ration and everything in between. this is a video and audio production 5 d w. i hope that you will tune in the state of the news africa coming up on the program africa's largest economy. nigeria is facing its whereas the comics crisis in a generation. the thousands take to the streets across the country at the inflation skyrockets. the cost of living has become unbearable. as many nigerians that struggle to make ends meet. 301 and some 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 valence class, the escalating fights in, in eastern d. c. this falls in people from their homes in the mid roll rich region. as un forces of styles withdrawing. we look at whether new tops come to bring peace the i am eddie micah julia and you are welcome to the program. nigeria is africa as largest economy and it's the most populous country. and like jerry and that suffering, the west economic crisis in that generation. widespread, how ship is triggering, i'm go a bit tough economic medicine prescribed by precedent. black tindle, he only took off his last me and among his fast that's where the scrubbing of the popular bath, expensive fuel subsidy, and allowing the car and see the myra to float about it promptly sunk hits and on

all time low against the us dollar. oh, that's translating into high cost of living for ordinary citizens. headline inflation has 30 percent in generally, 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 nigeria largest cities, took to the streets, demanding the politicians, change cost to reduce the suffering. most people in 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 economic crush. who wants to go this $5009.00 route, which is the privilege of about 3 us dollars without being enough to prepare?

if parts of $90.00 rounds to you for my, for many of $32.00, it's for a whole week. now i would have been able to get this march tomatoes, pep here on the, on, on even one kilo of she can. but today, the same $5000.00, their con, only gets me this much on about half a kilo of chicken, which would be a know for just 2 days a foot where people was feel free. no, good morning. yeah. we have a lot of money on those who got bought. what is happening now is too hard. if i could speak directly to the president, i would have 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 for that it's not only for the stuff

that has 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. on this, on the 3 parts. we might use this every month used to cost $200.00 on 15 arrow now is $750.00. this price hike is particularly effective and middle class was suddenly found themselves good. things like clothes and shoes have become a luxury acacia, or luckily is a freshman design now whose company has been heat hard by the costs of the dalai for imported materials. he says people often cons, afford, he's ready to wear boots anymore. and today he's struggling to stay afloat. almost everybody here. almost be this one of the import. oh yeah. so you don't mind . what did i did? what did i do?

you understand me by phone. so when i bought the slave, what do you connect? the dots that do not be so you all think it's reasonable, will you accept the break out evades? right. so can stop producing something on the merits. so stop getting value after a long day of trying to get close to that, been great to hold on for the prizes we do across people on the on the pick before we're down to me. i've been tracking is a good one. i see them both. so i see because i check 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 but buy a car decides to go to buy whatever. but no, i just read that check here, understand that was 2 more than one bike because there's early

to get 690. yes, feeling you called them was one of the main promises made by we send the 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 profit, cool 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 and decades out of africa as largest economy. get to this very little point. as well as the 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 he's thought i'd touch in on the key issues. i mean, he's touched on this uh, a customer on spies to, to the, for the 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 vitale just how do you police that? how do you guys so that it was but hearing every said they really deep bull 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 estimated challenges as the or 90 night day. and you know, because the cost of living as we saying is, is very high and policing 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 as it is because the us dollars shouldn't be a sofa, right. what us hop on the bus as nigerians make money in myra, the rest of the market, black markets under 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 pillows, etc. now, how to 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 doubt it. and i think it's for him to communicate with nigeria 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 footprint is how spike uh, what happens. it's the insecurity in the country farm us couldn't go to the farms, you know, so we don't have food. what 2nd would be to that, to solve that is to solve the security problems and also to drive some print runs by the nipples, the commercial banks to fund the real sector, or inquiry through 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 hassling, you know,

to put it in the very typical and i there in time for people to understand, well, what are you seeing people protesting against the high cost of living? what impacts cool the ailing economy have on political stability in the country? so when i already live in, in colorado springs, um, anyone who is full of missouri uh, from over at daycare, the good news that we've got filed in conflict, a little bit of country, you know, used to be in the northeast, the book around now it spread across the country that is most pits in metro at a sped violent call. now can we add the hong 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 so i think the government has is to rebuild 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 up. but i think the government has all the tools to

rebuild the confidence to explain to and i do as i continue to explain. and i do as you know what it's going to address the problems. 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 less situations. and what happened was we had a government that continues to cons, communicates with the people and build trust. i believe that if this government is given the opportunity to set to about if they're able to come up with policies, that seems 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 puddle set me mean to 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 my day and stand up comedy style basket mount. he's just been here in breland on hays. he will be in total during the crowd with his social political commentary on a range of topics including is countries ongoing crisis in that countries stuff. you know that the sales, big 300 and that i for one big oh you know 300 a small a the team lead that a give me a hospital. was it? yes, i don't enough time. scuffles. 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 babylon cinema. so i'm 7500 kilometers away. when i drew and stand up, comedian baskets mount best named brian up, which is on the 5th top of you have been told i'm going to travel for christmas christmas event because you guys are happy having took advantage of done that following, there are no net right now is it a why you always want each $1800.00? yes. 19. now a baskets. miles has been a stand up comedian for 25 years. he's a style in the african committee scene where he's able to live fields halls while often talking about difficult subjects in a digestible way. there's

a lot of people out there because a lot of people out the very 90 my own country that can be heard. so they have to the pain, but it can be called 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 the pass and 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 for us to understand what we're dealing with. and if you have a friend who read it, 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 does, why he's here and the thing. so we have a huge black community. and apart from you is a form. 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 fun. if you'd like home. then for the most part we and i do is african, it's actually read see us together in a place at the same time. but today, you know, a lot of us came out to see him too. so with necessarily, and thought it was fun. if i was also a little afraid that it was the pigeon english, but i am happy that it wasn't and i, it was hilarious. i'm so heavy that i was. yeah. so well, boss, skip miles the spine in charge of comedy in economic hardship. his funds can only hold that than i do any economy discovery on top to potentially out just like african committed to the democratic republic of congo, where precedents violates the security has agreed to meet has rwandan, council pops polk academy for adults on gold, which is mediating between the 2 sites as the aim is peace and eastern,

the sea where heavy fighting between the commodities on the and m. 23 rebels is again driving displacement onregional. tensions can shasta and novice of accused. rewind child supports in the m 23 rebels allegations dr. galli do nice, the seas east as ration resources from gold and diamonds to cold time. but there are no fee is that the situation could escalate favor to ask united nations peacekeepers begun withdrawing this week. the government says that you enforce us up and down 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 for the amount of hundreds of thousands of people headed for go my 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 fell to leave, 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 the 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 of her loved ones. i saw them killed my friend. we were on our way to massage, and there was a lot of gunfire. that's when my friend got shot in the head. keith. so he says 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 round inland, becomes further east of buckling under the pressure and the advance of exploding. fearful that it's only a matter of time before the conflict catches up with her. even though 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 contessa,

the focus is on diplomacy of to previously accusing. rundle backing up tend to see rebels comedies, president felix do security has extended an only branch saying he's now open to meeting the runs and 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. we end. so you see that a guy you see here in the comes every day. there are 6 deaths for either because of the war like is the or famine such, but do you want the congolese people to keep dying? is to really critical would be some die in the battlefield or some die because they have nowhere to sleep. i think you may, others are dying because they're in the come, you know, but yet they're flipping therapy because they're afraid of me to ask you to that it . but here to it's the same thing. the most base you'll see slippers and i'm sure

the us typing ation mission. one new school admits that the d. c. 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 this cause of protection of cvm at the heart of its mondays. it's greg, your departure would certainly have an impact on you might need tell you on the variations, especially in internal boxes. for those into come, 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 deed of use, isaac with gabby, who has been closely following developments in the d. c for years otherwise it thanks for joining us. fighting in the d. l. c has been going on for years about what's driving the reasons i've said in the conflict as well. i think the number of

factors that have led to the recent upside and fighting is going to come go. but the point of the main one is that the luck of commitment from the government in case just to deliver much needed services. close of the tip of is to come go, they feed, they've been, i mean, isolated, they've been lifted out the needs and of being outside, effectively by the government. in the case as a and also on this side of those fighting. the government itself, 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 promises. it's the agree done for many times a basic security 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 people, but at the same time, we're getting a text from the government. and again, we come to the front,

the now the many plans coming into the conflict from regional regional countries and in a locks. 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 i be and why are the fights in the communities ami as well? the answer to 3 get the name from the fatal disagreement of much. it went to said 2009, and they cut it short and for the 3. but initially they'll coded national congress for the protection of the people. however, this data submitted posting that the impact of it is that it will 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 it says corporate government attorney can never to speaking and or 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 to of the national congress of the people that give but, and for that city, what's 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 with the many countries on outside of in the u. n. and it's report i said so of course allegations. so acquisitions that the government and rhonda has always denied, but whether or not the government supposed to enter the city, it shouldn't be the point because the empathy itself says it's fighting for its own existence. just like the existence of its people. just like many countries into wide so far, survival, we need to fight for what the rates the belongs to us, where we belong to. and of course, even run to the highest interest in sales and support them so that they're not kicked out of the territory to come in to run that. because rather since then, of course, the school is talking about addressing the root cause and the presidents for let's

just look at. he says he would accept a meeting with his rwandan count of pods. polk a guy me to resolve the crisis called such a meeting. actually bring peace to eastern, the assay, the way it could be up to mistake is that could be the starting point. because he only said that teresa and you've got to press conference inconsistent, but all alone has been saying he would never talk, took a government even if they made any 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 the solution that to run to has to meet with the run to us to sit down with google on or neighboring countries, including uganda, 3, my vote if this one way, if this is a lucian, not on it to see to do with the input deputy, but also to the ripple groups. who of rick trouble in the country? what brought so much? mm. is there a dip of google, who i really have no plans really to live down to?

um, do i do? minimum, he has to keep on fighting. so i think it would be a starting point for the tool really does to sit together and genuinely address the issues affecting to come. right, because we're talking about of a fight thing that has been going on for decades, right. he has 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 much you wouldn't elephant slight 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 in zambia and all the countries that they, they're bothering with. and by the way, the price is of going to include it 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. but it is like irish but does like audience, they help to import such bisk foods. really, that's the way to go. i think it does the coffee because 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. that's the big problem with the every time the holmes is just you and i to watch and see whether indeed because you provided the combo right. date of use, i think with abby, thank you very much for your insights. thank you. good. and that's it for now from all 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's open to this weekend. oh jerry, i'll see you. next time i put off the,

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