your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. not even. you want to become citizens. into migrants your platform for reliable information. this is news africa coming up on the program an african leader is recognized as prime minister i'll be outmatched collects the nobel peace prize for resolving the long running conflict with neighboring every tree also coming up. the life changing experiences of artist benefit things from peace between the 2 here and there which we're. on the historic moments for angola as a member of former president the south as for many who is on trial for corruption

what does it mean for the country. i mean michael jr you're welcome to the program prime minister has received the nobel peace prize at the ceremony in norway the nobel committee priest before his efforts to end 2 decades of conflict with its neighbor longtime enemy eritrea in his acceptance speech are you sad yet also stepped up in political crisis in eastern africa warning that many times groups continue to boozy threats to peace in the horn of africa the whole of africa today is that you know started its significance the global powers are expanding their military presence in the area there is an extremist groups also seek to establish a foothold. we don't want the whole need to be

a battleground for superpowers hideouts. of despair and misery we want the horn of africa. progress. home radical reforms but he still faces enormous challenges following iraq. within the g.o.p. . july 16th 2018 the unthinkable ethiopia's prime minister on eritrean soil the move shocked even his own officials abby ahmed on the left reached across the divide and soon signed a peace deal with eritrea as president of worki restoring ties between both countries if you and eritrea are like estranged siblings they used to be one nation before eritrea's independence in 1903. between

10082000 they fought over the shared border. it's estimated 80000 people were killed the war was followed by a standoff that lasted 2 decades. suddenly those barriers were broken with abby calling for unity. dear people of ethiopia and eritrea. i would like to bow down and humbly thank you . because you chose compassion cruelty. peace not conflict love. forgiveness after fighting embracing and not pushing each other all. the division had gone beyond geopolitics families had been separated against their

will and only reunited after the peace agreement was signed. extended the message of reconciliation to sudan do not pass trouble between the military and the opposition there. at home he attempted to overturn the. promoting free speech pardoning thousands of political prisoners and decriminalizing dissident organizations his nobel peace prize award has not surprised many. one of the important things he did is to reconcile us with our brothers the people of every tree that even if some people argue that he doesn't deserve the price i don't agree. this country as an ethiopian and as an african i feel happy that you won the prize . but he seems passive about the uprisings in some parts of the country they

have not been controlled as quickly as one would expect that's where his problem lies if you are the leader of a country you need to make sure the rule of law is respected. it's clear that despite the fanfare around the man not everyone has welcomed his reforms that ethiopia has been. a grenade attack during a rally in the capital and in june 28th. the prime minister escaped unhurt. he still faces the huge task of keeping the country united and peaceful even as its ethnic regions seek greater autonomy. there is still a long journey ahead. but under abbey ahmed the nation is charting a different course from the past. so it can achieve. peacefully uniting his country with every tria that made it possible for people to

cross borders including every tree an artist drawn to the boughs of ethiopia's capital they are profiting from the new found freedom. peace between his country every tree and they bring it was life changing a year ago the artist crossed the border to. there he met up with painters he was already friends with and facebook they helped him to find spaces to exhibit his collage and portraits and this became his warm fire from. the every tree and capital where i brought her says he had little hope of selling his works. so. there is no peace nobody can work then your work would be to protect the country but if there is peace anyone can work in the country and i'm working here because there is peace and if there were no peace between the 2 countries then i wouldn't

have this opportunity. no moon but then i also visited last here but then decided to stay drawn by the best art scene in. the eritrean artist just held its 1st solo shal actually paintings some of them street scenes others abstract works built around concepts like hall he believes art is a powerful tool for building peace. so we came. to. the. end to reunite people know our wants to organize an exhibit action that would feature eritrean and its european artists side by side. now

supreme court has started hearing the case of. the son of a former president is on trial for embezzlement is the most high profile case yet another. the corruption dr was a filipino is accused of spiriting $500000000.00. golden state fan to during the time he ran it his father was he had a lot of root on for nearly 40 years critics accuse him of mismanaging go those oil wealth and pillaging the country to line the pockets of his family. but the voting in of the new president in $27.00 has since been it we've of change now added to at africa wanted to focus on part of this economy and finance across the continent joins us now for more on this and thanks for your time so how big a deal is it that former president is now on trial.

hello mika thank you for having me so. it's not every day that you have. a former president. sitting here on trial in specially if you're talking about a president who. a country one of one of. africa's major economies in a major role producer for 40 years how long does a frugal father has a lot of. power. of course this is this is historic in a way but. i would i would to advise you know again. you know conclude your conclusion go wild about. this because i think the bottom line will be the day the trial and and the way the day we can say that the trial was effective and that justice was served and. for that we

will have to wait they will be my 1st question and the 2nd question is that. of course was the woman who. was the head of the coverdell front of course the family of the former president who was involved 'd in the you know very. very deals with the government very profitable for themselves for the family in general but in the end you have to keep in mind that. corruption in angola. is involved the presidential family but involved and you know it's dealing with all the whole n.p.l. a regime. because that really takes us straight into my next question where the new president says while the renzo is from the same party from my

presidential center so how seriously should we take him in his fight against corruption. well you have to think seriously i think we have good. people who care about human rights. in the case of angola. there are so many you do of human rights than. that so so much a lack basic basic needs education health the country going to very very very. question so of course you have to think everyone especially at the higher level when they say that that they want tackle corruption that that always a positive development but we also have to be demanding about about the result you have who we are 3 years into who president would almost halfway. and you know from the moment he took power and. look at

the result but when we have when former minister who was obviously someone who took orders and he is the major figure right now you know that that's actually been convicted you have a lot of fault you have a lot of each in the right but ok where is the action. clearly more action is needed in tackling corruption i was talking to paul again and it's africa money and use that to focus on politics on finance across the continent well that's it for now from the news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page so we need you now with one of the songs stock holdings of the prestigious us magazine rolling stone to find 20191 of the few africans who made it on to this yes nest as nigerian sing got him out he nailed it with iron man enjoyed a smooth seems by for not.

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this year a well known documentary film festival in moscow called the doc festival is playing . a major satirical show the pokes fun of russia's leaders amongst others and is co-produced by d.w. the organizers say they are taking a risk by showing the film but with censorship on the rise in russia that is a risk they feel they have to take our correspondent emily show him how small. it wasn't they saying to world leaders including putin an ironic theme song for russian politics sung by foreign ministry and kremlin representatives we must tell you nothing and no one in current affairs escape the mocking gaze of somebody.