and there are many stories. making. news for martin. this is state of the news africa on the program today uganda decides uganda is has voted on behavior security and an internet blackout it's a tense in the action longtime leader you will see if anyone's to extend his role his main challenger bobby wind say's it's time to remove the dick taste. and in the central african republic rebels have mounted their close this attack on the capital. they were repelled by security forces and wondered peacekeeper was killed

in the fight. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company ugandans have been voting in the presidential election that's been dubbed a contest between the country's young people and the old god there were long queues at some polling stations some protests reported he waited almost 17000000 people registered to take part in this election most of them are young 1st time voters now the main opposition candidate bob and his wife were surrounded by a cheering crowd when they voted in kampala and the incumbent president. voted at his country home the longtime leader is seeking a 6th term up to 35 years in power. and d.-w.

corresponding genius mugabe is on the line via phone income pala hygiene is uganda's young people will decide this election what is at stake for them the 2nd issue among many young ugandan is sustainable employment that applies maybe make up for 10 to the selection they use once job out of every 5 or to 3 up you know they just forget that so important to you thank you selection all candidates have been appealing to them many 1st time voters are on the scene president bush 70 as the leader of this country and this is their forth over to me to endorse his presidency all bring about change with another promise to secure their future while his main challenger both the wind seeks to believe our very young people too in uganda the time is now on the choices they have to make. jenius we're talking via phone because the government shutdown the intimidates has that affected the voting

process indeed because affected their voting process the intended shutdown 1st game of the surprise if talking to very minute people will get a complaint like the stream done brain which has recruited men to uganda and on to relying on being 10 inches the main source of information for shutting them down without even noticing the 2nd disruption biliteral versus itself are some of the consequences they jam on the village commission this morning was quick to decry a good move reportedly saying that it does show that election process their savior to going to drink and it does biometrics the forms in many important questions delaying voting for more than 3 hours now government shutdown are intended compromises to a science because it looks out what you go groups like the media and the general public from does the need to be information which can be arranged to be a form of practices in the shadow of the internet. yet and in the run up to to to

the next to the opposition warning regain changing the supporters to be vigilant when crossing their ballots have been any reports off of the regular season in combat or for example when you are. yes there have been some reports of irregularities because i will say that the main poaching you've done you'd be delighted to see some of the touches that tweet saying that the delay in voting the strategic move to be nice some people reach out to vote because in the pacific time where putting the couples to end agree that there is a chance for an extension was make and this is the 1st time delays of been reported in 2016 something fissions reported in the open to voting to the us to move on from both as i've also reported the ritual of voting a location i spoke to a voter 'd who told me that if they can if you for more than 2 hours and forms are few man was looking to restore this quite obvious conformity to be i told him given

he is voting for the should by the electoral commission i witnessed this morning with him of the horse tunes in the queue also on the phone the time was not there yet she had confirmation that life exists that the problem is big elsewhere on the other parts of us i need to know about other rich and i this time in 20 living the have been reports of bother me but i can hardly any yet but to display my remains deferral the information be standing naked so it daily reads like me who was in shit hot about the 2 years there was a lot of violence in the campaign soldiers have been deployed across the country president will say that you want people not to break the little very quickly jesus could still be moved by human connections of emerged from the christian incumbent where you report from other parts of the country for just a minute more tests but please allow me to put a disclaimer that there are many if they could be instigators hopping but because

of the shut down the brain thinks there might be knowledge reportage there isn't police and military deployment history in kampala here but as we head into the voting the vote counting it's an area of tension the police is under the instruction to send people home most of working from were desperate of. or a virus but your pollution are only deployed to read what they really want people to go all in the interest of public health but probably one of our porters to stay and monitor what's going to be an area of confrontation and if it happens is true it might slide into violence that's tedious macumba correspondent reporting in kampala thank you julius and stay safe now you heard our correspondent tell us that many virtues particularly young people want more economic opportunities we'll be talking more about that after this ugandans because shouldn't we help you to see our economy is strong. the army is strong

and experienced the physician. i would have their eyes on when we all hope. they don't have metal. or not but about every one of their. rights a full context on the economic situation in uganda i'm joined by correspondent joy be in russia joining is from uganda and reports on east africa policy it's an economy welcome to the program joy we just heard 2 very different positions on the situation in uganda many young voters particularly say that there are no jobs no opportunities but president un was 70 says the economy is strong. well it's strong can be described in a different context here because if we're going to look at what's been happening the past couple of months. you know the pandemic interrupting economies across the

continent actually cannot say that the economy is strong not in uganda not in the african continent but looking at uganda in particular uganda has the youngest population by a median age on the african continent and that could explain the high unemployment rates and also if they are employed it's the quality of work that they're doing that could be questionable because up until today i don't think uganda has in the minimum wage for its citizens and that in itself is an economic question that needs answers or that has needed answers for the last 3 days and if we're going to also look at the growth as a. 1000 you're going to see comic growth was about 6.3 percent and that dropped to about 3.4 percent the following year and so that explains just how much the economy is in a dire state joint tell us about the economic potential at bet that you're going to

has and why is that not being fully realized. well uganda is economic potential. if i'm to read it it probably is one of the highest across the east africa region after kenya. and if you're going to look at why exactly it's not realizing its potential there are so many reasons one of them being what is even being experienced during the elections the authoritarian hand of the government in uganda that can decide as and when they're going to shut down the internet that itself interrupts the economy and then also deems its possibilities are trapped in foreign direct investment and foreign investors do not look at uganda as a viable investment destination just because they are 2 or 3 tarion resolution that the government has. but then again it has great potential every culture has very

great potential for joy i have one more quick question for you this elections come down to 2 candidates which of them is offering the best plan to improve the lives of you get it's very quickly the income and candidate who is president you're 70 is talking about securing your gand is economic future but he has been in power for 13 over 30 years now in fact this is the 34th year and ugandans are still waiting for this economic future that he has been securing for so many decades. bodyline or about joe klein who is now the strongest opposition candidate is talking about you know reinventing the wheel and capitalizing on uganda's young population just stimulate economic growth he says he wants to do this by also changing the education system to in the long stimulate it's employment possibilities joint and

reporting for us they narrowly thank you joy. it's to the central african republic now where rebels have mounted they close this attack yeah it's to the capital bangui leaving a peacekeeper dead before being pushed back now this latest attack comes after rebels launched an offensive vowing to march on the capital after last month's contested presidential election the government has called this an attempted coup and the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorist strongly condemned the attack calling on all parties to stop the violence and engage in meaningful dialogue. among these northern outskirts where the attack took place. the u.n. peacekeepers have reinforced their positions in the central african republic scuttled just taking what they can carry people are fleeing the area terrified of more violence. so the innocence of the ones dying now the

government and the leaders of the armed groups need to sit around a table and focus to discuss the future of the country you can't keep a country together through a war. rebels encouraged by former president francois a protesting the really action on december 27th of president bush to a dead and have threatened to take the capital. good morning that's just currently the situation remains calm the initiative of the armed groups that have infiltrated bungie has been thwarted and currently the troops on the ground control the situation that's just. the government says it has a rest at several rebels and killed dozens but the head of the international crisis group is concerned the violence will spiral out of control i given the current violence it seems unlikely that the government will i am serious and talks with rebel leaders in the coming days. all the more so because rebel leaders are

confident they can see it from the territory in recent weeks they've taken several towns now controlling 2 thirds of the country and they seem determined to continue their march on. that's it for today's program see you next time. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of the new world order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. but in europe there's a sharp warning the ever accept money from the new superpower will become dependent on. middle class the stick. the chinese state has

a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world. great way to. start february 19th. greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to arts and culture with historic elections in uganda as the backdrop we look at bobby wine the charismatic musician taking on the country's long time president also in the pipeline. kenyan off their evolve over war explores east africa's pre-colonial past and globalisation present in her latest novel. oh he's a reggae star turned politician and in uganda 38 year old bobby wine has inspired

the younger generations voters were turning out in droves on thursday to have their say in a historic election that saw him face off against president yoweri museveni who's been in power for 35 years or bobby wine started his career addressing social injustices in his songs and he manifests a long tradition of politics through music in africa. also the wind likes to spread good vibes with his music the singer from uganda winner of an m.t.v. music award has been a pop star for more than 20 years. his lyrics are political the wine tells it like it is giving a voice to the oppressed in his country and. many people are good and i really want to use every highlight their plight because they are

not as lucky as i have been but he realized singing wasn't enough to affect real change so 3 years ago bobby wine got into politics to try to change uganda from the ground up now he's running for president trying to topple ury most 71 has been in power for almost 35 years. is a different generation he's a representative of. a representative of the future ready. the 38 year old musician is popular with the younger generation which makes up the majority of the country almost 80 percent of uganda's population is under 30 bobby wine wants them to fight for their own political freedom. comes to those who fight not to those who cry because the more you cry is the more your people continue to die so rise and defend.

the ones political message packaged in a 4 minute pop song has been on heavy rotation in uganda for 3 years now the song against fear against corruption against oppression by the state. and the people of uganda and. people. to go out and vote. have been with over 80 percent because we've been in every part of uganda and it's creates evident that the people of uganda. for change. but president will say vinnie is fighting back government forces have been breaking up campaign rallies prof and beating up protestors or opposition candidates. bottom line has been arrested tortured and charged with high treason. it was. i did not get in this struggle to.

name their number of times i've been their wrists i mean the struggle to be bothered to go on and before that is accomplished i don't care how many times on my wrist it had us beaten gustafer by sprayed. write poetry to her now bobby whines fame and popularity are his protection. to charismatic bobby wind there challenging the 70 in today's election in uganda and scott roxboro who's joining me to talk about this tradition of politics through music in africa scott there was a lot of focus in that report on bobby one the politician tell us a little bit more about him as a musician and how he expresses politics that way yeah i mean bob was a fascinating figure i mean as an artist because there's really no gap between his pop and his is his politics i mean he expresses his policies directly through music

often writing songs that are direct political messages i mean last year late early last year when the penned them of the quantifiers pandemic at like any politician bobby wine gave a sort of public safety message to his constituents but he did a different way he actually wrote a song about the safety surrounding the coronavirus and put everything to music ok well let's see if we can just have a listen to that bobby wind on the coronavirus. your boss for starters. i never. never got around. to writing. so i mean this is this is a health health message is health also you can dance to i would be great if every politician did that i mean america like rap out her health messages.

that i go into what an intelligent way to get a very sensible message across i'm probably one isn't the 1st african musicians who actually turn to politics to tell us about a few of the other examples i mean there is a real long tradition across africa really of political activism through music and a number of very popular musicians have done but bobby one thing and and tried to run for office i mean in tanzania you have professor j. he's one of the biggest hip hop stars and he's always sort of wrapped against to the corruption against injustice and took 2015 you decided to run for parliament and he won he's now a sitting member of the. parliament and you have it as a cross across africa i mean instead of using daw you probably know one of the most famous singers in africa and definitely ends in senegal i'm also a strong political activist he was sort of blocked from be able to run for

president himself but he supported the opposition and when the opposition kind of was elected president he was made a minister he's made the minister of culture tourism for something also you see that across africa you have these musicians using the power of their music and their and their fame to get across the real place message to take a direct stake in a credible and yet just quickly it's very dangerous obviously for them to be taking a stance like this in so many of these countries bobby winds really had. trouble with a lot of arrests arrests and beatings and of course it could get even more serious and we saw what happened in ethiopia just just last year the musician who did d.c. who was who was murdered who was killed and his his his killing really sparked an uprising against the authoritarian government in ethiopia so you can see these musicians they're not just expressing a political opinion they're taking real personal rest in trying to get their message across but to great effect and we're crossing our fingers obviously for bobby wiener that he can effect change there thanks very much scott. well

staying in africa kenyan writer yvonne war is one of her country's most eloquent voices her 2014 novel dust was highly acclaimed and her most recent book the dragon-fly see is both a coming of age story and a lyrical reflection on cultural diffusion and in it she probes the historic links between africa and asia to counter those typical western perspectives of africa's way forward. nairobi. it's home to yvonne and the. world renowned intellectual voice of her country kenya is on the move with strong support from china which is financing bridges railroads and ports here as part of the new silk road a controversial project for sun. i understand that. people are extremely worried more worried than we are about china's return to the african continent and i think

we like to see that the sky's about to fall of africa. that's really i think. the new yorker the african continent. to kind of defy him what it is and where it is going to be in the world and we who . the author is on the way to patton an island off kenya's coast 500 kilometers from nairobi. party is the fixed point from which the narrative thread of her novel develops the world globalisation does not appear once in its $600.00 pages it is what the story is about the dragon-fly see the title of the novel is the author's name for this body of water the europeans called it the indian ocean one of many western imposed ideas the author breaks with. a lot of the west the thought we were so they had their mind their fantasy about africa was about our poverty our lack.

and they're also obsessed with our diseases and their greatest vision for us was maybe musky to make its china comes in and says the vision they have. with us is about roads and bridges and ports. i think it was about the scale of vision and quite frankly you know we will go for the attractive or we will go for the attractive offer. into the heart as part of along the way we encounter the shango archaeological site where remnants were found of a mosque that some believe was built during mohammed's lifetime. ruins from the 15th century are better preserved there from a time when a lively exchange with china has said to have existed. but even in kenya these ruins 1st excavated by british archeologists are largely unknown.

this is a treasure this is not just a canyon treasure it's a world treasure it's an african treasure the site it means that others come into spaces like this and write their histories on top of it and then we've got a generation growing up thinking that they have no groups no roots in all the history you have people confused thinking that their history only begins when the europeans arrive for example. and that that's tragic that's part of the tragedy of africa and the tragedy of the state this column dates from the 15th century. first indicators that you have entered an unusual site is this. a probably a tombstone there would have ceramics from china embedded here this is over 600 year old site. the character ayana novel sets out from

potter to china unwittingly retracing the. past taken by her ancestors. this is the perfect sports where are you i know would be hiding you know the opening chapter of the book. her novel is also a chronicle of self empowerment written in an in can definitely poetic language. coast. i don't. much like conspired with the shimmering. traders. to close the news that fish on the left behind me of the magician and roy has died of cancer at 81 his partner roy horn died last spring from complications with

coated 19 and we'll leave you with some impressions from their better days and without all the best from us troops. legal. dream. come.

true the point of strong opinions clear positions from international perspectives come. after urging on the angry mob to storm to the capitol last week donald trump continues to claim he's the victim of a witch hunt how dangerous does he remain that's our topic on to the point. to the point trying to come out the struck the people nuts on w. . hijacking the news. more i go from the news was being hijacked to journalism itself has become a scripted reality show it's not just good 1st is evil us versus them that's why and why. in countries like russia china churchy people are told lives that's nothing and if you're a journalist there and you try to get beyond it you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed as well. my

responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors it's not just about the free or . parents or being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was pretty god and i were giving. frankfurt. international gateway to the best connection self in the road and rail. located in the heart of europe you are connected to the whole world. experience outstanding shopping and dining offers and try our services. be our guest at frankfurt airport city managed by for.

visits the wu news live from berlin comes in gets under way after uganda votes in an election mob by violence and the social media blackout veteran president yoweri museveni is facing his 1st real challenge of the decades in power. pop star bobby wian has inspired a new generation of young voters despite repeated police harassment on the campaign trail. also coming up the world health organization calls an emergency meeting to tackle new variants off the current of the us as its scientists arrive in china to

investigate the potential origin of the pandemic it's feared the latest variants transmit more easily than the original bios. and hundreds of 1000. hindu pilgrims flock to the river ganges for what's billed as the world's biggest festival they trust and faith rather than face masks to keep them safe from the bombs. and welcome to the program vote counting has begun in uganda after a hard fought election pitting one of africa's longest serving leaders against a charismatic young challenger veteran president yoweri museveni is seeking a 6th term in office after ruling for nearly 4 decades is main rival the former pop star bobby wind has inspired a new generation of youthful voters the election campaign was marred by widespread

violence and a social media blackout. one by one each vote from this polling station is called out to onlookers supporters cheer for their preferred candidate. it's been quite. expectant and this progress into i think everything's more fluid going on but it got to the polls are now closed in uganda as people settle in for a tense count election day sore excitement in the long lines to vote mixed with the threat of violence with riot police patrolling the streets. the election campaign has seen almost daily violence and crackdowns on opposition supporters but ugandans remain undeterred. this nation has been through a lot and we hope to make you student. it's a clash of generations in one of africa's youngest countries incumbent yari most of veiny is one of africa's longest serving leaders the former griller leader has

spent 35 years in office in a country where the average age is less than 30. always going to strong. the army is strong and experienced the have the dish and i want to. go out and vote thursday's election pits him against opposition frontrunner wine he voted new compiler with his wife. the former a reggae artist has managed to channel the frustrations of a generation into a viable challenge against most of a nice ruling national resistance movement. pre-election violence has also taken the lives of dozens of opposition supporters wind recently appeared at one of their funerals. was

a lecture on. radio not preparing for the election one. writes being a prayer for. them but that i would like the military of the body of. the ruling and i am blocked access to the internet for the election challenge of bobby wind calling it dictatorial tendencies. the n.r.m. promises the elections will be free and fair but with the blackout on communications those looking for change are worried the void will lack accountability and transparency. that's not some of the other stories making headlines around the world dozens of people have rallied in sudan's capital khartoum to call for the closure of elysian illegal detention centers the demonstration was held after the alleged torturing and killing of a man by a paramilitary group sudan's rapid support forces the protesters are demanding that police be granted the exclusive authority to arrest and detain people. is iberian

region of as experienced its longest cold spell in 14 years temperatures dipped below minus 40 degrees celsius for more than a month ago and forecasters say it's due to get even colder many residents report offguard due to an unusually model of. a racing pigeon has made an epic 13000 kilometer journey across the pacific ocean after disappearing from a race in the u.s. and arriving in australia experts suspect the pigeon hitched a ride on a cargo ship sorties consider the bird quarantine risk and plan to kill it scientists from the world health organization have arrived in the chinese city of hunt to investigate the origins of the corona virus pandemic the international team will 1st spend 14 days in quarantine before researching how the virus may have moved from animals to humans early on or was traced to this web market that's now shut up with wild animals was sold as food it suggested it was here that the virus

made the leap to humans the delay trip follows months of diplomatic wrangling china in this room denied entry to the scientists arguing that the virus may have originated elsewhere. earlier i spoke to our china correspondent but he was building and i asked him what he what we can expect the scientists to discover. scientists themselves have said that they're not likely to come up with an answer to the question where the virus originated how it crossed from animals into humans but what they're going to do is mostly trying to track back their patients the cases they're going to talk to people on this seafood market this wet market where the 1st clusters the 1st known clusters appeared and they're going to talk to medical personnel in order to find maybe unaccounted cases of pneumonia

earlier than the 1st known corbet cases and from these cases they hope to get a clearer picture of where to look for the origins of the virus but he is building on that meanwhile the world health organization is holding an emergency meeting to discuss new variants off the corona virus there are concerns that they may be more infectious and then the 1st strain that has emerged in china it is also unclear if new variants could potentially reduce the effectiveness of the current vaccines at this london hospital doctors are treating 3 times the usual number of patients in intensive care units. they say they are struggling to cope this is going to be the thing for him and when the ball doesn't live within it. someone from the state then. stop by the way which for. over $40.00 where they were you know. a shopping increase in serious cave in $1000.00

cases and record deaths come a month after a new variant of the corona virus was detected in the u.k. many countries have since restricted travel g.-h. the british variant but it still spread to at least 50 territories according to the world health organization. other new variants have also been reported including in south africa and brazil the consequence of an ever changing virus. is that the buyers in them or the more it spreads magno in many places a. chance is. eerily empty streets again a feature of countries worldwide as governments extend all ramp up restrictions to try and limit the spread of the virus variants mylo 30 say there's no evidence that british and south african variants make the virus more severe they share

a common trait that's believed to make them much more contagious. and here are some of the other developments in the pandemic in brief france's prime minister has announced that the government will impose a daily nationwide curfew starting at 6 pm on saturday to fight the spread of cope with 19 travelers arriving in france from countries outside the european union will have to present a negative test less than 72 hours old and isolated for 7 days turkey has started its mass vaccination campaign using the chinese developed sin of our shot the country's health care workers are the 1st people to receive the vaccine the program will then move on to essential workers and people aged 65 and above. president donald trump has become the 1st us president to be impeached twice republicans broke ranks to join with democrats in the house of representatives charging trump with inciting insurrection following the storming of the capitol by

his supporters the president now faces a trial in the senate but will not be removed from the or from office before his term ends next week. this was the moment that made history donald trump became the 1st us president ever to be impeached twice on this throw the i there to 32 the nays are 197 through that resolution is adopted without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the total. and this time it wasn't just democrats who were in favor 10 members of trump's own republican party also voted to impeach the president the president took a no to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic last week there was a domestic threat at the door of the capitol and he did nothing to stop it that is why with

a heavy heart and clear resolve i will vote yes on these articles of impeachment. the impeachment proceedings moved at breakneck speed the result coming just a week after the violence the capital. democrats were hoping to remove trump from office just days before his term ends but that would 1st require a trial in the u.s. senate and their majority leader mitch mcconnell has rejected a quick process saying there is no chance of a feral serious trial before the president leaves office donald trump denies his fiery speech last week incited his supporters to storm the u.s. capitol building shortly after his impeachment was announced he released a video online in which he distanced himself from the violence. mob violence goes against everything i believe in and everything our movement stands for no true

supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence no true supporter of mine could ever disrespect law enforcement or our great american flag. it's unclear if lawmakers will get the 2 thirds majority needed in the senate to officially convict trump of incitement of insurrection but now it does seem clear that any trial will take place once he's already left office. and some sad news from the world of showbusiness german magicians eclipse fischbacher has died aged 81 just days after it was announced he was suffering from terminal cancer he was best known as one half of the world famous zegerid and roy las vegas magic acts the 2 rose to fame in the $160.00 s. and performs and sold out venues well into the ninety's their shows often featured dozens of white tigers and lions secrets long time partner roy horn died last year

as a result of complications from $94.00 hundreds of thousands of hindu pilgrims descended on the banks of the river ganges for a festival billed as the world's largest of 2000000 people are expected on the 1st day all trusting in faith rather than face masts to protect them from the coronavirus india as the 2nd highest number of cases in the world with more than 150000 deaths so far. bathing in the holy ganges hindus believe this war will rid them of sin and save them from any future evil including from the coronavirus some i know god will take care of the pandemic says humans do their duty and god does his. india's festival is billed as the world's largest gathering of people this year only around 1000000 are

expected for the 1st day of the pilgrimage people travel from all around india to bathe in the symbolic water most ont wearing masks and that makes the job of enforcing social distancing a logistical nightmare. burst of all of the gallows one of the part of our guns greg m v a mr probable is person also there in the midst of a crowd property source in the sense that. india has the world's 2nd highest number of coded 19 cases now more than 10000000 and more than 150000 people have died of the virus but as the riverbanks team with pilgrims and vendors and families take it in turns to plunge into the river it seems people here are more than happy to entrust their fate to mother ganges. and that's it for me and the news team for now my colleague brant goff will have a world news update for you in 45 minutes but don't go away ferguson it with

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