everything connected to jewish culture today researchers are searching for the missing work so hard. challenging for the experts. and painful for the descendants. to someone. to dart the brush starts february 10th on d w. this is deja vu news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes actions towards 0 female genital mutilation we'll take you to the nigeria town where if g.m. is a big part of the culture of making it a battleground for activists working to end the practice. to in dog years into office look at what may cost president jong rainfalls record and. free country house in the west. but they must work honestly urged

in an honest way and they must be capable of creating jobs without using public funds where the. president or insult defends his record against corruption when they need to. get. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company in many parts of africa women and girls all still subjected to the harmful practice female genital mutilation if g.m. has no health benefits and in many cases causes severe problems the world health organization says it's a violation of the human rights of girls and women today is the international day off 00 tolerance for if g.m. all correspondent flora she brings us this report from a town in nigeria where some activists all working to end the practice which is

deeply rooted in the culture they. akpap. a small village in nigeria scrushy of our state's female genital mutilation ev g.m. is still a major part of the culture here almost every girl has been circumcised bassy was a quarter before she became a midwife at the local hospital she says she doesn't want the tradition to end it with some men who are not married if you don't move some homes that will do is that leaders that you see any girl that refuses to be caught is considered fealty people in the community refused to associate with her it's believed that a girl only becomes a woman after she has been courts. bassy demo streets how the cutting is done 3 or 4 women have to hold for go down during circumcision to prevent her from running away. this.

comes some herbs are then used to stop the bleeding most of the girls are courts as teenagers we try to talk to some of them who were recently costs but they refused to speak against the tradition because they felt intimidated by the order we met in 2015 and i german government introduced a law that is aimed towards protecting women and girls from f.p.m. and also punishing offenders but many people especially in rural communities and villages and not even aware that this law exists gifts and activists working to stop the practice of g.m. the couple have been physically attacked by village us for trying to end the age long tradition today they have come to sensitize these women about the dangers of female circumcision as soon as they remain here they could be arrested if the

courts practice in g.m. they agree that it should end gift on a blue sea that while many older women are turning away from the practice younger ones are picking up the treat with if you treat your father as a mechanic be treated your mother is in stress you decide to be the truth so if you have. to be betrayed. internationally the goal is to end evje by 2050 but gift and i will see that on your attitudes change on the ground it's going to take much more time than that. yes a reporter from minnesota on the murder charges brought against the country's 1st lady my is i have 77 appeared in court in the capital maseru she was remanded in custody by magistrates they have but she appealed to the high court which granted

bail immediately despite best police say they are convinced of their case has the deputy commissioner off police safe to say we have court on believe 'd it is. said to be a charge that all those who are suspects talked about you can do the names that we failed to for now and. we are of the view that justice has to be done and even the person we have that who died she he simply keep the commission don't cry if you call it did you know if it is we can just simply put that particular person before the kosovo drugs. and told us president george came to power 2 and a half years ago on a page to create jobs and push on with developments the opportunity was there and all enjoyed a healthy income from oil but there were doubts to lawrenceville came from the same party as outgoing president she'll say it wanted to shantel su rule the country for

38 he is corruption has blighted the economy for decades that's highlighted by the fresh allegations that the former president's daughters stole hundreds of millions of donna's so what about the streets of angola have promises of a new start in fulfilled no wonder to find out. no wonder the capital of angola on display in the city center is evidence of the massive oil wealth that has poured into the southern african country in recent decades. but just a few kilometers away is another angola one of poverty and mass unemployment. we ask locals as the new president changed anything. there is a change but it's all happening much too slowly. nothing has changed yet and

we don't even have drinking water you know. get out anything leave the government should at least deal with waste removal when it rains here there are floods that sometimes drag away our children our houses are ruined too we have many problems here. but we want the new president. to think about us. things are very bad for us here our country is rich but we don't see any of it. people have a lot of money but we are suffering here. joe wilder and so took office 2 years ago his predecessor had been in power for 38 years lorenzo's ernest attempts at confronting the rampant corruption have surprised many here he's even confronted former party allies. it's precisely because i have

seen these high levels of corruption. because i think it must be stopped. that we are fighting what we've witnessed for decades. it might be comfortable for us to leave things as they were before. be correct. my. city if we have a chance to make a change. and this is the right time to do it a woman. lauren so is even going after the former president's children especially isabel dos santos. she's africa's richest woman and has been accused of illegally diverting hundreds of millions of dollars from state coffers to a company's. many important businesses are still controlled by isabel just santos and as the leaked documents of the so-called rwanda leaks showed she could often cowan's on the help of her father the former presidents and will probably take the

courts can establish the scale of the corruption in the country and punish the perpetrators. so has the era of corrupt elites in angola past residents of the capital of london slums have the downs they want to see concrete results. so that's the situation in the want us today on friday germany's chancellor angela merkel will be visiting a country she'll be taking a business dedication with and i'll. set down with president to find out what kind of opportunities the visit. you visited germany in 2018 and now the german chancellor chancellor angela merkel will be coming here what are you expecting of visits noirish. we have great expectations for this visit. given that the relations between angola and germany have always been good. and now on february

the 7th we hope to sign a new cooperation agreement with germany. for use you have been trying to or to persuade the german government to sell warships and because of the german opposition that did not happen we understand that last time when you were in berlin you were very optimistic that you could reach a conclusion what is the status at the moment but most. still interested provided that we get financing guarantees from germany as maritime safety is important to us about the body of our country is here in the gulf of guinea. and recently this region has been threatened by maritime piracy. but people are mighty. now economy is struggling because of the law of price you're trying to die 1st diversify the economy but you're also trying to privatized state business some people are skeptical that this will draw bias from outside the usual elites because

they are the ones who have the money to invest in it how are you trying to avoid that move. we will take the necessary precautions in the process of privatizing the big companies bush says. they're going to put in these muslim if you could. that doesn't mean exchanging one a league for another by means of the same so-called racial material capital accumulation as happened with the current elites. with the. ones that was elites most good and we want to create elites every country has elites. but they must work honestly and what they are in an honest way. for. and they must be capable of creating jobs without using public funds. no one is against elites who just against the way the currents are leaks became

rich in an illicit way that needs to be made clear if you quit the german chancellor coming to visit with a business delegation that we ask in the end what is your message to the business world we. have an investment is welcome in angola. we're doing our part we're creating a better business environment in angola day after day. all my vision beautiful one of the measures is precisely fighting corruption so the foreign investment in and go that is safe. and well that that's what there is guaranteed return and if it happens everyone will win. the foreign investors will win and my country will win and goto will win. and that i will move by israel at all and that's why i will leave it's a day on his africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page bullied me with images of watched i'll probably empty windows at the lecturing. his opponent in switzerland the company is named sue isabel dos santos

and has filed for bankruptcy protection seizing by. india. how can a country's economy grow harmony its people and the climate. when there are do worse look at the bigger picture. india a country that faces many challenges the center people are striving to assisting the future. clipper projects from europe and in skokie india on t.w.

. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language which the 1st word heard from the. rico is in germany to learn german and why not come with him it's simple online on your mobile and free to shop for d w z e learning course nikos fake german made. hello welcome to news from the world of arts and culture we'll be looking back and talking about the amazing career of hollywood legend douglas who passed away on wednesday also coming up slow fashion is all the rage at the moment long lasting photos made from sustainable materials. and music legends as seen through the lens of linda mccartney on show in western germany.

douglas was born. to impoverished jewish russian immigrants so his life really was a rags to riches story unlike other screen idols of the post-war era he manage the transition to more serious roles and also became the producer of some of his major films like sponsor kiss he made over 80 movies and stood up against the blacklist in hollywood in the mccarthy era a true legend of the cinema who's died at age 103. in film and in life he was the underdog who refused to take things lying down. his most famous moment was as and roman gladiator who led a slave revolt in the 1960 movie spartacus i was like a champion trying to punch my way to success.