this is c w news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes migration to big cities is outpacing urbanization in ethiopia we need the children forced to make a living on the streets of ideas. 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 carving out the garden and funeral tradition that's one of extravagance. i'm pristine one built welcome to deja news africa i'm glad you're chained in what happens when development is concentrated in the cities and excludes the rural areas in ethiopia one of the answers to that question is visible in the capital addis ababa the city has seen an influx of more than two million people in the past

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 are forced to live on the streets here's a report funny for char 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 or parents to at least a baby 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 number. 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 four girls. last year a retraction altered more than five hundred children and adults here when they have a chance to be children again. this fourteen year old girl arrived a couple of weeks ago. you know and 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 flat 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 encourage them to feel safe and protected and most of them came here have big oil passing through

different use of situations so in order to mitigate this abusive situations we learn and we believe that these stations or disprove graham's help that there is to become a normal person retracts main goal is to reunite children with their families and raise parents' awareness that child labor is illegal without much government assistance however there's very little small charities can do to provide long term support. these boys found work shining shoes play 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 for them 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 militia men 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 though when a group of catholic leaders in the country said it was no longer supporting demonstrations against his election when now the catholic church who had claimed last year's election was rigged were influential in order to maintain mass protest against the former president joseph kabila of us step down last week bringing an end to these families dynasties rule and making the first transfer of power via the

bengal since the gained independence in one thousand nine hundred sixty so where to now for the largest country in sub-saharan africa for the last i'm joined by digital correspondent wendy but she went to was in the country covering that election for us and last year she joins me now hi wendy so we've seen of course this rebel stand down and people are probably wondering wendy is this the beginning of something new for kong. 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 in from communist seppuku who was breaking in the us a 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

jessie and goes elsewhere. in the neighborhood countries so this 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 there is zero on like binny where there is problems ok and then of course another development twenty would be that the catholic church reportedly saying that it's no longer supporting demonstrations against phoenix chickadees 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 the class say say that they welcomed the news of the new president in the country and the last action of the catholic church was demands that they organize a de beginning of the week to remember the people who was dead between two thousand

and seventeen and two thousand and eighteen there was asking for guy be that to step down so this was the last action i think from today the car to the church has stayed down there as agreed but they still 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 felix 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 assure that he as

a difference way of ruling the country he want to be different from kabila let me give you an example for example at the beginning of district there was a strike at the time school deceive the public society who managed the transportation and after two days of strike it is she said kitty yesterday decided to dismissed the head of time school this is the first time we see described of situation in the congo and so he when you want to show to people that he will be different from tabula and he will have many radical measure concerning caribbean they will flee during the public administration exits rob ok wendy very quickly are people convinced by this are they thinking that this is a new moment for. i think people think that this is a new moment for the congo but we have to wait this is too early to have a big photo of what is happening on the ground maybe after one hundred days of as

president we will see some change on not even social issues security health and so we have to wait is to for the moment all right when. a correspondent 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 that sometimes nothing short of one's wildest dreams are spun and flourish went out to get an extra force. maureen is welcoming mourners to have father's funeral he was a popular trumpeter in this church he was a great trumpet. trumpet and you know one is doing it you know. he puts himself in it i mean he doesn't own star you know through

this you know decided to use the trumpet to bury the family had well known coffin carpenter done you know many beery theory has been making coffins for more than twenty years. he's coughing combination of odds 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 this was. very hard. to. person. 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 evil 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. where. if you come back. the recess people come from different parts of the world to buy his coffins. adams says she's convinced that the her family has given their father the send off he deserves by burying him with his most prized possession his trumpets.

with with his symbol of the symbol is the trumpets. families that are able to give the i loved ones a grand. well. lots of good on it like that that's why i believe that today you can catch that story and all the others on our website facebook page a piece got you thinking about the topic design your fancy then maybe you can get some ideas from the pictures you're about to seek to make about.

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