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independence following the balkan wars. this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes torrential rains and flooding strike mozambique just days after cyclone can have smashed into the country. in many areas from the rescue workers the situation on the ground also coming up the moment in history captured on film we hear from the photographer who's been documenting the rise and in sudan. and dreaming of film stars who meet the young nigerian actor aiming to make it big.
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i am eddied my kids you know well come to the program now it's been called on president it is second massive tropical cyclone to hit mozambique in the same season cycle in canada has wrecked yet more havoc on the country the first of the two cyclons arrived just six weeks ago cyclically di told through a bay raft and surrounding areas in mid march killing at least six hundred people there and even tens of thousands homeless it was described as a country west you want to take disaster now north beach is dealing with cyclon kenneth it made landfall just north of the c.t.o. on thursday the u.n. has pledged thirteen million dollars in emergency aid more than seven hundred thousand people could be at risk. they can't get rid of them quickly enough to rain here in pemba and northern most.
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keeps on coming. wrote snare resemble rivers or actual rivers have burst their banks leaving huge areas underwater. the aid agencies say psych loan candidates will bring twice as much rain is e.t.i. entire crop fields have been white sounds and people a shortage of food. you know the business of making these because these people need this but i think you sell them something to the people here. the sheer amount of water on the ground is making it difficult to access the affected areas rescuers from brazil are on the scene they've come with boats because at the moment it's too dangerous for helicopters to fly but helicopters are what's really needed with many stranded without supplies. and want to help.
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police people young people men to help them until help arrives or they can do is wait counting the cost of the latest tropical disaster to land on mozambique shores. joining me now is saul butters country director of care in the. big well so thanks for your time now first tell us how bad is the flooding situation especially compared to after you die hit. you know we're looking at a very similar situation. but it's a bit too it's exactly the flooding but what i can tell you is the scenes are still on the ground and operations air operations today was suspended due to the intense rainfall that has continued in the area today so. i'm sure
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officials you saw yesterday roads being washed away and this is continuing to. work and. it's definitely not what is the main danger facing the people of. well the out of town everybody is not so badly affected just look at it there is this room the islands off the coast of been battered by the wind storms in this so it's really destroyed most of the islands and further it really looking at similar situations. are levels of flooding houses being washed away and not seeing the feel they were able to get out of business communities people are just getting to the left left with nothing think what they can reprieve from the flooding it's just scattered around and the houses completely take a bow doesn't it doesn't sound good now you mentioned earlier that it's still
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raining now forecasts say it's going to be raining for at least three more days what what are some of the challenges that rescue and aid workers like yourself are facing. well that is the road to becoming law school so we brought in yes this goes to excess. and dropped a few military assistance they're also being suspended today just because the weather conditions on today just to ease their heads so. this thing is going. well you know these conditions it's really difficult to get out to these places and first understand the situation is. provided and humanitarian assistance. one country director of care in my pool to mozambique thanks for your time. now so the nice protest as a breakthrough in talks with me this they have agreed to form a joint council to pave the way for civilian rule so they. ousted by the
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military and we have this month protest one photograph has been capturing some of the images of the upsizing use i.e. brain. talk with him and the. tunnel for thirty two year old mohammad this is history in the making has been documented the sudanese uprising since it started in the summer today he's taking pictures of the incoming caravans joining the demonstrators in front of the army headquarters in the capital shut to. my pictures of the coming generations the suffering experienced by people in my photos should not be forgotten. when we took to the streets we would just calling for our rights we should not have been met with some of the violence we see in the pictures of the store. at the heart of the protest area mohammad displays his photos for his fellow
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students. in many ways the ongoing fit in has become a microcosm of what the people here want their student to be walking around you can feel the pride they have not only in reclaiming public space but also their freedom gatherings like this would not have been possible under the old regime. a larger art movement has emerged from the uprising even this billboard has taken a new meaning protesters have hung clothing in honor of military personnel who disobeyed orders and refused to open fire at them and they're all mad and the shia . come it says his photography not only documents the revolution it is also a way to help the people who made it happen. to get this picture shows a man waving a flag as he is being loaded on to the. back of the truck. i would be using him and punching him so that he put the flag down. on holding up the flag high so.
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that's a picture help to get this man released because it spread so much so they were able to locate him and have him freed. for passers by mohammed's work reflects a turning point for sudan and its people. i feel loved when i see the details of these pictures. these pictures are an expression of the bravery the strength and the patriotism of people who have overcome thirty years of oppression under a corrupt regime. to display shows that sudan has a lot of artists and people with many talents. and good mohammad realizes that this newfound freedom is very fragile and there are a lot of work needs to be done for the spirit of the city to be made a political reality. we learned as a people that we can be united and we can be one hand in this transitional period we the sudanese people have to accept each other. and talk about. how much does not
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know what exactly the future holds for sudan but he is determined to bear witness to it with his camera. the nigerian film industry popularly called nollywood is the second largest in the wild by the sheer films one thousand five hundred films a year many film stars begin the stages are reports i went to the lagos the festival the biggest of its kind in west africa and i met one last film star that is. you don't touch me like that on your final rehearsal for twenty one year old timey prepares for his very first professional performance to meet up with a creative arts student at the university of lagos acting has become his. i think for it's. easy and forget the city forget everything just before you love i love hockey is my life so i just go into it's forget everything else going into our
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third curtains up and the director of the play i won't might my business for use it to morgan and. satisfied. that we are still looking at them under filmmaking it's possible to ask you looking at. what you do but that's not putting to me who still hopeful that this performance could help them become how they can ali what started most of the things you do them to. for example me up to speed me doing something and someone sees me as teacher producer sees me on stage and say oh i like a boy like search i want some for my next shoe a lot of celebrities a lot of people love no one as are his parents and even more nerve wracking prospect they are going to see their son perform on states for the very first time . that i would stick to his i want to see my see him for me being one of the best on stage it's crunch time just a few minutes to go before he has to be on stage and to meet up has lost an
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important problem you know he just showed us from so we all rose you know i'm with you for something that everything is just really looking for i'm looking for the key to this actually. the right so yes but yes. i don't know where she's i think it was. i won't mind my business is an interactive. engage with the audience and the scotts issues such as mental health in an entertaining way. bending over a show. i. was he was just he was i mean i don't you know beautiful was wonder what about his father who drove over three hours to get him to agree to yes yes and trust the audience is clearly impressed but how about the director who we are so mistakes
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foody is no good yes we did wonderfully you have to go on foot at this point the slight criticism termit up a satisfied with today feeling great this this this this. similes and snakes we may just be witnessing the start of a big korea in fact an audience member who runs a major international theater festival later told us that tomatoes performance was his favorite of the entire festival. reminds me of the days i used to act said from the news i forgot you can catch all our stories on our website on facebook page we leave you now with images and sounds from the african drum festival in nigeria by for now.
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