literature invites us to see people in particular that i like to see myself as the kids find strength growing up grow. my own objective bonaire is to share with a friend beautiful. she does leave books on youtube. this is news africa on the program today uganda. a peaceful resolution took those days even action why an address to the media after the results showed a lead for president un was 70 the images widespread forward. to the 3 people. to report in other cases some people were ordered to vote for him because in the british open war.

as ugandans awaits the final results of the election the internet remains console will be talking to experts about the impact. of the 50th anniversary of the ass one dam a massive feat of construction that's shaped the course of modern day egypt. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company bobbie wine has claimed victory in uganda is a presidential election the final result is expected on saturday but early tallies released by the electoral commission showed a strong lead for president. now bobbie y. whose real name is rob it has rejected the election calling it a complete sham he claims ballot boxes was staffed and that he's party agents were

beaten and chased away from some polling stations they head of the electoral commission say it should provide evidence of his claims now the largely peaceful election followed one of the most violent campaign in he is with harassment interests of the opposition attacks on the media and scores of deaths. has this report from kampala. the preliminary results house puts the incumbent year where it was 70 in an early lead but with less than half the votes tallied by friday afternoon his main challenger bobi wine is already challenging that he's citing fall play here in kampala where the opus's sion enjoys strong support there is a lot of anxiety the police and the military have deployed heavily and the government has maintained the internet shuts down you when it was 7 wants to leave uganda for

40 years but bubby one thinks that's too much but now that ugandans have decided the entire country awaits their final results on saturday and as you just was just saying the internet access remains cut off in uganda the government shut it down and banned all social media platforms and messaging apps the day before the election i'll be talking to an internet policy expert author this report. it was an election campaign marked by a heavy handed police and military presence and then uganda's government shut down all social media president you where iemma 70 said it was unnecessary because facebook close several accounts belonging to ugandan government officials facebook says the accounts were trying to manipulate public debate ahead of the elections there's no nor within a would have can come and play around with 0. 00000

country to say that was good was badly shortened was just what it was. then a day later ugandan or thirty's shut down the entire internet making online communication almost impossible the internet upset it brings up each other and we'll be getting information from. a friend of that it would ease it with these the communication and. the counting and then updates but you find that visitor to the effect maybe by the government i would say the main opposition candidate bobby wine has vowed to detail election irregularities by the ruling party wants the internet is restored and even before the poll called on his supporters to help so please use your phones your phone is a very powerful report that camera that you have on your phone please use it use it

most importantly recalling that particular moment when the presiding of the south is declaring their views out on the polling station we need every kind of evidence with the internet still down provisional results show bobby wine trailing far behind president was 70 the opposition is rejecting the results as a complete sham. and for more on this i'm joined by on duncombe i don't he's an intern a policy researcher in nairobi hi good to see you firstly what do you make of uganda's government shutting down the internet and social media of the election. i think it's a completely deplorable act and i think one of them was interesting things is how it's now the 4th quarter to go home and to do when they wish to stifle if you don't with the expression of this it isn't so you know it's very much a low point for democracy in uganda and video much across the entire continent as

he is saying these internet shutdowns and social media bans all common on the continent how is it possible for full governments in africa to do this so the most likely that usually happens is that the given all the telecommunications companies that exist within their. jurisdiction to shut down the internet or to directed to revoke their licenses if they if they refuse to do so oftentimes this has to happen in steps where they would. provide to 1st of all. switch off access to a certain number of websites mostly our own media and social media websites and then of course in the extreme case they said most of the time they'd be said to shut down the entire internet oh damn that how powerful have the internet and social media become in african politics i would say very powerful is specially

across because when you look at the attempts by governments to actually try and order that try and persuade their citizens by using these specific platforms of both local and foreign i would say that these companies have become very powerful in terms of how between their local politics within regions within the within the continent so definitely big or other the how will it become powerful and that is actually only cessed to increase with the data as more and more africans gain access to the internet smartphones and other devices that allow them to access and communicate with each other so how then on down do we save the internet from a policy perspective from from the othera tarion regimes on the continent who ban the internet and social media when it when it's convenient for them. i think when it comes to protections of course number one i think we need to develop strong institutions and you know sort of legislate for objections into our own

constitution as africans so that at least there is some protection for cities as in the case where the end of been there in a place where the authority and the genes able to form such acts and number 2 we also need a lot of interventions from from international communities to condemn such kind of last such as internet shutdowns because one thing that we've noticed is that notorious being is that uganda shutdown has not been the only shutdown that has happened in africa but he said past there have been plenty and i think the funny thing is that we have rarely seen condemnation coming from you know the international community for this kind of for this kind of what i would consider to be a helios act so we definitely need to you know to pull on the allies that we have and also to develop our own internal protections in the east and it's to do sions as africans in order to protect ourselves from these kind of things all right that is

on dengue i don't here's an internet policy recession talking to us from nairobi kenya thank you dan. it's like these guys you see behind me more than 10 years to build egypt's us one high dam was inaugurated 50 years of the today the river nile had always been egypt's lifeblood bringing water and food to lety to the country as it flowed northwards the dam tain to the nile which used to flood regularly and for months at a time now the s one dam controls the board says best they could soon be at risk further upstream the grand ethiopian renee's song stand all it is an exit stage will fritz cairo if you have began filling the dam last year and it is expected to take years to fill egypt is worried that water kicked in the blue nile could mean the nile running dry about augie is that good is crucial to supply electrical power

to its people exactly the reasoning egypt used for the us one. half a century ago president anwar sadat inaugurated egypt's biggest ever infrastructure project its 117 times as much sun and stone as a great pyramid he say and it brought a revolution for farmers like yassin saeed rather said after the dam was built stopped reaching this area and the land to that use be covered with water is all farms now and everyone took a piece of land to cultivate. the us one hired to make the devastating yearly floods a thing of the past. it boosted tourism on the river nile it also supplied almost the entire nation with electricity and water for irrigation massively expanding egyptian aquaculture bad ensure rectally after the inauguration of the high dam the

egyptian farmlands increased by around 1500000 acres in the following year. also regarding the generation of electricity the high dam covered around 80 to 90 percent after its inauguration. but the barrels upset the rivers delicate ecosystems which relied on the annual floods. and rising waters meant forced relocations for people living in newby in villages along the shores behind the. river dwellers for generations they were sent to the desert nubian activists say that their right of return is guaranteed and they don't want compensation. well did the store why was the constitution is clear and the article is clear it does not provide for compensation but rather stipulates the resettlement of the nubians in their original areas around the banks of the lake. but for most egyptians the

benefits of the dam far outweigh the disadvantages. said hi donna changed the lives of egyptians and it is in fact the greatest egyptian project ever since the age of the pharaohs to this day. and that has a fall program this week be sure to check out our other stories on the dot com forward slash africa also on facebook and on twist that today will leave you with pictures off the construction off the ass one hideout which took more than a decade to build and so was rewarded by a soviet back is as the 8th wonder of the world will see you next time.

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they're. going to. make up your mind. for minds. jewish life in germany can be traced back 1700 years reason enough for a special anniversary celebration in 2021 that highlights the contributions of jews and jewish culture to society over that time and we'll learn more about it and also coming up. french harpist executor master has endeavored to free his instrument from clichés and to broaden its once limited concept repertoire.

welcome to the show unofficial addict from the year 321 issued by the roman emperor constantine the great gave permission for a jew to be appointed to the city council in cologne the 1st written evidence of jewish life in the area that we now call germany and important evidence of the coexistence of different religions at that time 700 years later an anniversary year aims to let jewish culture in all its diversity shine. come to some. pretty. installation of the jewish museum in berlin that's. the big anniversaries being celebrated with events

throughout the year here there's a new permanent exhibition focusing on 700 years of jewish life in germany. you might say the central theme is the relationship between jews and the non jewish society and the dynamic between belonging and exclusion. 18th century radical change prompted by the enlightenment united life the exchange of ideas between writers and philosophers jews and known jews in business science and culture. and physicist albert einstein just 2 examples of jews who had a major impact on german society. and then. if you look at world war one lots of jews fought as soldiers and at the time that was a sign that they had become part of society because they really felt german.

food. but from the beginning of the nazi dictatorship jews were systematically excluded from society disenfranchised persecuted forced into exile and murdered before 933 around half a 1000000 jews lived in germany after 945 there were only a few 1000 and it remains a blight on german society. of course just a very important point in jewish history in germany and you know all of europe but what's new in the current exhibition is that it's no longer presented as the of that history and. that's because of a resurgence of jewish life in germany since the 1990 s. jews have been coming from russia. iran and even israel today there are more

than 200000 jews living in germany. and joining me now from cologne is on the way she's a pianist and entrepreneur and currently managing director of the association 700 years of jewish life in germany and co organizer of this anniversary year welcome mr corvet. we just heard over 200000 jews in germany but sadly they are facing increasing levels of anti semitism with that synagogue shooting in holland in 2900 glaring example how significant or crucial even is a celebration like this in this context. yes this is very crucial specially out of these events i mean if you look at it and he said his i'm an. older than once as 1700 years it's like a pandemic virus it existed before it existed after the terrible attack on holland

. and the jewish people here in germany we felt that. his and all the time i mean i personally grew up here was always there and obviously you know we saw how this. thinking that anti-semitism in the minds can turn into action can turn some physical violence so now it's very very important to work on that 1700 years of jewish life here in germany and yet many jewish customs are still not very well known here how do you hope with this anniversary year to make jewish life and for and jewish intellectual history really more tangible to german. this is a very complex issue it is just 76 years out of the shah and germany still has a kind of a theatrical culture of remember owns and memorial. and people here naturally i'm all aware of dead and alive jews. and this is not so

surprising because many people never talked to a jew here in germany in person it's also very they meet one on the street. and for many the only way to learn about this is in schools and while you mostly learn in schools lucky is about the jewish religion is about how to use well of course murdered in the shi'a which is very very important to learn and also about the growing and scientists i might as and in the society but it is very important but you cannot reduce the reduce jewish life to that visual incident dog. and this is why we have a new approach actually. which we're trying to roll out this year and what is that new approach you spoke earlier about empathy. yes that's very important because if i mean we have now it will set 200000 some estimate 150000 jews actually living here in germany around 100000 are registered as to 2 jewish to the jewish community

this is like the empirical data that we have and we are all different we have it we are allowed and we want to be part of the society now. most people as i said don't know us and if you want to get to know your neighbor it's one way to go and say you read the c.v. and you learn about him but i don't think this is enough to develop as an end to these very important because otherwise you will never get rid of the serial types in your head is our approach actually yet very sensitive issues there but obviously a lot of joy to impart give us a quickly an idea of the international context for this anniversary are you hoping it will resonate with jews outside of germany and how they perceive jewish life here yes i think the shock i mean. brutally said germany is the inventor of the shying away of the systematic killing of jews we have to face and a lot of jews like you know of my surroundings of personal things of all look at

them how jews and non jews lived together joe i think it is an international importance and most of the jewish people here in germany a family outside of the country so i think for us it's very important but also for the genocide itself and i think and he summoned him is not a german problem and so european problem is a worldwide problem. as i said a pandemic so i think it's very important to see what it doesn't say thank you very much for joining us celebrating 1700 years of jewish life in germany under a call that in cologne. thank you. well the harp is an instrument that comes with some strong associations not only is it difficult to lug around but its delicate music has long been synonymous with angelic nymphs or young girls with long flowing hair and in the romantic period it even became a salon instrument but remained strongly gendered which is why french artist executive master is credited with revolutionizing its repertoire.

so weird to me stuart wants to change the popular image of the heart. the heart has always been seen as a sign on instrument that's not so up to date it was supposed to be a women was the main domain but the instrument does have a clearly defined gender for him. it's definitely feminine. does his instrument have a name. he's been i. know i'm pragmatic and i'm often unfaithful because i can't take my own instrument with me a man can't. imagine has been kept inviting his fans for years with classical pieces pop melodies and even improvised film soundtracks. it all began with

a crush on his music teacher. as if very exacting but i liked her and really wanted her to like me so i was very happy to practice. and practice he did a lot. of the hardy strong for g.q. instruments demands a lot of passion. and dedication. to minister almost shows very different path in competitive sports. than with if you can try to choose between an international competition for the heart and growing competition i chose the rowing initially and was then

disappointed because i had to trade a high. it's . just music. in munich and then. there is only a limited amount of music written. by a musician known as the paganini of the home. seems to have a future creasing really popular choice of instrument among children. are finding it difficult to keep up with demand it's much easier to rent one now so it's becoming more democratic.

other culture news that was making headlines at the end of the week includes the most expensive batman comic ever the comics dating from the 1940 s. set a world record for batman comics when it sold at auction in the us for more than $2200000.00 . the comic originally sold for just $0.10. the most expensive comic ever however remains an original copy of the action comics number one that raked in an incredible $3200000.00 back in 2014. and a rather bizarre anniversary coming up this weekend the 100th anniversary of the sawing a person in half illusion performed here to great effect by the world famous american magician david copperfield 100 years ago on january 17th illusionist p.t.

celibate put a woman in a box in london and sold right through the board creating a classic magic trick but just from around the world will get together online they sunday to celebrate the centenary of that landmark performance. and on that note let's keep ourselves all together this weekend and beyond and until we meet again stay safe and all the best the most should.

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