this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes germany joins a number of european countries are planning to return. from africa but is a continent ready to see that speaking to the towns and activist. also coming up the search for survivors is over now those affected. after a deadly building collapse in niger. six people dead from flops the storm is far from over. brace themselves for the effects of tropical cyclone who died after a major event was on the. welcome

to the show it's always great to have you with us now how should germany deal with stallings from former colonies the german states along with federal college are minutes just reached an initial agreement on the issue it's just german museums to examine the elections from the colonial era the goal is to return and human remains so the countries of origin in doing so germany institute responsibility for its colonial past the agreement could put more pressure on baluns new humbled forum which will feature seventy five thousand african objects when it opens later this year it comes at a time when attitudes to new across you will gradually shifting. europe's ethnological museum collections are full of objects that were plundered from africa simply taken or gained through underhand me. other items were bought or bartered by

european explorers some eighty percent of africa's historical art is thought to be in europe including some of the most iconic museum pieces. should it be given back . yes a lot of it works taken without consent that's the conclusion of a groundbreaking study of europe's colonial era acquisitions the proposals put forward by french art historian benedict savoie and the senegalese scholar fell in sour could have far reaching consequences for. their report was commissioned by french president emmanuel mark home he's pledged to begin repatriating stolen artworks to africa within five years. we really hope that mccalls announcements and our report won't just be empty words but will have real consequences. it doesn't

only apply to france but to many european countries. they are also invited to look at their colonial past and above all about their present relations with africa which are still shaped by colonialism in my eyes this is absolutely fundamental. the report could also have repercussions for germany berlin's both a museum is currently showing highlights of the german capital collection of african art. soon the works are set to move to the newly rebuilt berlin city palace or humboldt forum. but here too there is growing public debate over the exhibits the head of the foundation that runs berlin's museums believes more research is needed to ascertain which objects were obtained illegally. it's you do we just want to wash our hands of it or do we want to develop a new kind of co-operation. he has called for new international guidelines for the rest of two. and of artifacts. one thing seems clear action is needed the

question is whether france's initiative will prompt europe to now begin to redress some of the injustices of the past. with me in the studio you know our costume go to founding member of the ns you ballin post-colonial focusing on the reports ration of human remains looted in colonize countries thanks for joining us so germany was written. especially human remains what does this mean to you for me it is very important and not just want to jim one wants to turn them back we have the one who demanded they have back. and sisters who fought against the jim one of colonialism and to deal with taken as a prisoner on us head and their heads were chopped of their own mother was

a new waves had to take this kid out of the boy so that they could be brought here in german for the race for such as very important to have this for sure and i know you talked a lot about the importance but if i was to push one how important really is this to the people in africa. the second just to give it as an example it is like a catholic church. with the. and do you find. it is our church and the other is the heads which are here and we believe because we haven't finished the barrio according to our each other until additions dead everything we've got wrong. now is that as easy as just seeing give them back as we had in the report some people believe more

research needs to be done to determine where exactly they came from so it can be sent to the right place what are your thoughts on what i think. anyway now it is right this province of his is research is to be done so that we can inform the communities back home because you find in this you might have missed they belong to various communities like for instance in tanzania we have over one hundred twenty communities so when that reality we know exactly where these appreciate that but anyway they have been always talking that way for more than one hundred years and now even they did you say they are going to finish it just only in two years ok so they believe that that's a billion dollar question i guess but that on the other hand do nothing countries are demanding that countries ready to receive these items you think our countries

are ready to receive these. i tense just only we have to know how many of the how big the but just seed i don't see that is appropriate because when they took them there where vetter with. no we can't keep them there with how are we going to keep them it is our business and it's not their business it is ours ok to decide how are we going to keep them and very much when you are caught room borel founding member of the n.-g. o. bell in post-colonial focusing on the reports ration of human remains looted including nice countries thanks for your time. now nigeria imagine see where. efforts to rescue people in lagos after at least ten people. building collapsed the top floor of the multi-story building healthy private elementary school more of people many of them children have been rescued from the rubble but it's unclear how

many of the rescued well survives the. reports on the sides of the collapse. not much is left from that was a three story building up until it collapsed yesterday morning things left behind by children and the visual remains of this tragedy the rescue operation has come to a halt because rescue teams are saying they do not expect to find more people below this debris they are saying they have meticulously called through the entire area and they will not find more people they say what you can see here behind me is actually a cleanup operation but that has also come to a stop right now because they are residents of this building what trying to gather their personal belongings from this house that was not just the school building but also residential building people are angry because they say this could have been prevented if maintenance had been carried out properly when id is thirty two now left we don't anything she says she lives in the adjacent building that is also

affected by the collapse. i'm ugly because that does not in i can move in here from inside. previous to do. and she sporting two buildings that will collapse too she says that was this wood in the game is no suv that was this love is given sun before dissolves. according to state authorities to building was cleared for demolition and the state governor says that a school inside the building was not permitted so what went wrong. he had shown signs of stress previously but unfortunately the signs of stress had been ignored because they'd been ignored the building collapse so it was something that was. for people who believe that this is their means of livelihood and the money that they will make out of it they will just feel like there's no point in trying to do something. also tells us that even if regulators see it they are notoriously understaffed it does not want to talk about corruption in front of the camera angry

residents do there goes to plant. the. event because they are giving them bribes real fast that does react they just see it. did nobody punctual audience booed him agency. yes you can judge it. is a growing city properties of both quickly or are rented for a quick source of income it is still unclear home many children died in a collapse just like so many before for people here is just another result of callousness. moving into mozambique people across the border in malawi bracing for the effects of the storm severe flooding back over the past eight days as already killing at least fifty six people and left nearly one hundred thousand displaced. who have been left homeless

see more help is needed. and the familiar is trying to salvage what she can from the remains of her weakened by the floodwaters it fell down in front of her eyes. when i was out there we were lucky to have got out with only minor injuries many other people were killed and some were badly injured many more have not been seen since the floods came we had crocodiles have eaten some people i lost all my belongings along it was all as old as i will. people like in the fact have no choice but to come to evacuation centers like this one it shelter in its most basic form there are no real barracks here only floor space and food is in short supply. even when i got into bed under a bit of since we arrived here at the camp only received maize flour and beans most

of which i'm shared among ourselves in the house. but the supplies are not enough i still need more and. more not one has an animal call. and this is why days of heavy rain caused the rivers share a malawi south to burst its banks people living off the fertile land surrounding it saw their homes and livelihoods washed away in an instant but in an area prone to flooding some think more could have been done. in the general situation as a been ready to think looking at the magnets are doable disaster that the district with blocked roads complicating the aid efforts people back at the evacuation center have to make do with what they have and wait for more help to arrive. that's it for now from d.w. news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and these will page

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