many called the nazi genocide of half a 1000701 the forgotten holocaust. business news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes nigeria's east more than a 1000000 people have been displaced standoff trapped by violence as a decade conflict between the government and often groups rages in borno state also on the program i challenge you to. we will meet nigerian animates his work was screened at the outcrop animation film festival of. the film funded and why it's a gift. for right now i went. to see the dollars news i will tell you the same kind of stories i like to get excited to do it is all my life because of the i've never seen anything like that before.

i'm christine will welcome to news africa day and we begin to nigeria where this week has seen more than 100 dead in a series of clashes and attacks between regional forces and is in a midst feiss in the country's east military sources say 20 troops and more than 40 jihadists with killed earlier this weekend bugga on lake chad a base of the multinational joints tossed their troops on the jerries regional allies has seen repeated attacks since 2014. nigeria's presidency again claimed this week that. decade long is surgeons he had been quote defeated but even his admits that the north of the country is still a violent place blame in what it says is a mixture of remnants criminal groups and jihadists from the mafia and west africa

president mohammed a former general has previously said the group will quote these and. so where does this leave the people who live there doctors without borders say as the conflict in borno state means many of the 1800000 displaced people now suffer from mental illness. is a town southeast of my degree where about half of the 70000 inhabitants are displaced people some live in camps others in the host community wherever they are there is not enough psychological support for them. many of the displaced people have suffered terrible abuse would like you to listen to the testimony off too much oh that's not her real name she's a victim of groups. i'm 17 not working and they forced me to get married and then i got pregnant they took the baby out and they

damaged my blood. the gentle it was difficult to have the baby out not me died young. i had another pregnancy outside i had an abortion and got pregnant again. and i cut one sin after all and i escaped out came to. my 3 pregnancies and if they were in the same man. my guests today just spent the last 21 months working in my glory as an advocacy representative for doctors without borders and they have been a collectivities the cost in the local joins me now high cost and too much as stories sounds like rape is being used as a weapon in this conflict how widespread is that i'm in it is true that these do you know but tonight is something that we see and hear of quite often even bought in the states. at the moment we do not have any indians up knowing the extent that

section of land it's used is and we cannot follow what we do know is that people are getting very risky to get better than student loans to camps and let me know as well is that we tried to provide citizens medical services to that right by the signal but it's it is not always easy because of the actions that are mentioned our sensibilities that like the news and get to both you guys. a question you've spent the last 21 months in in borno state what did you witness as you will within. what i witnessed was the extent of human suffering in the states people continued to be displaced by couldn't it that has been going on for 10. people continued to. consequences as the evidence or as the. parties of the conflict continue with the concrete. what you see as one is a. breakdown of trust in society it is very difficult for the people enough that i

can speak to trust other people back to gain any strangers coming into the. places of hard beaton's so we continue to see the disintegration of society is where we see as well because they see. access to basics and he says it is true that humanitarian actors have stepped up and continue to provide humanitarian assistance but it is far from the very 1000000 jobs of said he sees that people need. this conflict coston as between the nigerian military and these autographs has really been raging for about 10 years now how has that affected services like primary health care. as of today many people were left reliant on humanitarian assistance coming from humanitarian

act as like doctors without borders and humanitarian actors in many places of impact you can help on those states there is no sequence and this of these no a state citizens with a medical center disease or education or whatever else because there's just no civil servants in those areas already to the insecurity and we continue to see continued displacement in many parts of the state. is as you mentioned providing health care in particular fluxes doctors without borders people have no arses to vaccinations it seems so we see the common in very simple diseases like malaria like diarrhea like on the like ms there is i think too many children holding onto the neck of basic vaccination is that these things that should have been updated for the children. cost in local from doctors without borders thank you

thank you so much for sin and that means in the face until attacks by boko haram and other groups many people have fled to outside nigeria that's the case of deborah that 18 the young woman is building a new life in or schickel a country which unlike some of its european neighbors is still welcoming immigrants portugal has it all has become that's right almost 2000 refugees since 2015. 21 year old dobro ceratin makes parts for watches in the city of those central portugal just over a year ago she fled nigeria and was rescued from the mediterranean now she lives in a small apartment provided by the local council. is good because. walking. and. now.

the braes coming to the m a for your current program that helps refugees to become self-sufficient in the host country portugal welcomes very few to come but the shortage of manual workers and the drilling population. forced it's good for our country's economy and the population growth. companies themselves are asking for migrants now because they help the local economy whether it's in factories or farming. and in food and so the mayor agrees he's the new arrivals like to bra are helping to develop local businesses. across animation film festival has emerged as a focal point for the wider animation community in west africa it's

a platform that supports promotes and office animators across africa the opportunity to showcase their artistic work while since nigeria's nollywood is already the biggest protest on the continent is there any hope for the upcoming animators in the country. quadroon studios knew a short animation film as the tale of a street rat in lagos trying to live the nigerian dream from this studio on a suba and his co-founders say they want to create unique stories that reflect african reality is. that you have to chop the street shoes and who is not me come explore and tell to the

world i think what it would do that's i'm sure would like to buy the next generation dimension ration of. scientists people in the broad spectrum of society more than themselves. their short film has already been screened at international film festivals now they want to make a full length feature film out of it. but annie suba says they need better infrastructure more skilled animators and cash in order to achieve that there are only a few animators in nigeria and small animation companies like quadrants studios struggle to catch the eye of investors. i think people need a brand period all doubts yes work and programs to do with the markets get market feedback and hits the market feeds with regards whether it's t.v.

series or future form or any type of production. one man that knows the nigerian film market very well is movie director nia aqim or lie on his movie wedding party to it is the highest grossing nigerian film of all time. and he is expanding to enemy. films he has a team of 10 animators working on various projects he recently released the trailer for his short animation film queen or here. i will no longer tolerate. that. let me make this it's a film that is based on the nigerian female legend queen amidala my lake i was fully funded through donations on crowdfunding site kickstarter. back in 1 am says that with the right investments nigerian animations have the potential of riding on the success of nollywood and even taking it to the next level. and i think we've

gotten to the point right away through. it all if there is i would tell you the same kind of stories and i think that's why people get excited with this all my life because of the i've never seen anything like that before this part of that. even though many small teams don't have the reputation and experience of nollywood and you see but as positive of a promising future for animation in nigeria. and that is that when our phone data is apic as always you can catch all our story is like our website and facebook page to give you an l.j. dribble out of the show with the cost of all this week in senegal 60 other people complaining and african countries played with envy stop us still make side by but.

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