tomorrow to day. 60 minutes on d w 5 w's crime fighters are back to get a quick look africa's most successful radio drama series continues olympus odes are available online course you can share and discuss on w africa's facebook page and other social media platforms such crime fighters to mindanao. from emotional abuse to physical assault and murder domestic violence is far more widespread than many people realize the bad guy alliance against women is the biggest con demick there as it is experienced by one in 3 women worldwide all too often the fatal outcomes are downplayed as family tragedies why couldn't they see that it's a homicide. that needs to change. but not suspicion not just

curios breaking the silence around domestic violence is crucial from an early age just as comes children on never tonight is the guys that remember that survives. it's time to end the violence. stayed silent during years of emotional and physical abuse today talking about her trauma helps or heal she's now part of a global campaign standing up for the estimated 1000000000 women suffering from abuse worldwide shapley potential i've given it some since when it is today. here in germany the munich branch of the 1000000000 rising campaign has organized dance flash mobs on valentine's day to protest domestic violence. i just read it as

i've always done for the fact that they join other groups in some 200 countries around the world all dancing to the same choreography. of the time it's the 4th time alexander and are organizing the event here in munich . just east of. 1000000000 rising is this amazing pounds dads provide us such a positive statement and of course to teach. instead of people just standing in protest with victims continue to be stigmatized to mention this is simply about giving women the chance to dance to get. it ted says this is what we want to do and i will be him for lively protests like the last one held downtown are on hold at the moment to the coronavirus pandemic and we have to find an alternative to doing

it on the street i know that's i could make some inquiries with the women's team. if they did allow us to do that don't join the half time and pray it does in terms of speaking up on an issue that is often sidelined and silenced in germany a woman is killed by a current or former male partner every 3 days one in 4 women will suffer from some form of the mystic violence at least once in her life of phenomenon that impacts women across all social groups. wants to help bring about change today she's taking action with a photographic portrait project. in that i'm not sure because of that as you can and. i'm looking forward to what's in your phone or. do you think the owner or takes photos of abused women for national geographic magazine. help thing i brought along

a few photos to give you an impression if i went today at. her portraits bear witness to an ordeal that 45 year old knows all too well systematic abuse through humiliation threats and physical violence. after 6 years of torment left her partner she's one of the countless women who experts designate as survivors the term speaks to just how difficult it is to leave a violent relationship with them and some of them. to kyle it's a gradual healing process being able to tell yourself yes this is what happened to me and i can do something for the world by talking about it. her ordeal began with verbal insults but gradually escalated into physical abuse her partner ended up locking her inside their home manipulating her to such a degree that she believed it was her own fault it's a typical pattern as part of its promise to close the problem i still don't know

why are allowed it to happen and how i didn't see that this was physical abuse. accountable and was she saw what i needed to lose able to deny me that i didn't insult and gradually he may be dependant dogfish took a mission up english. in the 1st year after we met in the courtship i ask he really seemed to worship me that. he was a lovely man he knew how to listen on trial of money that also enabled him to find out everything he needed to know what happened in the years after that you need knew where he could apply the pressure that's contra eventual he she left and found refuge with her son in a women's shelter in her work if he has seen society's tendency to blame the victim and relativize the abusers actions might see is the smiting my own aim with this work is to help encourage people to become more fit. in the sphere. it's ridiculous for society not to look and see what's happening. we all have

a role to play fast this is a structural problem and flocked to tell it. is not just campaigning for greater general awareness. she's also setting up a project to provide immediate help to women who needed. to sell him and christina kopp have taken to the streets of vienna their goal is to encourage people to intervene if they suspect abuse. inspired by a german partner abuse project called stop. decided to bring the concept to austria . some cases of domestic violence do involve women as the perpetrators but an 81 percent it's women who are the victims. really need to learn about how to intervene you have to try it out and to see how

it feels when you bring up the issue with someone i know a lot of people struggle to even say the word violence what is that something we want to practice in order to remove that a fear that one can be sure i'm out of for raising awareness is important but government involvement is essential since 2011 the istanbul convention on combating violence against women has been ratified by over 30 european countries signatories commit to supporting measures such as prevention through education and increasing shelter capacity and ensuring a back to punishment for perpetrators calling the istanbul convention an important breakthrough. home or adds that implementation is often problematic and fact turkey itself recently withdrew from the agreement. on islands against women is the biggest and that make their release of its experience by one in 3 women worldwide in austria one in 5 women suffer violence from their partner at least once in their

lives a huge part of it all the secret gets shown is the scale of the thing that motivates me to take action i want to provide support and encouragement for every single woman out there. she runs a group of women shelters as well as be honest domestic abuse hotline and wants to expand these networks further. this hospital has a special program for training staff to deal with victims sabina is the director of the victim support group and explains what health professionals need to keep in mind when talking to traumatized women. the schtik use it is vital that you ask for their consent. the woman has to agree with everything you guys are doing. she's experienced a massive violation of her own boundaries. is that while it's common for victims to feel ashamed it's also important for staff to properly document injuries.

and this is that this is a close up of head cheek nose and i see her i also have photos of injuries to her neck. photos that constitute evidence for criminal proceedings from each new said he says from a medical perspective it's good to have a basis for the subsequent discussion. with your movies so we try to document the injuries inflicted on an individual as comprehensively as possible so that she has the option of pursuing criminal charges at the. once a month there's an interdepartmental meeting currently the additional hurdles posed by the corona virus are a major issue of concern for many women the 1st resort for seeking help is a hospital this. coming into hospital was so difficult there's a lot of women didn't even try. decision and going to the hospital after suffering violence is a hurdle and now to also have to go through the trio process of the entrance

doubles that hurdle that if you have a lot of women had no way of getting out if they were unable to phone anybody for go to a shelter it was impossible to escape which is why we've expanded our online counseling service it's now staffed every evening from 7 till 10 and it's working pretty well in the 1st 9 months of the pandemic the hotline had already fielded over 1000 calls study showed that one porn teen at home is combined with financial worries and mental health problems the risk of a relationship turning violent doubles. i don't have the pandemic is also an issue for the women who meet up as part of a local neighborhood project. they gather every 2 weeks to talk about violent relationships including their own money almost died when her husband assaulted her after 28 years of marriage she reported him to the police slammer for some of us

the twice i attempted suicide hundreds of those highly risky i was ashamed of what has happened you know being on a call to save myself and help my children. and that's why i never said when he hit my children in front of my homie. it took a long time you know but we made it yeah yeah i got it wrong the stop project encourages vigilance and extending basic kinds of support asking a woman how you can help or intervening with an innocuous excuse such as ringing the doorbell to ask for a cup of flour this lets the perpetrator know the neighbors are listening and tells the victim that help is at hand. all perhaps i can ask and they are whether they also heard something well it helps to have other people if you are wary of doing something on your own of them or in an acute case it's always good to call the police and the board sends. this mother and child home in munich brings back

memories for me strongly. after spending 6 months in a women's shelter it was here that she found refuge with her 5 year old son. spirit polish cuts of course i feel the sadness here this was the place where we felt free . but her son was not permitted to stay with her following a court order that gave the father custody only stangl had not documented her injuries and therefore had no evidence of the physical abuse she suffered says so the shelters full right now that's you know yes we have a very long waiting list. women typically have to wait 6 months for a spot here unlike the high security women's shelter they are allowed to have visitors but one standard to our focus is on helping women find stability and calm

when trying to find ways of getting a new start in life where my strengths what a minute i smile designers produce and it's also about bringing a bit of lightness into their life. has spent 5 years planning a new shelter designed to give residents a feeling of safety as well as comprehensive after care the local authorities have refused to support the project claiming that demand for a place like this is already satisfied. for tourists at $85.00 you off even if you introduce new ideas. but i'll carry on until i find a way. to test them classy and shouted at. giving up is not an option for those who is moved by the sheer number of women in need of help she now wants to try crowdfunding. for.

being unable to exit an abusive relationship can have fatal consequences. high risk relationships can end in manslaughter or murder an area in which jane mountain smith has discovered recurring patterns the criminologist applies those insights to so-called cold cases very often domestic abuse murders cannot because if then they just how spontaneously 2 people have had an argument and this is just come out of the. goodness now you know this is just a mistake but that's not how they happened she established an 8 states pattern of progression in the escalation of abusive relationships in many cases the man will have a previous record of violence the initial romance rapidly becomes a serious relationship the abuser exert control over his partner emotionally financially and socially and events such as

a separation makes the man feel he's losing control the situation escalates into stalking or threats of suicide the man changes tactics as he seemingly leaves the victim alone but now he's planning murder and carries it out. alexandra sandham has been assisting jane monckton smith on an unsolved case dating back 3 years when his wife died the husband insisted it had been an accident. what did the police fail to see if we couldn't find an explanation as to why he got the and and he now at the same time that she got it how did why was that why was that even possible and that's when we started to think is it tracking a fan has he got the cash and software is everything that she getting also being sent to him. because actually that is that is a huge step and it's classic stalker behavior they want to know absolutely

everything 90 percent of femicide cases are preceded by stocking me the police subsequently arrested the husband in question why couldn't they see that this is a homicide that's that needs to change doesn't. not suspicion not curiosity with her model the police might have intervened in advance and in time i see like a us weekly running now we know now that's why probation officer laura donnelly has been using the 8 stages to train her teen well you can you mean i'll tell you finding that your. prison officers and probation officer see you sitting there yes most definitely is a little yeah i've had some feedback from them about how useful that finding at this ridiculous it's often difficult for the police to get a read on abusive relationships and early detection scheme helps to ensure action

is taken immediately so we obviously did and trained over a 1000 start on your 8 stages and they love the fact that it's simple but really really supportive in helping in their risk assessment and some individuals with a history of domestic violence are given special attention by probation officers this one here the british police now see stocking as an early warning of potential violence the trick is stage is another one that people have talked really good feedback about because triggers is where we can identify those and then hopefully intervene at that point in time so it's about recognising what action we can put in place when those triggers come about everybody's aware and that's the thing it's the stages such as just puts into an order for you because we all know the signs i think when i 1st spoke to you about the stages that was what really came across to be a it was like a light bulb made where it wasn't something new but it was something that was structured and form in

a way that really helped clarify my thinking that was absolutely fabulous monckton smith is convinced that understanding coercive behavior can help victims. now the stage model provides help on the ground to prevent them aside. in the german city of campaigners are hoping to recruit men for the call. it's training at the local rugby club. and sabina schlegel are here with an idea. sabina schlegel is one of the coordinators of a local antiviolence association. her team is launching a poster campaign aimed at boys and young men. but one simple see what is

important for you about the subject of domestic policy and why you want to get involved in it but for me violence is never a solution whether it's a push or a slap or an actual punch. domestic violence always takes place with the curtains closed in private at home where nobody else sees it that's why it's important to stand up and raise awareness about the problem by making it public what the campaign is about taking a stand for you quality breaking down stereotypical gender roles challenging the power structures that enable and encourage violence against women. the no domestic abuse project in march 1 european union funding it has the support of the city authorities as well as local groups the women helping women association provides counseling and support and a youth conflict prevention group works with perpetrators. the latter works with

behavioral training for 6 months participants attend a program headed by constant degnan and sabina schlegel today they're reviewing the results of the most recent group session and that their own violence but they don't write what the violence actually is. and looking at this group is what when he pulls me there yes. many abusers feel no guilt if anything they say they were provoked. when you get the classic response he was a slip of the hand they need to understand that the hand is not in a vacuum in the up there's somebody behind that hand and that's the 1st step towards accepting responsibility. today cost and dead now has a last meeting with a former participant. most of the men who come here are sent by court order this man who wishes to remain anonymous is one of the few to have registered voluntarily you can see why you may get to see very good i've been doing

a lot of thinking and i've realized a lot of things nothing the. stress and how about stress do you recognize it in yourself. yeah yes and i sense what the other person is feeling and it's a bunch of people so if there's an argument it's best to leave. it's things like that i put into practice and i notice that it works pretty well. in his case the assault occurred one evening 2 years ago after an argument that took place when he was drunk is this it can be too is it escalated down then she went outside and tried to call the police and it was just the one punch but it was one too many and it really landed. he broke the woman's jaw and spent the night in a police drunk tank. i was shocked that i was able to do such a thing. and it showed me i immediately needed to get help

in the mid on his the behavioral training program requires the men to work on themselves another aspect of violence prevention if we can't reach everyone with just one tiny piece in a mosaic a network of domestic violence help systems or go by and we're pretty limited in our way to go. back to the rugby club where players pose for the new posters. so that guy will be here where the light is in the foreground with the panorama behind him you know. the women's team have already posed for the photographer now it's the men's turn with the team spokesman at the center. even you're challenging this. you're a wall saying you'll have to get past me 1st. tough guys making a tough stance on what some people see as

a women's issue and challenging entrenched stereotypes of gender roles. but i thought that. you know. this is not something women's it's you know it's up to the feminists to take care of. them anyway. joining forces to help would use violence in relationships this is not a typical subject matter that affects us all but even. as if i did it for many posters who we need. comey affiliates 2 we have. in total $109.00. in munich alexander and almost ongo now

want to recruit local bakers for the 1000000000 rising campaign the plan is to distribute specially designed paper bags and baking goods bearing it antiviolence slogan. you know which one do you want in our shops. what do you think of this with this one you can see the individual craftsmanship that one is printed. you have to post his influence in the shops anyway so that something will stand out. so . they'll be printing and distributing 120000 paperbacks as part of a campaign to mark the international day for the elimination of violence against women as good as. imposition is it that will be a bit longer so we can fold the top so. if you only one in 5 women who suffer a violent assaults seek help. you know i'm going to say we're. we have

a very high proportion of women in our shops and they're going to talk of course this is an issue that tends to be hushed up we should all be doing something to increase awareness so come on is to. give us a good talking about it helps with his audience show that women in germany now speak an octave lower than 10 years ago before the now that's because they have more self-confidence but if you have the will now they say stop that's going to help but this women didn't used to say that it's not the end it's a growing global movement calling for gender equality while also combating one of society's greatest evils in. ending violence against women as a cause that's worth fighting for if you have to plan until my dying day i'm going to be 100 percent committed to changing people's mentality in many to empower people to intervene which means teaching them to stand up and take action by

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d w. this is d.w. news live from berlin india appeals for help as hospital scramble to secure oxygen pledges fresh aid to india as the covert crisis threatens to turn into a catastrophe hospitals are overwhelmed by unprecedented numbers of critically ill patients also coming up funerals are held for more than 80 people who died after a fire swept through a covert ward in

a baghdad hospital officials say the blaze was started by an exploding oxygen tank . and in one just because soccer are a bit like 6 survived a surprisingly bruising encounter with a stood guard to keep their slim hopes of title success a lot of. america haven't seen welcome offers of aid from around the world are pouring in for india which is suffering from a devastating surge of coronavirus cases the european union plans to send off and medicine while the united states said it will provide ventilators and raw materials for vaccines infection rates in india are breaking world records hospital beds are scarce and lifesaving oxygen supplies are running out bodies are piling up in

morgues and many fear the worst is yet to come to. grief outside hospitals in delhi. disinfecting the dead the fear of infection remains even when life is pasta. makeshift cremation sites like these are springing up to deal with the rising death toll because christmas some cemeteries cannot cope. relatives feel helpless as the coronavirus tear through the capital. i have money i have everything but i can't get my sister. got me no be nothing left in baghdad no that is not forget no very good we can do good we can go. as a boy and hospitals have run out of oxygen and intensive care beds india's prime minister patients and caution in. our jobs and money i'm speaking to you

on this radio show at a time when corona is testing our patience and that capacity to bear pay in many of our loved ones have left us too soon our son my child to go to live at this moment in order to win this battle we must listen to scientists. for several days running the indian government has reported more than $300000.00 new infections. doctors worry the recent surge has been fueled by a new variant this one composed of tea while the more infectious and vaccine resistant versions of the virus health experts fear the result could be a virus that's fast spreading and less controllable several countries have offered help india's air force collected oxygen imports from singapore on the

weekend and the u.s. and the e.u. are planning to send aid. e.u. president phone the alliance says the block is pooling resources to respond to india's request for assistance. but for the sick queuing outside full hospitals in delhi these supplies carts come fast enough. earlier i spoke to delhi bureau chief irate achievement and i asked her how the devastating situation in india got to this point you know india relatively were the 1st wave in this pandemic the numbers of infections that started dramatically the vaccine the driver had picked up by the beginning of the year and then created a false sense of security both within the public as well as the authorities you know politicians and governments going to structed by a series of regional elections with huge campaign trannies then you have these big

religious gatherings with no semblance of social distancing and all the potential of turning into super spreader events that send the wrong message to the people themselves became complacent and even casual and then again the 2nd wave with its variants its new mutants and w 2 of the sort for the muni is much more deadly much more contagious than the idea of miners and that's why india now finds itself people less seeing the medical infrastructure put on that immense tree trying to get relatives into prospectors seeing they are not proof of dying because there's knocks in every level they must be asking themselves why didn't the government anticipate this they had been secondly is it me because lives in other parts of the world why not india the government is not scrambling to do everything it can the precious time has been lost and to some it's coming too late. that was. speaking to us earlier from delhi to iraq now where officials say a deadly fire at

a hospital treating kovac 900 patients was caused by an exploding oxygen tank were held today for some of the 82 victims of the blaze the families of the victims say negligence and corruption contributed to the disaster and hampered the response. well. burying their loved ones desperately tried to save but couldn't this man's brother was one of many covert 19 patients at hospital when a massive fire broke out a few rescue teams deployed quickly so his nephew tried everything he could to save him from the blaze by himself. how could i leave my own call who raised me i stayed with him i tried to drag him out but i could not because he had lost consciousness . all that suffering and many iraqis believe it could have been prevented with a timely emergency response and had the hospital been better maintained both

already spin seed. flammable ceilings and no fire protection system many impromptu rescuers say it's the government's fault. wait demanded the negligent from the largest to the smallest to be held accountable the house of. iraq's health care system has struggled to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and now this as the public rage over the blaze grows the government has promised it will hold people accountable the prime minister has suspended the health minister and the governor of baghdad province but it's unclear if that will be enough for all the families grieving the loss of their loved ones in a place where they were supposed to find healing. let's get you up to speed now on some of the other stories making news around the world. the spanish coast guard has rescued a group of migrants from an open vessel on sunday off the coast of koran can r.e.m.

the 49 passengers were transferred to the hospital for medical treatment. supporters of somalia's president mohamed abdulahi mohamed have clashed with those opposing the extension of his 4 year term residents reported hearing gunfire in the capital mogadishu the president had signed a law in april extending his mandate for 2 years. well hollywood is gearing up to present the 93rd academy awards ceremony tonight but while the red carpet is rolled out just as every year the oscars this time around will be unlike any other before with no host and no audience show producers are still hoping to bring some glamour to the ceremony most of the films up for awards tonight have never made it to a movie theater but streaming services have come to the rescue both as a viewing platforms and also as creative engines for high class cinema we have this

overview of the nominees. make with 11 nominations is technically the front runner of this year's oscar david finch is black and white almost to the golden age of hollywood is up for best film and best director gary oldman could take home his 2nd best acting oscar for his performance of the alcoholic screenwriter herman manc that's the man who wrote citizen kane. destruction little. fellow also when the viola davis is a favorite for best actress performance in the music drama madre nice black bottom playing the 1st black female blues artist truly caught the professional. it is my assumption. playing her because she had to know her because it was i

know we were or guy. dying under the weight of the cold sure. didn't understand you were. also nominated from mar a nice black bottom is a pile of davis' costar chadwick boseman who recently died of cancer but his final performance as a blues trumpeter to determine to make it to the top could a posthumous academy award for best actor i read going to chicago it's a poll just with me. but there's no place to be working with 6 nominations aaron sorkin's the trial of the chicago 7 is one of this year's most political contenders a group of activists protesting the vietnam war face a kangaroo court in this real life drama sasha baron cohen as activist every huffman has a good shot at the oscar for best supporting actor i never heard of you judas and the black messiah and now the sixty's said drama has to supporting actor nominees

daniel as black panther leader fred thompson. and like keith's them as the informer who betrayed him to the f.b.i. this yes ask us are the most diverse ever 9 nonwhite actors are nominated. including steven ewan he's the 1st asian american to receive an oscar nomination for best actor for his performance in me natty as a korean immigrant who moved this family to arkansas to become a farmer. there is a compliment about its own point of view. why are another. partner to need to be juxtaposed to you know what mr american is. the true front runner this year considered a shoo in for best film and best director is nominate land the poignant road movie

from china spawn director chloe frances mcdormand place of van living modern day known that you know. i'm just. the same thing right now. and explores a life lived off the great francis madonna has a good shot at her 3rd oscar for best actress appear on the stage of the 2018 academy awards for more diversity among nominees is already coming true. right. to bundestag a soccer now and rb a live signal to that anything less than a win at home to stood guard what effectively hand the league title to byron munich but luckily for them though the visitors were in and of lijun mood to the bones surprise last month's on saturday meant that leipzig went into this one knowing

that a win would keep the championship race alive for another much day. under task seemed simpler than 15 minutes in stuttgart snowy ruin mother was sent off the young frenchman's longer than i'm going to haidara looked worse with every viewing quite sick dominated proceedings thereafter but phone stuttgart keep. an unbeatable form . the swiss made sure it was nil nil going into the break. my foot coble couldn't stop like to continue in the lead in the 1st place to see how 5 i got a showed no aftereffects of that but tackle to thumb pull the header when no light sic. will produce more heroics to keep the score at one nil that but then sub annual forced a penalty within a minute of coming on after a clumsy tackle constantino smothered panos. this week so far too late to go after 67 minutes accounted for miss of the season by late sixty's or

bone discoursed need to know what the results mean stuttgart european ambitions look all but dashed. need to win the remaining 3 games and drop points if they are to secure the unlikeliest of title match. and also on sunday mention a bloodbath kept their european ambitions alive when they demolished bealefeld 5 nil. got the party started after just 6 minutes he got a little bit of help from a lucky deflection and after 2 more early glug goals and struck again midway through the 2nd half on the way to his team's most a lopsided victory of the season. ok let's take a look now at all the bond as they go results from match day 31 says we saw glug dominated beat affairs and rb leipzig guards leverkusen defeated frankfurt minds

upset by iron door downed vol spork when you're in berlin defeated braman freiburg share the spoils with hoffenheim and cologne the snuck past oxburgh and do 2 halves of berlin's covert quarantine its class which is postponed. they're up to date now and get up and you news america edelstein from me and the entire news team in berlin thanks for watching. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one to the shadow and if you newspapers when official information as a journalist i have walked off the streets of many cameras and they have problems are almost the same or do social inequality

a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans on seeing them why do foals who hunt decide to put their trust in us. my name is johnny carson and i weren't a d.w.i. . the countryside of the north eastern congo is beautiful and the soil is rich and fertile and yet the people here live in poverty and constant fear of attack by armed militias over 120 such groups have been operating for more than 2 decades on the territory of the democratic republic of the congo along its northern borders to south sudan uganda and rwanda neither the government nor tens of thousands of un

peacekeepers have been able to stop them and the people suffering inevitably leads to more suffering as victims join one rebel group or the other. they killed my father. they killed everyone in my family. that's the only reason i became a fighter. a woman grieves for her murdered child an all too common side in the north eastern congo the militias killed around 2000 people here in 2020 alone the worst of them called themselves the allied democratic forces or a.d.f. their islam ist rebels who have been terrorizing the local population for some 30

years. of us oh they kill people with bullets. they kill people with machetes. they killed my brother with machetes. the islamists attack every few days often under cover of darkness they leave devastation behind burned down houses and beheaded corpses the local people feel like the congolese army and the un peacekeepers have abandoned them. we joined up with a un patrol in beni one of the trouble spots. attacks by the a.d.f. on the civilian population here have been on the increase in recent months. the u.n. patrol checks up on a clinic in maine it's been a frequent target of a.t.f.

attacks in bouzouki wolf why is the clinic's director wife of a militia comes here and massacre people if you saw the sheer hatred that drives the killing they chop heads off and you find the brains all around and chopped off feet that leaves you terrified and traumatized. but once the islamists tried to abduct 4 of his nurses. they took them hostage in the waiting area when the people there realized it was the a.t.f. they were scared but then the militia said nobody would die it wasn't a day for killing. many in the area live in fear un soldier was he said was x. knows the clinic and the people who work there very well. as you can see other nothing cannot prevent war then a few people question and they are identified they are the ones that are targeted

to be cured because cancer when they come to work they have to dress like everybody . the constant threat level keeps the clinic closed all but a few hours a day many patients are left without treatment. and they struggle with who they cannot go in particular going from they have to stay at home they cannot move children cannot go to school. so far the u.n. force has failed to establish and maintain security often enough the more than 18000 troops from nearly 50 nations can hardly even get themselves coordinated many of them are in un to quickly trained or at least not trained with the relevant skills the local villagers aggravate the problems with often unjust accusations that the un troops are a pack of thieves only concerned with their own safety and many of the congolese no longer put any hopes in the un troops at all. and the local people too often find themselves caught between france when their daughters and sons actually join the

a.d.f. so the parents end up cooperating with the rebels supplying them food for example in return they're left in peace but if they refuse they may be killed and we'll sometimes are content sometimes we're afraid. the militias can show up any time they've become part of our daily lives. most of the local people are afraid to appear before the camera one man who didn't want to say his name gives vent to his frustration. the government should help or the international community should help our government with the situation so many people have suffered the a.t.f. got to be finished. in the meantime the a.t.f. keeps on murdering as soon as the cameras off many people here say the soldiers come too late only once the attacks over and people are already dead we meet jonny boomer view a local representative who's been studying the a.d.f.

for years in his view the un mission has not achieved its goals very much in. the quantities here really ought to be secured according to my research as many as 4500 people have been killed right under the un forces knows it and what's their job again to protect the civilian population but more are getting killed every day. the a.d.f. was founded as an islamist group in uganda in the early 1990 s. experts have estimated their current strength that a few 100 fighters they're seen as excepting only cruel and intent on establishing islamic sharia law in the territory they control. they want to create a space a gray area where the state has no authority. they intend to control this area and exploit it. it's what they call. all the islamic state of central africa the caliphate of central africa they have already set it up. to them the state is

already up and running. in march 2021 the united states designated the a.d.f. a terrorist organization with ties to the islamic state but some observers doubt the 2 groups maintain any direct contact besides the a.d.f. over 120 other militias are active in the eastern congo after the 1994 genocide in neighboring rwanda some hutu militias fled to the congo and kept on killing that prompted the formation of armed groups originally for purposes of self defense they do not make it easy to contact them to do so we had to leave the area under central government control half way there militia fighters meet up to lead us to one of their bases among them is my. she joined the militia about 20 years ago after an armed group massacred her family she was forced to watch as the men killed her

parents with machetes then 6 of the men raped her she was only 15 years old at the time. i felt defeated my life had defeated me. i saw what they had done to me and how they had murdered my family. i couldn't keep living my life the way i had. so i decided to become a fighter and drive them out. when a former teacher came to her village to recruit young people for a new militia she joined him and many of its members have experienced similar horrors it is in essence a militia of traumatized and emotionally scarred people. they killed my father. they killed everyone in my family. that's the only reason i became a fighter. her own community cast her because she'd been raped too great was the stigma the militia offered her

a chance to take revenge and to survive they control around 20 villages in the region protecting the inhabitants who in return keep them supplied with food it's a simple trade security for food but we got the impression it wasn't always a voluntary arrangement. didn't speak openly until we moved some distance from the others. then you have heard that others are fleeing the group but how could i run away i have nobody to help me i don't own any land i don't have anyone who could help me build a new life. now she places all her hopes on her children her hope that one day they'll have a choice. with the blessings of god i might at least arrange for them to get an education. if they are blessed at least that. i myself will never be able to do any other job. i can't help them by myself.

hardly any other region has suffered atrocities by the militias as badly as the congo z. turi province we go on the road with the norwegian aid organization over a distance of just 60 kilometers we pass through about 20 checkpoints of various rebel groups as well as the congolese military. by the side of the road a few are carrying guns though concealing them often they ask for money as they are doing here but a few words convince them to wait for another day. to draw draw it is a camp for internally displaced people it's one of many in the congo about 5 and a half 1000000 of the country's $105000000.00 people are displaced more than

anywhere else in africa mogul row barely escaped her village when a militia attacked it she was on the run with her children when she realized her daughter was missing. oh i decided to go back to find and save her but i was convinced she was still alive but unfortunately she was already dead. i was so sad just devastated when i walked past them they shot at me i had no idea if i'd survive i gradually lost all my strength i heaved and was breathing harder and harder than i slipped into some bush i didn't really have any hope anymore i was sure i was going to die. she survived but her 4 year old daughter was murdered. as soon as the hospital released her she gathered her other 5 children and fled to

this camp. even if food water and medical care are in short supply at least they are safe here. many people here have stories like to tell they live in desperation and resignation the trauma runs deep. and like. although they don't have the money to send them to school they still put their hope in their children and so another generation is growing up without education as easy potential recruits for the militias.

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