doris green the moment arrives to. join the ranks on her journey back to freedom the truth in our interactive documentary. tour on the return returns home on the w. dot com during a times. already. this is c w news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes migration to big cities is outpacing urbanization in ethiopia we made the children forced to make a living on the streets of i.d.'s. and just days into a new presidency hundreds of rebels lay down their weapons is it a new door in the democratic republic of congo. then a fishing sandal will take you to the people causing out the gun and funeral tradition that's one of extravagance.

and pristine window welcome to news africa i'm glad you did what happens when development is concentrated in the cities and excludes the rural areas in the if you know pia one of the anstice to that question is visible in the capital addis ababa the city has seen an influx of more than two million people in the pos twenty years and the meaning its size has almost doubled but infrastructure like housing and schools and the number of jobs on offer have not grown according to the result children many of them a fulsome live on the streets here's a report my twenty funniest compiled. the youngest children are not even six years old this boy is begging for anything just to survive he sniffing glue it beats the pain of hunger

a common sight in the capital's main square. they try to escape poverty in the countryside or problems within their families but very often these children are somebody's parents to be able hoping they may find a job and become a source of income ever being here on their own young and vulnerable they face new difficulties the last official survey put their numbers in the capital at twelve thousand but that was almost a decade ago many n.g.o.s believe today's figures are much higher one of them retrack provides temporary housing for street children this place is just for girls . last year a retraction more than five hundred children and adults here and they have a chance to be children again. this fourteen year old girl arrived a couple of weeks ago. you know and i'm in my family promised i'd be able to go to

school but instead i had to work. she says she was twelve when she ended up as a domestic helper working fifteen hours a day and subjected to abuse after two years she fled such stories are all too common according to a minute to dare say a social worker she helps these children cope with their trauma we increase them to feel safe and protected and most of them came here having oil passing through different use of situations so in order to mitigate this abusive situations we learn and we believe that these stations are it is for graham's help that their good is to become a normal person retracts main goal is to reunite children with their families and race parents awareness that child labor is illegal without much government assistance however there is very little small charities can do to provide long term support. these boys found work shining shoes their goal to earn their own

living. i'd like to quit this work as a shoe shine or go to school and live a better life but it's not easy to get out of the situation so this is my life for now that one day i want something better that's my dream. as a mother night falls in this rapidly growing city no one knows how many thousands of children will be sleeping in this streets one of the challenges facing the government is to get a fresh count. the democratic republic of congo is one week into a new presidency and already there are some interesting developments three more rebel leaders have dramatically surrendered in a nod to the country's change of leadership this comes days off to six hundred militiamen in the cus i reach and lay down their weapons and vall to end their uprising against the government in kinshasa province is a stronghold of the country's recently sworn in president felix she's

a kitty there was more good news from him for him rather when a group of catholic leaders in the country said it was no longer supporting demonstrations against his election win now the catholic church who had claimed last year's election was rigged were influential in ordination a mass protest against the former president joseph of us stepped down last week bringing an end to these families dynasties rule and making the first transfer of power via the bengal book since the d'arcy gained independence in one nine hundred sixty so where to now for the largest country in sub-saharan africa i'm joined by d.w. correspondent when she went to was in the country covering that election for us last year she joins me now hi wendy so we've seen of course this ribble stand down and people are probably wondering wendy is this the beginning of something new for. yes hi christina i think everything that has happened since philip she said katie was

integrators the new president of the country many good sign actually because as you previously say there is this six hundred militia and from coming out step two who was writing in because say we have to remember that this party of the country was really exposed to violence and led many people left the country we are talking about tells in the people who left from the jersey and goes elsewhere. in their neighborhood countries so this is a good sign but we still have to remember that there is other parties of the country like benny where there is still many challenges of security so we have to wait for the months coming but the response zone like been you where there is problems ok and then of course another development when they would be that the catholic church reportedly saying that it's no longer supporting demonstrations against these when what happened there what's changed. i think the

catholic church don't want to be do one who will burn the country they have agreed of what happened and we also we have also seen doubt some priest in that that say say that they welcome the news of the new president in the country and the last action of the catholic church was demands that they organize a debate going in of the week it to remember the people who was date between two thousand and seventeen and two thousand and eighteen they was asking for to step down so this was the last action i think from today to talk to the church has stepped down there as agreed but they still be like the one who will be the keepers of the democracy that will be there to remember and to to remember and to ask to fix the security and to be very sure of what he's doing especially at the security and social level wendy a lot of people are skilled

a so skeptical about. they think that he's a businessman i mean just watching the two of them at the inauguration a lot of commentators were what quick to to talk about the public display of affection between the two men you know to what extent is felix just a kitty in the hands of a bid or not what's the sentiment. i think sincerely she said katie was elected the new president he wants to show that he as a difference where of ruling the country he want to be different from tabula let me give you an example for example at the beginning of dissuade there was a strike at the time school deceive the public society who managed the transportation and after two days of strike finished she said kitty yesterday decided to dismissed the head of time school this is the first time we see this kind of situation in the congo and so he really want to show to people that he will be different from tabula and he will have many radical measure can stand in

corruption to willfully doing the public administration exits wrong ok wendy very quickly are people convinced by this are they thinking that this is a new moment for congo. i think people seeing that this is a new moment for the congo but we have to wait this is too early to have a big photo. on the ground maybe after one hundred days of as president we will see some change all not even social issues security health and so we have to wait is to for the moment when. correspondents for us there thank you thank you ok they say when you die you take nothing with you but that's not necessarily the case and gonna where people believe the dad should get the best possible sandal that often includes a custom made coffin at some times nothing short of one's wildest dreams as fun and flourish went on extra force. maureen is welcoming

mourners to our father's funeral he was a popular trumpeter in this church he was a great trumpet that he was a legend. trumpet and you know one is during the twenty's you know. he put himself in it i mean he doesn't own star you know through this you know decided to use the trumpet to bury him the family had well known coffin carpenter done you know many beery period has been making coffins for more than twenty years . he's coffins combination of aat and functionality. he has created thousands in different forms the design of the coffee represents the lifestyle the car the job the pricing was right.

in the. bank on. this property to bury. the cost of an elaborate coffin depends on the complexity of the design this one could cost up to seven thousand five hundred c.d.'s that's about one thousand five hundred u.s. dollars fifty five times the monthly minimum wage or geary says he sometimes makes up to five coffins in a month even though the funeral industry is booming there are still only a few people in ghana who do this work it takes many years to learn and piri says these days fewer people are coming to learn because young people want something that can bring in money this. way. if you come back. we're.

going to remain. he says people come from different parts of the walt to buy his coffins. says she's convinced that the how far many has given the father the send off he deserves by burying him with his most prized possession he's strong bets. on a suit and. a nice if not that's all beef on it with with his symbol for the symbol is the trumpets i'm sure you feel great to fill up the. families that are able to give their loved ones a grand burial at sea dart. like to go down in a microphone that's why i believe that today you can catch that story at all the others on our website facebook pages last days but you're thinking about what often

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