every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word the word for the. rico is in germany to learn german why not with him on the line on your mobile and free shop d w e learning course nikos free german meetings. this is deja news africa on the program today democracy in west africa voters in guinea kicked off the 1st drop it straight off elections in the region including in the ivory coast and. they're all warnings democracy is deteriorating in these countries . and to say is you have to reinvent the wheel we'll meet the businessman creating employment opportunities in cape town with a simple but ingenious idea. hello

i'm christine one day it's good to have your company there often is often electoral dispute in guinea a day off to a tense presidential election votes all still being counted but the opposition has already say it will publish its own results while the incumbent president alpha condé is seeking a the following months against the move during which security forces killed dozens of people. and president alpha condé has called for a free fair and transparent election. he came to power in 2010 as an opposition candidate and guineas 1st democratic election since independence from france in 1408 back then his win was seen as a break from decades of authoritarian rule but now critics are accusing condé of varying to wards authoritarianism himself. any of this yet the 86 year old

president pushed through a controversial new constitution that allowed him to stand for it but in office. was. mass protests against the move left dozens of people dead in a security forces crackdown. on. kunduz campaign has focused on the achievements of his decade in power. i told you in 2011 the thai inherited a nation not a state. a state is it ministration security forces and justice. but opponents say kunda has failed to improve commands lives most still live in poverty despite the country's vast mineral riches. for 10

years we've been suffering under this old gentleman we are really tired the people of guinea a suffering a lot. and everybody. opposition leader. has taken to tapping his watch to signal the president pundits time is up. over the last 10 years the empty promises have been matched by the deterioration in the living conditions of the population and the degradation of the country's infrastructure and environment. delo has criticized police repression corruption use unemployment and poverty under the current president but he's a controversial figure to the 68 year old was formally a prime minister under the previous authoritarian regime. is the said time jello is running against one day but this time the stakes are higher and then less one candidate gains. more than 50 percent of the vote will go to

a 2nd round next month. for her to talk more on the state of democracy in guinea and in west africa i'm not joined by dr barry from ever barometers a national partner for guinea welcome to devon is africa dr barry are gay and satisfied with the state of their democracy. we recently saw the in us in our story and we come to the proportional scene. only less than once 3rd of unions say they are satisfied with illegal immigrants he's fortunately conti so is so less the end of each. african continent did they trust the electoral institutions and what does this mean for the legitimacy of this vote do my duty and serve don't last you know. eric local. we found

a few do 6 percent of guinea and nonplussed the decision you call we call the chief sunni. you're here in guinea to not only nickel and indian our public is to see us people don't trust public institutions here we found . mock you know. who are the traditional he goes and community leaders and so on so let's see if there is another use this current drug use or not is to shawn's and public institutions ok and that's a very good he has had a long history of its elected leaders clinging on to power what do you foresee coming out of this current election. yeah you know he. you know what do you see i used to call the political use of its new city. you know in giving her some are dumb enough to. let news hero it or their

ethnic group here so. do they have let's say you know it's like floridians for big 8 years under the in the cost are part of the. people are really not here under the in the middle or you have a fuller and no hope of you need you have money and in the 1st part of the region you have some it needs some groups that are called here foresty so we are for yawns but. i don't really want this coming election and since no it's not your sense then we have to be mean and your leaders the incumbent president. running for them. and. open a leader or leader so we have the president to lose who came from our over the job for you for your region. linking and you have to see who will in your

low or a mental police or you know who is 4000000 so we have these 2 minute internet groups so for peace come your way some results we'll maybe just want to face to face 2 candidates kenny's election is the 1st off a string of elections in the region you've got got a coming up every coal speck in a fossil energy. just at that there's a sort of deteriorating democracy in the region for example some people have noted the distinction between french speaking countries and english speaking countries could you talk to us about that a little bit. yeah i think. in my open your in my point of view under foreign companies look like. how you market is your novel you know as you do shows done from countries. under you know you know

from africa we still don't have many you know all of what we call in france out there mass so we used to have political leaders. and yes you know governor for instance we found that sometimes the number sometimes since. the president routings we they are having more democratic elections than different before not countries we are we don't trust presidents in no french speaking countries you don't have a space and i think the best example was zuniga on in the 1st state on power latinas danced the 2nd or so and we are our elected president and so are still you know in this institution ok that's a little barrier from africa promises national part of again if thank you you are welcome. yet the

unemployment is high in south africa and the coronavirus pandemic is adding fields to the fire if a young businessman from cape town is filling a gap in his community with a simple ingenious business idea. young guys in blue overalls who's into the streets of long in recent weeks the residents of the cape town suburb used to decide. this is the man behind the bicycle amanda i'm going to. found a. clouded delivery system name of colin's new found that business a delivery service on bikes the 1st one in the township. colon starts every day with a team meeting a group discusses schools and customer service practices the idea for the business stems from his own experience. and then something from.

me and. so i think. someone you can call. the guys i had to call in doesn't have time to do deliveries anymore there's too much admin work to get done says a 22 year old started cloudy deliveries and generate 2020. 30 and the corner virus pandemic to start a business even more today the team has around 20 delivery drivers. before one of them on his shift 1000 year old into the cozy scene with buying groceries and cell phone cover for a busy customer i'm working from home so it's very convenient for me because i don't have time to actually go to the store and i have to make it as long. as he is heading to the supermarket the customer has been iran care delivery roughly the

equivalent of 50 cent driver he took his easy piranpattu delivery their remaining 6 round goes to the company youth unemployment in south africa is extremely high and the pandemic has only made things worse and. just finished school he wants to continue his studies one day but for now he's happy delivery driver. much of it was great i do it before on the. door helping people around. me as she should. at headquarters the calls are still coming in every cyclists $4.00 to $5.00 deliveries pedi with many people forced to stay at home during lock down service is filling a huge gap in the township the secret to success he says is looking for services people meet and he encourages young south africans to do the same. know and stick

it out we have changes. in the end and that's what i love about business and ok people. collins next school has to expand his feet in behavior he serves says he hopes to soon collaborate with local clinics to deliver a medicine depletion school for this young entrepreneur only disguised as the limit . and that's it for now be sure to check out our other stories on dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter that today will leave you with pictures off the mains voting in sunday's poll about despite the divisions at least the election possible peacefully on the side of i.

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to go to another country know nothing about why i do this because we can't stay here and it's way into. the point that. closely global news that matters d. w. made for mines. hello will be taking a look at the winners of germany's premier classical music awards classic which took place over the weekend also coming up. but it is world famous nightlife is struggling we've been out and about in the city to find out if it can survive. the devolution of the mephisto by close money which caused a scandal when it was written. the beautiful

concept house here in berlin played host on sunday night to the annual opus classic awards germany's most prestigious classical music prizes perhaps the best known window was the world famous tenor your nice color for his album a via knees classics earlier this year we caught up with him in vienna. still in the morning. he has the city at his feet an opera star you want to ask our man and his tribute to australia's capitals. arab or god spoke to me it was good to me it's about the city of vienna and the many beautiful melodies this city has inspired especially in the past centuries few fogged the variety of people mania almost that this form of composing took on in the 1920 s.

and once again as early as the turn of the century is fascinating to me and. these songs the celebrated tenor has dipped his toes into a more lightweight genre it was created. previously specialized in difficult and demanding areas which he sings with a deceptive ease to degenerate of his global audience. a likeness to the door marked by a shock or more preaching a. bad . night most artists caliph man has been sidelined by the pandemic his 1st regular performances after the 4th break have been here in vienna in the 80s dawn carlos has had 19 himself so he's aware of the risks and the travel restrictions have changed the normally

international audience at the staatsoper. the much pressure i'm sick of suddenly the unease snapped up all the tickets which usually would have been sold to people abroad good luck but there are lots of people in the city who love opera enough to come of course and of course there are people who don't feel comfortable coming to the opera it is. but they travel in the subway and i think they should consider which is risky. this performance is not just his 1st in vienna after so many months it's also his 1st fully staged opera with a set costumes and acting. once again your nascar fan has vienna to thank he's proud to have paid tribute to the city with his musical journey i live in peace everyone loves the city it's been serenaded with so many different arenas and songs so i chose

a few of them and that's now being honored with an award it's one that's of course really nice getting a german classical music on with you and also to an album recorded with the vienna philharmonic by the way you know i don't think you can get any movie and he's been that. made energy and a sense of fun you want to man has revived an old genre playfully reawakening the upper match and i. c thank. those pictures they're obviously taken before at a concert before the corona pandemic but my colleague adrian kennedy is here to talk about other winners. the best instrumentalists also went to a very famous musician indeed our old friend virtual so violinist and sophie who

won the prize she's actually been speaking out in support of musicians affected by the coronavirus lockdown recently she said that it's scandalous that planes are flying around the ways 40 days while orchestras can only play to a handful of. people she says that she's considering going into the into politics to represent people in the arts sector our correspondent lisa actually spoke to her conducted an interview and we have a full interview a full report tomorrow and another icon picked up a very special promise that's why emotional high point of the evening was rudolph book in getting the off opus traffic for life time achievement he's been picking up prizes for 60 years beethoven specialist has called the fool 32

piano sonatas 60 times in cycles 40 this is all of the world he's also the artistic director of the graph and a festival which took place because it's open records. also it's not just icons classic awards for younger musicians as well yes the next generation one of my favorites member of the next generation the trumpet player to mourn her for was the youngest player person in 26 years old to win a prize rising star one for his 4th album titled stand it is 1st with a full orchestra a. very good reason is excited very very good indeed a last note but don't list the icelandic cellist and composer huge here who's had a very good year because she already won an oscar for her work on the soundtrack for the film joker as you know she won an opus classic award for her

work on the soundtrack to t.v. series channel bill about the china bill nuclear power plant this all star in 1906 a dream thank you very much like you. now this city berlin is famous for its nightlife especially the club scene here and always came to a grinding halt this year due to the corona pandemic the night clubs are still closed now the local government has tried to impose an 11 pm closing time on all bars and restaurants some bugs are complained and remain open for now we be not about to see what is happening to party metropolis but in. but when once you nightlife capital has quietened down since the beginning of the pandemic there was a closed dance rules empty club as a not the only ones affected owners face a home winter without business many believe the city's cultural landscape will be

the poorer. one script as a dying to hear us there are 2 priorities during respond to make or the 1st safe people 2nd safe club culture leave experience what it's like to dance together to amazing music to feel free and safe within the friendly crowd. you know people often function better in a poem about a sphere than a mainstream society. when you realize that club culture is an expression of how society should be different better because they're shocked i'm not. good in is known as a haven for artists and musicians in particular they clean especially hard hit professionally and do that every day and i. run for.

the matches happy to jump around socializing in the capital and they're a big challenge for a restaurant and bar owners that you feel limits on opening times and alcohol sales will threaten their livelihoods once again. escaped on top there are some things that we as a hospitality branch find out seemingly necessary up on social distancing wearing a mask so short as those are really good measures and so is making sure the bars are not crowded that you probably don't understand is why for months the gastronomy and nightlife sector has been saddled with all the blame you've been treated as culprits not and that's not the case here instead of a sinking wish. a lot of customers team have had to adapt some though willing to make sacrifices find the measures of fixing i to think about what i was about to do more but i don't think it changed the number of people i so and this inside don't

know with these measures why so with visions now like that you're taking me inside your house if you're close friends like they change the laws so you get to know the people better and you get to this thing a much more time with this people for safety sake most people have accepted the restrictions on their social lives with grace but many do you wonder whether belief in any of them be the same again. indeed the book the fish job i closed the song of thomas mann is based on the true story of a prominent actor who basically sold his soul to the devil. so he could continue to be a star on stage during the thirties and forties book proved to be very controversial for my colleague david leavitt's the german actor stuff was famous for one role in particular no one played mephistopheles the devil and good as fast as

brilliantly as he did and it's no wonder he himself sold his soul i think. in the 1st author klaus month tells the story of cost of going gets his former friend and brother in law of course in the book who changes the details and the actor's name too and think her skin her skin is a talented actor who rises to great wealth fame and power by getting into bed with . you guessed it the nazis under the nazi regime he quickly becomes the director of berlin's state theatre does all of this despite a warning from an older man that blind ambition and cynicism will ruin. the worst will happen think of me children when that day comes i have 1st seen it

and predicted it our age is corrupt it stinks think of me i smelled it out i am not deceived i sense the coming catastrophe it will be like nothing that has ever happened everything that exists will fall apart when it comes down it will bury us all. close man wrote mephisto in 1936 years before world war 2 and the holocaust both he and his father thomas mine were writing in exile by about. the actor going out lived close month by more than a decade when good kids died his adopted son went to court to have missed this band for defamation of character and he won the book wasn't printed in west germany here's what's maybe even more amazing is that colon cancer remains a powerful figure in west germany theater scene even after world war 2.

and you can find out more about all of the other books in a 100 german must read on all you chew channel d w books all those books available of course in english and that's it for this edition of culture stay safe and she said. the from.

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this is g.w. news headlines from berlin tonight another ceasefire shattered in the caucasus armenia and azerbaijan are blaming each other for more fighting over the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh the weekend truce was meant to put an end to 3 weeks of violence which has killed hundreds also coming up tonight or early voting has begun in the u.s. state of florida. one that battleground state in 2016 but in 2020 his opponents are different their names joe biden.