many storms. may go bureau. made for mines. this is due to every news africa on the program today and the rest ensued done there for in violent protests has since cities across the country what is fueling the flames. the former child soldiers in the central african republic who want to take back their future is off to a violent posture. that's we will get the story behind feel bored winning nollywood fill the range of.

hello i'm christine one day it's good to have your company there have been violent protests in several cities in sudan this week of a dire economic conditions it is believed the protests soften the city motivated and that axes royal to the ousted former president omar al bashir behind them on thursday prime minister up to him dr gave a committee in charge of dismantling the shias publish structure has a wide range in order to prosecute members off sudan's it's ruling party now the protests so government buildings and vehicles set on fire and properties pillaged markets were also looted in several cities authorities impose a curfew to try to curb the youngest. and for more on the situation in sudan i'm joined by one of us a political commentator in the country welcome to days everything is africa we've

heard that these protests are putting a city motivated is that the case of a city that was politically and economically motivated instructing the empowerment dismantling committee to go ahead with the dissolution of bush's policies one of the boldest moves that handbooks government has made towards taking back economic control of the market but this is because the islamists who are now said to lose economic as well as political power to react really the only way they not have which is to cause a political instability but these loomis are able to tap into popular discontent brought about by the harsh economic environment inflation now stands at around 200 to 4 percent and the dollar h.g.h. $400.00 s.t.g. to the dollar a week ago and this is not really come down the prices remain high and many are unable to make ends meet as prices actually linked to the parallel markets and not the official rate just most people find fictitious. a private us to have

has been office now for about 18 months how is his government fairy. there is no doubt that he has lost a lot of popularity since he took office 18 months ago since thursday when the new cabinet was sworn in he has now become more secure he's he can find he has people with him in the cabinet now who are able to shoulder the strain of the transition including the very unpopular economic reforms such as that in the subsidies and the unification of the exchange rate and the government needs to cure the currency in order to trigger the economic support to come in from the low band from biological donors but they want to shore up its reserves in the central bank to the tune of about 300 and $50000000.00 this is led to claim that it's actually the government that is deviously buying up dollars on the part of markets and then therefore driving up the exchange rate and the prices. it's an enviable cash to situation to

be in but the longer it takes for the government to pull the trigger the worse will be for the most vulnerable what have now is a fine new finance minister who's actually drawn from a rebel movement and is also in the rebel justice and equality movement is now part of the government and he's an islamist to do it which means that he now feels that he has a political cache to see through a lot of the much more controversial reforms which were unlike which were much more likely to make him much more in popular so he's in a bit of a short position now certainly more than a month ago right you did mention it himself of the the new cabinet that we saw this week why was what was the reason for that reshuffle. so the members of the new cabinet most of them are from the former rebel groups which signed the peace agreement you know last year so this new reshuffle is part and parcel of the peace agreement. it is not

a very inclusive in terms of gender inclusion but it is inclusive in terms of and regional and ethnic inclusion which is a great sight to see and however there are 2 major rebel groups that haven't signed that it will be secure in sanaa therefore not part of the new government and specifically at the end of that element and. and hello and they are the biggest rebel groups they have the biggest number of the largest number of combatants and so their lack of inclusion is actually a real problem how will they be included in in the future will it require another maybe a competing peace agreements how will this you shuffle lead to more stability is unknown all right that is can she's talking to us from sudan thank you clear it's great to hear from you thank you. tens of thousands of children are estimated to be recruited and used by armed groups around the world united nations research shows that in 2900 militia groups

drafted nearly 8000 children some of them as young as 61 of the countries where children are most vulnerable is the central african republic with an ongoing war rebels they continue to recruit children this has prompted responses from organizations working on child protection to put efforts into giving these young recruits a another chance at a normal life. is a quarter chai visited one such project. this is not a usual classroom setting this is a psych way to question session in a rehabilitation center for former child soldiers in but under 4 northwest of the central african republic so you are here today because you have accepted to take on a new life. among them a 17 year old from a christian community he joined a muslim silica group at the age of 15 to arrange the killing of his mother mordecai by the mentally christian. today to speak also on condition

of anonymity. they taught me how to clean firearms and how to load cartridges in the guns i killed many people in checkpoints and collected money to feed myself that's how i started using guns for the 1st time one day the militia attacked us i wondered some of them it was painful seeing blood and wounded people i was relieved when i was taken out of the armed group i want to be a doctor one day. in but the population is worried about the large numbers of the young people who have joined armed groups a local n.g.o.s. the difficult task. to meet the leaders of some of these armed groups in an attempt to dis arm and rehabilitate child soldiers. as a mother when i see these children in the armed groups. that's what motivated

me to take on the heavy task in trying to get them out of there. we had difficult negotiations with the leaders of the armed groups and eventually got a list of children. we identify and register them after assessing them reintegrate them in income generating activities and for patients training. so that they can forget about and think of a better future. for the central african republic has one of the highest number of child soldiers in the world it is hard to imagine the horrors. and been involved in . a few 100 taking part in this potentially life changing project but there are many more who need similar. in a country constantly torn by repeated wars children are vulnerable. apart from that they didn't provide it to be

a physical safety their experiences can also be hugely traumatic they miss. the challenges and consequences of war with children are enormous the number of children associated with armed groups is increasing unicef will not give with its donors to be able to give legal protection protection in the social system and community protection up to vulnerable children in the central african republic will . be continuing the rest is putting even more children at risk and that poses a huge danger to the country not just to be but also in the future. now the nigerian fill the milk raid is the 1st ever entry from the country to compete for the best international feature film at the oscars the nollywood production is set in northern nigeria and is inspired by the events involving islamist extremists in the region. the milkmaid tells the story of 2

sisters in north east nigeria and their fate doing about that peaceful life until one day. brutal attack on their village turned their lives upside down. they become the victims of the militant islamist insurgency that's so often in the news headlines but hardly ever has a human face for the man behind the film this was a crucial point. as a manager i felt was important that you know we thought back stories. personalities we had all these. things we. needed a daily basis unfortunately in the country although nigeria is an english speaking country the film is nominated for an oscar in the best international film category because most of the dialogues are spoken in local nigerian languages like hausa and

fulani. to show that. the film has already won several african movie awards and the producers had a clear impression from the start to make sure the film looked and felt like an international movie. for the new create we've done our best to ensure that we put all of those elements together and we've told a story which is which is a story from a very beautiful place for. 10 years ago the director abandoned his high fly. job as an investment banker to be sure his lawful film he sees the milkmaid success heralding change from nigerian cinema. even harder me to visit for is a huge encourage parents to filmmakers who don't necessarily want to tell the was commercial type of story is a comedy is all those ones that have lots of people with different popular police.

now that is definitely one film i cannot wait to watch although we learned this week that unfortunately the milkmaid did not make the shortlist of the 15 films for the oscar nominations round it elect the next time but that is a fall program today and this week be sure to check out our other stories on deeds every dot com ford slash africa we're also on facebook and twitter today will leave you on a bit of a rosy nurse as flower farmers are frantically packaging bundles of dollars a head of the 7 times they are saying they believe you are pictures from kenya that's the leading exporter of cut flowers to to the european union have 11 became 2 next time.

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with understand this new culture. you are nothing new to another guests you want to become citizens. for migrants your platform for reliable information. hello and welcome to arts and culture legendary musician chick career has died at 79 of a rare form of cancer we'll look back on his exceptional career and also coming up . in a plea for more diversity both on and off screen $185.00 actors from germany have joined forces for a collective coming out. and german photographer sebastian tired now uses his art to look closely at the fringes of society and where others often avert their

gaze. as a pianist and composer to korea is lauded as a pioneer of jazz fusion he performed with the likes of miles davis and gary burton and his compositions spain and 500 miles high are fixtures in the jazz canon well as someone who pushed the boundaries of the genre he said that he played piano because it felt good and his music was always an experiment. chick corea reinvented himself during the pandemic locked. around he started an online academy showing his fans and friends how to really play the piano. born armando anthony korea he was an exceptional and

a groundbreaking jazz musician he played with legends like miles davis who are as here herbie hancock. in the early 1970 s. he founded the band return to forever becoming one of the most important project knitters of the venue jazz fusion genre. chicory hour and $67.00 grammy award nominations over the course of his career and took home $23.00 . but he faced criticism for his involvement in scientology here he is with actress an archer at a scientology center korea deeply admired l. ron hubbard the founder of the self described religion and thanked him for decades in the liner notes of his albums. korea gained new listeners by balancing jazz and classical music at this concert he combined mozart with gershwin. the orchestra. i have

a background that is focused on playing music. not playing jazz it's a different language and culture and feel and. it's a slightly different musical language. a mix those musical languages on the album the mozart sessions but he remained true to his roots in jazz. in a final message posted on facebook he thanked his musician friends saying that playing with them had been the richness of his life. well it seemed like an unusual initiative this is 2021 after all and you know here in germany a country that where the arts are concerned considers itself to be very liberal but think again was the message as nearly $200.00 actors challenge germany's film and

television industries for their antiquated attitudes and lack of diversity under the hash tag act out. it started with this $185.00 l g b t q actors from german film t.v. and theater staged a mass coming out in a national newspaper they wanted to raise awareness and provoke and change. first of all i think we want to create more visibility for marginalized groups like homosexuals all sorts of people are a people. people trying to. leave. if you were attacked or if you were not. told having witnessed the conflicts which people have in their heads about that topic really made me think that the industry needs to change and also needs to wake up available. oh oh. aren't answer these are the darkest i'm going to

experience how important. what people in the media what kind of stars are at home. or all know you see it you know you have this picture of 185 it is an exorcist and none is like the idea so look so this is like they're the proof that all the stereotypes are stereotypes we have to leave them behind just not hash tag act out is not just about visibility these actors are calling for systemic change at all levels of the film and t.v. industry. so the people have to be there not only in front of the camera but behind the camera not only queer people but also if you will see let people and and people with disabilities disability right now i would say that quest or it's only

a pair. but they're victims so the ones who get murdered are raped or so we're still dislike even in the small parts we are we exist in movie and t.v. we're still this maginot lives and stigmatized. part of the societal. smashing stereotypes about gender and identity on screen these actors argue you mean a richer source of stories for everyone or in media. we were once in a local newspaper and got very proud of and. you know we were. not all were home said. audiences ready bay want to see different firms they want to see different stories so we have to change the structure of the

industry otherwise. not going to. act out is looking to the u.s. and other countries for inspiration and calling for enforced diversity including quota on screen representation. who. stories told. now that they've got the industry's attention act out wants action. to. turn. 185 individuals 185 artists pushing for systemic change. and that report there from my colleague scott roxboro who joins me now from bonn hi scott so i'm thinking that many might be wondering why this act out initiative was actually necessary can you put it into

a bit of context for us how behind is germany in terms of its recognition of minority groups compared to say let's. take in countries because it's not just sexual orientation and tension that we're talking about here. no talk about diversity across the board i mean legally germany is a star along as almost any western country i mean discrimination on the basis of race or sexual orientation is banned by the german constitution but in terms of representation in terms of the faces you see on t.v. and in film the stories are told i think germany really lags behind i mean just turn on german t.v. and you can see it still very very white very male and very hetero normative. so act out has gotten a lot of resonance in the media also internationally how would you say reactions have been so far and where do you think. change will be the quickest to happen. yeah i think change is going to pend on what the people in power in the industry really do i mean a lot of the acto actors that i spoke to pointed to britain as

a model in britain already have a lot more diversity on an austrian than here in germany a very prominent black british counts like oscar winning director steve mcqueen who is a face of british film britain's gone further they've actually made diversity the law so new regulations by the british film institute. put forth that you have to have diversity on and off the camera in order for your film to get public financing if you don't you don't get money from the stage and here in germany a lot of the actors from act out are calling for that same kind of sort of top down movement because they say without that we won't see any real change happen here ok so german actors obviously taking a very very important step they are joining forces to push for more diversity and visibility and systemic change in the industry thanks very much scott ross perot in bonn for that story and be sure to stay safe have a great weekend. well speaking of visibility there are of

course other members of society who barely have a voice at all the homeless and those who suffer from addiction for instance and these are the people that sit down taking seeks out with his camera and after traveling the world his home in cologne germany is a story just waiting to be told. sebastien trade now looks closely where others avert their eyes nickname to katie by his friends he has what's known as street credibility. on the street credibility do i have street credibility i would say yes definitely simply because i've been involved in so many subcultures and i've done and experienced so much with so when i meet new people they take me seriously with the advent of expanding. he dives into subcultures whether it's boxing or skateboarding. in addition he's worked as a stylist has sold men's suits found been

a model. has been his that's me that's how i used to look not even that long ago it's still these days i don't really like being in front of the camera anymore i definitely prefer being behind. one modeling got to be too much he discovered how relaxing taking photographs can be since then his camera has been his constant companion he takes photos of people at the fringes of society he gets close to them and tells their stories. wounds or they will this is a go in close they approached me at some point they stopped me on the street and asked if i would take a photo of them together the fog of fortified and then i gave them the prints they both immediately stood up and were really happy and they looked at me and said now i have a photo of my best friend. zakia topside where someone just scored. just doesn't seem like the lives of people on the street are about more than just

suffering and frustration they also have a laugh with each other. and over the years they spend their they also have their favorite people around them why shouldn't that be shown 2 sides. it's important to take note that his photos are free of lawyer as that requires not just. communication but trust. and in some cases that's even resulted in genuine friendships like with copley and. it's just mystics it seems for me the most important thing is having respect for the other person so that the photos don't simply put them on display rather every photo i take has to contain a certain empathy and that means i have to really engage with my subject as people as extreme. as it's most the result is that's a bust on trade now doesn't take a lot of photos sometimes having a chat is much more important and he doesn't need

a camera for that. and a smile goes a long way to well that brings us to the end of this edition and of this week and you can find more on our website at www dot com slash culture as always and until we meet again to have a safe weekend and all the best from us here in berlin. because

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this is data over the news live from berlin russia piles on the prosecutions against crime and critical alexei in a valley this time he is charged with slandering a war veteran now there's already been sentenced to years in prison for allegedly violating parole russia's relations with the e.u. a worsening fast over his fight also coming out donald trump's lawyers begin setting out a fancy me impeachment trial of the format us president barack hands that trump did not incite the riot at the capitol building and he's the victim of

a witch hunt. cost germany bad. travel from the popular austrian holiday region of tearful with the carnival season in full swing of already say they are doing their best to contain coded 19th cases are still rising sharply. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program kremlin critic lxi novelli is back in court this time on charges of defaming a world war 2 veteran who appeared in a government video the man has already been sentenced to several years in jail for allegedly violating his probation while he was recovering in germany from an attempted poisoning a ladies have called for his release they have also been considering sanctions on russia with the nearly complete north strain to gas pipeline between russia and germany a possible target earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov threatened to

sever ties with the bloc. you short us if we see again as we have felt more than once that sanctions imposed in some areas create risks to our economy including in the most sensitive spheres such as supplies of parts of components i'm convinced that with regards to the military we've become completely self-sufficient systems of what we need to achieve the same situation in the economy. yes once again we don't want to be isolated from international life when you hurt you but we must be ready for the new rules if you want to use always be prepared for war boots. group which new to groups of more than germany's reaction we're joined now by political correspondent simon young so i mean how has germany reacted to the comments made by sergey lavrov and other russian officials today.

well rebecca suggestions that russia might be preparing for war have certainly perplexed the government here in berlin the foreign ministry spokesman said that these comments from circle of rolf were strange and hard to understand and other german politicians have been pointing out. that you know russia would perhaps act in its against its own interests if it isolated itself from the e.u. and suggesting this is just saber rattling the german foreign minister heiko marse has condemned russia's treatment of alexina valley and opposition protesters but has also said that germany continues to be interested in cooperation with russia they don't want to drive russia or into the arms of china as he put it but of course these type of comments from the russian foreign minister don't make the dialogue and cooperation any easier what about their german government approach to

sanctions especially when it comes to their position on that controversial gas pipeline between the 2 countries. well bert lynn has not ruled out more e.u. sanctions being imposed on russia and of course some other e.u. countries are quite keen on that idea but of course the german relationship on this point is overshadowed by the north stream to gas pipeline project angela merkel and her coalition partners are sticking with that plan that project which is nearly complete despite the growing and increasingly all double opposition to its donald trump was against north stream 2 there are hopes that the biden administration might be a bit more and not stick germany would like to get talks going with the new administration on nordstrom to if they can and there's hope for some movement in this area but now it seems there's

a new threat to the north stream to project which germany says is important for its energy supply and that's coming from russia's internal politics and indeed the e.u. reaction to it so it's a very complex situation from germany's point of view right simon thank you so tickle correspondent simon young in berlin want to turn to some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour here cranium president a lot of mayors olinsky has visited the frontline of the conflict in eastern ukraine after 2 ukrainian soldiers were killed there in clashes with russian backed separatists so let's he said attacks had increased recently and accuse the separatists of wanting to disrupt a ceasefire agreement last july. the un's top human rights body is calling for the release of enlisted men malaita own son suchi she was detained by the military regime that seize power from the civilian government meanwhile a un investigator says there's growing evidence that security forces have used live

ammunition against protesters. dozens of to museums have blocked roads in the poor southern region of tatar when in protest of what they see as broken government promises last november the government pledged to create hundreds of jobs and fund a fund to support economic projects but protesters say they have not materialized. lawyers for donald trump are opening the defense case in the 2nd impeachment trial of the former u.s. president prosecutors in congress have wrapped up their arguments they urge senators to convict trump for inciting the violent mob which stormed the capitol building last month. so the jurors. prosecutors made their closing pitch on the 3rd day of the impeachment trial of donald trump with a key using up their allotted speaking time 16 hours. and i wanted to start simply by saying that in the history of humanity democracies an extremely

rare and frau drawing precarious and transitory thing this isn't just an attack on the capitol building and the dedicated people inside it was an attack on what we were elected to preserve our democracy. and honor the prosecution made heavy use of video footage of the january 6th riots to prove that the former president had incited the violent insurrection. impeachment is not to punish but to prevent we are not here to punish donald trump we are here to prevent the seeds of hatred that he planted from bearing any more fruit republican lawmakers were quick to dismiss the arguments but if you think of the arguments today. i thought they were awfully repetitive. and awful because.

a 2 thirds majority is needed to impeach trump meaning 17 republican senators have to cross the aisle. let's go straight to washington now and bring in our correspondent stefan simmons who's following the story for us 7 day 4 is already upon us today it's time for trump's attorney david sharon and his team to put their side forward what can we expect from them. we can expect a whole day of defense team deliberating and pushing their agenda pushing their parts or his side of the story if you will this will be interrupted by little breaks every 2 hours and then a bigger break later in the afternoon after a few hours it is not expected that the defense team takes the entire allotted 16 hours over 2 days they will at least that's what we hear a lot shorter and so that means that tomorrow we could already have

a vote on if donald trump is found guilty or not guilty of inciting this insurrection the. defense team is going to be busy to do 2 things they not just refused but defuse the fuse the case the democrats or the house impeachment managers who act as prosecutors in this political and constitutional trial here. bring forward they will try by showing video also to to convince everybody that of course the president did not in his speech on generally 6 or in any other speech inside any insurrection or violent but he said that he was clearly in the realm of political rhetoric when you mentioned the video in fact that's what prosecutor prosecutors use they played a lot of that capital riot footage that many of us have now same same time as hell that how much of an impact do you think that has had on senators particularly the

republican senators that the democrats need to win over. i think for a couple of them that was quite eye opening and it did have an impact on them they were there. and the video showed in most cases that how really really close they came all of them almost came to confronting those protesters who were really really angry and wanted expressively and as expressed hang. the vice president at the time mike pence and well put a bullet to the head of house speaker nancy pelosi and so on so yeah it had an impact they were. emotionally touched however will this impact their vote will this making republican senators go in droves over to the other side and convict an old trunk i don't think so. stefan thank you stephan simmons speaking to us from washington. meanwhile u.s.

president joe biden has confirmed he'll take part in next week's new nick security conference becoming the 1st sitting american president to do so event organizers announced in a tweet that the conference will be held virtually this year and broadcast live the munich security conference is a k. event for addressing international defense issues biden has attended the conference in the past while vice president to barack obama according to a white house press secretary biden is expected to push for greater cooperation between the u.s. and europe. governments across europe are scrambling to contain new more infectious covert 19 variants germany is imposing travel bans on the czech republic and austria is terror all region the leader of the german state of bavaria of crimea says taro taro needs to take tough it action data but he's funny reports it seems like a deja vu we are driving through to rule the very same state you know that was

a major sport in europe when the pandemic began is making headlines by becoming a good sport again this time with a new variant from south africa and most cases stem from here shots a district in to rule 60 percent of at least 400 cases this makes austria the 2nd most infected country have to south africa with a coronavirus mutation. but with carnival season in full swing the people here don't seem to be worried much we only went out for a little bit off and will be again in our position over to the house of of the coach this is this. it is the same thing that happened in ishqiya last year there is a concentrated move to look for someone to blame myself for they are not. sure it is but we still blame anyway people's behavior politics opinions are split. over this

question here and i hate the show and feel free of the. should have had buddha checks much. for better you could also have been prepared much earlier year when the. orange yellow. it was the restaurants and hotels remain closed and foreign tourists away there's plenty of domestic tourism austrians with holiday homes or even daytrippers and when they leave to roll in many cases the virus leaves with them starting today people leaving to rule to other parts of austria must present a negative call the test pharmacies like this one have set up testing facilities to meet the demand but the south african variant has already spread beyond the state borders have to rule the measures to set up the principles now too little too late . as you say this is just one measure out of so many i believe measures like these cannot be put in place from one hour to the next because it is such

a logistical challenge. that a political one to austria is a federal state both the central government and the state governments need to coordinate how to respond to a crisis which takes time exactly what does not happen. china has wrong and they learn a new year kicking off a week long nationwide festival colorful and emanations and red lanterns a symbol of good luck in china welcomed in the year of the ox it's the 2nd year in a row that covert 19 has cast a shadow over the celebrations the holiday normally sees the world's biggest annual migration as people across the country visit their families this year though the government is telling people to stay at home. and watching the news as a reminder of the top story we're following for you kremlin critic alexina valley is back in court as tensions rise between russia and the european union develop. he

is accused of defaming a war veteran rusher is threatening to break ties with brussels goes ahead with sanctions. that's the news that update this hour up next is business with stephen beardsley will have more headlines for you at the top of the hour i'm rebecca races in berlin and thanks for watching. we've got some tips for your bucket list. manticora. cuts hard for some. and some greek ultraman for years to boot. double trouble free go. to come to this. one giant problem and move it.

reminded me of the change in mood in a fuel economy. how will climate change affect us and our children. dot com slash water. germany could begin finding companies for dirty and inhumane supply chains but critics abound on both sides of the measure with some complaining the new rules would be too weak and others arguing they're too onerous for big companies. also on the show south african president holds a promises to kick start vaccination and his country's economy but the south africans trust him. and only a handful of african countries are receiving coronavirus vaccines at the moment look at the international effort to boost those numbers. poor welcome to the show

i'm seeing beardsley in berlin scared to have you with us well after years of wrangling the german cabinet has finally agreed on a new draft law to hold german companies responsible for the environmental and human rights violations of their suppliers and the proposed measure threatens the penalties but also provide significant legal options for the companies affected and that compromises spring critics on both sides of the measure. a bright day for human rights that's how the german government has described the completion of its draft supply chain law soon germany's biggest companies will be responsible for ensuring they source materials and labor without harming workers or the environment the 3 ministers who announced the law on friday said it was the right thing to do. before and for what it's about the responsibility companies have also for their

suppliers it's about respecting human rights in global supply chains and humane work but the law hasn't been universally welcomed business groups have warned it could harm the competitiveness of firms based in europe's biggest economy folks bargain for example has more than 40000 suppliers worldwide keeping track of all of them could be expensive but the german government says the law will help protect the world's most vulnerable. for example we're talking about around 150000000 children who are forced to work it in textile factories in bangladesh or gold mines in mccain a fast so half of these children are below the age of 12. the punishments for breaching the law haven't yet been set out the ministers say fines could run into the millions of euros either way when it takes effect in 2023 the supply chain law

will have an impact on workers the world over. and for more on this i'm joined by miriam zaga mosse she's vice legal director for the european center for constitutional and human rights or e.c.c. h.r. here in berlin miriam welcome to the show the german labor minister has called this a historic measure is it. well it surely is because it is the 2nd of its kind of laws in europe there's only been a similar law in france so from that regard at this. is it is also a right step still there are a lot of flaws that from civil society of the specter of we do criticize can you name some of those flaws. well you know it starts already that it's only covering really large companies step from what i understand 3000 with 50000 employees only in germany that is that excludes

a number of companies that are especially. active in high risk for human rights questions. and then most of all and something we strongly criticize is that this law does not include civil liability which means that it does not necessarily enable victims of human rights abuse in which german corporations have been involved to bring direct civil compensation claims in germany. may have under this measure who defines what a human rights or environmental violation is. we need to still see the text from what i understand is that i think they will be looking at international human rights standards and i do also hope international environmental standards. and then it is up to the companies to identify the human rights risks in their business activities unfortunately again this obligation only

extends towards subsidiaries and 1st year suppliers from what we understand and only if companies have been made alert of this particular wrists further down the supply chain then they will also have to act upon those. at the same time it is a governmental authority that will overlook the process off. of implementation so it is also to be hoped that this governmental authority will actually thoroughly investigate into company's behavior and they also by then defining potential fines define the human rights standard that needs to be applied so it's not completely up to the companies to define that all right miriam zaga mosse with easy c.h.r. here in the land thank you very much thank you. south african president sir rama poser promised to revive the country's economy in a national address thursday he also announced

a new batch of vaccinations aimed at the local coronavirus variance around oppose a vow to improve the nation's crumbling industrial infrastructure including container terminals railways and ports he also promised to bring state electric utility eskom back to health on the south african economy was interest even before the pandemic ram opposer also announced thursday a deal for 9000000 doses of the johnson and johnson corona virus vaccine. and for more on this i'm joined by the correspondent in south africa ellis van gelder in cape town to be particular ellis good to see you this speech yesterday given by ram oppose it what did south africans want to hear and did they hear it of course they want to hear that things will get better i mean millions of jobs as the last june. and then mick i also think that they really wanted to hear something tangible not just like we're going to make the economy better we go into fights that corruption and here and there they try to do that for example mentioning that

the pull tree industry has been growing there's a 1000000 more chickens produced every month in south africa the sugar industry there's less and less sugar important and more more produced locally so deezer thing that kind of do resonate with people but in the end it's of course about what it means for people their own lives and we do hear more and more people that are really really struggling and yet not going to get better anytime soon. and unemployment south africa around 31 percent are opposed to said during his speech that's remarkable he also mentioned a lot of these infrastructure projects that i mentioned where does the money come from for all of these south africa is in a lot of debt. yeah it isn't a lot of depth so definitely need to find a way to to cut expenditure and maybe even a tax hike although that will be very unpopular now of course because everybody is

struggling deploring money on international markets they're having loans from i.m.f. and other other banks so and there is well i must say that there is a little bit of people are not content about how south africa is spending its money for example there's a lot of state owned enterprises here that are not doing particularly well one of them is that african airlines the national airline. and eat even during the pandemic the government gave another bailout to south african airways they had many already before and at the same time didn't care q. or flexi at sodium like ok so you're spending that much money now on our airline that you know is not something we now particularly needs and you didn't buy that seems yet so i think there's a lot of people are not very content also not because things are not very transparent it seems. briefly to south africans appears to still trust from a pose as he's making all these promises look they do say we've heard most of this

over and over again you know and they are definitely not sure what the road ahead is for for south africa and the problem is as well is that the inseam a process party it's not one block of people that have you know that think the same and not have the same ideas of where the country needs to be and there stood a lot of corruption is a lot of infighting in the party so yeah no peopled definitely don't see the future a very bright here at the moment and not just because of the krona but also because of the politics ellis one builder in cape town always a pleasure. well with hardly any passengers flying more airlines are turning to freight kenya airways is the latest carrier to try to do just that it wants to transport vaccines and the airline says that flying $3000.00 tons of flowers every week to europe has provided it with experience to transport goods

that need to maintain that cool storage conditions similar to those required to safely ship many of the covert vaccines but just how many vaccines that could be flying between africa and europe that remains a question. and most african countries are still largely shut out of the competition for covert vaccines take a look brazil's amazon this region may be very isolated but people there are facing the same problem as everyone else around the world they haven't been spared from a coronavirus pandemic that's why experts are calling for vaccination programs to be global. the divide between high middle and low income countries is clearer than ever and access to the exceeds back fire. good devoted lingers the great tradition of dangers but they should. to stop that from happening developing countries worldwide need access to vaccines only 6 of africa's

$54.00 countries have begun to vaccinate their populations the world health organization lead international immunization initiative colfax aims to distribute 350000000 doses to developing countries in the 1st half of 2021 and 2000000000 by the end of the year that means at least one in 5 people in those countries could receive a vaccination by the end of the year. was vaccines of course critical to the global economy recovering also critical is supply chains working and right now there are several pinches in them one of them is shipping containers where prices are soaring due to their low availability that's not the only not slowing down global commerce take a look. cities are all decked out for china's most important holiday the week long new year festival all chinese families celebrate together anxiety is increasing in europe demand for goods made in china is huge traders are filling up their

warehouses manufacturers need supplies to revive production but few freight containers are available following last spring's coronavirus crash shipping companies reduce their capacity by about 20 percent now there's a bottleneck that's reflected in the price less than a year ago it cost $1400.00 to ship a freight container from china to europe now the prices soared to $8000.00. but it's not just ocean freight that's congested assembly lines are at a standstill due to a microchip shortage. steel is also in short supply and key role materials such as copper are almost impossible to get the supply chain disruption is becoming a hindrance to economic recovery even though demand has begun to pick up worldwide companies are having trouble getting the materials they need to ramp up production

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