of the design and research in the i c d w the best as the of the news africa coming up on the program, africa's largest economy nigeria is facing. it's where the come on a crisis in a generation, the thousands take to the streets across the country, inflation skyrockets. the cost of living has become unbearable as many nigerians that struggle to make ends meet morning and summer trying to address the hardship to laughter. nigeria and committee and basketball brings as shop tung team once

a year for the special performance karen bell in class, the escalating fights in, in east in d, l. c. as for some people from their homes in the mineral or rich region, as un forces of stops withdrawing, we look at whether new tops come to bring peace. the i am eddie michael junior and you are welcome to the program. nigeria is africa's largest economy and its most populous country, and my geri ends are suffering the west economic prizes in the generation widespread, how ship is triggering and other tough economic medicine prescribed by precedent, black tingle, he only took off his last me and among his fast that's where the scrubbing of the popular bath, expensive fuel subsidy and calling the chiron see the myra to float about its

promptly signed in on all time low against the us dollar. oh thats translating into high cost of living for ordinary citizens. headline inflation had 30 percent in january as the highest in nearly 3 decades for the inflation is even worse. but the minimum wage hasn't changed for the last 5 years. the economic pain is triggering days of protests and nationwide strikes by government employees. and now the union members, people across my day as largest cities still to the streets, demanding the politicians change cost to reduce the suffering most to be fully nigeria come to open markets like this one to buy food and other are essential for their daily lives. this is one place where you can easily see the economics for 2 months ago, this $5009.00 route, which is the pre balance of about 3 us dollars. would that be enough to prepare?

if parts of $90.00 rounds to you for my so many of $32.00, it's for a whole week. now i would have been able to get this march tomatoes, prep her on the, on. i'm even one kilo of she can. but today, the same $5000.00 arrow con only gets me this much on about half a kilo of ticket, which would be enough for just 2 days a foot. it was all free. no, good morning. very well monday. i'll watch those who get the what is happening now is too hard. if i could speak directly to the president, i wouldn't back him to have mercy on us. things are too hard. wood on the valid part. when i do, the government calls that i will will to do to be able to it's not only for the

stuff that have become very expensive, the costs of all die. so shells have also shuttled this role of tissues used to cost $400.00 an hour. now it's $700.00. this is our new tre pods. we may use this every month used to cost $215.00 arrow now is $750.00. this price hike is particularly effective and middle class was suddenly found themselves clear. things like clothes and shoes have become a luxury acacia or luckily is a freshman design. a horse company has been, he's hard by the cost of the dalai for imported materials. he says people often kinds of ford. he's ready to, we're quotes anymore. and today he's struggling since the i flipped almost everybody here. almost be this one of the import. oh yeah. so you don't mind. what did they already did? what did i do?

you understand me by phone. so when i bought it, so what do you connect? the dots that do not be so you all can i get sweets when will you accept the break or if they do right? so can stop producing something on the merits sales by giving anybody after a long day of trying to get close to that being great to me, don't trust people on the on the pick, the boss without the table for me. i've been tracking is a good one. i see them both. so i see because i checked from a very long distance on each tele. no, not the same 3 months ago, 4 months ago they found the walking very short this time. so most times i decided to put my curb side to go to buy or whatever, but no, i just read that check. understand that we're still on the one page because

there's already $69.00, jo. yes, feeling you called them was one of the main premises made by recently elected president. while i meant to do both less than one yet after he's taking office. things a point in the opposite direction. from on this, let's bring in, patrick will people. he's a policy analyst and social interpret that based in a boot. jot nigeria. hello, patrick, welcome to the program. the cost of living and nigeria is unbearable for many inflation is the highest in decades, out of africa as largest economy. get to this very low point. as well, several challenges. i mean obviously son does goodness by globally on inflation, but as inflation dropped off across the globe, it did not drop off in nigeria. and that's the reasons for that. one is just the money supply into the economy. you know, in the last year we had about the 76 percent spike and money supplied. and this is

like real money. you know, it's what we call ways and means, you know, the way to the central bank printing money to support the government in running its program. so lots of money. and since if you are goods and that's what price would be inflation. wow, yeah. the money in charge president would like to move from east to address economic challenges after winning elections. why is his economic policy not making people's lives better? i think just thought i'd touch him on the key issues. i mean, he's touched on this. a cuss transpired to, to the paul big challenge here would be, how do you design the program to ensure that it's the right people who get, you know, he's trying to deal with the issues around fx, a foreign exchange. and you know, so it ended telling just how do you police that? how do you guys show that it works, but here and there is a really deep bowl and the, you know, it's going to be a bit of

a challenge to love those goals. but i think he's already started on the, on the right foot. i mean, is probably easy for you to say you in a suit and tie, you know, maybe not facing estimating challenges as the r 19 i, j. and you know, because the cost of living has to be saying is, is very high in placing is on record levels the night arise, losing its value more people are using the us dollar due to its stability box. isn't that the recipe for disaster or it is because the us dollars shouldn't be a sofa. right? what has happened? the bus has made students make money in myra. they're us to the market, black markets and they by dollars. so that's put a lot of pressure on the dollar, big quantum of dollars. we need that in the past. trade internationally is you don't have to click that now because, you know, people are storing the dollar and on the page on the pillows, etc. now, how well like to maybe deal with that is to bring back the level confidence and

they kind of, you know, and when people trust that he's coming up with the right policies and programs, then they would trust that they're coming to be robust. and the dollar will cease to be as thorough body, but you don't want to exchange that fees that he's doing. that's right. yes. is it gonna, is gonna be under the nice success i dialed it and i think it's for him to communicate with major and that it's going to take you to a time, for instance, big, big challenge with having is putting space on right. um the foot price of spike, what happens? it's the insecurity in the country. farmers couldn't go to the farms, you know, so we don't have food. what's it going to do to that to solve that is to solve the security problems and also to drive some print runs that enables the commercial banks to fund the real sector, or encourage of the central bank to continue with its development programs. okay, i mean, if i can, i agree with you on anything, is a fact that people don't feel that he's doing enough to address the, the current issues because people are hospitalized and you know, to put it in

a very typical and i there in time for people to understand we're already seeing people protesting against the high cost of living. what impacts cool the ailing economy have on political stability in the country? so wherever the living and precarious things, um, anyone who is full of nigeria from over at daycare, the good news that we've got finally comes to be delivered by the country, you know, used to be in the northeast, the book around now it spread across the country that is most pits in madrid i sped violent call. now can we add the home, the riots that we're beginning to see in states across nigeria with the real challenge that we have with the and security? that's a recipe for disaster. now the big telling the government is to review and confidence . you know, there's a massive trust deficits. there are some people who go smoke smoking the fact that they lost the election to name. uh,

but i think the government has all the tools to rebuild the confidence to explain tonight doesn't continue to explain. and i do and you know what, it's going to address the problem. right. um, how optimistic are you that sooner than later, things will turn around. we've been here. ok, so we've kind of been here before. uh in 1999. we went and see me last situations and what happened was we had a government that continued to cons, communicate with the people and build trust. i believe that if this government is given the opportunity to assess without, if they're able to come up with policies that seems at to people who are knowledgeable, that it's rigorous and evidence based. it will when that comes through this on the you, me steps already, but i think it's all processing into the office. yeah. i expect that those be steps will that will see less of them and i don't think that would see more confidence in the ad building with the people. okay. i guess only time well tell pantry or

people policy analyst and social interpret. now. thank you very much for your time . thank you. thank you very much. is now nigeria. economic goals may be national tragedy, but some people can still see the humorous side of things. one of them is nigerian stand up comedy style baskets mount. he's just being here and brilliant on hazy, with gentle during the crowd with his social political commentary on a range of topics, including this country's ongoing crisis in that countries stuff. you know that the sale a 300 in that i for one big oh you know a video 100, a small egg the the team lead that a give me a hosp to was this? yes. i know enough time. scuffles. i'll bring it out. then this is 300.

how do these get these by? you can be forgiven. if you think this is lagos nigeria as commercial, a copy to it is billings popular and cinema. so i'm 7500 kilometers away. when i drew and stand up, comedian baskets mount best, named bryce up, which is on the 5th top of you have been told i'm going to travel for christmas christmas events because that you guys are happy having to get an advantage of done the following night. right. now is it a why you'd always want? it's $1800.00? yes. 19. now a basket mouse has been a stand up comedian for 25 years. he's a style in the african committee scene where he regularly feels hall's while often talking about difficult subjects. in a digestible way, there's

a lot of people out there, they've got a lot of people out there making my own country that can be heard. so they have to the pain, but they can speak up because they don't have the platform or the medium to do so. so what i do that seems that have these platforms. i want to use it for you to be able to use wise. they want to use it for, to pass that message. and that's why i even do i'm doing comedy of travelers as possible to plug in messages in the. so that's my own way of spreading knowledge awareness and for us to understand what we're dealing with. and if you have a friend who really, that's how you all know that as i've come, pop culture continues to spread worldwide african comedies or format that still has room for growth. it is but to also open in. so like, uh, just looking into a place is best ways here and uh, things, uh, we have a huge black community and uh, apart from music. for me it is another thing that we can actually look into. i would say that he did

a very good job to signify and all that is happening and then, you know, creates a few miles of it for us to just have phone. if he was like home, then for those spots um we do is african. it's actually read see us together in a place at the same time, but to day and a lot of us came out to to see him to so with less asylum, thought it was fun as i was also a little afraid that it was the pigeon. english, but i am happy that it wasn't as it was hilarious. i'm so heavy that i was. yeah. so well busted miles the spine in charge of comedy in economic hardship. his funds can only hold that denied you any economy discovery on top to potentially out. just like african committed to the democratic republic of congo, where precedents palace to security has agreed to meet has rwandan counts of pots. polk academy for adults and gold, which is mediating between the 2 sites. as the aim is, peace and eastern biase,

where heavy fighting between the commodities on the and m. 23 rebels is again driving displacements. onregional tensions can shasta and novice of accused. rewind dogs supporting the m 23 rebels. that's obligations dr. galli do nice. the aussies east is ration resources from gold and diamonds to cold time, but there are no fee is that the situation could escalate further as the united nations peacekeepers begun withdrawing this week. the government says that you and forces have been done enough to protect civilians from groups on malicious in the area that it has fighting broke out close to the main city goma in the neighboring towns of the 2nd session. and through mano hundreds of thousands of people headed for gamma in the hope of finding food, water and shelter. when claudine arrived, it had 2 children at the discount on the outskirts of goma. she felt relief, but only briefly. she's one of the newest,

internally displaced persons here. the un estimates of the fighting has driven 800000 people to seek refuge in this city alone. and despite claudine being a fresh face that's come, the 20 year old is not a new tool. she was born into the conflict and it continues to rob her, her loved ones. i saw them killed my friend. we were on our way to my saucy, and there was a lot of gunfire. that's when my friend got shot in the head. can you tell the claudine is running from the m $23.00 rebels whose resurgence in recent years has fueled violence and too many tavian crises in the area with the ripples gaining more and more ground inland becomes further east of buckling under the pressure and the advance mix towed in fearful that it's only a matter of time before the conflict catches up with me. no, i'm scared. when i hear that m 23 is getting closer. i feel that things are not ok

in my body. in the capital cont, shesta, the focus is on diplomacy of to previously accusing rundle backing up tend to see rebels. kimberly's president felix just security has extended an only branch saying he's now open to meeting the runtime counterpart to gandhi has consistently denied any links to m. 23 talks between the 2 sides have failed before a civil society. it's a not optimistic that diplomacy can do much to change the end. you see that it guy, you see here in the come, every day there are 6 deaths for either because of the war like is the or famine as such. but do you want the congolese people to keep dying is really critical. would be sometime in the bottle field or some guy because they have nowhere to sleep. i'm sick, you may have others are dying because they're in becomes, you know, but yes, there flame therapy because they're afraid of me to ask you to that it. but here to think it's the same thing. the most base us citizen,

i'm sure that you in studies ation, mission, one who school admits that the dsp crisis is one of the most neglected in the world . the mission will leave the country by the end of the year and leaving most security questions open for the school. is it for picture it up? cvn hotter? beach mondays is greg your departure would certainly have an impact on you. many tell you on a variations, essentially internal boxes for those in the camp. the biggest challenge is a clear way out of the conflict either through diplomacy or military action. the empty tray rebels seem determined to take over more time between meaning. one thing for claudine and have family things could get even with here. joining me now is date of use isaac mil gabby, who has been closely following developments in the d. c. 4. yes. otherwise, a thanks for joining us. fighting in the d. l. c. i've been going on for years about what's driving the recent upsets in the conflict as well. i think the number

of factors that have led to the recent upside been fighting in eastern congo, but to point out the main one is that the lack of commitment from the government and conscious sir, to deliver much needed services close of the people is to come go, they feed, they've been, i mean, isolated, they've been lift out the needs and of being outside effectively by the government in the cases. and also on this side of those fighting the government. it's if like the m for the 3, they see the image of jesus a live by president phillips. that could be as luck and commitment to 4 feet on the many problem said it's the agreed done for many times a basic ticket, the bug tracking or not even a, implementing them like the grid. and so the left to defend themselves amid attacks from the government. so they say, look, this is one person wants us to talk or to impress based. but at the same time, we're getting a text from the government. and again,

we come to the front that now the many plans coming into the conflict from regional regional countries and, you know, looks yeah we'll, we'll get some more of that in a bit. uh, but you mentioned that the m 23, which is a name we keep hearing who are the and why the fights in the communities ami or what is the answer to. so we get the name from the faith disagreement of march 23rd, 2009, and they cut it short and for the 3. but in the city, the code, the national congress for the protection of the people. however, this day submitted posting that the impact of 3 is that of a group separated by run that which is a sort of the drunk. it's a group that is fighting for the interest of come goal is to say, is corporate government authority to notice picking and are with the group itself. former the, the fight as was supposed to have been integrated, international police. and i mean, under what it's going of the national congress of the people that give but, and for that city, was supposed to be given posts and positions in the government. so the 1st for the

government case as a did implement this agreement, that's a lot of countries that the me, that a m 23 is being funded by one that you're saying that's not correct. or what are you saying? we in many countries i'm actually different the you and, and it's reports i said, so of course legation so acquisitions that the government and rhonda has always denied. but whether or not the governments suppose the emphasis really shouldn't be the point because the impact of itself says it's fighting for its own existence. just like the existence of its people. just like many countries into wives. if also available, we need to fight for what the right to the belongs to us, where we belong to. and of course, even run the highest interest in sales and support them so that they're not kicked out of that territory to come in to run that because rather since then, of course, the school is talking about addressing the root cause,

the president's for the certificate. he says he would accept a meeting with his rewan done counterparts. polk, a guy me to resolve the crisis, cause such a meeting, actually bring peace to eastern, the assay, the way to build a mistake is that could be the starting point because he only said that to resend, you've got to post office indicates just that. but all alone has been saying he would never talk, took a government even if they meant and you have it is a real good thing that so i think now your thing is under so much pressure. that's pretty much saying, hey, you have to meet with the run, the idea that that's part of this illusion that to run to has to meet with the run to us, to sit down to google and already been in countries including uganda, 3, my pope pissed one way if this is allusion, i'm not trying to say to do with the input deputy, but also did the ripple groups who of rick trouble in the country. what brought so much misery? tip of google, who i really have no plans really to live don't to do. i do many,

many as they keep on fighting. so i think it would be a starting point for the to the does to sit together genuine, to address the issues affecting to come. right, because we're talking about of a fight thing that has been going on for decades, right. here's what i want to find out briefly from you before you go. how is the ongoing fighting aspect and the stability of the d. c. and of course, the region as a whole. i don't my city wouldn't. elephant slights is the growth of that so far as we're seeing, an influx of google is, you know, going across the internet. but in countries rhonda, you've gotten the ortho sauce into somebody and all the countries that they, they're bothering with. and by the way, the price is of quantity is included for the price is of so it also, it makes, it is like, is that so you can imagine it tone that was relating or the instant come, go to deliver food, go what it is like irish what does like audience they have to import such bisk foods? really? that's the way to go. i think it does the corporate does. the fighting has affected

all countries in many, many ways, especially the references the ordinary people have to run for their life every day . every night, without top for retaining. and that's the big question. indeed. that's the big problem with the ever returned the homes is just you and i to watch and see whether indeed because you provided the combo. right. did i use? i think would that be thank you very much for your insights. frontier id and that's it for now. some of our stories go to dw dot com slash africa, or visit us social media platforms. will leave you with these pictures of africa's largest mosque that open this weekend. oh jerry, to see you. next time i put off the,

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