risen. from. the music. to confess 2019 from september 6th to september 29th. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the kong of these children stolen from their parents families in demand is simply children to a holiday camp but they never returned now with the marriages they were trafficked to belgium talks of a journalist who uncovered the story. and tributes continue to call in for d.j. am found. the ivorian singing and d.j. died in a motorbike accident at the weekend his managers say he was an icon for the u.s. .

hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa i'm glad you're chained in hawthorn's he is invalid are investigating an orphanage for abducting and trafficking children from the democratic republic of congo the children are said to have been taken to belgium and adopted by families who were told that they will often now would have made it is that the parents of those children one of them you see behind me are alive and never gave up their children to belgian journalists uncover the scandal in the village of given 800 kilometers north of the capital kinshasa they found the biological parents of some of the children. my guest today is one of the 2 journalists that uncovered the scandal could specialize joins me now from a studio in the belgian brussels welcome to the african kids

how would these children taken from their parents in the democratic republic of congo and how did they then you end up in belgium. well we've discovered that there were at least 2 ways of off taking just kids 1st some kind of. holiday some of the holiday that the holiday that they kind of fixed for gets going from game another north of kabul to kinshasa that was one way barron's for eager to send their kids on this holiday because it was one time in one chance in life time there was one thing and 2nd way of getting these kids in the orphanage for spring kidnapping going on the road with a bicycle or with a with a motorbike i'm sorry and not bring the kids that the orphanage needed right so the families that you visited in the democratic of

a republic of congo. these people have for the last 3 years if i'm not mistaken been under the impression that their children had died and so you pitched up and told them that their children were alive i mean just tell us about that moment when you broke this news to them and what they've been going through over the last few he is. well they at the moment we we found these people they were absolutely unaware of what happened to their kids if they were dead or alive where they were they had no id the kids were taken and they had no idea where they were so this was. our 1st contact we tried to talk to the parents the biological parents who gave us lots of details about the kids about . how they lived and so on and we could provide them with pictures of their kids pictures they didn't. years off there or at least when you're off the

kidnapping so we could prove that they were still alive we could tell them that they wore in good shape that they wore in belgium that they were seen in saudi and that at the end all of the parents they gave us a video message to provide to the kids and about the families. and what. its needs no explanation that of course in all of the village everybody was very happy to know to have news about the kids and the of course that they were not dead and that they that they were still alive yes all right. just tell us about how you and your colleagues came to you and covering this story. well i go into all details but i had some contacts. pointed out this story to me and i've worked for a few months of the radar and try to locate at least the organization that

provided the transportation for the for the summer holiday that the kids were going through and it took me some while some time a few months to get in touch with them and to gain confidence and. finally meet them and that's the way i got. i got to get shot suddenly thrown to given up to the north of congo and it was through this through this way that i finally met the parents. ok so there are legal proceedings in brussels now as you have said in a belgian course who is on trial and what exactly is going to happen now what are we going to see coming out of these legal proceedings. well as far as i know right now the federal prosecutor is trying to close down the the affair to file and they have found so far at evidence for at least

5 of these kidnappings they have d.n.a. matches with the parents that we found in congo and it gets that are in belgium. they are as i know now they are trying to close down the the investigation and go to trial with at least one of the responsibles a woman that's that lives in belgium. woman that has the belgian and congolese nationality and that was traveling around from belgium to congo and dock with. a lot to to prove who arranged all these adoptions at least she will be on trial or death. that is the expectation and probably they will also. find some other people . who will close by that might have given her help that's the legion legal thing the other thing is of course. what will happen to the children they know for

for a few years so that's another. procedure that's that's ongoing all right so it's just to say if the if the children will be returned to the democratic with their parents . yes it's too soon to say. at this moment it's very difficult of course you have the biological parents in the congo that really want their children back and you have on the other side of the parents in belgium that have raised the skits not being aware of the fact that they were. abducted sole. situation and they're in the un there will be no winner of course this will be hard for everybody else. to. thank you. we're staying on the theme of honorable children and our next story isn't south africa where child activists say as many as $10000.00 babies are abandoned each

year social taboos surrounding adoption often leave women who aren't able to keep their babies with little choice other than to simply dump them near a hospital or even on the side of the road that prompted one orphanage to come up with an interesting last resort to help move this off and wanted babies. there are 17 little mouths to feed at the tour of hope in johannesburg the orphanage provides a temporary home for abandoned babies and today they have a new arrival last night out on help us 8 there's the bell went off and then looked to be clean and only to find that is their baby and then they just went in front of the. house and gave the baby to baby out of some of the baby books the charity build this baby books in 1909 as a safe place for mothers to leave unwanted children since then it's received more

than $200.00 babies whenever there's a baby. here. in the house that's how we know that there's a baby in the quotes. thousands of babies are abandoned in south africa every year some of found on the side of the road outside hospitals or even in public toilets. many more died before being rescued in one of the most unequal societies in the world charities say the issue partly stems from the problem some mothers themselves face. it's important remember that they've been abandoned themselves they've been abandoned by the partner of the father of their child they've been abandoned often by the family as they've been abandoned by their communities and society as a whole. this woman mo missed seeing her granddaughter grow up her daughter fell pregnant young but neither of them could raise the baby so to gether they decided

to give the little girl up for adoption a choice that remains taboo in south africa he can see that the option is you that's all we need the way. i chose. not to for those 4. genes angels and i'm happier. one day if she wants the little girl will be able to track down her biological family a choice the babies abandoned at the door of hope will never have. in the ivory coast fans of d.j. out of us have been mourning their late icon the singer who had a huge following in francophonie africa died in a motorcycle accident in abidjan earlier this week news of his untimely death evoked a wave of tributes to the award winning star of the. dogs genre. celebrating

the life of a hero dancing to one of his many popular songs since news of the death of d.j. arafat broke on monday fans have held vigil near the accident site. i came here to honor my artist and pay tribute here where he died i was hurting so much where i was i had to come here so that my anger would subside. just on the future we will miss his music his songs everything he's done for ivory coast for us for his fans will miss all of this no one else can do it if we defeat. him i know that. despite his young age arafat was nothing short of prolific at just $33.00 he'd already released 11 albums mainly of ku paid to can make a style of dance music combining choppy rhythms with hip hop focus. to the end. he soon became

a symbol of the flashy well dressed life style associated with the music his talent for it earned him an artist of the year for the genre for 2 years running but those that knew him say his charisma transcended the music. for arafat was and is an icon for the youth you know sound the whole population. he was a fighter and he gave courage through his music. for artists to believe in their passion and give their all. but this is. and for d.j. arafat's many fans that legacy will continue. and that is that for now from data is africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page. by frank tributes to d.j. edified to young each of you will need you with more music from the late d.j. so next time i've. got

a group of those bozos out. the . door on the. center of the conflict zone confronting the powerful. my guest this week here in berlin is the qatari foreign ministry spokesperson. for the last 2 years the gulf state of qatar has been blockaded by a poor chance of arab states which accuses of supporting terrorism she has always denied the charge of. conflicts. d.w. . europe transformed the focus on europe's summer

series razors armed barbed wire hungary seals on the bunk and how many russians he sent to the e.u. shut down. but 30 years ago borders were dismantled with both cultures hungary opened its gates and let east germans meet austria. 60 minutes. please. don't get. too deep to.

discover. documentary. you know with facts so you're doing with something that no no no no what times have a fact you want to call it there isn't a war and this nation i mean it's a problem for the entire world is you don't think for the last 2 years the gulf state of qatar has been blockaded by a quartet of arab states which accuse it of supporting terrorism my guest this week here in berlin is the qatari foreign ministry spokesperson i'll cop to yours always denied the charges but with question marks going back many years to those 2.