flies back this expedition is international 600 people from over 60 institutes from 17 countries are on board the extraordinary experiment will last 350 days and travel 2500 kilometers it may be the last of its kind because if global warming continues at the present rate then the arctic could already be ice free by the summer of 2030. and that's over now next up as they w. news africa place that you in for that.

last. agreed on the people's court over the return home the 4th one for the. families of the dragons which were. 3 years. on. this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the fire burning on the continent we have a report from was empty at the may be a way delayed rain is. the dance of the london drivel come on that sylvester. he was killed by the congolese army would it bring stability to the region and i didn't feel right unless i had arrived in my hands. a 180

degree turn from child soldier to mild football player or take you inside a project to help the kids to see our. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along remember those images of forest fires destroying the amazon rain forest today shocked the world and prompted a global response when nasa released satellite images off the blazes we saw that there were actually more fires burning in southern and central africa than those burning in the amazon today some of those fires all still burning all correspondence at 3 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 fuller rushes together firewood for cooking before that timber too in flames the bush fires and you 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 house it is. the owners had just gone on a short trip to my somethings in the village. and when they came back the houses were gone. what good would the uni. be. and follow 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 go. it's illegal to set fires here or do a commodity for it but people don't care. if. so as you know they do it anyway that in my school and then it gets out of control the it wants to know how it's back there just went up in flames see when you're driving through the area yet every few minutes you will pass a bushfire and it's really a mess if the bushfires rage uncontrollably especially at night images from u.s. space agency show how mess of the affected area is far more land in southern africa is ablaze 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 was a big savannah area we fly on to a number where the president has declared a state of emergency due to drought still plumes of smoke can be seen everywhere mostly from men made 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. the situation this is creating quite a serious problem for livestock but in the nation about staff and therefore for the wild animals so it is a problem it will have for the president because it's bad areas and. so there regeneration sometime and then there is no food for the enemas there's no food for

the world 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 eastern 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 since it was founded in 2000 the group was started by hutu officials who fled wanda at the end of the 1994 genocide. fred move when you're from africa is standing by to give us more insight into what the death off a means for the if are and the region more broadly good to see you fred who was.

there and why could you not live in a post genocide. 1st remove the trauma was 1st during and before the genocide he was deputy commander of presidential guards in rwanda forces that we are protecting president. so he was a very important and cause a person to the hutu region that committed or that he was accused of committing genocide in rwanda so he 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 unlike overall commander of the if the. this came after the leaders of if there are who were arrested here in germany when they were their

announcement that they were arrested serious remove that from or took over or fischler and he read their forces and the us government. terrorism a group. and the un actually believe that the trauma and his forces carried around or more than a 1000 people and raped women in the other 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 try would like to kill him 1st of all or. she committed here already committed crimes in cornwall 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 the 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 congress government arresting or killing the parson dyke hume actually it indicates that kong and rand are working together now at this point of tile and the current government doesn't want any trouble with wanda frank very quickly what does his death mean for the f t l r and the region. it's a big draw to the to the rebel group because. the spokesman for these group was was arrested remember that. the former aide of if

there are died in airport and the head of intelligence also was arrested and taken to rwanda so the death of the tumour is a big draw 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 you're from africa test thank you. now as we mentioned the international criminal court wanted would actually more 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 cia are 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 aid group veld hunger hill for literally world hunger help aims to help him and children like him we shall go their coaches and look after the children not just during football practice he also visits them at home at 1st he said jon constantly got into fights for john violence was normal based on his life as a child soldier. i didn't feel right and this i had a rifle in my hands sometimes we had to fight and sometimes only the older ones went to fight and regarded 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 just to think about my dad he was

a police officer as well. his mother has to look after him and the children of relatives alone. and well 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 are. is trying to build bridges between the mixed faith children he has received training in special therapy to help him. i think that'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. team spirit

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