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hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along turkey and russia have called for a cease fire in libya which they want to come into effect on sunday ticky is president richard type erdogan and his russian counterpart vladimir putin agree this should be a truce in libya but they support different factions in the country and kara backs the administration in tripoli which is recognized by the u.n. and most western powers for its part moscow's supports general who controls most of the country and has been advancing to take over the capital tripoli now on this map you'll see tripoli in the west and general have to polish based tobruk in the east each side is backed by different militias and adding to the mix a number of foreign powers with various interests in libya. one country 2 governments numerous militias ongoing fighting that the situation in libya

it's triggered a flurry of diplomatic meetings in the last days the u.n. backed government of national caught us in brussels for talks why the government's main rival. wasn't italy was far in excess increasing involved in libya another diplomatic meeting attracted special attention talks between russia and turkey the 2 countries who break rival sites in libya have called for an end to military excellence. are president. and russia's president putin are calling for a cease fire in libya starting january the 12th at midnight the night linking saturday to sunday. which is all on those who didn't. for now the fighting in libya continuous general have to us forces say the government is amping up its recruiting. we appeal to international organizations to monitor this the government

is no recruiting students from the 9th grade of. earlier this week have to force us a letter to see sticky city of still to as a push to what the capital tripoli by the government of national caught the international community is wanting off an escalation of hostilities. for voyagers we want to avoid libya becoming the start of a proxy war and libya must also not become a stick in syria and that is why we need a political process to begin quickly. so far diplomatic efforts have failed to bring opposing factions together a cease fire could be a 1st step to what's a political solution. we've invited emitted in-body to give us analysis on these developments he's a political analyst currently at the european university in the italy welcome to

news africa there are some people concerned that libya will become the 2nd syria because of all the fighting that we've seen there how is this affecting the lives of civilians ordinary civilians in libya. well as opposed to syria maybe in libya's case the conflict is slightly more localized in the sense that it is predominantly happening in tripoli its capital however the this doesn't mean the conflict should be underplayed because the capital tripoli is actually home to almost 42 more than 50 percent of the population of years very sparsely populated so most of the population actually lives there and due to this conflict and the fact that it is predominantly being waged in tripoli suburbs that is affecting through all of the layers artillery days the fact it's a billions of lives yeah right so you have these 2 major powers to can russia and

they're now calling for a cease fire in the country. on sunday i mean how likely is that. i think that they might want to sort of get to an agreement together or not clash with one another directly because both sides have troops or proxies on the ground in the case of turkey they've said syrian fighters there would be some military advisors so turkish troops on brush aside they sent mercenaries as well so both sides and mercenaries of their own but i don't know how in practice they would implement the cease fire especially since they're not the only player involved however was important to take into account is that they're also the main players are they also position ideally right now as power brokers jointly because the americans and europeans have largely left libya or have been inactive over the past 9 months facing this conflict in madrid embody political analyst and libya expires

thank you thank you. now in many parts of the world the costs of getting married have reached an all time high and african countries are no exception with waiting becoming increasingly lavish and expensive many african culture is waiting saw about more than the bride and groom they're about family and the community which means weddings off $500.00 people and uploads all common now hosting an extravagant event for so many people costs a bomb some couples are prepared to spend the money others are taking a more modest raise. for many couples it is the pinnacle of their relationship a big fat wedding this doesn't come cheap i'm old and susan from cape town know the couple my big last year with 700 people. for me it was my dream. and. why planting. getting

married like. is the family for me was not an option susan and to spend to the equivalent of $5500.00 us dollars on the a big day with food and being the biggest expense that's 4 times the average monthly income insult africa in order to pull of the wedding they planned 3 years in advance we decided to start early and try to break down expenses bit by bit in a month attacking people who are helping us and. grateful. for other couples a big wedding isn't a dream but a nightmare to feel pressure to hold a big wedding but want to break with tradition like want to live to end honey. there was no way for us to be able to afford all of that honeymoon overseas wife

waiting. so we had to look at it and be like. is it really worth it if we invited so many people for that and the wiping so we decided we can have a small thing with that many right that does not even cost much and then we can go in the honeymoon because this is basically about us not about the whole community. honey and a husband who only spent around 400 years or less on their wedding with their money deceived they paid a deposit on the car and travelled to thailand for their honeymoon but how did the friends and family react you don't want to know. that my mother had. cause i'm the 1st one to get in the 1st one in the family the wedding venue expense . and everything so when you call and say we actually don't want to do that so.

i had to stand in the way i had to say this is what we want and what you want is what we want is how we want you to. think they came out on the one that came on. in the end the families enjoyed the budgets way down no one felt stubby had missed out on anything honey and one gus advice is to stick to what you can afford after all a wedding it's not about everyone else but about the bride. now the rising cost of weightings is a dilemma facing couples across the continent not just in south africa and to get more on this i'm joined by janet and a wedding planner with the main event company. janet good to see you so why all these weddings getting more leverage now than they were a decade or so ago or decades ago. right so in the guardian context. first of all i think is the influx of social media i have

brides that come in with part of inspirations from lebanese where didn't an australian weddings etc. and which i've naturally loved you know so we have been to replicate those sorts of where didn't hear as well as this one forgets the spending part of. it has increased. of course the. more refined it. right and i wondered i mean when you put together an event like this essentially when most of the costs. right so i mean like events have evolved so much i work in a family business my mom started this business about 30 years ago and she talks about how much events have evolved you know back in the day it was so easy to

produce and events you know it was nothing like. that but d.c. there's so many elements that go into producing and events to produce one event you need like a team of professionals. but. why yeah but specifically for the weddings i wonder what which other things that make them so costly what aspects of the weightings are the most expensive so one of one of the most expensive elements a deck or you know they see the whedon's the decor the ambiance is almost everything so the deck or the food are some of the most expensive elements in my country right and for people that are thinking about getting married and want sort of instagram social media waiting but still don't have the budget i mean where would you advise. you know i always tell

my clients i always tell my brights pig. about if you want to course you can have everything so pick the things you are most passionate about spend them fine and just work with the budgets. all right because also gets. love than anything else that is true wise words from all waiting planet jeanette kendall thank you. and that is that when our feet everything is africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page and on the topic of pointing your small photos of a couple celebrating a big day by final. point

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