South africa doing enough to fight xenophobia Human Rights Watch accuses police and vigilante groups of routinely targeting foreigners so whats needed to ensure equality for all in the socalled rainbow nation this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im in wrong routine lethal violence against foreigners an indifference from the police Human Rights Watch says migrants in south africa facing increasing numbers of attacks a year after the launch of a National Plan to tackle xenophobia. The watchdog found many south asians and migrants from other parts of africa living in fear police often ignore foreigners who report crimes against them some face hurdles getting access to lawyers and Public Services a year ago mobs destroyed foreign owned businesses and homes Human Rights Watch says at least 18 foreigners were killed and a few of the attackers have been brought to justice that have been similar attacks over the years the report was based on interviews with 51 people in a num
Well polio be eradicated worldwide the World Health Organization declares a major victory against the virus in africa but its still crippling children in afghanistan and pakistan all the lessons to be learned in the battle to control the coronavirus pandemic this isnt. Hello welcome to the program im wrong come on how do you know used to paralyze and disfigured tens of thousands of children every year and some didnt survive but major strides have been made in eradicating the disease much of the world is now polio free including africa the continents last case of naturally occurring polio was reported in Northern Nigeria 4 years ago but the campaign in borno state to immunize every child was attacked by boko haram fighters who killed an abducted Health Workers some children can still be struck by a red phone a polio virus it mutates from the polio vaccine and can then cause an outbreak in communities which havent been immunized. Lets have a look at the global fight against polio the dis
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[inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody, todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant house rules some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when youre speaking in what is known in webex as active speaker view. At time is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely i know you are all familiar with webex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote, as long as you have your webex set to