Is it could become a super spread event the call that night. Hello im christian would its good to have your company it was one of the worst attacks by is anonymous militants ever seen in kenya now of course in the ruby has found 2 out of 3 men guilty for their roles in the 2013 assault on the westgate Shopping Mall the judge found that the 2 defendants mohamed made a deal and as Saddam Hussein was stuff a constant with and assisted 4 gunmen from the Somali Militant Group alshabaab to carry out the attack a 3rd defended was acquitted on all charges at least 67 people died when the attackers opened fire at shoppers and then engaged in a 4 day standoff with Kenyan Security forces the government in which the gunmen were also killed but critics say the main perpetrators were able to escape. And for more on this story i am joined by this sort of journalist john allen now will whos been covering this particular story for they mean he is welcome to news africa john and just tell us a little bit more about what these men were on trial for. So that the men were part of a number of other suspects who were charged with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act assisting aiding and abetting terrorists and the commission of a terrorist act to kenya that being the westgate see september the 21st 2030 and we 67 people that at least one believed to have been killed perhaps one of the most high profile terrorist attacks in the countrys history so its one thats had a lot of International Attention and john how is this verdict being received this much anticipated verdict. Well from what we can see in terms of the legal opinion as well as just Public Opinion its being received very positively in the west gate of course left a stain on the conscience of kenya and security agencies because of the way it was handled but more importantly the it left a huge mark in terms of the lives of the people who were affected and of it in those who left who were killed on that big and westgate of course was attending point in terms of the ramping up of the war against the arch about in case number of hours it went to police and the review is no love lost between members of the public and the arch about terrorism. And john will cain yeah be able to now draw a line and of this tragedy. I dont think so of the war against the out of our still on going in so my yes especially along very long and very porous border between kenya and somalia starting way up north in mind their own glee all the way down to look coursed in cuba. There have been many many attacks and many incursions that im have to get at least. Various parts of the border right all that x. Going to new of course kenya. Military Defense Forces are part. Of the African Mission in somalia who are fighting rightly fighting the out of both had been up turned on in terms of the number facts but one of the other the war is still ongoing right john i do want to bring you back to to this specific attack in way skates because they came in government has always maintained that Security Forces killed the attackers or the gunmen who stormed the mall but theres also always been doubts about that. And i think that all springs from the fact that no one nor bodies found that could be laid might be any evidence to the terrorists who made their stand in the mall well or a number of reports that came out from the f. B. I. In 2014 added that it was the it did the attackers did make their last stand in the mall and there was no evidence that the a skate especially from the out of out would have celebrated that picture so in terms of it was a conspiracy theories that still out there and much earlier reporting and writing clued in reporting that we had been apart suggested that they might have escaped but that night also is open to yeah interpretation i see john you were talking about the fact that al shabaab remains a threat in kenya why is the government struggling to rein in these extremist groups. It is with any guerrilla conflict. It is is in the manner in which these these these attackers are able to make these atrocities as they are covered up especially in the southernmost part of the border of the only forest which allows them to come in and out in the dark various communities secondly there have been allegations that there has been some Community Support for the outs about when theres a modern cycle of border and its really just been difficult to supplement them based on the amount of support that they are gonna get. Him about 2011 on whats insightful not about the big factor and he also has quite a bit of local support for people who are greedy and join the arch of up through the ages of 1011 all right thats journalist john allen and will thank you john. On its story is in cape town way a group of activists illegally occupying a mansion in an affluent suburb of the city they say they want to draw attention to the land and housing issues and court has ordered them to vacate the premises by thursday. Krishna taking a story. This is cam space one of cape towns most beautiful and exclusive neighborhoods houses so you can easily cost several 1000000000 euros most president s why its 26 years after racial segregation and but not in the. Last month a queer activist collective booked the luxury holiday home for 3 nights and has been occupying it ever since. Its one of those waters. If you compared. To where you live before is a big difference in the difference but. I dont. See. I cant complain about that. This is the best one ever. Known used to live in cape town speak just township he was often discriminated because of his Sexual Orientation including by his parents who kicked him out of their homes. Cape town is seen as the most liberal city on the continent like news articles labeled as the capital of africa even is that not the case because there are many different cape town. Components. So. Everything makes a name for you in giving you a hint it is because. Weve been one of the 1st countries to process. The policy into the constitution that gay marriage etc you know like this this thing about you can be visible weve had pride but like with everything that comes with a caveat that even depending on which space youre depending on which class you predicted you are because of that and you kept on is that if you go thats really i mean its inexcusable. And its linked to having this is. Having done almost like nothing to reform the justices of the past the struggle for rights and Affordable Housing for the elderly beachy community is now a metaphor the courts to decide the buildings owner who lives in europe has demanded the squatters leave immediately effectively this property was larger years better for what they cause was with the reasons we do went into the property this would tend to mimic the plot that moved from. You cant go into a property i dont think that you can stay in that property and under false pretenses the lawyer says the rule of law is at risk more subsidy legal to patients could result and chaos would ensue the judge said he understands the course of the protests but does not agree with the means to be there for the protesters to leave the house by thursday or face eviction and the payment of all the good costs involved. The activists have so far refused to say whether they will leave or face the consequences they want to follow tens of thousands of muslims descended upon cynical as holy city tuba this week for the annual grand mogul pilgrimage thats a tradition in west africa that some fear could become a soup is pretty eventful call the 19 organizers are expecting 3 to 5000000 pilgrims this week despite the main ceremony on tuesday being cancelled in efforts to lower the risk of coronavirus contagion of the events of being video streamed to avoid overcrowding. They have come in their thousands despite the penn demick every year the mughal pilgrimage can attract up to 3000000 people here in the city of tuba the ones that are here have been given instructions. What do i worry we follow the guidelines which are given by the caliphate they are where mosques and queue up for prayers in an orderly manner. The mcgough pilgrimage is the 1st large scale gathering in senegal since the corona Virus Outbreak must hand and paperbacks for storing shoes are part of the measures being taken by social distancing is almost impossible. To happen that thats not it it was a lot going up there lots of people here thats why were wearing gloves and masks. Was it because we can heighten the Awareness Among people. That the disease is always here and were doing our best so it will pass. By law. The land borders in synagogues are still closed so only a few foreigners have come but still thousands are here that makes the authorities worried. That people here are going back to their home regions we feel well have more corona cases here and to book but we will have to thoroughly analyze in the next 10 days the evolution of infection in all the regions of senegal because as you know people from all over the country have come for the pilgrimage. The. Synagogue was among the 1st african countries to report covert 900 cases but so far it has been able to avoid the high death tolls the authorities here now hope that this will still be the case in the weeks following the market. And that is a 4 hour be sure to check out our as. Stories on dot com forward slash africa were also on facebook and on twitter we always interested to know what you think about the stories that we have a hail program and the stories that we should be covering see you next time about. The abuse crime fighters are back with africas most successful radio drama series continues from the olympus odes are Available Online course you can share and disco song w africas facebook and other social media platforms crime fighter to me and now the 2020 us election on to coney island only goes on one of the biggest voting blocs in this country many of them point blank. The whole trump card to stomach but there is one single issue which matters smallest abortion. Young christian voters what you see finds their position on the Election Night more solo report on g. W. Musicians and music fans are remembering the late great rocker Eddie Van Halen a man who revolutionized the guitar. Together with his band van halen he made a dozen studio albums that influenced a generation Eddie Van Halen died of cancer on tuesday he was 65. Welcome to arts and culture then helens producer said he played with the complexity that rivaled by one thing is for sure Eddie Van Halen changed rock n roll forever and just a moment well see how the music world is paying tribute 1st a look back at his career. This was the band band highlands biggest hit jump from 984. That had a distinctive style with front man David Lee Roth splash on the rock gods and eddies iconic guitar solos. They appeal to people from all age groups and his brother ben highland in the 1970s younger fans dont even know we have 11 other records sold with various we have a case of them decide which ones they want to buy. Songs not for the money because we want to go out i am all. Just some both going announce the death of his father on twitter he wrote my heart is broken and i dont think i will ever fully recover from this loss i love you so much paul. Van halen joined the band as its base supply in 2007 making it a real family business. Down highland was born in amsterdam in 1955 but the family moved to los angeles in the early 1960 s. He started life as a musician on the piano but like to switch to sam visions to the tom. Brokaw band released their 1st album in 1978 shot into the top 20 on the american billboard charts making it one of the most successful debuts of the decade. Highlands pioneering virtue or so guitar technique in the gym a place in ropes all the time alongside the likes of jimi hendrix and eric clapton. That highland was the man who not only changed guitar playing. Forever but touched deeply over the years who knew him. And were going to keep looking back at his legacy now with my colleague mike kruger mike or how is van halen being remembered well maybe as a guitar genius the right of the left hand of the devil yes of course in 2012 just pull in the popular Music Magazine voted him. The greatest get up play out all the time and see his 1st he taught himself i think maybe we have a red guitar yeah i really wrecked his guitar he set some call it frankenstein i call it my baby he may not invented the 200 tapping but the fact that it and he was the master of this i like ming fast take legal gravel and devil playing and introduced it to a mass audience and despite all of this and never want to play to read music i never like a review like no never and by the way his 1st cherries choiceful playing rock music with the drums but one day he came home and his big brother was sitting there at the drums and he said oh my god hes playing much better than i so ill take the guitar and the rest is history oh my gosh there were so very for that happened theres been a huge and really emotional outpouring were seeing coming in from other musicians what can you tell us about that its really overwhelming so many rock stars posted something we have just a few examples for that Lenny Kravitz he wrote the happen will be electric tonight and nikki sixx from the crew said you were the most out of iraq guitar and his band my David Lee Roth posted just one sentence what a long great trip its been wow now singer David Lee Roth wasnt always with the band van halen he was on again off again there is a lot of turbulence. There over the years. They were told to. Stop all the time even when he had problems even when there were problems with a Record Company even when some of the members were replaced. And especially singer David Lee Ross he left the band come back and left again. Eddie van halen worked rarely with other musicians but when he did it was spectacular and we have a really good example Michael Jackson on the song beat it we all know it he wasnt even stratus on the album and didnt appear in the media about it here is a guitar that came here is guitar. Really make the song to his song well my crew go thank you so much for coming in studio to honor the van halen. And from a giant of rock n roll now to of literal giant well it was actually supposed to be an auction of impressionist and modern art except ben christies auction house threw a giant t. Rex into the mix and big surprise it wasnt the picasso that got the highest price of that auction it was the t. Rex who sold for almost 32000000. 00 and then other dinosaur news the release of the new drastic world film has been pushed back from next year to 2022 its another big blow to movie theaters after hollywood had already postponed the release of other blockbusters including batman. And the way to James Bond Film coronavirus. Well thats enough dinosaurs for this arts and culture so how about some spies well right now the show newseum in frankfurt is all about espionage with the exhibition we never sleep. Espionage is the stuff of great films but its also a real part of our world now more than ever with surveillance cameras doctor profiling and our not so very social social media although no one calls that espionage and in the midst of all this data sharing and stealing theres a lot we never sleep at the show up museum in frankfurt features works like this one by canadian brought me brian just as a spine. When say artists are spies but in a way they are models operandi sometimes functions like those of us by sometimes they become they have to almost become spies for their Research LikeTrevor Paglen photographed the u. S. National Security Agency by night from 50 kilometers away. Just Cornelia Shaima from the former east germany mines her own biography and the files to the east german informants compiled on hand superimposing them with i want to self portraits. The exhibition gets a lot of spice to be an art form. And real spine devices like a tree trunk with a hidden camera. Can with its own secrets even an exploding wrench it does seem like something out of the film and speaking of films Hollywood Star had lamar was also an inventor who helped develop Frequency Hopping Technology now used in christian technology. Espionage both glamorous and dangerous and today the spy business is booming with countries trying to steal each others vaccine research. And sniffing out the secrets of life here in germany each week our reporter Rachel Stewart has the scoop this time shes demonstrating her strong stomach with a look at german cuisine now around 8 percent of people in germany are vegetarians but the average german eats 60 kilos of meat per year some even make meat sculptures. Yes. But its heyday back in the sixtys and seventys but the main ingredient met still popular across. Seasons with. Some. Health and safety reasons it has to be eaten on the same day as. Im just going to leave the meeting in germany is about much more than choosing between one sausage and another trip to the boat. Can be a veritable adventure. Alongside the full spectrum of fresh. There are some more intriguing. For example. Ru pauls comes late as blood sausage no prizes for guessing what the main ingredient is in. Potatoes and you know what they. Do so. Often. Suspended in a. Book. But it was. French. Kids as a treat. As liver. As meat so what exactly is it. I know but. Theres a really. Good reason its essentially fatty me go. Round up baked into a loaf shape with a lovely brown crust in most areas of germany you can only because it contains at least 5 percent liver but very Little Cheese is absolutely not enough to contain liver and certainly. Countries like australia america and argentina are way out in front when it comes to