you know. long. work people have to say matters to us. trying to save their stories reporter every weekend on d w. this is the w.'s africa coming up on the program the cost of war in ethiopia steve groene region months of the fighting begun in 2 bright back continued concerns about human rights abuses mosques this peace plan so people until when shortage of food also coming up. tanzania is that some yasuda hassan has been sworn in as the country's best female president i will have policies be any different from at previous s.s. .

i met in my junior welcome to the program they have been repeated reports of fighting a structure to show killings and rape from ethiopia steve groene region will be speaking to the country's ambassador to germany for a closer look but before that we take you to mecca the troubled regions capital where at 1st sight they view life appears to have returned to normal but the conflict that began in early november has left its deep box many residents on the number of displaced people who have sought for a future in the city continued reports of the war still raging on. hundreds of civilians are being treated for their injuries in hospitals in the region's capital mckillop they come from all over to great the conflict started over 4 months ago thousands are believed to have been killed since that you tap

sou'west sit in the to buy a bullet from you have to grab special forces and the if you'll be an army started fighting when the fighting stopped the t. ground forces left but the rest of the soldiers started killing civilians and the majority of the people died but some of us escaped in our area about 41 people died . and so we. most of the patients here say those carrying out the attacks are ethiopian and eritrean soldiers who are fighting the former ruling party in the region the to great people's liberation front or g.p.l. if the federal government has yet to officially acknowledge the presence of every trained troops integrate well the region's interim president insists the t.p.s. is responsible for the current crisis why this has happened is a legit is very important because it should be repeatedly said because the russian armed force of the north in the region has not talked so this was one

of the governors of people the borders so without having this force it's not difficult to say no to probably does. the problem is created by this to. make a residents have expressed anger at the situation as if you feel betrayed by the central government to gray held a regional election in september 2020 which was deemed illegal by federal authorities many gradients who are in favor of the country's federal system now want their region to become independent. when it is all. right back. in the league when it. a lot of. it we have. to cover. almost all of the police say well. and then their frustration is also fueled by

a humanitarian crisis throughout the region tens of thousands of people have arrived in mckellar seen violence for months my lot has worked as a volunteer helping displaced communities such as in the school which has been transformed into makeshift accommodation the federal government says it has scaled up humanitarian efforts but people here are still facing shortage of food drinking water and medication the government did not say i mean we didn't do good here is not working his job his just hiding the truth that's why i came here this is not my job i'm here just doing voluntary you know i'm here for my people. she's particularly worried about the children and regularly organizes to distribution in an effort to fight. i'm really mortified but really was going on in my country and this is a very sad i am. i mean it's very sad to see children just be like this with

fighting still reported daily in rural areas to continue to flock to the cities desperate to tell their story they're also showing signs of considerable collective trauma joining me now is. germany. for your time now we're hearing repeated reports of fighting still go and. yet your government says the war is over what is the actual situation. thank you for inviting me as an actress attrition is. a major operation of course not all creation is completed and no you go but they don't. run away and i meant it was all with us yeah the ones who are in bush. or so in the quarter ass in the title company i'm an idiot and source who who need to cry by destroying the by

attacking the national defense forces in the november night and. the military and or social brutally. mix them self out and. we pose. please god only person and one knows exactly the kind of stories a country which the. government went to all beings is reduced to will just be some markup to give them. to all be. searching for and lead to justice or ok so talking about the war your aim was to our. leadership because they were not here into our policies have you achieved. actually is this some of them have come back and do it to destroy destabilize a country and what if it was not such a way it would want was an event in countries that do not think that the whole of

africa and own horn of africa would have been the sport for a terrorist as it was going toward on time so that the countries know destabilized the country in such a way that expected that's why they achieved we want to would such a way ok so you see in. the country now but my mom us about last week we had a woman on disprove graham who said he had been raped by ethiopian under a tree and so just how do you respond to abouts. ok there are still many allegations of abuse in different places even if you can't be and others that you can and government has now. signed. and or feel which is needed by the if you've got human rights commissioner to do the independent and or so invited all international communities to come in for him they didn't need or settle for a journalist to stand or fall for a independent investigators $200.00 that they took and human rights commission to

me to get creative just just to be clear you admit and then that they are every tree and troops on the ground and if they are why are they there ok the honesty of this is one of the investigation going on because there are allegations that it is says. this in this one of the investigation is. why this will be investigated it will be understood clearly with independent investigators. so. to the investigation that you see your government is allowed in because they need you to again write to the un human rights commission to jointly investigate all these allegations of the crimes go in on why do not allow an independent un investigation would full access. they are not. exist anywhere. only even last time it was only for security reasons they put

example if the humanitarian assistance will do not is this too immediate and which was not controlled and if this is. hiding in corners we can kind of anybody the government is responsible to see if investigators who have money here and assistance will do not use this but now in the case of investigation or so why it's a joint issue one. it's not to hurt anyone even today for anybody unhindered access is allowed but to hope as a morsel to understand is a very complex situation ok excellent see. if you're somebody to germany thank you very much for your time thank you so much for your time you did a really. fast female president somehow salue who has a son was sworn in as head of state after the death of her predecessor gianna

michael fully 2 was for the remand office can the 5 year term which ends in 2025 let's hear how some feel about the new president somebody who. now you got i'm proud sammy has been sworn in as president because we as women are capable woman for now we can lay back on the father who left us can't feel the less privileged and now we have the woman who understands the needs of women she will take care of our interests and follow our father's footsteps it will be both about the former president michael fully who is hardworking chills her as his vice president because he had seen the qualities that enabled her to be his deputy begins with that we're certain that she will deliver but. she's a hard working woman who's able to handle that position and i was actually. let's

get some more insights on this tanzanian mohamed kellett from deed of use kiswahili service joins me now many thanks for your time now what can we expect from president sammy also who has. actually not that much changes i mean from from from his pretty i mean from his process president. but then actually there might be some . new developments with some point comes to the mission out of consideration in which in a hospital she mentioned that to us that people to to look forward not to look backward to look for the more positive tanzania that means and we should we should be president either that she means the consummation with the political divide that we are having in tanzania no ok but what is expected of a really in tackling issues such as press freedom and also the way the country are so far handled the cone of virus pandemic. on the press freedom

a she might be is somehow so liberal the way she has been always she was it's always been but then comes true but as pandemic that is now is something which is now which is still showing some very positive moves with it because for example today when she was in there nobody in the audience except for the form of presidents who are wearing musk and even when she was leading the fuss to keep it meeting the same happened so we don't i don't think that would be much to say on the shift in the protocol of how divide us measures but let's see mohamed d.w. africa thank you my pleasure. and that's how we wrap up this show for the week from. all the facebook and twitter pages goodbye.

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why more and more artists are creating murals known as brave walls celebrating the contributions of brave women's rights activists like the murdered brazilian politician mario franco painted by a berlin based illustrator catarina verona. here catarina comes face to face with her fear her knees are shaky as the construction lift takes her to a position 15 meters above the streets of quite spent birdland from up there she works on her dream project. i moved to believe in like 2 years ago few months ago and it was always my dream to cower be quarreling go you know i was always like. one day. so yeah. this is my. what she has created here is an artwork with a political message a jury made up of members of amnesty international and the urban nation museum in berlin shows catarina veyron enos design. what they really

like about my profession that you can be very playful and so there is a lot of the varsity hours of being in the states or because i'm not doing we're all so in my daily routine life and some very small illustrations and sketches and . it's also very nice to see you. size the floor 1. for a nina worked on her mural for more than a week 1st she primed the wall then sketched the image and applied the colors. and the result is what's being called a brave well named in honor of a brave activist and politician here it's mariel franco she was a city councilor in rio de janeiro who fought for women's rights until she was shot dead in 20 teen that was a shock for many women in brazil who took to the streets by the thousands in protest mariel franco continues to be an important role model for many her story

has had an impact on catherine of our own nina as well. all along i wanted to make. a scene where to focus with possibilities of women shows inside which you can see in all of the small characters so it's mystically about free human rights also for women you can be a scientist you can be a musician and you can be i mean there is just about free choice. the brave while in berlin is one of many around the world they draw attention to courageous human rights activists artists in mexico lebanon and portugal have also sprayed or painted these murals in recent years. but. the fact that her mural serves as a daily reminder for the rights of women fills catarina voronin know with joy

especially since the situation of women in her native russia is often difficult in russia we do not have. a law against domestic violence and we're still fighting for this and you cannot imagine how i'll bet it is and it's like it's time i'm reading all of the story. it's not possible to to stay indifferent to not total outcry about the. brave new world and quite reminds us to live courageously and have big dreams. i like to sing to fill a station is the usual text and you can use it as a tool right you can try to bring some message to your list station so i was trying to be very clear with the idea of women's rights only your life and you are on this one person cool free to do whatever you want with your life and do something to me about. more culture news now police in los angeles are investigating

sexual abuse allegations against film star army hammer on thursday a 24 year old woman identified only as the total press conference that hammer had raped her and 2017 your own words here you don't lose a lot of the mayor to go so well through the maze me. earlier this year armie hammer was dropped from 2 films after leaked conversations appeared to show him planning violent sexual acts hammers lawyer says his client has only ever engaged in acts that were consensual. every once in a while d.w.i. culture team likes to check in with the up and coming filmmakers we meet at the berlin international film festival the festival is barely knowledge talents program is where young creatives come together from around the globe and that's where we met german director and editor constantine book who is now focusing his energies on telling stories from lebanon. director and editor constantine

spends his time living and working in both berlin and be root he witnessed the massive explosion that took place in the lebanese capital back in august and this. mushroom appeared out of nowhere and it took a few seconds before the shockwave hit us but. you know i think the scariest thing was not knowing what's going on as to what does this mean for the war or someone talking more about what's happening so poor thing didn't realize what was going on months later it's still unclear who is to blame for the catastrophe many point the finger at politicians and have lost faith in the state. edited this video for a friend. jason. young

people in particular don't see a future in beirut or lebanon anymore because the structure really goes beyond the physical destruction of really destroyed something and people. are friends or family in their hearts and souls and that the structure is much much harder to fix we 1st met constantine back at the $2900.00 belly now the talents program he'd worked as an editor along with cinematographer christopher on the critically acclaimed film capernaum. capernaum explores the plight of children living in the slums of beirut the nonprofessional actors were plucked from the streets and much

of the film is shot from their perspective. the film won it can and was nominated for an oscar capernaum is an important story about children being denied their most fundamental rights. today constantine back wants to process his own experiences in beirut he's currently developing the script for botox bale holt a dark satire that takes aim at widespread corruption in lebanon it's a film about the fashion scene tries to highlight the nepotism and mismanagement behind the glass even ear. if we want to help in any way it's by telling stories from here and it's also by making a film here and employing our friends in the in the film industry and like have you know bringing there's so much talent here so the best thing we can do is make something. the screenplay already has financial backing constantine to start

filming by 2023. in the art world it's called that's french for for a technique that makes 2 dimensional pictures look 3 dimensional and it's artist stefan specialty the results sometimes look frighteningly real. watch out a dangerous scorpion but look closer and you'll see it's only an artwork created by. the artists from northwestern germany is a master of 3 d. optical illusions. stefan realistic looking scorpion took 4 hours to create he chose the motif because most people keep well away from such creatures . most successful paintings and there are those with a spider sitting on a sheet of paper for example people are scared of them.

stefan pops artworks aren't pets and he regularly publishes them on you tube this video of stefan creating a 3 legged over 12000000 views. creating these amazing artworks requires a good eye and special. after all optical illusions only work when you look at them from a certain angle. but using. the main effect with these lego bricks is that i stretched thin. so that when you put the painting down it looks as if the proportions are correct. getting the details exactly right is important that means adding the scorpion's

shadow and tiny hairs on its sting. finally stefan cuts off a bit of paper perfecting the optical illusions. that's really important for the 3 d. a factual it must look as if the object extends over the edge of the sheet of paper one it will force us into thinking the object isn't actually painted on the paper. and here's a 3 dimensional scorpion viewed from one side at a 45 degree angle change your perspective and the fact instantly vanish. stefan pops ambitious plans for creating vast outdoor 3 d. artworks. like creating a 3 d. pattern in a cornfield and then filming it from above with a drone to capture this effect. so. reveals his motif just yes whatever it is it will probably look amazing is realistic.

illustrator and children's fantasy author focus as she's leaving california because of climate change the german writer known for titles like in cart trade trading in her farm and avocado grove in malibu she says the drought and wildfires in california are a major factor in her decision now she's planning a new life in italy's tuscany region where she wants to keep inviting young authors and artists to stay with her. and just one more story before we go it's been 50 years since the british band queen got together with the late freddie mercury as their front man the group's surviving members are now celebrating by posting their greatest concerts each week on you tube i'll leave you now with a little taste season.

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