and send us your story we are trying always to understand this new culture. another visitor another yes you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this is due to every news africa on the program today disappointment and dashed hopes in south africa the country has slammed the brakes on the rollout of the ford astra zeneca vaccine often a study showed it's not very effective against the country's dominant carload of virus variant. cover material to promote prove themselves by default see these deaths due to the police. and the efforts to make learning safe and accessible for children and teachers in northern cameroon attacks by vocal

iraq have forced the closure of many schools in the region. plus organizers of all in mali have staged a slimmed down version of the on of all because of the pandemic we'll tell you about the new initiatives they've come up with. hello i'm christie one day it's good to have your company south africa has suspended its rollout of the ox ford astra zeneca coronavirus faxing off to a small clinical trial suggested it offered only a minimal protection against mild to moderate illness from the covariant that originated in the country of africa received more than a 1000000 doses off the vaccine and had planned to start inoculating frontside health work in the coming days say the vaccination program will proceed in the

coming weeks with vaccines by johnson and johnson and pfizer by intake instead. it was supposed to be the turning point in south africa's fight against covert 19 the arrival of 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine last week presidents who are on a pause and the health minister came to receive it personally but instead of being vaccinated the doses will remain in storage for now a new study suggests the vaccine appears to offer only minimal protection against mild and moderate disease from the new variants that was discovered in south africa the government's rollout plan is now on hold. the 1st thing we want is our scientists who risk what do we do with. dream that is working with what to do upwards so there is no potential sense because we speak is to find out from so just how to deal with it or it is clear however that health

workers will not stop receiving their vaccine as planned this week and for the rest of the population there's even more uncertainty and that is quite unfortunate because we actually thought the vaccine was going to help people especially in south africa and i do need it a lot actually i did this in may and on that note that i'd always really no vaccine means nicole would go along and that means a longer lockdown for all of us meaning leash people in charge meaning. when they going out that pestilent gaze into that their money their testing down and how loud they do the homework on. top of that steam that they getting in scientist citing evidence that the vaccines prevent grave illness and death while astra zeneca said it's believed it's a vaccine could protect against seaview disease by religious chabi a modest says south africa could see an upsurge in infections once winter

approaches he suggests knott's to completely abandon the astra zeneca jep convert $1000.00 vaccines in protest as any less and change effects in. safe for most of the us safe and even though there are question marks in terms of the effectiveness of identical vaccine against severe disease do we want to take the risk of not defects in aiding high risk groups now knowing that they're not going to cause harm but they do might be protected against soviet disease thought africa is now pinning its hopes on the johnson and johnson vaccine that delivered promising results against the new variant new deliveries are expected in the next weeks but in the long run it is scheduled to be manufactured in south africa. the south african governments chief pandemic at pfizer if other countries should follow suit and halt the astra zeneca vaccine rollout this is what professor soliman abdul karim had to say. i think each country will have to meet its own decision right now

so that's because i'm a slightly different position because the 5 to one wife. which is the very end that is able to escape immunity constitutes about 80 to 90 percent of our circulating biota so our situation is different how decisions should not really apply to other centers and other countries and those today also have a dominance of the same period so our decision is very insulated it's not related to the specifics of the best and for more on the developments in south africa i'm joined by correspondent andrea krishna to see you address and this news came as a big blow especially after all the excitement that came with the arrival of the vaccine as we saw in your report what is the mood in the country. well many people here christine angry they see it as another failure of the government remember there was this huge corruption scandal of the beginning of the pandemic when it came to procurement of protective equipment another scandal came up within the military of south africa their pitch. treatment for covert 1000 from

cuba that we're never approved for treatment for more than 10000000 euros but in this particular instance of the vaccine now you can't really blame the government for it the deal was made before the discovery of the new the ryans right. and so the authorities there say that the vaccination program will proceed but they say that that the vaccines will be the johnson and johnson and the pfizer by intake instead when will that start well in the next few weeks we're told in total south africa bought about 30000000 doses from these 2 manufacturers these 2 companies but we're not yet sure when exactly they will be coming and a lot of people here are putting their hopes on the johnson and johnson vaccine at the moment some experts and scientists even call it a possible civil blitz because one that only needs one dose it doesn't these super cold temperatures and the sea it seems to be very promising at this point of time

also for the new variety that was discovered here in south africa and we have to recall that this new variety already makes up more than 90 percent of the new cases that's right and what is the situation in the country at the moment in terms of the spread of the virus south africa is in its 2nd way. number 7 significantly decreased few weeks back we had more than 20000 infections a day and now we're down to 3000 that is very promising that is certainly a sign of hope especially because everybody said well this new variety is more infectious this is going to be more dangerous to many it was a positive surprise to see that the 2nd wave seems to be now over and numbers are going down. all right that's a dream chris reporting in cape town thank you adrea. in october the government in cameroon closed 60 schools on its northern border with

nigeria that was to protect children and staff from the frequent attacks by the extremist group boko haram now where and when schools are open some parents and teachers are too afraid to go now one j.n.t. 0 has stepped in with the free school that's also 6 plays in all traveled to the region where he filed this report 90 year almost was one of the 1st victims of book assault on a school income route to just 12 when the islamist or to her village and she did not in bother with nigeria she has not been able to return to class since. women bowker her own came they warned us to never go to school again. they threaten to kill us and our families if we dare to disobey. anyone in their

attacked our village and may just flee their own way. thousands of kids have been forced out of school. system into 14 book or has schools kidnapped teachers students force and thousands of kids from school i shot in the us i'm 60 is jewish and in the north more has been a frequent target of bookworm attacks this is one of the few schools that our money says the. city is the biggest concern headteacher to me says she lives in constant fear always suspected people walking past our school could be suicide bombers who some tears over a month are always afraid especially because our school is not just some time someone walks around the school and we teachers get very worried we have prohibited movement through the school is what i meant they demanded travis a lot cooler than a car. a few miles out of town the end your local youth corner has managed

to set up a mix of school for the past 3 years some 100 juden all in some way affected by book who order was could not receive any education at all have very severe free lessons in mart's french and english. one of them says why many children many young people get involved plus one life here is if i leave because of lack of education so far you really i think. you know the truth i went for my. environmental crisis situation everything they made all in not only were not only given them normal indication everything we also give them cycle for fuss of. for my realm was my she doesn't have the means to rule in a school in a safer area with our hopes of becoming a medical doctor crushed by a book. she now works as a teller with little hope of ever attended school again. that's one of the largest

cultural events in west africa the festival's share has been taking place in the city of sago in central mali for 17 years to recently however it has been overshadowed by the jihadist violence in the region and now the pandemic has led to the cancellation of most of the events but the organizers have managed to stay just slim down version of the festival and they've even come up with some new initiatives. it's one of the high points of the cultural calendar not just in mali but across the region. the 1st of us an unusual there may have been reduced in size this year because of the pandemic but it still has some treats in-store including this art show bringing together works by young artists and african masters. another new initiative is also attracting attention a small group of high school students have been taught how to make a film they were asked to spotlight the issue of civic awareness. one of the young

directors decided to focus on a problem they say is linked to polygamy the problem of envy. i was thinking about this idea because this is a scourge that exists in our country in our society so i wanted to make this movie so that people can get rid of the scourge of being envious. before you. try was one of 10 students selected from hundreds of applicants to take part in the program the organizers said they were impressed by the originality and by the passion of the participants. they all had something to say they only did to speak out and they use those means the directing the post production the films to be able to reach out and have a dialogue with the population. hoping that. the

audience at the festival also appear in thrall with many saying they welcome the chance to watch films and stories that reflect what is going on in their society. and that's it for the program so they will see an extract of. literature invites us to see people in particular. and i like to see myself as the kids died in the street and grown up girls. might object to going to share with a friend. on youtube. remember the company pushing old love her no in the world right no climb a tree different story. this is life lesson when for just one week.

how much work can really do that. we still have time to work i'm going. to subscribe. because. we honor our 3 captains for their actions and impact in a time of uncertainty american activist and poet amanda gorman reciting her original poem chorus of the captains at the 55th annual super bowl finally. and canadian r. and b. star the weekend shook up the traditional halftime show from the stands we'll talk more about the sporting event all of the year for americans and also coming up.

something for the reading list. acclaimed novel i'll settle it is one of our 100 german must read and a landmark in 21st century holocaust fiction. and swiss musician do tell my guy is an all around talent in the electronic music business but his multiple ventures in food and wine reveal his epicurean son. welcome to the show well it was a super bowl like no other as the tampa bay buccaneers did their hometown proud by trouncing the reigning champion kansas city chiefs but aside from the action on the field it was a game played in the shadow of the covert $900.00 pandemic with thousands of cardboard cutouts filling up the largely empty stands and for the 1st time ever poetry playing a starring role which has given the event something of a new cultural significance a let's talk about this a little bit more with my colleague scott roxboro who is joining us from bond today

hi scott chilly over there i'm imagining a thing as well that's definitely. some might balk at the idea of the super bowl as a cultural phenomenon i mean it is a football game after all so for anyone who's not american just tell us why this is such a big deal. well i mean it's simply such a big deal because it is the most watched event in america every year i mean about 100000000 people in the united states caught the television broadcast of super bowl 55 on sunday just to compare that's about twice the size of the t.v. audience for the oscars the emmys and the grammys combined so this is literally america's biggest stage and any artist any musician who performs at the super bowl or before the super bowl they are basically performing to the biggest audience they'll probably ever have so that's why when you have like the super bowl halftime shows the musicians that usually perform in these are the the top pop stars of the

world the the rolling stones lady gaga prince beyond say the caliber of performer and this year of course the canadian pop star the weekend how how did he do what's your take. yeah it was a present actually the weekend i mean he had some disadvantages because of the safety conditions he was playing essentially to a half empty audience only about 25000 people in the football stadium with about $30000.00 cardboard cutouts but he really he really gave it his all he performed most of his have time show from the stands but for his finale he sort of rushed onto the field with an army of bandaged face dancers to perform his hit blinding lights and i mean he really you wrote about all it all out he reportedly reportedly spent $7000000.00 of his own money on this production and it really paid off because particularly for that being the finale it felt like a traditional epic time super bowl halftime show but i found this

interesting performance because i saw a subtext here because the weekend is a big pop musician but he's also an activist and he's a big supporter of the black watch movement and has particularly been very outspoken in support of calling. capper next who you might remember is the the one back who was essentially kicked out of the n.f.l. for taking the needy in support or in against. police abuse of people of color so for me seeing the weekend perform at the super bowl was almost like a i know a pop music all of branch sort of an attempt to heal some of the divisions in american politics using the power of football and the power of pop music and scott let's just get to amanda garment because after 4 years of poisonous vitriol poetry is having our she's made history yet again. yes i mean member amanda gorman chorus

from her her amazing performance of a poem at the inaugural. inauguration of president joe biden here she posed a new poem called chorus of the captains and this was also a message of healing it was an almost 2 to 3 actual front line workers. that actually sort of compose this poem for that's right let's that we have a clip of her performance so let's have a quick listen to that amount of garment. tremaine is an educator who works nonstop providing his community with hotspots laptops in tech works off so his student took all the tools we need to succeed in life and in school susie is the i.c.u. nurse manager at a temple hospital for chronic use that even in tragedy is possible she lost her

grandmother's to the pandemic and fights to see other lives in the i.c.u. battle zone defining the front line heroes risking their lives for our. walk with these warriors charging with these champions you can report to. our tunes with. and that's amanda gorman who tweeted poetry at the super bowl is a feat for art and our country quite a moment there for her i'm sure we'll hear more from her poetry capturing the heart of the nation and thanks very much for those insights scott ross perot in bond and be sure to stay safe and stay warm scott. well it's 20 years ago this year that german author vin fried published his final novel and widely considered to be his masterpiece i like his other works it deals with themes of memory and the holocaust in a style that exhibits himself sometimes described as documentary fiction and because of his unique voice critics the world over agree that his early death was

a devastating loss for literature. what if everything you thought you knew about your childhood turned out to be a lie what if your parents weren't really your parents and you were born with a completely different name spoke a different language what if all of this were kept secret from you how would you feel when you found out. by w g z by it is the story of a young man named elias the son of a dour welsh preacher or so he thinks as a teenager he finds out that his real name is jacques i'll start it's that he's a jewish refugee from prague sent by train to escape the nazis by this point his adoptive mother is dead his adoptive father in a mental hospital one day at a train station also it sees a young boy who he realizes is his 4 year old self being sent by kindertransport to

england this vision finally inspires him to go searching for his original family. also lives learns that while one train saved his life another train took his mother to her death and to raise it start his former nanny though is still alive and he's reunited with her in prague the furniture she had inherited in maine 1933 together with her great aunt's flat the writing desk the long autumn the camel hair rug lying folded at one end of it throughout my entire life which was no unraveling had long before me all this had stayed in the same place because as vera told me once you have lost me and my mother who was almost a sister to work she could not bear to alter anything in 2001 when all started came out of the book caused a sensation but w.g. sebald didn't get to experience the full glory of his achievement he died in a car crash just after his book was released chances are you've seen heard and read

lots of stories about world war 2. holocaust but you haven't read like it's. and with reading at the top of everyone's agenda during all these various lockdowns is certainly a novel i can recommend fans of electronic music will know him as the front man of the swiss band yellow and in that capacity determine my us says that his pop star career was always something of an accident but as someone who didn't really systematically learn anything he's interested and even passionate about seemingly everything and is now variously of ventnor a farmer and a pioneer in the chocolate business among other things. tito maya the singer from yellow is passionate about more than just music she's

also a core man here in this was city of zurich as well as in germany and argentina maya operates a number of bars and restaurants they serve mainly wines beef and nuts produced on properties he owns including an organic farm in argentina located a 5 hour drive south of buenos aires it covers several 1000 hectares of land. but this is how people know dieter my best next of boris pluck as singer of the celebrated electropop duo yellow miles been in the music business for over 4 decades he never expected to become a successful artist. i was originally a while. but then i got on a long haul and that was how the lead undercounted so to speak without morris i would never have become a musician or a singer. in august 2020 yellow released their latest album point which stormed the

european charts the duo creates the songs in this studio in zurich. long been there for i always find choruses sound as being incredibly inspiring and it goes like this. it's on an endless loop for me if i listen to it 20 or 30 times and then start to sing it without there being any content to it you know it's just dog noises. and suddenly a sentence will come together on there's something i can hang on to still another draws me into the song 9. point. one. the musical success is clearly not enough for. the pop star is also a wine maker inspired by his own love of wine. he owns vineyards in argentina as

well as in the north of the spanish island of obesity. and in zurich the enterprising singer has also become a chocolatier his approach to producing chocolate is as innovative as his music using a patented process called cold extraction allows cocoa beans to be processed without roasting them 1st so they retain their natural aroma. and their no one else and make chocolate the way we can with this cold extraction methods obviously captures 100 percent of the aroma from the cocoa and then need much less sugar because we've been able to remove the bitter. dieter maya has certainly made his mark both in the music world and the world of fine food in line. and i'll certainly have to get my hands on some of those chocolates they look amazing but that all is all for this time so until we meet again all the best from the frosty german capital is sure to stay safe and.

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business day w news live from berlin a rather over european diplomats allegedly supporting russia's opposition leader intensifies moscow have accused the old boys of taking part in protests back in jailed kremlin critic alexei navalny into the top news germany sweden on poland expelled 3 russian representatives also on the program army chief blames voter rigging for the coup that ousted the civilian government. promises to power after a new round of elections international concern over the crackdown prozac to police

total want to comment on things for. protesters. and at least 18 dead and more than 180 missing in northern india take last you know the breaks releasing devastating flood waters for rescuers search for dozens of power plant workers trapped inside a tough. time for galle welcome to the program germany poland and sweden have expelled russian diplomats in a coordinated response to the expulsion of that own representatives from moscow last week german foreign ministry said the kremlin is decision to announce expulsions while the a u.s. foreign policy chief was in moscow was unjustified russia accuses the diplomats of participating in illegal demonstrations in support of kremlin critic alexina valley

germany says its representative was performing his duties in the russian capital. we get more from d.w. political correspondent simon young welcome simon what more do we know. well phil as you say the german foreign ministry has made it clear that this is easy retaliation for the expulsion by moscow last week of a german diplomat they saying that this was totally unjustified moscow said. the diplomat was somehow participating in anti-government protests but the foreign ministry here is issued a statement saying that he was merely carrying out his jeans he's under the vienna convention on diplomatic relations to collect information on the ground by legal means so they they've pushed back very clearly and we also hear there's been

response now from the moscow foreign ministry to the decision here to declare a russian diplomat persona non-grata the russians are saying it's also unjustified in unfriendly so it's going back and forth at the moment right so that's german his response so how else is the international community trying to put pressure on russia open a valley. yeah well it's pretty clear that this was a concerted action with sweden and poland also taking this tit for tat action by expelling russian diplomats from their capitals today but it's probably worth saying that at least it hasn't been a an escalation from the e.u. side as yet. so this decision also came a shortly after an online meeting between representatives of the u.s. britain canada and the you to discuss how to respond to russia and indeed how to

respond to the situation in moscow on the ground so there is international action the foreign affairs representative joe super well says that russia and the e.u. are drifting apart and he says it's now up to member states to decide what action they might take including imposing more sanctions on russia ok so focusing back now on germany where does this latest move leave relations between germany and russia well race relations are very strained indeed angle americal said on friday that what she's seeing and merging from russia in recent days is a long way from the rule of law as she put it referring to the police brutality against demonstrators on the streets i think but also on the 3 and a half year jail sentence for alexei in the valley and it is poisoning prior to that so relations are strained on a number of areas it's not just russia's annexation of crimea it's military and

intervention in eastern ukraine also the u.n. and a moscow apart on issues like belarus and syria as well so there's a lot of bad blood between them at the moment thank you for that and simon doubly political correspondent simon young. the army chief says vote drinking justifies last week's military coup general. insists that civilian leaders have failed to investigate alleged irregularities in november's election in his 1st television address since the coup general promised to hand back power after fresh elections militias claim a voter fraud come amid growing international concern about the crackdown against protesters who are demonstrating against the ousting of the civilian government. one week on from the arrest of their elected leader me and ma has grown bolder.

'd protesters in the capital in a futile space police water cannons on monday blocking their path their only weapons a 3 finger salute which has come to represent the pro-democracy movement of thora he's have since issued a warning on state t.v. to protesters who break the law now you know if you need to unite action must be taken according to the law with effective steps against offenses which disturb prevent and destroy the state stability public safety and the rule of law. in addition to the street protests a nationwide strike began on monday a campaign of civil disobedience has all the while been growing louder launched by medical personnel protests have now spread across the country after the army chief seize power on february 1st the military detained later on sunset she and dozens of her party members accusing them of election fraud demonstrators are demanding her

release and the restoration of her government. i'm supporting the young people demonstrating only if they fight against the military gentle can our country become better everyone must have this kind of courage for the sake of our future here. well you know you know we're going to live under a dictatorship rule and we want to live under mother so the rules people would love and care for the. demo much 11 i've decided to fashion till the end until they are released the rallies have so far been peaceful unlike bloody crackdowns during widespread protests in previous decades. francis on monday added his voice to growing international condemnation of the code of a company with joining me appreciate his days my thoughts go in particular to the people of man ma. to whom i express my affection and my closeness to knows.

the paf to wants democracy undertaken in recent years it was brusquely interrupted by last week's could to talk to us that the man is course. as the protests grow bigger and bolder demonstrators continue to be met with a greater show of force from authorities. and no navy as a filmmaker and activist as larger city young gone he told the w what he's witnessed on the streets today is obscuring his identity for his own safety so far. in young though there has not be any violence but then people are afraid because of the letter all of them in same time some civilians they want to cooperate with police and military so we can see a lot of social media beast is that some people are planning to encourage people to call by water and food security forces as well in a sense of the insurgents the idea because it because of the hostile relationship.

of the forces but one thing for sure what we can see is there's a huge gap between the community and then law enforcement officers. so well know well you know. oh all. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world former european central bank chief mario draghi has opened a 2nd round of talks aimed at forming a government in italy and met with representatives from several minor parties in rome as the drug is hoping to secure the parliamentary support he needs to be sworn in as prime minister this week. riot police have clashed with hundreds of protesters in beirut demand demanding the release of anti-government activists detained in northern lebanon last month the lebanese army took 17 people into

custody after writers and by growing poverty set fire to government buildings in the city of tripoli. rescuers in india trying to save dozens of power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after a himalayan glacier collapsed and set off a warm water at least $26.00 people are dead and more than $180.00 missing the flood destroyed a dam and washed homes downstream along a river bed well thought says in state say the death toll is likely to rise. joy as rescue workers recover several survivors but the search is far from over some dead bodies have already been found several groups of workers are still believed to be trapped in tunnels unable to get out. of us if it's made since this morning we have intensified all search operation in a 2nd tunnel we have information that around 30 people are trapped there and around

300 police officers are deployed there clearing the tunnel so that people can be rescued and according to information from the local authorities around 170 people are missing 12 people were rescued by a team on sunday from another tunnel. this is the moment a small dam was swept away after part of a mountain glacier upstream broke unleashing a torrent of water and a brief one hydroelectric plant was destroyed another under construction was damaged or forest he said they were able to prevent further damage downstream by opening the gates to release water the tragedy occurred in northern india and the top of an area of the state of iraq and this region in the himalayas is prone to flash floods and landslides in 23rd scene monsoon floods here killed 6000 people and led to calls for a review of development projects in the state of florida say the main flood danger

has passed but the work for rescue teams here is only just begun. much of central and northern europe is in the grip of extreme winter weather the storm dubbed the beast from the east is back and temperatures have plunged the lowest this year transport services are facing widespread disruption heavy flooding has hit southwest france the netherlands belgium and germany are all struggling with high winds deep snow and icy conditions. a blanket of snow and icy temperatures in berlin the city hadn't experienced such a wintry weather conditions in years temperatures dropped below minus 10 degrees as the snow piled up on the city's streets icy wind blew snow went all directions the weather caused some disruption to transport in the city. some urban train lines are experiencing delays and it can be hard to drive or walk on the streets because of

snow and ice but the real storm and the real disruptions are happening elsewhere in germany. up to 30 centimeters of snow fell in some areas of the country with gusts of wind blowing snow meters high into the air. railway services were suspended across parts of central and northern. many with trains and able to travel between frankfurt berlin and hamburg. road traffic was also disrupted with trucks and cars getting stuck on snow filled highways in central germany. i just knew who. we have at least 30 centimeters of snow here the winter road clearance services are working nonstop but due to the extremely heavy snowfall we have absolutely no chance of keeping the highway cleared a new beginning in uk to. the weather isn't expected to get warmer anytime soon while snow should stop falling temperatures will dip even lower made colder by

a freezing wind next week should finally bring some respite from the cold and not to the biggest air event in american sports quarterback tom brady shot as the tampa bay buccaneers beat the kansas city chiefs on their home field in the super bowl brady threw 3 touchdown passes as the buccaneers thumped kansas city 319 making this brady's 7 super bowl title 10 appearances and i think him and the he put the win into perspective no other quarterback in the n.f.l. one move was forcing both made also broke my oldest player to win a super bowl at the age of $43.00 i brought that girl special in there although. it's been amazing year mazan year restructure get start severance you would never have a rough stretch where we kind of identity and let

a lot better football down last december january and down just really proud of all the guys proud of all the coaches after we put in. tom brady up to date more world news of the talk of the hour from brant. as your business update in just a moment today. got some hot tips for your bucket list. corners. for food. and some great cultural memorials to boot. w.'s crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech prevention and sustainable chocolate

production. all of a sow's are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters to news now. about clears for him goes the a con job to leave the. u.s. giving its blessing after the south korean contender withdrawals from the race look at the reaction in africa and from a conjoined wallace home country of nigeria. also on the show a pandemic lockdown in zimbabwe has brought down case levels but it's also hit the fragile economy their heart. glowed welcome to the show. it's good to have you with us of the race to leave the w t o appears to be nearing a resolution after the u.s.

gave its backing to former nigerian finance minister ngozi a conjoint. abidin ministration is now promising strong support for a conjoined while the last can. in the race to become director general after south korean trade minister young haight dropped out last week under the trump administration the us had opposed a conjoined while his candidacy should become both the 1st woman and the 1st african to lead the w.t. oh now for more on this let's go to my d. correspondent colleague joy during beer in nairobi hello joy good to see you. a country why would be the 1st african to leave such a prominent position what's the african reaction to this adversary's very optimistic that. goes he's going to deliver on how it might be considering how lived the scope of knowledge when it comes to international trade and diplomacy as well and she has on several occasions mentioned that should she be the next

director general she is going to shake out the world trade organization and so must the africa is optimistic the fact that this is the 1st time an african voice is being given the position to head the deputy will and also she's a woman so the tiger is changing and africa is hoping that she's going to be able to. look into the issues of africa that have been for a long time being ignored and so it yeah rooney's optimistic on the side of the world now a country while there was finance minister believe for 2 terms in nigeria she's not exactly beloved there what he tell us. well she has been very stern when it comes to transparency and elimination of corruption in nigeria for the 2 terms but we had she was finance minister and so she's had to really deal we've. really had to help nick and i am faced when it comes to dealing with

corruption and that is why the sections in nigeria she's not the favorite but looking at her experience and how she has managed to deal with different organizations that she has added like spending 25 years of the world bank that has a day various past and elegies she actually is one of the most respected women on the african continent and looking at her dual citizenship american dual citizenship is not doubt that while a jury or a section of nigerian might think you know she's not the best candidate but it crossed the african continent and in this case globally and america inclusive is not doubt that she's going to deliver on monday arrived or during bera with us from nairobi thank you very much all right weeks of lockdown in zimbabwe have helped curb the surge in crowd of ours and factions there but they haven't helped the country's economy which was already in

rough shape to begin with a getting basic services from the government has become in particular and even more difficult task take a look. at the usual hustle and bustle on the streets of harare his die down considerably now that some bone by his further tightened measures to curb the infection rate. access to government agency says also restricted those an urgent need of documents have to be patient. just little bit of it we're facing many challenges here and we spend at least 2 hours waiting just to get assistance but the more we stand around in a crowded line the greater risk we have of getting infected with a deadly virus she never showed she alluded to them it's just how much i just 10 percent of government employees are allowed to work from the office right now according to the latest a crane to deal with what's absolutely necessary this worker has set up an office inside of his car. we're going to put them away it is

actually shut down the government should close it meant a little forced so we're going to lend some of them to it's unfortunate that it will help us just as several members of the government have died of covert 19 in recent weeks since many zimbabweans work in neighboring south africa people worry about the high risk of an outbreak of the new variant of the virus here. let's take a look at some of the other business stories making headlines. days after congress approved a $1.00 trillion dollar relief plan for the u.s. economy treasury secretary janet yellen said the plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year republican senators had argued the senators rather had argued that biden's proposal was too expensive. bitcoin has reached another record high it jumped 10 percent on monday after iran must tesla revealed that it invested $1500000000.00 in the crypto currency last month at its monday

peak one because it was worth over $44000.00. over sharing app air b.n. b. is tightening its rental policies in france the site will only allow rentals with a formal registration number the move comes after criticism of the popularity of air b.n. b. is contributing to housing shortages in paris similar concerns have been raised in amsterdam new york and berlin. right over to the tech industry where a shortage of semiconductors is slowing production for car companies around the world another sign of just how critical the chip industry has become here's one more german british semiconductor supplier dialogue has now received a multi-billion euro takeover bid. many i phones contain chips made by dialects semiconductor apple is the british german firms biggest client but the supplier all super duces circuits for the auto industry and for the internet of things a major growth market which has attracted japanese semiconductor producer and nice

us electronics the tokyo manufacturer has offered 4900000000 euros to acquire the chip maker. semiconductors hotter than ever and frankfurt dialogues semiconductor share price has climbed to a record high. it's not the only german firm in the sector that could soon be controlled by asia taiwan's global wavers has offered more than 4000000000 euros to take over munich based silicon wafer suppliers still try. silicon waivers are a key component in integrated circuits in brussels e.u. regulators are concerned over the sell out of european made future technologies the extent of the dependency on asian manufacturers can be seen in the odd industry assembly lines grind to a halt if essential microchips are not available that's why plans to invest billions in the expansion of the european semiconductor industry a quickly solidifying. it's the 3rd day of demonstrations in

myanmar where protesters are marching against a week old military coup the latest images show thousands of people in the streets to protest against north her grow including in the capital. so far the protests have been peaceful but many democracy rather pro-democracy reformers are worried that a recent increase in police presence. of the military power grab could also excel or at the withdraw of western companies that have formally been flocking to the country. the busy streets of young gone me on mars largest city reflect the changes that have taken place over the last decade during the process of democratization. international investors have spent millions of dollars to build new infrastructure mobile phone networks and to connect the once isolated country to the international banking system. all of that is that risk now.

i think that's the saddest thing here that there has been a lot of development that's worked for everyone democratically and economically in recent years and that's all in peril now as a result of the military coup. was. the biggest fear is for sue tun who runs a car dealership in myanmar are u.s. sanctions president biden has already threatened such a move. on it but that it the coup affects foreign currency exchange the market will cool down we will be reluctant to make purchases our major concern is how we maintain a banking system if we're put under u.s. sanctions. the textile sector here has boomed in recent years 700000 people manufacture clothing and footwear for western brands such as de janeiro the gap and adidas. the industry makes up 3 percent of me on mars annual economic output it now fears that major clothing retailers might stop sourcing from myanmar for public relations reasons. and the french institute of international relations

says last week's military coup could push me on march further into china's arms the 2 countries share a 2100 kilometer border and the giant neighbor is myanmar's most important supplier of military equipment including armored vehicles and jet fighters the chinese also see me on mar is an important country in beijing's belt and rode global trade route initiative western sanctions could leave a vacuum that china would only be. well. or perhaps you're part of the craze demand for avocados has been skyrocketing. and germany were avocados are traditionally on the menu imports have tripled in recent years how farmers in spain want to piece the action but the price. environment activist rafael use ponders the reservoir which supplies avocado pharmacy it with water it's only a 3rd of its normal level as being too little rain and the farmers need far too

much water to cultivate avocados. every year new fields are planted and that means more water consumption there's a connection between that and the reservoirs low levels. only a few years ago the ashoke a region nia malika presented a different face with all of gross vineyards and vegetable fields the small plots provided a modest additional income for local families until the avocado bloom surprised even the old hands here. people who used to plant potatoes and other things turn to avocados that happened over the last 10 to 12 years or so. officially $8500.00 hectares are reserved for the fashionable fruit most of the water for those fields comes from the reservoir and is carefully distributed it takes 1900 liters of water to grow a kilo of avocados how v.a. brown stores his share in some rainwater in his own reservoir lack of water is

limiting growth. we've got soil climate but no water. activist rafael use has looked closely into the region. he's found places where new fields are being cleared for avocados you know if there are plenty of illegal plots . those responsible at the irrigation collective. not checking closely enough water. supplies will definitely collapse. excess load on the main reservoir would need reducing just to supply legal avocado farms here so years ago millions were invested in treating waste water for irrigation like this is being ready for 6 years but we're still waiting for the permit right now it looks like we'll be able to use this water in the coming summer . spain produced $87.00 fans and tons of avocados last year most of them in

a shop yeah and with demand and price so high avocados and now being grown in other regions water will decide the future day as well. right that's it for me energy to be business team here to find us online. business that's watching. operation vaccines our national soul efforts in shaping the global fight against her own a virus the large industrial countries have secured the vaccine for themselves while poor countries are being left empty handed. out in the vaccine be fairly distributed to the whole world. the hard road out of the plan to close up. in 60 minutes on d w. in the light of climate change. for cosmic.

what's in store. for the future. for the major cities in the multimedia insight. counter. this is deja vu news africa on the program today disappointment and dashed hopes in south africa the country has slammed the brakes on the rollout of the astra zeneca vaccine office a study showed it's not very effective against the country's dominant virus fearing . to present it to the. remote truth serum told by the vaccine police just did the policemen. and the efforts to make learning say that that system.