a canal were also most has cultural heritage stay in motion with alec tricity claimant, friends. a fuse or even fossil fuels are, will be and motionless, and museums the best as the the news african coming up on the program, africa's largest economy nigeria, the spacing its worst, the comics crisis in the 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 those and some trying to address the hardship through 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, l. c. this falls in people from their homes in the mid roll rich region. as un forces expands, 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 ends that suffering, the west economic crisis in that generation. widespread, how ship is triggering. i'm go a bit tough economic medicine prescribed by president black tinnell. he only took off his last me and among his fast that's where the scrubbing of the popular bath, expensive fuel subsidy, and allow on the car and see the myra to float about it promptly sunk. it's an all

time low against the us dollar. oh, that's translating into high cost of living for ordinary citizens. headline inflation had 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 my day as largest cities still 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 essentials for their daily lives. this is one place where you can easily see the economics crush. who wants to go this 5009 route, which is the privilege of about 3 you as so as without being enough to prepare if

parts of 90 rounds to you for my so many of 32, it's for a whole week. now i would have been able to get this march tomatoes, prep her on the, on, i need 112 of she can. but today, the same $5000.00 now or con, only gets me this much on about half a kilo of chicken, which would be enough for just 2 days. a foot with people was all free. no, good. good morning. yeah. we have a lot of money to all 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. this certainly 3 pods. we may use this every month used to cost $200.00 on 15 arrow now is $750.00. this price hike east particularly effect to the middle class was suddenly found themselves clear. things like clothes and shoes have become a luxury acacia, or luckily is a fashion designer whose company has been heat hard by the cost of the dalai for imported materials. he says people of some kinds of force 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 know, what did i did? what did i do?

you understand me by phone. so when i bought a slave, what do use quite a bit, what we'll do it out that do a lot the. so in reality, when it gets reasonable, will you accept the comm regarding you, right? so can stop producing something on the merits. so stop getting value after a long day of trying to get close to that being great to all the prizes we do across 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 say 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 to set to go to buy or whatever, but no, i just read that check. understand that we're still on the bike because

there's already 69, jo. yes, feeling you called them was one of the main promises 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 entrepreneur 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 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've 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 a customer on spies 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. 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 the bull and the

you know, it's going to be a bit of a challenge to log 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 or 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, ended 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

that 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. i have a needs for these based on right. um the foot brightness, how 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 be 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 they live in colorado springs, 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 most easy book around now it spread across the country that is most pits in madrid i sped violent call. now can we add the honda 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 do smoke smoking, the fact that they lost the election to name up. but i think the government has all

the tools to rebuild confidence to explain tonight doesn't 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 to 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 set to about if they're able to come up with policies that seem to people who are knowledgeable, that it's rigorous, it's evidence based. it will when the confidence that you miss that so ready. but i think it's all part of settling into the office. yeah. i expect that those new steps would that was the less of them. and i also think that would see more confidence in the ad building with the people. okay. i guess only time well tell

pantries or people policy on, on this then social interpret now. thank you very much for your time. thank you. thank you very much. now nigeria, economic was, 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 300 a small egg. the the team lead that in the hospital. was it? yes i know 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 popular and cinema. so i'm 7500 kilometers away. when, as you're in, stand up, comedian box gets mount best named brian 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 gather advantage of done. i fall in my right now right now, is it a one year? always want it's $1800.00. yes. 19. now a. she's always 50 baskets. my husband is stand up comedian for 25 years. he's a style in the african committee scene where he's able to live field halls 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 the big 90 my own country that can be heard. so they have to the pain, but they 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, 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 does 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, thing. so 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, so those spots um 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, to see him to 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 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 piece and is thing the where

heavy fighting between the companies on the and m. 23 rebels is again driving displacement. onregional tensions contessa and novice of accused. rewind, child supports in the m 23 rebels. that's allegations that the galley denies the aussies east as 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 peacekeeping has 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 is as fighting broke out close to the main city goma in the neighboring towns of the 2nd session, but 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 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. to despise claudine being afresh. base that's come. the 20 year old is not 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 this is claudine is running from the m 23 rebels who's resurgence in recent years has fueled violence and humanitarian 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 her. you know, 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 kinshasa, 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 rundown counterpart to gandhi has consistently denied any links to m. 23 talks between the 2 sides have failed before a civil society, it's not optimistic that diplomacy can do much to change reality. is that a guy see here in the comes every day there are 6 deaths for either because of the war or 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 become, you know, but yet they're fleeing therapy because they're afraid of me to ask you to about it . but here to think, well, it's the same thing. the most base us citizen,

i'm sure that you ins typing is ation mission. one new school admits 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. it picks it up. cvn hotter, beach mondays. is greg new. all departure would certainly have an impact on you. many tell you on a variations, especially 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 tabby. treat meaning one thing for claudine and have family things could get even with here. joining me now is deed of use isaac meal, gabby, who has been closely following developments in the d. c for years otherwise a thanks for joining us. fighting in the d. l. c. has been going on for years about what's driving the reset,

as i've said 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 in case just to deliver much needed services. close of the tip of income. good, they feed to have been, i mean isolated, have been left out the needs and of being a side effectively by the government and the case as a and also on this side of those fighting the governments of like the m for the 3. they see the image of jesus a live by president felix that could be as luck and commitment to 4 feet on the many promises. it's the agree done for many times a basic to get 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've got to the fact that now the many plans coming into the conflict from regional regional countries and you know, blocks. 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 the fights in the communities ami as well. the answer to so we get the name from the fatal 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 drunk. it's a group that is fighting for the interest of come goal is to it says, corporate government authority can narrow to speaking. and where 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, the gift. but the impact authority 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 did many countries on actually from the u. n. 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 very, it 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 that, but it has interesting st. support them so that they're not kicked out of the territory to come in to run that because rather since then, of course there's been,

i school is talking about addressing the root cause. the president's for the security says he would accept a meeting with his rewan done counterparts. polk, a guy me to resolve the crisis called such a meeting, actually bring peace to eastern the assay, a way to be optimistic is that could be the starting point. because he only said that to resend, you've got to post office indicates just about all the loop has been saying, he would never talk to a government even if they meet any have it is a really good thing that so i think now your thing is under so much pressure that pretty much saying, hey, you have to meet with the run, the idea that is part of this illusion, it'd be the to run to has to meet with the run does to sit down with google on or neighboring countries, including uganda, to really my post it pissed for the way it was the solution, not on it to see to do with the input deputy, but also get the ripple groups who of rick trouble in the country. what brought so much misery? the group of google, who i really have no plans really to live down to arms. 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, genuinely, to address the issues affecting to come. right, because we're talking about if 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 sea. and of course, the region also 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 in zambia 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 coffee because the fighting has affected

all countries. in many, many ways, especially the refrigerator, 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 every time the holmes is just you and i to watch and see whether indeed because you provided the combo. right. did i use? i think with abby, thank you very much for your insights. thank you. good. and that's it for now from all by star is go to data view 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, i will see you. next time i put off the

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