your story you are trying always to understand this new culture. you want to become citizens. into migrants your platform for reliable information. is. coming up on the program. in west africa reached the worrying a new level of troops in the region on the us our terrorism drill we're living in this time to stop the jihadists also coming out. when we were told to shoot people we had to do it if you said no we would torture you or kill you. there cool off south sudan's civil war thousands of child soldiers the reports of how the u.n.

is trying to help some of them get over. these are pings up by they call him mr fish because he's using his odds to come pain against the destruction of you should. i. and you're welcome to the program now more than 1500 so just from 34 countries have been taking part in a u.s. led counterterrorism exercise in west africa that. hold a growing extremist threat in the region the security situation there is west and then by today with the hottest staging more attacks and killing increasing numbers of civilians but. also growing over the possibility that the u.s. may be the. numbers in. region. and i'm joined now by

our correspondent fred mooney he's just come back from mauritania one of the 2 countries where that realistic in place very much fred thank you for having me here always a pleasure so so tell us more about this counterterrorism exercise and how different really is it from previous ones i mean when it comes to training. all these military shootings it's not different but what was did this time around a tree to focus on activities that touch the lives of ordinary people like in mauritania these days that they had to treat most cutters and cover most for ordinary citizens that way actually they are tackling the military part but also they're carrying. these people that there was something different compared to the last ones and why is it important then gets closer to the locals and i mean it's

important because the terrorists have been nuku to people because they have no jobs they have no food they have they have nothing and it's easy when someone is hungry it's easy to take to take him when you promise something now that the government the intro people organizes think about ordinary people thinking about job creation and development activities and i think this is something that can help to counter terrorism ok now talking about the u.s. how can the see the leading the fight against terrorism when they are already planning to reduce the number of their troops on the ground it's very tricky question but also very interesting because when you look at the intelligence information on the u.s. about this issue in this region they predict it was in situation in this ahead. i think for me i think they're thinking about the. budget and all. that

needs to be all the investment that needs to be put into this i hear and they think that this is another afghanistan this is another type of lark. or so they're kind of afraid that's why they want france and e.u. members to take initiative so even even african union i see of course on all hands should be on board this one but the other question is to counter terrorism i should say rather is on the rise even with involvement of us choose another international troops on the ground what is happening to these groups that makes it seem like the actually getting stronger in the beginning when the terrorism started in this region there these terrorist groups where walking individually individual groups but now they have been working together they started working together. is walking with the al qaeda something that had never happened before so because they have

different ideologies but they have decided to put their ideology. aside and then focus on their main cause which is to fight the governments and to make sure that governments there cannot govern. the well. we can only hope because many on the continent hoping that he you and other international musicians will come aboard and make the fight against terrorism work out fred but we need to do the reports now. after more than 5 years of civil war south sudan managed to form a unity government last month but many people still traumatized by the conflict like the thousands of young people who were forcibly recruited as child soldiers they were subjected to extreme violence and abuse the boys were forced to fight and

kill the girls where raped and used as wives the u.n. is trying to help some of them to rebuild their lives at the special facility in the south of the country. peace is slowly settling in the u.n. estimates that 900000 children and adolescents were doctored and used as child soldiers during the 5 year civil war. here at duke center some of them are starting to find their feet again. christian he was captured group at the age of 13 for years he lived through hell he says. it was. true. yes it was if that unless you are not that before. but. it's

a lot of someone we don't do that will kill you my brother my brother may kill day. and i was barely 13 when she was snatched from her way to school fighters turned her into a killing machine used and abused her upon our long island when we were there we were beating people torturing people robbing people's property. when we were told to shoot people we had to do it if you said no we would torture you or kill you. it was also hard for girls because the boys used us as wives. and. as a result many of the former female child soldiers have little children and has no training in sewing with a new skills she hopes to make some money to pay for the future education of her little boy and hers she dreams of becoming a doctor. the training here is one part of

a 3 year rehabilitation program for my child soldiers co funded by the european union's humanitarian aid service there are over 2000000 children who have lost out on any form of education what we're trying to focus is on the children because we don't want another last generation to give them some sort of basic education to give them basic skills so they can participate in the reconstruction of their country. christian wants to be a plumber and rebuild his life as well as his village ravaged by the war. with the support of trained psychologists who do trauma counseling and the prospect of a long term job as well as peace and stability christian has. to believe in a happier future. now they

see speaks louder than words so does painting and. knows all about that he's a popular in central gonna use in his fish painting to campaign against the destruction of the ocean through human activities his words have been celebrated by presidency and the u.s. government is hoping to draw attention to the problem around the world through his paintings. in his to do you. about 2 things he laughs deeply fish and the ocean he's nickname which for eat mr fish much of this week depicts to see creatures struggle with pollutants dumped into the ocean. no specific theme when he 1st started painting over 20 years ago but having grown up in

a fishing community his consent for marine life grew with environmental issues becoming more and more pressing i've been painting from. since. but. seeing the pollution aspect of it it is going to affect. even kind of fishes we have in. so few years to come if we. do any. of. the paintings illustrates the puti of the contrasting needs with the damage done by human activity. this is a job that of. it can also save the greeter peppers of helping preserve the ocean for future generations. yes imagine if we.

have died and gone. it is. to make sure that the sharks still remain in the ocean for the next generation future in that we're going to give them to come to my that this was leap to see them in pictures. visits the beach in his community every day picking up waste washed ashore. he recycles these waste items by using them for his paintings they're all stories of how polluted the sea is but who has a wish to to wendy live under the sea to observe what's on there and fight for it to be kept clean. because sophie did like in de reject i'll say basically i said it was you know it makes me think. yeah that's

a joke you want to pay a copy free relates to leave. to see that life and i'll be able to leave a lot of the beautiful possible bit of hope of my life the importance of preserving that beauty of the illusion. i tweak the sick constant reminder postdocs . that's what i call work with a purpose and that's it's now from news africa you can catch all astir always on our website and facebook page so what are we leaving you with today we've got some more pictures. but it's an area that's all supports the movements to protect our oceans it's not finding out holes so much class they mean down things into the ocean and it's dangerous to the next time it's by find out.

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dan snaith cariboo is a self-proclaimed music nerdy type whose new album suddenly tackles the big themes of life. the 1st casualties on the cultural front in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak were of course in china cinemas and theaters were quickly shut down there and film productions were halted but now as countries here in europe scramble to contain outbreaks the effects on the european art scene are unavoidable and here are some of the high profile cancellations thus far. then this is almost recognizable as tourists stay away in droves say mob square is almost deserted stand and see the famous.