Promote them to vote. What we want is for the elected president to help us get peace back. So we can go back home safely. Hello, im christie. Its good to have your company. The number off coronavirus cases in africa has surpassed 2000000. 00, including 48000. 00, deaths, africas infections and deaths make up less than 4 percent off the global total. But the World Health Organization has warned the continent is heading toward a 2nd wave of infections. Africa has not experienced covered 19 infections on the scale that experts had predicted. But the threat of a new wave has raised fears that the continent is not out of the woods. Yet. 20 countries have had coronavirus spikes in the past month. And thats for a range of reasons in most of the affected african countries, the rise in new cases is coming from workplaces and family gatherings. And of course, we know that there are several political elections coming up in a number of countries campaigns going on and gatherings as far as is conce
A new bicycle delivery savvy. But 1st lets focus on our main topic today Human Trafficking many african migrants who make the dangerous and sometimes deadly journey to europe and up to their young girls are forced into prostitution to pay off the traffic because and men end up smuggling or dealing drugs usually not willingly. I want next report examines how nigerian gangs in italy have turned their greet on their fellow citizens in a foreign land. Italian coastal town of kossovo to the crimean a popular Tourist Destination today the kremlin prime sport its controlled by the nigerian mafia every put make really ends through cracks and prostitution just because someone says if youre not. Ok i want to know it he said because. For many. Here. Where they. Do everything they want. To find the. Most of the illegal activities take place and one of my dear mafia calls connection houses there and one raid italian authorities found weapons drugs and evidence of prostitution here human beings are
Im michael okun welcome to the program at least 90 people have been arrested in hong kong in protests against the governments decision to postpone Elections Police fired pepper balls at prodemocracy campaigner protesters are angry that authorities will hold elections to the citys Legislature Next july instead of this sunday authorities have blamed the coronavirus pandemic for the delay antigovernment protesters have been held across since june last year. And correspondent phebe kong joins us now from hong kong by phone phebe hundreds of people are protesting there today against the press boning of the elections what exactly are they worried about. Yeah i have been writing that sos has all i said all afternoon in hong kong today and all this week with her protests so kind of like give me back my clothes and i want to kind of like those guys on the street so today i originally on this is just an election day one of the most important election in a city. Like this and so it acts like a st
In the grip of a flooding emergency displacement and despair. Diseases drink a pandemic. Is Climate Change to blame and how come the country respond this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. In sudan millions rely on the nile river for food for agriculture and for industry of the life blood of many has now pushed parts of the country into crisis thousands have been forced from their homes in the worst floods in a sentry many villages on the niles banks are devastated and have been abandoned across the country at least 100 people have died even in the capital help on people are trying to continue their lives while waist deep in water and now stagnant water creating a wave in this is stretching medical Services Already struggling with a pandemic morgan has more. More than half a 1000000 people have been affected by the heavy floods which sudanese Officials Say is the worst in more than a century now over the past 3 days the waters from the nile river have been receding but
River for food for agriculture and for industry of the life blood of many has now pushed boss of the country into crisis thousands have been forced from their homes in the worst floods in a sentry many villages on the niles banks are devastated and have been abandoned across the country at least 100 people have died even in the capital helpful people are trying to continue their lives while waist deep in water and now stagnant water creating a wave in this is stretching medical services by the struggling with a pandemic morgan has more. More than half a 1000000 people have been affected by the heavy floods which sudanese Officials Say is the worst in more than a century now over the past 3 days the waters from the nile river have been receding but its also revealing with many shortcomings and weaknesses in the government and its response the 1st being the drainage system in that country now people in areas affected see they can see waters from the river and from the sewage system mingl