the tab for surprise yourself with what is possible to this man called really what and. who took the people who followed her along the way i admire and critics alike now as the world's most powerful woman shaping how they can join us from eccles last stop. this is the news africa coming up on the program full guardians choose a president as a country prepares for you elections on monday unemployment remains the site in fact the next leader will be. the warrior to meet them flee their country a journey from the trees by what. the

name is eddie micah jr welcome to the program ghanians head to the polls on monday to elect the president in what is expected to be a close contest old rivalries have been revived between incumbent president. and his predecessor george i'm 2016 muhammad became the only incumbents to be voted out of office and he's hoping to inflict the same fate on. in a region besets with security issues ghana is viewed by many as a beacon of hope and stability but issues such as corruption and unemployment remain a headache for many gun ians like sonny brought him. mohammed sunny ibrahim started development communications at the university and leaves an informal settlements in ghana's capital accra. that 38 year old has tried but filled to secure a meaningful job since 2016 and the father of 2 often depends on the generosity

of relatives as well as casual wake to take care of his family sunny says it is a nightmare waking up every d. much knowing you know which is the next meal will come from really that money to. give money to a family or family to get you going to school. and. so money is a problem and there is no money because i'm left with. sunny like millions of young kenyans one stage all. with general elections decently he has been monitoring what's coming from machine until creation. and i've been hearing it from the people . who create opportunities for the people to work and then in times.

for the company with all the parties. 12 candidates are running for president in the december 7 elections but stick to leading candidates are the incumbent president. and the opposition leader the ex-president john muhammad. campaigns for the 2020 general elections taking place on vetch op platforms with social media playing a key role in it. but that has not stopped. from holding huge gatherings ignoring safety protocols president who has 4 tests to keep him in power. so he can do more for them swati b.n.p. pete is hopeful kenyans will grant that's requests and we're known that the new part of the past when i've always provided they needed quality leadership and when the president it's my 1st to help would be without the. leadership of.

helping to protect they gave me for all in me as being a message to the people of. the position candidates and former president john muhammad is also hopeful of victory of the spot to say the government hasn't done enough to deserve another 4 years. every single guy who wanted to avoid this shock from the economy depression and pressure that's being handed to the people by their god must we come on election day and feel that that is the path to salvation the way out for the old south this is the kind of the what you know for history that you. see this year's campaign has been issue be used with voters expect it to consider policies of parties in deciding who

to vote for. the survey that we put out there said i wouldn't you know there's evidence that people are much more aware and much more knowledgeable of the political parties ministers and their messages than that they would have had in the past and of course the media and have been very intense. sunny will be voting in the election what's my test most to do this for the we know to get to. fix the country's economic challenges but. joining me now is dr cancun head of the center for public discourse analysis and electra are the guys in suits of journalism now we just saw a report about i'm unemployed got me in how big an issue is that and how other candidates are pressing it. unemployment is a really huge issue in ghana as of now unemployment is about 12 percent in general

and youth unemployment is about 50 percent so this really really huge unemployment is higher. than in the rural areas and i can tell you that there is. a lot of young people are concerned about and people across the country are concerned about unemployment. among the top factors in this election and what kind of saying about that. well for the m.d.c. that is the opposition party does the challenger john dramani mahama is the kind of day for the national democrats a congress does the biggest opposition party and he's saying that he's going to. bring about 1000000 jobs when he becomes president and then money festool he calls this a dream up in the local language and soon he is calling part of the project that will bring about a job take push and he's saying that in the big push infrastructure and the

policies that you'll be doing would help to bring about $1000000.00 jobs for the n.p.p. the new picture at that party which is the incumbent party leader not i do done quite well for the president and i've done he's seen that he will continue with the policies that he's done that will bring about that will bring about a lot of employment in full food and jobs the national builders call program decided things that he's planning to do ok there are lots of other major issues with the current president in the former president how hard the corruption allegations against him how will that be the determining factor in this election here if you want to look at the wind direction of a gun in an election one of the big things apart from jobs is corruption people hate it and one. option is hung on your neck it's probably the death nail so corruption is a big scene it's come up really strongly in the last 2 weeks after the special

prosecutor released it was his report on the deal so more option is really up there in this particular election and i see that is going to be one of the deciding factor now looking forward to the d.d.a. in previous elections there's been pockets of violence here and there is not something we should be concerned about. absolutely especially because we've had a consensus about vigilantism in ghana over the past 4 years this has been one of if you had one of the biggest things that has characterized the government it is that vigilantism so important that he passed the vigilantism and related offenses act 2999 that's how important it is. we've seen that there has been some violence in their recently held elections so there are legitimate concerns about vigilantism and conflict and violence in this bicycle a election ok now how were the 19 pandemic influenced the elections in any way

huge huge their eyelids have been banned by the government so we don't have the traditional rallies as we've seen it which means that one more variable factor has come into the picture the party which is to campaign and sell itself despite the 1000 go around it is the party which is going to make a head when we've seen the m.p.p. do virtual rallies we've seen the n.d.p. use facebook facebook live events and so many other innovative ways what's up and soon i do think that. said the medium is the message and in this particular election the medium around call the one thing is going to be a determining factor ok 10 seconds is this election too close to call or will there be a 1st round care window if there is any election which is too close to call it is this particular election because they've been just too many things that

have happened close to election day that will tend to tilt the balance ok from your brief there. who had all the sense of a public discourse analysis on lecture on how the dinosaur journalism made things for a time. let's now take a look at some other stories making news across the continent is south african panel investigating alleged state corruption under former president jacob zuma the country's constitutional courts to compel him to testify walked out of the panel last month after i had rejected his request to have that for citing judge. recused . stamey south africa an explosion. on oil refinery in the port city of durban at least 7 people were hospitalized authorities say they don't know what caused the blast which is the 2nd explosion at a south african refinery this year and that is one month after the fighting began

in ethiopia has nothing to gripe province the army says it has killed or captured most commanders that. if you have young t.v. shoot images that allegedly show life returning to normal in the regional capital to grand leaders unite it claims. that life is anything but normal for the estimated 45000 refugees who have fled many of them crossed the border into sudan thousands of people are believed to have died but one has also been born. has been and. as soon as they had the sound of explosions and gunfire. just a week before her 9th month they set out on foot. and i was frightened and running away that's when the pain started right in the middle of the street.

salon was lucky in a small village in ethiopia she found a hospital where a doctor how to deliver a baby. after that the family of 3 made their way to a un refugee camp in sudan salaams husband at security said he feared for his life in tikrit i. haue doone a. they could have taken me and killed. so if i die i will die with her and if i live i will live with her. here in relative safety in sudan salaam already has hopes of returning home. when we can go back i'll tell her she was born in a. cell and said she wanted to show her gratitude to the doctor you have been sharing meth light. africa i wanted to call my baby africa but i instead named her after the doctor who delivered. africa became abby and she is now nearly 4 weeks old.

putting a smile on your face too and on that cute note we wrap up this week be sure to check out some of the stories on did dot com slash africa all things work on twitter of a lovely weekend i found out. i'm scared that if i work that hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here in war we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers what alliances. what's your story. 'd and what numbers of women especially of victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture.

and that of a little another guest you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. clips from some of the 12 films made by film students here in germany over the last year who were tossed with showing europe in film in 2020 which the students have managed to make despite the pandemic. more about those films in a minute welcome to arts and culture also coming out today so sensation out of

black is back with a brand new album now a father all love everything is an inspiring tribute to his new family. with the 6 month german presidency of the e.u. coming to a close at the end of december this also sees the end of an artistic project initiated by the german foreign office and supported by the german film academy 30 film students here were asked to travel through europe and shoot what is important what moves them like the climate crisis or the plight of refugees here the result sometimes fictional sometimes documentary of very moving. the kind of it 19 pandemic has worsened the plight of refugees in europe restricting memory of mint and reducing the chances of gaining asylum.

in the short film kept a young refugee in rural germany encounters unfriendly mistrustful locals hungry and scared to kill the cat and the hostility turns into outright hate. falling off the mark on that side. so. what if this wasn't. chris does that come up i mean that our set. ask you about. the vows i know. but help comes from unexpected quarters and unsettling study of loneliness and desperation. go to a democrat twilight of the gods picks up on some of the most notorious images of the refugee crisis while telling the story of a wealthy family holding

a burial at sea in the mediterranean whose ship collides with something floating under water. and what we wanted to convey with the film was that the time when we can look the other way is over we need to face up to the failure of our values and act with. the wealth the legal world at war zone for the film takes the form of a parable contrasting the idea of european solidarity with the harsh reality of fortress you're. the. eat eat. the battle for our voices is a short documentary about pro-choice activists in warsaw involved in the women strike in poland as of 27th of november 2020 abortion is banned there.

is a most wanted this is the action program or the fact that it is a case of. your own stock of who was our focus was very firmly on the activists political and social agenda 1st and foremost we wanted to show what their values are and how important their work is we wanted the film to be inspirational. so i thought. the film provides intriguing insights into women struggle for equality and so on a terrorist. groups have things all their own now. it's a struggle that's underway across not just europe but the whole well. short films that are as diverse as the young filmmakers who made them but who share the

belief that we can all help to solve europe's problems and then perhaps the whole world. and there are a total of 12 films you can watch all of them for free at this website out as kino dot de and you can vote for the best as well as music now and the new album from in my humble opinion one of the great solve voices around to die out of black dabbles in many musical genres rap r. and b. he's also a really good songwriter it's his singing voice that really gets me on his latest album all love everything it really has matured into a thing of beauty in the last few years. my way sung by california ansel started slack featuring the thing his trademark

smooth focal zz the track of black's latest album all love everything igs huge hope and positivity. aloe blacc breakthrough came in 2010. with this song i need a dollar it was a hit around the world. carefree as it sounds it actually tells of people marginalized by society of alcoholism and hopelessness it reflects the long history of struggle by black people in the us. what do. you say. allo black campaigns for the rights of people of color he uses his popularity to reach politicians and fight against injustice following

in the footsteps of some pretty big role models. activist civil rights heroes that i look up to the leaders of the past we're talking about. or gandhi or martin luther king we're talking about stevie wonder or bill withers aretha franklin you know. there is a place in there just being in their existence that humanizes . everyone by humanizing the most of all knowable. i want to follow in their footsteps. black's own story is not typical of black musicians in the us his parents were immigrants from panama but black grew up in california where he went to a good school had white friends and a picture perfect front yard. where

he didn't feel quite at home in that world so he searched for another. he found it initially and breakdown and then later and it hit home. i couldn't live the life that my parents lived in panama and i couldn't live the life that my white friends were living in america and when i found hip hop hip hop culture was something that i can embrace and say ok this is different but i feel like. i can belong to something like this. black eventually had success with the soul and pop genres but he's never left the political behind i

follow black a singer who wants to bring light into the darkness. whole state was a german photographer famous for the way he worked with lawyers when he started back in the 960 s. it was with his black and white photos later in his career as a lot of artist who was one of the 1st to use lasers so successfully as an art form is archive has now been donated to a museum in the german city of mannheim 'd. curators at mannheim sefi a gallery for contemporary art a sorting through the estate of photography cost h. alan it's a vast collection man was $1.00 of germany's most successful photojournalists and

light artists with a fund most at least in the early years to 2 subjects in particular. fun to be out on the front cars and on the back when in. belmont made his name in the 1960 s. with photographs of motor sports but also with sensitive portraits of the stars of the era because you get a cool deep in contemplation his talent was to capture intimate moments without intruding on their on. balance gaze was never intrusive but he was a keen observer he began taking photographs at a young age in 1053 aged 19 he took this self-portrait armed with his trusty like a camera he quickly launched a success. career soon he was taking pictures of leading figures of the day from then chancellor ludwig add heart to bond actress and yes i had her on as a photographer his subject range was vast he was basically interested in everything

i was into. his skill set was also vast working as a light artist gave him scope for creative experimentation. in 1977 he took part in documentaries 6 and capsule where he installed the 1st prominent laser sculpture in the world but his career began to suffer on there came a point where he lost his fishing he ran out of money but continued to be extravagant he ended up on welfare for. forced age bellman died in 2019 his daughter bequeath his estate to the mannheim gallery a retrospective is planned but 1st they'll sift through the thousands of negatives and photographs the seminal artist left behind. now a look at a couple of other stories from the world of arts and culture a moment to start with we're off to hollywood for these 2.

highlights of an auction of film memorabilia in hollywood on thursday was the original james bond prop handgun from dr no that was the very 1st bond movie which of course starred the late great mr sean connery the iconic violet a p p k was estimated to fetch between $150.00 and $200000.00 but eventually she went to an anonymous buyer for $256000.00. no sign of the latest james bond movie yet but a new film called manga starring gary oldman comes out this week and netflix it's the story of how hollywood screenwriter herman mankiewicz wrote citizen kane which is often regarded as the greatest film ever made and he wrote it despite being drunk dissolute oldman is said to be brilliant in the title role.

and that rounds up this edition of arts and culture lot small stories as ever on our website at d.w. dot com slash culture also do check out d.w. books and d.-w. classical music on you tube they are worth a visit thanks for watching and until next time i'll read is a good book. to

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are all in this is being done together make it. stay safe everybody. stay safe stay safe please stay safe. in the far north. beyond the inhabitable world. it's lonely. barren. and breathtakingly beautiful. the arctic. powerful expanse of bitter cold. and the sound of global warming. we take a journey around the north pole meet profiteers and talk with people experiencing a changing environment. for the ice disappears earlier and it keeps retreating.

our future depends on what happens here in one of the most fragile ecosystems of. northern lights like the arctic circle starts december 21st g.w. . this is news and these are our top stories venezuela's opposition led by self-proclaimed president one quiet oh is boy cos saying the country's parliamentary elections on sunday saying the polls be rigged in favor of president nicolas mother little observers say the boycott will likely consolidate murderous grip.