answers. and there are many storms to. make up your. job made for mines. this is d.v.d.'s africa on the program today that kidnappings and insecurity and not each area on troops terrorizing communities in the middle of the country of death seeing people and demanding ransom all parts funded brings us the story of a family tragedy in the northern supporter state.

and nominees from the acapella group just say they've not been able to say don't come since like they've done in the pas but they're seeing through it anyway. hello i'm christine one it's good to have your company the nigerian schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week have now been reunited with their families and all back home the girls have been in government k. in the north and some forest states are receiving medical checks following their captivity now while news of the goals of death and grap international headlines many more kidnappings happen very often in northern and central parts of nigeria gangs take people hostage and demand money for their release date of the correspondent for when you was in some far reporting on the kidnapping and

subsequent release of the schoolgirls then in neighboring so-called a state he came across the story of a painful family tragedy. and fred joins me now to tell us more about that story back. hi fred it's good to see you tell us about the family that you met insole quartile state. christine as we are covering the story of kidnapping of schoolgirls in zamfara state we had about another story in so-called states where. gunmen attacked a community and there we made this man whom was trying he was 1st of all mourning his the death of his son and also he told us that his brother was kidnapped unfortunately they did it after we interviewed him he was killed here is their story. an entire community is grieving more than

it does and people were mad that juma son was murdered his brother too was killed nikita was also too close to jesus. they came around 2 30 am and took my younger brother and god to give the people in the community to acknowledge them us shoot them and they started shooting sporadically and short 10 people and they hate us. after he spoke to juma gunmen killed him the next day he had pursued them to secure the release of his abducted brother both were killed gunmen causing mayhem in the north came the few my generalized and they're taught by the government generals chinese recently was granted a rare access to the bandits hide out they said that children are not being employed. to good to school and never find them have axes. are you guys educated

because men of employment to graduates now i use it does the problem won't work taking we're not educated kidnapping is higher profitable for cream you know and it's jihadi groups in northern nigeria the targets are poor villages and ordinary school children it's the 2nd time in one month this people retract this to mourn their loved ones and each time it's because the bandits are packed this community and killed more than 20 people. raised them the government for its failure to protect them security expert rob you are dumb because 4 day iraq to lead to peace free disarming the bandits that if that approach should fail. you the mug xemu course. to fight them you would a muslim group of the concentration forces with. the room. group equipment border equipment. that the best we could be back in

a matter of the ridge before juma was killed he made his wish. i pray for the government officials to protect the interests of the. free and you must pray i will one day be hard unfortunate if he's community does finally have peace it will be too late for him fred obviously a very difficult story there but just how widespread all kidnappings in nigeria yeah it's very common and it's spread their whole country not only in the north but even in some parts of the south it's happening it's just that most of the times these stories they don't even make it to international news even though can use sometimes they don't cover but of course like this example of this man that we have

just told you. this is a story these are just really just tories that get on the news but it's very. it's across the country unfortunately and sometimes when you're in the north in the northern part of the controversy nigeria it's very unsafe and people always complain that the government has abandoned them yes on that note we heard people in in your report express that sentiment that they feel that the government's assailable to to secure the country when you were in the region of course you know the headlines have come out of that region at times of mass kidnappings by by the extremists and the so-called bandits did you get the sense that there was that there was a little illness miss did you fail and safe. yes absolutely we were on my colleague my cameraman we were on see if we fail safe on

the road from so-called door to zamfara state it was clearly unsafe we had to put on our body protection. we aren't even people generally people told us that these bandits. quite often they thought them and they take money from them they could deny them and the government doesn't care it's just that when. he did not or if you get a number of people have been kidnapped then the government takes some actions but no money that there is a sense of insecurity in this region and it's you can feel the 2 you can you can feel it when you go to bed and when you're traveling around all right that's. when the al west africa correspondent thank you for your reporting fred and thank you christine. let's take a look at some of the stories making news across the continent now days off and

wrist in say they have killed at least one person as opposition supporters clash with riot and these protests broke out in the capital debt call on wednesday and have now spread to at the towns up to the arrest of the opposition politician response on rape charges internet access in the country has. some disruption. the u.n. security council has failed to agree on a response to the crisis in ethiopia's to cry regions russia china and india objected to a u.s. nato response saying it interfered with ethiopia's domestic affairs this on a series of media and advocacy groups as reports detailing in h.d. pieces by ethiopian and eritrean forces to pry. now this year marks 10 years since the music act just 6 burst on to the local music scene in south africa in the last decade distinct harmonies have seen them perform for global audiences like many musicians they've been able to give life because of

the pandemic restrictions but that hasn't stopped them saying. the wanted is a pianist and singer in the just 6 a capella choir from south africa the pandemic killed him and his musician friends heart grew from their little minutes of season but. their push on the show will be fun it's crazy music on the 90 i mean the music is going to keep the seat you know . the internationally renowned singers would like to be on tour now in corona times they only rehearse occasionally after they've had their temperatures taken today's rehearsal is the 1st one this year. to connect with one another again in that in that we means it means a lot to us it kind of encourages us in a certain way i think just mentally carried even the earth.

the ensemble actually wanted to celebrate their 10th anniversary in a big way with concerts at home and abroad but performing in public is impossible right now even in south africa. hardest part for us and artists in general with corners that. we need to have people you know build up in a room like this one that we have you so we haven't been able to work consistently lack of income is a problem to the government. as far as i know has helped a few artists. i have. applied for grants as well apply there's been some before. you know we haven't gotten anything yet this is

affecting us very for very much financially both as a group and individually. in $29000.00 just 6 made a grand appearance in germany at the beethoven fest in bonn together with the board is orchestre income from such performances is sorely missed today. since the beginning of the pandemic the a sample has almost exclusively been making music for digital platforms. just 6 released their 1st album a mix of popular western music and african beats around christmas last year in the middle of the pandemic it was well received nevertheless they can only make ends meet with part time jobs who want to cut carter gives piano lessons on line from his home in pretoria that's what you see.

you know each person i was you know going to get into their savings and kind of depleting here everything that they had even saved up so it's quite challenging. it's all the more important for them to counter the pandemic with their music i'm going to i'm going to. write a new song of the koran. or i'll probably write a corona song says one day calcutta jokingly a little black humor goes a long way in a pandemic to. the world for. that's right that is all. on. africa we're also on facebook and on twitter today we leave you with a couple of music by just 6 we'll see you next time have a wonderful weekend. oh.

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different on the islands of. here women are in charge. are compelled. go visit a tree system for centuries. the rain. starts marching on t.w. . lynn's international film festival is always good for a few surprises and the winner of the golden bear in 2021 is just that and we'll hear more about how the chips fell at the valley not in just a moment and also coming up. they dance in the streets their faces covered to protest rising violence against women in their country the chilean dance collective

. me. on the on line industry portion of the 71st belly not a has come to an end after 4 intense days of screenings the jury made up of 6 former golden bear winners has spoken and the golden bear for 2021 goes to romanian director rob film entitled bad luck banging or loony porn and the title is your biggest hint as to why we can't show you much of it. this woman is a role model she's a teacher even she has a right to privacy but these days private lives all too often end up on social media. in this case a totally private video has gone viral it shows the teacher having sex it's no one's business but everyone has an opinion should she be allowed to stay in her

profession and continue to teach children. the teacher is now suddenly in the public eye. fujifilm pleasing the little girl revestive up here by god but it's a bit but that. the film is about chauvinism conspiracy theories and hypocrisy and post communist romania told as a biting satire for the jury of this year's barely knowledge it was a stroke of genius. and scott rockstro joins me once again from bond to talk about the film that none of us had bet on hi scott bad luck banging or loony porn wins the golden bear what's your take on this decision. well i mean they did pick the field with the best title i have to say i definitely agree with that. i mean this was my favorite i'll be perfectly honest it's a social satire. the images that we just saw don't really do it justice because

there's a lot of very hardcore imagery also in this film definitely not for everybody it's it's it is a nice interesting look at political talkers see and it's quite extreme but i finally found humor quite scattershot but what is interesting about this film is how it was made i mean this movie was shot entirely under lockdown in romania and all the members of the production including the actors were all wearing masks the whole time so maybe that's why the jury picked it because it definitely is of its time it looks like no other film before and probably since will look like it looks like a corona era film the big question is whether anybody will want to watch this movie and in a couple of years time is very interesting with this jury because it was a very different venue knowledge area this year you could tell they were really focusing on craft. yeah definitely definitely and i think it's significant that 3 of the members of this jury are from central eastern europe and this is

a an eastern european film from iranian the style of humor and the way it looks at particularly sexual hypocrisy in eastern europe i think is quite significant that probably appealed to a number of the members of the jury that could be one reason why they think that i didn't take my choice you know i know they didn't and i don't want them when they've been lied to i think about where we're who were perhaps the other know were the winners in your opinion. yeah i agree with some of the choices made by the jury they had their 1st gender neutral acting prize the silver bear for best performance and it went to the german actress. she was the star of this screwball comedy with a side by concept called i'm your man she plays in it she plays a german scientist who's a single and wary of relationships and she's assigned an android who's supposed to satisfy her every need to play by dan stevens of down abbey fame things of course don't go as planned and the 2 end up in couples therapy very funny movie a nice twist on sort of interesting concept and it was one of my favorites of the

festival and another one i'd have to mention is a documentary called have and his classroom which won a special jury prize this is a look at a small village classroom in germany elementary school where the majority of students are migrants or from immigrant backgrounds it's a real fly on the wall documentary but i think really really touching very very emotional and wonderful look at these kids who we often talk about in germany but we almost never get to hear what they have to say you know very interesting viewpoints and i'm looking forward to those films that's got everything very unusual barely not as it took place mostly. online tell us a little bit about the overall experience and did it do the festival justice. yeah it was very strange this is the 1st time i've been doing this 20 years that 1st time i've ever had an on line. the films were quite good actually so that's definitely a plus and the experience wasn't too unpleasant but watching movies on your couch

for a week isn't really the same experience berlin is the world's largest public film festival and audience experience hopefully we'll have a little bit of that in the summer because the winners. this year will be presented again at an open public festival coronal willing in june yeah well let's certainly hope that that will be allowed to happen the audience focused portion of this 2 part barely not on the belly not a 71 the suspense is over for now and now we just need to see all of those great films thanks very much for all of your analyses this week scott roxboro in bonn. all the statistics are sobering joining the coronavirus pandemic of violence against women has soared in latin america where rates of domestic abuse and femicide have gone through the roof since lockdowns 1st began about a year ago international women's day is our 2 to raise awareness of this fact and in our series on artist activists like colleague sophia borden bag has this report

from santiago de chile. this is a. news correspondent into i'm going to present to a group of women that dances masts in the streets of santiago to raise awareness of gender violence and empower women to fight for their rights meet the dance collective by. reversing for the big performance the dance collective. prepares its choreography for international women's day more than 50 women have come together dominique is one of them. you have my for me the collective and dancing in the collective is liberation enjoyment pleasure friendship it's a space where i feel more protected and where i can be more myself in my view was a. means dance masked one dance the red balaclavas offer a little protection from police tear gas but they also provide anonymity the masks have become their trademark.

is one of 4 women who co-founded the collective in november 29 teams during protests against social inequality and sheelagh. more than hiding our identities we want to protect them because there's been a lot of political persecution for a long time even before the uprising. we want to form a collective with a common face at a. protest i'm not moon i but part of the collective. this is the 1st time since the start of becoming a virus pandemic that the women have met to rehearse. where a feminist stance collective and our motivation is to make art less elitist to take downs on to the streets and to understand that our bodies are our 1st territory of

struggle we dance not for others but for ourselves our choreography is our always based on urban downsides such as dancehall trekking and hip hop and almost as. an international women's day last year some 300 women in the collective danced in the streets of some to go wearing red masks some 2000000 people protested across the whole country social injustice in chile led to a revolt in october 29th teen against the country's neal liberal economic and social model from the beginning that protest movement was a feminist one. the walls in santiago bear witness to this protest and to the struggle against the patriarchy and the culture of much as much the women of. want to use their dance performances to draw attention to violence against women was their fate any that's up. from the moment i leave my house i'm exposed to street

harassment we are exposed to obstetric violence violence against women is present in all forms everywhere at home at work in the health care system within families. we live with a myriad of violence i want to believe it will be eradicated but it's a long process because we're in a paradigm shift. this collective is about far more than down's the women support each other and give one another strength they say protesting and dancing together has changed them. beyond the if they mean more we're learning about feminism we're learning to love ourselves and not be competitive with each other but to really find a nucleus where we can express ourselves and be ourselves with each other. dancing with the collective has helped her learn self acceptance.

in me and i feel that for me in particular it changed the way i show myself to the world to those close to me and to myself that many will read masks to draw attention to inequality and uncover one's true self the group will perform this new choreography on march 8th in the heart of the chilean capitol. and more power to them well finally art lovers sense of risk and adventure will be put to the test at a very unusual exhibition in the northwestern russian region of where complete immersion into the chilly northern arc is literally a must because it's located under the ice of the white sea so see for yourself if you'd be willing to go this far. what suits and tolerance for low temperatures are indispensable for visitors wanting to witness this special exhibition held underwater. the pictures are

cool i saw them before but under the sea they look different the effect this very interesting with the torch law. they started to shine and look 3 dimensional. but their. photographer victor in the news displaying photographs of white sea flora and fauna to raise awareness for wildlife or risk due to climate change the artworks will remain underwater until mid april when the ice starts to melt rendering visits to the exhibition site impossible. because there's the crematory yes it's well known that the climate is changing it's the facts although it is minus 30 here today the white sea is the southern most of all arctic sea ice it changes very fast it may happen that those creatures whose life is frozen into the ice will become extinct in the white sea in the near future.

also on display in the underwater exhibition or sculptures by artist denny slaughter and you really shape the objects are inspired by marine creatures living under the ice of the white sea reinterpreted to fit the artist's unique vision. some cool art to say the least i'm with i do stay warm over the weekend until we meet again all the best i must here in berlin just want a fetal. position .

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escape persecution he'll meet with political and religious leaders and visit the former islamic state group stronghold mosul.