minutes. with meeting young give me an activist who's been mobilizing resistance against female genital mutilation. are reports even talks to rest and they get there are about the living conditions. and my safety feature. who takes us on a form of life in the u.s. capital monrovia. the housing market across africa is our hot topic today on the fringes of big cities such as lagos or nairobi you see rows of inigo corrugated iron shacks in the media there are four times as many flimsy shocks done properly built houses on surprisingly people living in the area around the capital in talk are growing more and more frustrated with the situation that. these young namibians are fed up tens of thousands have joined the youth movement affirmative repositioning or are for shot the group's protests have drawn the biggest crowds seen since and of a parfit their demands to the government a clear affordable housing with electricity running water and seaweed services i was i was killed was he was he. was he was leaving. me was i to see the extent of the problem you need to look no further than the capital windhoek as prices have continued to rise more and more people have been forced into renting overpriced shocks on the outskirts of the city . seven years ago poor rat she was not left her village in the north in the media and came to study in windhoek unable to afford city prices she rented a shock father out in the car to tour a township the name cut to two rock translates from the local heroes language as the place where no one wants to leave. it's already had in here the government is to be blamed they don't want to look at people who have low incomes they don't think of those people they out the they see that people with money but without money. we need also. george is one of the founders of the movement who was born and grew up in ca to tura used to be part of the leadership of the ruling party's few sleeker but in two thousand and fourteen he was expelled from the party for occupying a plot in an upmarket windhoek suburb three hundred to four hundred thousand people in winter itself and about seventy percent of the people are still in shacks . since independence. been connecting to the municipality has not serviced me out of it in the local in the in the low income group the only third best evidence in the upper market in the upper middle class. sectors building roads electricity networks and see words for new housing is expensive emanuel paolo's is responsible for providing land for development on this site the city plans to build three hundred thirty new houses it's a pilot project which he hopes will help young people struggling with the housing crisis we are going it's not mine and by going that extra mile that's why we have passed the consulate solution of seeing you know what they have lent is going to be sold in the window from. the supposed to be our what if we are. but few young people can afford to buy land for fifty thousand euros the money see politics currently not servicing land in informal settlements like those in ca to tura but consulate policies that such projects are in the pipeline perhaps that's a small consolation for poor. i would love to have a please where access to what this that i don't have to go out in and go five to fish for that and a place where i'm access to clean toilets. it doesn't look like property prices here will be falling anytime soon but poorer and friends already planning what their dream house would be like. now with a population set to double in africa within the next thirty years the pressure on the already struggling housing market could get worse for many the solution is to live in makeshift shelters like shocks but is this really a long term solution in this week's streets debate our reporter that committee speaks with residents in nairobi slum districts could bear to get to the heart of the issue. we are in nairobi kenya most pacifically kibera it is infamously known as one of the biggest slums in africa and when you look at it it's easy to see why i mean people are packed into really small shacks in a really small area and it really goes to show how big the problem of housing in this country is and i want to begin with someone who actually lives here mr zorra he tells me his name means needy blue but you see living here is not so pleasant when you. look in the. everything is sounding a little depressing right now but where is the problem i mean you are in the construction business you made your work is to ensure that not only do we have housing but the proper houses away is a problem all these years. in africa we do need i mean right now we are talking nairobi alone meets two million houses for families like us. two million that is already pending every year we need two hundred thousand we must be building but when we talk about affordable housing for the people who are watching in the background what does that mean to you affordable give me a price range what does that look like for you affordable housing would be something like the really low less than what's that for you less than five thousand i think fifty dollars fifty dollars for rent so would we move you know because in kibera there were these houses which were built to remember and then people moved into them and then they moved out of them so margaret i ask you if the government comes here today and says do you hear when i'm a party i can a magic when i see my like new hampshire at the end of the month give me five thousand would you move in there and no no no because according to them i mean me so. cindy oh i love. indian is in the pneumonia but certainly going to mention the camera over there when you're in your men you knew. i was now you're not in you're not. i mean the ordinary salary for most people living in nairobi is around one hundred fifty dollars to one hundred dollars this house does not come guaranteed with water i mean even if you cost you fifty dollars if you have to pay full for electricity you still have to get a four for four i mean for the utilities you still have to cater for water so that even makes it more expensive so i think. even that fight fifty dollars is still very exorbitant for someone living in kibera or yes you did you can not have a house in the pit by by not discussing like you you cannot separate people from like you do if you really must worry about income per capita you can only mean a good ouse if you can are incorporated all right so what i'm hearing is i'm hearing many things tell me if i'm wrong or i've heard that number one government is not providing enough housing number two the housing the provide are too expensive and we're also corrupt and we're also saying that we're comfortable we actually don't mind am i wrong so is there really a housing problem or are we just what are we thing here i would say missing that there actually is a housing problem and you know you asked about responsibility it is solely the responsibility of the government to provide these things in collaboration with international players and investors and all the sort of people most of these people that we elect to going to present us in government are people who are corrupt people who would want to eat out of getting us these houses which is our constitutional guarantee and that is basically the whole problem so then you've told me that politicians are responsible and yet you're the ones who elect the corrupt ones so surely until you're responsible i didn't say politicians are responsible the government is responsible because i'm an. politicians come and go ok so we're here advocating you know the youth was stand our position are we really holding our government accountable who is going to serve the well i think the first thing that we need to do especially when it comes to our elected leaders it's one of the mandates of our elected leaders to come up with legislation we need on top of legislation that would ensure that economic and social rights such as housing are actually implemented so we don't have an education in place and one of the functions of the parliament is to come up with a decision that things so this is how we are going to prevent housing across the country and that's where even the problem of slum areas can actually be done away with we would have been very happy to ask the government about this but unfortunately we invited quite a number of officials actually all of whom said they felt. some reason i couldn't be here today but it's all right we've heard that we have to be responsible legislation but you know hearing all these things it's kind of hard to imagine that we will ever get out of this cycle looking at the future in the industry do you see any possible solution out of this government should continue to push for policy that allows on the tracks because until people are making money providing decent announcing he will be very difficult because even as a country with our way to be with that debt that we have i am likely that the government can find out soon in the coming years how we really must rely on the private sector right to live on so much. and then a significant component of the local can create jobs for for young people because we're talking about seventy seven percent of africans being young you need to create opportunities of the income inequality problem make sure that you have local investors and also diversify sources of financing any of the solutions what can you and i do solutions you know look at these. and comparing the results of government how many and how many. policies i don't think there's any harm i've been committing the policies that's really not. the mentality is so deep that it requires so you can so have it be told this is what's happening is what you should do to achieve what we really want thank you those are some really interesting point solutions solutions situation and. i have the story of corruption cutting across every time and every time and i think we as kenyans normalized corruption and we think it is right that we looted and then we keep quiet we want people to come out and speak for themselves we're not going to normalize anything anymore we want the government to understand that they're making policies about when the implementing them they are looting us no we don't want to be looted any more and they will see us on the roads with placards on that we see as even strikes anything. until they can deliver everything they promise and they deliver you to all three of us thank you very much that's all we had time for and this is the beautiful thing about the seventy seven percent of the issues are real and that's why people get angry but so are the solutions and unfortunately we didn't have a key player here government they want able to be here but i sure hope they're watching this because a lot of solutions and it looks like it's an uphill task for them and as we've had for the seven to seven percent as thank you for watching. now for more on our streets debates just go to you tube dot com slash d.w. africa or search for the seventy seven percent there you can watch their full debate with it it can money. providing a forum for africa's youth to discuss and debate issues that's what the seventy seven percent is all about let me introduce you to a segment called wheel where we regularly speak to our african correspondents on the ground about the issues that matter most it will leave no stone unturned to find out what they use think about a weekly topic well this week we asked them for the thoughts on young people on politics in africa. if you want to go president will have resigned not too young to run into no most vibrant opposition to present your i'm seventy comes from a youth leader nothing significant it's happened for the youth. zimbabwe has been the population they're feeling used for it does not matter but in two thousand and eighteen they came out significantly it was because of the kind is my fourteen year old presidential candidate they wanted to emulate countries like canada and france but i left the old order was retained nothing significant as i've been for the you. are most vibrant opposition to present your i'm seventy comes from a usually. time to position politician bo b. one is just thirty six years old these people the stronger people for the euro and his music courage every criticism of the government authorities of accused of misleading the group into unproductive activities on these sites in the public to protest a necessary. if you want to go president who has resigned not to run into little though no one the minimum age for people running for political office in one. move was a direct result of the. online campaign hash tag not to young to run which attracted the support of millions of young people across the country however many young people are not encouraged to participate because of high costs of running for political office as well as other challenges like election rigging and fourth buying of the law has opened the door for young people to participate in politics. and the. young political activist across africa it tells the story of a courageous young woman in guinea how jack. has launched an initiative to stamp out female genital mutilation commonly known as the brutal practice for form girls and young women have g.m. is officially banned in guinea but what is that worth the fourth don't follow up and crackdown on the practice says she knows exactly what she's talking about. this is a dramatization reader as the everyday reality and the trauma of an old age ritual more than two hundred million women worldwide have been subjected to female genital mutilation it's a tradition that's reinforces men's power in society. give me an activist hi joe idris elba will never forget the day it happened to her. for the call siesta when i don't think about the day my parents took me and gave me to those women who had tools that i have never seen before so that they could do this to me . cool that. well to be honest i was mostly anger with my parents because they have betrayed me they didn't really tell me where i was going in wall in the world bad idea and they just told me i had to go on holiday and then i was faced with this when i got there he said critic. i'm traumatized when anyone talks to me about female circumcision i feel i can't breathe it eats away at here if you see some also some loss of it officially f g m has been banned in guinea since the year two thousand but that's a cystic tell another story ninety seven percent of women in the country have been cut after somalia guinea is the african country where this practice is most common but these resistant nineteen year old founded the group young leaders club in twenty sixteen with seven friends the club has now more than two hundred members across scheming they fight for the rights of women and girls and against f.g. and. he devoted to the political yes it is good it's important to remember that in some canadian communities they don't carry out exemption but in fifty lation do gooder they so the lobby or together so that they can be ripped open on the wedding nights them up it will be my years in dishy it caught us cars which lead to infections which has all sorts of consequences the psychiatry said it is too many to name one cause it is a fictional can even lead to death is only good but. never as the simple. girls are still being caught during initiation rituals in the forest without anaesthetic naturally the girls put up a fight so several women restrain them and push them to the ground it's not uncommon for the girls to end up with broken bones. had her and her fellow complainer in the young girls leaders club are often on the road in we need to raise awareness of the use films to spread their message on issues such as sex education their goal is to help women to emancipate themselves and to know their rights that's vital in a country where every other girl is married off before her eighteenth birthday and three quarters of women report experiences of domestic violence. overseas more steady we're reaching out at the grassroots level and he's also quite easy we hope that educated professional goals won't fall victim to g.m. or get forced into marriage who expect to see positive results on missed. cultures can change roger and her fellow complain of a sure of that they are fighting for a new guinea one which has no place for violence against women and girls. now on a much lighter note we take you to liberia and its capital monrovia the metropolis of more than one million people and it's fast growing. capital undersea and it is a cultural political and financial hub for the entire country the city however is a lit with a vibrant vibe on the street. takes you through has city of monrovia. high on patrice do on a writer and from your and former miss liberia today i'll be showing you around my beautiful thirty monrovia. with one point two million inhabitants monrovia various capital is home to a quarter of the country's total population it's an extremely young population more than sixty percent younger than fifteen years old at that time to ocean on one side and then mr rather leave on the other many people make their living from fishing but the city and its people are still recovering from past traumas of to see even wars ruins in the town are reminders of the city's duck chapter of warlord and child soldiers to come palace hotel in this used to be one of the most serious hotels in west africa like many other buildings across the city that was destroyed during the country's fourteen years of civil war today it stands as a shadow of its previous self but the story is gracefully changing but the fibrin see reflected through our beautiful city and through our beautiful ship called music your you find out oh. that's rap music performed in liberian cannot cure it was born in the nine hundred eighty s. in the streets of monrovia with its social and political messages it grew stronger during the civil. war oh. i'll be there. as vibrant as its people monrovia is gradually developing into a modern metropolis new buildings are popping up like mushrooms like here in sync or with it's a virus of shops restaurants and entertainment centers they're right place to take some time out from the hustle and bustle of everyday life in one you love brown is only one place to name and know what place in this busy city it's famous for its garden and its delicious smooth. look here patrice finds time and inspiration to work on a project close to her high foundation provide scholarships and mentor she took us into the liberia. really good. enough for a freshman for now the beach is calling. monrovia but fifteen am on the weekend and how they apply could be a big job come a lot to get me out here on the model he came out of the betty was a jolly good guy i really enjoyed showing you around my beautiful everyone rolled up and i thought he was just about my god but now. what. do you think so what are you waiting for the beaches of monrovia awaiting because i believe is the place to be. well out say that seventy seven percent is the place to be right. we've come to the end of the fest the decision of this seventy seven percent the new magazine for africa is you if you'd like to write to us mail us at seventy seven d w dot com or go to our website w dot com slash seventy seven coming up on our next show it's all about girl power and money meets with a young woman and ask how strongly the are pushing back against mill dominated societies and she finds out more about what they're doing in the countries to make sure the out voices are heard and the hard work appreciate it. before we go here's a truck from an award winning rap dual from like very soul fresh their unique take on hip cool music that's taken one rule vs dance floors by storm and so then stay fresh and fly see you again on the next edition of this seventy seven percent that show for africa's you buy for now give me. the deal we. give you my. bullet. everywhere you. go. all you need. to come here believe you. are in a not my oh no we are you will be different if someone you don't know frank you knock us out of the french yard i want you want to. keep. me now with me. give me the you want to deal with. my family and i was to be your. mom is not. going to. come. to. africa. coming president obama and i had gone to major out in front of tommy the rebel army and did the ninety four genocide wasn't limbo in the hope there wasn't when closer to the union but i'll need to reinforce a controversial leader whose success is beyond question a good time coming from the wanted tragedy fifteen. on t.w. . what secrets lie behind these memos. that find out in an immersive experience and explore fascinating world cultural heritage sites. d w world heritage three sixty get the amount. i know nothing out of the gym while i go from combat but i found nothing weapons that could be said to have been think sneak into the german culture of looking at the stereotypes aquatics put in their thinking piece of the country but i doubt i would have. needed to be paid for this drama they are doing it because it's all that they bought by my job to join me for me the gentleman from d.w. post. the city in ruins maro a. symbol of a long conflict in the philippines. between the muslims and the christian population. last finance fighters occupied the city center in two thousand and seventeen president detergents response was told. by dinner it will never again football game of. the reconquest turned into tragedy. this is not the kind of freedom that we want. how did mohammad you become a gateway to islamist terror until now the same story got under my city has the universal and exclusive report from a destroyed city. philippines in the space of just starts april eleventh. the united nations calls on 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