This week on world story. A former nigerian boko haram victim attends university. Of hungary and journalist in german exile. But first we take a look at Northern Ireland where an ex ira fighter is on duty as a social worker promoting peaceful coexistence in his neighborhood. John donnelly is a former a fighter from derry and his home is a small collection of treasures from the decades of war known as the trouble to. Show me a young lad the british soldier spelt back contains photos from a secret list of wanted a members. Present of michelle they are technically army. This guy usually do that. Very informal. It was an informer. And i think it was Martin Mcguinness was the former Provisional Ira leader but later shin faced Chief Negotiator for the good friday agreement twenty one years of guard. Over three decades he and the ira for british rule in Northern IrelandJohn Donnelly was the leading Political Force in derry Northern Irelands second largest city he was instrumental in kearse aiding ira operatives to lay down their. Twenty one years on the conflict seems to have been settled but for many this is merely a superficial arrangement. Donnelly says poorer areas of dairy are still waiting for the Peace Dividend to kick in. Says the patient raman ok up till now it there has been no tangible. Shuffler people can put their five dollars a look. Thats that was. Thats what happened
a good fight if you remember that a b. And c. In the rossa moment Community Center the former i. E. Fighter is a social worker helping those who are off. To punish socalled antisocial behavior radical elements impose ritual and justice in the poorer areas of dairy this is a holdover from earlier times when the ira police neighborhoods a tradition that radical Irish Republicans are carrying on today. A mother and her son this is the Community Center they want to remain anonymous the boys accused of stealing a car his threatens punishment is to be shot in the leg you know were trying tonally is trying to mediate. I talk to people at the threat. Under cause. Because we needed it. Were a girlie you write
a letter a letter of apology will hopefully avert the looming threat. Its a typical day at the rosemont Community Center an indication that for some people in Northern Ireland peace hasnt returned. Even twenty one years after the good friday agreement. Reporters without borders warns press freedom is under threat in hungary. That means many one carrion journalists are forced to go into exile. Nearly nine hundred kilometers separate berlin in budapest but for a journalist or a Dish Aries Work the two cities are worlds apart since viktor orban became Prime Minister nine years ago hungarys Media Landscape has changed radically. Her thats
when i was a child i always heard that hungry was one of the most liberal countries in what was the eastern bloc and i grew up with this idea that its depressing that specifically this democracy in hungary is slowly being deconstructed and that press freedom is being restricted. During the experience first hand how new regulations turn the broadcaster where she worked into state controlled media critical colleagues were fired she herself quit and went to germany in twenty twelve. Bagnall is from back home two hundred journalists including doris former colleague were recently laid off and here t. V. Station once critical of the hungary and government he reports that the broadcaster was taken over by a Media Foundation headed by a manager loyal to the government. As it can a lengthy perspective as there are no long term opportunities for quality journalism in hungary. Dora works at
a Nonprofit Organization in berlin with its own news portal and last is an agency that produces content focused on Eastern Europe she says you can find critical reports written in hungary and about corruption for example but they are mainly online yes good propaganda you know theres a lot of propaganda in hungary the same militaristic choice of words the same formulations the same phrases that Government Speakers use. Journalists who do not cooperate are denounced as traitors according to Reporters Without Borders animosity towards the media leads to Violence Dora fears that this could also happen in hungary. Five years ago the Boko Haram Terror Group abducted more than two hundred girls in northeastern Nigeria Today half of them are free and in rolled It University but not all parents approved. To be a muslim is in high spirits and he can laugh again something he wasnt able to do for a long time we first met a most five years ago just a few months after the Terror Group Boko Haram abducted his daughter from her school in chibok up to that but i was totally devastated then i couldnt eat for three days and i cried and cried. Why no go for a quarter of this and like i thought i had failed as a father. But actually my most important duty as a father is to protect my daughter and i failed to do that. In my. Two and a half years ago his daughter comfort was suddenly freed after the governments negotiations with boko haram. Her family is finally recovering but
a farmer is still not entirely at ease he lives into book and his daughter received a government scholarship to study at a university that a whole days journey away. Proud of her and happy that she can study again but thats one problem no one is telling us exactly what the girls are doing. More than one hundred freed girls from chip book housed at the American University in your to attend a kind of prep course Reginald Braggs the School Director shows us around for the girls Protection Filming is allowed only during the school break he says the trauma has left its mark the clock stopped you know. So were very sensitive to. Just feeling depressed. You know. You know. Liver. Leg. Back you know just. Braggs says the girls need peace and quiet and time to concentrate on their studies. Says he says only a few parents have been as critical as the most level most of the people you know are supportive but you always have people who are not you know where you go. You need to be out here in the beginning very easy to do this so dont listen to those naysayers because in the. Process stage. Degree. You say wow she did. Called his daughter comfort at least twice a week thats his only contact with her he says shed like to come back to chibok after her studies and work as a doctor on to preserve and serve her community her father can hardly wait. Thomas jefferson first came to shanghai as a student then he married today his funny online videos of being a foreigner in china and having chinese inlaws had made him an internet sensation. When thomas docks also known as often strohs to the streets of shanghai he rarely goes unnoticed. There are now. Thomas is a celebrity on the chinese internet seven Million People follow him on social media when he posts clips about his life as a foreigner in china. Says it was there shanghai action is great there are real shanghainese. There were. Thomas came to shanghai as a student in Two Thousand And Twelve he fell in love and stayed in his videos he
talks in fluent chinese about a broad range of topics food. Travel. Health. We have the. But it all started with a sketch about his sorry german mariage. Full of. Good stuff why if you pay for the guys you. Thomas and his wife julie write and produce the clips together and they can make a living from them it all started when they came across a video by a chinese internet celebrity. Sketch that she recorded a sketch about coming hung for Chinese New Year thats when people are us the same questions over and over again when youre getting married how much do you know when youre going to buy a car when youre going to buy
a flat julie then said to me you should film a clip about marrying into a chinese family as a foreigner. How do you feel. When i told my parents im dating a foreigner my father put his glass down we were having lunch and he said what did you say i said a foreigner. He shouted are you crazy whats wrong with you all these foreigners are playboys. That. Its true i didnt like him at the start hes fat he said he was poor and a student base dont talk about its embarrassing. They continued to joke about
what has now turned into a wonderful friendship for his part thomas says hes not to have found the chinese family who share his sense if you want one sketch at a time. And. Bursts. Home. As a species. The whole word significant. Yes those are big changes and most start with small steps which global ideas tell stories of creating just people and innovative projects around the world. Like to use the term limits to stop playing solutions and to be forced into. The current interactive content