what do you use today their future. looking dot com or go straight to the making if you. could turn. this is the debate is africa on the program today nigeria's kidnapped boys they've returned home telling tales of hunger and these things but just how would they brace cute and was a ransom paid. and the abandoned cost rooms in anger fontella rude the rebels fighting for suspicion have forced the closure of schools in the region denying children their education.

hello i'm christine one but it's good to have your company hundreds of schoolboys by kidnappers in northwest nigeria have arrived home the boys were rescued on thursday 6 days after they were abducted from their school in katsina state one of them said the captain is described themselves as in this sense had regularly beaten them with canes and only gave them food once a day others also talked of their ordeal and they were happy to be flee. they hit us all in the same place at 1st but when they saw a fighter jet they change their location and hit us in a different place they gave us food but it was very little. i don't have. it and. it won't be my part that. i might see nobody knows. but many details surrounding the incident remain unclear may be how the release was

a kid shortly after news of the boys being rescued broke the government off at sea in the states i mean told al correspondent that no ransom had been paid to the kidnappers. no we're. going to. we're. going to going to do under the. idea. that he will be coming down. the middle and then i'm

going to talk you know the region and i will go. ahead i should american. joins me now tom has reported extensively on security in africa so high cierto may have just listened to the governor often seen a state say that the old boys he's didn't pay a ransom to the kidnapping so just how were the boys rescued. christine the government obviously would be would be wary of using their own sons because that empowers militant groups so in this particular case the authorities the officials are talking about haven't used repentant bandits that's in their words and also

a group known as me that's an association of cattle breeders notorious or at least accused of being behind the violence and killings in many parts of the country and they're saying this is the group that was used to get in touch with the abductors and wield influence over them to be able to get the boys back and this group obviously would be using that in its own way to gain prominence and again to be seen as a kind of the. to be used in terms of growing its political importance in the country as well right boko haram claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of these boys how credible do you think that claim is. well i mean it appears a you know when book around released a statement it did this 2 through a voice message but when we saw videos of the boys the men book around players were not in that video so it appears as of this was i have a cell of book around operating in that part of the country or

a group that you know just opera a militant group that operates there and was hoping to possibly sell these boys on to boko haram for money but it does not appear as if the book or the coke around had control over these boys and and so was not able to wield to hold them on for longer. right tell me what we are talking about something that's happened. since the chipboard incident and still today we can report that only half of that your vocals have been found or freed at this as we know were married off to fight is while the rest really seems to be dead so why is the outcome in this case so different well 2 things i'll point out the 1st is that the chibok girls case when the girls were taken the government at the time heard the news and thought it was a hoax and thought it was an opposition ploy the opposition made this up to to to

discredit the government and so they delayed in their response and by the time they eventually responded it was too late and the girls had been moved to different places and split up in this particular case there was a faster reaction but here comes the 2nd point which is geographical in that the cheap book to book the town is in the north east where book. for a long time controlled territory this particular incident happened further west the northwest north central of the part of the country which is not book around territory so it's harder for a group to hold this group of boys this group of students longer and it's not as hard to retrieve them and identify where they are as it was in the book or in the in the chibok case so i think that's the difference in this particular case but also we have to see that there was a much i mean more muscly there wasn't a much faster reaction the news got out quicker got to the president quick and it

was in a closet meant that there was a problem to be addressed in mediately but the fact that this happened regardless the fact that a large group of boys can be kidnapped in the country should be worrying for the government as as everybody around the world who heard this story would have been would have been expressing as well all right that state of his tomi oladipo thanks tony. and you. children and schools in cameroon speaking region have become common targets off the separatists fighting for secession the separatists say the government has neglected to and region in the majority french speaking country and they've now declared their own state. agree on krishna reports they have attacked schools to pressure the government. 4 years ago residents of the predominantly english speaking west in cameroon protested peacefully against the perceived neglect of the central

government which reacted violently since then civil war has broken out separatists fighting force the station and their own state. to pressure the regime they are forcing schools to close in november the school was attacked and set on fire shortly before 7 children in another school in that. in the meantime some schools have opened again with lessons taught using the under military protection one boy tells us he is scared of being kidnapped by separatists. we are in front of one of the schools and i mean that at the moment it's morning and you can see many of the students are arriving without school uniforms and they're coming here in front of the entrance to change to wear them because they're afraid of wearing the uniforms on their way to school we travel further into the countryside where many schools are still closed like here in the village of number but there's a glimmer of hope. there

will be at least one already has built a youth center where teenagers learn a trade and children are given and i turned to school program 3 times a week. there you. have seen. the scene. in the very responsible we. used to live in a profitable we. did life because it's been so busiest east so you can do anything with it because there's no money for it so the center of this is really because i think we are really making a difference in september the village school was set to reopen but separatists have to have in a way the teachers. this is how one of the classrooms looks from inside the benches are destroyed you can still see parts of books scattered around on the ground the school has been closed for 4 years now and we were told by a residence here that it was the separatist fighters who came here to destroy

everything they took some of the benches hours to set up barricades on the roads the school symbolize a lot for the community that us passed for development and growth and it tells a story that he shows how. out of reality we are just like nobody really cares it's painful it's. you can't even express it. beyond the physical structure of the human structure is destroyed how does it come to that is beautiful each of these 2 children to school or. priest ari once the children here to be finally able to live a normal life but for 4 years you says you the governments nor separatists have been ready to enter a serious dialogue. there are more chases in the media than anywhere else in the world but even their chiefs is also highly endangered that one

threat comes from ranchers who kill the chief says when they prey on the cattle but now i'm envious farm is can keep a castle out of harm's way thanks to scientists studying the cats a rare sighting of while cheetahs enemy b.-a in a country has the biggest free ranging population of cidones in africa but the pickaxe here as elsewhere on the continent are highly endangered. you the population is threatened because it doesn't occur inside of national parks but on commercially used farm that there's obviously leads to conflict is the truth ok livestock of the favs. scientists from germany flatmate's institute have discovered a way to reduce that conflict they've been researching cheetahs and then maybe for more than a decade part of their study includes putting radio collars on the cheetahs and minor thing their movements they found she does have vastly preferred some areas

over others allowing them to map safe and unsafe areas for cattle herding. where it's about 10 percent off the area that is highly dangerous because concentrations of to cheetos is not high and about 90 per cent that is much less risky for didn't harm was done by moving their cattle out of harms way farmers now lose much less of their herd to cheetahs. around the country adopt the management to these day nobody sees a high risk area they just can't go there have to look too and all the place always just really not change and when cattle herders lose less of their livestock they kill fewer cheetahs and example of how scientists working closely with locals is helping conserve africa's most endangered cat. and as

a pop quiz for you how do you tell the deficit say a cheetah and then left it for me and that i welcome back windows 7 well that does it for today's program be sure to check out our other stories on day to day dot com forward slash africa for all scientists and our facebook i'll see you next time if i. am not proud of and i will not succeed in dividing us around not succeeded in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of the stick trying to show up. taking the stand. global news that matters d. w. made some minds imagine how many pushes cold blooded turnout in the world right now climb a tree and the figure you call the story. faces life lesson when you come to one

week. how much work can really do that. we still have time to work i'm going. to sort of set. up some skype and let me use like this. balloon. is the magnificence viola davis in the role of legendary blues singer madre named in the film madre nice black box from which also stars chadwick boseman in his final role. that's out now on netflix.

and red sox welcome to arts and culture more on that film a little bit later in the show and also coming up. the italian clothing label project so quit ticks all the boxes in its quest for a more sustainable and possible fashion world. but 1st since early november the arts in germany have been experiencing what now applies to the whole country a 2nd hard lockdown all that means no concerts museums no opera or theater and here in berlin no club scene and after most entities actually took pains to implement corona hygiene plans the outcry was of course huge when they were shut down yet again while monica gotos the minister of state responsible for culture says the government is coming through with funds but nerves are frayed with a grim winter still ahead. germany is

a nation of culture known as the land of poets and think it's it hosts the largest book fair in the world and is home to 6800 museums nearly half of the world's professional orchestras have their home here and the club sings is world famous. but since the covered 900 pandemic the arts have been in serious crisis. the art sick to got its own very large aid package the new start for culture normally i have a budget of $2000000000.00 euros per year and i added another 1000000000 in the middle of the year in order to alleviate the plight of those working in the arts you can't solve all the problems with 1000000000 euros but that was of course a very clear declaration of solidarity with the arts sector by the entire federal government it's an expression of appreciation for. the minister of state for culture launched the aid program in june those employed in all areas of the arts

can apply for support through their professional associations so far more than 600000 euros have flowed into the arts sector under the skin. all the rehearsals for a miracle satire a few days ago the oldest cabaret in berlin dish to who has received aid amounting 270000 euros and raised another 30000 euros itself the theatre invested a good deal of the money in state of the art equipment for air purification just one of the measures aimed at complying with hygiene regulations. we've installed directional signs for the entrance and exit and plexiglass barriers at the baskin the coach we've got contactless closets for the toilets we've presented and partially implemented a digital concept that then allows us to stream productions so we've carried out this hygiene concept and we're very happy about it in the concept under there.

but not everyone is taking care of the culture minister has now called for another 1000000000 euros for the arts there are many other aid programs as well some of the artists groups in venues can apply for emergency aid grants special farms bridge loans and much more the economic effects to germany's far reaching arts and culture scene in. jazz started freelance artists in particular need help to live it as such a thing as possible. it's really about the question of what someone deserves or not i do believe that artists especially if they're taken out of action by a law already deserve something like short time compensation with. countless events have been cancelled and cultural institutions have been closed for

months many artists have been using creative means to protest against the silencing of the arts. accord or the arts help us to deal with the big questions of course they are the critical corrective of any living democracy. we need the arts because they hold up a mirror to us because they create a space for discourse because they deal with answers to the ultimate questions with values that give meaning we need the arts more than ever right now to help us make sense of everything we're dealing. the coronavirus inspired mexican art student. to make these images which he painted during the 1st lockdown in germany he recently held his 1st exhibition for friends only on the outskirts of berlin.

somewhere it's very important for this. it's important to have. a few book. positive. thanks to the 2nd to more extensive lockdown private initiatives like this are also no longer possible for many months now cultural life has shifted to the digital world with streaming services like netflix and amazon doing even bigger business than before the pandemic the internet is also being used as a virtual gallery for museums or a virtual concert hall for musicians even the base hovan jubilee advance took place largely on the cultural nation of germany is currently being put to the test. i am as we must not forget one thing this cultural richness reaches back several 100 years and we preserved it through 2 world wars to get at it for that reason so i am confident that with our help in this very tough and resilient cultural scene this

milieu of survivors will also survive this pandemic is upon. it. where there is a will there is a way well it's already tips as a major oscar contender in this most unusual season ma rainey's black bottom produced by denzel denzel washington an adaptation of an august wilson play it shows a day in the life of gertrude rainey one of the earliest professional african-american blues singers and a pioneer of recording who made over 100 records. her girl. used. to move with gold teeth and body padding actress biology davis embodies the mother of the blues 7 7.

one of the 1st african-american recording artists back in the 1920s a walk to a you know what to do. it's really an empty world without a group of. black americans were moving from the ruble south to the urban north hoping for a better life including rainy she got a record deal in chicago and became a star. ready to go in 15 minutes away to go on madam said ready go and that's where you go well here. she was not a woman of her time because she was a woman who absolutely all apologetically knew there were. the real life was born good truth pritchett and openly bisexual black star she broke the mold mike all blue stars though her greatness was fueled by pain i've folk don't.

they here come up with they don't know how they got there. in the understand it as a life where. you know thing feel better. because that's the way i understand them. in the film mob raney faces arrival on stage and to love the quick fingered trumpeter levy performed by the late chadwick boseman. back to the songs i give you the most right songs but i think the mafia. because musicians are up against the evils of racism plotline that still rings true today for a lot of our artistry a lot of our imagination a lot of our ideas are not seen as good as our white counterparts. so busy a lot of things that still resonate because they haven't changed they just

a bald. man wrangles black bottom the story of a strong woman who new songs and song is out now on netflix. it's a great christmas viewing to look forward to well more and more fashion companies in europe are making efforts to combat climate change and curb linear consumption habits italy's legendary fashion industry now has players like the sustainable fashion label project a quit which uses a very no nonsense approach to show that ethical and environmental values can be a driving force. this is a predator party with a social conscience these clothes are made by presenting a quick company that prides itself on producing clothing in a way that benefits the buyers producers in the environment in general.

we produce fashion for women fashion collections by recovering leftover fabrics come from their luck sorry industry and by employing these advantage we men this event it's people especially women but we create fashion. and for winter. this is the current collection for fall and winter each piece can only be made until the fabric runs out. production takes place at the company's factory in the italian city of verona the company employs around 150 people many of them women who were given a 2nd chance through working here. 70 percent come from a we're not all background for example as visibility is or saying so violence a few months or a few and we also work with the prison all that on us we've made and former

inmates. the label acquires and of series fabric unsold stock or materials donated by prestigious and tying companies which prefer not to be named. other european designers like dutchman's around lunch are also joining the sustainability trend he too recycles hiding in materials for his clothes. french israeli designer. up cycles of old video and concert tapes and weaves them into colorful fabrics. and then their spanish label. which recycles plastic from the oceans for its close. this year project to quit received a prestigious green carpet fashion award. in the past the event has hosted a listers likes of philo ren valentino gar avani as well as actor colin firth

and achievement for style and sustainability which are set to carry on into the future. that's all for today but you can keep following the culture conversation through the holidays on our website until we meet again i wish you all the best for a safe holiday season not a peaceful slide into 2021 a few dozen. tell

africa. to environmentalist jeffrey a fan mail has made up his mind long to kill a name on. visits row areas every week for the conservation donna initiative and sensitizes the last events for the protection of the forest. d.w. . by probably neal and i'm game if you know those that's 17 trillion land on the moon was killed worldwide sure so that we can eat them but it's not just the old shuttle suffering it's the environment remains on a journey to find ways out of the nutrition if you want to know how a one click to the priest and the whole trust changed as we think of listening to our podcast on the green rooms.

whatever we begin to look for. the about of c o 2 in the atmosphere of the increase of the fabrics are. probably 50 they have to start by starting to decrease the amount of c o 2 are there now this is actually not a hard problem it just takes will power over there are very important economic interests to hold a lot of coal who own a lot of oil that are doing everything possible to make sure this doesn't happen and we have to fight them quite trendy 50 grow pre-boil on the way to grow a large boulder adorable solar wind i'm optimistic that. we're not totally gets a species c. this

is a nice life from germany's government pleads for patience as the pandemic tightens its grip the health minister unveils the official timetable for code did not think vaccinations passed with not enough vaccine to go around who gets the lifesaving jet 1st and people have to whites also coming up 1st images of the nigerian school boys kidnapped by islamist militants arriving back at government buildings the abductions leads to public anger and demands for better protection to children.

american held both into the program the german government has laid out its plan to vaccinate millions against. fictions and deaths are still rising sharply in fact in a single day more than 33000 people have tested positive 800 have died health officials now say they plan to begin vaccinations on december 27th. germany is gearing up for the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine authorities have defined which groups will be the 1st to receive the job priority will be given to residents of senior care homes people over 80 and medical personnel with a higher risk of exposure those aged between 75 and 79 and exposed medical staff such as general practitioners will follow health ministry and spawn called

for patients from those who will have to wait for their dose of the vaccine i call on all of us to do of the situation sensibly when germany states begin vaccinating most likely on december 27th at 1st the supply will be limited and it will be clearly defined who has the priority therefore i ask all their citizens to be patient i ask you to wait until it's your turn. and. there is light at the end of the tunnel germany is building numerous vaccination centers across the country ahead of the vaccine rollout but spawn warned it will take one to 2 months before the most at risk groups will be vaccinated it will take time for doses to be widely available that means many measures to contain the pandemic will have to stay in place gentleman's class we have to realize that it will be quite a while before the vaccine has any effect on the pandemic. quite simply because we

don't have enough for everyone who wants to be vaccinated therefore we will still need other measures to contain the pandemic. a pandemic that is still in full swing in germany the country recorded the highest number of new daily cases on friday and daily deaths are also at record levels high time for a smooth and fast rule out of the vaccine well let's bring in political correspondent simon young simon it's a critical moment how ready is germany for this vaccine rollout well i think germany has done a lot of preparations anthony of course this vaccine comes at a really critical time for germany because infections have surged in recent weeks and of been hitting records in the last few days with over 30000 new cases and deaths are also up so this is this is

a much needed sort of glimmer of hope christmas time the expectation now is that the europeans medicines agency will approve the biotech phase of vaccine at the beginning of next week it will then be delivered to germany and germany's medicines agency can check the doses to see that they are ok and meet the standards and after that it will be distributed to $400.00 vaccinations senses around the country and vaccinations can start we believe on the 27th of december and there's been a full debate as well about the prioritization with the over a t's and people in care homes and also care workers getting the vaccine 1st and it's estimated it's going to take a couple of months to give the vaccine to all of that group some of the rice the glimmer of hope do we know how long it will take to vaccinate enough people to return to even

a semblance of normality. well the government says that in order to get herd immunity in other words to have to have enough people vaccinated that we can stop worrying or begin to start worrying about covert 19 that will require 60 to 70 percent of the population to be vaccinated how quickly can that happen rather depends on how much vaccine is available we don't know that at the moment $11000000.00 doses to start with but much more will be needed to vaccinate germany a country of nearly $90000000.00 people so what the government is saying it'll probably be at least the summer before they can roll out vaccinations to all people in germany so it looks like we don't have to wait several months without him on the situation in german hospitals is increasingly dire why is the government then allowing a slight easing of rules of the christmas just quickly. well i think it's because

of course they made the promises that there would be something like a christmas celebration possible and it's very difficult for politicians of course to tell people they can't have family gatherings at christmas and they wanted those gatherings to happen inside the rules so they've slightly loosened them but there is concern that of course there will be a spike in infections after christmas some young the deadly political correspondent thank you very much. meanwhile the u.s. has moved a step closer to approving a 2nd covert 19 vaccine after an independent panel of experts endorsed the shot made by pharmaceutical company modern up the decision paves the way for the f.d.a. to approve emergency use of the vaccine the u.s. has already started its mass immunization with a club advancing by buying to pfizer the e.u. under pressure to follow suit now said it would speed up its approval of coded 19 vaccines. and let's take a look now at some of the latest developments in the pandemic austria will go into

its 3rd lockdown after christmas shops that reopened last week will close again restaurants schools museums and theaters will be shut until mid january china is planning to vaccinate 15000000 high risk people before the start of its linen new year at least for chinese made vaccines being tested and a study in singapore suggests pregnant women with covered 19 do not become sicker than the wider population babies born to infected mothers were found to have antibodies. while at the u.n. can find solutions to the coded pandemic which has deepened global inequality that's the message from u.n. secretary general antonio good tennis earlier today he addressed the german bundestag in a special ceremony marking the international bodies 75th anniversary katich was welcomed to the german parliament by chancellor angela merkel and president frank. he said that building can play a central role in backing if it's to stabilize the world order during the pandemic

germany has county holds one of the security council's rotating 6. so let's have a listen to some of what the un chief had to say earlier today ben beat me at the 5th book lenient the pantomimic has exposed deep divisions. shining a light on inequality and injustice and an adequate social security system so. hard. you've been out so i missed our suffering the most everywhere it's just glad it's clear that this global crisis needs a global solution. to nigeria now where hundreds of boys a bank we have not had with their families after a mass kidnapping that were taken away to go by men from their school in the northern state of katsina and not jury and security forces rescued the children many of whom say i suffered abuse during their captivity. it's

a sight the world has been waiting for the 344 nigerian school boys free in sight yet they've suffered a terrible ordeal nearly a week in captivity some said they were beaten and many of them report that was starved. as it was one when they he just in one place then they sort jetfire that change location and he decided where else they gave us to but it was very little. and it's been around 24 hours since they were delivered from they kidnapped as they spent their 1st night of freedom with soldiers next day to receive medical checks and only thereafter the government says can that go home. what. do you. put. it about the freedom for the boys and relief are not dear and authorities the kidnapping was

seen by many as a symbol of the government's failure to keep people in the country's north saif the rage will likely now bite at least for now or soon knew this will return. to prove. from the air force major record in terms security operatives. you had a. record of the neutered. hillbillies for the 300 or who do for. it's still unclear who took the boys from this classroom but their doctrine has again shown a spotlight on the security situation in northern nigeria with banditti them threatens lives and livelihoods a lie ahead let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news more than a dozen children have been killed in a bombing in eastern afghanistan the blast happened at a religious gathering in gaza new province no one has claimed responsibility for

the attack the area is controlled by the taliban u.s. boss president mike pence has been given a covered 19 vaccination live on television you know was broadcast from the white house where pence said he and to promote the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. u.s. financial markets have opened with some uncertainty as wall street whites a stalled coronavirus economic relief package leaders in congress say they are close to a deal but there are reports that talks could run into next week. cyber security officials in the u.s. of warn the government is that quote grave risk from hackett's the edge and see responsible from for america's nuclear weapons stockpile was among those targeted this year many suspect russia is behind the attacks moscow however denies the clips to maintain balance well a philanthropist being held in jail in turkey has gone on trial on charges of spying is accused of being involved in an attempted coup in $26.00 thing he denies

the allegations about a has already though spent years in prison despite never being convicted of a crime. disappointment outside this istanbul court house a synagogue osman coverless close his colleague at his on a dollar cultural center is angry. well this is a far cry from human rights democracy and justice a lot lately hitting. him and rights advocate cavalia has spent the last 3 years in jail he's been charged with spying and attempting to overthrow the government the witnesses who appeared in the latest hearing did not incriminate him next time the public prosecutor wants to examine new witnesses it's cavalia 2nd trial earlier this year he was acquitted of charges of organizing protests in gacy a park in istanbul. even as he prepared to leave his cell new charges were brought

against him and he remained behind bars according to human rights groups the courts just carry out the president's orders that president al gore made a thunderous speech saying this man should not have been acquitted he's responsible for the gezi events. condemning the court and one condemn the court for trying to acquit him and made it very clear that he wanted this man behind bars turkey is a member of the council of europe and is bound by the decisions of the european court of human rights this year the court demanded cavalia be released sport now and buying munich's robert levin dusky has won the thing for men's player of the year award after scoring $55.00 competition goals previous winners christiane iran elder and lena messi to the prize hall help find seal the champions league bundesliga and german cup treble the 32 year old his fist club aboard meanwhile in

one defender lucy bronze to the women's prize the 29 year old won the champions league with leon before moving to manchester city. well meanwhile bundesliga cob shall have parted ways with coach mantle bomb it was unable to put an end to their $28.00 game winning streak failed to win a single game with the royal blues since taking charge in september that's a run of 10 matches the german side account the bottom of the table with on the 4 points from 12 games veteran dutch coach and a board member who stevens is set to replace bone for the time being. many of us are wrapping up warm to fend off chilly winter weather and it's not only we humans who are trying to keep out the cold as the southern chinese city of many has it's told to protect its animal residents after local temperatures plunge to an all time low key to say the creatures are enjoying being warm there's always one

exception of the zoo's giant pandas still living it up in the great outdoors despite the freezing weather. ok coming up next on the business with my colleague beneficial and more news coming up with phil gale at the top of the alpha now but i'm at the house for me and the team here in berlin thanks for watching. why are people forced to hide in trucks. and. the books there are many recent posts took. place there are many answers the 1st clue. and there are many stories.

to. make up your. claim the claims the claim. made for mines. to me. zambia's leader has a new plan to save the economy tape at the little suggests the state take a majority stake in some of the nation's minds the president admits investors put cry foul. comic is growing fears about a no deal breaker that is still no trade agreement and time is running out the deadline is end of the month. but there isn't even a good deal in sight the e.u. and china reach and in principle agreement on a bilateral investment pact it's been 7 years in the making. and been physical and

let's do business hands off our god given natural resources zambian presidents warning to foreign investments he set out a plan to save the economy including majority stakes in selected mines to benefit from its mineral wealth beyond taxes a bad day make has hit the price of copper which the country is hugely dependent on which is seen that search but the gold price has also searched and zambia wants to buy directly from miners to bolster its foreign reserves. it's a decisive time for zambia this new economic plan that follows a dismal year for the country in 2020 its external debt surged to $12000000000.00 now zambian president at galu who is looking to sell his economic recovery plan to the people and to a certain extent the world the scheme includes the government taking majority stakes in the mining sector the country's main generator of hard currency but other

reforms are urgently needed zambian seem to agree it might be time for some hard medicine to bolster the economy. from some of the drugs across the board such as trim and the left to go some. distance the high school is. almost in the house it's a concert expensive lesson. i know i'm with self not that you'd only get it here when we come in for work we have no customers and not even food to eat in the morning those who use transport are affected and we also need to pay rent for the shop. but what needs to be done exactly that disagreements begin. is there still we've got it's. good to be here. countries out. there.

maybe that could work zambia is still in talks with the i.m.f. over a request for funding to carry out the reforms but the i.m.f. seems skeptical saying the policy should try to restore stability and protect inclusive growth zambia aims to encourage investment to strengthen the economy and the set to discuss other options in the coming weeks. tracking the story for us to ponder is it a case of foreign investors basically coming in digging up all those resources taking all the profits because all the government's been doing is taxing them and the states suddenly realise there's so much more money to be made if it takes control of the mines it's very complicated it's more complicated than that because the zambian government previous governments as well have been cold on to diversify the economy to reduce dependence on the mining industry which accounts for around 70 percent of foreign exchange earnings. that is definitely an issue and doing like

owning more of the mines and you know running them more is not going to help the government because it's not going to change the reliance on the copper mining industry so that's the problem i think it's not gonna please anyone who's been critical of the way they call me is set up and it's already in dispute with mining multinationals how's that going to pan out exactly it's in dispute the biggest a few dispute being of a down. resources dispute which started in may 2019 and the biggest mine coal a couple mines is in liquidations was being run by an administrator appointed by the government and that has been in the courts since last year so it's still unclear whether the done the resources will be able to assume operations of that mine or not there was a court decision last month which sort of gave it an advantage but at this point it's still being run by the liquidator so what else is in this race q plan well the government has also mentioned agriculture or manufacturing and tourism and also the

energy sector as anchors of the economy so that's what else is in the plan but it's lacking in details because of course we don't know exactly how the government wants to grow tourism as a sector or agriculture to really support you know farmers in the country i mean the farming farming is actually the biggest employer in the country despite being very small in terms of its contribution to foreign exchange earnings for instance but most work in farming or in some form of agriculture and the government has is yet to come up with a plan that makes that industry really really grow and become perhaps the country's most important sector for earnings and the thing is these reforms are meant to be pinned to and i.m.f. bailout is going to get that probably not and there's a lot of reasons why that might be the case the zambian government the current government they have pretty much might not be the government after the elections in

august next year i don't know i'm not you know involved in anyone in with i don't know what the i.m.f. is thinking but i don't know if the i.m.f. will want to negotiate with a government that might be gone and that's one of the reasons so it's an election year oh it will be happening and the government might need to do more the pressure is on japan to jim baker thank you very much. now to some of the other business stories making news he african development fund has approved a nearly $10000000.00 grant to the small nation of guinea to sell money will go to help the country's coated response the development fund says guinea reacted quickly to the pandemic but its health infrastructure is poorly equipped to fight the virus . sony is pulling the much hyped game cyberpunk 277-2077 from playstation stores a week after its temp you have been glitches and one complaint of an epileptic seizure the japanese company is offering full refunds it's one of the most

expensive video games of a made year and negotiators are striking a pessimistic tone around break that trade talk says a new deadline approaches a uniter she. calls the situation grave i mean this to boris johnson says no deal of heat is likely for britain the european parliament says it needs the draft of any agreement by sunday. britain officially left the european union on february 1st and entered into a transition period pretty much leaving everything the way it was before breaks it the hope was a new trade deal would smooth out relations between the 27 member e.u. bloc and the u.k. the transition period ends december 31st and so far there is no deal in place that's got companies worried. what happens that doesn't look larry look sure and yet what happens here is what makes a jack you are a check your. flock is applied to central console's turning is simple plastic item

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years china and the european union have been negotiating an investment pact it aims to ensure companies on both sides have a level playing field on friday official said pushing to seal a deal by the end of the year. china is one of the most important markets in the world but european companies operating have long complained of unfair competition from state backed chinese businesses they're also frustrated by excessive fear across taken legal hurdles such as in the fields of fire tech or electric vehicles now with deal to regulate fair market access seems to be within reach. talks have entered the final stretch so. we believe that as long as the 2 sides take care of each other's concerns and can meet each other half way we'll be able to achieve the target set by leaders on both sides. but the agreement isn't without its critics in europe is it wise to quickly conclude

a far reaching agreement with china shortly before the new u.s. administration takes office the deal could risk pushing the e.u. into the center of costly trade tensions between the u.s. and china torn between the 2 sides on the other hand some say china's concessions don't go far enough still an agreement seems to be closer than ever germany is pushing for this and also france is pushing for this and many others because they see more business opportunities and it's also a chance to level out the playing field with in europe because so far john there was also a preferring some e.u. countries through its growth initiative. but the talks won't be over until a deal is signed on the dotted line after all the european chinese investment agreement wouldn't be the 1st major project to fall at the last hurdle despite years of negotiations finally 2020 was another good year for bonus league

champions by munich but things are looking good for the club's pocketbook board member young christian treason told a german newspaper he expects a financial loss this season like many football clubs by munich is playing behind closed doors revenues from ticket sales and catering a missing former banker said thanks to a strong financial footing by and can cope with the expected losses of want other clubs were on the brink of bankruptcy. but you.

know africa. from. 2 environmentalist jeffrey has made up his mind. to killing all. visits rural areas every week for the conservation gonna initiative and sensitizes the president for the protection of the forest.

with different languages we fight for different things that's fine let me all speak up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom for its global news that matters. made for moderns. this is state of the news africa on the program today nigeria's. boy they've returned home telling tales of hunger and teasing but just how were they and was a ransom paid. and the abandoned costs rooms and your phone camera rude the rebels fighting for the station have forced the closure of schools in the region denying children their education.