org or the book. the world food program is fighting over worldwide looking. to. join the fight. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes it's a 3 horse race that's too close to call allow hits to the polls in an election that pits the president against his own. have been young and wild most versions are below 30 you will hear from them and the president who spoke exclusively to the grocery store will produce. 100. on for a front. group. also coming up on the show

up to 72 years of the cannes film festival a black african women director is in the running fold the palme d'or for the very 1st time the film atlanta just to make cinema her story for the city to be starring my t.v. deal. black screen like shoot like everywhere. i'm christine wonderwall come to africa i'm glad you're tuned in my loudest president is seeking a 2nd 5 year term as the country votes in a general election on tuesday the 78 year old is up against 6 other candidates including his vice president. who is 32 years younger than him but opposition leader. is seen as having the best chance against the incumbent in an election

where the economy and corruption are the main issues with a population of about 20000000 is one of the poorest countries in the world it's also one of the youngest 70 percent of people are below the age of $33.00 and put together this report about the tactics candidates who. he used to appeal to the youth. fans are waiting in anticipation to see what new surprises in store vice president and u.t.m. candy did. past election campaign release have become known for their creativity at the age of $46.00 he's the youngest of the 3 major candidates and he wants to use that to his advantage his push ups on stage impress many of his young supporters in the capital city of new long way. good he's actually showing that he's deep you know. he's given us hope. he says you know now he's the 1st country

and i know days when. he's given. 30 minutes i think it's he sees doing it he's doing it for us is it for the country i mean we love his ideas he has encouraged us and we're ready to vote for him. that she would not even be sent d.-ma. america with this refugee which he must a wife also helps in the fight to win the youth vote to see what it was. not. like it was not going to. be. a few kilometers away at the 2nd biggest opposition party the m.c.p. gets mobilized loud and colorful the central theme is centered on the youth and

mother are we more than half of the registered voters are under 30. they use their most energized in this election we have mobilized the youth like you can believe no party has. you have conferences across this country like we have they both live in us they believe in our message and they believe that the youth will prosper because we have so much in store for them. the difficult economic situation as seen on the sidelines of the major election campaign intends countless for goods but most customers have little money for it 24 year olds sells tap water bottles and plastic bottles for the equivalent of $0.06. to asia and they are you know my their cd we listen generation for young people is

not that good. school and already cesspool of a lot of us went to school you know we have to greece that would enable us to work or do business businesses. and she's going to be staying at home because there are no jobs or no business opportunities for us. in malawi agriculture is still the main source of income often the harvest is just enough for one's own family the state is the largest formal employer but still dependent on development aid from abroad president. insists that he stimulus the country i don't proof the infrastructure so he is running for a 2nd that's more than half of the population of my lab we live in poverty and many young people haven't seen any improvements. still it seems there's no sense of political does and chance meant from the young people in my life we and the country expects a high voter turnout. and so the candidates fight for votes with creativity.

ok of affable. krishna spoke exclusively to malawi president he put to him by issues young people are concerned about going into this election if you go out and talk to young people on the streets many of them are not happy many of them i talked to told me that there is no job opportunities for them they don't really see a future any more well going to everybody who obviously obviously aware of who to organise who over 50 percent of the country if you do see a few troops that's me on a commune you always know country not to be germany or the united states can employ all the you know what both would employ everybody but. usually the thing is ok on the streets that are frustrated that no jobs but more jobs more jobs. what you're

treating. committed to go calling were good but it would take time it cannot be done overnight you are 78 years old the majority of the country is younger than 30 years actually what are you responding to those who are saying it should be the time for the younger generation to provide the leadership of this country a question of. if you would. wear that you're no good about. gun control rich i do have a way you know i know what i've gone through needs to move from poverty to prosperity i'm not sure what exactly i'm growing and trying to do the next 5 years the issue of corruption is still something people baits about this quietly before your fellow vice presidents and he's now one of the opposition candidate and the team and he actually claims that you're not serious about stopping theft that's going to go wrong. it's wrong. because he just can't do it so he has to say that

but the point is we are fighting corruption many many people are being tried already well. about 17 people have been convicted one was sentenced last week i think that you need one of the major people who actually investigate many cases that's still going on and the anti-corruption bureau director of public prosecutions is going. on the police police. investigation but but you know what it's a very difficult thing to do because these are very clever people who are doing for the people very sophisticated. computer. crime it's not easy and sometimes we don't have enough resources but. there's no more corruption here than in other countries they want. to make sure that we fight this girl during

one of the campaign released so you actually said that some of the opposition parties foreign professionals from russia and india to rig the election do you have any evidence for that claim i don't. so why did you never put it on the table well it would take our current administration time welcome morning when i wanted to but i'd read through everything but the point is you know all those things are good shoes always made. rigging. shoes through democracy and i do think every election. the laws of claimed do vary from a rig that's restorable free guy. won an election windows $300.00 for a transplant if you lost it was corrupt it was rigged all over the continent so if you say nothing you. saw africa's former president jacob zuma is back in court battling corruption charges zuma is accused of taking bribes back in 1999 when the

government was buying obs the 77 year old once a panel of judges to throw out the case against him the charges were dropped shortly before he became president in 2009 to be reinstated last year as a has always maintained that the trial is politically motivated he's a lawyer he's been treated unfairly only one year and my limit froze on the other side one engine was just too much too a prison cell is prison and inspired by something all of us in this little have to varying degrees. it's bias. meanwhile in its 72nd dia the cannes film festival is experiencing a true premium franco said it could be is direct t.v. deal is the 1st black african women direct say in the running to win the whole film at 20 has been described as a ghost story set on a city building site but the men working they haven't been paid for weeks and face

the inevitable pull off the ocean. so he said film portrays the atlantic ocean as a supernatural force which is swallowing up senegal's use. their life. as a black woman a mist a really mists black figures in and black characters like cruelly and it's also why i made this film i needed to see black people on screen like shoot like everywhere. atlantic tells the story of a dark these poor parents of a rancher had to marry a wealthy man but she was secretly in love with building workers tooling around. when he and the other men set out in a boat for europe he never to pull happens and they all try and put out

a can't believe that superman is gone and the man with. mahmassani who plays a dad says she's humbled by the film's success costar nicole susi the message behind the tale of love beyond death if usually a book you call old pal i'd really love for our parents to learn through this film that forced marriages don't help their children. that they do it so that their children don't hang around in the streets. but i think i'm. should be based on love and money as good as the buzz they go on the. entire cast and crew were in luck was that for the premiere deal says it sucked but khan had to wait 72 years to see a black woman director. may come a lot sooner. and

that's why i believe it is africa today as always you can catch all stories on our website facebook page i want to at the last 7. how about taking a few risks you could even take a chance on love. don't expect a happy ending. i was issued when i arrived here i slept with people in a room. it was hard i was free. i even got white hair.

benjamin language. this hits me and maybe 2 in truck was the say you want to know their story. that spurred fighting and reliable information for margaret. hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture and in a minute i'll be talking movies with our man scott rocks at the cannes film festival also coming up in strasbourg seat of the european parliament a theater sets out to explore europe's social tensions on stage. and how would you survive if you were trapped in a forest behind an invisible wall favored leavitt's with another great book writing

my report makes us wonder just how little american film director terrence malick former winner of the palme d'or is back at the cannes film festival with his latest movie hidden life it's based on the true story of an austrian conscientious objector in the 2nd world war who refuses to take the oath of allegiance to hitler as an army conscript and suffers the consequences here he is really on in the movie returning home to his family from military training.