am sensitizes the bus attempts for the protection of the forest. 60. w. . with different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all speak up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom for global news that matters w made for moderns. this is news africa on the program today nigeria's kidnapped boys they've returned home telling tales of hunger and. by just how good a grace cute and was a ransom paid. and the abandoned classrooms in and your phone camera rude the rebels fighting for the station 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 kidnapping nigeria have arrived the boys were rescued on thursday 6 days after they were abducted from their school in katsina states one of them say that the captain who described themselves as. had regularly beaten them with canes and only gave them food once a day. also talked of their ordeal and how they were happy to be free. they hit us on the same police 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'm into it and. see my part. i made you know.

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 i told al correspondent that no ransom had been paid to the kidnapped. girl nor. were. there were no i'm. going to going to understood.

that i need to be coming down. the middle and then i'm going to talk you know the region around will go. down with the. key. should americans. joins me now tom has reported extensively on security in africa so how is he a child maybe have just listened to the govern 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 it would be wary of using our concerns because that empowers militant groups so in this particular case the authorities or the

officials are talking about haven't used repentant bandits that's in their words and also a group known as me 80 alan 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 in this ng 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 to through a voice message but when we saw videos of the boys the main 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 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 that ship or 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 suffices while the rest 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 a 2nd point which is geographical in that the cheap book to book the town is in the north east where book around 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 boko and 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 there was an a collage 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 the state of this tell me a lot of full thanks to me as if you. children and schools in cameroon english speaking region have become common targets off the separatists fighting for suspicion the separatists say the government in one day has neglected the ag phone 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 need licht of the central government which reacted violently since then civil war has broken out separatists fighting for superstition 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 under military protection one boy tells us he is scared of being kidnapped by separatists. we're in front of one of the schools and the men there 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's no good police. build a youth center where teenagers known to trade and children are given and i try to teach school program 3 times a week. you. have seen. the scene. in the very responsible we. use the 11 appropriately we. did the live it was this. is the east so you can do anything with it because there's nobody for it so the center of this is really because i think we're already making a difference in september the village school was set to reopen but separatists have to have been away 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

grounds the school has been closed for 4 years now and we were told residents 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 symbol has a lot for the community that are spies for development and growth and it tells a story that shows how. out of reality yeah it is like nobody case it's painful it's. he cannot even express it. beyond the physical structure of the human structure is destroyed how does a commission that is beautiful show to jehovah not go to school or judge. priest already 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 chief says all still highly endangered that one threats comes from ranchers who kill the chief says when they prey on their cattle but now i'm going to be as far as can keep their cattle out of harm's way thanks to scientists studying the cats a rare sighting of while cheetahs and namibia in a country has the biggest free ranging population achievements 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 farms. scientists from germany's latin it's institute have discovered a way to reduce that conflict they've been researching cheetahs in the maybe for

more than a decade part of their study includes putting radio collars on the cheetahs and their movements they found she does a vastly preferred some areas over others allowing them to map safe and unsafe areas for cattle herding. where it's about 10 percent of the area that is highly dangerous because concentrations of those very high and about 90 percent that use much less risky harm was done by moving their cattle out of harms way farmers now lose much less of their herd to cheetahs. country adopt the management today's day nobody sees a high risk area they just can't. talk to an older 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 does how the deficit saying a cheater and then left it follow me into that well i'm back with 7 well that does it for today's program be sure to check out other stories on dot com forward slash africa for all scientists and our facebook i'll see you next time a fight. my 1st vice a model sawing machine. where i come from women are going to buy this ocean for something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle it isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to. albums by side the loss of my home and it took me years to been made. finally they gave up invented by me and i say this but returns with

the sewing machine sewing i suppose was more appropriate for goes than rising and by as now i want to meet challenged woman back home where bones by their duties and social rules and inform them of old dead basic rights my name is the about of people and they were more species of. the. blues. is the magnificence viola davis in the role of legendary blues singer madre name in the film madre new black box which also stars chadwick boseman in his final

roll. that's out now on netflix. and with thoughts 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 thinkers 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 sing is world famous. but since the covert 900 pandemic the arts have been in serious crisis. and. 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. 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 out sector under this scheme. all the rehearsals for a miracle such 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. contactless course it's 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 programs as well solo artists groups and venues can apply for emergency aid grants special funds bridge loans and much more the economic effects to germany's far reaching arts and culture scene. jazz start freelance artists in particular need help to live as a critically 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 canceled and cultural institutions have been closed for months many artists have been using creative means to protest against the silencing of the arts. accord who are 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 join 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. to have. the 5th book. positive. thanks to the 2nd 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 beethoven jubilee events took place largely on the cultural nation of germany is currently being put to the test. and 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 this very tough and resilient cultural scene. of survivors will also survive this pandemic. 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. to move with gold teeth and body padding actress biology davis embodies the mother of the blues. one of the 1st african-american recording artists back in the 1920 s a walk to a you know what to do. it's really empty world without blue earth many black americans were moving from the ruble south to the 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 already gone mad and said ready to go and that's where you go well. she was not a woman of her time because she was a woman who absolutely and apologetically knew where were. the real life

was born good truth pritchett an openly bisexual black star she broke the mold mike all blue stars though her greatness was fueled by paying full bloom. they here come up with they don't know how it got there. in the understand it s. lives where. it was and 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. rocker songs i give you the most right shocks but i'll take them off. because musicians are up against the evils of racism from plot line 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 there's a lot of things that still resonate because they haven't changed they've just evolved. wrangles blackwater 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 curvilinear 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 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 story industry and by employing this advantage women this event it's people especially women but we create fashion shows. 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 wooden our board background for example exhibit here or so violations of human

trafficking and we also work with the prism of that on our we've made former. the label of fires and of series fabric sold stock or materials donated by prestigious and tying companies which prefer not to be named. other european designers like dutchman's around london 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 create received a prestigious green carpet fashion award. in the past the event has hosted

a listers like sophia loren valentino garner 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 that a peaceful slide into 2021 a few dozen. tell

africa. from. 2 environmentalist geoffrey has made up his mind. killing on. visits rural areas every week for the conservation gonna initiative and sensitizes the lessons for the protection of the forest and the animals. through that song d w. happiness is for everyone schumann penises are very different from primates you know we have a totally ridiculous romanticized view of nature be that this is climate change

crisis sex how to dance in books you get smarter for free you know we brooks are neutral. in the far north. beyond the inhabitable. it's lonely. barren. and breathtakingly beautiful. the arctic. powerful expanse of bitter cold. and the sound of global. take a journey north pole. 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 on

the. northern lights the arctic circle starts december 21st g.w. . this is from germany calls for patience as the pandemic worsens health minister reveals the timetable for covered 19 vaccinations but without enough for the whole population who will get the lifesaving jobs 1st and who will have to wait also on the program a 1st look at the nigerian schoolboy said kidnapped by islamist militants arriving

back at government buildings and leads to public. better protection. robot bevan doffs case names.