thanks and you can to the culture of. the stereotypes if you think the future of the country. prepared for this drama. it's all that. i might show. you. post. coming out in the next fifteen minutes is drowning in plastic waste we speak to the woman who's trying to make a country's government. by thousands also coming up. live or. rethinking life into the building its books and its reputation.

thanks for joining us we start today with a story of one woman's. plastic. rubbish plastic dumped in the streets due to insufficient bins and rubbish collection of plastics bloke dreams that eventually end up in the ocean now. has launched a petition to get plastics banned in her country was victorian a bit. more ghana's plastic menace. defects of plastic waste this is a common sight on beaches across. plastic waste which wasn't properly disposed of washes ashore drains and increasing the risk of water borne diseases. is. waste collection trucks coming like this is the exception rather than the rule

more often than not rubbish is simply left in piles on the streets it ends up in the drainage system and then eventually the ocean while the perpetrators go unpunished public awareness of recycling is also a challenge. unfortunately we we bundle everything together. the kitchen wastes. waste plastic wastes solids liquid everything goes into the garbage bin we don't do any separation or segregation whatsoever. the county and government wants more investments in the recycling industry believing waste can generate more than three hundred million dollars a year but some experts say it's too late if there is to exploit the value of plastics that option but given the level of

investment about it we've lost on that score. is too but campaign is a pushing the government to do just that this petition posted on the website changed or cools for a ban on plastics and the clean ghana the needs not just in ghana but across the world is urgent if nothing changes the world economic forum a says that by twenty fifty the world's oceans will contain more plastic than fish. i'm joined now by. the organizer of the gun out ban plastics petition. thanks for joining us now your petition has already received twelve thousand signatures and counting did you expect this. i wasn't expecting it i was hoping for it because i see that there was indeed you know people were calling out for somebody to start something i could hear when somebody says that something somebody said something now i thought who is

that somebody i took this myself to start the companies i was misled see those who for this is now you've said our country is filthy and smelly plastic everywhere these are your words how critical is the situation is dire i don't know the last anyone done that but every waste plastic it waits and i didn't love the residential area i wake up in the morning people some plastic are sent my gate he goes the beach and it's fast you know what's up every ways did it got this actually plastic and that's why i come very very the city wow fortunate out stephanie not a good side to to see many people who are very lies have signed up to your petition but what kind of support have you received are you a one man so job or was a support you have also myself a one man army because i really i don't have much supports initially set up in

diana twelve thousand signatures is twelve thousand people supporting me so i'm very thankful that apart from that i'm five no other social support but i think once i'm to next level people will rally behind me was not leadership people want someone to lead them another myself and i think people who support initiative definitely i you just mentioned move on to the next level what do you mean by next level. the next level one i would answer that i know a person who's a sanitation center and say listen this amount of people outside was a little plastic bag and so what do we do we don't we don't want people to do what was that companies producing plastics so a lot of the mistakes i mean is that we need to ban plastics but people still need to work so can you call the companies will build this in plastics and find out how can governments empower those people to not scout unsightly disability so producing plastic so currently producing plastics how can we help you tell your client to recycle factory so how to recycle plastic so they have to make brown paper bags

that's the next level i mean it sounds like this sounds like there's going to be a lot of work involved isn't it because it's not easy as the government just banning plastic bags and all of that so so what do you have a vision they know what kind of timing or duration are you looking out for this to be feasible and how feasible is that it also helps me feasible i think is feasible because you want as bank plastics done that you don't last as kenya has been plastic i was there one day it was amazing i thought in europe look just anyway so it's feasible in terms of time it will take time does this need to done and of little resistance from people who are producing plastics they may not understand it but it did lose their jobs so it's all time how much time to say i don't know i don't expect miracles and nights well all the best with this going on so i have thanks so much for the time thank you very much. now europe has been trumpeting it success in slashing the flow of african immigrants but that doesn't

mean that africans aren't on the move it's more about migration problem is being stopped before it reaches zero and that's partly because of the controversial policy implemented by the algerian government african migrants are being forcibly deported thousands have been abandoned in the desert. at first they are just specks on the horizon these people are migrants trudging through hostile terrain. this stretch of desert is the border between algeria and. to bondage and jihad mission crossing it fraught with danger but these people have no choice they've been rounded up by police in algeria and dumped at the border. now they are making the perilous journey into new share walking for several hours before they reach the settlement the dusty border town of. their refuge

a makeshift camp run by the united nations. authorities continue to sweep africans and deport them to the border counties like this one are busting at the seams. african migrants once flock to libya but the route through northern to libya has been made harder by an e.u. funded security force migrants often choose to cross into algeria. economic migrants who are going to look for. work. but even as migrants continue north the ruthless algerian crackdown ensures that plenty of people are heading the other way. now. when i think of libraries i think of dusty old books strict librarians and force and silence but libraries are vital for any city faces to learn relax and read nairobi kenya.

but it's run down in the books. but these two women have taken it upon themselves to restore the library its former glory and breathe life back into its faded walls . traffic jams and busy street life is what most people associate with my rogue. but nestled in the city center lies the macmillan library a space of peace and quiet but also a building that transports its visitors back into a different era yeah i'm. this is my favorite room something about the golf in this remote media. and want to restore the colonial era library as well as two smaller libraries in nairobi a mammoth task seen as many of the books and documents have simply collected dust over the years there are tons of books here that we know are rare with an attack

election of roosevelt writing the mare a lot of these and. more recent have been digitized but we will need to see if some of the old stuff and then just stop keeping these massive dusty volumes in twenty eighteen the two partnered with the county government and founded the organization the bank. as active members of nairobi's writing and publishing community they're fascinated by the possibilities of the library they've organized readings from screenings crowdfunding and guided tours to raise money and awareness for the libraries. from our conversation. yes he said that look people want space to be functional on the streets to have things like life like you know it was things like toilets it wasn't. like. books is the belief we want to recognize ourselves and the collection is a big one. we recognize that the books that are in this every have been here for

decades and they reflect the reality of the nation page at all and before that when when celebrities will build and that hasn't changed them out despite its shortcomings the library remains a refuge for students of those escaping hectic city life. jacobson and i has been mcmillan's chief librarian for over twenty years has dealt with it all from budgetary constraints to failed innovation efforts and yet he seems to have been crippled with a new enthusiasm at one zero and bring with them. a lot of change for one there is hope. to see oh no one had a lot of interest from one of the partners and people were willing to assist in the end but i've been thinking over and over again that i believe the publicity through the library tours and social media has even drawn in first time visitors i needed

like big city do you think there's anything interesting but i'm pretty impressed i think it's an extraordinary structure one. but two it seems that the place that it's a place that people can come and reflect in and read and. even in today's digital age one zero and feel that my robbins need these spaces especially if they can serve as cultural hubs. while the two dream of new books by african and other modern day authors art exhibitions and cafes the first task this year is to take stock and bring the library back into shape. that's it for now from africa you can catch all astara these on our website on face book page. an installation by the british nigerian artists. has been paired just by the prestigious tate modern museum in london we leave you now with some pictures of his installation and i've got words of his.

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interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection. using channels available to inspire people to change action and more determined to do something here for the next generation. the environment series of global three thousand on d w and on mine. hello and welcome to news from arts and culture renowned russian director kid really said about any call for his release from a controversial house arrest by a moscow court on monday we'll look at how the news is being received in the theatre community also coming up. for bookworms with our series one hundred german must reads this time with a disturbing powerful novel by austrian author and.

and a feast for the taste buds for the eyes and ears a musical dinner in france is the latest in general bending performance ours. well as a leading figure of the guard in russia killing said it a bit and he called has made his name directing plays in films that challenge the status quo he's critical of everything social norms the church and of course the kremlin about made a lot of enemies and in two thousand and seventeen he was put under house arrest supporters said it was an attempt to gag a critical voice but said it but any cough continue to work against all its. rendition of vanities classic noble cause which permeated this past march it was directed by karylle setterberg he called from a distance using u.s.b. sticks to exchange information a slave chorus laments their last home bought.