300 people are seeking. it as a lawyer because no one should have to flee. make up your own mind. w. . made for minds. this is being used to africa coming up on the program a strategic town under siege in mozambique fears grow over the fate of thousands of stranded residents in the town of palma is fighting between mozambique and government forces and jihadist militants and says another day. and after decades of oil spills there's little progress in cleaning up nigeria's niger delta one of the most polluted places on.

i'm told me a lot of it's good to have you with us concerns are growing over the fate of thousands of people in the town of palma in northern mozambique overrun by jihadist militants last week some residents have managed to escape but aid agencies say they're worried that so few have made it to safety reports also still coming up clashes between the militants and the mozambican army and some observers fear the conflict could spread. this is who is now in control of mozambique's northern tip. of islamist militants linked to the islamic state group they posted this video to social media claiming to have killed 55 people as they seized the city of hama tactics mozambique's military says are terrorism. distinct from the clear objective here was to terrorize the population of parliament district.

and to threaten the development of infrastructures that will improve living conditions in the country and for the local population in particular. above all they threaten the biggest private investment in africa a massive natural gas field that was supposed to be the key to mozambique's energy future but nothing has been so. from the jihadists those who fled tell of indiscriminate killing those people decided to show. the police so we stayed 2 days in the war to go to the one was on the side so this is the last and there were no way they're about to start the swords thousands have so far escape the violence many of them making their way to the provincial capital pember however they can staying behind could mean death. for you the only reason it was a difficult moment to tell you the truth it was

a massacre none of us would like to go back there again many people died those who stayed behind i don't know if they're dead or missing. for now these people can count themselves among those fortunate enough to escape as thousands of others remain stranded or in hiding in panama. and with many of polish residents joining another 700000 people already displaced in the conflict does this worsen mozambique's humanitarian situation is an assessment from del m of southern africa director for human rights watch. you might get a crisis that. happens with thousands. and they need. to care about which is. a big question now into living in camps. across into the neighboring countries or. people are living in.

security and it was a bit over 2 years it was come forward. to going to see the beatles and billions in cup with the time is actually overdue for them to this know who to do more or less with these and also look unfortunately the original community sort of took in development community and african. union. this crisis is. becoming more sophisticated and indeed there is no need for be international community to come together to ensure that this is growth through in other ways there is a huge risk. to other parts of southern africa. next to nigeria's niger delta region from well oil has brought the country great wealth for decades but also devastating pollution one of the worst on spills from oil

pipelines have damaged the environment the livelihoods and the health of the residents fred moved when he was in or going to land one of the affected areas to witness the impact. of the niger delta once offered to reach spoilers for farmers and fishermen like mike. know it's a treat to humans on the ecosystem go all you spiels have lived people exposed to hate it was of course me i'm the guy my career. most of them died before the age of 40. our lives in deep in the laggy on the sea. we depend on the sea i see. today almost all of those seafood gone you can't find them again because of the oil spill and this has led to the. level of poverty i find no if not find

a word to describe a study in 2012 estimated that 16000 babies died within the 1st month of their life they died because of oil producer ssion in the niger delta state officials admit that the situation has become even worse since then how many people would do better there last week this week. where day. because this is i don't want their. poverty. in town so food in town so cash and even the necessities of life know what i. must areas of the states would to with our top sick the u.n. says it could take 30 years to clear up the contamination the niger delta pollution has continued despite years of promise is by successive governments in nigeria to clean it up in 2016 president mamadou behind it launched an

ambitious pre-nup project you know good news aren't there what has been ongoing but there isn't there it'll progress has been made residents and activists blame the multinational oil company for their plight they have petitioned their government to provide hospitals and schools to improve their living conditions but the hopeless there isn't a las cruces. in their very. developed a did the foam. the glue up were kind of on the margins the measures also and permit the people that can't be read in the job place through this species. the region provides most of nigeria's revenues but the communities see they get nothing in return and their government has neglected them and didn't have them to their fate. and we can now speak to name or

past the leading environmental justice campaign particularly on the niger delta anymore joins me now from been in city in nigeria good to have you on the program name oh why is this area polluted and who's responsible. as the. referee to be. destruction. those who are responsible this is very. regular. a lot of people blame as you mentioned the oil companies like shell what these companies positions on this issue.

what is the. decay. of. these. issues all. the corporations try to avoid responsibility to avoid accepting the. point that. communities. this is just their way of looking for money so. the problem. is in the pipeline. but the. amount of damage b. don't. care is not something that could be accomplished just look at

people who. got fat damage you talk about can you describe that a bit more what impact has this pollution had on people's lives. it does lives on the environmental situation. is pretty much. always be has. got to be gosling this is blowing across the region. where it was. completely. as we speak some. of us call but we all. continuously. contaminated. meat us. from it. is a difficult thing to do if you're a farmer who wants to wear specs a good harvest the source of but i mean the point i mean if you want our bodies our

countrymen it's a lot of friends lushly destroyed. and the people around here with the fish on thomas so. said oh he's very carefully he'd fish awful who used. to depend on him but that peach so all these nothing but you money and lettuce but . these are the lowest in the mission you're saying it's been decades since this has been going on i do you think that this is still going on the spills are still happening and if if so then has there been any progress made in terms of cleaning up what has been spilt now. the. time. is what is good. the government said oh i broke up once. the addition project and that is just only just beginning slowly so i did not get there

is an extremely contaminated environment. now exploring way back into the past archaeological archaeologists and central tunisia have discovered an ancient site that they've estimated to be more than 6000 years old research as this site shed light on life through several different eras of history the excavators found many fossils of animals especially horses and were also able to use objects found to deduce the way humans in western africa hunted animals they say the find will provide a wealth of information on the culture and environment of the past. that is it for now you can also check out other stories on d

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island's politics it appears that mainland china's power is even being felt in the arts and in television for the 1st time since 1969 a local hong kong t.v. station says it won't be broadcasting the oscar ceremony but t.v. b. channel says it's a purely commercial decision but speculation is rife that it's actually a case of censorship or self-censorship under pressure from beijing so which is it for more i'm going to pull in my colleague scott ross who reports on the global film market scott thanks for coming on why would hong kong television cancel its broadcast of the oscars. yes that's a really good question i mean themselves claim that this is decision to just say. you were are interested in watching the oscars we've seen a little there are a particularly this year because there are 2 nominees. in the. better days

which is not needed in the future category and i knew a short documentary not this well. that documentary which is called do not split. it's a very. busy don't ration is an ongoing one and it's critical . but if you want to look at the real reason behind this might be coming from me. and it's directed actually at the proctor the shares which is normally. chinese. and police and. you have. a government they should. all state run media there to downplay or its. coverage of it and to not cover their own life and this channel in hong kong but it is the oscars. i mean their interests and seen

as. so could be the real reason behind this ok but scott of cory's our does win the oscar wouldn't that be a triumph for china. yes i mean she's has a chance to become the 1st chinese director to win best picture. and initially it looked like beijing was going to really. cheerleader for a while and asked your and that's the record. and then you was all over. social media in china. interviews. where she said some things that some people interpreted as being. shy or critical of china and there was a huge. against it and i guess if you are i think this needs and what we've seen happen which is china going to china is trying to.

sort of market pressure to to influence and to me and. we've. seen our 2nd largest in our world and if the chinese government lots of us will be nice and china. hundreds of millions dollars it. isn't a huge amount of leverage and it seems that the chinese government is using it maybe even the states is using it that leverage in order to only have so many stories made by these directors. thanks so much for your insights scott rocks. well meanwhile in mainland china one subculture is having a moment bogan a style of dance that developed in new york's marginalized black and latino gay and trans communities and the 1970 s. well being is back and in china where homosexuality was classified as a mental illness until 20 years ago getting as

a space where queer youth can finally express themselves. armed with glitter glamour and high heels hundreds of young l.g. t. chinese gather for the 1st large scale voting fall in beijing drag queens and other performers hit the runway to compete in various categories though there are prizes at stake the focus is on community and belonging. what we want to do is to clearly serve the needs of minority groups that are in our community. this is our core goal to create a safe space for them to express themselves. and about a family. who identifies as non-binary is among the contestants performers belong to houses that provide support and are often a replacement for birth families after an unhappy childhood what has finally found the home they've longed for. goal achieved i'm so happy

i can tell my house mother jones say that i got perfect scores for voting old way i feel i've proved myself in a small way it feels like i'm saying test me test me test me let me pass the bill. while voting polls are on the verge of going mainstream in china most people in the country keep a low profile due to conservative social norms but for a while voting has provided a sense of freedom and creative expression. i think i can dance for the rest of my life i can probably dance wacking and folk in old ways. until i'm 60 or 70 it's already become a part of my life so even when i go to the toilet or drink water every day or those i don't walk normally but in a vogue in kalak style not really. from its beginnings voting has had a radical sensibility people here hope it's growing popularity will tell its subversive and liberating edge. gowalla so how much is

identity intrinsic to an artist's work that's the question that's come up over and over as publishers in various countries grapple with translating the hill we climb a poem recited by american poet amanda gorman at the inauguration of president joe biden well the german translation is now finally out done by 3 women of different ethnicities this comes after controversies including in the netherlands over translators who were not women of color like the poet herself some more culture news now the museum in paris is digitized and uploaded more than 3 quarters of its collection now anyone with an internet connection can view high resolution images of more than 480000 works of art including many that are kept in the museum storage. and in london people who have lost loved ones to the coronavirus have

started painting a mural to commemorate their deaths when the work is finished it will stretch about a kilometer in the length and contain 150000 hearts one for each $1000.00 deaths in the u.k. . lazing or sculpture at frankfurt's jewish museum as a kind of mirror image reflected between life and death tragedy and hope an image that embodies the history of germany's jewish community the artist's work explores what it means to be jewish in germany 76 years after the holocaust. this is going to you're standing outside frankfurt's jewish museum weighs 1.8 tons measures 11 meters tall and cost some 350000 euros to create in 2019 it made israeli artist ariel world famous.

and my intention with this work with the tree that is alive that is growing from the ground but this is rooted. in the ground holding above him a tree similar to him in size and shape that it was somehow went through some trauma so that the relationship is kind of what happened to the jewish culture here in germany. a singer 1st went looking for the perfect tree and found it in italy a 60 year old fig tree ready. instead of cutting it down he went to a great deal of trouble to make molds of various parts of it to use for his sculpture. he then cast those parts in aluminum to be later welded together. i think it's always interesting to look to. priests because they always change just

like people it's always different because you're all the different. areas has been living among the turkish and arab populations of the lands vibrant no i kind district since 2006 it reminds him of his hometown jerusalem it has its grungy and chaotic sides he's got his studio here too this is where he can let loose and let the inspiration come. fire plays a role in many of his works the 41 year old sculptor stops the flames to create works in paper or carpeting. i enjoy the process i enjoy the unexpected. consequences i always was. fascinated by fire and i was actually kicked out of high school because i set. my. class on fire but that's

a different story. alienating familiar objects presenting them in pairs and evoking associations are the motifs common to arias lazing has works jewishness only rarely has any part to play in them an exception is his installation dyna he was inspired by the project at the same title by german artist. it was conceived as a kind of memorial to the victims of the nazi regime among them of course chameleons of jews. placing a spot of the stumbling stones in berlin sidewalks on his 1st trip to germany in 2001 i think it was one of the 1st thing i noticed or i came to berlin and it was one of the 1st thing that made me feel like a jewish believing in berlin or jewish live in. in germany.

arias lazing his great grandparents numbered among the jewish victims of naziism now he's immortalized their names inside his sculpture but they're visible from the outside it stands for both remembrance and reconciliation me doing this work here being jewish in germany is anything special for me it's actually quite natural. to create in germany and to show my work in germany those kind of contribution to my home. this year germany is marking 1700 years of jewish life in the country join us to meet more jewish artists in germany in the days to come well that's almost it for this edition of arts and culture i'll leave you now with the latest by italian farmer and artist daddio gambaccini used his tractor to create a tribute to shall go to the left the head of the poets would be 200th birthday see

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