you know we're interactive documentary. the world. and returns home on dot com. take it personally. with a little bit wonderful people and make the games so special. for all true for. more than football online. this is the news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes. mozambique has killed more than one hundred people but things get worse for the region as a tropical cyclone is on its way. from a drop in crime to thinking of the microphone the former criminal in nigeria choosing

a new music wrapping up a life and living that as you know. you're welcome to the show now nearly a million people have been affected after a severe floods in parts of malawi and mozambique every rain started in the middle of last week and south in malawi and central and northern was on the at least seven hundred forty thousand people have felt the impact in malawi while one hundred forty one thousand people have been affected in mozambique and it's expected to get worse a tropical cyclone the die is approaching and is due to make landfall in mozambique on thursday authorities there. for help. meanwhile malawi is also at the risk of flooding the cyclon set to bring heavy winds over the

coming days both countries are flown to various weather into effect seen more than two hundred people were killed by flooding in. joining me now is allison shagari freelance journalist who is currently in the flood affected areas in south in malawi hello thanks for joining us what is the situation like on the ground as we speak as we speak now the situation on the ground is not over that proved a little provision sure fifty seven people up to sixty two have so far die. ivan three. thousand of people are being evacuated the number of people each happy hour. very very groups of countries for sure but maybe from tomorrow it could be some rain coming. now what's happening on the grounds

now i mean there's still people being pulled to safety what something key you can tell us now. through the park mean over time management are deployed. to get parts. treated. for being deployed to one of the more crucial areas in. the district where people who are white. women and children so the situation the ground is like the government. trying to rescue people who have been affected and are. talking about the government how well equipped really is it to handle this. the twenty three kids because the government has been spending a lot of money already on organizing things telling people to move up front before

the flood came by and the usual government like that of malawi hasn't got enough money but it is sorely the same so it is dependent on the challenge of organizations like mine then he says only come in fifty. five. now finally before you go i mean maureen's i expected so code get where as i like you said many hmong being found dead so what is being done to prevent that. escalating the situation. at the moment. government has literally provided some camps in all the districts we have people are being evacuated and are being given equal treatment and of course or some other one for. otherwise there is much that can be done of them or moved people can be saved

anywhere else for your information some people are coming as far as mozambique crossing into malawi because the flood also affected part of mozambique and saw the numbers like this in and i'm sure this will give them a lot of government tough time to find money to help these people who are being affected by the floods out of st feed on the stand on this thank you very much for the time. as we've had earlier regions of mozambique have also been hit by flooding the government has declared a red unless due to the tropical cyclone he die a spec to reach that country soon let's talk about where michael chiles from international federation of red cross and red crescent societies who is coordinating their response thank you very much michael for joining as that what exactly are you doing to help the people in mozambique so if you have you rightly said you know we're expecting a tropical storm to heat and it's going to hit

a few provinces on base yes we'll find out provence is especially and we have our volunteers on the ground as you know the red cross is well and good based organization and in mozambique we have thousands of volunteers who are preparing who are one in the community members who are trying to look at them to higher ground and ensuring that you know they safety within the communities fate of this cycle is not as brief as it should be. so a cycle is coming everyone hispanic gang what exactly can be done to survive a cycle. well what exactly can be done is exactly early warnings that we need to want one the community members we need to ensure that you know they can move to safer ground going to cycle incomes we need to ensure that there is proper shelter for them and we also need to ensure that yes there will be diverse station and we have the red cross we're already preparing so we're pre-positioning our stocks and which is non-food items blanket shelter really preposition in that's closer to the

site so that once the cycle hits the floods the effects of the flood gates at least way bill to bring relief to the people that are needed to bring relief to the communities in terms of health education instance or safe water in terms of hygiene and the red cross as i said you know where we're at the ground really preparing the community members to be able to respond so there was a flood and we understand the needs to sustain six to six people have died from with that cyclists coming is going to be an even bigger impact what's the west case scenario or how big is this going to head well the the worst case scenario we're not sure off but we are prepared in terms of really engaging at the community level yes unfortunately sixty six people died but we're hoping that at least with the relief we're bringin with the coach called initial mechanisms that

are on the ground together with governments together with other humanitarian actors we as the humanitarian community can really come and support you know the people that will need us the most ok all the best michael michael charles from international federation of red cross and red crescent societies thanks for your time thank you very much. to another tragedy now in the northwest of the continent in nigeria three story building collapsed in the commercial capital leaders local media and rescue officials see many children were trapped in the rubble this footage shows one of the children who was pulled free the top floor of the building house the private elementary school with about one hundred students. now for decades the oil rich niger delta in southern nigeria in the heart spared of violence went viral and it's under groups fighting for a share of the region's natural wealth in cities like why are we in delta state oil

theft contributed to rum punch criminality on the number of environmental problems one man who got caught up in crime is thirty one year old at riga he was jailed for robbery oil theft and dealing drugs but i still have used funny explains he's now embarked on a new path but the successful musician. he has been filling concert halls and jump to stardom in nigeria every guy with his biggest hit so far. being the most. every guy began playing music a decade ago here in warren. this city brings the. softness the. worry is a city in delta state in the troubled self nigeria rich in oil known for what comes

with it robbery large scale theft and drugs all we're part of life as an adult he spent time in jail his childhood he spent on the streets this was his neighborhood so north. but i'm not supposed to be called doing with. food these down and pick them like now he has returned as a pretty. crime is often the only resort for a youth grappling with chronic unemployment many get into e-mail scams to make money musical form. the thing we do know. form. but life took a turn once out of jail he met people who supported his music he's proud of what he has achieved. and they were all at once it was for my people was to give up people

voice against whatever is basically the struggles that every war reboil everyone's adults even go to every day of their life what they can see and reagan made it but for the majority here the daily struggle continues in warri this is not just a place for fisherman but a particular highly doubtful people involved in oil bunkering who feel that the government is not sharing oil profits evenly. and there are other consequences to nigeria's oil industry the pollution that comes with the production that that is fisherman and women bear the brunt of the environmental damage. there are down there because of all the oil there isn't much fish in the water anymore. every girl also sings about their plight and he sings his songs in pidgin english too back to tell the story of the people in his neighborhood these people deserve to be heard in a country that's seldom innocence. that's it for now from africa you

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