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a good guide to specialists in germany. making nice where exactly. the most fun and how mirna lost cars culture history. travel extremely worth a visit. this is still in years africa coming up on the program a state of emergency in the riches after more than 100000 tons of oil leaked into its water so how bad is it also coming up. oh no virus infections are on the rise across africa with more than a 1000000 infections but despite this many governments left in destruction. plus. the communion activist who is taking down symbols of the opposite. placing them
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with homegrown here. i. and you are welcome to the program. is best known for its beautiful white beaches by the island nation has declared a state of environmental imagine sea due to an oil spill from a grounded ship over 100000 tons of oil neat clues to its waters efforts underway to salvage the situation. the beaches are already covered in oil which is threatening an entire lagoon and fuel is still pouring into the sea from the grounded ship. locals are relying on the ingenuity to fight the pollution stuffing sugarcane lease into plastic sheets to make improvised booms there just isn't enough professional equipment volunteers are working with the authorities to scoop
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up the oil and pump it out of the ships tanks. the government has declared an environmental emergency. we're appealing to france and renewing for help the united nations and other countries. we don't have the know how to deal with a catastrophe like this. body. france has promised aid and the sending experts and the naval vessel the empty freighter ran aground 2 weeks ago on thursday a fuel tank burst the japanese owners have offered an apology. but environmentalist are warning to spill could devastate the fragile wildlife of nourishes the fisherman the communities. the law group itself is heavily affected and we feel that it's going to be something that is going to last. years i don't know
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it's unclear what caused the ship to run aground police have opened an investigation for mondesire i spoke to dr. who is conservation director of the more wish and wildlife foundation he's been on site in the last 10 days now he 1st tells us how bad the oil spill age is. it is a catastrophe of unprecedented scale we've never had in. and there is tons of oil products which are now in the. it's an absolute catastrophe. so catastrophe you talk about lagoons and you know the impact it has on the ocean but what about to the lives of people living there absolutely i mean this is in the southeast of hirsch's and the area where there are quite a number of people or all depend heavily on the sea with the fall tourism all
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for fishing mainly and this is going to affect the lives fall many many years so the human impact of this of this oil spill is going to be far reaching and i think thousands of people. so is the government on the right track in dealing with this mass well is trying to do the it can and all of the different units that are linked to do this to these trying to find a solution have been engaged. we cannot do it on our cell by ourselves and this is where we've been bringing in for an expertise we've had a lot of help and support from friends and help and support from japan is also coming but also there's a very strong civil union movement and surprised civilians a lot of people giving their advice and help in this you know the we do not have
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the advantage of having experience to deal with an actual oil spill despite the fact that we despite the fact that we had a national oil spill contingency plan but we've never had to put it into action until now so we are to some extent prepared but also unprepared called for a special of this magnitude. and now you're actually say your government has called for international heat exactly what kind of aid are you expecting. well the french of provided amazing support immersion is. really an island which is 150 kilometers away and part of the republic of france we have received 2 planes with lots of equipment food to fight an oil spill there's the navy naval vessel which is
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a right yesterday with saudi years and their specialist equipment and helicopters and is this sort of intervention which was present in re arriving and now the french marine corps is working with the national cause god of mischa's and and the army of us to try to put into place. a any means to fight the next wave of oil spill which will happen because what we've had so far is on the probably it tends of what is on the boat so the major oil spill is this is yet to happen. the number of corner virus infections on the continent past 1000000 last week more than 20000 people have died that will call it a pivotal milestone. in a number of countries but that spikes the rise in cases in most sub-saharan
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countries many governments are left in restrictions. it's a special day for these worship as in lagos nigeria. it's the 1st time they've been allowed to attend church in person since march. the country's lifting restrictions on some religious services despite an uptick in cases strict social distancing holes are in place. but many are still cautious. as i think or might you will forget what it was and how cool for your thank god was the hot temperatures. i was in. kenya is another country with a lockdown has been loosened despite an increase in the number of infections. the government was quick to act when the 1st cases were detected back in march. but like many other sub-saharan countries they reopen the economy to prevent people
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from being plunged into poverty. many like this taxi driver still feel abandoned and without hope i think that is a i took out a loan to buy this car but now i cannot afford to pay it's a number of infections continues to increase i will have to move out of the city and back to my rural home. in ethiopia things appear to be moving in a similar direction the number of infections doubled in less than 3 weeks in july with the country recording more than 20000 cases. the government that never imposed a full not down relying instead on preventative measures but the w.h.o. said it fears many that are letting down their guard and that this as in other sub-saharan nations could have fatal consequences. will certainly keep you informed on the latest developments on the pandemic now from the u.s. to the u.k. belgium and around the world races monuments like this one of the former belgian
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king leopold are being poured out streets are being renamed but what do some africans think about all this there are some thoughts black people are still trying to fight for their rights and still trying to have a space not being 2nd class citizens the colonial. they took everything that could benefit africans we can people we forgot what i pleaded before but where we came form now michael egan cameroon mats one activist who's working hard to raise tributes to colonise as andrew blessed summerhouse made his mission to take down streets signs very names of cornell feagles from the process. today's target is just a goal the former french president i will work to get. financial help
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ministries the names of the police if someone wants to change i lay out bodies when you go to paris you don't find a monument to the germans who occupied it during the war say. parts of china were controlled by the british but you won't find a statue of a british person in china list so this is not be the case in africa all societies have their heroes and every nation has its product. i suck at not. someone has been tracking the money men for the last 5 years these touch you often need look a french well want to gen the top of his nice someone has repeatedly top of the general and the government is tired of putting him back up the gate. agents have a sum on a surveillance an offense has been built around a statue to keep him away and we're not all just young kids you know he's lucky he's protected by his fence everything we say is backed by evidence.
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against his clear simply assume that everything that has been written about the cleric is a way of paying homage to friends from us but we are not in france this summer is the ones to preserve the legacy of comers on heroes 2 years ago the commission has taught you a free none for boy but beat it beat at the moment the most not just of friends who nothing goes in come a rude. look on legends this cost house call with a heavy price for sama says 2015 he has been to prison every single year for putting down one him as a french goal nothing goes. like most young people in cameroon. come on use the law supports a summer. she visits him whenever he's a risk that. our brothers sisters and parents fought for
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us we have not recognized their sacrifice at the same time we're putting up monuments to colonialists i don't think that's right but. if someone is hoping this . is the use of the past. i absented britain is the camerons own achievements. of future prosperity. that's where we leave it for today but don't forget to check out our website. on facebook on twitter. very. mind out of some of the great ones.
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