well you. know good use crime fighter are back with africa's most successful radio drama series continues only this odes are available online course you can share and discuss on w africa's facebook and other social media platforms. this is the news after town on the program today one of the olds resistance on news most notorious kamandi is convicted at the hague domini own when he has been found. when he commanded the ugandan rebel group. therefore if the legal truth of the crimes compromising prove crimes against humanity. now they elaborate transform thousands of young boys and girls into child soldiers in its 30 year bringing up terror i'll be talking to one of them.

hello i'm christine one it's good to have your company a former commander in the notorious ugandan rebel group holds resistance army has been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the international criminal court dominate was found guilty of $61.00 charges over a reign of terror in the early to thousands his crimes include murder rape sexual enslavement and the conscription of child soldiers he had denied all the charges when some special forces who were hunting the and always found that 802015 he will be sentenced at a later date he faces a maximum punishment off life imprisonment. you have noticed that skip this is dominick on where he's from is this trial has been years in the making with

thousands of witnesses providing testimony us on when was a senior commander in joseph's kearney's lord's resistance army after having been abducted himself by the group in his youth kone founded the group in 1988 amid widespread ethnic fighting in uganda. the group committed rape mutilation torture and murder as it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo the central african republic as well as south sudan the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. a leader joseph coney is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now trial has been a chance for victims to confront an ongoing trauma the effects of which are still

felt today. and my 1st guest today is a former child soldier in the n.r.a. and has since become an activist in the sent a poignant joins me from here in germany welcome to do it i mean is africa in a sense i just want to begin by asking you how you were recruited by the little its resistance army yeah thank you so much for having me. i was that it like did you do a lot of peace in northern uganda to come in the middle of the night. to join the man. so i was force at gunpoint with my shovel to move to walk with them besides my dad the same night it was abducted as a night my dad was abducted unfortunate if we need couldn't make it and was killed us the night i was forced to move with them to suss it out where i joined the rest of that attention to the us other sort yes thank you but i am. in a somewhat became movement. tell us about some of the atrocities that you saw in

your time with the n.r.a. . or your nightmare has everything you kind of much happened in the end that it comes from people being stepped on desk in atlanta sort of yes stepping on one child or want as idea would be so they did dice to live bullets in that office door kind of beating on punishing men when they find you listening to revues and on this keyboard costing program so that day what was i sure you were going to escape if you listen to these programs so it was really almost every kind of punishment you find. but there was doubt that it is no it was our day they saw many young ghosts that we were forced as jess or the us to adopt and that it was true and used as that with the wife's. and domenicali when he's just been convicted at the hague

for crimes he committed as as commodity off the n.r.a. how would you like to see the justice system deal with people like him. you know i would i would be an evil create if i tell you that i would judge you must be because i want to was a jazz idea myself and a community when company bought it in judge me. i don't think what dominic was abducted at the age of 14 as i know and of course if for the war that it was a dinner last comic indeed it was was i mean this is weird so that is a point where feel pity for you know where i would say it is off forgiveness in my misdeed that i was give them on the contrary the grew up it grew bored and add deputy to escape. but instead of escaping the choice to lead the sword yes the n.r.a. one must must develop gobs like image religion to the way to keep it a few jim wright one eye. and inequality look at it ikey it in 2000 what it gives

69 people in one night in depressed times using much it bumming a life in the rest of the apps and overnight of captivity and that is what anywhere else they keep. people right in a sense what have you done to cope with your posture. i skipped a lot in war i joined it way beyond rehabilitation center well because i didn't like it because i was forced to go there and that i was the most important thing that happened in my life because through that you have the additional staff that was started by your life the meaning of forgiving and moving forward the fact that it was to do more in my life and since then i boiled not keep quiet not to speak with eventually that was the event it was that they don't understand and that's why i've grown strong to be an activist but it was a list most of the children in war yes so what helped me moss was sharing with

people coming out and she passed out i you know want to physically and not just getting into reality i'm making peace with and through that i realize yes some people judge me when i started doing it and some people very sort of for me both of them were not what i was seeking for i was seeking for was that speech will be seen where i kept would point out say describe him and i have to be great but i should make sure it doesn't happen to him. all right that is innocent a poignant he's a former child soldier who's now engaged in acts of his and as he's been telling us we appreciate you coming on to the program thank you in a sense you're gonna thank you. now when peds not guilty his defense that he himself was a victim because he had been abducted by the military systems army as a young boy and suffered psychological damage as a result the judges rejected this defense this have a listen to the presiding judge the trunk schmit the overwhelming evidence paints

a picture of the only go on when has a person in full possession of his mental abilities he's described by his subordinates has an extremely capable fighter and commander whom they love to follow. he planted attacks carefully and assess the risks together with his officers the evidence also shows that the government was not in a situation of complete support the nation has every sort of corny but frequently acted independently and even contested orders received from joseph kony he was not a puppet on a string i'm now joined by henri and nicole he is a human rights watch africa research based in iraq welcome to the program it's great to have you here what do you make of the judge's dismissing dominic on

wednesday fans that he himself was a victim because he was once a child soldier well what i took from that was. that. she the evidence that was presented during the trial that he was on when i was very calculating and made decisions that he should be held accountable for to commit some of the abuses that is brigade and individual individually committed . my interpretation was that it wasn't so much about him being. formally abducted himself but about the fact that he made those decisions as an adult who had was fully aware of what was going on. right i mean what we have to point out that this is the 1st time that the crime of forced pregnancy is considered by the i.c.c. how significant is that. i think it's very significant because it takes cognizance

of the impact of sexual and gender based violence in conflicts and that was one of . the big factors of what they did during the 20 years in which the the conflict raged we had innocent talking about girls as young as 12 being forced into marriage and forced to have children and this is something that really characterize that one it's obviously hugely important that people be held account to account for those kinds of crimes. the the founder of the lord's resistance army joseph cohen he remains at large dominical when is really the only one to have been convicted in a court of law would you say that justice is far from being served i think justice as far as the conflict in northern uganda is concerned is very complex thing many different dimensions to it criminal liability is one

aspect of it but there's also questions of reparations on truthtelling of army conciliation which these are really important facets of the culture of of not then of the people of northern uganda and all that some of those things haven't been addressed and of which it is the responsibility of the ugandan government really to provide for so 'd i would say this is a very significant step towards achieving some aspect of justice but it's it's in no way i think. in possession of the full spectrum of what justice can and should be for the terms of of that war all right that is or am miracle he is human rights watch africa research a coming to us from merrill b. appreciate you being on the program thank you so much thanks. and that is a for now be sure to check out al of the stories on d.w.

dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter today will leave you with pictures of innocent of war no he's the child soldier who ran away from the lord's resistance army and he's engaged in activism sedately as one that is to prevent what happened to him ever happening to another child will see an extra.

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where the improbable happen. through the forest to the creation of our solar system with our planet is a bit like winning the lottery. what if the earth were unique starts feb 11th on t.w. . welcome to our culture we'll be talking to t.c. boyle about his brand new novel in a minute also coming up how does she do it these look like photos but there are actually paintings by dutch. to lay. out in these trying times a simple walk in the park and get those creative juices going. american writer t.c. barlow often bases the extraordinary characters in his books on real people and his

latest novel talk to me is no exception it's about a professor who does the talk shows with his chimpanzee that understands language my colleague sabina keyes the boss spoke to boyle about the book but also about the threat and limitations of the pandemic which is particularly rampant in california where he lives. the bestselling author. lives in montecito california where unlike in most of the world right now the vaccination rollouts is moving at a painfully slow pace. we caught up with him via video cool and often how he's coping. terror at all times not only the political terror that's been inflicted but there's biologicals there are. i am of the age group who is vulnerable and i'm further

vulnerable because i'm a pessimist. now i haven't gone anywhere or done anything. since this began within the last 7 months fortunately at least he's already received his 1st vaccination he lives in a house between the mountains and the ocean as a writer he's used to working at home by himself in that respect lockdown wasn't too hard to adjust to you know all. that horrible people misanthropic people 'd as well and i want of them yeah we don't want to be bothered by anybody or anything we want to live in our minds forever there's another side of life and that's a social side which i really enjoy going to my village i live in a little village i know everybody part of my life is social and being with all those people in the village. that has. a lot of difficult. t.c. boyle has published more than 20 novels and short story collections if it weren't

for the pandemic he'd be in germany right now promoting his new novel talk to me it tells at least in part the true story of an unusual experiment in the 1970 s. that tended chimpanzee into a media star. in columbia university scientists placed a baby chimpanzee in a human household in order to study where the nim chimpsky as they called him could learn to communicate with fine language the experiment failed tragically and the chimp died young effectively of a broken home and the failed research project was the subject of a documentary released a few years ago. t.c. boyle has often explored the biographies and work of scientists in his writing so it comes as no surprise that boyle was fascinated by this almost 50 year old story he says this experiment was an attempt to find out what distinguishes man from

beast a question that. as long preoccupied us. how do you know who you are will you have language and you can talk well the deaf language is different it's a gestural language how does that work but yes i did all the went back to those days a little 'd research seventies eighties the cross for string bands he's in human households raise them just as you raise your own child to see how languages develop in us but also how it is generally developed it's just really fascinating we work in words we are words where they come from why are we different from. t.c. boyle might be a felt pretty lame to pessimist but he's a hugely prolific one and not even a global pandemic is likely to dampen his extraordinary creativity. and you can see a longer version of that report on our 21 program this weekend that there are so

many things we cannot do and enjoy juge of this terrible worldwide pandemic but looking on the bright side there are one of 2 things that have improved our lives the environment is one with less c o 2 emissions being recorded all over the world then there is the joy of getting out in the fresh air discovering the simple beauty of nature with a walk in the poc. sweet twas the walk poets and writers like william wordsworth have always found the right words while on the move. around 800 the philosopher emmanuel kant took daily walks outside koenig's back he went in order to think. it was the advent of the corona virus pandemic much of our everyday world has come to a standstill but the book has experienced a startling granny songs sometimes with a companion sometimes alone strolling aimlessly through the countryside but maybe

there is a deeper purpose science says slowing down heightens our senses the fast pace of modern life has destroyed our awareness of our immediate surroundings says lalage's to mohsin schmidt a man who's dedicated his life to the science of walking. in love in my job wherever you are you can of course always ask yourself the question is it nice here that you can put all your preconceived ideas aside and just look at what's in front of you. and walking is beneficial from a purely medical point of view to get healthy and it costs nothing. the general director of munich's i think museum forgets the outside world and strolls through a landscape that's shaped his life the genesis of sterling is depicted in many of the artworks here in the museum.

from us if you learn from any landscape painting of the 16th century do you see many travelers but they trade people usually they go into the market driving cattle chopping wood in the forest all these changes in the 18th century the more prosperous venture into nature not just to make a living then now just going for a walk in spurts here. and so we come full circle. nothing else to do that maybe. we'll continue to enjoy the benefits. of walk the walk talk the talk. of the day a strong. yes absolutely he is strong she is part of cultural studies and it was founded by swiss sociologists. caught.

up. in the absence of other leisure time and cultural activities after many other people as we heard it's been the subject of countless editorials and. video. taken on a little walk why not keep up then. the radius of my town walks and learning more about my environment. district penco and i've discovered for example the great eve. the german cinema and the stage the 1st film screening to a paying audience he also lived in my neighborhood in this house he now the discovery a little further afield discovered the soviet war memorial a great place to unwind and contemplate and hear.

the difference between. while strolling traditionally is. taking in i'm actually a bit of a power struggle because i like the exercise benefit that you get we can take a look at my. countryside last sunday you quickly become immersed in the landscape . reading the signs and being read to by not thinking consciously but actually seeing the thoughts forward i find this to be amazingly therapeutic and did you actually get close to those did get very close there they were eating out of my hand drawer. is a pleasure thank you very much for being with us thank you. now this artists so often require

a 2nd not before you realize to actually paintings and not photographs paint. is able to create art works like this with little more than some oil paint brush and a lot of patients. deceptively real and detail down to the last highlight none of these portraits are photographs they are painted by mariska . using her sophisticated technique the artist from the dutch town of cats like is evil to capture seems as if through its own canvas. she calls her style contemporary real is of. me you have the power to confine someone what they're looking at so you can literally create your own world where your own reality in order to create the world as convincingly as possible 39 your room here templi to do this she hires more.

than leading the men who is for hours making sketches and taking photos she works in a large format her 3 to 3 months. early likes best to combine different techniques. and oil painting. she never studied art she worked as an illustrator for years and taught herself everything she knew through many visits to museums among other things. i've seen huge library full of books and in those folks they often describe techniques to the parents i know where the pigments are coming from i know how to make my own pain. in the beginning she concentrated on. realistically as possible c. since then she has further developed her style and likes to use additional elements . needs. washing away in my soul

roos. the artificial suv in this picture focuses on one of her greatest concerns the pollution of the seas. we took a lot of time to see it gave us our job it gave us our pressure and i think it's time to give back so it my paintings nowadays i feel like i owe something to denature to see because it's so polluted and. finally we remember the genius of film production design a can out of it was born 100 years ago the new bond film keech being delayed but we could enjoy the ingenuity of kent out of his designs in many of the james bond movies in 1960 s. and seventy's i leave you with some classic examples.

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the 77 percent this weekend on d w. i'm scared that. that's hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers with violence that's. what's your story ready. i mean when i was a women especially a victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are trying in all ways to understand this new culture. or not it is a turnoff and yet you want to become a citizen. in so migrants your platform for reliable information.

this is g w news live from berlin tonight guilty of crimes against humanity that is the verdict delivered today when former rebel commander from uganda the international criminal court ruled that the lord's resistance army commander dominique committed offenses including torture child sexual slavery and murder you know faces life in prison also coming up and the iranian diplomat convicted of plotting to blow up crowds of people in france tehran has condemned the verdict describing.