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will have died across india, most of them are cows. roger tom state is the worst effected. the disease emerged in zambia a century ago in recent fossil asia have reported cases here in india it regularly infected sheep and goes. this is the 1st time that thousands of capital have got the disease, the law, the baby family owns 15 cows, like millions of others, their livelihood depends on cattle. she says she hasn't left them out in weeks model could obligated if they fall sick, it will impact the milk. we can also fall sick in our incomes will also fall on top of that. the treatment will cost us a lot of money. officials say that testing animals regularly, the gold box vaccine is been given across india. but some districts are reporting a shortage of medicines and doctors, mid production has also reduced in some areas. i'm gonna click on the defense back
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if i'm not going to the body. farmers depend a lot of capital. use them in fields and for milk of low milk production affect the economy and the income. we want the government to promise them. pre medicines will read a checking on the cattle and the treatment is free. even here, the government is funding the treatment. ah, roger stones, government is asking for donations to help fund the treatment efficiency. they plan to vaccinate as many animals to prevent future outbreaks. pardon him? at the al jazeera jap or in west in india, a man in montenegro has shot dead 10 people, including 2 children. witnesses say the 34 year old gunman was firing randomly at people in the streets of citizen? yeah. he was killed in a gun battle with police 6. others were wounded, including an officer. local media say the gunman went on a rampage after a family to speech. the
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hello, i'm emily. anger and the headlines on al jazeera, former us president donald trump, is suspected of violating the jack. after the f. b, i phased classified documents from his florida state. earlier this week, a u. s. federal judge has unsealed the search warrant. documents seized include information on the pattern for major trump ally raj, a stone, and on print french president and menu on the crone. phelman wished his agent says the claimed and controversial author is on a ventilator after a stabbing attack, which de, whose novel, the satanic verses made him a target of death threats, suffered injuries to his neck in the abdomen as a literary event in new york state. where she has undergone surgery and the suspect has been arrested and the former u. s. national security advisor to donald trump is described an alleged plot to kill him is tantamount to war. in an exclusive interview to al jazeera john bolton
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says, the evidence is overwhelming. washington accuses and iranian revolutionary, god member of being involved in the plan. prosecutors say it was likely in retaliation for the us drone strike that killed runs late l. codes for the late at gossum, sullen money. all right, those are the headlines state you now the inside story ah, rising living costs triggered violent protests and sierra leone demonstrates as want the president to resign. how should the government respond? and could record high fuel and food prices, spokes social unrest elsewhere in the region. this is inside story.
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ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm laura kyle. com has returned to sierra leone following rather violent protests. at least 21 demonstrators and 6. police officers have been killed. the government has imposed a nation wide curfew. hundreds of people angry at the rising cost of living, rallied on wednesday in the capital free town, and in the north of the country, demonstration soon turn violence with some calling for president julius. madame bio to resign. police have been accused of using excessive force. the presence as the unrest is terrorism, instigated by sierra leonean is living abroad. the internet was caught on wednesday and thursday, and the government says it has been entering social media for information that could de stabilize the state. 0 one,
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we do not have freedom of speech and to there's no respect for us. women and our economies down down, down and the cost of living are very high because of it was suffering was suffering . i that we're supposed to have is just not there anymore. our husbands are not working, were the ones paying the rent and taken care of homes. we have $3.00 to $4.00 children to feed and even that is something we can't afford. $0.36 used to be enough to buy lunch for our children. even if we have double that now, it's no longer enough. that's exactly why we're asking the government to reduce prices on all commodities. because the high cost of living here is making us suffer too much. our way to address our correspondent is in free town with this report. on a regular day, the streets of free time will be talked with human and view killer traffic. now that property is can
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t on the streets of this once vibrant city. and this has to do with the uncertainty surrounding the situation on the ground. a lot of people don't feel safe enough to come onto the street. shops with supposed to fully reopen a lot of these traders are staying home, not opening their shops, searing things could erupt once again and cost them the loss. now the government has stepped in trying to reduce the costs of petrol, especially a petrol station. however, to make the question worse for people, the sum of the spectral centers are refusing to open and sell to members of public . that means that there will be shortages, and when shortages are there, the cost of transport issue will go up because the block market with price. now apart from that, people are complaining that they don't have enough to eat. they don't have the sources, the opportunities and the money to put food on the table for members of their pop out on their families. now this is a country will remember that has, that does not fully recover from the crisis of the past. you may want to crisis the civil war and then the challenges of the global supply chain. this is
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a country that is dependent on import even food. a lot of it has to be voted from members of the public. all people yeah. incentives. now that is coming at a very, very high prices, which the government doesn't have the money to do that. even the most richest countries in africa, i really struggling to address these challenges. now a lot of people i want to close need to see what happens in the next few days when the government will try to address these issues. but the biggest problem is the rising cost of living across federal. yes, i did research for inside story, fairly or in that had been relatively stable since the end of an 11 year civil war in 2002, you an estimate at least 70000 people were killed and more than 2600000 or half of the population displaced and one of the bloodiest conflicts in africa today, the west african nation faces different problems. it ranks near the bottom of the global hunger index, and the un human development index,
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a benchmark of prosperity. and that's been exacerbated by the war in ukraine. the african development fund recently approved a $2000000.00 grant to boost food production. world bank has revised down each moment growth projections from 6 percent to just 3.6 percent. ah, well let's bring in our guests to day and joining us via skype from a butcher in nigeria is of the way a quaker. he's a policy analyst of the consults he development, we imagined marcella, santa se, se is an executive director at the campaign for good governance in sierra leone. she joins us from nairobi and also on skype from london is can, if a, he's a development economist and live consultant to the echo us commission of i will welcome to each of you. thanks for joining us here on inside story. marcella. we could start with you. cyril unions have enjoyed many years of relatively peaceful
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living since the civil war. how surprised are you? by wednesday is violence truly and honestly surprised. it was painful and disturbing to watch the tragic free dues on social media. but i more see and i must say to the entire world, that data is not c l. u because we all love creek there to near fly again, we settlers cause true violence. we have agreed through the talk and reconciliation bit can is it, and for 20 years our demo, why to, to check followed it out of this consolidation and what came honestly to what's reconstruction. we have agreed that would speak through the ballot box last degree or why your lens, meeks, and outs by our rib testers is not c o u. and i think that is why my
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institution campaign for good of nance condemns that sort of violence in it to august. whilst we say that we believe strongly that citizens have a right to express your views and opinions about government. but because of all of our conflict passed, we are always grew more ted, non considered one means suffering to be overweight. why do you think we could see such violent confrontations between both the protesters and the police? well, if we, if we look at the arc are coming from it to a civil war between nathan into one and 2001 of the thank you, we will see that there is a lot of love reason to be very cautious when days, days and we'll see my among the, the probably because to kinda get really out of control. i verified even we will
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look at the figures coming out in just a short period of time. what about the people you know, where the q that, that is not, that is not the norm. when you look at other countries, for instance, like gun, i would, it was some point this year and i went and got lead up to the, to the election. you, you, you have to be very cautious of that. that is where to some extent, i would support the government effort to quickly step in and put the coffee, you know, put the 0 to their own in to the protest. because like i said, the fragility and the lute floor level within the lunacy, very high because of the, you know, the trauma of the, of the civil war. so from that perspective, it's why i would say, because the security forces have to step in the way they did, was it the best approach it took? i don't think so. but given, like i said, given that pass,
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air force major need to be taking all the books on the very beginning to ensure that these are, those are out of control. sure. can. what do you make of the security forces response? well, i think i would like to ship my comments made by my colleagues to the fact that in a peaceful resolution on congress, which i told you where to go. especially when you have history of civil war, you just ignite old woods and it gets things rapidly get out of control. basil alone is a very, very dynamic entrepreneurial economy and we're so proud of that country. as a member, of course, we know that they have had a fair share of conflicts on disruptions, stoplight, and disruptions. i help us out is not on the civil war to wendy through him. we're bullet from there to be 19 and now to russia, induced russia awfully to induce to shock. you sounds good. drill closer to this is universal level. what is going is bang, and i think they ought to take it back,
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was does all of her coming? african women magazines, new some have ward bags with some hope and anguish time to support them. but it should break up in the fiscal disadvantage of the way, suggested at the curfew is a good idea to let passions on both sides. calm down can do you agree with that? oh, this little a flush, no disappoint or violence. if you do, you have to have to prevent more wires. law goes off to the farmers about launch. but martha, we got a curfew in place. we know that it's very difficult to get in touch with people from the outside inside sierra leone. the have been communication blackouts, the internet's been cut as a bit of a vac. came happening right now. isn't the, do we expect the government to come forward to expect the government to address the
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nation? do we need to hear from the president right now? absolutely. and so once we are pushing for right now, is to ensure that the fact of the information flat key on the thought citizens wants to really hear from the leaders we have or in several places for dialogue with groups. young people, civil unions most understand. that's yes, the social and economic situation. well, the challenge is that we face in our country, violence is not the option. so we want to place a leaders to ensure that we take away the file and communication. and with that in with citizens in each made because says currently communication deficit. unfortunately, that's as been phone law, bye bye bye bye and information violence information especially come in from the us
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. we're using or to use and free deals of insights. i mean, i need to staff void that we are all in government to use communication. but since it, within their routes to fear and to talk to citizen, central and kitchen, communicate the plans. what is it meant as follows in the sneak of time of economic believe why? so i says that democratic it is up in the hallmark of the where we can all, it's yellow you. we have not been able to translate democracy into reality and columbia. if you don't for citizens, so government was able to judge now that the since wants to really seen, you know, to his excellence or the president. we are also encouraged that his excellency, the president b, a, find a fee, go to ross, now and speak to was they, you so really exploited. so what's happening is that whilst we do our, of our political leaders, you know, there is a polarization and intolerance of all it, cynthia williams,
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the nationalist solidify don't allow police allied cooley. it's kind of partisan country in the country and was in a be speaking to people and this was in around so i'm unique gets especially when we come in to the elections. what is in the are manifest, this should be able to give the citizens hawk instead of districts. okay. of a great, what role does the diaspora play in sierra leone? because we've had the president, julius muttered by saying that they are responsible, sterile unions. outside of the country are responsible largely for this violence which he calls acts of terrorism. he seems to suggest that there is a more sinister element to these protests that these are people outside the country trying to overthrow him. is this correct? or is this a paranoid way of approaching the session? so one of the 30th to look with that would overcome conscious that be tend to have a very complicated relationship with the day as well. because many of the people
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who are all my door in the grid from their home countries are doing so because of the one that i live to wants to know it more dissenting environment road. so when, when the memories, the have of the countries are often not very good compared to women currently are. and that usually plays into how the upgrade dynamics within the, within the country. however, if you call, if you look at the fi, goes with augusta and right now it's still not very encouraging. for instance, like i said before, you know what my mortality is. 210-0000 babies born and 37 in was performing country by his yeah. so this fee goes the actually mean something on the ground in terms of what people, when to speak to that really isn't for the friends who live at home. they would of
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course, always complain about these issues. you know that i'm speaking about. and then because this dashboard propositional tend to have the means when they're the means both so like that sense of memory that is a little bit maybe a little bit, devote some reality, both the very much related the 10 to then use the power on the voice to amplify problems or on development on boys liquid for month in the country. however, i will always, if i say that it is very irresponsible for people who are leaving the country to call for resume change of awful no, no, to bring down or that because you don't leave that anymore, you're not going to be on the front lines when to get really missing and what we're seeing to the those who are called for new put as an appraising yes, it's fine. but new influences to kind of control one have to have to be very, very close because many, 36 people died. none of them is into death were when my on those was calling for
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put this, there are very sick in your homes. so why was they political action took up a good governance and all of these issues the local context has to be very, very quick. and i think it did not ask for need to be very careful when they're making their minds on what. so the stones, metals, dep, pushing can from your position the in london. what do you, you see the roll, the dice, but bang in these particular process? well, i think it does not a time for to really blame so acquisitions. i think the government has to open or come to get on channels. i'm be a lot more inclusive because it asked for a can be a strategy cassette. i can tell you this. we have to build bridges with them. we have to, you know, have that put our commission that reaches out to them have balance for the investment bond, have more creative and in the genetic relationship not been more mutually so that they can be much more helpful. because in this day of social media,
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if they choose miss chief, the plate and to, to the extreme and not know what we want, we want to get them as to who does him do now to do it in the economy. and they can't do it. but a significant role. well, i know, for example, in that just some years ago to bring it into $6000000000.00 to the economy by the meters under local. sucks it early as i brought there. who should be minded to think in the same way and come to what, what positive. but it all depends on how government reaches out. and then you have to have, what's the policy on the engagement, even to the point, or we cannot to elect a random all that allowed them to all cancel measures to reach out this our people . and they could contribute more to the development and peace and prosperity of the nation. and as i said, they haven't had entrepreneurial populations because i did the what is the framework for privacy development in west africa instructed younger. and i knew that even at the point that was developing the policy there took it,
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we are running, we are still implementing them, is still alone with them before the policy is ready. they wanted to run into bulletin m. s a nice and start house, cheryl, it is when i hit the spend in what the end of the deed, opening channels and digital funding channels where it can't be there, lot of challenges, but they need cooperation. m, them her jump in that because says a country that's got a lot to a governance, got a very dynamic population. why is it facing such a di, economic situation? it's very important i mentioned earlier runny so by how we will mobilize a is less interesting to the economic to agenda tree of our country. so the youth villages or the youth as their the population as increased over 80 percent of our population, like young people, we need to look at what's the need on employment is how do we translate the
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aspirations into reality tv? and that is exactly what we want to see as he called true. we need to address the youth factor because the situation is that they are readily available the sus, for violence. and so government must make that a priority so that the young people would understand that their up brooke was seen place innovative with because the why it is now connected, it would interest you that they would not have money, what they will house to for food. while the last money i did and listen to what you no longer want to have money to buy dates and listen to insights, made so government them off and show that they you factor becomes a priority and design programs for them to get programs that i had some and want them to see why not society can purchase over living costs,
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such as these. when people have got very little left to lose, they tend to have a habit of gaining momentum and spreading. what is your concern that they might spread across the region out of sierra leone to other countries in west africa? well, the country was over your home. don't challenge this is security by far the greatest challenge fishing the original. and i know that's a problem to say, modular africa. well we had the, the, our spring, we are going to have doctor in with us because the different ball game. but then the security is far more pervasive in the region that m that want to pop off the social of people that i expect. but having said that, all government have to walk really hard truck up to get to, to stop the situation that generated. and i think this is just the tip of the iceberg and of a gray. your response to the challenges that see i me,
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i'm taking is facing we had marcella saying that the you need to be engaged, that they are critical resource. and they also need to be prevented from being tempted towards violence. what do you think the government needs to do? create jobs because it is unemployment that can't prevent it. da, da, da, demographic boone from becoming demographic do. and many african countries. i find you as the whole. will we 2400000000 people by 2050, 2050 is less than 30 years away. right. so if we do not find a way to ensure that these new in the cities is coming up, we'll get job even currency. this will get jobs, you know, access to a quote, new progression. then it's going to be very difficult to keep the secret switch on even stable, not they're not talk of the making it better. and right now,
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if you look out there lose economic stroke or like minim african countries, it is a commodity exporter that in a, b, b, b, the highest on the hardwood aluminum old. why one location of jobs is because we've remained or many consider remain as commodity export out. i'm not going to buy your addition because if, for instance, if you want to add your value to libby would 1st until furniture to export, or even a processor jelena on all of those, of course are going to create an entire volume undervalued and is going to require a lot of her mom partner to approve. so the, the issue of just piece, building a dialogue and didn't want to, to use that is just the primary or the very need use earth. if people people are pacified to the by engagement on, you know, took,
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stood on the promises of better better lives. i'm you do not deliver that in english in not so distant future. they're going to take to the streets as you're not pick up, arms on my be worse and worse, and at least jumping on that because it's a very difficult global climate to create jobs. do you think this particular government is able to do that? please should be able to look at colon, initiate the medically just talk about how do we do fly. you addition, syria, eunice, if say we flats, i run for innovation and creativity and we must look in wants to see that youth are 48 and to make sure that interest meant that maybe and fill out the quote. for example, you know, the youth on employment is critical consent and the economic realities this, this on a daily basis. well, you know, we should be sure to not allow a blind eye to that. and so if may look in wards and look at home,
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who initiates this mixture of investment in what we have in countries and to make sure the seller deal and the answer able to be glad to wants, you know, a psychological, a lot, mental change to feed ourselves ok for the last time we got left can do you, are you optimistic that this president, this current government in sierra leone can weather and manage this crisis? if you look at the syllabus and essentially a grid, an economy, you go to competent, the g d p is about 50 percent to 60 percent. unfortunately, the industry 5 is only about 4 percent on the sunset, dr to percent actually to reverse a lot of bridge across west africa. issue be 50 percent for industry, $54.00, then $24.00 agriculture and in about $20.00 for 111 industry. so my colleague is right, we have to focus on barbie. but let me go to something. there are some countries within the region. the market is poor. the money in
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a home of the commercial from us going to have a 5 meter from us access. no collect or a direction, so get more use into agriculture would look like and then addition. and that will really bridge all id like to end on an optimistic note, so we will leave it there. thank you very much indeed for joining us all our guests today, all the way a great group. marcella sanders has a and can and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website this out. is there a dot com and have other discussion to go to our facebook page at facebook dot com forward slash ha inside story. it wasn't during the conversation on twitter. we are at a j inside story from me, nora kyle and the whole team here. bye for now. ah
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from the ruins of mosul, music as re emerged. these are some of 40 musicians who make up the water orchestra in iraq, 2nd largest city, despite being bound been muscle was occupied by i so the melodies arrived. 3rd, been christian curd, arab sunni, than she has. these young men and women represent the diversity of iraq to be able to hear music. i mean the ruins of muscles also the feel strange, but it brings home the resilience of residents who say that despite the destruction and lack of help, that have been committed to bringing the city back to life. we are
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a generation of care people. but very ambitious, very united, very puts it and i'm very good, but you might be comfortable, right? you know, what's known for long, you will soon filled the sim, his, we feel every day from cuba, hong kong, then uganda, 3 women grapple with the impact of the frontline activists fear future children on a j 0. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world . so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. why? hello, i'm emily anglin, in doha. these are the top stories on al jazeera, the former us president donald trump is suspected of violating the s.

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