i imagine is increasing every year in many im gonna working on lunch with holiday destinations and drowning in plastic weiss, we rewind and take a look at the causal every year. europe exports over 1000000 tons of plastic with. is there another way? after all, the environment isn't to recyclable. make up your own mind. d. w. made for mines. ah, ah, this is deed of the news africa coming up on the program. why are clues on the rise in west africa? the number of military takeovers in recent years have raised concerns about the

state of democracy in the region about what our regional bodies like echo us doing about this. also, i had live gradually returns to normal in south africa as new omicron infections plummet to what can other countries land from the south african experience of fights and of ham, demik in tanzania, an unacceptable number of women died given birth for shortly afterwards. but in one rural region, things are dramatically changing for the better class. need arrive just hop on in kenya, we meet a woman breaking down barriers as a motorcycle ride up in a male dominated industry. and i handled the knockout phase in the after cup of nations. it's all excitement as football fans looked at. she had the theme on all the way to the tough

hello. i am eddie micah junior and you are welcome to the program. not long after the new year begun, another west african country announced yet in new attempts at cool. the government of beginner faso said last week that it had are better to plot by armed forces to take over the country. i remember the last year there were military takeovers and molly, as well as in guinea, the country of chad, which is also in the rest of sa, how's own saw a non democratic transition of power? ah, the omens had not been good in the keen, if i say back in november before the attempted, kuda protest is took to the streets to vent the anger at the government and its inability to protect them from jihad his violence. at the time the un said it was concerned about volatility in the country and more of the military against trying

to take over. now it seems, the government dodged a bullet quite literally. on january 13th, ministers announced that they had uncovered a plot by a group of soldiers and civilians to destabilize institutions. they said they had to neutralize the threat. for now, at least was, will do usually don't, did p as a to day 15 people have been detained. this includes from the military as well. so 2 officers, 7 non commissioned officers, and one soldier deemed it, as well as 5 civilians. as a piece you said, so if you see emily turned your series of crews are currently high in west, in central africa in the last 18 months they've been for including 2 in molly alone. their military jumps at 1st is power in 2020 to and what they

said was corruption and weak leadership. initially, military leaders promised to hold elections, but they've, in fact a transitional government and suggested they could run the country for the next 5 years. in neighboring guinea, the democratically elected president, alpha con day, was also deposed by the military last year. he too, was accused of corruption or in danger. also saw a crew of swords, the son of president adjuster, b c's power aft. his father was killed on the battlefield in cross joining me now is g l e i b found out of watty? i think tank in west africa. hello sir. thanks for your time. so what is it about west africa that's triggering these we sent schools? well i think it's always important to you know, to remind out the country of the continent and even within origin like west africa,

a own political trajectory. and so when you comment on record, for example, in malley, it is not the same thing as comments english. he comes and he is of course been guinea. so i think we have to be cautious about taking these groups as something that can be generalized, as are trained in west africa, very steadily, a trend of democratic regression in, in virginia. but i would not necessarily take the case of molly, for example, as an example of that because molly's facing your security crises and vehicle was not a surprise in a country like that. okay. but, but then still on that, what is given rise to coups in the region, then you think, i think the many issue is the way the countries are governed. i think dad, so when we talk about democracy everywhere in the world, we have to recognize that it is something that it builds. and that is something that we to linked to give a capacity of a political system to produce security,

to produce economic and social benefits of the people. so when you do have a democratic system, we have regular election, but we, you who don't have the sense that the state is providing security is providing jobs for the you of these providing going to make and social development from people. buckley will have a failure in the belief in the democratic systems. and i think that used to give a critic for the military to enter in the political scene. and to say that we can bring especially security back. we have the best place to, to bring what the people needs. and i think that is a, that's a major issue. so original bodies like a co, us and the a, you don't seem to be able to force cool lead us to attend to democratic ways. why is that a you and they have developed a lot of protocols on democracy on good governance, but they are more effective in condemning military coups done in enforcing bitter

governance by you know, by the rulers as including civilian rule, is that we have in many part of the continent which i've been there for decades and you is not able to actually force will leader also to provide a different kind of political practices in their own countries. so you cannot really expect leaders because at the end eco s and the same thing, a, b, u at the end, it is the head of state who made the made decisions. and what we think is a lack of credibility of both organization. now, people don't believe in capacity of it was in west africa, for example, too closely. they democracy because they consider bosom they did decision then. so not good example of the more good governance in their own country. you know, it is that prevention is better than kill. so how can regional bodies then help prevent such crews from happening in the 1st place? i think we have to have

a more we see most of his gated view of what is prevention of familiar re. goodson . i think we have to recognize that what the countries of origin need is not only election is not only actually democracy. it is also states that word for the interest of the peoples. and so you cannot only condemn recoup, and you know, try to prevent military 2 states by were if you are not working on changing the way because i govern politically. but also it couldn't be cali if you don't causally did they couldn't me. if you don't, you know, give the sense that you are governing for the people. then we will have, i'm afraid, always critics, for military rulers, to say is power. and i think the be to prevention would be to work on structural values of the governance system in our country. ok, due to time will leave. it had to be found out the west african thing tank was t. thanks for your insights. now, does that africa after

a spike uncovered cases, fueled by the owner going very and the number of new infections there is falling rapidly? more importantly, the conway has so far lead to few hospitalizations and less that in the country than previous waves. as a result, thought africans breathing collective sigh of relief. and i hopeful that life can get back to normal to day is an important day, was the pedal, highly blown in 2 years ago. financial problems and the pandemic forced him to close his bar and dressed to rent and kate towns, kylie cha township. but now he's fine in the re opening over it does cost us a lot of things that we need to put your eggs in different buckskin. and also we need to try and think outside the bose because i mean, for me, i don't care just home from whatever bed situation that, i mean i always knew proposal. tipton. i taught things that i can do instead of

complain. after nearly 2 years, most lockdown restrictions were lifted, including a nightly curfew. tourists have once again been pouring into the country, they had been mass cancellations following the discovery of the army crone variant . life is slowly getting back to normal. here in cape song was decreasing numbers in new coven infections. data from south africa suggests, although all micron is much more infectious, the amount of people that were admitted to hospitals was much lower than during previous waves. many. yeah, hoping that we're seeing the beginning of the end on the pandemic. i so wish that i won't even. yeah. but the, the name holbert. that is what we're wishing for today. everyone going, i've been allowed to leg thing going i've side of with daddy now, the young man, i hope that only god is actually the fine thing over this marriage to see slash enjoyment. this i should happen as the i'm so happy that the business is grooming

people to stop making money out. kind of officially open way lost with us. these tyesha types hit them business. i'm glad that we can get to come here and enjoy. many scientists also optimistic despite the low vaccination rate by religious dwarf comprises, says that many south africans had all it been infected with the corona virus before the only true waste hospital data show that a prior corona, virus infection, or vaccination, provides protection against severe illness. also with the army kron very amanda. and i'm as if you are too nice to be here when you get to a situation like here, where nearly everyone has had cove it or has been vaccinated, then you can relax and come on the ship off. edge bonded and of course on the other hand it is summer here on the 4th wave happened mostly over the long school breaking at equals in truth in no one wants to think about more mutations right now

in the middle restaurant and bomb. certainly not illness. he pill hatley vaughan. he already has big plans and wants to expands to other cities. he believes that the prospects was on the africa once again, the good your watch and didn't use africa still to come. meet the canyon woman wrapping up her motorbike actually breaks down various and how is your country performing in the africa cup of nations? we'll talk about what to expect. in cameroon, i had of the knockout face about fast into antonia women dying child bed. and often they are babies with them, fought too often, this mostly due to poor, basic health care to in pregnancy and delivery place in the country towards the bottom of global rankings, fault, martino mortality. but things are gradually changing for those living in towns. and

he has c v u region, kabul and tune guy and her daughter meiza, a lackey to be alive. when the baby came in tongue, i was scared though both day corn annual till now the santa labor pain started around 4 am and at 5 my husband took me to the hospital on a bicycle on the pick up allison bethesda. when we arrived, we found the clinician was looking after some one else and, and there was only one room to wind in extended, so i gave birth outside the building without any help request ma'am said, oh no, i don't. and then has mat in the mortality, it is one of the waste in the world. the national bureau of statistics put it at 556-510-0000, live beth things i even with here in barrel rossimer region, pregnant women simply don't have the basic healthcare which will save their lives

before. now, women who came here, you the room in this building, there was only one bed and no running water. women who came after us. we'll have to find somewhere outside to have their babies. you can imagine that the risk of infection is high. not only are tear, but even in there. and that building over there were the only washroom women who had just given birth, had to walk all this way to get the toilet and washing facilities sees a change in. now, am rif immediate african hath get charity. set up. there was an susie myself deliver his project in 2017. it is built a new clinic with clean water washrooms in toilets and several maternity beds. there are so 3 health workers now before there was just one quick little afraid of whether you know this new building is helping a lot o. yeah, it has electricity and women feel comfortable coming here because it's safe. in

eddie, although we don't have many beds for women to rest in after giving birth. yep. it's better than before. we can take care of 2 or $31.00 aqua and when the women are no longer scared when they come here, we have all the facilities we need, including washrooms was fun. but we said if we went to allow our be owned up on the carpet, the improvements in the region mean 80 percent of beth now take place in a clinic that is up from 5 to 6 percent 4 years ago. better facilities and care reduce the risk to mother and baby. in the year their project started. 10 local women died in or after childbirth. that figure was there 3 in 2020, and toner is due to give birth to her next child in february. she'll deliver inside with all the new facilities. the fear she experienced, bless them is gone. now ferrying people around on the back of

a motorcycle taxi is big business in kenya. more people i said to work us, bought aboard our drivers across the country than in any other profession by the vast majority. our men are this fight, this some women are rubbing out the motor bikes and breaking down barriers on i will be correspondent for lexmark anger. met with one of them. kenya has 1400000 taxi by grade of just 300 of them are women. jacqueline are, we're is one of them, like many, she land on the job lands. i'm going to moving in the bed. i ferried my 1st lion and after a short distance we both fell. but he told me not to worry. we picked up the motorbike and continued with our journey 3 years down the line. he remains to be my most loyal customer. and i got a motor bike taxi known as a border here laid as seen as it up and jody. most people would see it's not job

for a woman. so you know, when we're against that they said they would be ashamed to see their mom ferrying on a motorbike. and it's not only the traffic that can be done. so i'm going to be, yeah, sometimes you get mail. customers don't want to pay, they want to have sex with you instead. i mean when that happens, i call my male colleagues and they come and shame the men. he then agrees to pay and we both walk away. i get that a lot coming in. jacqueline is popular among her customers and colleagues about how can get out of attention has so many customers that she, she has them with the old one to be texted by her. people often asked me where she is best when they see her on the road. the asked, so that she can carry them up all, but i bought on and she's a good read on the road. she writes, if you, how bike has gotten yucca was whether or not, then jacqueline is proud of her 50 record whether 3 years she's been riding

in that time. i've never been arrested, nor have i hit anyone or had an accident. after a long day on the road, she returns home and takes on ha. that road in life as a mother. exactly as 2 daughters are in school, keeping them there is a priority. the lights became harder for the family last year when their father died. oh no longer. i see him struggle to make sure we have food and that our school fees are paid. it's hard for her because she's both our mom and our dad. she asked just about enough to make eye and smits. her focus is on the future. what seminar that i hope my kids will have a better life, a good life, even when they're done with school. i pray that they will have a great future so that they get good jobs and help me as their mom. i live at work. she focuses on the road she sees. she wants more women to follow in her tracks. now to the

africa cup of nations where tensions are rising, i had the knockout stage of the football tournament. we'll talk about it thrills and spells in just a moment. but 1st let's look at how fans i experienced an african. so far, sir, football fever has shipped from france float to do limby stadium outside the capitol, yolande, the a here to watch the camera nationality, the indomitable lions playing in the africa cup of nations. be honest, honestly excited is the 1st time in 50 years. the cambodians can see their t clear home saw for many young people like reality tv star, patients your. it's about more than just football. i pad, i wonder what the pin that i made there was anything at that point. i mean, it would have been a pleasure sending that with me one

a been explained to me but the country has struggled to reach this point. cameron was stripped of the right to hold the previous of control moment. partly because of serious construction the leagues on the eve of the cia's opening ceremony, walk us was to put in finishing touches on olympus video. i saw just patrol 247, elizabeth a town in cameron, southwest region. anglo font, separatist, malicious, have threatened to destroy much as here. cameras, tim captain sees players are rising above this trouble. brussel of import us. i think what is important is what has brought us to this level. it's football to success, so it ever happens outside football doesn't interest us at us. we are doing our very best to stay focused on our goal and to have a great tournament in room grant competition. is a wit to getting support as need a proof of vaccination and

a negative cru. navarro steps to access much venues. many carina football fans a been turned away because unlike the school that's hardly a surprise in a country. well, as a 6 percent of people were eating, a fully vaccinated spectator, turner has been longer than anticipated because of district moves. one of those who made it through is levina to tribal, from parties to support hattie and country need to shed the word and actually africa that we can organize something that's interesting and that's a big now. yeah, it does. can wait to see if i'm in the band and now i'm proud of my country. i'm getting the free fund zune set up through al cameroon, also provided an enormous downcast. it seems that where are the see the games inside or outside the studios? cameron fans akin not to miss out on the action from on africa,

largest football competition. i'm now joined by did abuse only such a cool mom who's been closely following the competition. hello lisa. tell us what we learned so far from the africa cup of nations. oh hello eddie. the african cup of nations as truly come to live. are you myself that very much a bit of dull, open the 1st the to grew said matches. we've sent lots of girls you to in 36 matches 68 girls 80. that is a woman one for a group stage, a tournament you have to say. and in terms of what we learnt, well, you have to be careful for the want. the so called middles are the debutantes, as they call them, but they can't stand guided by candy. well, they definitely can't think i know because ganna is out and louis stung by as such a team. but anyway, any major shock or surprise so far? obviously we have to talk about ghana, eddy. yeah. no pun intended, for you,

but that the black stars, i swear to do much better in this tournament. but you know, gets indeed said by the likes of for morocco i haven't a draw against gab with that last ditch. you know, well frank, as we saw the end of the game and also getting beat 3 to buy camaros to be shown the exit door. it seem, you know, with as little population as the under 1000000. that's the big blow for a full time with a leg garner. so that's one of the big shocks of the tournament. but eddie is not just gonna who've been shown the exit door. algeria defending champions have to say a big stars are bri, had marez baghdad, buena jar, underbelly all throw it out to retort them and they lost it again to it. seem another debutante. so you have to say are in that won't. so algeria also not, our tournament is a big shot because you ask yourself, we thought that is tim where did favors go into it again to this tournament. but to get knocked out in the group stage. if touches something about this particular africa football for this time. okay, well it's good to feel like i'm not alone in, in losing and being kicked out of the competition. it's time to separate the boys

from the men, right. what can we expect in the round of 16 knockout fees? well, eddie, you talk about the round of 16 favorites right now. obviously should be nigeria alongside the likes of cameras. now cameron will take on that. debbie talks about camaro sewer authority around of 16, but we'll knock, i'll face that game. so you look at the big game between nigeria, antony's yes, yes to nisha also struggled are to qualify. they got beat thereby a surprise, surprise by a gambling site. also. debutantes. i yesterday and i did that on my due at the and i just have to be careful. yes. did you fair high the group are running into groups, they defeats in the life of egypt and also get a be so and so dan will you never can tell you know, with this game against to nicea and also egypt also struggling to group stage where they'd have to take on the now high fly and i have recorded life of nickel aspect. they took out algeria yesterday are by 30 goes to one. i think those are the key big games going into this round of 60 matches. really looking forward to those games, but there's one thing we can miss and is competition history has been made in this

tournament with a fast, ever female referee of an african game. elisa, our come back to you in a bit bye, let's 1st he had a thought of other football fans on the ground lab. there are a lot of female referees in local leaks across africa. we need to make more of an effort to have them referee at a continental tournaments. to be frank, she was good at today's game. she's an extraordinary referee. very good. oh, give them up with you so much from your father. i'm very impressed. yeah. the 1st time i seen a lady officiating male football in the other, she was wonderful. she deserves a lot of praise. liberalism. well he's, i'm sure you agree with a fans is definitely time for more women participation, isn't it? most definitely, eddie. now, when we heard the news that 8 female referee for the 1st time in immense african, in a 65 year history, was going to wrapped again between eggs in babylon and guinea. we thought, hey, this may be a good way to say, have a more we mentor, you know, to ref,

african for bush, a 35 she is from rwanda talking about her i the lady sadly mama can't sang from lawanda. now. we may be seen more referee and in terms of cast ornaments. women's football mans, football afc on gwin 4, which is clearly opened the door from when we went in a referees all across africa. football at 8 north, south east and indeed west africa. that was lisa tacoma. did of you correspondence in vegas? that's all we got by for now. ah ah ah, with

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