Discover. The i. Subscribe to documentary on. This and is t w news africa on the program today coded 19 is fielding a rise in Sexual Violence against women in many african countries well hear from the women in whats been dubbed the shadow of the current a virus pandemic and will last why abusive men are stepping up their attacks. On. The show must go on and it literally is my staff as seen in uganda well hear how shes keeping the fans. Detained during the lockdown. Hello im Christine Wendell welcome to news africa its good to have your company in a number of countries in africa cases off men brain pain and assaults in women have increased since we walked on measures were imposed via this year experts have suggested this stress triggered by the corona virus struck downs and the resulting Economic Uncertainty is exacerbating the violence in a moment ill be talking to a woman leading efforts to rescue abused women in nigeria but 1st to kenya where the problem has been made worse by the fa
Hello im Christine Wendell welcome to the program the mayor of the holds most northern the city has been charged with criminal negligence over a Massive Oil Spill in siberia tens of thousands of tons of diesel fuel have leaks into local waterways around. Investigators say the may have failed to react quickly enough. Environmentalist are calling it the worst disaster in the region in living memory. More than 20000 tons of fuel have leaked into rivers and waterways in Russias Arctic north turning large expanses of water red. The pollution has already damaging ecosystems and Wildlife Group ability it is foolish to say or think that nothing will perish and that what happened will go away without a trace our workers saw a dead donkey today i myself saw a dead muskrat if a bird lands on fuel or if a muskrat swims in fuel it is definitively condemned to death. The spill took place after a power plant fuel tank collapsed near the city of nor its a number of plant employees have already been de
Bangladesh have been miffed devastated by the storm dozens of people are dead and the pandemic is complicating efforts to assess the damage and bring relief. And the coat of arms by david reaches a green milestone 5000000 confirmed cases and 300000 deaths were lost the World Health Organization cases also urging and when the 2nd wave is likely to come. To us beaten up and illegally deportation human rights accrues to the east in groups of physically assaulting migrants and forcing them in fact to turn. Hello im christine want to welcome to the program chinas legislators have announced that they will consider legislation that could limit. Opposition activity in hong kong a spokesperson announced that it will be discussed during the 7 day session off the annual parliamentary meeting the move comes in response to hong kongs prodemocracy demonstrations last year the full proceedings officially begin on friday. Phebe kong has been following the story for us and joins us now from taiwans cap
Im Christine Wendell welcome to the program. We begin our broad cost in brome where pope francis is set to give his yearly irby itll be Christmas Day blessing from the balcony off the st this piece has Pacifica Christians around the bold also integrating the birth of jesus thousands have come to see the pontiff this cross over to rome. All right and those are pictures from rome where pope francis is shortly going to be delivering hes opiate oby christmas message now he led a Midnight Mass at st peters basilica at the vatican hes blessing emphasized forgiveness not just for sin is but for the church itself ofter a difficult area in which sexual abuse scandals continue to rock the Catholic Church Francis Christians to keep the faith. Think forward i he does a ritual that dates back to the 1st centuries of the Catholic Church the Midnight Mass at some pages is a spiritual gathering there the pope is said to confide the word of god to the faith. Of. All of that he may god who by the incarn
Citizens to overcome differences and respect each other as equals sponsor. Hello im Christine Wendell welcome to the program. Pope francis has been giving the christmas all beatrice and his blessing to catholic faithful from st Peters Square in rome but to. Speak russian. It 90 minutes. Francis spoke about migrants and those who did what he caught and speakable forms of abuse. The pontiff also court for an end to the social unrest in venezuela and he appealed for peace in syria he. May christ bring his light to the many children suffering from war and conflicts in the middle east and in various countries of the world. See him bring comfort to the beloved Syrian People who still see no end to the hostilities that have written their country over the last decade. I think with the new. David willey is a veteran correspondent who has covered the vatican for decades he said todays address by pope francis was also an attempt to put a hopeful spin on whats been a terrible year for the Catholic