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sometimes. preparing to read. what if there is no. true true list. german street. coming in the next 15 minutes. any real difference. on the state.
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where it was feared even expected the. crisis spread if 5 year old ugandan boy has died and several more after that pasta for the highly contagious disease the boy and his family crossed on the scene to uganda the week authorities say his 3 year old brother. and have been isolated at the hospital and yet. meanwhile security checks at the border have been tight and authorities are trying to determine how you managed to get past health officials who've been screening. the. family of the deceased child left
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solution ward and crossed into uganda the minister for use uganda swift response. i don't know they carried out a thorough investigation on the ugandan side he identified 8 points of contact people who had contact with his family. and now the ugandan authorities will vaccinate all 8 contacts starting this friday and will also ensure that all health professionals in the district are vaccinated. milan authorities have now confirmed that 35 people were killed in the massacre in central mali on sunday night gunmen surrounded the village of sobhani die in an ethnic doggone enclave in a 7. fears of tit for tat violence in the region and ethnic patchwork where tensions have soared since the volunteer how does lead movement imagine to intervene and that's this fight the presence of international combat forces german
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troops taking part in 2 un missions in africa's the whole region trying to keep people safe but it's commanders say that increasingly concerned about the effectiveness of the fs and. these are german bundeswehr soldiers talking to mali and cattle herders they're looking to make contact with locals while out on foot patrol in the province around gowan eastern mali they want to help people feel safe but they're also gathering information about recent violence security is a problem and tensions have soared here there's ongoing conflict between the country's ethnic groups and the growing threat of islam isolation. because something you saw on the soup i think it's a good thing that we're here on the one hand if we weren't things would be even worse and on the other we're trying to help people but of course we can only act within the framework of the un mandate and that means there are certain limitations and certain possibilities this type know it's the job of this u.n.
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peace mission to stop attacks and stabilize the situation here dozens of countries are taking part germany has sent about 750 soldiers and they're based at a campaign get out but despite an international un troop presence since 2013 ethnic conflicts are getting worse dozens of people were killed on sunday in the center of the country where there are hardly any troops or security forces the money director of the german n.g.o.s. says the u.n. missions mandate just isn't broad enough since well please send him along they may have a presence in the country but they're in a camp or in barracks. and they have a mandate that 1st and foremost says they're supposed to monitor things. on those you for that doesn't really help the people. training mali and combatant security forces is also part of the job molly inza taught how to shoot about
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military strategy and how to map read as an officer school including. german brigadier general peter mero has been leading the e.u. training mission in mali now he's. nothing the baton on to an austrian with mixed feelings. amongst them to hear him talking and if every day you encounter a worsening security situation i've noticed that security in mali has significantly deteriorated since november there is interest nick violence at the center of mali this resulted in substantial casualties and that is indeed cause for concern. unless it was all. into communal violence has killed hundreds in mali this year alone the hardest attacks have multiplied in recent years and mali and a growing increasingly frustrated by authorities failure to offer them adequate protection. joining me now is that abuse fred who recently visited the region and
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has been closely monitoring the situation hello frank good to see you show the u.n. and e.u. training missions leave the country because it seems the situation is getting worse i mean the last. dozens killed. yeah yeah yeah that's true there have been serious attacks there. but also based on the security training i observed. which are some e.u. countries are taking part they are very important and they are contributing to have these countries like mari broken off or so to go in shore or to tackle the issues of militant groups so i think it's a serious situation but also it can be controlled. stuff in a very serious and very serious also very complicated how complicated exactly is it
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fred. yeah of course it's it's a very complicated situation because of the killings in the region. and there have been some options on the table trying to train their. soldiers in and make money and broken off or so but the issues culprits because these are just communities like ordinary people who are fighting each other because of resources because of poverty because of. resources so without talking the issue of resources i don't think they military options on the table can solve the problem in in mali and a contrarian around this ahead of region i see what is really needed then to stabilize the country. there is need for international community
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to invest in projects that can help young people have access to jobs and also trying to. not turn a young people while recruited by these militant groups but also even old people because they don't have jobs they don't have food and so for that reason the needs are and these doggone communities are fighting because they don't have resources so there is a need to create job opportunities for young people and on people but also there is an issue of. governance in the needle because there have been discussion that the government of malcolm is incompetent ok i guess that opens another can of worms that does no time to get into that thank you very much a federal felony africa thank you heidi. now for many nigerians this man symbolizes democrats well should. is
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being celebrated today nigeria's newly declared democratic day last year the government's move democrats today to june 12th to remember what is considered nigeria's 3 as the fairest election since independence that have you correspondents flourish to who are reports now on the day's historic importance. may look like an ordinary building but if in fact an important part of nigeria's history it was here that this man m.p.o. abiola declared himself president after we need what is believed to be nigeria asked 3 asked and fairest election it was in 190326 years ago. that election was true sought by the really military head of state even though it was clear that our beloved received the me gerrity of them for a few months later he went ahead to declare himself as president he was almost immediately arrested and detained for 4 years he died on the day he was to be
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released from prison. have these we regard as nigeria icon of democracy and this year for the 1st time june 12th the day he won the election will be celebrated as nigeria's democracy. in what has been criticized as a political move to being a part of the country president bush kerry publicly apologized to our bureau last family and declared the new democracy. but how strong is the countries that will kristie want to nigeria free. government it's better than the military during the military era we couldn't sit down like this we'd be terrified but democracy gives us peace of mind everything we've told them that we want they've not done it that is what is taking us backwards we're not satisfied because they haven't given us what we want to wash your feet thank you very much. as you've heard not many
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nigerians are happy with the country's current democracy many of them feel like the government doesn't pay attention to their requests doesn't appear to show to their voice now this is a flyer from 1903 be our last campaign flyer. and it says 93 farewell to poverty this was a major points back in 93 i want to talk to young people who were born around that time young people like me i want to ask them do they feel like there is anything to be hopeful about in nigeria to be. fighting they then enter into the. situation these is no. lights the world. will say we don't have hope that's why you see a lot of young people turning to internet fraud because there are no jobs in the
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country. he says. thank you we are continues to face some of the kneejerk problems i'd be a lot wanted to solve 26 years ago poverty and unemployment for example have gotten worse today and. celebrated as an icon of democracy but there still remains a big question mark about whether or not nigeria would be any different if he was allowed to be president. but. the democrats today and that's it for now from africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page. today. that's a lot of fun. what
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but we begin with the rise of the instagram poets wait a minute instagram is a platform for photos i hear you say yes true but if you take a photo of your poem and put it on instagram well there you have it now a number of bodies found found fame this way including arch hades who writes rather old fashioned rhyming verse which didn't appeal to the publishers at 1st but it certainly struck a chord with the public. which is a poet for the 21st century. london posts a verse have gained 280000 instagram follow is proof that the insta generation is interested in just splashy photos and that poetry is alive and kicking the pages poetry career started with a failed marriage she painted into poetry publishing an e-book titled high tide poetry.

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