fairly early that it makes sense to explain different realities. and now here at the heart of the european union in brussels we have twenty eight different realities and so i think people are really looking for any journalist they can trust for them to make sense of. pride in this battle and i work at the w. this news africa coming out in the next fifteen minutes about twenty seven million south africans are gearing up for election in some hours but many of the country's youth did not register to vote so why are the boys putting it. didn't think that was the time. and i think it's a leap of thought for me because i lived. out saturdays that i won't get anything

and anyone even gives us jobs. also we meet a woman in the north east of nigeria open for the endo call her on the insurgency she dreams of starting a business to provide for her children. and what do markets and i schemes of in common if you love the sweet stuff stay tuned to find out. welcome to the program before twenty seven million south africans head to the polls and the general election is trending on social media but as a nation gears up for the political contest many young south africans have chosen to set out the electoral commission says the youth demographic has had a notoriously low voter registration than any other demographic data views christine finds out why. in an alley in downtown johannesburg i

meet rico he's twenty seven doesn't have a job and sells drugs to earn a living i can enjoy his book ok i was looking for a job any job so i was like ok what can i do because my i need to pay for my bills my ran my shoes my clothes food everything so what can i do and came out on prom fun to observe the place try to learn the place try to learn what everyone is doing around the place then i decide i better ok this people they love this they don't like this let me give them what they love. so which is rico says he has a diploma in hospitality and wanted to become a shift he's given up trying to look for a job he's also given up on voting in elections for me it was the of time. i was there it's always got time for me because like. just about what i want to get

anything in the way of doing even give us jobs we need food to give them more support but at the end of the day mate is going to get it kind of yellow is twenty three he spends most of his days in internet shops sending out he c.v. but he's getting to motivated like rico he would be voting in the may eighth election my frustrations producer continue on me being jobless or me being unemployed is the fact that like you produce a kid you have no move these are just two young south africans but the levels of apathy among youth in this country is worrying south africa's electoral commission say sixty percent of eligible voters who did not register to take part in this election often know the age of thirty having doubts about your hands but and this is the spot on the net with young people many of them have told me they won't be voting in this election the companies that for like this year all. the companies that are happening right in general. did not denote

a child as young people would be gauging that a lot of people really really really feel like they did. and it's useless to vote you know saying so a lot of people instead of being convinced of what to vote for would have to come pain and convince them toward frist i don't think any of the. main parties being. open and see who are really catering to the v.a. need most of the parties are promising job creation it's the right message for a country with an unemployment rate of more than twenty five percent but going on a little has found no comfort in campaign promises as smile and prison try to move forward saying i think it's quite pointless because like it's going to take another i don't know how many years for us to actually realize change while he's given up on south africa's politicians cannondale has not yet given up on his job hunt. says that he had a school book on her arm launch this insurgency in nigeria since then tens of

thousands of people have been killed and u.n.h.c.r. says more than two million have been displaced our correspondents funny for shock traveled to terrell john boehner states in the northeast of the country where she met a woman who dreams of a life after. she wants to provide for her children and start a business. at a because she can't be my degree their new arrivals every day people fleeing their territory in villages and towns from book since two thousand and nine about one point eight million people have been forced to leave their homes in nigeria. people like zainab she fights back tears as she vividly recalls the day she had to leave the tour nine children. we started hearing gunshots thinking it's from the military then we thought it was some play but it wasn't the whole town was captured by books. we ran away from our home it was raining some children were missing.

when you answer her husband a policeman was killed in front of her children seven years ago her town was captured by the jihadists a few years later since then her children have been unable to go to school. my hope is one day they become nurses lawyers engineers doctors. only recently a suicide attack in front of the camp was for oiled zainab is getting dressed to protect her children along with other volunteers she tries to check everyone wants to enter or leave the camp. is your home not nearby go and bring the past. i don't have a pass no past no going out the government depends on volunteers to keep

a basic level of stability she hardy's tiding nearby can strike any time. the violence here in the north east of nigeria has altered the lives of hundreds of thousands and the attacks have also spread to neighboring countries like chad and cameroon millions of people at this point need aid to survive. life beyond the camp a return to normality that is enough dream. she joins a workshop outside the camp it teaches women hold to run a business acquire the skills that you need to run your business and that's been. what the solution is that is my solution for you that is why you're here today. zina points to make money by selling fish her mentor has bigger plans for her when it comes to her is to ensure that not only is she understanding her business model but also she has a revenue model that can sustain the business beyond the company because if she needs to come then what happens nobody knows save borno state is the government's

slogan but so far their efforts have failed to provide stability while communities are falling apart women are looking to fill the gap to be prepared once peace returns. if you leave your house seen a radical change since. last year the press has been widely integrated from the top of the regime and that includes political cartoonist was starting to flourish again . an exhibition on political cartoons in the capital about. bringing ideas to life with the tip of the pen. these children are here to learn from the best the twenty world famous press cartoonist have gathered in a fair capital to share their work and skills. holding such an event and if it's quite significant after years of autocratic rule the country's political

cartoonists are on the rise. last year newly appointed prime minister ahmed pledged to restore freedom of expression now more political drawings up being published. he's speaking on behalf of five. of our women's rights and their freedom to express themselves before the resort i didn't do a lot of want to kind of hard to lose. because i didn't feel safe so this is also one way of expressing yourself and i would suit you know it's one form of. telling that there is freedom and that. today there are no more journalists in jail in a few. elias has been a political cartoonist for twenty years he chewed this could change six years ago so he's like me is like everybody who are shocked by the government or the hotel is

beautiful it is in a prison so these guys have to be treated i don't see totally there is freedom but we when you come here from the last one that i've been in so many years no changes are coming and no encouraging moment this coming. but cartoonists are also aware of the impact they can have when it comes to very sensitive issues ethnicity is one of them and it's the main reason why some self-censorship persists in the country. and teens are myself before i see is a browser so that they say if i do as some cartoon which is. provoke me to make my first ask myself is it provoke people it is kind of the people that i think twice and came to before i just i think the character. today is cartoonists are sharpening their pencils ahead of elections due to be held next year and

there's a new generation of cartoonists waiting in the wings. now what's your favorite flavor chocolate vanilla rockferry ice cream personally minustah structure ice cream these little crunchy yummy chocolate bits here and. delicious however in our next story you're about to see them not chocolate but something else entirely. eat these know what he means but when mashed up and mixed was sugar and other natural ingredients the fly larvae already look a bit more digestible the sweet treat is high in protein and the real green alternative to dairy ice cream say the inventor's in six and something even by making for a nice single to farm because these very little. time to go on they aren't

a risk of climate change because you can grow them in controlled environments where the most. nutritious as the sleep maggot moves might be even the converted have doubts mike pika argues the meat industry accounts for twenty five percent of global emissions and we should find the turn it is but still they or. burgers that are available actually nutritionally ideal for us and they taste very good personally i'm not sure that i would be interested in a an ice cream or dairy product made of fly larvae simply because they're a number of delicious plant priced alternatives available and culturally very much easier to stomach. but the developers of goma grabbed a trying to break the mental barrier selling at a food market in cape town. that's pretty good taste like

ice cream should taste. a little bit more earthy a bit more again it fits. but i'm pretty happy it was like ice cream for me it's a slow getting basically like how you'd expect like i'll be getting ice cream maybe to take. the developers plan to dish out their maggot ice cream to other cities in africa next and soon after to europe and the states. are all about that for now from v.w. news africa you can catch all stories on all websites on facebook page also next time by for now. go africa. free wheeling. serious issues. people's tax instantly cursed. the growing number of them on city streets. green columns are good. for business.

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as our coffee and his friends can drink. double refugee camp. his life story may have ground to look. twenty seven years ago but there's no holding back his dreams. thank you for what. cinema starts may twenty seventh. hello and a very warm welcome to a brand new episode of eco africa stay tuned to find out why erosion isn't just a problem in africa but is also affecting europe and how it's high alpine landscapes are changing because of climate change my name is felice n.t.s.b.

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