just one we. don't want or can really doubt. we still have time to work on dealing with. what he said. to subscribe to the it's like. this is deja news africa on the program today violence in the same for the african republic ahead of the weekend's election we hear from religious leaders trying to defuse tensions by preaching peace and porn on politicians to deliver a peaceful vote. and we hear from cattle herders insane exult who say recent heavy rains have resulted in green of austria's their animals to take you on to the construction site. that's will meet the engineer designing eco friendly buildings

in south africa and the rest of us on to the. hello i'm christine wonder it's good to have you any tensions are rising in the central african republic ahead of the presidential election this sunday the un security council has condemned in the strongest terms what it called violence perpetrated by armed groups and militias in the run up to the poll now the incumbent for sin. is again running for office but in the last few days there have been reports of an image crew attempt by militants moyle to former president francois was easy who was overthrown in 2013 the militants all say to have seized control of towns outside of the capital. randon and russian troops have been

deployed to help come to be embraced. now we'll have more on those developments in a moment but 1st a look at how religious leaders are addressing the standoff which some are trying to frame as a clash between christians and muslims. was. it's prayer time into your 1000000000 able who would in benghazi. it's here we need you mom was a lady. we muslims we have no right to wage war. our sees the conflict broke out in 2013 but in mom together with other religious leaders has traveled across the country preaching a message of peace he says religion has never been the cause of the fighting in the christian majority country instead its politics were personally commit some profit in the conflict in ca are have been likened to an interlude just conflict leaves you nothing you know religion had nothing to do with it. the main actors are

politicians they are the only ones who can give valid reasons for the situation in the central african republic. and groups of controlled large parts of the country scenes between $213.00 civil war and there's been an increase in violence in the run up to the elections the government has accused former president. of joining forces with rebels on attempting a coup. meanwhile leaders of appealed for peace urging all parties to stop the violence and secure a peaceful election. the central african people want to go to the elections it is the democratic regime that chooses its leader to bring light to illuminate the voice of an entire people the church indicates this force through the proclamation of the past whenever the mass is celebrated the word of god is also proclaimed. we

pray that peace will be restored and that citizens will be able to freely exercise their right to vote. but some members of the opposition has lost faith in prayers they've said they will be boycotting the election because they don't trust that it will be free and fair. and for more on the story we've invited poor many on to the program he's a journalist by profession and this currently consulting fellow for the africa program at chatham house good to see you paul welcome to the program rwandan and russian troops are in the central african republic at the moment at the request of banky what are we should make of that. well i think it's really 2 different agendas rwanda has tried to project itself as a major or thora to uncertainty within the african space over the last several years and it's contributed troops to many stabilisation forces and

operations around the continent and it would present its operations in those ways russia on the other hand has been recruited by president to a death as a high lack of security. and for some time there been mercenaries from the russian military company which is believed to have close links to the care of kremlin operating in the cia are under an agreement with the government because the traditional defense for partner france is the former colonial power and it is probably easier both for paris and body for or for that relationship to be more in the background and so the russians are the big sort of outside bilateral player with the capacity to act if you like an aggressive force whereas obviously the un force in in the cia are is a u.n. peacekeeping operation the devil take his is for the president was ease off of crossing

a could how credible are these allegations. well it's very difficult to find hard evidence what we know is that. was easy was turned down as a candidate earlier this month by the constitutional court and he was very upset about that but nevertheless indorsed and one of the alternative opposition challengers he's now believed to have then retreated to his hometown was. in in the sort of about 300 kilometers north of maliki and in the area to the west of that is where we've seen all these rebel activity over recent days but absolute proof isn't in the public domain on the other hand the international community the g 5 plus group of partners the u.s. france russia the u.n. the e.u. and others who are the main partners to the cia are they have issued

a very very public fierce warning naming was easy on sunday and so one wonders whether intelligence sources have more information about those is role than is out in the public space right that's poor maybe thank you. west africa salvation has been hit by heavy rains and floods in recent months it's race concent it's stream weather events and the high cost of climate change but the downpours did offer some respect for that is especially in senegal they've suffered for years as temperature has increased and food and water become more difficult to find. life is hard for her to such as far as sound senegal. his existence and that of his life stock are under increasing threat from drought. over the last 6 years the dry season has become longer and harder. but this year there was an exception that changed the situation. man on oregon and last year

during the same period grass was already drawn i and there was not a lot of it now the grass is still green the last train was only a month ago which means this year it's much better than you were. warned. large parts of west africa have been hit by heavy rains in the last few months in some places they cause catastrophic flooding and if you will to fear about extreme weather and climate change. but one upside for senegal's herders has been the growth of the fittest vegetation in years. the direct one runs in the north sea the heavy rains of allowed certain plants to start flourishing again. and that the cattle and sheep are at their fattest in recent memory. or whatever you see the good body mass due to the high volume of grazing. that most believe the good fortune will be short lived this year's rains were unusual and the unpredictability

of the weather makes it impossible to plan and it's even causing some to rethink their lives as herders and i'm usually on the idea god is making human beings face an existential crisis. we don't know what tomorrow will be made of the fears are real we have not experienced such heavy rainfall in more than 30 years because the more years he has rainy seasons lasted for 2 months which is too short for wintering. but god decides. so while this she may have offered a brief response for her does the future of this traditional activity remains uncertain. that as we see it in that report africa's fading they fix of climate change more than other parts of the world and that's despite the fact that the continent contributes the least to the problem but one engineer in south africa

say's africa should be working towards building a green future and that's exactly what she's doing. the fancy rosebank area of johannesburg is home to this property development and beersheba oversees the electrical work on 2 floors let me take you to the going to texas site. company green design is an engineering consulting firm that specializes in green buildings that means using energy efficient materials and smart designs to save a lecture city for example by using efficient airflow and windows instead of air conditioning is. a rather new mission industry at the moment there is only a handful of similar companies on the continent. with everything that we do we considered cream so that's part of how we do designs it's not a line item it actually is integrated in how we've designed it so we've got any lights lots of natural lights coming into the space and we've got occupancy since.

shaba tries her best to live her life in an eco friendly manner the 33 year old sold her car to reduce her greenhouse gas emissions and now takes public transport to her office her staff works from home due to the pandemic when shaba started her company after university she had a clear target addressing climate change through construction. wasn't the greatest source of the problem but who most of the solution and that's really been my heart is how do we change the way that we engineer a buildings and how do we ensure that self-sufficient if we have mindful of the planet mindful of people despite a challenging 1st year in the industry as business has picked up since she started in 2016 her company work so far on 15 construction projects she has also given lectures and held workshops throughout africa. after a long day and workshop meets her business partner over a drink to talk about future plans. she's an iron lady but i think this race is

a do and i think that says it to bt is why. really so there's a lot and that's what creates a death in a wookie so she's quite fantastic camera and i think she also a lot of difficult questions that i don't always appreciate but i did read the law very much i think that the partnerships amazing shelter has a clear vision. more than 60 percent of the people on consonants. and i really just want to see them grow and i really want to see them in this and i'm a lady just i need all kinds of them forward into the theater it's a long journey shot but admits that she's willing to take it one project at a time and there are positives tonight the city of johannesburg is currently drafting a green building policy. and that's it for now be sure to check out all of the stories on the dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter today will leave you with some shots of the landscapes for her and for that make

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as we take. the studio. that matter to you and really what ever it is to. tell her you made for mines. did you know. this christmas tom hanks is sharing the limelight with a much younger costar actress i mean i wasn't even born yet when hanks played his most famous roles but she's not intimidated. we'll be hearing from the 12 year old star coming up here on arts and culture and later on the show. 2 artists twins painting as one is saying sisters tackle racism and colonialism with bold

precision. and a vision of hope at the end of a tough year a flock of paper dubs takes flight for the washington national cathedral. well it's been just a year since 12 year old german actress helen out saying that made her fiery big screen debut in system crasher the indie film that was germany's surprise entry for the 2020 oscars now she's made the huge leap to hollywood starring alongside tom hanks in the new western period drama news of the world based on a novel by a poet giles our film reporter scott roxboro caught up with the young star over zoom. in the news of the world pulling that single plays you'll have a little bit of a german orphan raised by the chi when they those who killed her family she's found by captain kidd played by tom hanks.

says if you think a 12 year old german girl would be intimidated acting alongside a hollywood legend well then you don't know that saying boy that. even the 2 time oscar winner was impressed by this rising star from berlin. but. i cannot stress enough the incredible power. on those scenes with that with the 2 of us that those those those crackled they were good they were ridiculous fun in order in order to shoot singles crackling and threaten to explode in system pressure or breakthrough film. she plays benny the girl traumatised and out of control. over the skies. but it's the quiet scenes like those in the news of the world but

the young actress finds most challenging. shows she makes them. i think the most difficult scene was really the last the very last scene i won't give any spoilers but i can say captain kidd and your honner both have to cry and it wasn't so easy because when they say now close up on her lena and i knew i had to show all my emotions that now's my chance and. now calls up on him right now and then psycho case all yes it was i know my korean side is yet another director paul greengrass cast saying 5 minutes after meeting her you could see she bloomed. and all the great to do it's like a cooling it's just not a choice it's just too though she's got the real deal. and natural talent single can jump in and out of character on command. that isn't if you notice right when they say action it's like you flip

a switch then and i'm like. you just have to have i don't know. i don't i don't. get it you know hannah. with her new film in a single is getting a chance to show her talent to the world is of course. you have. to. make your mistake captain. the movie news of the world comes out in u.s. theaters this week netflix is expected to release it sometime next year well some people are just born with talent and sometimes talent comes into 20 enters amrit and rabindra singh developed their style while attending art school together it's a contemporary revival of traditional indian painting for the sisters used to draw

attention to all kinds of social issues the same twins work as in collections around the world. the twin artists who do almost everything together are. ever painted wash all of their works accredited to the singing tweens to painters who see themselves as one artist with a jewel cultural identity. questioning this whole idea of individuality which is a very big that in the west we've also challenged the kind of cultural stereotyping and the the racism that we face as asians groener in this and we lived in a very white we don't an area where we were expected to you know order to choose one or the other are you british or are you indian and you know why we got the bow . tie it also plays on that you ality inspired by centuries of indian

miniature painting plus christian art plus plus the singing twins call it past modern. ambitious tabloids full of references often to what's happening in the news. their latest work and or march to britain's national health service the n.h.s. here the deadly dragon of covert 19 isn't being vanquished by st george but by a nurse with ancient roots. britain's prime minister isn't much help. looking really at the hypocrisy of the government that is really given no support to the n.h.s. over the decades of really well in the n.h.s. into the ground we really wanted to reference the asia and minority communities in this country who are really the backbone of the n.h.s. system and without them the whole system just wouldn't you know we'd just collapse . many of their works examine capitalism and the realities of post-colonial britain

including breaks it which the artists see as a tragedy. they also take a stance in their works against british imperialism which many britons still viewed positively. almost to the forgotten history of them by the darker side of empire where you really see that it was the thing they let built on the blood. of the countries that the. caves whoever is the thing that's not really explored it's really fascinating to see how there are parallels even with what happened during the time that there are the day. to sing twins later series slaves of fashion encompasses more than 2 dozen paintings the works are the result of deep research into india's textile history colonialism and slavery the result is a highly political take on the dark side of fashion.

one of the twins' paintings in the style of the renascence triptych is set to go on display in germany it's a detailed account of the amritsar massacre of 1919 when british colonial soldiers fired on a crowd of unarmed civilians killing hundreds. the event go fuel to independence movements against britain in a dark chapter of history that artists are still confronting today. part of that tradition using our art as our way to. focalize our own ideas and beliefs and bishan them passages about the world but also to try and get other people to engage in those issues as well. again the same

twin's work is about to ality building a fair a future by examining the. well theaters and museums and concert venues in the united states are now looking to the future with a little more confidence the u.s. is finally releasing its 1st big aid package for the arts $15000000000.00 broadway leaders and museum directors are thanking congress for the funds which much of the culture sector sees as a last chance for survival and the coronavirus pandemic could boost comes as part of congress's $900000000000.00 stimulus plan. and sticking with the u.s. now the washington national cathedral is all aflutter with a flock of 2000 origami doves now dubs are a common motif around christmas time but this installation is more than just holiday decoration. white dogs

a symbol of peace and freedom the dog is also the messenger the dean of washington national cathedral hopes the message here can be one of transformation. it's a thing of beauty and a thing of hope the thing that points to a future that's coming when we're no longer dominated by this pandemic this place is a place of beauty anyway but. to a during this difficult time is just a wonderful addition. the installation may be timely but the flock created by german artist michel pendry has already appeared in cathedrals across the world over the past 6 years it's called. meaning the dogs. it's been to jerusalem it's been to munich it's been to new york it's been to san francisco it's been to london souls because. these stars literally come from all over the world

from all different countries from different people different religions that idea behind it so another meaning like the flock is growing. look around is a multisensory exhibition that explores the white birds as an ongoing symbol of the spirit how that's changed and what it means for us today the concept of the exhibition is one if unity. and i started to involve people and unfolding all of this space and in bars and restaurants where when we were falling does that this is a really none of those dollars are the same they're all individual differences even though they look from here they look the same but they're not. currently closed local and what will remain a feature of the washington cathedral till may. and i'll leave you now with another special treat 60 years ago the late choreographer alvin ailey premiered his signature a ballet revelations inspired by african-american spiritual this year due to the

pandemic his company has put its shows online for free that includes revelations and some world from yours here's a look at some of those performances see you next. oh the. daily i'm a choreographer i'm a black. or the song. of the song my roots also in the gospel song. holy. news to joy. to the humans to the feet. mom i. eat.

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