how about taking a few risks you could even take a chance on. don't expect happy ending. the church. news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes. and frustration in nigeria after the elections are called off at the last minute due to go ahead this weekend all the. correspondent in lagos. also coming up. how the new addition to its tourism industry. doing everything possible to prevent . and. looking creatures under threat from extinction.

africa skills ugandan authorities are just seize the biggest. welcome to news africa i'm glad you tuned in we start off in nigeria where millions were ready to vote today but five hours before the start of the paul electoral commission the election voters will have to wait until next weekend to choose their next leader many have expressed disappointment and the international election observers are worried. well i think there are concerns as international community as international observers as the one hand that the postponement happened so late in the process that happened just hours before the polls were to open people were

moving towards the polls at the time. and. i think it's very disruptive in that sense if they knew they couldn't do it they should have given people more of a heads up earlier and build trust in that process. now let's talk some more about this with our correspondent funny in leave us alone funny good to have you with us so this is the deal many nigerians traveled for long hours to the cities all states just a cost. only to be told it's no longer happening what's the mood like funny. right very very mixed to say so because some people take a look at this hugh laurie with irony saying this is not just by the way one of the sentences that people keep saying is something does not work in nigeria but others are actually quite angry and disappointed because they say this should not be nigeria they are disappointed because democracy this is not going to be closely day to be pinned if

a timetable cannot be kept and that there are practical reasons to why people are angry some had to postpone their wedding because the election was postponed also just came back from the nation's capital from. a lot of young people they were stranded who were there to volunteer for the national addicks royal commission but didn't have any place to say it's just days it's a very mixed mood right now ahead of what is supposed to be taking place the election on a february twenty third now. electoral commission said anything more than we already know to calm down the anger and disappointment over voters. all right apart from repeatedly saying that this is due to the just excuse of the weather to certain sensitive documents ballot papers could not be delivered to suit regions in nigeria also i've heard members of the national election national call it sorry for the electoral commission seeing some sort of a finger pointing actually two different parties that they did not deliver the kenny this on time that have to be printed on those documents that again have to be

delivered to hold over nigeria so there is a thing appointed but not only from i only see two parties also in between parties and i've met a woman a young lady a young mother and a lawyer in a house alone who says people don't expect anything from politicians anyway but rather try to be the change yourself this is how she is doing it let's have a watch. lawyer not much is bringing her message to this hair salon but she's not campaigning for herself or any politicians rather she wants nigerians to become more politically active. you are here you want to see in my area. our. corruption runs deep in nigerian politics but none a says it's not the only problem the next government will inherit. it worries me i feel that there are people who have

vested interest in how bad my dear is the do will do the best to ensure that people more aware enough to liberates themselves with the effing game that's to main drive beyond her efforts to encourage social dialogue wherever she meets people want young person comes into our wemyss enough to start asking questions she would change nigeria imagine if everybody was asking questions not us approach has an immediate impact in particular on her hairdresser victoria. encourages what i do you're doing a good job because without a very effective food if you don't go out to work the roads are empty election time for a moment it seems as if they belong to nigeria su the majority of the population for change to take hold it's up to them to hold politicians accountable that's what

nonna believes she woke up to the news that the elections have been rescheduled to saturday it's made her even more determined to cast her ballot. i'm going to vote because i want i want every government to realise that once you combine there's no automatic to care to the next now knows very that some young people might not vote out of frustration in the postponed election but the delay has. her drive to motivate others to be the change she believes that so desperately needs. now they believe house definitely not affected not as drive to vote but based on your judgement funny what is that the commission's many more will not turn up like they did last weekend or just possibly canned their numbers to vote again what's what's your judgment on that. you don't want to get into those speculations rather it's fourteen million people that we just have to vote for this

election compared to twenty fifteen so that tells you actually about that dynamic that people have pretty much bumped up to go out turn out and vote the question is yes what's going to happen next weekend now there are some financial reasons behind the fact that people may stay away from voting because most of them have to go through their location but they live where they are we just heard to vote and they may work somewhere else so that is actually very costly but also when it comes to young people depending on whom i'm been speaking to now yesterday some said they're really frustrated about the way this played out just a couple of hours before the election that is an element was made that the election is delayed and they say they really don't feel like voting other second do that frustration have a completely different reaction saying just like nonna in that report that yes now definitely more detail meant to go out and cast my ballot what will happen of course we will see if the election takes time takes place this time on

a saturday clearly many mixed reactions that funny for the w. correspondents in lagos nigeria thank you very much. next to uganda which is widely marketed to the rest of the world as the peril of africa top among its attractions are safaris with crystal clear blue skies giraffes and other african wildlife but there could be a new addition to that lest beautiful woman could play a role in attracting visitors we certainly revealed by tourism minister godfrey key wanda that infuriated women's activists accusing him of promoting a woman as a tourist attraction they want to scrap his plans for parishioners to attract kevvy woman ambassadors for uganda are in full swing. one of these ladies could soon be crowned miss covey uganda the beauty contest is strictly for plus sized queens with a vicious bodies and we're going to over two hundred we may never apply you must be

. those ladies know themselves that is the truth when i say when when you ask me what my someone do what say you going to concede that we are considering. the idea to showcase women with british ships has been fronted by uganda's tourism minister good for it you wonder after the launch of the contest the ministers say the beauty queens could help attract foreign visitors and boost tourism tourism is not a lot but i think some of our what. do we. do we are reactive i walk out. women rights groups a few areas that have gone to court to block the project for allegedly insulting women hold their. reduced women. were reduced and therefore were. one. it's

a part of all the tenet you got as mr copy has been made with anger and approval and it's a similar picture under streets for some the minister is a champion of tourism promotion for others he's objectifying women. i think it's an excellent idea because over the years there have been really promoting the slender sizes you find a dozen schools are trying to take a lot of medication to lose weight and this is new and healthy for us they are supposed to accept us and they even feel happy that that given the plus sized people an opportunity it's just like any other beauty pageant but it's only that. this one is only for the plus side we are being portrayed like create just cheap women like meat on sale then them in the international market that's a very bad and i totally disagree and is that the minister behind this idea needs a turn for here because this is an old coot he's got a wife kenny present here is

a tourist attraction enough to get around with facing the backlash the minister denies accuses sions of using women for truck travelers he has stored parliament that it's a misunderstanding my question i've. got. this in my book with want to support. that. we. got caught. with a to misunderstanding or not and despite the controversy at the end no plans to cancel the contest of the cards. now to the plight of one of my more unusual animals that pangolin all into the idea only mammals completely covered with honey skills but poaching is now threatening them with extinction

around one hundred thousand pounds lens are trafficked to china and vietnam every year for use in traditional medicine. this find is worth some eight million dollars ivory and pangolin scales the biggest hole that uganda's authorities have ever made in one container what about get up but find it on ten thirty kilograms from there now imagine how many probably were killed to trace this number of killers the goods are mainly headed for china in asia pangolin scales are believed to have the power to heal all kinds of complaints even though they're made of keratin just like human fingernails bangle and meat is sold in luxury restaurants trade in the animals is illegal. we believe that it's an international network of other people who are involved we are going to drink on an end to end our investigation. lin's are the only memos with horny scales one kilo of scales will

fetch around six hundred us dollars on the black market because the animals can be sold illegally for huge sums they hunted in many african and asian countries are the most trafficked to memorize in the world and are listed as critically endangered. that's it for d w news africa five for now. they are digital more years. for women for internet activists one mission the battle for freedom and dignity. against repression and violence they deploy the powers of social media. their messages are spreading like wildfire the social media spectacle is critical

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