many storms. make up your mind. made for minds. this is day to day news africa on the program today that humanitarian crisis in ethiopia you it may aid agencies have been granted access to great piccies in some parts of the to gripe region but thousands more people remain cutoff and often need to be in desperate need of help. or seeking local seal between pings from outlets of the tree far conclusively and nothing else. thus the nigerians yearning for a life in the u.s. their hopes have been reignited now that the trunk these

a bag has been reverse. hello i'm christie one day it's good to have you on any the ethiopian red cross ses 80 percent of the northern to grab region remains cuttlefish from agent all this is despite the government having allowed un humanitarian agencies special access to parts off to cry that international aid organizations have been calling for better access to the conflict torn area since november that was when ethiopia launched a military offensive to diminish the power off the to cry people's liberation front or t.p. and if not access to to cry remains limited and aid groups warn of a humanitarian catastrophe in december the ethiopian government agreed to give aid workers unhindered access to regions. now and it's control but more than

a month later they're still unable to reach large numbers of people in to cry. if the glimpse into ethiopia's to reach him a u.n. team captures these images as it makes its way through. if you o.p.'s government has only partially lifted the blockade on this part of the country which has been largely cut off since the conflict began in november. there are no evidence signs of war here but what many observers are concerned about is water out of sight. human rights organizations have compiled reports of mass abuses and even killings of civilians. the government insists it does not need any help from outside to investigate the allegations it is admitting that people in the region need aid even though it wants to control how that is delivered. the humanitarian community is

highlighting the urgency. the needs of served on the ground are dire and growing for about 2300000 people and that includes those who needed assistance before the conflict 3 months into the conflict in te grave in northern if the humanitarian response remains severely constrained and inadequate and the main reason for that is simply that we cannot reach most of the people in need and also that we have not received the clearances yet to move the necessary stuff into too great in the 1st place. if european authorities have revealed they will shut 2 refugee camps in the northern region because the location makes them difficult to access. there's been no indication when the camps will close or what will happen to the 25000 displaced people there. what is clear is this will further complicate an already desperate humanitarian situation.

and for more on this i'm now joined by chris nelson he's a spokesperson for the u.n. h.c.r. and he's joining us from the if he appeared capsule at us about good to have you on the program chris you've recently returned from 7 to gripe what is the situation on the ground as you've witnessed it. well in the 7 area of last he grew i the situation is dire it's not that. we probably saw because of the 2 southern camps we f. that they are not destroyed by fighting but the people were cut off from any supplies for many many leaks and they still that's no clean water it's just returning now. and we're doing much lot of effort actually to come to a kind of normal circumstances this situation in the northern part as we hear it right because this is why it sorry chris this is what i wanted to establish that

you're speaking specifically it's a no i decided to grab but northern remains inaccessible. it's also said little bit about that and the fact that the government's announced that it's closing 2 refugee camps there what's going to happen to the refugees who were housed in those camps. well we still have no access to this area although we are some of the money this is every day in the to knowledge camps where about 20000 refugees and. again we have no access to them you have heard that many of them went to the big cities like like gone though we know that more than 4000 went from the north and kansas and camps. we also through from refugees from eyewitnesses several 1000 refugees 5 maybe 67000 living in the city of sheer a very dire conditions that means sleeping local sealed drinking from puddles eating tree bark because if nothing else. just hits

it to that point then the the ethiopian government had said that it would be allowing access to the region why are they not allowing a work such as the u.n.h.c.r. to go to the north. well fear here is that there are security concerns and indeed it seems like the situation is not what our present peaceful up there. this is of course also a concern for us on the other hand we're talking about several 1000 people who need . to be tell immediately help every day actually every hour counts and that's why we want to go. chris and this is of course they get humanitarian aspect of this but there isn't that this side the u.n. special adviser on the prevention of genocide she said that her office had received reports of serious human rights violation violations into guy she talked about

killings sexual violence the looting of poverty and mass executions have people that you've interacted with inside them to cry spoken off this. you know some of them we have heard about killing we have heard about actions to be trapped and we have thought about distractions of the of the to nottingham. refugees told us that these camps were burned down not as a collateral damage intentionally we can't confirm that because again we don't have access if these reports are true that would be great finally international. chris in december that if he opened government say that the war had ended is there still fighting happening in that's a cry reachin. i don't know we only have access to the southern part this is manas people's peaceful you see a lot of checkpoints you see

a lot of people with with guns assault rifles you see military a lot but we couldn't see finding this is obviously only if we don't know in the northern part again no access for us. all right that is chris meltzer he's spokesperson for the u.n. h.c.r. with the view there from edison christie's office he just returned from 7 to cry thank you chris we appreciate your time it's take a look at some of the stories making news across the continent right now ghana's parliament has been suspended for 3 weeks following a surge in coronavirus cases among parliament staff and. members not speak i'll but been announce the suspension they choose day saying that 17 members of parliament and 151 straw office have tested positive for the virus sittings are due to resume on the 2nd of march. a south africa say's it will strike back some 800 frontline

health workers with the yet to be approved johnson and johnson for advice vaccine next week the country scrapped plans to use the astra zeneca office for jobs or to data from a small trial showed it didn't protect very well against the new variant which is now dominant in the country. the criminal granny to behind the abduction of more than $300.00 schoolboys in nigeria last year has turned himself in as part of a controversial amnesty deal officials say will earn a dollar surrender with 4 of his group members were announced violence and handed over 20 rifles of the gang seized 300 boys from a remote school in the northern town of qana in december. an extra is also in the geria when many people's hopes of going to the united states have been reignited after the biden administration reversed a travel ban imposed by former president donald trump and that the bad citizens

from the fix of countries were prevented from being able to apply for permanent immigrant visas to the u.s. as a result travel between nigeria and the u.s. became almost impossible as deja news correspondents fresh local reports. i was flying at the meiji has just moved to the quiet town of arbil in southwest nigeria he says life in the city of lagos was told. things that easy i hear he has begun dreams he wants to move to america with his family. despite having ready chiefs who are already u.s. citizens he made his visa application has been de knight twice. i was nervous that i'm going to law. i think into the pressure to refer because we didn't quite believe it blames the 2nd visa rejection on presidential

travel ban the ban prevented me from getting any visa that could lead to permanent residency or citizenship he's has now been overturned by presidents bright in. many respects in. the u.s. . but these. rules who are already president would likely never have that many men here and. he'll believe that this new administration gives them a better deal is determined to strike again this year he says moving to america could change his family's fortune there's a level playing field. for somebody who knows what they're doing who wants to achieve greatness obviously this country has been toward you know is when i don't want the same for my child. i don't. and. i'll give anything it takes.

anything. continues to keep close contact with his family in the u.s. until he can finally be knighted reach them. and that is it for now be sure to check the stories on deja vu dot com forward slash africa or also on facebook and on twitter and of course we love to hear from you but what you think about the stories that we cover on the program and the stories that we should be so day we'll leave you with pictures of what you see behind me this is what scientists believe to be the smallest reptile on earth not 2 of the tiny liz's were discovered in madagascar by an expedition team last week the male brookie zhen them or nano comedian has a body of just 1.3013.5 minute meat is that would be $1.00 centimeters of basically like right up the top of my nail over there inside and it's time for back

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know so what possible who is medical really what moves i want. to talk to people. on the way maurice and critics who want to join us for michael's last stop. yeah. these are images from songbirds one of the 1st feature films to be made in los angeles during a covert 19 and it imagines the worst scenario of an endless lockdown well it's one of a slew of films made either during or about the pandemic and its emotional toll and we'll get the lowdown on some of those later in the show and with welcome to arts

and culture 1st we'll take a look at the financial toll as life becomes increasingly precarious for artists and musicians everywhere under prolonged lockdown in germany one survey here in berlin reported nearly a 3rd of solo musicians have given up their profession half are desperately in need of support all relatively speaking the german government has been generous with its support for the arts but too much red tape and a lack of perspective for the long term are having a devastating effect on the sector. a life without art is a lonely one no performances no audience and no income and entire sector is calling for help from big names such as jazz pianist michelle viney to lesser knowns like opera singer ben wahpeton his last concert was a year ago now the 45 year old bass baritone works for a beverage delivery service here he sings for us from fi delio hearth malnourished all call its partner con more news concert. that already.

heard see. her call. born in canada the singer has a voice german critics say it would have been nice to hear more of. now he's lugging crates of drinks which we're not allowed to shoot what's been the biggest challenge for himself r m ships and various i might avoid the worst was when i had to carry 22 crates up 5 floors by myself with no elevator. instead of performing on the stages of sights blog. peto is making ends meet with the delivery job and the small stipend they're back and we're waiting for the moment when the government finally says we can perform again you just feel helpless. as among physicians on models. since march 2020 some 2000000 people working in germany's cultural and creative

sectors have been in a government mandated lockdown the german culture council says only one in 10 self-employed people has so far received public assistance with a beautiful score there will be discussions about a guaranteed basic income but and i think this has to be said quite plainly not just for artists that won't be possible simply for reasons of fairness. francisco hoser an author and single mother lives off of what she earns teaching german and from savings her 1st book the glass sisters was published right as the 1st lockdown was imposed all of her promotional appearances were canceled another on the one hand i sometimes get totally panicked and think oh god how long is this going to continue usually at night but i often also find it really fascinating to see what's changing how people are changing and everything that's happening as a writer as a storyteller i want to pay attention to all of that and not miss anything.

francisco hauser fund successfully to stay in the social insurance scheme for artists one year into the pandemic everything else is uncertain for her and for an entire job sector. and let's go over to my colleague scott roxboro in bonn who's been looking into this for us hi scott it's it's really tough times for so many industries but particularly of course for freelancers in the culture and events industry you know germany as we know has put lots of money out there why is it that only 10 percent of needy artists have gotten support. yeah well it's a very complicated actually very big question you're asking where but without going into all the details and the complexities of it one of the main issues in germany has been that the german system initially for support for code really wasn't designed with with artists it wasn't even designed with freelancers in mind it was

mainly targeting initially targeting full time salaried employees now germany has has updated that since and they have promised billions in support for for freelancers but the system that you have to go through is quite complicated it's quite bureaucratic and it's very difficult to then finally get the cash that you've been promised and it's just the fact that a lot of artists in germany are really just falling through the cracks so what's the situation for instance for artists in other countries like. well i mean as you mentioned germany is very very supportive of its artistic community and i think artists here. whole are much better off than they are in most other countries because the government here is so supportive but there have been a few countries that have maybe been a bit more effective in supporting their artist hit by cold the u.k. for example their scheme was designed with freelancers in mind and it apparently reportedly at least has been a lot more effective in getting money to the to this struggling artists who need it . so dire straits obviously for much of the cultural sector and on the other hand

the pandemic situation has elizabeth elicited some incredible creativity particularly where movies are concerned so let's see what directors have been up to . surprise because we have to have. new reality emerge as the 20 in horror film songbird the world's worst fears are realized coded has mutated into something even more deadly lockdown has become dictatorships. oh. my god i just threw over 100 shot most angeles during actual lockdown last here songbird is one of the 1st cinematic attempts to address the real 4 of the pandemic. sadly the movie produced by transformers director michael bay is superficial schlock. they say and.

a more in-depth examination of coburg comes from the documentary in the same breath which premiered at the sundance film festival director not to weighing shows how the chinese government initially tried to downplay the crisis a pattern she saw repeated in her adopted country america you see how. the system from a stand up for. the highest government has. basically enable it. operate to be a severe and out of can show as we are experiencing the today. you are alive for the most excruciating difficult stumbling of not just one of the entire but in malcolm and marie the struggle to find connection is framed as one long romantic fight between the stars and diane and john david washington.

what is the netflix drama was shot on a single location entirely under pandemic restrictions. this movie was sort of born out of the idea can we tell a story given the restrictions of coded can we make a movie that doesn't compromise in terms of emotional scope cinematics broke. and that was sort of it was sort of an exercise in that regard would you do there are no real answers in any of the films made during or inspired by the coated pandemic. but as shown bastien life in a day 2025 mcdonald's crowd sourced you tube documentary in times of crisis cinema and reveal our common humanity why can't we change. like.

this. a lot of different emotions coming up there for me when i see that material there scott it's so interesting how filmmakers are reacting to this pandemic just overcoming the physical challenges for instance that all these locked down restrictions. yeah i know it's been interesting because of course filmmakers have found incredibly difficult just to make their movies now but what i found interesting is how. filmmakers have been so creative in finding new ways to to make their movies and also in some cases being inspired by the pandemic in the stories they want to tell a really good example this is locked down which is a film a british film starring and hathaway and she would all go for and they they played a couple in lockdown in london whose marriage is sort of on the rocks until they come up with a great idea to rob parents the luxury british department store which of course is empty because of this is sort of

a light heist comedy but the producers came up with the idea when they realized that here it was actually going to close quickly wrote the film around back and because the department store was shut down for the filmmakers were able to get access to it to use it as a setting for their film so you see this is just one of the examples of filmmakers are being creative in finding new ways to solve the problems created by code and so it's really incredible on how things fall into place and just give give a news story now would you say the pandemic is going to continue to influence the kinds of stories that are being told. yeah i think so i mean you're already seeing for example a lot of horror movies come out coming out that were either shot during or inspired by a coven the 1st was songbird this horror film that we shot in los angeles last year during the 1st lockdown in march it's of course another great movie but i think it does capture a bit of the the fear that i think we all have felt in regards to this pandemic and

horror is a great joiner of course for expressing relating to sort of bigger social issues and i think your skin to see a lot of horror films come out there either directly address the pandemic or words fired by it but what i also find interesting i'm seeing a lot of films now like malcolm emery the netflix movie which don't necessarily deal directly with covert or even talk about it but are all about intimacy and and trying to connect with another person and i think that's an issue that is really relevant right now because we're all isolated and we're all feeling distant from one another and so i think these films really hit hard right now and i think we'll see a lot of them coming out ok so covert 9 having quite an effect on the film industry which is of course pivoting admirably and thanks so much for far all of that backstory scott roxboro in bonn. and speaking of film 2 of britain's most famous performers actor michael caine and singer elton john teamed up for a tongue in cheek video to support the n.h.s. in its covert 19 vaccination drive stars of course having been vaccinated

themselves. my name is wrong. oh. that was me acting. as you can see i am still the more people in society the get vaccinated the more chance the result be eradicated the national code pandemic. kind of just had a vaccine for kofi he didn't have. not many people know that. and 12 year old german acting sensation. of system crash of fame is making her hollywood debut opposite tom hanks in news of the world it's an epic western directed by paul greengrass a tango plays a young girl in post civil war america who was raised by the kiawah tribe and the

role has already earned her her 1st golden globe nomination and the film hits netflix on wednesday. so lots of fodder there for your movie list more on the web site at w dot com slash culture and on that upbeat note until we meet again all the best from us here in berlin and you stay safe.

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given their way toward transmitted to the troops. men in the gulf my much and i. did. this is g.w. news and these are our top stories germany's federal and state leaders have agreed to extend the country's current coronavirus locked out until march 7th though schools and hairdressers will be allowed to open sooner and some places the decision came after chancellor angela merkel held a virtual summit with the leaders of germany's 16 federal states schools shops and bars.