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hello it's good to have your company african leaders say it is time for the continent to be given a greater role at the united nations now in the un was formed 75 years ago only 4 african countries were part of the organization today all $54.00 countries are among the $193.00 member states off which only russia the u.s. china and the united kingdom and france all permanent members of the security council that is the un's highest decision making body. now in their addresses to this year's general assembly which was moved mostly online because of the coronavirus pandemic the president's off south africa and nigeria called for africa to be given permanent seats on the security council on the 75th anniversary of the

u. and we repeat our core for greater representation of african countries on the security council and that this be taken up with urgency and that intergovernmental negotiations it is only through every form and inclusive you and security council that we will be able to collect to fully resolve some of the world's most protracted conflicts nigeria support the explanation of the united nations security council to reflect the rusty and then mix of the 2 into france injury to her car design of prominent seats in the united nations security council and for more on this i'm joined by value he is a senior researcher at the institute for security studies he recently published a piece titled africa can become more influential in the u.n.

security council welcome to news africa why does this seemingly no interest in reforming the u.n. security council to include more representation because african leaders have been calling for a permanent seat on the council for you is. so to some extent permanent members of the u.n. security council sit in a very comfortable position position what is status quo is good for them but in a situation where the role of move to lecture institutions is that threats and the reason great divide amongst great powers if the u.n. is not able to adapt the u.n. is increasingly going to become where you are relevant and those demands are not coming just from african member states they're also coming from places like japan germany india or brazil because for them now it's 75 years old of the u.n. it's extremely important to understand not only what can the u.n. security council do for its own permanent members but really how can we adapt to global realities a month in the u.n. is a relevant international organization and just as i just want to read

a quote by the irish president when he spoke at the general assembly last year he said that we we continue to witness and historic and just under representation of africa which was still ruled by colonial powers when the un came into existence and the security council established you know the irish papers and to go on to say that africans must be allowed to have a say say in council decisions that a fix their own continent just what's your take on the idea that decisions are being made that affect the continent and africans don't have a seat at that table. this is a very open tune quote from terrorist president because 75 years ago when the wind was created most of africa was not even independent only 4 african countries were founding members of the un and today 75 years later africa is the largest regional grouping united nations and they have 28 percent of the total membership coming

from from from africa so therefore they have a claim for a stronger voice is not only reasonable demand african issues compose over 50 percent of the un security council discussions and majority of their resolutions are also about the continent's while african states have a small representation in the council as nonpermanent members and it up and up seeing the most important organ the stake in decision about their own future with limits of heat on influence about their own compositions. just of assault african nations have taken different approaches right in an effort to get increased interest on the security council. will be nonpermanent seat that rotates and others almost all focused on establishing a permanent seat for the for the continent just how important is african unity in this regard if the continent is going to gain that influence over the security council. there's been enough evidence in recent years that when african countries

work together they tend to have far more leverage in decision making at the united nations level able to break deadlocks they able to have a stronger voice because whilst i think countries like south africa and nigeria who want to change the composition of the of the council they are also acutely aware that they also have to work from within the structures so that because finishing their membership in the security council at the moment and one of the highlights of their membership has been designed you bring in african voices together because when they work along being a be able to achieve some but particularly when they work together to able to break those deadlocks they want to showcase that on the response is more influential so exactly what kind of representation is africa calling for right is it one country having a permanent seats or is it that seats that would be created ideally would then go to some kind of a continental representative. institution for example like the

a unit. i think personally i d. stated i think what makes this is that a continent continues pushing for the discussion around the relevance of the security council and more influence from african decision making there is a we need consensus which is now 15 years old was a great step in some such even a common voice but he's not it's it is a type of discussion that will continue shaping in the discussions and roles that african member states want to have because the un is a big risk when african members they start seeing that it's not able or willing to respond to its own challenges in the late ninety's that was the great reason why the african union was created on that ability of african solutions for african challenges so it's even consensus in that sense will not be easy and most likely night or one of the audit type of approaches waiters should be a continental rotation or a permanent member of it it's always going to be de it has to adapt on ensuring

that africa's voice is more representative and i think that is the most important issue to be discussed at a moment's right that's the status. thank you for the last. thank you very much appreciate it. let's take a look at some other stories making news across the continent in south africa anti immigrant protesters have gathered outside the nigerian embassy calling for foreign workers to leave the country the protesters accuse immigrants of taking jobs and causing crime rights groups say foreigners are often made the scapegoats for south africa's gaping inequality and high unemployment. kenya is bracing for a possible return of the massive plagues of desert has that have devastated east africa for the past 10 months he is offline aerial controls in the north in the north west nile kenya where there is concern that new swarms could emerge once

short rains begin an observer. and more than 300000 people in mozambique have been displaced by an escalating extremist insurgency the world food program says this is causing food shortages and urgent humanitarian crisis clashes between extremists fighters and government forces in the north have caused large numbers of local residents to flee their homes and fields. basically the people have been leaving their villages we've got anything on them. i'm able to farm a coffee chain in uganda has opened a cafe stopped by deaf people the chain sais it once to the deaf and also creates jobs for this marginalized group now launched in august the clientele of the sign language cafe is growing but the mosques that everyone has to wave because of the coronavirus make the stops job a little bit tougher. rules

that use dave so he uses sign language to communicate. he's worked as a barrister this coffee shop in kampala photo months now. when i make good coffee and they serve the customers order perfectly and i get a positive feedback that makes me really happy especially if it comes from different customers. graduated from university 3 years ago but since then he's had real difficulty finding a job uganda has one of the world's highest youth unemployment rates resources that being dave makes it even worse. i would apply for jobs write letters send evils and all of that but whenever i mention that i was

deaf they became afraid of working with me in the end they wouldn't give a chance they wouldn't hire me. workmates i believe too but that doesn't stop them from offering great service to their customers and by employing them the owner of the company wants to help break down stereotypes i guess they did if. we wanted to inspire the other companies and employers out there to employ gift people because we are capable and want to use these people here as role model as. according to official figures uganda has 1800000 different people that is about 3 percent of the total population of the activists see that this number could be higher. ses that defeat i often not taken into account by the government he cites the recent distribution of 3

fifths musts which he sees did you not put into their special needs into direct consideration. with that there is a lot of lip reading you see what i say without a face mask but when i cover my lips your full mission is missing. fisher expressions are hidden by the mask according to the united nations over 400000000 people worldwide of hearing problems activists want people to be taught sign language i encourage the different governments step called as to how this thing they do patients is still it is very important we live with these people it is a language it is part of. and all of us are potential deaf people. resource aids that people are misinterpreting is just. he says he has learned to live with the 8 but as he makes his real home after refusing day he still hopes

that some day that might change for the better. and that's it for today's program be sure to check out our other stories on dot com forward slash africa all on facebook and twitter now while we're on the topic of coffee we'll leave you now with these pictures of coffee harvesting in different parts of the continent see you next time of a. national drama competition rivalry marketing numbers atmosphere powered by intuition love hate money. fans friends find us fans and friends. on you to join us. and you let me know yes here's we're going to you in her

last years german chancellor we'll bring you a man call as you've never heard her before surprised to so with what is possible who is medical really what moves and also we talk to people who follow along the way my runs and critics are. how is the world's most powerful woman shaking her head like it joined us from eccles last stop. fake tattoos fake breasts fake teeth artist cindy sherman has spent decades dressing up and taking pictures of herself but don't call them selfie it's her new record retrospective coming up here on arts and culture and. funky visuals biting lyrics russian musician i'm go only on of sings out against

the kremlin and later on the show an opera about how booze and teenage drama. welcome to arts and culture for 40 years artist cindy sherman has been shifting shapes sometimes grotesque often on recognizable never vain she says she poses for her own photos because it's just easier than working with a model a new retrospective of her work in paris was supposed to start in april but then covered 1000 had other plans now the show a foundation is finally open to the public. is a chameleon of the art world part to recognize in each new gaius but with her own unique style the camera is always a means to an end. she creates

a language her language is her own and she imposes presences because she has never stopped when using her language it's not documentary photography it's compositions based on a technique called photography. the retrospective. in paris encompasses 170 works the selected by the artist previously unseen place real people slips into movie roles creates fantasy figures work is often about the image of women if you see what interested me was the way she plays with this since generally the actress the model is a woman the director is a man and here she does everything from beginning to end she's the model but also the director the costume designer the producer etc in the end she claims her completely. self portraits she

creates characters the artist has said that she actually has the idea of selfies. and yet she's also. a huge success on instagram go figure now speaking of social media a new generation of russian artists is speaking out online against their country's strongman leadership one of them is the openly gay musician i'll go off his very existence as a kind of protest in russia where publicly talking about same sex love can be deemed illegal propaganda his songs take president vladimir putin to task. see you nothing here nothing your brain in a fog this is bang news corresponds to a landmark political development in russia new song domino is about changes in the

constitution that strengthen the power of president vladimir putin in july. i wrote this song when russia recently voted on the changes to the constitution for me this was a very important topic because we were quite simply jupe by the government. exchanging freedom for emptiness. sings in another song written following a wave of protests. one year ago several 1000 people were arrested during protests ahead of moscow's city government elections. environmental activists protested across the country including. and in the far east of the country russians took to the streets in recent months to protest the arrest of a regional governor. for you know state media are ignoring the mood in the country

so he wants to highlight these events he's part of a wind a trend. there many musicians want to get this message out right now if you are a musician with no opinion your music is meaningless because visiting. something. or you know is from a small village on the lake by karl in siberia in moscow the 32 year old 1st made a name for himself as a model and performer. started his music career just 2 years ago a vast country with a large music market russia is not an easy place for an artist who writes nuance to their ex and puts them to accessible beats but he soon found an audience here he's playing a gig in st petersburg. it

doesn't always have to be about politics when i talk to my audience it can be about values like acceptance and tolerance for example concerning the rights of people in russia. but it is always about freedom which angle do you know of says it's a rare commodity in his country. no one longs for freedom more than teenagers whether or not they're prepared for it over a century ago german playwright frank vidic and wrote about teenage longing in his drama spring awakening it broke taboos around sex rape homosexuality suicide and abortion since the place $1006.00 premiere it's been banned censored and also

performed in several languages now the national theater in mannheim germany has reimagined spring awakening as an opera called dark spring. so it is there ever since i was a teenager young adult i've been excited by the idea of writing an opera with for tackiness who are on the cusp of adult hood at the exact moment they are shaping their lives. with dark spring hence tamara set out to find the right sound for the feelings of his 4 characters it's the soundtrack to an emotional states of emergency. the search for identity in the age of social media. but is it an accurate picture of what does the generation of digital natives have to say the

it's much more and take for example the rooms in your home your own room usually a private room where you are alone with your thoughts and yourself but suddenly you are carrying this many world around 2 of you this performative element oh god do i post this do this do that you're under social pressure in a way your putting on a performance and in tackling. for ever on display vulnerable on the catwalk of multimedia global existence. seemingly near and yet so far away and these ideas of fear and these 4 characters that we have these 4 young people they're a kind of group their friends who keep trying to get a little bit closer to each other but they never do the only manage to get closer through a camera and a camera the sunni and the longing for

a real intimacy escalates driven by the beat of the music. don't spring gets under your skin with strong in. here's an excerpt temporary mix of styles from minimal music to musical. as and i don't mean us of the ficus standing alone in this large room singing actually arose out of the situation but i think it fits wonderfully well not a. utopian moment for lonely young souls unites in a court sets the transition from childhood to the adult won't is clearly no walk in the pub. you know what else isn't a walk in the park dating especially if it's in another culture now each week our

reporter rachel stewart explores a different aspect of life here in germany this time she looks at what it means to love someone or to look for love of dutch. this episode of meet the germans is all about passion relationships and love in germany that's been very german about it and start with some numbers. she says of germans believe in love. getting married 3 gay marriages the needles in 2017 according to a study one 3rd of german happiest to be well educated women over the age of 40. most people in germany still meet their partner through mutual acquaintances but online dating apps are not far behind. but what about when they're actually on the date of any of a date one job and i thought i'd bring in from d.w. colleagues of mine to get a more rounded picture. i come from sudan and we send them from the us made it was done and i'm originally from israel my memories for it come from. and i'm from

australia. i think that in germany it generally takes longer to get to know somebody. actually time to even. when they see it they really mean it and they don't see it nearly as often are the dating rules different in germany being punctual it's like rule number one i think just to rush take it slower i wouldn't exactly say that chivalry is dead in germany but i do often have the feeling it's gone missing sometimes how do you know if. i think always through the germans are not good. at communicating the fact that they are into you they don't tend to hold maybe the excitement you think flirting it's not so it's around 2008 couples who've been coming to this bridge and. as a lasting symbol of their love for one another there are well over 100000 padlocks on the bridge adding an estimated 50 tons of weight other cities around the world

have begun removing logs from their love bridges citing health and safety concerns but at least for now has won the day in cologne in the sweet stuff it's time for some sort. of a german. you must. 0. shorey in looking for trouble and help from a 20. found you would decline including the right amount. in coeur to kind of made it music and then it was most those who had to bust out on the dollar and i'm. only certain have you believe from going on to be. approved. of controversy about the queen in the auction business start to my mother it's a transition unimproved nobody is cautioning people. it's time for me to love you and leave you but before we go here's a little love related wisdom from gemini leave it to us denmark in the way to

a person's heart is through the stomach that's had that so much in germany you don't know why your heart on your sleeve but on your tongue oh and i literally both lost all the love doesn't rust. what a romantic well that's it for me and the arts and culture team here in berlin but check out our website any time for more rachel and more culture news so using. the fun.

enjoy the conflict zone with tim sebastian. welcome to this special edition of conflict so over the last 4 years we've interviewed several senior lebanese politicians about the mix or both break down the very cold to me and they state institutions what they told us for visor not unusually clear insights into the recent 11 those in trucks of the crisis. conflict so for. 90 minutes long t.w. . conspiracy the saudi consulate own body that will never be found plot connected to the highest levels of government why did journalist jamal khashoggi have to die. was 3 times 4. 2 years later and the reasons are still unclear on the concept of jump. start september

30th on t.w. . every 2 seconds a person is forced to flee their homes new. 71000000 people have been forcibly displaced the consequences of the disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts traumatic humanitarian crises around the world you know. what a good thing we don't need and i didn't go to university to kill people. or to have my boss come to me and tell me to kill someone to get my and if i don't they'll kill me. people feel for their cars and their future so they seek refuge abroad but what will become of course kristie behind it's a. little my husband went to peru because of the crisis that the mom wanted that if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger down the bisla

starts october 16th. the boat . this is due to be a news ally for the world and they're giving it a nother go the european union makes another attempts at repairing its broken migration policy and trying to improve the burden sharing commission on bills and overhaul to ease overcrowding and strain the resources of frontline states the 27 unites over such a divisive issue also coming up behind closed doors the embattled leader of the

loose that is sworn in as president in a surprise family alexander lukashenko support inauguration defies thousands of protesters who considers his presidency. illegitimate. and kremlin critic in the archrival election of ali is released from a brutal after treatment poisoning this case triggered a diplomatic crisis between russia and the west what will you do next. on larry harkness a pleasure to be with you all we begin this broadcast with a complex issue that has dogged the european union the european commission is trying again to create a coherent and humane way of dealing with migrants those who seek asylum and those who seek a better life is surveil the plan by which e.u.

member states like hungary and poland which were fuz now to accept migrants what instead offer money equipment or personnel to help ritual borders european commission president or zavada ally an appeal to member states to show solidarity with one another and rise to the challenge of migration a camp on the greek island of some most fit for 500 people it houses 5000 it was meant to be a transit point but a backlog migration system has turned it into a home for so many. routes on the 2 years i've been here not in good. conditions are squalid this place and these people are why europe is finally confronting this crisis presenting her proposal the european commission president called on member states to rise to the challenge. this package reflects

a fair and reasonable balance between responsibility and solidarity among men but states we all share the benefits we all share the burden. the migration pact includes compulsory pre entry screening with fingerprinting and a health check a faster 12 week asylum processing target and a sponsored return scheme that would see member states take responsibility for returning migrants on behalf of other member states. the plan abandons previous efforts to relocate new arrivals or rome to 27 member states something opposed to by the likes of hungry i'm paul and n.g.o.s see that could create havoc in the mediterranean. member states from play member states like italy greece and. will be reluctant to cooperate if there isn't any sort of mandatory location and then they might not disembark our ships that have been rescued and then migrants

remain stranded so a lot will depend on the willingness of even member states which in the last 5 years has not been a very high the commission hopes the seams of a farming migrant camp on the greek island of les pauls will be the catalyst for change. morea is a stark reminder we need to find sustainable solutions on migration and we all have to staff. moreas resident no rehire used in another makeshift camp can only hope that action comes sooner rather than later. i want to go now to brussels or to correspondent who is following this story for you barbara so will they rise to the occasion what are you hearing. it depends on how you look at it of course there were a lot of wonderful sounding words there was a lot of paper there of a lot of new proposed legislation but then listening and listening to the

commissioners they began stumbling through the minefield off their own proposals because it is difficult it take for instance the proposed sponsorship for people who bring being brought back to their home countries how is that going to work take for instance 300 afghans who might not have the right to sign and then will hungary who as we know notoriously doesn't want to take migrants in take the sponsorship for them take in all girl they hire the flight to take them back to kabul will they talk to the afghan government how is this going to work nobody really in brussels knows journalists here pose a lot of questions and we didn't get that many answers so already this overhaul has well has elicited a lot of criticism from n.g.o.s barbara because what they fear is that refugees who are now currently in those abysmal camps will not be spread

over europe that they have to stay there where they are. maybe the camps will be a bit better but no they will not be spread out because this is not obligatory closure i mean that that much the commission really said new we will not force member states to people take people in if they're not willing to we will not really . from our by our own sort of the administrative powers so yes people will stay in camps they might be slightly better there is a promise that the whole process of asking for asylum and being considered or not and being sent back is going to work faster but we've heard that promise for 567 years and it has never happened so why should it happen now again cams will stay they might just be a bit nicer and the you might spend a bit more money on them well that's the thing though isn't it in conclusion it kind of sounds like the please correct me that the commission just kind of gave up

on this whole idea of redistributing refugees across the continent because of countries like hungary i feel you quite right line a because they have given up the populist have won this battle more or less politically because they have really put up so much resistance to this they have a created so much political havoc around it that in the commission says ok if we can force them we can do it it's there is no purpose in trying for there and now we have to sort of call for 4. solidarity and just of asked people to do something voluntarily and the question really remind it remains after this why should other countries looking at eastern europe then say ok if they don't have to do it why should we do it so it might even reduce the will to take in migrants and to take in asylum seekers even further than we see now reporting from brussels

thank you. police in the bellaver sea in the capital minsk have used water cannon to disperse several 1000 people protesting against the secret and argue ration of president alexander lukashenko all of the shango assumed his 6th consecutive term of office with hundreds of top officials present although the an operation itself was not publicly announced opposition protesters say last month's election was rigged all the u.s. and the e.u. were pushing for sanctions against officials involved in the vote we can that now i'm now joined by one of the belarusian opposition leaders veronica step kahlo a very good day miss accept kahlo 1st of all were you surprised when you heard that alexander lukashenko has been sworn in for another term. well actually i think older are gross people the russian people were surprised because he she did these ceremonies because usually when i would be sitting where money is open publicly

open and many many guests international guests well there's going to people are invited to this to my son and i but this time the entire procedure of the entire ceremony was hidden these years goes to show that location is very afraid that there are people who are protesting against the polluters aus for their 40 plus diesel rated because we do not accept him as a president elect he became an illegal in egypt and president of demos and he is not able to represent the revolution or international arena we do what is doing most people we are going to fight for our freedom and democracy was what exactly what it is there anything that you can do now. well actually yes we have negotiations with the international community and we let them know what's going on there is that it's our cities which are happening and belarus will lead not only with let them know what's going on in billers prisons how the people are beaten up how the people at the we should how the people are put in the prisons and to we as i said we are going to demand the question got to leave as soon as

possible and to our tunis all political prisoners prisoners and to announce 3 announced new presidential elections where alternative candidates will be able to but he's a bit in these elections and this then is going to be different this than this which is going to be hopeless and open and in the gym and in a democracy at these are your aspirations but for now he's not going anywhere and he's just been sworn in what does the international community need to do what can they do. well 1st of all as iraq in union already did the you're a pop element and that was him as a persona non-grata. all of a european countries do not and can as him as a president elect and they should not ever have any kind of negotiations with look at the european countries and the rest of the contras in the world should never accept any ambassadors from the question of the course except in them best as we were understand in the acknowledge him as a president so they should refuse him and the question can doesn't have any support

in south of the country he has now up of around 30 percent of supporters inside the building was so taken into consideration the lack of international support is the level of international support it's just a matter of time one question to leave and we just hope it's going to happen is this possible but we'll never give up going to the cholera thank you so very much for speaking to us thank you. well as i know about some of the other stories making news around the world. a grand jury in kentucky has voted to indict one of 3 white police officers for wanton endangerment following the killing of briana taylor police shot the black medical worker in front of her boyfriend after they forced their way into her apartment with a so-called no knock warrant. germany's foreign minister hypo mosse passed a quarantine after his bodyguard tested positive for the corona virus it is unclear exactly how long mr moss will have to remain in quarantine in his apartment in

berlin his initial call the 19 tests came out negative. russian opposition figure a lexan of ali has been discharged from a berlin hospital he'd been undergoing treatment for poisoning since being airlifted there at the start of the month of all he has made it clear he wants to go home but that still looks way off not long ago alexina valen he was at death's door and this is how he looks today drawn feedin visibly aged but very much alive it's now just start for a month off e fell ill and 2 weeks since he awoke from many jews coma and the valley is no longer in the intensive ward but russia's most prominent opposition politician will stay in germany with wife yulia and his children for now to continue his rehabilitation. he wrote on instagram my doctors have decided that my recovery

requires resuming normal life rather than treatment in hospital walking spending time with my family i've already stumbled to the pock in pants 3 sizes too large. 44 year old invalid me got sick while campaigning in siberia last month. he was lifted to believe in. and then tests in germany france and sweden confirmed he was poisoned with a military grade nerve agent nova chalk the west holds the kremlin accountable for the valleys poisoning but moscow denies responsibility and says he's welcome home when he's ready. to speak the recovery. as a russian citizen he has the right to return to moscow at any time. it's still highly uncertain if not valid he would be site there last week ally said traces of not being found in

a water bottle from the siberian hotel but the kremlin still says he wasn't poisoned in russia germany for its part wants answers from moscow about who attacked valmy threatening action if that's not forthcoming if russia is not cooperating i think we should. be and nato partners who think about what should be but 1st we have to said those questions to russia and russia should have the chance to answer but there's little sign the kremlin is ready to cooperate leaving relations between bilin and moscow i ling even as alexina valley recovers. and before i let you go we've got some news just coming in the year french singer juliet cockle whose career spanned over half a century has died at the age of 93 her family has said that greco was still composing french songs until 4 years ago when she suffered

a stroke the put an end to her career after world war 2 she became part of the intellectual circle around the writer and philosopher example staff and the novelists just come but it is for her singing that she who mostly. says all i think. she would say you're watching the news that does it for me up next is a business news. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word published in the cook. is in germany to learn german why not come with him simply online on your mobile and free to shop in the d.w.t. learning course nikos fake german meetings.