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and on demand. language courses. and or. w. . this is date every 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 fish from kenya as the lake now cooled the community vetted by the effects of climate change saying it's a blessing but the government has banned its consumption. also in kenya turning pests into profit a startup has partnered with farmers whose crops are being devoured by locusts now
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they are turning to in 6 inch of protein rich animal feed. hello i'm christine wonder it's good to have your company there have been protests across asia following the 2nd round of the country's presidential election the sunday the ruling party candidate and former foreign minister mohammad puzzled 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. 8 by koos.
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resume now seeks to unite the nation. but i feel ready to assume this function that the people decided to give me. and i 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 become 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 whose money now says he won the election. the combination of results which we have in our possession through our representatives in the various polling stations give us victory with 50.3 percent of the vote. against 49.7 percent for the ruling candidate. in an
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ominous sign these monies falling on his supporters to mobilize ignoring an offer by the declared winner presumed to work together in future for the good of the country. as tensions rise on the streets it looks like the immense challenges facing new jab such as poverty and terrorism may be put on the backburner until the current impasse is resolved. i'm now joined by days of these waste of a correspondent fred move when he has just returned from the army where he was reporting on sunday said action good to see you fred the opposition leader mamani also on claims he has won the election that's despite official results he's alleging fraud was the election deemed credible by observe it. those of us are saying that the action was free and fair and there were incidents few problems and there were people killed but that was different from the
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voting process that has something to do with the 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 how many 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 countries destabilized by side gins and other terrorist groups so they cannot risk having another political crisis and that's what is concerning many people. so by all means. they have to say have to talk and discuss the issues before people go on the streets and start making
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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 in this year 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. according to world bank they're saying. one of the 10 poorest countries in the wild then number 2 days also an issue of security jihad attacking their country from all parts on written. people in the army is you could say that it's safe but there is of the contrie is
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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. the office when he starts to to act as the president of. 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 for
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a local drive whistles. it is now to kenya where lakes in the country's risk than your region have reached some of their 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 threaten the habitat of wildlife species now the people who live around lake a lifeline from the devastation came in the form of fish but as a 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. mohammad come out has been fishing for nearly 7 months but he was forced into this business around christmas of 2019 the leeks rising waters finally reached and
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flooded his home having lost everything to the changing environment the former businessman says he had to adapt or die. not planning that these were days or too much and the can never buy fish here but 2020 came with the normal event in fact in the beginning we were free to eat the fish in. the future we were really worried. at the finish over the next few months i thought this delicious so even introduced it to the neighbors 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 only 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
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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 you then they say that is fished out of the half an hour this fish is still fresh. at the local food market fish caught from the lake it's all side by side with other species and whether they know each other not the residents of the crew 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 moves too and hockey. together with her husband they navigate the leak 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. new on what it would be tough if it was us not to come back to
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the water any feel is us to wait for a day i don't think i could because now we're used to letting us to. be very tough if it was us to. nearby mohammed shows us where his house one stupid he jokes about the boot 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 a really begun. now kenya is also battling some of the worst locusts plagues in decades unusual weather passions exacerbated by climate change have created ideal conditions for surging locusts the insects have destroyed crops and grazing grounds across east africa and the horn that once started up 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
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for. a swarm of locusts can travel up to 150 kilometers a day. with as many as $40000000.00 insects be 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 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 the week they come to move they can just be picked. for them. didn't they did because they keep on fly. the bug picture has partnered with local farmers who are desperate to get rid of the locust infestation. for every kilogram they collect the earn 50 shillings
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roughly 50 us sends the farmers harvest the insects all night but not to destroy them. and i used to formulate an awful siege poultry. on pigs because locusts but didn't have that 70 percent of protein so it substitute for the biggest problem the most expensive part of the dissipate so the community around collecting low cost consequently they're worried and they're paid in february alone the projects harvested nearly $1.00 tons of locusts ready to be processed currently good due to question of the low cost of the political from the major local communities last night and after crushing them now the exact time after trying now to take a full 80000000 the straight out of the forces into powder you know to be packed. as east africa works to prevent
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a 2nd devastating locust invasion in 2 years farmers in central kenya might just have provided a boost to the battle turning a past into an opportunity. here that's the kind of innovative thinking at that produces additions to a problem that's a far program today will see you next time. every day. for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities screener how can we protect animals and their habitats what should you put all our waste. we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over deforestation recycling over disposable
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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 to diddy 100000000 clicks on you tube tasha's non-binary and wants to be referred to as they however are not to be confused is just one person producing this music and playing all the instruments. i. i. i. i. am a living room out into the wide world tash whole town a song jungle is a viral hit. at that song when i was fresh out
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of high school i was 18 years old. castletown his videos of busking in downtown melbourne and bedroom performances have been watched by millions of people. the fact that it's turned into this big. thing where it's like a korea and it's proper and it's real is just not because i wanted to do was. music has always been a vital part of the 25 year old's life. i just came in as a crazy my parents would say that i would just pick up anything in the shape of an instrument. turner got their 1st guitar at the age of 30 from their grandfather then in school they used a fake id to perform in the bars and clubs in melbourne using
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a loop station sultana was soon able to recreate the sound of a full band with that one person show approach they released their 1st album flow state in 2018 followed by concerts around the world. by my wife used 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 sultana has further developed musically and loves their artistic autonomy resulting sound is a collector to find the usual categories. i am not a genre best artist i just it's just like me as
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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. tash sultana 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 thinking what other people feel and where they put us let me just get sorry it's just such a heavy feeling all the time i just make my art and i'm not a. there's an international tour planned for 2021 but as with so much these days it's not clear whether that will happen.
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let's be honest it's looking pretty grim and. it's looking a little bit die our little secret but you know what if i can't get in that i can't get in and work i'll be ready and when i go on to earn again i will never ever say that i want to hire. ever. so for now tash full time i will keep making music while waiting for a return to normality. when the state of israel was created back in may 9048 it welcomed jews from all over the world including german speaking jews 1st they were parts 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
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a beautiful if unlikely spot for a museum. the museum is well placed here in tatton to tell the story of jewish german immigrants but unfortunately it now has to move effect the curator is herself a german speaking immigrant thank you. from the early 1930 s. on increasing numbers of jews fleeing nazi persecution left germany and headed for the promised land but the newcomers soon found they were an wanted. man 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 seemed for a 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 is what. this word yeah probably came from the short jackets that the
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german jews wore on the polish and eastern european jews were long kaftans much longer coats. remained. 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's to plant 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 or 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
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had never seen graphic design like this the style is very very german words 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 yakkers 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 given. now the use of gold leaf and paintings decorative ops and architecture dates back thousands of years but it's becoming increasingly harder to find hand between gold
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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 as 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 minute so family under the name madill. the purest $24.00 carat gold is melted at more than $1000.00 degrees celsius and cast as a small bar which by itself has a value of about $6000.00 euros. a
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little gold bar is about 120 grams depending on the thickness required of 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 silver 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 saddam in
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a council 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 there worked with a hammer. 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 kilo's well this one's pretty heavy. the hammering produces thousands of these gossamer leaves a single leaf weighs barely as much as a human hair the other specialized handicraft is in danger of dying out there is
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still a demand for it. art restorer and builder and he's about to my song uses a great deal of mahdi obeidi out about the low dose 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 back doors is who with a 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 referral rest stop in support of the efforts. by
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