so you can read. that certainly. in 60. 3. people for information. they want to express. your facebook and twitter world today in touch. from the us. this is deja news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the fire burning on the continent we have a report from was empty and there may be a way it delayed rain is. and the dance off that one didn't dribble come on that sylvester. he was killed by the congolese army when it brings stability to the region and i didn't feel right and as i had arrived in my hands. a 180

degree turn from child soldier to mild football player will take you inside a project to help the kids to see our. hello i'm kristie one to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along remember those images all forest fires destroying the amazon rain forest they shocked the world and prompted a global response when nasa released satellite images off the blazes we saw that they were actually mall fi is burning in 7 and central africa and those burning in the amazon today some of those fires all still burning all correspondence address increase was recently in both namibia and. in mozambique where they off is that if

it doesn't rain soon the damage may be irrepairable. elizabeth and for the rushes together firewood for cooking before that timber too in flames the bush fires near go wrong in central mozambique are not only a threat to the environment people are also at risk. you know the fires came from back there far away from here. they were they had already burned down to houses. the owners had just gone on a short trip to my somethings in the village people who were and when they came back the houses were gone. and full of suspects that hunters set the fire as a way to hunt wild animals while she's gathering woods 2 men walk past carrying

shackled they say they're just porters and had nothing to do with the fires. for. it's illegal to set fires here or did the commodity for it but people don't care. if. they. saw you know they do it anyway. and then it gets out of control the. house back there just went up in flames see when you're driving through the area yet every few minutes you will pass a bush fire and it's really a mess of the bush fires rage uncontrollably especially at night images from u.s. space agency to show how mess of the affected area is far more land in southern africa is of lace than in the amazon but just how bad is the problem. from the

plane you can see that these are not large scale forest fires but many smaller bushfires in mozambique savannah area we fly on tonight where the president has declared a state of emergency due to drought still plumes of smoke can be seen everywhere mostly from manmade fires before the rainy season locals prepare their fields using traditional slash and burn techniques the ashes are used as fertilizer experts say this is typical for the region but it can be dangerous. given that that we even serious drought situation this is creating quite a serious problem for livestock but the national parks definitely for for their water than it was so it is a problem for the. areas and. so the regeneration takes some time and then there is no food for the animals there's no

food for the water that is there's no food for livestock land clearance hunting and the fires of southern africa have several causes in spite of the damage to the nature of the environment the situation is not yet out of control the people here are hoping the rainy season will come soon before more damage is done. the commander of the london rebel group in the east and democratic republic of congo has been killed according to the congolese army general service to lead the militia toward the democratic forces for the liberation of one bet since it was founded in 2000 the group was started by hutu officials who fled wanda at the end of the 1994 genocide. frayed move one year from africa is standing by to give us more insight into what the day off more a means for the if are and the region more broadly good to see you fred who was.

there and why could he not live in a post genocide. versus remove the trauma was during and before the genocide he was deputy commander of presidential guards in ronda the forces that we are protecting president. so she was a very important and cause a person to the who to reduce that committed or that i was accused of committing genocide in rwanda so she fred along with other forces former forces and he went to congo and he has been there operating as a military officer behind the scenes he was not known until 2009 when he became an ick overall commander of the if the. this came after the leaders of if there are who were arrested here in germany when they were there

announcement that they were arrested serious remove the tumor to cover off initially and he read their forces and the u.s. government untied terrorism a group. and the u.n. actually believe that moved out from under his forces kid around or more than a 1000 people and raped women in the congo that the guy that's the parson ok so we understand now why the i.c.c. would want him given the allegations you're talking about it's also pretty clear why the london government would want him to give us a sense of why maybe the congolese would want him for it why it would have been they interest to kill him. there are 2 reasons why i call go i trow would like to kill him 1st of all or. she committed here already committed crimes in kong that means that the women who were raped their kids who were recruited as child

soldiers most of them well congress where congress is all these women who were raped where congress saw their crimes that he already committed actually were committed against congress rainbow and number 2 it's for the pretty girl reasons because rand has been sending troops to congo. as trying to say that they are posturing if there are forces including this. so by kong henri's government arresting or killing the parson dyke hume actually it indicates that kong and rand are working together now at this point of tile k. and the current government doesn't want any trouble with wonder frank very quickly what is his death mean for the f d l r and the region. it's a big draw to the rebel group because. recent or this the spokesman for this group was was arrested remember that. therefore married of if

there are died in airports and the head of intelligence also was arrested and taken to rwanda so the death of the tumor is a big broad today to this rebel group and it means that the group is somehow ruling if it's not completely destroyed i have to say. when your father did have his africa test thank you. now as we mentioned the international criminal court wanted to face criminal allegations at the hague today war crimes proceedings did get under way over a case relating to the central african republic 2 alleged leaders of christian dominated militias all charged with systematically targeting muslims will murder torture and rape and for using children as soldiers in the brutal campaigns life for children in the c.a.r. has been shockingly difficult for you but there has been limited improvement in

some regions is a look at one if it to reach young people deeply affected by violence. football training as a form of therapy john is just 13 years old but he's lived through terrible times. i felt my father and mother and i can learn something here john isn't his real name we won't identify him for his protection he was once a soldier obviously was called a child soldier and a project run by the group felt hunger hill for literally world hunger help aims to help him and children like him we shall go their cultures and look after the children not just during football practice he also visit them at home at 1st he said john constantly got into fights for john violence was normal based on his life as a child soldier. i didn't feel right and as i had a rifle in my hands sometimes we had to fight and sometimes only the older ones went to fight and we guarded our base when they returned we gave them food and

water. and gave them drugs cannabis illegal substances and so they were prepared to do anything for john sr helped him escape the violence of his pre-teen years and i hope that his life changes now and that he gets back on the right path. well john embarks on a new life the circumstances of his younger days rage on in this part of bungie heavily armed u.n. peacekeepers patrolled the streets while most of the city is considered relatively safe this part of town is still controlled by a defiant militia. and children are living in the midst of this conflict ben is another struggling with his own traumatic memories and 2013 rebels overran his just wrecked and burned down his home. ben's father was killed. when i go to bed i still think about my dad he was

a police officer well. his mother has to look after him and the children of relatives alone. it's very difficult you have to buy some things to survive but how can you when you have nothing. but ben is getting some help now not just football lessons the aid project also provides school lessons schools here were closed for a long time because of the conflict some still our culture. is trying to build bridges between the mixed feed children he has received training in special therapy to help him. i think it's up to play football and the christians can do that just as well as the muslims we want to instill a sense of team spirit of solidarity among the children. that team spirit

a normal life with laughter i normally life without violence. is ever. and that's it for now from africa you can catch. it and facebook page today will leave you with images from the african freestyle championships in. is known as top managers you know who today. you know the banks. and so watch the language of a bank running. for speaking the truth global news that matters w. made for mines. and

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visitors to the threshold between the known and the. all this week we've been reporting on the international literature festival in berlin writers from around the world are here to give readings of discussion panels workshops and generally meet and greet their fellow walthers and of course their fans the writer and i asked a man will be with me in a minute but 1st more about the festival. celebration literature the international literature festival is happening now in the german capital p.d. you can not only listen to those reading from their works but discuss all manner of topics with literature fans from all over the world. there are 200 authors from 59 countries and someone from our team counted them there are very many languages being spoken. there are also cross disciplinary events inspired by young adult literature. french author clementine birthday's coming of age

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