or maybe storms. make up you. know made for more and. this is deja vu news africa on the program today heated political tension and ghana on the day of the president's inauguration parliaments descended into chaos soldiers had to be called in to break up clashes between m.p.'s what is the reason for the tension. and how doctors are improvising in order to save lives in south africa where did the 2nd wave of covert 19 is furious the raging.

hello i'm chrissy would go it's good to have your company and then our coup for our door has been sworn in for a french term as president in ghana he narrowly won reelection in the votes on december 7th last year now ahead of his inauguration there were scenes of chaos in the country's parliament clashes between opposing parties erupted off to a lawmaker sees the ballot box joining a vote for the parliament speaker eventually the army was forced to intervene to stop the violence. and for more on this we've invited is to armand to the program she's a political commentator in ghana and joins us from a crowd gets to see you so as we just saw the clashes breaking out in parliament just ahead of the president's swearing in what is feeling this tension. so we have had

a challenging and divisive political season the. presidential campaigning in the context amid the backdrop of the devastation of coded the lockdown the pandemic has absolutely fuel political tensions and so we've seen that explosion on the streets the culminated into scenes that would have triggered trauma for thousands and thousands of ghanians who lived through the military coups of the 19669791981 to see soldiers in battle fatigue coming through into the seat of government and scenes of unrest would literally hearken back to history the ghana has long left behind but it also echoed in some instances what was happening with the military in ghana was happening with the citizens in the united states of america so this global framework of i have read with politics and campaigning in this moment and the president in his inauguration president out

of what i do is you know gratian is taking place even as halls of the country doesn't accept his election victory. i don't know the heart of the country doesn't accept the victory is a fair enough. reality suddenly the contesting of the results is not a new space for us here in ghana we have been here before it is not the contesting that's the issue it's the resolution of that contesting it is the choice finally for the m.d.c. to actually go through the legal framework which is with which it isn't talking to do and most importantly to desist from the kinds of violence on the streets that is traumatizing for millions of citizens who remember this violence spoke to me and treatment is under arrest in a utility we don't see it you said it yourself that this was a very divisive election there were reports of violence 5 people were killed how

did it get service in ghana this is the country hailed as the beacon of democracy in africa. so you know to be clear we always have to talk about nations not in the context of some political democratic utopia ghana is a nation in putting context it's a nation with a history of political violence and thankfully there has been a peacefulness for many many years but we have to put what happened for this election season in the context of a pandemic that has absolutely devastated the economy and made the just the environment much more fruit when you stitch together those realities then the months of this violence are not surprising but it makes them no less disturbing right answer before my next question we just want to play you a couple of views from ordinary connie and talking about what they see as the main challenges for the new president. he promised to

fight. to my opinion i think he's doing his best. game he can do everything for us all with those 4 years we print who he does better. job job. the jobs. policies that president. 3. 3 senior high school. a lot of. you know. a lot of people. so we've heard they instead jobs corruption education important to the people we've just listened

to what more can you tell us about what president and i don't need to prioritize and do in his next 5 years. when we think specifically about the economy i think we need to double down not just on the real importance of jobs but the kinds of jobs that are being created what does it mean to strengthen an infrastructure around issues of health of the mining what does it mean to think about an entrepreneurial power an entrepreneur economy that has women 52 percent of gun this nation and who dominate when it comes to actually employing people but who are also always locked out of access to finance issues that are long standing ever have been exacerbated by the pandemic so yes jobs corruption is a longstanding issue that always requires being tackled but the pandemic off was an opportunity to reimagine an economy that is the absolute flourishing of

indigenous expertise indigenous activity women and use and those are the specific areas that i think the president needs to focus on not not more rhetoric but the reality of reimagining that because of the pandemic all right that's talking to us from the government. thank you. south africa has ordered 1500000 doses of the extra vaccine to inoculate the country's help. a more contagious current a virus variant in the country is driving a 2nd wave of infections overwhelming hospitals this week deaths from 19 so possed 30000 and. visited a hospital in cape town where doctors are having to improvise to save lives. this isn't a waiting room it's the treatment room for qubits patients at the hospital in

khayelitsha one patient calls out to us to tell us she'd been sitting and waiting for 3 days waiting for beds to become free next door you've been reduced to going to be with you don't want to do that and distributed to her who were told to. dr susan mccomb caller has been working here for 9 years and this pandemic is pushing him to his limits the 3rd of his colleagues here have already had the virus so how do you feel to see or feel that sometimes forward if we don't have enough birds priests from from we don't know who didn't meet you already and you know it's one point in your difficulty did something you do drugs do you do you 1st do it looks just so we should we just stop does that sometimes we think it's. on average one person with coverts dies in the hospital every day

there's a small room next door with somewhat better beds for acute patients waiting for an intensive care bed at another hospital. the local health minister admits that not everyone can get an i.c.u. bed most are already full if that doesn't qualify but there i. don't remember to be able to do my own home. i see you believe this is what is going. on . so this is actually the waiting all the waiting area of the hospitals where people would normally wait for their treatment but you can see it people who come here with non-coverage related issues emergency is being treated here because they need the space on the other side of the building for potential conflict cases. south africa meanwhile has reintroduced tougher lockdown measures there's a strict a mosque requirement alcohol sales are banned and beaches have been closed box

police are overwhelmed with enforcing the rules. only patients over the age of 45 are now being tested at the stade clinics the demand is overwhelming. here in viral load just both gun crisis laboratory every 2nd test is positive the peak of the 2nd wave is expected in south africa in mid january but even after that experts anticipate further waves. i fear that neither the current. that we are experiencing nor the arrival of the vaccine sometime in 2 ways through 2024 of the population will be able to make a big difference the government announced it is already in talks with the manufacturers but there are no details yet. that came khayelitsha however there is hope initial studies show that during the 1st wave up to 40 percent of residents

were already infected and possibly even immune social distancing remains impossible for many here. dr cole and his team they are forced to bracing for a tough few weeks ahead of them. now orthodox christians around the celebrating christmas today including communities in ethiopia eritrea sudan and egypt but for some today celebrations will be maad by hardship almost 260000. fighting in the northern to grad region since november crossing into neighboring so done after months in makeshift refugee camps today they're facing a tough christmas. it's far from a happy christmas for these ethiopian refugees after fleeing violence in ethiopia is no than t. cry region marking the holiday in a crowded camp in sudan. with people living hand to mouth they'll be little feasting this year. on christmas eve prices at the local market sought as people

scramble to buy something to mark the occasion. we've come to the market to buy our needs for christmas such as lamb sugar coffee christmas is coming i just want to buy some lamb sugar and milk or anything else. i buy a cheapo poultry is very expensive it's the same for all the goods this chicken has to 6 people to share. the demand is high the camp is already close to capacity and more refugees keep arriving from t. cry $800.00 people have come to sudan since the new year alone the u.n. says. a 3rd of them children. some people use their savings or club together to buy a sheep chicken or goat for a christmas meal that determined to celebrate despite the circumstances but. with

no idea when they'll be able to return home for many here faith is all they have to hold on to. and that is it for our program today be sure to check out our other stories on data on forward slash africa but also on facebook and on twitter you next time i. like dusty very muddy tires and drums we deliver urgent lifesaving boxes we give our everything to reach those who need us the most every dog's feeding their futures. boxes for the fall out of life saving fruit in the summer small down roads with no names we feel asleep deliver relentless you know promise to make

every delivery special. not just next day but every day. thousands of children still waiting for their delivery sponsor of books today so together karen that delivered inches. an. american entertainers are speaking out against president trump after a mob of his supporters storms recap at a legendary singer stevie wonder tweets i am heartbroken and a stone to this narcissistic and dangerous president were put law. i was in danger and encourage violent sedition against our government share rights trump regime is lawless un-american and is putting all of our lives in danger. well

coming up we'll see what other artists are saying about wednesday's riot in washington and later on the show. rebuilding beirut after last year's devastating blast the man responsible for preserving lebanon's photographic memory talks about his hopes for the future. welcome to arts and culture american artists and entertainers have slammed donald trump and his followers after radical supporters of the president broke into the u.s. congress on wednesday singer john legend's tweeted anyone who voted for this tragic narcissistic mess of a president bears responsibility for this debacle he has shown you exactly who he was all along you still supported him you are complicit in the attempted destruction of the country and singer pink also spoke out i am ashamed of what is happening in washington this is

a sad day for america novelist stephen king also joined in saying the only thing that might stop this is for donald trump to concede the election. just a few of the reactions coming in there and my colleague michael kruger has also been following the responses on social media what are you saying micah 1st of all we could read tweets on and on for hours and also the hollywood celebrity celebrities react with shock and anger also some of those who had sympathies for donald trump in the past they all raise their voice now and as far as i witnessed what's going on on social media right now is that they all. have to do with one question so how could that happen and and we all how could they come and get in so easily and i will have to say we all have of course and we all have this pictures in minds of the summer with

a black life met at met his movement and so the rep a 50 cent he tweeted this maybe we can have a look for the record this was the u.s. capitol during the protests and we have also khalidi be the red perp the irony is pretty funny when people just what animals in the some of the my. justice and now. and the model chloe kadesh and post the pizza to me of white privilege how disturbing sick to my stomach but there are also some cry to optimistic people but one of the one of those is political filmmaker michael moore who stayed up all night and expressed some optimism let's hear what he had to say and that's really the i think the core of their anger they know what the country's become it's more diverse they hate this country because it's no wonder the white

man's country the white man doesn't rule anymore it's the sure power and soon it will have to give up the power because white men will go longer hold their majority and hold their power in this frightens them a last cry of white supremacy according to michael moore michael we're also hearing a lot of entertainers calling for social media reforms what can you tell us about that just quickly session baron cohen for example own as in a role of baraat and he was also very critical about social media and he posted this facebook and twitter getting trump a little time out is not enough to investigate an act of domestic terrorism against america facebook and twitter have banned other extremists permanently they must bend tromp permanently now but to be honest i don't know if this is the solution solution big because they are already so many other alternative platforms whereas i play parlor where all the yes the far right have gone michael krueger thanks very

much. and i'm joined by my next guest now american political filmmaker and former white house videographer to president obama around choudary around thanks for coming on arts and culture you have built a career on the emotional and political impact of images so what was going through your mind when you saw these pictures of men and women storming the u.s. capitol yeah really striking images and i think my immediate reaction is probably similar to what a lot of people in which i thought these images really really neat the moment and that when they you know redo textbooks to actually include the trump era these will for sure be those breakout sections where they have. you can just see exactly how it leans into all this stress all this strife and even said the way that you know the different sides of this polarized country interpret it misses. so these are

these are according to you the images that we're going to see in history textbooks when school kids learn about the trump era what is it about these images that is so shocking and why why are we so shocked is a is it the hero ism almost of these people in their minds. yes yes you put your finger on exactly with the word heroism because this is in caps aleisha of what shrum ism is i think some people give it more credit for having you know a kind of political project to even think michael moore sort of over analyzing what people are feeling who are in these photos as they're doing this it is a simple prospect trump is that is proven every expert group every piece of the elite prove them all wrong and the evidence of these pictures when you see these folks who stormed the capitol doing something that's impossible to them resonates exactly with their hero donald trump who you know no one wanted to be president not

even the republican party and kind of you know not only on the way to sort of seize the moment these folks also just seize the moment and i think if you don't think that these pictures you know we're seeing widespread condemnation from both sides of the aisle but i think if you don't see these pictures it's feeling heroic to significant portion of the american people you don't get it in fact i'll give you an example in that in that you know people are laughing oh the fellow you know behind the speaker's gavel who is wearing the viking hat or whatever these costumes american conservatism american far right pressure has always been dressed up and cost you the clue klux klan or ridiculous outfits they didn't think they looked cool they thought it's are we serious are we not serious is this a good time is this a party is this a movement you can't really tell and i think these pictures are the modern embodiment of those k.k.k. pictures in which you see people who seem sort of even in

a laughable costume. proving them wrong where it's proving the impossible is possible a run talking about the power of images just briefly what kind of new images do you think it will take to restore a sense in the world that the oldest democracy is a stable democracy. you know i don't think this is an image for image thing you know i think a lot of people took comfort in the fact that and i think this is helpful image making that they senate went back into session they did their work they did it orderly they didn't seem hurried it was 3 in the morning but you know you know what there was a problem here before we cleaned up we moved on with government but i actually think that this these images need to be met with action and we need to see biden ministration not just condemn these folks not just seek to prosecute people who have perpetrated real terrorism on america but also make sure that the people of

this country know that there's something in it for them know that there's something in it for them right in terms of a social democracy in iran getting something because otherwise there will be going to marry for the protests every time around thank you so very much for coming on arts and culture we're going to have to leave it there a pleasure as always. and one more story before we go that deadly explosion that rocked beirut back in august left many people in the lebanese capital feeling a sense of resignation that their country's situation and its corrupt politics might never improve while lebanese photographer and filmmaker said his country's people will manage to rebuild. is the co founder of the arab image foundation a group that saves and preserves photographs from across the arab world. beirut . after the devastating bomb blast the city.

after the 1st. so you go through phases like mourning. clothes. tare collects photos documenting lebanon's past together with the arab image foundation he's working to secure and preserve photos depicting life in the arab world these pictures from the photos judea that operated joran the lebanese civil war they tell the story of his country. in many of his films he returns to story using pictures and sound files keeping the

past into the present into the collective memory prompting a confrontation with history. this is how you would read what's happening. automatically interpret it in a poetic sense and therefore what you go through becomes a work. the more recent history of lebanon is another dark chapter the country is facing bankruptcy the current virus pandemic has brought the health system to the furch of collapse the crisis was already all around when almost $3000.00 tons of ammonium nitrate blew up in the ports of beirut. that night but a year after the october revolution mass protests against the government the numbers demonstrating for political read your. protest now a gesture of defiance with little hope of fulfilment prime minister saad hariri who

was forced to resign in the wake of those protests is now back on the political stage and putting together a new government. for many. of the same political stay in power for 2030 or 40 years for the long term something structure that needs to take place and for the country to stand up. on the its on. the people of lebanon's ability to prevail in difficult circumstances is legendary but many have had enough they want those responsible call to accounts now are hyper inflation is hitting the middle classes and the poor hard many have given up hope and are leaving if they can back crumbs are tyree says he's staying. out of its foundation it was about writing the history of photography in this part of the world how can you do this from. the vision of

a mediterranean country that unites diverse communities and cultures drives crimes are sorry to carry on. that's it for this edition of arts and culture. nothing. to the point strong opinions clear positions international perspectives.

for the 1st time in its history a member nation is much the european union the question is though can the united kingdom really forge an independent future and what impact this is all going to have on the need you itself find out also the point. to point out some of the be coming up on the dollar you. don't think irish immigrant buyers came from jurors or dealing with any an economic killed many civilians i mean the irish come including my father one thing such as i was a student because i wanted to build a life for myself lactase the polish but suddenly life became owlish kind of top. providing insights global news that matters d. w. made for mines. story of prejudice and propaganda. they were called the rhineland bastards. and their mothers were germans living in

the occupied rhineland their father's soldiers from the french colonies the fleet half or german children had a hard time and because they were a reminder of the german defeat. they grew up in a climate of national pride and racism the 1st of the european population felt that it was important to be mighty and to stay trying to fight. exclusion and contempt culminated in forced sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence. starched 11th on d.w. .

the be. this is the wus live from berlin congress confirms joe biden as the next u.s. president bush that is all. objections from republicans fail to do the democrats' victory over president donald trump having refused for so long to accept the election results from finally pledges a quote although the transition. congressional affirmation came just hours after an angry protests from storm to come to talk forcing lawmakers into hiding outside police fired tear gas to disperse the rioters one woman who was shot and killed by police.

thanks for joining us the u.s. congress has certified joe biden as the winner of the ventus presidential election after a day of chaos and violence in washington the session was forced into emergency recess when a rampaging mobs of president trump supporters forced its way into the capitol to try to prevent lawmakers from such a fight the vote but the action failed to achieve its goal. the images that have stunned the world. and shocked the u.s. political establishment. hundreds of trucks supporters stormed the capitol building in an attempt to prevent congress from certifying joe biden's election victory. the police moved in and drew their guns. by. a woman who was

shot by officers. and was later pronounced dead. earlier at a rally near the white house president trump had urged his supporters to rally at the capitol. going to walk down to the capital t. and we're going to cheer on our brains senators and congressmen and women and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. 2 but the riots didn't succeed. the national guard moved in and a curfew was put in place. lawmakers later reconvened and certify joe biden's win current resolution was the report we may is that joe biden and com are here us will be the president and the vice president according to the

ballots that have been given to us. many express their anger over the violence. including donald trump's own vice president. today was a dark day in the history of the united states capitol we condemn the violence that took place here in the strongest possible terms. and there are fears of further violence after weeks of misinformation that the president has fed to his supporters clean water fraud very special in the early hours of thursday morning the white house issued a statement from donald trump seen he promises in orderly transition on january 20th but the violent scenes at the capitol have shattered the image of american democracy. many world leaders including germany's i'm going to marco and need those installed in barack express their shock french president had this to say. i just wanted to express all friendship and i'll face in the united states

what happened today in washington d.c. is not america definitely. we believe in the throwing things of all democracies. we believe. in the strength of american democracy criticism also came from a close ally. the route to the capitol. through police. must be very restricted under. fire no doubt. the american democracy will prevail. always. from statements before and after the storming of the u.s. capitol have raised concerns over whether he is fit for office and over what he will do in the remaining days of his presidency. america's social media

giants have moved to silence frozen trump in the wake of the storming off the capital with facebook's mark zuckerberg saying that allowing the u.s. president to use his platform was too great a risk twitter was the 1st of the major sides to muzzle the president locking his account after he repeatedly posted baseless accusations that the presidential election had been rigged to facebook then followed suit with zuckerberg releasing a statement saying president trump's account could remain locked indefinitely he says the president tried to undermine the peaceful transition of power to president elect joe biden. let's bring in quetta money he's the head of online regulation at the lightness institute for media research in hamburg when he has facebook has been trying from his accounts it also includes instagram should all public figures navi on their god. well of a spread this information and inside violence yes they should facebook instagram

and twitter waited long enough they accepted. they accepted crumbs to be it is online for more than a year we know that they should have acted much sooner it is good that they did act now. the power of social media is as we know as a birthday present is a time to reduce social media's grip on every single really through regulation what on earth why not the european union has just published its approach to the digital services act which calls for more transparency better control over social media's decisions regarding how content is governed and we absolutely need that right now it theo's they well let's don't take the risk let us. stop that account from posting but we need more than that we need more transparency

we need more rule of law in our mind spaces but isn't that difficult to govern. any kind of ban or any kind of regulation really on social media because it's a global phenomenon absolutely but so are states states have the power to enforce their laws in the us the freedom of speech is extremely important but this freedom of speech has a limited company is such as facebook and twitter can suspend profiles we know that they have the right to do that that's not censorship it is active it is by private actors and when the speech becomes dangerous as in the current case they absolutely have to do that one more question to answer please you said a freedom of speech has limits who defines these limits. well in the end the legislators and the people who elect them the constitution protects freedom of

speech but it also ensures that freedom of speech is not an exercise in a way that it dangerous the very foundation of democracy my dear president thank you very much for this input thank you. well around the world there was disbelief at the scenes that unfolded in the u.s. capital just look at these front pages that we've prepared for you germany's build newspaper talks of a coup attempt and a moment of great shame in britain the daily telegraph didn't mince its words either democracy they say was on the seeds the picture of trump support a storm of the compass also dominates the united arab emirates gulf news daily and the nigerian tribune this blistering verdict trump supporters defile democracy. british prime minister as john snow has also denounced donald trump after the president's supporters storm congress he said that it was completely wrong to toss

don't on the outcome of a free and fair election but our brussels correspondent terry souls' has more on the reaction of other european leaders to yesterday's events well certainly you know we've seen these reactions trickle in starting last night you've seen some of them there i think the 1st one that was remarkable to me was nato secretary general yen stoltenberg who is so hesitant to say anything about internal affairs of an allied country and he called out the scenes as shocking and said the election results must be respected but another thing that we should note is how few of these leaders actually called out president trump by name many of them said this is not america this is not what we expect from our american partners but so few of them said president trump is responsible among those who did were the irish foreign minister simon cover he said you know we have to call this what it is and that is

a deliberate assault on democracy by a sitting president and his supporters so that makes it very stark how some leaders are seeing the view today of course this could not be done most likely of president wasn't on his way out of office or expectedly on his way out of office but some of them are now today saying by name president trump is responsible and he needs to take responsibility for these actions. 3rd shields them not as all the other stories making headlines around the world today germany's main stock exchange index has risen to its highest ever level the dax broke through 14000 points for the 1st time the blue chip index has rocketed over 70 percent from last year's low investors are hoping u.s. economic stimulus measures will boost demand for german goods. there's been international condemnation of the hong kong authorities after the mass arrests of pro-democracy opposition figures $53.00 people were detained under beijing's new

security law western nations accuse authorities of grave repression and a grievous attack on freedoms promised when britain handed home home back to china . japan has declared a state of emergency for tokyo and 3 nearby regions as coronavirus cases rise to the new daily highs that stay at home measures will be enforced from friday for months the japanese capital reported more than 2400 cases on thursday that's almost 1000 cases more than the previous day. and here's a look at some other developments in the throne of ira's pandemic the us recorded more than 3800 deaths in the last day the highest in any country during the pandemic so far the world health organization is warning europe is at a tipping point facing rapid spread of the new more contagious virus variant and china's cinnabar vaccine may be 78 percent effective according to a late stage trial in brazil. to turkey now where president obama is facing

a rap challenge hundreds of students have ignored police warnings and marched across istanbul and protest appointment of a loyalist ahead of an elite university show of defiance on the streets in a nation where public dissent is barely tolerated. police offices outnumber students at the entrance to istanbul's was it she university whoever wants to get on campus is very carefully checked. it's been like this since earlier this week when news of the surprise appointment of a state approved director started in. one of turkey's most respected and most liberal universities sealed off by police offices and was a cannon's conveying a strong message that protests won't be tolerated here many students say that

despite the shortcomings of turkish democracy this university still with the safe haven for academic freedom and many fear that will soon no longer be. the new man on the job make lisa bloom was never a faculty member at was a cheat he has run in elections as a candidate for the ruling party and is considered a loyalist of president brigitte type and that's why many view his appointment as a provocation. i know that by heart i am a physicist i know that a scientist needs freedom to think freely. we don't need autocrats. an academic institution needs to be independent it should not be managed by someone with a clear political agenda is going to. get account instead of suppressing us like this and making young people want to leave the country they should support us and encourage freedom of speech to get this get go. the government has had

no patience with the protesters on monday students clashed with police and officers fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. since then dozens of young people have been detained in nightly raids more reminiscent of anti-terrorism operations. president one has appointed about 30 university rectors by decree since last year alone. he rejects any criticism. but i won't talk to the president has discretion for this within the laws therefore the accusation that academic autonomy and freedom are being destroyed is invalid and he's going to get shot get caught it was the boy wasn't she students see it differently they remain concerned

and are taking their protests off campus to other sites in istanbul. and that's. coming up next is our special. they want to know what makes the devil you. love. away from. i'm not even allowed to wash my own clothes and everyone with little holes in everything. are you ready to meet the germans and join me right just do it on day w. . and you hear me now yes here's we've got a new you and how last year's german sausage and we'll bring you back or do you know.