we're going to do to do to. turn our. cameraman who might be. far away from somalia live around the world. urgent assistance or. family starts october on. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the country with the worst housing in the world we'll tell you why the u.n. say is that country is nigeria. and taps in zimbabwe's capital run dry what does a lack of foreign currency have to do with. the south african who couldn't become the professional soccer player he dreamed of that is now don saying .

hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along this behind me here. in nigeria we begin with this today because the un ses the country's housing is the worst in the world they line to fara is the un special reputable on rights to adequate housing she's just presented preliminary findings off to make 10 day fact finding mission to nigeria 5 what i witnessed is that in so many ways the lives of so many nigerians are at stake because of the housing situation now about 2 thirds of nigerians in urban areas are said to be living in informal settlements the u.n. reports states that africa's most populous nation has a shortage of get this $22000000.00 houses so how are people living our

correspondent funny in lagos gives us a glimpse. lagos has been dubbed the mega city of slums and my kokoda torrijos for its wanted conditions is one of the city's worst and i visited mccorkle and its people in the floating slum for the 1st time i realized there are degrees of just how bad bad housing could be even here some have a roof over their head others are forced to seek temporary shelter when he trains this family of 6 where the victims from their home during the day they can use a makeshift kitchen to cook their meals that was a year ago since then many more evictions have taken place the authorities in lagos are raising houses to make way for luxury waterfront properties but luxury homes are beyond the reach of most nigerians and then there is growing population with 200000000 people today nigeria's population is expected to double by 2050 what the

country lacks is affordable housing and settlements with functioning toilet cleaner water and waste disposal the un criticised this week but terrible housing is just one of the visible symptoms of an even bigger problem facing nigeria the country has the highest rate of extreme poverty rolled wide i'm now joined by d.w. correspondent flourished who is in lagos for us. to see so we have just learned that 70 percent off nigerians in urban areas live in informal settlements why is that the case. well christine you are very right most people who over the areas in nigeria leave in informal settlements and that is

because of several reasons one of the reasons is because we have. had number of people moving from villages from rural areas so the cities just to try to find a better life to get a better life for themselves and so the cities unable to really plan are on this number because they don't really know how many people are coming into the city so you find people just seconding wherever the confines of places to be their head and that's the reason why most people even in foremost it to me ok sure and i guess nigeria is not i mean that's phenomenon is not unique to nigeria but but here's the thing i mean this never really shocked me you have the u.n. saying your country needs 22000000 houses right that's the deficit but then we also hear of stories like in the city where you are legless there are thousands of houses that are that are vacant to help us understand that. well here in lagos you find that thousands like you said thousands of houses are vacant and the reason is because these houses are just too expensive for ordinary people to

afford you can imagine most people here in lagos and leave on $2.00 a day and with this lead to money how are they able to pay their rent and many of these unloads require that people pay at least a year old celina advance so that's very far reaching for most people in nigeria. especially in lagos that's why you find that several houses have been built but they're just sitting there vacant nobody to see to leaving them because they're too expensive for unary people. push the records also raise the issue of what she called the forced evictions of entire communities what is that all about. well there are communities in live ghost and in other major cities the main jury away you have people just secondly over the years a good example is michael cool like was just seen in the reports where hundreds and thousands of people are living on on on what's hour and these these are obviously

informal settlements that exist city plan and in an effort to try to enforce the city and the government just goes with bulldozers are wipes out entire cities and what you find is that hundreds of thousands of people are in doubt homeless and i think the shocking part of the thing is that the government actually has no plan no plans for many of these people that have been a victim yes they are carrying out carrying them out of the slums and out of this infamous that's amazing but what is the other option they're left maybe sleeping on the roads or having to spot sweets community members ok financial i mean this is a multifaceted problem what is you'll government doing what action have we seen from your government should tackle this this housing crisis. well 1st of all there are no income government provided no income houses but even this no income housing bust still very far reaching for an army of people and there are

definitely policies in place on paper but the implementation of them is where we have a problem for example in lagos law lords are free to charge what ever amounts they wish to charge for their houses and nobody is going to call them to account for it because there are no regulations to guide how much it particular apartment or house should should go for so right it we're not really seen much of government intervention in that area it appears as though the government does not yet recognize the urgency of the situation. in lagos for us thank you. it's too zimbabwe's capital harare away officials shut the city's main water treatment plant because they have no foreign currency to import chemicals needed to clean the water now that has moved millions of the city's residents facing dry taps

and that's not the worst thing it's feared people will now result of water from and protect the sources which could lead to the outbreak of water borne diseases like cholera. correspondent privileged is for more on the story high privilege good to see you so you know better than than we do here that this situation of foreign currencies only compounding a water crisis that already exists in harare and perhaps broadly in the country. yes as you rightly say christine. their situation. of foreign currency in the country is compounding it's affecting almost every sector that is relying on importations if you look at the heresy to cancer at the moment they're using regiment of 17 chemicals to purify the water from lake shapiro i

think from the visuals you can see that. the water is contaminated when i went to the dam you you could you were greeted by you know a heavy stench you know it from a distance of 500 meters to the dam we thinking that maybe you know it's something that is coming from a damn site but this is water that is meant for consumption so you can see that they. really need a supply of foreign currency weekly and monthly to court to decontaminate this water so that it is portable for drinking and for use in houses privileged. thank you. south africa we any don's company is all here believe the best in the country and their latest production is said to be breathtaking and that's not even the story

one of their truth is a dance with a difference let's take a look. new summer target is getting ready to burst into the spotlight he's up next at the johannesburg theater motors the lead form in the latest piece by south africa's most prestigious dance company the dances. was was there was dancing professionally is a dream come true and something more to never thought he'd achieved he lost a leg to bone cancer when he was 11 or more tough love for music and movement remained. in the. on our i was 15 i was a d.j. in being a disc elated to daisy as i was dancing to merge piano days you know. and studying to love dancing and the solar frame taught me how to dance to it if i you

know i'm in it to get serious illness that it is you know as if to desert before i was dancing is pooja and and buns were here before you can do contribute was much has been a full time dancer for a year now it's an outlet for his agility and physical strength he says it also proves his determination but as a disabled dancer has to work harder than the other us full fulford trio able bodies to cheated something and it can take in the fresh seconds for me going take me 10 sick you know that's only the difference yeah. yeah but for this country if it. was. the when he isn't dancing motors the motivational speaker he wants to inspire others living with a disability to dream big. when he dances the audience is an oar

a fist effortless grace. and you can even tell them on crutches i think that's one of the things once i finally notice the moses like no way so this is one of those things of it's not even a case of being on crutches it was a case of like once you know somebody like mine killed because they were just a dancer truth be told for me it was so amazing it's just crazy seeing something like that it was actually it was a shock because you couldn't see maybe when you saw him it was like. hoping to make it big. will be heading to new york knicks to wow audiences there. and that is it for now be the big news africa is always here at all our stories on our website best of page because we've seen all that dot say today. even after dancing away when it's time i'd like.

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