into the. discovery. documentary. this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes. on frustration in nigeria after the elections are called off minute. this weekend about. what our correspondent in lagos. also coming up. the new addition to its tourism industry. doing everything possible to prevent.

and. looking creatures under threats from extinction. just seize the big. welcome to news africa and we start off in the millions where ready to vote the day. before the start of the pol the electoral commission the election voters will have to wait till next weekend to. have expressed disappointment international election observers are worried. well i think there are concerns as

international community as international observers is 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 the process. now let's talk some more about this with our correspondent funny flush on. i don't funny good to have you with us so this is the deal many nigerians traveled for long hours to the cities all states just to 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 the 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 and they are disappointed because democracy this is not going to be costly day could be pinned if the timetable cannot be kept and if 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 abroad and a lot of young people there were stranded who were there to volunteer for the national electoral commission but didn't have any place to say it's just days it's a very mixed mood right now and head off 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 the anger and disappointment of voters. all right apart from repeatedly saying that this is due to the just ticks through to the weather to certain sensitive documents ballot papers could not be delivered to certain regions in nigeria also i've heard members of the national election

national call it the story of the electoral commission seeing some sort of a finger pointing actually to a different parties that they did not deliver the candidates on time that have to be printed on those documents that again have to be delivered to all over now geria so there is a finger pointing 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 now this is how she is doing it let's have a watch. lawyer not what she is bringing her message to this her so on 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. it. was. corruption runs deep in

nigerian politics but snugness says it's not the only problem the next government will inherit. it worries me i feel that there are people who have interest in how bad my. do will be a bets to ensure the people are where enough to live brits themselves with the i think him that's to main drive beyond her efforts to encourage social dialogue wherever she meets people. was young person comes into our wemyss enough to start asking questions he would change nigeria imagine if everybody was asking questions not us approach has an immediate impact in particular on her hairdresser victoria. curry do you. do your very good job you can sit out there so you have to. go to if you don't go out to work the roads are empty and have to judge you're in 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 its major even more determined to cast her ballot. i'm going to vote because i want i want every government to realise that once you coming there's no automatic to kick to the next now those worried that some young people might not vote out of frustration in the postponed election but the delay hasn't damaged her drive to motivate others to be the change she believes nigeria so desperately needs . now they believe has definitely not affected man as drive to vote but based on your judgment funny what is that against the speculations that many more will not turn up like they did last weekend or to spazz weekend in their numbers to

vote again what's what's your judgment on that. don't want to get into those speculations rather it's fourteen million people that we just had to vote for this election compared to twenty fifteen so that was actually about the 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 where they live where they are you just heard to vote and they may broke somewhere else so that is actually very closely but also when it comes to young people depending on whom i'm been speaking to yesterday some said they are 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 that kanada in that report that yes now

that finitely more determined 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. correspondent in lagos nigeria thank you very much. next to uganda which is why the markets to the rest of the well that is the peril of africa among its attractions safaris with crystal clear blue skies giraffes and african wildlife but there could be a new additions about lest beautiful woman could play a role in the trucks and visits as recently revealed by tourism minister godfrey key wanda that infuriated women's activists accusing him of promoting women as a tourist attraction they want to scrap his plans but permissions to attract kevvy woman ambassadors for uganda are in full swing. one of

these ladies could soon be crowned miss cover uganda the beauty contest is strictly for plus sized queens with commissions bodies and organizers say over two hundred women of applied you must become vicious those ladies know themselves that is the truth when i say when when you ask me what my someone do what size are you going to consider we are considering. the idea to showcase women with competitions has been fronted by uganda's tourism minister good for it you wonder at the launch of the contest the ministers say the beauty queens could help attract foreign visitors and boost tourism. is not on the boat i just spoke about the want . to look though we really did i walk out. women rights groups a furious and have gone to court to block the project and for allegedly insulting women hold their. reduce who are in. the board.

and therefore read one quarter one on one. it's a part of all data and it uganda's miss cubbie has been made with anger and approval and it's a similar picture industry it's for some the minister is a champion of tourism promotion for others he's objectifying women. i think it's sun excellent idea because over the years they were been really promoting the slender sizes you find a dozen schools are trying to take lots of medication to lose weight and this is no intel three for us they are supposed to accept us and they even feel happy that that given the plus size 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 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 not good he's got a wife can he presented here is a tourist attraction enough to get around with facing the backlash the minister denies accuses sions of using women to attract travelers he has stored parliament that it's a misunderstanding my special i think. this is my book with the support. we. 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 nature's more

unusual animals the pangolin or tita they are the only mammals completely covered with honey scales but poaching is now threatening them with extinction around one hundred thousand 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 told that uganda's authorities have ever made enough one container what about get about forty three. now imagine how many probably were killed crazed 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 pangolin meat is sold in luxury restaurants trade in the animals is illegal. we believe that international network of the people who we are going to. end our investigation.

the only memos with only scales one kilo of scales will fetch around six hundred u.s. dollars on the black market because the animals can be sold illegally for huge sums they hunted in many african and asian countries where the most trafficked a memo is in the world and are listed as critically endangered. that's it for news africa. which ability. to link to news from africa. or link to exceptional stories and discussion from the news and lazy to our website d w dot com slash africa join us on facebook at g.w. for god. kickoff. how was your recap.

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