discovered. subscribe to the documentary and i. this is state of the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes kenya's fight against corruption the country's finance minister has been arrested and charged with rauf so does the smoggy a turning point for the notoriously corrupt country or is this politics at play. and the european union's mission in africa the block is increasingly focusing its attention on countries in the saheli as it seeks to curb migration. then on the road in madagascar away

a new pope will be ill built by the country's only call made that should be ready for pope francis's september visit. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to deeds of the news africa i'm glad you cheated in kenya's finance minister has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges and revoked which made his 1st court appearance since he's a wrist on monday spent the night in the police cell but he's now been freed on bail he and other senior officials all accused of conspiring to defraud the public over award over the award of a contract to build 2 dams to an italian company is the 1st sitting kenyan minister to be arrested on corruption charges. kenya is also requesting the extradition off the italian head off the construction company which was contracted to build the dams. he is the head of the public prosecution service in kenya. in view

of international image of this crisis we realize that we cannot fight corruption on our own and as a structure due to fighting the commit crimes office of the director of public prosecutions must prioritize the proceeds of crime benefits of instruments of crime us of course discussion on forfeiture this position has been made to professionally independently devoid of any external influence political discourse or duration or in that extremist and for more on this story i'm joined by the executive director of transparency international candyass samuel kim a transparency international is an international n.g.o.s working to combat corruption welcome to africa mr kim a of do you think fear of rest of the finance minister henry riteish marks a turning point for kenya well thank you for having me on the show may. look in your views that this is an important step forward. each

time we intervene is to be seen because the rest are just the faster you know the prosecution process and ultimately what you want to see battery convictions and people being here and responsible for their crimes right exactly and just feel points about you know one thing to see convictions there's been many voices in quarters in kenya talking about the fact that we shouldn't be celebrating a race so to say because very few convictions have followed but what's basically different about this case we hear of corruption at state level in cape kenya all the time we now have this minister being arrested why him in particular when they seemingly many others who should be in his position. well i think this is the minister of finance. that is really the core government so so far he's the senior most government official who has the arrested for crossfire. and that is

a new country because he is the man who runs government police around you know economic country has everything reaction deposition and determined but just and so on and so forth so it is really hard to call. right i just want to bring some of the words from the public prosecutor he says he had that the decision to prosecute mr roach was made quote professionally independently and without the mystical consideration do you accept that statement unconditionally. well. i would give him the benefit of doubt so i accept that statement. because they know that. you know a country where corruption is rampant you book you start somewhere and suddenly you know we we do things in kenya you for anyone is is arrested this is a community that is aggrieved and we would definitely say they are being targeted so in this case i think i wouldn't go into the public prosecutor's statement

critics argue that all they've said mr mayor that this is an attempt by the president to misuse the anti corruption fight in excess in the sense of he actually wants to weaken a political component i wanted all opponents i wonder what your view of that is. in this particular case you are talking over significant number of suspects from a particular region and that is surely in my view because one be the be the government agency for the carrier where the development agency is in best particular place and obviously you have more people from the police working for the frontier huge but maybe it raises another question how to use our national entity who have so many people from one place and the argument would be that if you don't have people in places when themes of who are you cannot go to china them for

anything so ultimately you are in office i want to be responsible for gemma happens in both of them. all right executive director of transparency international kenya samuel kim a thank you as europe seeks to tackle the issue of migration it is increasingly focusing its attention on the countries of pisa hell region these include mauritania both in the fossil mali and chad they call themselves the g 5. they face immense challenges of poverty and wrist the european union is pumping financial support into the g 5 so hell with money going insist security and education. ebro he doesn't think mathematics is boring he's happy that his school is still holding classes the pupils here at the by now feel lucky that it is important for work

more and more schools are closing in work enough hours or for fear of unrest according to visiting experts from the european union. we are look a sion with east chief diplomat. to the recount of the renie her job is to travel to crisis zones and get a clear picture of the situation on the ground. the children's song maybe she is poor but marina knows that her shows being put on just for her visit this school is receiving funding for the chief diplomat it's not about feel good politics instead it's a strategic position in the fight against terrorism to prevent the radicalization of young children. it's for the security of europe because if children are at school and out in the streets they are well educated they are aware of the risks of getting involved in activities that are not proper for their lives and for the communities. leading book enough we fly to mali.

this is just one of the e.u. foreign affairs she used countless trips to africa representing europe and africa is a round the clock there is no time to rest with constant briefings on the current security situation mali is one of her most difficult missions. the conflicts in northern mali are among west africa bloodiest through ethnic feuds and territorial fights the country is in a state of fine wrist a joint intervention troops from the g 5 so have states is supposed to quell the terror in mali the e.u. is helping with training but implementation. it's difficult to look at terrorism is when a state gives up entire regions and as long as terrorists are far away from the population then it's just a problem for the good of the terrorists operate in a region that's completely neglected by the state then it becomes

a long term security problem. mali suffers from a lack of basic infrastructure schools and hospitals are often hard to reach many people here believe they have only 2 choices either join a terror organization or flee to the e.u. wants to prevent both and is interested in stabilizing the situation within the country that begins by connecting with citizens and this is why we've come to the center of the country far away from the capital to talk with the authorities here in the civil society the community leaders to understand exactly on the ground which are the main problems and which are the most acute needs in this moment that we can support in a specific manner the government in bamako remains skeptical has been slow to materialize the relationship with the e.u. is frosty also because european politicians speak about rights the e.u. wants to reassure people that the law and order has to be applied across the board

even to those at the top we will invest more is a support of the justice system there is a need for the population to feel confidence and trust the authorities that they are sure that there is no impunity and that any behavior of the police or security or defense forces is also investigating the e.u. believes better education will result in less terrorism and less migration europe is placing its hopes in the younger generation it wants to win the trust of those africans who are young today and empowered tomorrow. cheap and certainly cheerful the only car made in madagascar courageous cars became famous 30 years ago when the firm designed a special pople bill for john paul the seconds a visit to madagascar now as the country prepares to welcome quote francis in

september kuranda again ready to go down that road again. this distinctive car is hard to miss practical and homegrown many drivers in madagascar a proud to be behind the wheel of a currency car. the mark of this car is made in madagascar by mother gushy people we buy products to support my gushy businesses whose car is easy to maintain because it has a persian were engine which means it's not difficult to find parts because we can buy them in many shops for the. although the engines are imported the chef sees body work and electronics are all made here in madagascar costing around 15000 euros the car is specially tailored to local driving conditions. it's very easy to push it's

a 4 by 4 the windscreen is very straight so the driver doesn't get too hot sun the high windows office security all of it has been conceived to be functional at the start nobody had very even our suppliers thought it was crazy they said making cars in africa with people who have no qualifications was completely impossible. some 60 people work at the currency factory making around 3 cars a month joy alina is one of 6 women working here for her being a mechanic is a dream come true. for me i'm proud as a malagasy as a woman to do the same work as a man i love my job the message that especially when i see the. crowd that i'm the one who made it in the i'm happy when i see my work on the streets of america. do you. feel. 30 years ago

a currency popemobile was created especially for john paul the 2nd visit to madagascar the company is ready to do the same when pope francis visits this september. and there is a quote out of the dubbing is africa as always you can catch all our stories now website and facebook page where you just know what you think about the stories we cover have stories we should become free time christine what's the next time i get . birth. home interspecies. home worth saving. yes those are big changes and most start with small steps google ideas tell stories of creationist people and innovative projects around the world. mr clinton. used. it's forced to. interact to contact next generation

top attraction. using channels of. people to get action and more determined to build something here for the next generation. is the environment series of global 3000 on d w. i there and a warm welcome to arts and culture hi i'm karen helms said 30 years after the fall of the berlin wall the work of east german artists is being reevaluated we'll have more on that in just a moment and here's what else is lined up. danish icelandic artists all up for us on returns to the tate modern with what's been deemed an unmistakable exhibition one that highlights his delight in visitor participation and concern for the

environment. and in our series underground europe we visit an eerie stop to rainy a lake in southern switzerland. dividend or the turning point that's the term that germans used to refer to the fall of the berlin wall in 1909 an event that meant the end of east germany and cleared the way for the country's reunification well for artists who had found a way to co-exist with the communist system and opened a vast new world of possibilities at the same time however it up ended everything about their creative motivation and their lives for 30 years on an exhibition in like 6 looks at the art that was produced during this turbulent period. doesn't see herself as someone who can see into the future but what the lights painted just a year before the fall of the wall did come to pass people peacefully demonstrating with candy.