he behaved exactly like said darcy and the poison spread from fairlance. ah, less my 0 misery in the great documentary series destruction of a nation this week on d. w. ah, this is d, w is africa coming up on the program lives on hold the african students facing an uncertain future as the war in ukraine. rage is on. so we're trying to see it in the shop view. so weeks that we have which school is going to accept those because we can even get our chance to create because of what is happening. we don't have our trash people. they don't seem to understand that we don't love drives creek, thousands of africans, students have finally escaped to safety. some have made it back to their home

countries, but all those, and now stuck in europe without a visa, and without a place to study. also coming up on the program, i do know women, i think i do have women. i have jim, we cannot speak off. yeah, no problem with some mickey, we have been men are men in what many a calling blatant sexism, women in nigeria being denied the same rights as men. but they're not taking it lying down and stepping out in style. we meet the women subverting sexual stereotypes in congo. brazza vill ah hello, i'm told me allotted. boy, it's good to have you with us. the war in ukraine has forced over 2000000 refugees out of the country. among them, tens of thousands of africans, mostly students. attempt to flee has been

a harrowing experience for many. they've described the bombardments the long journeys to safety and cases of racism along the way. we've been talking to, some of the students caught up in the conflict order. one my darian who gave his name only as chinney to was stranded in his house as russian forces a launch and assault. he sent us a video a few days ago from the town he studying in sumi in the east of ukraine. as you'll hear, shelling started while he was speaking to us. you don't have any of these to go out so well, mr. clear. no move made speak, you bombed in even though with this in law says fire nasty shooting. lucy, we don't have a clue what that would august. we don't have any food stuff. he usually is busy. sometimes when you see bas kit, bread will hold in the stores in don't have any dinner. again, he's not in this morning to margaret esl. where's my school provided 3 boss is only

chinese students, nor was is for us regarding this leg. i don't know. i will not be in the so confused. this is good. it is on my louis until the isn't just tuesday and day. while you're new spoke, if i'm in these now, you sleep in london. i'm having and it does well much in the more these are getting wookey their shoes yours. no, i don't really you guy. it's not as this is a shorter though. sure. disastrous. it also does bomb now. yeah. he's on. i don't know if you guys gave lucy dawson i this is fabulous for both right mama and we can confirm that gina do did survive the shelling on the night when he record of that video for us. and he later made it to hungary and also now safe in budapest. hungary is fellow student, be sola,

we talked to her about her experience. her escape from denise pro, also in the east of ukraine, then on to live in the west. and then later on to put a past in neighboring hungary, i started by asking her when exactly she realised she had to leave some thursday to friday. within sleeva couldn't sleep, we couldn't it. we were scared. the tension was getting more. but i will by allah keith friday came mean the st in. well i ok, let's do a wait to see if something was going to happen. but then the intention was increasing literally like a like we literally could not eat. we literally could not sleep like there was no peace, like no risk at all. it was shot in our eyes was like a risk because we didn't know it was gonna happen. so saturday morning because up regime just one hour, one hour close to the da da da in april. so is there year in from separation that

the russians were trying to evade. we're going to evade soon, and people in dennis for other other window nipper they did, they were leaving and all that. so i leave me 2 of the 2 other friends. right. i have 2 other roommates or 3. so when i. ringback we cannot stay, we have to leave because everybody is leaving. and then from if the rush us, when the rushes invades up before you know what they want to comment, denny bro. and then we can state, so that was why we decided that we're going to leave no longer to say that we're gonna be in, you made it to, to hungary eventually at how did you make it there? yeah, we have trouble all way through middle lake. we have to struggle our retreats. all right, so when the initial plan was actually to go to poor land was there was a whole line. but then when i went to the train station,

i need to transition the whole lot of people like the please was full. so there where we send is it, get your christopher all the way is i didn't get to all blacks. they said you have to and so we take it to one of them to get to the all is i guess do ukrainian. all right, so we, so we, we thought ok what, what can we do? we have to leave, we can say, so eventually we're going to push way through. all right, the trend king, the train came with our lord. well, it was that we're just going up and don't give me the most. i was, it was, yeah, it was like, it was a struggle was often don't open the order. finally, go to the train, running the bus, the train, you know, they said we couldn't enter that. we couldn't enter because we didn't have to, kids was there. and that you guys would not allow us to you guys not sell to kids tools and let them know that we come inside because we don't have the kids. so

there were a lot of guys, a lot of africa to come guys, guys. so they're trying to push yeah we, but you know, this people, the, the police usually went inside the tree to bring them out like bring them all out. but the ones that could find out when they fight, we and for the inside the inside. so they couldn't go inside, but it was, i couldn't go dig inside the train, did it really when it's like to bring them back to bring them out that we, we go, i need to because i like me and my roommate questions and go we fell down because of the struggle we see, so we couldn't get on that train. so when the train finally came and they were coming from the parisha because where our friends were on the train were able to also keep seats for. i'm helpless. so that was how we had a show, like we had a fight, we have literally struggle and 5 inside inside that tree, even as much as we should inside the train. there was no way to sit down. there was

no way to see that, like usually people wish standing people wait, sleeping on the, on the bypass you entered, drink not the fire, who is clipping that way. it's in there and all. but because, you know, kept this will all forms that, that was how i was able to when to push to push strips and go me crazy. where we, where we went that way. and that was how it was might need to sit down because obviously it was not, this is right. we have to sit down and treat the journey from denito to leave was like 18 hours in the drink. it seemed our i thought all the struggle we hadn't, we had not been, we hadn't seen our, you're in a safe place right now. what's next for you? what's next from the leg? it's literally really complicated because now the, you from our, from the news. yes. the saying that the kind of accommodate students that the only

thing as a by, with the compounds and go back to the country. so it's really complicated for us. so we're trying to see we didn't shut off. so we that we have which school is going to accept those because we can't even get our transcripts because of what is happening when we don't know about transfer, what it is. so understand that we don't have transcripts, trans feed. so so it's, it's, it's really, really complicated or like, the next step is really, really complicated or, you know, so uncertainty about the future. well miss ally, he thank you for speaking to us and we hope that you're able to find a way forward for the future. thank you so much. ah, you watching d w news africa still to come?

why some women in nigeria are protesting their lawmakers actions and the women subverting sexual stereotypes in congo, brownsville, and some sate beating the men at their own game of style. next is the story of a man who left molly 7 years ago to seek a better life in europe. my latin, kara, is one of thousands of africans who have used what's known as the western african atlantic route to reach spain's canary islands by boat from countries such as guinea, senegal, morocco, and western sahara. one spanish angio said more than 4000 africans died last year, attempting to get to the canaries using this crossing the highest number ever. yet, despite the danger, the numbers keep increasing as him or from madeline,

now to find out why was so determined to take such a risk and how this change his life and that of the family he left behind. ah, the past years have been challenging for madonna tune carter. he hopes to one day throw punches in the olympic hawk sing ring, but it's a miracle he's alive to pursue that dream. his toughest match to date came out at sea. the maryan was still a teen when he climbed into a fishing boat in the west african country of mauritania and set off for the canary islands. look beautiful though the last day was the worst part of the whole trip. i was inexperienced and simply had no strength left. i was very scared the whole time . but when you're suddenly in an extreme situation like that, your fear disappears. i learned a lot that later helped me in the boxing ring when you have go beyond your limits and overcome your fears. otherwise you come when was us? madonna eventually made it to this small port on the spanish island of grand canada

. it's dotted by abandoned migrant boats since his arrival, more than 7 years ago. margaret numbers here have risen rapidly and with it, the number of people who don't survive the journey. 8 work is estimate. 4000 people died in the past year alone. the dollar thinks that is a cautious estimate. leanne get out in the muddy, so on us i'm going, nobody knows how many dead bodies are really floating out at sea. often people simply run out of food or water or gas. that's how most of them die. day, oh no, the risk medulla says that they are willing to take it for their families across the sea to 1000 kilometers away. madonna's relatives follow his every move in spain . half of all molly and slid and poverty. the pandemic and political crises have compounded the situation. medulla scrapes together as much money as he can, through boxing and working in restaurant kitchens. back home, it pays for the family, children's schooling,

and food is vital to our survival. he left to relieve our suffering. our family has benefited a lot them a dollars journey. we know he works very hard for his money and we know things aren't easy for him where he is right now or what i'm not far from the family home is one of family coast bus stations from here. young molly and like madonna, leave every day to seek their fortune in europe. some remember him from the time when he lived in that neighbourhood? my name, don't worry, i'm not. yes, we've heard a lot about madonna, but i mean, he's one of us. i knew why we follow everything he does. he's doing a great job. and one day we want to be just like him. i got, i went ahead and madonna has mixed feelings about such statements. he fears many

young migrants will not survive the journey. at the same time, he's convinced the numbers of new arrivals on the canary islands will this year once again, break all records. ah, as you might be aware, the world marked the international women's day this past week, but hundreds of women in nigeria when not celebrating. instead, they were out on the streets, protesting angered by the countries lawmakers who rejected 5 changes to the constitution that were intended to promote gender equality from a buddha our corresponded amaco, acoya sent us this report. i determined to be heard these nigel and we men see the country's laws and discriminatory on the won't change. but stand in india. we are predominantly mil legislators.

it's ludicrous that we're still having to have this discussion. it's new to point that we're having to speak. it's ludicrous that we often for testing for our rights . it's ludicrous that the nigerian national assembly, which is dominated by men, do not seem to appreciate all the new politically. they have the stain or the women of nigeria and spend my life in a male dominated constitution. and i just didn't aware be i yet today. i do on women. i do. i do have women. i have jen. we cannot speak of. we are not on the decision making, we have been mailed parliament on the 1st of march. neither at law make i by the national assembly. what that against the bills, laws that will be represented niger and women. some of those include denies that of a ship to and i draw amounts for in the husband and denying, and i did. oh my name, the didn't ship in her husband stayed and lots more today the guy that he had to say, this is in all and it's time ball of this to change my generous legislators voted

on 60 it amendments to the constitution. among these 5 bills were focused on promoting gender equality, politics, governance, and to society, all 5, where it rejected the b denies citizenship to the foreign bond husband's supply journeyman. but a niger, a man's forbidden bonn, wife gets automatic citizenship. it's denies women. the ability to take indigent shape in your husband's state after 5 years of been together and also denies fred 5 percent appointed positions for women. one of the very few men here says a discrimination against women is discrimination against all. i believe that if men do sen woman's rights and not standing up for their wives, for their children, for their daughters, for this system, for their love, they're not standing up for the memory of the many women who fought for the merger we up to date is been 3070 years since nigeria ratified the united nations

convention on elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. but the food is still to be seen. oh, let's bring in dorothy and germans a she is a human rights activist, filmmaker and the founder of the dorothy germans, a foundation in a boucher dorothy. it's good to have you on the program. now women make up only about 6 percent of niger is national assembly. so should we really be surprised when gender bills get rejected in this manner? oh, well, we shouldn't be surprised. however, this apprise elements will come from the fact that when you get into the national assembly, as either a senator or a member of the house of representatives, there is an orientation that is done for people to remember that they are not there representing their political parties but they're there in the interest of all

nigerians, irrespective of gender or political party affiliations or whatever else there is. so considering the fact that that orientation was done on the members of the national assembly, forgot that too soon. and then thing to give women, you know, the basic rights that are enjoyed in other parts of the world. simply because we're women i, that's was very disappointing. so do you think then that this, what we've seen here, the rejection of these bills as a reflection of the attitudes of the people in the national assembly or this, does this reflect the wider attitudes towards women in the country? oh, so the national assembly is a general reflection of what happens you know, everywhere in the country. however, considering the amount of resources that has been dedicated to ensuring that the people in the national assembly function in line with ward best practices. it's

very disheartening that despite all the resources that have been, you know, plowed into this, you know, we still have a lot of retrogressive moves. the legal from walks though we leaned on the national assembly to help us bring to be, you know, bring to bear are very important. and this is so many steps backwards as far as i'm concerned. you know, it's a, it's reflective of what is in the society the larger society was considering. therefore that had been put in that should have been a place where one would have expected a lot of progressive actions instead of retrogression. now in the recent days, we've seen the house of representatives acknowledge that there should be a review on 3 of those bills, specifically on citizenship, on one's indigenous status and on affirmative action in political parties. now as someone who took part in the process we saw in boucher do you take that as a victory? no, i don't take it as

a victory. a promissory consider doesn't translate to actual efforts, actual actions as reconsidering rights. so is that i've seen it as a step in the right direction. i see it as a finger pointed towards the direction that steps in tend to be taken towards. i look forward to seeing our trials, steps are taking those actions. and also it's, this is an opportunity to remind the nationalist or the house of reps that all the 5 demands from the women are important. not only 3 out of the 5, you know, would pacify the women. and the process will definitely continue until all the 5 demands are met by the house of reps. and what do you think needs to change to make nigeria more equal? what is the chain to make the journey more equal? is we need to have more legal frameworks and that's what people are running away

from there right away from a given us agenda and equal opportunities bill passed to become a law. and now we've gone to the ground of the federal republic of nigeria, which is the constitution. we need the language in the constitution to change our reflects that there. he's as much as they does. she's as much as they are, he's in the constitution. and we also need, you know, this busy these are having highlighted which seems to be a huge bottle for the national assembly to come to terms with, to be in the constitution of the federal republic of nigeria to and shaw equal rights on equal access to opportunities for men as they are for women in nigeria. okay. i will have to leave it there for now. but thank you very much. dorothy and germans. a speaking to us from a boucher thank you very much. staying on the subject of women's rights in congo. brazza vill people known as a person who dress up in expensive clothes have traditionally always been men. but

women have been demanding to be let into this excuse of club. as we report some are making quite an impression on the streets of the capital. ah look, one is as if it as if as we always dress, well, we're not lame any time we are well dressed. let the how does your vehicle and i mean you do use it by now people can understand that a woman can also step out there and dress up with style one. was he back? let that do wise you. my name is miss sunny grease. i am as approved from congo bro . seville, le sump stands for society of ambiance, makers and elegant people. if you are not elegant, you can't be part of law software for you to buy an outfit. you must have some means because it is expensive. jimmy dablin, i hussle jenkins, i have a barn sell drinks. i love my clothes. even if i live in a small place,

i prefer to buy clothes and sales. okay. yes. the do moves below they ward. they close dressing up. sexy. that's what we like. separate as you decide, sell out of their demo. it always gives me great pleasure to see women dressed impeccably and stylish, was ago with great brands. before we only saw men wearing suits and good shoes, but now we also see women doing it, waka, it's a great pleasure. they honor us, women nibble waffen obama, of of his uncle, nettie. i busted go, don't mind you came to suppose me inspired by my husband since for fashion law. he is a supper. oh, there are some men who refuse to include women in the association of the claim that where women are there are always quarrels. buskey things have changed. i'm going to go because many women have joined with somebody. so be mucous. there are even women

who dress better than men. they really out do. men was also stick. officially, there might be equality between men and women in the congo least. society, but in reality, men act as if they were somehow above women left who we love civil w. so the 8th of march is important for us up houses. it is international women's day. what each woman has the right to celebrate. oh, miss susie my. even if i am sick on the day, i will get up and go celebrate because it is our day. oh yes mm hm. it certainly learn something on star, an elegance from them. oh, that's it for now, but do check out our other stories on d. w. dot com, forward slash africa,

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