smash jenda, stereotypes 77 percent. 60 minutes on dw. we've got some hot tips for your bucket, lead the magic corner, check hot spot for food, and some great cultural memorials to boot w travel off we go. oh, this is d w. news africa coming up on the program, e. c o p, a prepares for landmark election. prime minister abbey estimates phase the vote on monday could fit the nation on a new course. and that the states have really been highest with that we are facing an election that will develop or destroy our country. as

the call will be peaceful and democratic glass, the usa is that it has great concerns saying that it's nick pensions and the ongoing war into gripe means the vote is unlikely to be credible. so what is at stake in this election? also coming up on the program more than $300000000.00 in coven, 1900 funds have gone missing in cameras. the ruling policy, blaine's pressure. she's been rapes and nearly killed while working to expose injustices. nigeria, football, boring as just been given a freedom of speech award for her out, standing on the truth. you want to hear what she has to say about journalism in africa, his biggest democracy, thousands of africans are flocking to fields, outsides good. off the hood made a potential life changing discovery, we joined the fortune

the news. hello, i'm christine wonder. it is good to have your company. ethiopians are voting in national elections on monday. it's a day of reckoning for prime minister abbey made as he hopes to boost his legitimacy with the vote. his 1st and last campaign ready this week, he said his main goal was to uphold what he called, the unity and freedom of the country. the election is taking place against a backdrop of tension. let's quickly take a look at how we caught you in 2018. i'll be road to power on a wave of optimism up to 3 decades of oppressive rule dominated by the to grain, people's liberation forces, or t p. i live a party anchored in the northern region not to take it off. if i made peace with neighboring retreat bringing and to explain the conflict that moved and him the

procedures, nobel peace prize, but it also and it, the tpa forces who neighbor, it were trail. then last year, i'll be sent me into the northern to grad region to crush the t p. i live thousands have been killed and millions displaced. to make matters worse, ethnic violence has fled elsewhere. hundreds have died in clashes on the border between a rule and horror. the countries to most popular states, critics choose be off denying states with different if this sees more autonomy, it's made some opposition figures to boycott the poll. now we will be discussing what is at stake for a p o p. but 1st, we turn to the prime ministers home region in order to find out what voices they make off the man. the rally in favor of the 30 party close to his home town and the room, the region. it was here, the crowds of young people went out in the streets in 2018 to support abbey in this

district. many still do on the work he has achieved. we believe that the prosperity party can transform this country, but i'm going to get the work he did until now shows that he can bring a lot of things for a future. what is it you don't know what? we believe this party equalizes our nation and nationalities. i'm going to hold my despite violence between government forces and local insurgent groups in federal parts of a room. yes. state official in the prime minister's home village of f. c. there's nothing to worry about what we'll do, which is like, i'm done them and we have organized community leaders or village later. and they are ready to keep the environment. when we are ready to protect the area from any conflict, these birthplace might guarantee safe schools. but in other parts of a room, yet, unrest as ramp and a little more. i'm groups actively contest the holding of elections claiming their undemocratic. and that the current government is illegitimate. the 2 main

opposition parties in the room yet decided to withdraw. their main leaders are behind bars. this young man is too scared to speak publicly fearing reprisals from authorities. he was among many who celebrated when the prime minister came to power, but his last trust in the government eligible now with the rights that we're hearing about the loss. and so many lives and the numbers are increasing day by day . as we come closer to the election time land known among somebody, we're still hearing that people are being killed. look on those who are in prison as well as opposition. parties should be set free. come fight. there should be a discussion with the people and there should be a national dialogue and i asked the government to do this in a peaceful lay cut on without any loss of life on the food she moved and we're going to go to the especially in western room ya clashes between the room, liberation, army and federal forces pose

a major threat to the election. interethnic violence has also left hundreds and 1000 displaced. as a consequence, several constituencies will not be able to vote and june 20. first. the international need to know the lexical violence to reduce the risk european union held trainings, such as this one to provide tools for peace building, targeting women, youth groups, and traditional leaders. society can play a greater off in terms of preventing managing and getting off the electron practices to play active role in the negotiation process. they play active role in bringing different parties together for building piece that also help to have a mediation of to the vote to families political legitimacy. but the prime ministers facing various challenges including the conflict integration for which he

is facing mounting pressure at home and abroad. and for more on your election, we've invited a demo be onto the program. he is an advisor and an analyst on democracy in africa . he specializes on if you you're welcome to either be news africans officer. maybe we've heard that this election could charge a new part for if you paid for the prime minister at the mid says it could build or break the country, help us understand what is at stake in this election. thank you very much for the invitation to the elections are critical in this sense. because the last time, if you, if you had elections wasn't going to 15 and add that particular time it was a dominant routing party. that one, all the seats and see it's been i, b, m, it came to power in epr tool, 2018. and he has also established a new political policy. so this is the 1st time that i met other individual and his

ruling prosperity party, the party will face the voters. so in that says it's critical for the ruling party more, more than for, for the country. in terms of the larger people. i think i don't expect the elections to be a make or break moment, possibly because the 2 places where the ruling party could have faced. a tremendous challenge have been, have been effected by different disputes wanting to go because of the conflict. and secondly, in romeo region, which is the largest we get to because of boycotts from the elections. we'll talk more about that in a moment, doug said david, but i 1st want to ask you how much does prime minister be i may need to win this election. how much does he need to be able to say, i have a mandate from the people. was that he, i think that there's really no question that he's going to win the elections.

perhaps the key, the question is by how much and he needs the victory, or possibly because currently his mandate or was units from an election in 2015, which, which was a farce. so he once and the renewed mandate and this elections can provide him that claim. also, as i said, there's a lot of issues around the elections that may affect that clamp. that's a bit doubt happened raised by the international community about the credibility of this election. is this going to be a free and fair poll that that certainly was expectation when abbey. i'm a came to power him 1018. and also in 2021. the elections were initially supposed to happen, but a lot has happened since then. there is an ongoing conflict in the region of europe . yeah. and elections in romeo have been quoted by the q push in groups. and even in other parts of the country,

opposition parties have faced challenge in terms of presenting their candidates and operating through freely, unfairly. i think a free unfairness would be a high high standard. but if you compare the elections with the ones that happened in the past, that they provide quite low bar, we can say that these elections would, would be, it would be better. perhaps i think that the biggest, the biggest beneficiary, if i can say of these elections would be the electoral board which has developed tremendous experience and tremendous expertise in terms of managing elections. and i think that experience will be relevant going forward. does a bit e, you said that from what you're saying and election isn't going to fix the country. what does e z o p and need going on? your assumption that prime minister, the ask me when the selection, what you've got to do to tackle some of the, the most pressing is he is in the country. and of course,

that will be the tensions in the different regions seeking will talk to me or me if one that you have been referring to you're right. i think they lectures of they, you know, you can argue that necessarily we can argue that desirable. but one thing that we know is that the lectures are not going to solve the problems of power balance, the political division stuff we see in the country, they cannot and they are not meant to, to solve the, those issues. so if we can, if the prime minister ob, yammered gets it and the new mandate and new new claim of legitimacy, he would do well to engage one in rebuilding confidence. because i think that the level of trust and confidence has suffered part to the other result of the circumstance under with the elections are being held. and partly because of other reasons. so i think you will do well to 1st rebuild confidence and then in gauge in a comprehensive dialogue to resolve the key issues between himself and some push

parties as well as those that are outside of the they look to a competition at the moment. so i think dialogue would be critical, and without it, they elections may not have met much difference. alright, delta them, a baby. thank you for your insight. thank you very much. the whole corruption and fraud when it comes to covert $900.00 funds. that is all next topic. in cameroon, $335000000000.00 have vanished. the search is under way, and 7 ministers have been caught to give evidence. but even the president, poor b a has ordered and investigation. not everyone thinks the process will actually bear fruit says i'll report a blaze. a reports from taller stop help work is in this public hospital installed was come room lack the very basic personal protective equipment of p. p. as a result, many have been infected by co,

vic 19 and is not an isolated case across come rooms. causal help, us know, have died from the cordon of arrows. the head of this hospital sees p p. s. case. when the thief blew from the main mass from the government, we make it for per share. now we make a thought to ship at least 2 month to staff during the week, but we encourage them to have or that might go to. it's not enough. all of us we know who big names in provision, keith, we also meant to be distributed to schools. this school in the capital jo and sees it was oliver to book it momentum for bunches of hands in a taiser. this course suppose i say is, is appointed by the level of mismanagement. we're talking more about hearing about

the enormous basil. then you can renew 180000000000 c f a frank. so if i'm not mistaken, when i think of ours, and i think about what we think there was something that doesn't adopt, something just does not over seas. the start of the plan they may come really has received a total of $382000000.00 in emergency loons. from the i m. f. less than $50000000.00 have been accounted for. it seems most of the money have ended up in private pockets. seize the position. this is there, more disk randy. this is the way that they function. this is what we have been doing in the camel over and over and over. large scale, small scale, medium scales. this is the regime that has given permission. it has given license to its members to pay off from the state. andrew luc

makeup is a communication official for the ruling party to which all the ministers call for question and belong. he says the missing millions could be a result of on accounting arrow dollars. it's really up to when dealing with money . there's always a possibility for an error. and that's why it's important to distinguish between miscalculation and embezzlement. control money that can always miscalculation depending on the pressure you have to deal with. when is a problem that can present itself. he keep us for this mismanagement all embezzlement. the cause grew and impressed them via to review the findings of the inquiry and to extend to the come people. what happened to the colleague, $900.00 fonts. and you are watching the news africa spill to come. a 21st century dime address is under way installed africa, following the rant, discovery of a crystal, but is the real the 1st

one of the jury is leaving investigative journalists has won the deutsch avella. freedom of speech award for what judge is said was out standing commitment to human rights and freedom of expression to warry. warry received the award during the annual global media for the fleet or is best known for her book, exposing the conditions in nigeria is sick. the industry she herself was abused and raped with going and of her have and i am pleased to welcome to bori for it onto the program. congratulations. i see you too boring on your latest award win. i'd like to begin by talking about the work that you're best known for in 2013 you went under cover as a worker for 7 months to expose a trafficking, a human trafficking ring. tell us about what you covered in 2015. when i went on the cover and pets of the walk and

fields, i be carmen 6 walker in the cause of the investigation. i discovered dad's traffic cars when not only traffic and gills. the equally have these young persons cute, and the organs have vested i discovered it's beyond just traffic in. that was, that was going on, you know, a cold blooded more dad was money and i mean, serious cash being lawn, dad. and on the south face the way this traffic was, is supposedly helping the gills. and it was just supposed to be traffic came that was pick him police away for more than traffic in 8th,

a very dac wolds down with so much bloodshed, so much you do. and just horrendous in human treatment. these is a summary of what's our covert. you also nearly lost your life for that reporting. but in general, the, the nature of the words that you do is very dangerous investigative reporting. you're telling stories that people don't want to be brought to life. it's just astonishing to me that you're willing to go to such great lengths to, to one cover the stories that you're reporting on. just talk to us about that. any story i have to handle if, if i'm not passionate about this story, then i don't touch, it's always push on. it's about what 4 of us, tory i walk on. so i had so much passion for these puts the live

instigation explains when i was told at some point that see, you know, more comfortable walk in on this story. you can stop teach, i was more willing to stop. i wanted to see if so the logical conclusion. let me see the end. i had the past. i have been personally affected by trafficking, you know, losing some close process to traffic because i had the passion born in me because i did this tom bull into john living. i chose john losing right from the age i had decided i was going to be comm john lease. as a result of the var remains where i grew up. so passion and personnel. anger was where i was driving me, just lawsuits of or you're talking about your passion for your profession. but we

know that journalism in nigeria is particularly difficult. the latest place, freedom rankings, place the country at $120.00 out of $180.00 countries. just how difficult is it to be a journalist in africa, the biggest democracy we told me it's in my word. i will categorically states that's been a john live in my area a not a pleasant experience. i'm not talking about myself alone. equality pick in for my colleagues out there. you know, john lives in line, jerry at. we get to booley many journalists. i didn't see me date doze room. the i the are what kim tories about. they tried to discredit them, the high rise, arrested and imprisoned. so freedom of the breast in the country i will

say, is in a terrible states and explains why democracy is weak in the country. to be a john leasing manager requires so much courage. people don't know how much work we put, how much efforts we put in so much effort and that g. so much sacrifices are maids . while walking on just is tori and the average john lives in a jury at we. we hardly ever told thank you. alright, read that it's harass, name's been bad, mouth pseg and be me. so i have endorse slammed on my face. these may why we go out. we go to every length. chon out tori's been a john is the manager is not easy. no,

it's not alright and on that note we'll leave it a. thank you so much to bori over it. thank you for, for talking to us today. of course the work that you're doing a thank you from us news africa. welcome. the more than $1000.00 fortune seekers have flocked to a small village in south africa, the province of was noon. that's how they're searching for diamonds. the rush comes off to a herd, discovered what he believes to be called crystal. the government has sent mining experts to assist the findings, but we sent our correspondent address increase to quite lesson about 250 kilometers from durban to do some digging the welcome to south africa, the mass treasure hunt in the village of clotty local residents found what he thought was a precious stone right here. the news spread very fast on social media and ever

since then, hundreds of fortune. think us a flocking into the area every day. cause good has, who would take the kids to the better school? that's what you're looking for. yeah, yeah, that would, you know, we're looking for diamonds to make some money and them, i say my children are unemployed, but we want to know if those ones are real done and i so we can get some money. what am i getting like? get it in one though. do you like it in one so i believe it is older. and this is what people are looking for. the government has sent geologist to take samples and determine whether the material is really diamond or not. africa does produce most of the worlds diamonds, but they have never been found in this region here. even some of the people here

are skeptical. one of these are real diamond, we are doubting about it because you know, to see if there is somebody from outside to come and test it. i think we can make money out of that. you know, most of the, the lead in south africa or something and on the ground you see, we just waiting for government to come and confirm just to say, yes, it's a diamond or not, then you can take it from there. move from cover. now give us a permission to take this one out and give us a job because i don't want any cup on is to come to take this space. who does what do you think the government has asked people to the case? the side mainly i think of a sprint of covert 19. remember the south africa kind of been going through a 3rd wave of infection, but that obviously hasn't happened. bad news for fortune seekers. if those are indeed diamonds, they will not be allowed to keep them according to south african law. if you find

a rough diamond you're not allowed to keep it. but that does not stop the fortune seekers of coming here hoping for a diamond that could change their life. and that is that for the program today, be sure to check out our at the stories on d. w dot com, forward slash africa. we're also on facebook and on twitter today will leave you with pictures of them be as founding president kit, it's a one day he died this week aged 97 k. as he was the fictions, he knows roads ambia for 27 years. taking the help off of the country, gained independence from britain in october, 1906 people from the was whose

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