this is deja vu news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes the tropical storm that has batted southeastern africa cyc lodi has destroyed ninety percent of the mozambicans port city of beirut and the government says as many as one thousand people could be doing it the relief operation has begun will be talking to those involved. and then the museum on a mission to deep colonize african ought to put some of the pieces on display have you been to be returned to their european ernest school here from the curators at the museum of black civilization. i'm christine window well come to the news africa i'm glad you're today and we begin in south east africa where the death toll is rising off to a tropical storm tore into the region packing flash floods and ferocious winds

officially more than two hundred people are confirmed dead between malawi mozambique and zimbabwe but mozambique's government is now warning that the death toll could be more than one thousand in mozambique alone psyco need die made landfall in mozambique on thursday if they moved westward into zimbabwe which brought torrential rain across the eastern and southern parts of the country money money districts in money and was the hardest hit. i also pounded on neighboring malawi forcing people day to three flooded areas now in mozambique a picture of the extent of the destruction is starting to emerge and it's devastating the red cross says ninety percent of the port city of berra has been destroyed. they were a city almost completely flattened by the cyclon some pipe hundred thousand people call the port city home and with communications down and roads count the numbers of

dead or injured here a still unclear as the cycling swept across mozambican into zimbabwe terrain to rain flash floods and winds of up to one hundred seventy kilometers per hour left a trail of destruction areas have been cut off leaving people without roofs over their heads clean water and electricity. in neighboring malawi the rain spoiled the waters in a region already hit by flooding. now people are even more reliant on ain't. no one but my house and many other homes have been destroyed and my land and my kitchen utensils and my food everything's gone in the floods of the night. we've nowhere to go we can relocate as we are covered by and surrounded by water. here food is arriving elsewhere in the cycling he region high winds and dense clowns are still hampering rescue and aid efforts leaving communities to fend for themselves

and prepare to bury their dead. africa's privileged needy is on the ground for us in many a province in was and b.k. sent us this report their effects of cyclon are most likely going to be felt for a long time i am here in the money cup province in mausam beaker or a bridge has been washed away most of the villagers now say they're going to field this for a long time because surprise i've been cut off there won't be having any supplies from across the river and there are pilling for things like for jane even showed up because some of the orms have been washed away by these rains. all right the world food program is among the agencies helping with the relief if it's a fake hit by site to need to buy a car in my name from the deputy p joins me now from the mozambican capital hi car

and welcome to these happy news africa what is the situation in beirut as you're hearing it from your people on the ground. yes thank you it's is actually at a very critical situation as we heard just now with a lot of damage and a lot of need so the world food program is there already were there from the beginning and we already have support we've been supporting the government the government is doing all they can and it's and providing the leadership needed here and responding and through the overall coordination in coordination with them that we're doing this so first of all we help real problems of communication through thera through the center of operations and very city and so that's now finally today we have information coming out of para we also have.

airlifted briskets into mozambique they're already available and para and they're being provided as we speak today there's been a three rounds out through people who are outside bera in places like in yemen tonga where they were provided with high energy physics and the helicopters that were sent out to rescue and help people right current and you as the and the students it took a while before people could access this if you've been right give us a sense of how long it takes you to be able to get in day we're now hearing the government talking about as many as a thousand people possibly dead and then help come too late for for those people. well of. food and very luckily most of that was not too long we had what is called corn so we have learned that it really are going to be something that is well the number of the economic days and surrender that they can just make up with hot water and be. as i did already being done and there's

a lot of work already being done now the volume the mind of that is quite significant but there's a lot of work already being. provided supplies that are available. to keep that going car in mn in say debbie if country director for muslim be coming to us from a. thank you an extra eight takes us to the place in senegal that has been described as a paste or all that space to celebrate back culture black culture it's a full story structure home to one of africa's largest ot collections the museum of black civilizations has been open to the public for a few weeks now it's opening comes amid global calls for european countries to return african you to during the colonial era. it's as if a giant spaceship has lended in the city center. the new museum of lake city's ations was built by the chinese. but in the same time off the entrance hall of

the african symbol tree the first exhibition is an attempt to showcase it all mankind is rooted in africa. and we talk about african civilization as an african art you can't be constrained by what was taken during the colonial times therefore we are starting with tomorrow or old its ancestors seven million years ago and we go up to contemporary art or it is a very very long period we call it africa in the time of the world the title of the inaugural exhibition is african civilizations continuous creation of humanity will continue to give money to see that single as the poet and first senegalese president after independence for the museums origin asia he developed the concept of the congress of black rights us and not to say nine hundred fifty six what is just such as colonialism and slavery were discussed even though the museum was located in the exploration goes far beyond the museum wants to be

a showcase of all. the first temporary exhibitions spend a range of topics from prehistoric cuts us to cuba and modern african out the widely and controversial debated question of the looted is not in the main focus of the correct us. consequently the biggest spaces in the museum dedicated to mold on black ops in cooperation with the head land that by any other contemporary cuban artist also sold their works. thanks to all the laureates of the contemporary art fair act i represent it by using. only the living only one small room tucked away in a corner on the ground floor is reserved for traditional african art and there's no intention to. that. is a pond is that things have been stolen africans are not going to ask to strip european museums with their works there that are perhaps

a very valuable gift for these works have to be returned to the communities to which they belong as. one of them this famous saber which was property of. the religious leader founded in the empire in what is today a synagogue in mali he was defeated by french troops in eighty fifty seven at. the moment he's alone objects that we will return to their official owners at the end of the exhibition that's on september the second. we would like for these objects to be returned to their rightful owners. when we take them back assuming that we reach an agreement with all parties both the authorities and the communities we can do whatever we want we could store them in the museums we could showcase them or return them to the sacred forest people might even decide we don't want them i don't think anybody should tell us what to do with these objects . affect the museum not only shows historic artifacts but also features

modern exhibits like these additionally inspired textiles was. in this room there are some very beautiful things from been in ivory coast gabon and also egypt these are beautiful things that of course are thousands tens of thousands of works are currently in europe or the united states or elsewhere and the should no doubt have a place in a great museum like this one munich i'm serious he knew it he knew all this history takes us back to our ancestors the black people it really portrays another picture this is our story the visit really taught me a lot it was in reaching. the key difference. over twenty thousand people have. visit to the museum since it opened at the beginning of the year its unique concept seems to fit in there.

and now we have the tail off a piglet who was rescued from a south african avatar she went on to create a life on a canvas after the new order oda taught her how to paint and i'm not responsible for this one but meet picasso. she came close to ending up on a pledge but now she's serving up dramatic brushstrokes at the farm sanctuary in south africa. a picasso is definitely an abstract expressionist you can't exactly define what she's facing but i can tell you that her style slightly changes depending on who mood like any great autos. her pictures sell for over three pairs neuros with the proceeds go into animal welfare there are also a pig deal for swiss watchmaker swatch. when she's not bringing home the bacon picasso takes artistic talents in her stride

while going around between her bursts of creativity. and that's that from danger of being is africa you can catch all stories on our website and our facebook page we have you now with some more pictures off works on display at the newly opened museum of african civilizations and to see an extract.

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