atlanta with, i'm neal, host of the, on the grievance of cost. and to me, it's clear we need to change the solutions or out the join me for a deep dive into the green transformation. for me to do for the van. ah, this is d, w. news 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 shot field or so weeks that we have which school is going to accept those because we can't even get our transcripts because of what is happening. you will know how it tries before. they don't seem to understand that we don't have tries 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 and you know, when i say i do have women i, we cannot speak off, we are not on the decision making. we have been men for men in what many are calling blatant sexism. women in nigeria are 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 tommy aladdin. 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 gillian, who gave his name only as chinney to was stranded in his house as russian forces 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, stay, keep bombed in even though this in law says fire nasty shooting. lucy, we don't have a clue what that would august. we don't have any food. dorothy usually is busy. sometimes will you see be bread? no food in the store is in the oven, and in again you move this morning to maggie diesel. where is my school?

they did 3 bosses for only 10 years to dance nor was use for african. it's like, i don't, that's not, i will not being so confused. this would. it is on louis. i thought the zones was tuesday and day while you're new spoke you're finding these now, do you sleep in london? i'm having in it been does well much in the more written is just getting wookey there should years. no, i don't mean if you guy, it's not as it is a shorter though. sure. disastrous. it also does warm now. yeah. he's on. i don't know if you guys can hear lucy dawson i this is robert de los lobos right momma. 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 danny 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. sometimes it's a friday within sleeva couldn't sleep, we couldn't it. we were scared. the tension was getting more. but our, by our wiki friday came mean the st in, well i ok, let's still wait to see if something was going to happen. but then the intention was increasing literally like look 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 what was going to happen. so saturday morning because zak rogia is just one hour, one hour close to the da da da in april. so was there yeah,

from separation that the russians were trying to evade. we're going to evade soon. and people in dennis for other other window nick or they did, they were leaving and all that. so i lead me to of the 2 other friends. right. i have 2 other roommates or 3. so when i ok, we cannot stay. we have to leave because everybody is leaving. and then from it, the rush us, when the russians 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 going to write, you made it to, to hungary eventually at how did you make it there? ah, we have this trouble all way through it all lake. we have to struggle our retreats . all right, so when the initial plan was actually to go to poland 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 gets, was trish the for the way is i didn't get to all blacks. they said you have to and so to get to one of them to get the off, 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 eventually going to push way through. all right, the trend king, the train came with our lord or it was that which is going up and don't give me monday was it was, it was, it was a struggle was often don't open the order. finally, go to the train, running to go to the train. you know, they said we couldn't enter that we couldn't enter because we didn't have to kid was there and you guys would not allow us to you guys not sell tickets tools and let them know that we come into the course. we don't have the kids. so there were

a lot of guys, a lot of africa, african guy's guy. so they're trying to push yeah, we but you know, this people just, the police usually went inside the train to bring them out like bring them all out . but the ones that could find out when they fight, we and plugged it 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 pushes and go. we fell down because of the struggle everything, so we couldn't get on that stream. so when the train finally came and the train was coming from zachary's. yeah, 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 treatment, the fire, who is clipping that way. it's in there and all, but because, you know, kept this will all forms that so that was how i was able to when to push to push trips and go me crazy. where we, where we went that way and that was, 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 the need 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 let it seen our, you're in a safe place right now. what's next for you? oh, what makes me reg? it's literally really complicated because now the, you from our, from the news. yes. the saying that the kind of accommodate students that only

actually has a cost bye with compounds. well, that's the question is we needed to keep it for us. so we're trying to see we didn't shut off so weeks that we have when school is going to accept those because we can 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 if it's really, really complicated or like the next step is really, really complicated. well or you know, so uncertainty about the future. well miss ally, he, oh, good. 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. you watching d, dublin use africa still to come?

oh, 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 modalities. 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 dangers the numbers keep increasing,

let's hear more 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. 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 with still a teen when he climbed into a fishing boat in the west african country of mauretania and set off for the canary islands. look beautiful in the last day, was the worst part of the whole trip. i was inexperience 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, migrant 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 and really floating out at sea. often people simply run out of food or water or gas. that's how most of them die. they all know 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 in poverty. the pandemic and political crises have compounded that situation. medallist 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. mom is vital to our survival. he left to relieve our suffering. our family has benefited a lot from a dollars journey and we know he works very hard for his money. and we know things aren't easy for him where he is right now for a while. i'm not far from the family home is one of them, a 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 the neighbourhood? melinda, though. huh. yes. was heard a lot about my dollar, but i'm in that the why he's one of us, like i knew why we follow everything he does. he's doing a great job. and one day that we want to be just like him vote okay. i don't, i that i like i, i went ahead and i, a one level medulla has mixed feelings about such statements. he fears many young

migrants will not survive the journey. at the same time, he is convinced the numbers of new arrivals on the canary islands will this year once again, break whole 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 niger and we men see the country's laws and discriminatory and they want change. but stand in india, we are predominantly mil, they're just the to us. it's ludicrous that we're still having to have this

discussion. it's new to quote that we're having to speak. it's ludicrous that we often were testing for our rights. it's new to prove that 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 did a web b, i. yes, today i do on women. i do have women. i have jen. we cannot speak of. we are not part of the decision making. we have been mailed parliament on the back of mad nitrous law, make i by the national assembly vote. and it goes to build a laws that will be represent nigerian women. some of those include denies that of a ship to and i draw amounts for in the husband and denying. and i did owe money in the didn't ship in her husband, stayed and lots more the day that got that he had to say, this is, you know, and it's time ball of this to change my generous legislators voted on 68 amendments

to the constitution among these 5 bills were focused on promoting gender equality and politics, governance and to society, all 5 where it rejected the b denies citizenship to the foreign bond, husbands apply journeymen. but and i joined muns foreign bond wife gets automatic citizenship. it's denies women the ability to take indigent shape in your husband's state after 5 years of being 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 senator 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 merger. we up to date is been 37 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 demons. a. she is a human rights activist filmmaker and the founder of the dorothy and 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 major national assembly. so should we really be surprised when gender bills get rejected in this manner? oh well, we shouldn't be surprised. however, the surprise 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 and that was very disappointing. so do you think that, 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 a, 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, what's considering therefore, that have been put in does, 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 ones and didn't a 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 tomato, jerome or equality 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 growth norm of the federal republic of nigeria, which is the constitution. we need the language in the constitution to change our reflects that they are, 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 basic please, a hobby 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. ok, 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. brezza vill people known as suppose 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 as is it as if as we always dress well, we're not lame any time we are well dressed. do let the how does your beautiful name you do it by now people can understand that a woman can also step out there and dress up with style. one was the back of the whole. let that do. why is you my, my name is miss sunny grace. i am us approved from congo, bro, seville law, supp. it stands for society of ambiance, makers and elegant people. if you are not elegant, you can't be part of law sapa for you to buy an outfit. you must have some means because it is expensive. jimmy divorce i hussle gent beach. i have a barn cell drinks. i love my clothes. even if i live in a small place,

i prefer to buy clothes. sailors. okay. yes. we do moves below. they ward their clothes. dressing up sexy. that's what we like. separate azusa salon of their demo, it always gives me great pleasure to see women dressed impeccably and stylish, was along with great brands. but 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, never waffen obama, his uncle nettie. i busted go jump time. you came to suppose i'm 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 dressed

better than men, they really out do. men wasn't electricity 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 susan sima. even if i am sick on that day, i will get up and go celebrate because it is our day. oh. c yes mm hm. ah, it certainly learned 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, or on our facebook and twitter. now, before we go, we leave you with these pictures from a cultural festival in abidjan caught devora massa as it's known, showcases some amazingly talented performing artists. so enjoy, we'll see you next time. bye for now. a a a

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