archipelago has had a patriarchal system for centuries. of society to live differently. what do they do with their. starts marching on. this is the news africa on the program today is disputed election the opposition has staged protests across the country and that the poll was fraudulent and that their candidate won. and the fight over a fish from kenya a snake now cooled the community battered by the effects of climate change say it's a blessing but the government has banned its consumption. also in kenya turning pests into profit a startup has partnered with fondness his crops are being devoured by locusts now

they are turning the in 6 into protein rich animal feet. hello i'm christine window it's good to have your company there have been protests across in asia following the 2nd round of the country's presidential election this sunday the ruling party candidate and former foreign minister mohammed won the poll according to provisional results but he's opponent mohamed it also man is refusing to accept the outcome he says he won the election and is calling on his supporters to protest. the former foreign minister mohammed visit and his supporters celebrating victory. if his win is confirmed it will be the 1st democratic transition of power in a country that since gaining independence from france has been played. by koos. to

now seeks to unite the nation. under god i feel ready to assume this function that the people decided to give me. and my will take it on with patriotism loyalty and probity. but supporters of his opponent and former president mohammad it was money up in arms they began staging protests even before the provisional results were declared . they allege the election was fraudulent that ballot boxes were stuffed and that voters were threatened bozeman a now says he won the election. the combination of results which we have in our possession through our representatives in the various polling stations and give us victory with 50.3 percent of the vote. against 49.7

percent for the ruling candidate. in an ominous sign these monies falling on his supporters to mobilize ignoring an offer by the declared winner bazooms to work together in future for the good of the country. as tensions rise on the streets it looks like the immense challenges facing the jab such as poverty and terrorism may be put on the back burner until the current impasse is resolved. i'm now joined by days of these waste after the correspondent fred movie has just returned from the army where he was reporting on sunday's election good to see you fred the opposition leader mamani also man claims he has won the election that's despite official results he's alleging fraud was the action deemed credible by observe it. no observers are saying that the action was free and fair and there were incidents few problems and there were people killed but that was totally different

from the voting process that has something to do with a security in the country but in general they're saying that direction was created and was transparent. for it how much of a destabilizing effect that could not have money was months refusing to accept the election results have on the country. this is very dangerous i would say because the country already is already divided i don't get. the country's destabilized by inside jance and other terrorist groups so they cannot risk having another political crisis and that's what is concerning many people in so by all means. they have to say have to talk and discuss the issues before people go on the streets and start making

viruses because if they do that the people are afraid that the terrorists can even take a chance and attack their country if there is no peace if there is that kind of room for afraid of going into this election and it was told today as the 1st time that there would be a democratic handover of power provided that everybody accepted the outcome of this vote what is at stake for this country which the human development index points to as one of the poorest in from the poorest in the world. they're the biggest problem now it's poverty i mean as you according to world bank they're saying. one of 10 poorest countries in the wild then number 2 days also an issue of security jihad these attacking their country from all parts on written. computronium maybe you could say that it's safe but there is of the contrie is

archery and if they so whoever wins i mean there is a winner now declared by the commission but he knows that's he has so many problems to deal with when he starts archery. when he starts to to act as the president of new zealand thank you for it now let's take a look at some of the stories making news across the continent now ghana has become the 1st country to receive vaccines through the un backed kovacs initiative 600000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine have arrived in the cry it's the 1st batch of $2300000000.00 vaccines expected to be delivered to low and middle income countries by the end of the get and if he is demanding a u.n. investigation into the killing of its ambassador to congo and his bodyguard in the east of the country on monday their bodies were returned to rome on tuesday the 2 were fatally shot when driving in a world food programme on point

a local driver was also killed. it is now to kenya where lakes in the country's rift venue region have reached some of the highest levels in decades now the rising water levels are due to above average rainfall it's caused flooding that's destroyed homes and businesses and threatens the habitat of wildlife species now the people who live around the lake now who lifeline from the devastation came in the form of fish but as of committee reports that lifeline may soon be lost. it's 10 am and the sun is unforgiving on the shores of lake nakuru here fishermen are working and with them preparing their nets fishing nets to catch freshwater fish out of a salt water leak this whole scene in kenya's rift valley is simply abnormal mohammed come out has been fishing for nearly 7 months but he was forced into this business around christmas of 2019 the leaks rising waters finally reached and

flooded his home having lost everything to the changing environment the former businessman says he had to adapt or die. we've grown up learning that this or that sorting much and there can never be a few share but don't 20 came with the normal events in fact in the beginning we were for. the future we were really worried. at the finish over the next few months i thought it was delicious so even introduced to. the legs of kenya's rift valley have been growing over the years sustained rainfall last year inundated homes and businesses this increased fresh water also diluted the sunlight leak making it possible for tilapia a freshwater species to exist here mohamed and hundreds more like him now depend on fishing for their livelihoods but in general they were dealt

a blow after the kenyan government said the fish from the lake contained chemical elements that may be poisonous if consumed it's a controversial topic here very fresh and it took you top of the word that for them they say that this fish not of the half an hour this fish is different. at the local food market fish caught from the lake it's all side by side with other species and whether they know it or not the residents of naku town have created a fishing industry and a lifeline for climate change victims like marianne carey heavily pregnant and wading into the waters the teenage mother risks more than most do and hacky. together with her husband they navigate the lake with no protection but with the knowledge of the shallow waters and good networks that existed before the floods in just a few months the changing ecosystem has already created a new way of life. you know what it would be tough if it was us not to come back to

the water any fela's us to wait for a day i don't think i could because now we're used to letting us to eat and and so it would be very tough if it was us to. nearby mohammed shows us where his house once stood. he jokes about the boots stopping where he hoped his guards would be. it's not easy for him to be back here. but he reminds us that just beyond the walls his new life has already begun. now kenya is also battling some of the worst locust plagues in decades unusual where the passions exacerbated by climate change have created ideal conditions for surgeon. the insects have destroyed crops and grazing grounds across east africa and the horn but once stars have has come up with a way of making profit from the pests the bag picture is working with communities to catch locusts and turn them into protein rich animal feed and organic fertiliser

for. a swarm of locusts can travel up to 150 kilometers a day. with as many as 40000000 insects the easily devour hector's of crops and vegetation on their path but at night the past's take their rest making them easy to hunt. bear it could be a overall cost is that they start trusting in the evening from 6 party. up to up to 8 in the following day 8 or 9 so where we normally wait to have them try to start a business i left 530 because they are they are sleeping in the week they come to move they can just repeat the trees and call it is easier for them to look as you do they live there because they keep on flight by the bug picture has partnered with local farmers who are desperate to get rid of the locust infestation. so every

kilogram they collect the n 50 shillings roughly 50 us cents the farmers harvest the insects all night but not to destroy them. and i used to formulate a muffin for fish poultry dated and pigs costs but didn't have that 70 percent of property so it substitute the biggest for them the most expensive but of course he disapproved it so the community that owned a collecting locust once a collect their weed and that paid in february alone the project harvested nearly $1.00 tons of locusts ready to be processed currently goodland a question of the low cost of the political from the little local communities last night and after crushing them now the drive after trying now to go from nearly a 1000000 now days we're now to the bosses to divulge the you know to be part. as east africa works to prevent a 2nd devastating locust invasion in 2 years farmers in central kenya might just

have provided a boost to the battle turning a pest into an opportunity. here that's the kind of innovative thinking at producing solutions to problems that's a proper dam so they will see it next time. i'm secure that. that's hard and in the end it's i mean you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. new smugglers who are lying so. what's your story ready. i mean when i was a women especially in victims of violence in. parks and send us your story we are

trying all with and this then this new culture. saw you are not even a turnoff and yet you want to become. sitting. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. but it's a multi instrumentalist tussle tama only $25.00 so can i call trash a musical genius. you can make your own minds up in a minute also culture today. a unique museum in israel celebrating german jewish heritage. and we visit the last

surviving family business in venice making gold leaf. pots we begin with the australian musician tassel thomas a multi instrumentalist with a bag full of talents who came to the world's attention value to time superstar the 1st single jungle having gone admit 100000000 clicks on you tube tasha's non-binary and wants to be referred to as they are however not to be confused it's just one person producing this music and playing all the instruments. my. my. i. i. am a living room out into the wide world tash whole town a song jungle is a viral hit. heard that song when i was fresh out

of high school i was 18 years old. cash photon is videos of busking in downtown melbourne and veteran performances have been watched by millions of people. in the fact that it's turned into this big. thing where it's like a korea and it's proper and it's real it's just not because i 7 wanted to do was just. music has always been a vital part of the 25 year old's life. i just came out as a crazy. my parents would say that i would just pick up anything in the shape of an instrument. the tonic got their 1st guitar at the age of 30 from their grandfather school they used a fake id to perform in the bars and clubs in melbourne using

a loop station sultana was soon able to recreate the sound of a full band without one person show approach they released their 1st album flow state in 2018 followed by concerts around the world. my aim in my life is to play as many instruments as possibly can and there's nothing special about it anyone is completely capable of it if you are hungry to get it. over the years tash soul turner has further developed musically and loves their artistic autonomy the resulting sound is a collector defying the usual categories. i am not a genre best artist i just i just like me as

a person i just am me and i just do me and that's just what i do in a musical sense as well is whatever comes into my brain it's just a collection of slack where i'm at. cashel turner also rejects gender labels identifying as neither male nor female for them being non-binary means not seeing the world in black and white but recognizing all its diversity and complexity and the bracing the freedom that comes with that. control what others want to think and feel i can't and you can as well because if we start caring about what other people think in what other people feel and where they put us like you just get sorry it's just such a heavy feeling all the time i just make my art and i let it. there's an international tour planned for 2021 but as with so much these days it's not

clear whether that will happen. let's be honest it's looking pretty grim and. it's looking a little bit di our little secret but you know what if i can get in there i can get in and work i'll be ready and when i go into or again i will never ever say that i want to harm. ever. so for now tash sultan i will keep making music while waiting for a return to normality. when the state of israel was created back in may 1948 it welcomed jews from all over the world including german speaking jews 1st they were perhaps not so well received but gradually integrated into society their bringing their own skills and culture today these are celebrated in the german speaking jury heritage museum also known colloquially as the yakkers museum . the mountainous landscape of galilee makes for

a beautiful if unlikely spot for a museum. the museum is well placed here and toughened to tell the story of jewish german immigrants but unfortunately it now has to move effect the curator is herself a german speaking immigrant. from the early 1930 s. on increasing numbers of jews flee nazi persecution left germany and headed for the promised land but the newcomers soon found they were unwanted by men has against and for they were ridiculed and laughed at their behavior their punctuality their neatness it was all very strange and yet code was an insult and seen for probably referred to the newcomers habit of wearing inappropriate suits those who could drop their possessions with them like auto maya one of the founders of the city of nahariya who fled germany to find him. self in this hot rocky landscape wearing a suit jacket if that's what. this word yeah probably came from the short jackets

that the german jews wore on the polish and eastern european jews were long kaftans much longer coats. most arrivals to the area were assigned a corrugated metal hut to live in this one used to be number 2 vitamin street moti off work has kept the heart in its original form the new life here was a tough one especially for those more used to working with their heads and their hands. see how long stick land because they also got a piece of land and sometimes some chickens dr flits wife who was also a lawyer said to me once that when he got his chickens he didn't know which end the eggs came out of for any of the family in. 'd the newcomers present soon began to have an impact on the wider community german art and design became popular setting the tone for the young israeli society. people

have never seen graphic design like this the style is very very german lives the hackers also did well when it came to business and science but good and hina could only be quoted in private here the language of the nazi perpetrators was frowned upon and had mutambara i was always told for example you should only speak german quietly you don't want people to know you speak it. this friction meant that many actors were not able to assimilate. the ethic in the 1st generation didn't really find their way it didn't work out for them they just stayed within their own culture and they were proud of both of the. effect hopes to move the museum to the city of haifa it's a tall order and she's still looking for sponsors but he echoes never give up. now the use of gold leaf in paintings decorative arts and architecture dates back thousands of years but it's becoming increasingly harder to find hand between gold

leaf in today's day and age and that's because it's a fading craft for example in venice in 1700 there were 300 so-called gold beaches today however there's just one family dedicated to this ancient tradition. much of what glitters here is indeed gold. for centuries venice has flaunted its wealth with this precious metal. now there are very few workshops left that work gold by hand. one of the world's last gold beating shops is run by the medical so family under the name madill down below. the purest $24.00 carat gold is melted at more than $1000.00 degrees celcius and cast as a small bar which by itself has a value of about $6000.00 euros. you

know to restore this little gold bar is about 120 grams depending on the thickness required at the gold leaf we can make 80026000 pieces from a thing you know for your. first the gold is passed several times through a rolling mill which presses it thinner each time. it's rolled into a long ribbon heated over and over. and put through the mill again. the colors nice and yellow you know the gold is pure. the hue tends towards a reddish you know it's an alloy. it might then contain sulphur or a little copper or the d.v.d. that. when the gold ribbon is several metres long it's cut into lengths folded and cut again into little squares sort of minute out so lays these between

sheets of parchment to separate them during the beating. a packet consists of 331st they're beaten with the machine and then quartered once more and then they're worked with a hammer the wood on they so they offer to muck about with obama. the final step is the hammering this is how gold leaf was made in venice a 1000 years ago at that time there were no machines to help with the heavy work. hammer ways to kilos almost nothing this one weighs 4 kilos so it's a bit heavier but for me that's nothing at 8 kilos well this one's pretty heavy. for hammering produces thousands of these gossamer leaves a single leaf weighs barely as much as a human hair does the specialized handicraft is in danger of dying out there is

still a demand for. art restorer and builder and he's about to my song uses a great deal of madi or bathtub but a lot of gold leaf in her workshop. it takes a steady hand of the right conditions to work with this delicate material even a gentle breeze could ruin everything yet the handmade leaf is still less fragile than industrially produced gold leaf. the angel atop st mark's company layer is among the works restored using gold leaf from audio data but a lot thanks to an age old handicraft queen of the adriatic shines on. finally will play out today with a song from the legendary brazilian musicianship bet those is who with the photographer gado is supporting a reforestation project to plant 1000000 trees in his country every year good luck to them this is a song called ray flores stop in support of the efforts. by

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. this is it really use life for a role in a landmark verdict here in a court finds a former syrian secret service agent guilty for his role in atrocities committed by the assad regime and in a mother's corpse a man accused of being the head of the so-called islamic state in germany is jailed for 10 and a half years for young people to fight for the terrorist group plus progress in the fight against koby 1900 gun up becomes the 1st country to receive vaccine under the un backed scheme to ensure low income nations get their fair share.

and while hark thank you so much for your company. everyone it is the 1st verdict of its kind worldwide never before has a member of president bashar al assad's regime been convicted of atrocities outside syria while now a german court has found a group guilty of being involved in crimes against humanity it has jailed him full for years he was going to fix it if facilitating the torture of syrian opposition protesters a decade ago in damascus the secret police agent fled to germany where he then was arrested while torture victims testified in the case and i'm hoping it will set a precedent has every news broke to one young syrian here in germany who shared her

heartbreaking story there always fresh flowers next to allie mustafa's portrait she was forcibly disappeared in syria 8 years ago the few remaining photos of him i was daughter of wildfires most precious possessions just look at them a 1000 times trying to conjure up his presence the day it happened was i was away her mother then living in northern syria had meant to visit her husband in the mascot's they hadn't seen each other in months. 3 minutes before she arrived she called them and said i need 15 i'll be there in 15 so he said that i clean the house everything is perfect and i'm just waiting for you'll. see our fists in minutes later she i have and doubt she called him and he never responded.

i mean of the day i'm so calling to neighbors armed men have come to take stuff away wafa her mother and sisters had to piece syria one week later and leave him behind they still don't know anything about what happened to him. and i actually survived by leaving play on optical canberra maybe i have physically for 5 somehow but you cannot just get used to the fact that you lost your job in one second you know you cannot just use to the fact that tends to the fact that he just disappeared for norrington. bathos father is one of 130000 people who have gone missing in syria. like to bring in now for strife he is a human rights lawyer for the syrian center for freedom of expression he followed this trial from the beginning and is joining us now from the german city of coal plants are there to see you again sir these abuses took place in syria why did this

trial take place in germany yeah good afternoon from collins i think there is so remote that laird actually this question is 1st of all an international justice and international court was an option the i.c.c. and the heat is national crude oil and was an option because syria is not a member states the united nations security council has been blocked by the u.s. and by russia mostly so and so that wasn't obvious enough for us for a special international actually you know and then secondly i think it's important to know that germany has since the beginning of the century that this is very law and there is a code under national crimes refused to even address the jurisdiction on the most shortest crimes. against humanity genocide and it doesn't matter if those crimes are committed to iraq right foreign nationals against these foreign nationals and internally it is shooting once you know here that germany wants to prosecute these crimes and wants to put a capacity into resources and to do so because it asked somewhat of

a moral obligation as well of course to many 800000 syrians living in germany if you followed this trial very closely for over a year what have you learned about this syrian secret police officer. well i think over the months and also still today became clear that this specific individual was one small piece in the larger structure in the criminal structure and that community against humanity back into the night and 12th that was now and found to be the case by the court for the 1st time in approach to this defendant was really a small piece within that structure and i think at the very day of 4 years and 6 months and distrait step and in the judge in oral decision that he made out today i made a point of that that this man is not going to do for as a representative of the regime before his international for his individual crimes and his contributions smart resolutions limited contributions to just larger crimes

by the syrian regime. do you expect that there will be more trials like this. i mean 1st of all of course this this is like i said it well at 1st finding criminal courts that crimes against humanity happened there this is going to be a direct precedent for the 2nd case that and that is going on in this trial against this because if you spend and how you are making this and where are and then bernie is supposed to come in sometime this fall maybe early maybe later we don't really know for sure so that's a direct precedent and then i'll cite from that in germany for sure and in other european jurisdictions that are preparing cases and against former syrian regime officials and of course they will look at this and they will see this as a 1st step towards holding the former syrian regime officials accountable for their crimes to strive human rights a lawyer for the syrian center for expression thank you for joining us thank you.

and another high profile trial also here in germany a guilty verdict for a notorious iraqi preachers convicted for recruiting young people to fight for the so-called islamic state while the man known as. was believed to be the group's leader here. after 3 years in the dock the verdict was handed down guilty of belonging to a foreign terrorist organization helping to plan subversive violent acts and financing terrorism. find out of the law was known as the leading authority in the fundamentalist salafist scene and he and the other defendants primed young men feel logically and ideologically for missions for the islamic state they arranged contacts with smugglers planned travel routes and gave the men money to leave the country and wanted men to go for the order that i think if you. this is the mosque in hilda's heim where i will are preached holy war he was also

known as the preacher without a face for his online videos where he had his back to the camera. among those he radicalized from the mosque where german twin brothers who blew themselves up in a suicide attack in iraq in 2015 and a teenager convicted of bombing a sikh temple in germany in 2016 he also had links to anas amery who mounted a deadly terrorist attack on a christmas market in berlin the same year. abu alaa was arrested in november 26th scene investigators had him under surveillance for a long time. the preacher chose to remain silent during the lengthy trial he was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison. 3 co-defendants were handed down sentences ranging from 4 to 8 years. well i'll get you now some of the other stories making news this hour distraught families in ecuador are waiting to find out whether their relatives are

among the 79 inmates killed in prison riots the violence erupted in jails in 3 different cities where needed fights appear to have broken out his rival gangs battled for control of the detention centers. georgia has seen fresh protests against the arrest of opposition leader nick on melia demonstrators drove in convoy to the prison where mail yet is currently being held the political situation has been tense since last autumn's elections opposition figures say the vote was rigged by the governing party. police in the german port of hamburg have seized 16 tons of cocaine the most ever found in europe the drugs were hidden in cans shipped from para why 7 tons of cocaine were also seized in antwerp belgium. germany has approved 3 covert 19 rapid tests for home use medical professionals

have conducted all testing up to now the kids should be available in a few days officials hope home testing could help ease the national lockdown minister yet spahn had been criticized for moving too slowly. over and gonna has become the 1st country to receive vaccines from kovacs a global scheme and at ensuring lower income nations have fair access to covert 900 shots some 600000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine arrives in the capital the going back to program is hoping to deliver 2000000000 doses around the world this year. i want to take you now to do you have your correspondent. in our crowd gun up all eyes on gun out today isaac when will vaccinating vaccinations starts and who are the health officials of prioritizing. well firstly they are

one of the box in has actually been walk on by and many guys excited about see what is next i expect it is there really an out of the box and we are expecting that to start from next week which is much too and of course focus will be for people why health way because teachers we're also talking about lawmakers the judiciary and people who have on the lending health conditions who are patients of and of course people who are older than 60 years of age that is really the plan by government and it is because there are concerns with a rate at which inflation is going high in the country and set the scene for us i said what's the situation in terms of closing 1000 and sections in ghana. so we have a it's a 1000 cases over $500.00 beds and there are reasons why it is serious because for example parliament are hard to sustain seats in because of the infection rates in

the legislature that tells you how serious the situation is and the government and health officials want to contain the spread and that's why the vaccines are is very important in the fight against 1000 in ghana i say you have the opportunity today to talk to people in our where you are and they told you about how they feel about the vaccines arrival and if they're willing to take the job let's take a listen to your conversations. i am very excited that it. is good because. if someone. i was with because. sometimes some medicine that isn't way for us has been sick and they give you some drugs be it doesn't kill you so this brain. can one is used to hear that we have all phased back over 1000 boxes and i mean. since last year was

a lot of. jobs and leave enough to get used to. dissect please tell us how is gonna getting ready yet for the rollout. so the government has talked to by educating the public the various programs in the local media to get people to offer should the fact that they need to take the vaccine to help stop the spread of the vireos across the country is being taken by the government alongside trying to ensure that. what is in place to deploy the boxes in hot spots in the country places where the infection has been spreading already fracture rate is high so that's become 1st followed by reducing their spread in those areas before we get to the rest of the country. reporting from guyana thank you. by munich and their striker 11 down ski have been named

finalists for the prestigious 2021 loris world sports awards will buy and won every available title last season becoming only the 2nd team to manage the feat leavened ascii had his best ever season scoring some 55 goals and has already won best men's player awards from both fi fun and you wait for the winners of the lars awards will be announced to me. the new head of the tokyo olympics organizing committee has announced a gender equality team aimed at boosting the proportion of women on the board cycle hashimoto's said she's set a target of 40 percent women and that the initiative is one of her top priorities as she moto became president of the tokyo olympics committee after her predecessor resigned this month over sexist remarks. and all right now the top of a story that we're tracking for you this hour a german court has found a former syrian intelligence service said agents guilty of facilitating state

sponsored torture in syria in the 1st trial of its kind the defendant was charged as an accomplice and exposure of opposition activists into the hell are. you watching the news up next in general don't allow with your business headlines on women brought in for a lot to look forward to seeing. how does a virus spread. why the repairmen by and when we'll all miss them just through the tactics from commerce and i we can read your progress. if you would like any information on the chrome virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it where ever you can get your podcast you can also find us and protein w. dot com look for him slash science of him.