version of the resolution although russia wanted it in there and thats why russia and china abstained Dominican Republic also abstained for the opposite reasons they were so unhappy with this process and the fact that the people of syria particularly Northern Syria are going to average east flow of aid as a result of all of this i spoke to the belgian and german ambassadors a short time ago they had been leading the negotiations they were very tired and very frustrated they though are professional diplomats and were not going to say anything to me that was too damning but ive also spoken to other officials off the record and its very clear there is a very very bitter atmos