the, the best as the 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, you know, and some trying to address the hardship to laughter. nigeria and committee and basketball brings the shop tung team once

a year for the special performance of karen bell in class. the escalating fights in, in east in d, l. c. sports and people from their homes in the mineral or rich region, as un forces of spots 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 it's the most populous country. and like jerry ends up suffering the worst economic crisis in the generation. widespread, how ship is triggering and at the top 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 chiron 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 i union members, people across nigeria, largest city, 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 are essential for their daily lives. this is one place where you can easily see the economics for 2 months ago, this $5000.00 on ira, which is the privilege of about 3 us dollars without being enough to prepare it.

costs 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 much tomatoes prep her on the, on. i'm even one kilo of she can what's today the same $5000.00 now or 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. very well, monday i'll watch those who got the 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 cost. when i do the government's quote that i will will to do to help you. 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 is sonya tree 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 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 coats 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 agree? do you understand me by phone?

so when i bought the slave, what do use connected? well, we'll do that, so that will not be. so you all connected. so he's willing to accept that over time regarding advise you, right? so con, stop producing something on the net, right? so start getting value after a long day of trying to get close to that, been great to me to across people on the on the tech support for me. i've been tracking is a good one. can 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 but buy a car that's about all of our developer. no, i just read that check here and it's done with 2 money, one bike because there's early to get 690. yes,

feeling you called them was one of the main promises made by reset, the less said positive. well, 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 in decades out of africa as loud as the economy. get to this very low point as well, several times these, i mean, i mean play sun, that's gonna spike 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 supply. and this is

like real money. you know, it's one called 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 quote. 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 up telling is how do you police that? how do you guys show that it was, but hearing every time 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 r 19 i j. 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 big the us dollars shouldn't be a sofa? right. what has happened is us as my dear and 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 knew that into positive 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

a little 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 come a little bit 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 it's going to be on the night success. i doubt it. and i think it's for him to communicate with my dear 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 brightness, how spike uh why do the help of its been 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 problem. and also to drive some programs that enables the commercial banks to fund the real sector or a corporate to 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. we're already seeing people protesting against the high cost of living. what impacts cool, the aiming economy have on political stability in the country or wherever they live in, in colorado springs. um, anyone who is will of missouri uh from over at the 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 madrid i sped violent call. now can we at the home got 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 rebuild the 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 and 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 last 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 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 was may be national tragedy, but some people can still see the humorous side of things. one of them is my j and stand up comedy style bhaskar them out. he's just been hearing breland on hazy will be until during the crowd with his social political commentary on a range of topics, including this countries ongoing crisis in that countries stuff. you know that the sale a 300 in that i for one big oh you know, a 300 a small a the the to team lead that in the hospital. was it? yes, i don't know enough time. scuffles. i'll bring it out,

then this is $300.00. how do these get these back? you can be forgiven. if you think this is lagos, nigeria has 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 most 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 god's advantage. i've done, i've fallen myra. no man, now is it a why you are always want? eats 1800. yes. 19. now a basket. miles has been a stand up comedian for 25 years. he's a style in the african committee scene where he available at the 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 the can speak up because they're going to have the platform or the medium to do so. so what i do that seems that have these platforms. i want to use the positive, i want to use why is they want to use it for passive message? and that's why even though i'm doing comedy, i've traveled disposable to log in messages in the. so that's my own way of spreading knowledge awareness for us to understand what we are 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 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 uh, apart from you is a home. it is another thing that we can actually look into. i would say that he did

a very good job to simplify and all that is happening and then, you know, creates a few moments of it for us to just have fun. it feels 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 we placed his style and thought it was fine . if i was also a little afraid that it was the pigeon english, but i'm happy that it wasn't as it was hilarious. i'm so happy that i was here. so well busted miles the spine in charge of comedy in economic hardship. his funds can only hold that, didn't i do any economy discovery on top to potentially out just like african comment to the democratic republic of congo, where precedents violates the security has agreed to meet his rwandan council pots . polk academy for adults on golda, which is mediating between the 2 sites. as the aim is peace and pasting the sea

where heavy fighting between the commodities on the and m. 23 rebels is again driving displacements and regional tensions. kinshasa and novice of accused rewind child supports in the m 23 rebels. that's obligations dr. galli do nice. the aussies east is ration resources from gold and diamonds to coal time, about their on alpha is that the situation could escalate cetera. so united nations peacekeepers begun withdrawing this week, that the government says that you enforce us up and down enough to protect civilians from goods on malicious in the area that has fighting broke out close to the main city goma in the neighboring towns of suck a session and for the amount of hundreds of thousands of people headed for gama, in the hope of finding food, water and shelter. when claudine arrived with a 2 children of discount on the outskirts of goma, she failed 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 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 massage, and there was a lot of gunfire. that's when my friend got shot in the head, keith. so he, 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. the comes 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. 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 contessa, the focus is on diplomacy of to previously accusing rundle backing up 23 rebels companies. president felix do security has extended un only branch saying he's now open to meeting the ones in counterpart to gandhi has consistency denied any links to m. 23 talks between the 2 sides have failed before a civil society groups and not optimistic that diplomacy can do much to change reality. you see that it guy you see here in the comes every day there are 6 deaths for by there because of the war like is the or from and as such. but do you want the congolese people to keep dying is to look typically some die on the battlefield or some die because they have nowhere to sleep. i'm sick, you may have others are dying because they're in becomes, you know, but yep, they're 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 you'll see slippers and i'm sure

that you as type of nice 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 cvn hotter beach mondays. is greg your departure would certainly have an impact on your money. tell you on the 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. 3, meaning, one thing for claudine and have family things could get even with here. joining me now is date of use. isaac ma 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 recent upsets 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 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 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 this as a lead by president phillips. that could be as luck and commitment to 4 feet on the many problem said it's the agree done for many times a basic ticket, the book 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 i be and why the fights in the communities ami. it was the empty to 3. get the name from the face, disagreement of much it went to said 2009, and they cut it short to him for the 3. but in the city, the code and national congress for the protection of the people. however, this they've submitted for the thing that the input to 3 is that it will group the 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 domina. to, to notice picking and where the group itself form of the, the fight as was supposed to have been integrated, international police. and i'm a and the, but it's going to of the national congress of the people that give but, and for the 3 was supposed to be given posts and positions in the government. so

the 1st for the government gives us a deed, 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 sort 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 governments suppose the emphasis rate 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 right to 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 the

security says he would accept a meeting with his rwandan count of pods. polk a guy me to resolve the crisis. quote such a meeting, actually bring peace to eastern the assay, a way to be optimistic is that could be the starting point because the only say that to recent you've got to press conference and consist of but 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 that's part of the solution. 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, if this one way if this is allusion 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 and genuinely 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 affecting the stability of the d. c. and of course, the region also 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 into somebody 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 what it is like iris, what does like audience they help to import such bisk foods? really? that's the way to go. i think it does the coffee,

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. 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 a 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. 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 opened this weekend. oh jerry, to see you next time i put off the

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