these bombs releases huge amounts of greenhouse gases depleting. close up in sixty minutes on w. . take personally. with all the people in stories that make the game so special. for all true fans. more than football long line. this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes the continent this morning after an ethiopian airline crash last sunday killed all one hundred fifty seven people on board we'll tell you about some of the faces behind the numbers. answers. also coming up illegal son the mining is on the rise in kenya but what's

being done to stop it and what course. judea welcome to the program investigators have recovered the black box recorders on need to pin airlines flight that crashed on sunday shortly after takeoff or why does the bad it was on routes to nairobi in kenya people one hundred fifty seven died they included academics and aid workers doctors and diplomats and families on their way to visit relatives kenya lost the most people in the accident with that t two on board the flight among the eighteen victims from canada was an award winning academic who was born in nigeria and save the children paid tribute to one of its aid workers who. as one of nine victims from ethiopia some of the loved ones of

those victims have been gathering at the hotel in nairobi as they wait for news. these are. united in grief and prayer and searching for answers these relatives and friends of those involved in the plane crash are desperate to know how this tragic accident happened. with their well being a top concern for authorities they've been kept away from the media. the focus has been new continue to be. you know don't leave investigations which will continue making sure the will for all the friends and families affected is given utmost attention. as the hours go by more stories emerge about the victims kenyans cedric was a law student at georgetown university in the u.s. he's been heading to nairobi after the death of his fiance's mother the university

said he'd be remembered as a quote kind compassionate and gentle soul. you know it's like on mondays i have a pizza there for us to walk in and talk to him he was a great resource for us and it was amazing too because he was actually like going to school for a lot and he still made time for us to talk to us so it was a really inspiring i mean it died alongside her five year old daughter sophia she was traveling to kenya from canada to visit relatives. and peers at a sammy was a professor at carleton university in ottawa the nigerian won an award for his writing on africa he's university called him a towering figure in african post colonial scholarship many of the day it will u.n. staff traveling to an environment conference inside they observed a moment of silence for their colleagues thank you very much may god bless all of us thank you. at the crash sites the recovery effort is ongoing investigators

picking their way through the victim's belongings all that's left of so many lives lost. with me in the studio is michael kamandi from kenya thanks for joining us. so this tragedy has hit africa but most importantly kenya. did not survive or that were killed in the crash or how it came is dealing with this tragedy i mean it's absolute shock i will tell you yesterday when i received the news it's actually somebody who called me to say would you believe that my wife was meant to be on this aircraft and that's the thing about aviation industry accidents could happen to anyone and looking at the manifest and the names from kenya sister jani she was coming from convert to be new have passport that could have been anyone jonathan six who was a group c.e.o. of tamarind restaurants a chain that practically every kenyan has been out of if anyone has visited kenya they're probably being to the kind of a restaurant and twenty one joking gary who used to work at the same media house

that i worked so these that every day kenyans who have gone through one of the most terrible. disaster so it's very relatable and all kinds of feeling that it could have been any one of us exactly darkness are very reliant on this route between utopia for me to get to kenya how important is it really absolutely important in fact eighty three zero two which is what came down is one of full flights that goes to nairobi from daily so you can see the frequency and the number of people who are commuting between these two cities and it's because if you open airlines is connecting east africa to the rest of the world do you know that the staff members from the un who are going into a unit meeting internet coming in from europe so it's very strategic connecting west africa to east africa and east africa to the north and hemisphere extremely busy lots of kenyans and obviously other people from other parts of the world using that route definitely not a kenyan government has come out to say is going to take care of the families the

morning time to do what exactly is the plan well at the moment the transport minister has said that he will first the first thing that needed to happen was a. which was set up at the main international airports in kenya the telecast international airport so now families and relatives can go and find out what's happening to their loved ones a team of government officials has also been sent to kenya and hopefully will get more information as the days go by the investigations are still going on i thank you very much for your time. u.n. environmental talks of opened in kenya under the shadow of the plate crash at least twenty two u.n. staff died adding to the event which looks at ways to slash pollution ability green global economy one of the issues being discussed there is legal sound miami in kenya the process calls for long droughts dried up rivers disrupted water supplies

met on the clear out about hospice it said much of coast county where the illicit some business is taxing its population against each other. it's a walk across this god landscape which. home this used to be a river carrying drinking water for the community and then livestock in much tacos county kenya that's until sent to started illegally mining the riverbed leaving barely any scent told the water john fight to stop them but his activism has come at a high price. goes when no if somebody. might hold. up also as a human being that you may need to feel. john says send behind the illegal mining which feeds the demands of the country's rapid. people in his community believe they won't stop the destruction until there is no sand left with no regard for

those whose lives depend on access to the water is. when the sun is too hot and you come to look for water you find the levels have gone very low and this water is salty it's not good for washing clothes for drinking this water is bad and we sometimes catch diseases like typhoid. all over the country illegal sand harvesting is taking place in broad daylight the driver of this truck doesn't want to be filmed but tells us up to two hundred truckloads of sand are collected each day the illicit sand business is a lucrative one just not for the people in the communities where the sand is mind on the small group of sandy this cashes in on the sales by the people of much chuckles are divided between those who depend on the little money and from harvesting and those desperate to save the last puddles of water in the area but no

matter which side they're on both groups suffer the dangerous and by mental and human cost of the dirty sand industries underbelly. many lives have been ruined or lost due to kenya sandra this is a thirty six year old farmer who lost her husband a centavo who died at work. it happened on the seventh of march twenty fourth team before he was scooping sand to sow. as they were scooping sand and taking underground the soil above him fell down and buried him. as does as opposed to the sand harvesting which has caused an almost permanent drought in the region but she knows that many of these men who make just a few dollars a day behalf no choice. with.

the problem of their own tiny job and we have families we have needs. we human beings and we try home together. but we just don't get them different. dunn says it's a tragedy that men like matthew are being used by the cutouts and have become complicit in destroying the livelihoods of their communities he's asking politicians and police to finally stand up to those stealing much second send so that hopefully one day its rivers can recover. now africa has the powerful history and unique cultural heritage but how much more needs to be done to preserve the culture and traditions across the continent in the face of many challenges some just are doing all they can to save africa's traditions. dancers at an event in kenya with this

display of african culture the main focus is on preserving the continent's traditions at a time when it's faced with many challenges a nigerian chief in textile artist. is one of many trying to save her country's traditions by bringing back old methods for dieing patterned indigo textiles a tradition handed down from her great great grandmother. to her. snow red one. tried to prove. soden wrong. popularly called nigeria's color of love women once used the cloth to flaunt matrimonial harmony but it takes about a month to produce a piece making it too expensive for most consumers photographers angela fisher and carole beckwith are contributing their quota through their new book african

twilight documenting rapidly vanishing rituals across the continent they've traveled through forty four of africa's fifty four countries over four decades recording rights used to mark milestones such as birth death and courtship. it's really important for change to happen but when change can happen in a way that works without losing your identity you know you still could. still could you know into the twenty first century. and in new york you can do it if you want. our challenges including conflict climate change and the spread of technology are racing or transforming many such customs but all hope is not lost with the help of african cultural enthuses the documented photographs will remain in africa to be accessed by artists historians and researchers.

her. that's it for now from g.w. news africa you can catch all our stories on our website on face book page. you know with visuals showing some cultural display from the continent of africa by far not. entering the conflict zone with tim sebastian. i'll be challenging those in power asking tough questions demanding the same. as conflicts intensify i'll be meeting with kid players on the ground in the centers of. cutting through the rhetoric

holding the powerful to account for facts the conflicts. conflict zone with tim sebastian hong t.w. . coach of an african. tour linked to news. africa the world you are linked to exceptional stories and discussions from the news as easy and wow with safety deputed comes to join us on facebook. for. hello and welcome along to news from the world of arts and culture here's what we have few today. a production of nabucco directed by kremlin critic kid is sarah brown a cough while under house arrest in moscow premieres in hamburg. our

guest today is burning base painter lent out a call whose colorful mysterious images are inspired by renaissance masterpieces. and in this week's edition of one hundred german must reads we look at a mystery set in the heady days following the full of the girl in what. we began in hamburg where the opening night of the verde opera in a book oh began with its director two thousand kilometers away on the house arrest in moscow could well sort of granny cough is a harsh critic of the government so unable to travel he's relied on friends to carry out his vision for the production and his updated take on verdi's classic puts the plight of refugees in europe into the mix. a modern rendition a very classic nobuko set in the un security council teaming with six intreat and spots.