using the rules. is no use. for we're. using them. canceling. plans. commands. this is deja news africa coming up on the program for the survival of journalism doing it on demick as a media industry deals with a hotshot impacts of the current virus pandemic when they did so media house in south africa out in print but as that the rights move also coming up. it's a life threatening journey and walks off from africa to the come our e.i.

lines but why do so many young africans still risk their lives for it. i. welcome to the program the journalism industry has been hit tod cuticle with 19 pandemic across the continent loss of revenue from advertising has led some media houses to lay off journalists some publications i've even had to shut down but still struggling to survive and i even make in more dishes moves to south africa your digital news media outlet is now branching into print publication against all odds. investigative critical journalism that's the trademark of the daily maverick it started in 2009 as a digital only publication and has been at the forefront in exposing corruption and government failures in south africa in september they decided to swim against the

current and publish to print publication for the 1st time most media houses around the world have struggled with with this process of moving from a print publication into the digital world and then having to digitally transform their operations we've been digital so we don't have to digitally transfer the fire of digital which means you know we could never be bloated we always have to do more with less and so we're taking that into the print space we. for us to create a print product. less the traditional legacy publisher to create a print product the print edition is only available in one supermarket chain and it is for free if you use their loyalty that way the supermarket hopes to draw additional customers into their branches specially in the midst of a global pandemic. i'm thinking you know my husband is. just plain mean to remind me to forget it because it's great i enjoy the way they present the news i support

printed media digital is good printed really has a place it's free here at the moment when i have to pay for it i will continue paying for it because you can sort of read it through. unfortunately. several publications in south africa did not survive the pandemic big media houses have had to retrench image falling advertisement revenue people calling time of death print media but there's still a big market a big advertising market will compete for that was 70 percent in print advertising and. don but i think given all of that where we are now we're actually quite pleasant you said we should be pleasantly surprised at the level of commercial interest in the product but they never extract it is to break even and double the

circulation 250000 papers within 6 months. joining me now from south africa. where the mail and guardian. now we just saw reports about digital news platform venturing into print how realistic is that especially in these times. i think when it all started with the maverick and now answering that this is when it would be closing and i think everybody is quite shocked especially at a difficult time for media platforms across the world not just in south africa or africa and everybody was shocked but how we've come to realize and see this is that it's something that we should get excited and it's something that we should support because in this day and age every media house needs to start entering into new territory with daybreak it was the other way around decided as a digital platform and now they go into the traditional. broadsheet platform but

it's something that we see as something exciting and i think with the daily maverick because it's such a small organization it can be nimble it doesn't have the issues of iraq crissy and making decisions and and everything has to be checked by this person and that i think most media houses need to be able to do that you need to be able to be nimble in this time now talking about these times food gives out things for free tell us about the continental weekly newspaper providing free reliable news from continental perspective now a free and continental perspective what's the deal here. well with the content it started out as a conversation amongst colleagues in our newsroom in the mail and guardian and then the continent came about yes it comes out it's funded and it is free and it's all

about making sure that as many of leaders as possible across the continent and it is shared mostly on whatsapp you can get it if you register. on whatsapp you can get it every saturday morning on your watch and you can read it and it is short news it is a way for much many more people who wouldn't necessarily have the access to traditional newspapers or have the money to get subscriptions to get news and it is so important and so vital in during this time when there are so many polarized voices for more and more people to get access to truthful and real news that is what the continent is and anybody needs to read it if you want a peer a pure a proper picture of what african african states looks like they're. trying. to make us a bit more flexible when we do our things but talking about the pandemic how has it

affected your day to be a journalist. very difficult africa one of the poshest lockdowns in the world we couldn't really move and journalists were put as essential services that we could move around but you also had to think about a family so if you are going to run and you are going to be speaking to nurses and because that was the big story during that time you are going to be venturing into hospitals or places which have been locked down due to high cases and you have to also make sure that you are safe we had one of our journalists who could because she was trying to ensure that we are telling the stories properly and so it has been very difficult but we've had to push through that and i think what has assisted us as the lead in biden is. in stories where we can give much broader focuses on stories with out cutting down in the amount of. need to

get but it's been difficult but our journalists stood up and stepped up to the plate and took questions when necessary because information was and is still. demick great analysis of what's been happening and i think one thing we all agree that the future of journalism clearly here flexibility is key you know if we want to adapt to the new times. only time will tell how. news. thank you very much for your time. thank you eddie. this year alone almost 20000 african migrants arrived on the shores of the canary islands many of them from senegal putting things into perspective about a 10th of that number arrived in the same period last year at least 5 for the

people have died in riyadh attempts to reach europe through the spanish archipelago but still many young africans consider their perilous journey worth the risk our next report made some of them instead of go undiscovered as new attempts by the governments to prevent young people from leaving. the senegalese poot city of member. this is one of the main points of departure for migrant boat bound for the canary islands. these 2 brothers tried it they barely survived just about caught fire they say they were lucky of more than 200 on board and the about 50 are still a life back of the. fire wasn't that strong yet when a petrol tank exploded you know i left my bags and jumped into the sea. some people who didn't know how to swim grabbed on to me we swam and all around us people were drowning it was all filthy if we carried on swimming like that. decides it's not

your time you survive. despite this gruesome story many here say they also consider the journey across the sea and most live of fishing here but they say fish stocks have to endure. they blame asian trawlers and the allocation of fishing licenses to european vessels plus the coronavirus pandemic has made life harder and strengthened the urge to leave in search of opportunities well feel when you know who they get where they're going on that we there's a high that is in we go fishing and when we come by. what we earn barely covers what we had to spend there's nothing for us here and that's why we prefer to leave it all behind and it's the only way to help our parents and our families with them and he would not win as a new idea but it's only $100.00. khalifa's mother paid a smuggler the equivalent of $600.00 euros and to arrange his crossing. a fortune

for the family gone to waste as the vessel ran out of fuel and food and never made it to europe and all too common experience many migrants fall victim to the greed of traffickers the senegalese government initially slow to respond now says it is putting measures in place to stop the train if you do you know the tickets will surely get it because teams have been on the ground for 10 days here in in sound we or in the south trying to work out how many have left how many have survived and how many are preparing to go see the state is also putting measures in place to dissuade young people from leaving and most importantly stopping the traffickers because let's face it they are criminals and we need to treat them as such so it could be an equal if it will give. the government also says it plans to boost its will case no retraining programs to help the senegalese youth build a life in their home country but despite the high risk of death many still cling to

the ideal that a brighter future lies across the water. finally civil war in the central african republic of long and that a tradition of dugouts carnal racing but recently it's making a comeback in the capital of the us the fights and becomes less intense allowing for the core shows are viable of the popular contest they've been working for everything had been stopped in the central african republic it was only from 2017 when taught there a came to power that we could start racing again. here the pirogue race is very important and widely followed but. we normally do it at the start of every december the rich kinds of pyrex the ones where you stand and the ones where you say. you saw us in. well i think after fed a set an option for outside for now stars go check out the

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yes. we're on live. as we take on the world. we're all about the stories for that matter to you. what ever is. running out. in the. main for minds. welcome to all sound culture as the seante adult trial resumes in france i'll be talking to an expert on the arab world on the media also coming up today. a documentary film to warm our hearts forward shows children around the world helping people less fortunate than themselves. 5

years ago paris was victim to a shocking turn wrist attacked when gunmen forced their way into the offices of the french satirical magazine charlie a bill and killed 12 people injuring many more the trial of the suspects has just resumed terrorist attacks continue to happen in the country i'll be talking to an expert on islam islam and judaism in a minute 1st a look back to january 25th dean and other more recent events concerning caricature in france. the attacks took place in france 5 years apart but they shocked the world the stuff of magazine in 2050 and a schoolteacher this october were brutally murdered for showing caricature of the prophet mohammed. in the 1st attack to islamic extremists on with rifles forced their way into the offices of the french the terrible magazine charlie hebdo 12 people were murdered including the publisher stefan shabani and i'm

a cartoonist of the. french president francois hollande addressed the nation which will be today the whole republic became a target in the wake of the carnage people came together to honor the victims the hashtag charlie became a slogan for freedom of expression. a writer for the magazine warned that this freedom was in danger absolutely titian's must act quickly otherwise there will be dramatic consequences not in years to come but in the coming months dony much again and 5 years on france is once again in shock following the beheading of schoolteacher samuel patti for teaching students about the caricature of a different president but the same message. the new phone would be on friday samuel patty became the face of the republic. in the face of our determination to understand to learn to continue to teach and to be free dosing the

. 8th. words that once again stressed the importance of freedom of expression to french culture. joining me on the line from paris is the political scientist and documentary filmmaker dr azeem out of for our leading expert on the arab world and particularly on the media welcome. did this attack on the offices of dog was a direct attack on the media in france it's 5 years on it's actually nearly 6 years on have attitudes changed in the media i mean has the media tone down their satire no definitely not let me try to sum up the current french debate a lot of french people are sad like man those i'm mad actions are 1st published that's a really tasteless and taste. that i maybe shouldn't have today especially after the horrendous naras that the french schoolteacher and fans are saying you know

these characters need to be published we need tutti and. the really the what makes french society what makes the french political system and what makes itself understanding of french people meaning freedom of expression so even people who before criticise the cartoons were today saying. we are at a tipping point we're not accepting to be scared by terror and compromise are what is part of our national culture and our national political culture but what why is it that the the french particularly believe so strongly in a larry literally anything to be said however critical where does this all come from. oh the french the french have limits in terms of freedom of speech and so on so you can't insight to violence to hatred and so on as

you have a deep rooted french tradition from the beginning from the french revolution armenian lightman to modern times state was created. way gradually came to the conclusion as well that presses less funny is total part of freedom of speech and then the french also would say you know and this is fashion magazines have a very special role in french society they're not they're not only such terrible magazines they are also in some ways you know investigative magazines because france doesn't have a tradition of investigative journalism so a lot of. issues of french society scandals are for example brought to the public's attention souless cartoons and. thomas point of fact in italy not bow to terror and say oh well well

there were some platoons which even a lot of us people in france didn't like and we won't do that anymore because the law will bolt to jihadi terror so you have a reaction which is going totally against against limiting for instance the e.u. search are quite provocative. terrorists or terrible cartoons for however briefly if you will at how important are these satirical magazines in frons. those that aren't part of there are one or 2 shiling after all is maybe secular certainly wasn't part of the muslim partners called. me that changed doc which is bringing out a lot of political scandal it's which has really deep investigative work at the same time translating this investigative work also always with satirical cut times . fascinating to talk to you doctor it's very interesting to see what is

happening in france in fact it seems to be getting sort of tougher in that way thank you for joining to us today thank you. something now that i hope will bring joy to your hearts and is full of optimism and at the same time it is a lesson to all i'm talking about the documentary film forward made by french filmmaker demise to children of the future and his film children around the world who through simple acts trying to help people less fortunate than they are. it's just in what this girl morning she told trades sampan you said yeah it's ok. to go more into. what your ballroom is all funded be and i mean do you stop him on the. course to work. there and work off was a problem want to change it's to movies but it's easy to sell

a lot more than it was say and see. directors domestically was deeply moved when he shot the scene for years 10 year old up to 0 has been giving homeless people food and clothes up in his town in northern france he's known as something of a young saint. that you're sick of neck you know a couple thinner than optimal what i would never take so for us not bring everything you have and mostly about that i drilled into me that cause all the way out there are several. how to raise this money for his donations by selling his own paintings his determination not to simply accept suffering and injustice made a deep impression on the filmmaker and on the film's audiences example on that one not that still a few not we showed the film in a small town in southwest france to an audience of 1000 carats i'd followed by

a discussion that we had gathered outside the next day the cinema manager was in town and saw several groups of children who'd set up makeshift soup kitchens for homeless people. he said it's all they told him they'd seen the film the day before and want to do what i was doing. all down to get out of it was you know well i just you know with every. domestic travel the globe meeting and filming children who were fighting to improve the world around them in europe asia. america in west africa. in guinea he met 12 year old i said to who was outraged that a girl from her school was being married off child marriage is officially banned in the country but still over 50 percent of brides are underage i said to founded a girls' association to prevent child marriage for your son not found you would have to was found not just a what probably did not be as free because this is what i go look i don't know what

leo showed told me that everything then we're blaming downturn misfiring every day and he didn't want me on my yes because who would see you think i'd want to finish responses so he was the one i did was obviously beside a good deal was nonsense i whenever i said to his that an underage girl is being married off she calls the police and does what she can to stop the wedding this child bride who was being married off to a 30 year old cousin is the 16th go she managed to say. it is a children take a lot of risks that pushed around beaten they face extreme hostility they storm into these weddings to stop them anyway they're incredibly courageous. that the documentary forward is an inspiring portrait of resourceful inventive young people who are clearly a force to be reckoned with. if you're. young

and it's not likely that. they get back it got so we can't just wait for leaders like angela merkel and emanuel to solve the world's problems like hunger and homelessness i want my children and the children of the world to get the message of the film everyone can do something with small or big steps we all have the skills to solve problems that if millions of people all took a small step we could change the world shows it could have been better. so for one isn't even settling for small steps his next plan is to build a shelter for homeless people. what a wonderful uplifting film mention is again it's called forward by the french filmmaker . now some more arts and culture news from elsewhere in the world

here in germany museums and galleries are still closed but in britain after a very strict lockdown since the beginning of november certain cultural venues are reopening. all my wednesday the national gallery in london reopened the museum that houses a collection of over 2000 paintings from the 13th to the 19th century as the director of the gallery. said he thinks the reopening is important right now because it allows people to see a different view on the world and allow their imagination to take flight. and that soul for this edition i leave you with some pictures from another exhibition this one in this sicko load. that's in the spanish capital madrid 30 works by elusive anonymous street artist banksy he's a global phenomenon but we don't know who he be she is however his

artwork saw easily recognizable.

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starts december 10th on d w. indeed. climate change. clothes from a list of his own. books mostly people. want to do yesterday how father future. g.w. dot com africa negative against the mechanisms could counter. i was issued when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room that is very similar it was hard as for that. i even got white hairs that. language then nodded off the face gives me

a little push maybe to entrust the lives of say you want to their story the muslims are fighting and reliable information for margaret. this is your news line from berlin germany is in the grip of covert 19 the country's public health agency warns there germany is still far from reigning in its 2nd ways of infections all that says the daily number of deaths this week reached their highest level since the start of the pandemic and the number of deaths in russia suggests the virus is taking a far greater told and the government is admitting we need an undertaker who tells

us he is overwhelmed also a key architect of the european union and the g 7 dies from covert 19 former french president but he just got the south lead france during the next 1970 s. and leave the foundation for europe's single currency. iraq thank you so much for your company everyone well it's not the news germans were hoping for the head of the country's public health institute says germany has a long way to go to bring its 2nd wave of corona virus infections under control a partial lockdown has been in place since early november and has stabilized the numbers but there's still much too high. the coronavirus pandemic is not

yet letting up in germany. the head of the country's federal health agency issued a stark warning. many people are still getting infected with cold and 19 and the numbers are still too high they are on a plateau but they are not yet falling noticeably. we also see that the number of serious outbreaks and deaths is increasing from week to week since both of these always occur with a certain delay we must expect many more here. germany has been under a partial lockdown since nov 2nd the daily increase in new infections has leveled off with just over 22000 cases recorded on thursday but this but the restrictions on public life the numbers haven't dropped significantly and this week the country reported a record 487 deaths the highest death toll since the onset of the pandemic with

no clear change for the better insight chancellor angela merkel announced on wednesday that the partial lockdown will be extended until january 10th restaurants bars and leisure facilities will remain closed and context will be restricted some say even that is not enough the southern state of bavaria is considering tougher measures. in the coming weeks we'll really have to ask ourselves whether all these measures are enough whether we can keep the country in a sort of half sleep like this or whether we should be clear and consistent and impose even stricter measures in certain areas with some exceptions will be made over the christmas period to allow friends and families together. in berlin some think a loosening on restrictions over the holiday is a good idea while others fear it may be too risky. but it is very difficult at the moment people can't meet with friends they can't see or their grandparents and maybe these few days will have a positive effect on our lives and with even

a. good will only make things worse if we mas the restrictions and then we have to be back to the virus again for through both. still some long weeks of coronavirus restrictions ahead with hopes pinned on the forthcoming vaccines let's take a look now at the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the number of people hospitalized with covert 900 in the united states has reached 100000 an all time high as the pandemic increases the strain on health care systems there and greece has extended its nationwide lockdown for another week after slower than expected the kleine increased numbers and italy will place strict limits on travel over the christmas and new year's holidays movement between regions will be banned altogether from december 21st plus russian president vladimir putin has ordered

voluntary mass vaccinations to start next week moscow says its sputnik vaccine is 95 percent effective. while russia 2nd wave of corona virus has hit some of its regions particularly hard in many cities there are hardly any hospital beds left an official statistics say almost 40000 people in russia have died from corona virus but media reports tell another story they say the access mortality in the country is 4 times higher than last year our correspondent emily sure when went to the city of and the country's southwest where it is mainly undertakers who experienced these grim figures firsthand. with a steady stream of coronavirus dead speed is of the essence that the morgue. every morning the team from the funeral agency comes here to collect new victims of the

pandemic 29 year old. has been working at the funeral home for 12 years but he says he's never had to bury this many bodies but one time there was a huge line of hearses standing in line outside the morgue it was only then that people started to understand the death really come to. call the relatives to identify the body. this morgan the city of is only for those who died of the coronavirus or had contact with an infected person the bodies have to be sealed in plastic the coffins closed. many russians feel they're dead should be treated with more respect to what explains. some of their relatives are often more tense than usual because their dead are handed over to them in plastic bags. to open the bags so i tell them that right away some people cry and demand that we open the

bags then i have to explain that they could get infected themselves this virus is no joke but bring it to. you he has been in the business for 7 years today he's in charge of the team of undertakers he says since the 2nd wave of corona virus there has been at least twice as many deaths in the city of funeral agencies have had a tough time keeping up. with we have more work a lot more work over a 1000000 people live in the capital of the republic of. government statistics say that only around 80 people in the region have died of the corona virus since the pandemic began but official numbers also show that during that time over $4000.00 more people died than in the same period last year corona virus infections are spiking across russia but authorities insist the situation is on. control. the undertakers aren't so sure today. and his team are interring and 92 year old

woman she didn't die of the coronavirus that means her relatives can say their final farewell with an open casket which is the tradition in russia usually funerals are big family affairs in russia but the pandemic has changed that people are often worried about getting infected and stay away. so far no one on your worries team has caught code that he can only hope it will stay that way. people say if it's decided up there think she'll get run over by a street car you won't drown fate is fate if the coronavirus is my fate it will pass me by. her with her. the next day the team prepares for 4 more funerals a tour and his colleagues hardly have time to worry about their own health at the

moment they're just too busy. and we sure were reporting there from russia a sick look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the german city of tire has held a minute's silence to honor the 5 people killed when a vehicle plowed into protests trends on tuesday a 51 year old man is in custody prosecutors say the suspect was under the influence of alcohol and that there are no indications of a terrorist motive. british police say 4 people have died and one is injured after an explosion at a water treatment plant in southwest england the blast near the city of bristol is believed to have involved a chemical attack the cause of the incident is still unclear. hundreds of immigrants from ethiopia have been airlifted to israel as part of a plan to bring 2000 ethiopians of jewish to send to the country they were welcomed by prime minister benjamin netanyahu but activists say the government should be

doing even more to reunite thousands of other ethiopian jews with family members in israel. at least 5 people are reported dead in thailand after monsoon rains triggered flash floods in the south of the country well officials say 9 provinces have been hit by 8 week of heavy rain and storms affecting more than a quarter of a 1000000 people flood warnings remain in place as move heavy rain is forecast. and firefighters in australia are struggling to contain massive wildfires devastating a unesco world heritage site there frazier island is the largest sand island in the world the fires have been burning now for 6 weeks. i've already destroyed almost half of this unique natural paradise. the flames here have been raging

on for weeks with more than a 1000000 liters of water and extinguishing agents firefighters are battling the blazes to no avail more than 80000 hectares of land have already been scorched. we've been reporting that 50 percent of the all in has been affected by the fog pain we're probably not seeing the end of it yet we're not going into quite exactly what that's going to look like in the end because we're trying to limit it as best we came. with a length of 122 kilometers fraser island is the largest sand island in the world and has been in unesco world heritage site since 1902 the island is particularly popular with camping tourists with freshwater lakes and mangrove swamps fraser island is characterized by tropical rain forest which is currently still unaffected we look at the next few days to say what the wind does the moment we've got moderate winds which are helping us in this in this work we know that if we have winds kick up on the way again it's gone like things with. authorities suspect the

blaze was started by an illegal bonfire in mid october this week the situation was further aggravated by the force of an ongoing heat wave tourists have been instructed not to travel to the island freezer island is known by native aborigines as garri which means paradise. former french president's ability she's got this has died from complications ling took over 90 the center right politician led france from 1904 to 981 spearheading a social revolution away from catholic conservatism he also worked very closely with germany to pave the way for the g. 7 and the european union that we know today on german foreign minister heiko masa speech tribute to the south saying he was a great frenchman and a great european but if she's got the same was 94. he was hailed as a modernization and a champion of european integration in the 1970 s.

former french president valery just gotta stand helped lay the groundwork for the european union born in what was then french occupied germany she scott was just a teenager when he joined a french resistance group in occupied paris in the 2nd world war. he went on to be elected president in 1984 at the age of $4081.00 of france's youngest post-war lead as. i know that today marks a new era for french politics or. a pretty small if that's of rejuvenation and change for france. during his 7 years in power the center right statesman helped modernize french society he legalized abortion and allowed divorce by mutual consent in spite of fierce opposition from

the catholic church. to that but he also pushed to liberalize france's economy and as a strong advocate of technology he was seen as the father of the country's high speed train network. she was committed to the european ideal and forged a close relationship with former west german chancellor helmut schmidt together they laid the foundations for the euro single currency and turned their dream of a more integrated europe into reality. and before i let you go you might remember the mysterious story from last week of these strange metal monolith found in the utah desert well now another one has been spotted on a hiking trail in southern california local media reports that unlike the uter utah a rather original this one is not bolted to the ground and could be tipped over the

uta monolith which disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared captured the imagination of many with its references to the classic side fire movie 2001 a space odyssey similar struct structure now has also been spotted in romania. are this your news update for now business africa is coming up next so stick around thank you so much for keeping me company. filled with youth crime fighters are back with africa's most successful radio drama series continues only this odes are available online course you can share and discuss on w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms crime fighters to nino.

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