oh matter. discover the world around you. subscribe to the w documentary on youtube. this is dw news africa coming up on the show. why is an indigenous group in the democratic republic of congo being attacked and pushed off their ancestral land? an investigation finds that d r c park authorities are burning down villages and murdering indigenous. but while people we find out who's ordering these attacks and funding such human rights abuses are to almost 2 decades of delays. the international criminal court holds its 1st trial addressing the conflict in dar for

a sudanese militia leader is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity and are in tanzania where muslims are feeling the pinch of rising food prices as they mark ramadan. ah, i'm rena mohammed, thanks for joining us to the democratic republic of congo or an indigenous community called the butler claim. they are being brutally forced out of that native land. the community live in the co who's e b, a got national park unesco world heritage site. and investigation by the minority rights group has found a deadly 3 year campaign by par gods and soldiers to expel the butler. the but was say, they've been tortured, raped, and murdered t w's. mario miller, that some of them. so these hills are home to endangered

guerrillas. the cow was he began national park as a unesco welled heritage side funded with public german money. it's a magnet for tourists, even though it's tucked away in the east of the democratic republic of congo. at the park was also home to these villagers about while people, they've allegedly suffered killings, rapes and the burning of their homes. these photos document what looks like a systematic terror campaign. the aim to drive them out of the park. they tell us, reads group says this persecution is indirectly financed by the german government. last november, the village was attacked and the bat were left. they have been scratching a living in this abandoned construction site since then. kabibi callo bar told us just one of many gruesome stories we heard. she was working in her field when she

heard there was an attack. she ran home as fast as she could. not an engineer, i found that my house was already burned. there was only smoke coming out from where the house was. i went to run with you. i took a stick to pass it through the ashes. mag i saw the head man of one of my children in it had gone in a la here. he grumbled, good woe she took her other children and fled away from the village. but haunted by what she found than the wreckage, the door had been tight shut. those who burned her house must have locked her 4 year old and her 5 year old inside. witnesses say the attack as were pa guards and cali soldiers. they say part management wants to keep the battle people out, even though it includes their ancestral land. is this in when young one that they was sent by the wildlife or 40 the law every year since

2019. they've come to attack garza, he long. well, go to somebody, when they killed people, they cut off their arms and showed them to others, or no one telling them to leave the fields. why? oh, they would exterminate them all. we would need to tell them on the construction side and squalid. there's no clean water or medical help. it's not even safe. there was a violent attack by an armed group a few days before we arrived. the n g o minority rights group has extensively researched the violent incidents in the last 3 years. in the latest report, they say pa guards have killed at least 20 unarmed civilians, gang raped 15 women enforced hundreds to flee. we found 2 per guards who admitted being actively involved in multiple attacks. they would only talk anonymously. they said a colleague who had spoken before, had been found dead. i was there. they already built their villages 3 times and we

destroyed them. they started in 2019. we burned the houses that were there, but they still rebuilt. usually they carry out attacks with soldiers from the congolese army. he says, but he was clear that orders can directly from the park director. did you beyond that we left together mixed with our brothers of the national army. and the order came from our leader, dubia omby. we were 75 people. our mission was to go and burn these houses and to ever tries to play around. if you have to kill them, you kill them. the aim is to terrorize the villagers so badly that they dont return . he says they use machine guns, rocket propelled grenades and mortars, and the attacks he says, both deny having committed or witnessed any cases of rape. oh,

back in the park, the but were have decided to return to their village even if it's risky he be caliber will fix her house, try to rebuild her life. so the but was say they'll stay here. no matter what is people come to kill them, at least they'll die on their land. the minority rights group report also found that park authorities continued to receive funding from foreign governments like the u. s. and germany as well as conservation groups. despite being made aware of the atrocities since 2019, how he put these allegations to the relevant authorities, the national park director did you bow bear, wrote to d, w, saying there had never been any targeted violence in the park and that he had never ordered such a tax, he said he was a victim of a conspiracy to get rid of him as pock director and germany's ministry of

development. his calling for an independent investigation. it released the statement saying, we take these allegations very seriously. they are, if they are correct, they will be consequences, including germany, support of the national park. foreign this i'm joined by robert philip, felt he is the author of the minority rights group report that looks into the allegations of violence against the but where people in the d r. c. thank you very much for being with us here. andy w, news africa. are you satisfied with the response from the parties that have been responsible for helping conserve this park? well, it's important to note that although it's good that the german government in particular has expressed grave concern at what we've addressed. the german government was notified on all of the agencies involved and supporting the park were notified repeatedly beginning in 2019 of the campaign that has been conducted organizing members of this indigenous community, the bottom of their response. when those agencies and the german government were

notified in particular g, i said tariff w was less concerned with such notifications were not public as an example, after a particularly gruesome attack in july of last year. when jazz had received a specific notification of the details of the fact that a village had been several villages had been entirely destroyed. people killed ex chusen style targeted with heavy weapons. a staffer from g, i said, went with a german ambassador to the park, not to investigate, but actually to organize a p. r stunt to smiled next to part guards according to the press spokesperson to congratulate the part guards on, on their mission, on their hard work. and on to and to promise to i try to convince german tourists reluctant german tourist at to come to the park. so although now there's a lot of concern, ah, that concern hasn't been there for the last 3 years when there were multiple notifications of about this, about this violence here. so with this specific investigation, can you just talk us through how you were able to conduct it and gain access to the

specific cases? yeah i, it's important to note that some, although we did talk to hundreds of eye witness sources, some of the strongest evidence that we were to ab able to gather was actually physical evidence. that's to say we visited these villages days after their destruction while they're literally still smoldering, while they're still literally articles of bloodstained clothing drawing in the sun visited the freshly dug graves recovered shell casings from weapons that were used consistent with the accounts of eye witnesses. a k 47 rounds rounds from belts fed machine guns boxes even from heavy weapons use, you know, 60 millimeter mortars or p, jeez, as well. so in addition to hundreds of eye witness sources, we also gathered a preponderance of physical evidence and additionally, spoked parker, who participated in the violence and describe, describe quite glibly, having a, quite a crisis of conscience about the fact that they were engaged in these sorts of attacks aimed at expelling and indigenous community from,

from their ancestral answer. so we have an idea of who is conducting the attack 1st hand accounts. but who's authorizing them? and what's the motive? well, there's no question on that. the orders came directly from, from park leadership. these are not yet bad apples park guards deciding to engage in horrific tax on their own initiative. this was an institutional policy to expel indigenous people from a park that sits on their ancestral lands. it was sanctioned at the highest level by park authorities. and incidentally, although of course, all of the international supporters of the park would say they had no handiness, they did indeed provide substantial military style support the provision of support for training, military style, training, combat techniques, weapons handling, for the part guards, as well as non lethal military equipment as well as bank, rolling the entire operation the entire time, despite being notified of the fact that this campaign was ongoing with the intention of expelling but to from,

from their land via so this concept of militarize militarized can evasion. does that require an element of policy reform and in order to hold those accountable going forward, i would say that on the whole, this is a rigidly neo colonial, violent mode of, of protecting wildlife a it's, it's, some people call it the fortress model. that's to say, creating militarized fortresses where, you know, the only people that are allowed to visit are sort of foreign taurus who can come and visit or cons, foreign conservation as experts. and everybody else, you know, in particular, marginalized communities are denied access to the land. and if they try to enter, you know, the best cases that they're arrested, worst cases that they're subjected to sort of tremendous brutality. i think there is no question that this approach to conservation is not only fundamentally unjust, but it actually doesn't work at pits, communities against the notion of conservation. and additionally, in different places where it's tried, it simply doesn't work. you have

a increasing and accelerating biodiversity law. so not only is it unjust, but it's also a sort of dysfunctional approach. absolutely needs reform. yes. and just very quickly, if you could break down what are the responsibilities under the laws in the d r c, to protect indigenous communities that your dear see is a signatory to the universal declaration on the rights of indigenous people which acknowledges the right of indigenous people to access their ancestral lands. now that of course look flies in the face of, you know, the sort of history of the bar to our originally expelled from the park in the mid 19 seventy's. and then upon returning 2018, were subject to the sorts of organized violence that we documented in our report. so although derossi's a signatory to that law, obviously the way in which the government and the supporters have behaved in the p and k b has been strictly inconsistent with the um, with the recognition of of that right in try and in the idea. okay, rabbits fill a felt thank you very much. need to speaking tittie. kathy is africa. thank you so much. thank you. oh,

you watching. the diabetes forgot still to come. the 1st i see see trial addressing the murder and torture of hundreds of thousands of people in sedans, da, for region. we have more on the man accused of overseeing these war crimes. and we're in times a near where rising food prices are spoiling the holy month. of ramadan for some muslim families. but 1st, the coven 19 pandemic has created a space for a range of new startups and food delivery apps. in zimbabwe, one online food store is doing its part to help people buy food safely and avoid the journey to a busy supermarket by delivering groceries straight to customers. doorsteps. today, please, provision was vanity has the story from harry lou. excellent. yeah. i receiving food orders a right at the doorstep, has become

a convenient and safe option for some residents in zimbabwe. escabido hardy for current young online shopping innovations, help to reduce the risk of infection. during the peak of the pandemic, she regularly orders a fresh produce and food from the online start up a fresh in a box. it's been a life saver. am i missing a mum? so as you can see, i have a small, a child as if me going to the supermarket along with the worry of infection and has also been the time factor. so even now that things are a little bit lesson from, from a cupboard perspective, i still find the deliveries in valuable just to saving me time. one line should be the steadily growing in zimbabwe, and it has brought many services closer to citizens. in the comfort of their homes could almost assume founded the familiar run start up afresh in

a box. customers can order fresh vegetables, fruits in some additional food items, online. all innovation is made um, shopping for, for the everyday individual, very, very easy. they go on the phones or the order from us and then we deliver to the homes. obviously with cove 19 making this the new normal. um it during the big panics and the big girls locked downs. we became ubiquitous and became 1000000 are absolutely necessary. was holmes. the coroner virus pandemic has been a real booster to the online startup company. after it was founded in 2018, it only served in average of a $120.00 customers a day until called low downs, a started. now that his short up until more than it 1000, it fresh from fresh in a box, major source of vegetable being able to sell online helped a civ from produce that would have otherwise gone to waste. because of course,

it logged on. what i've learned from the pandemic is that, you know, humanity means to find ways of being more sustainable in the way that it eats in the way that it grows in the way that it survives. are we are going to have to find ways of survival in a space where we're not as closely knit as we used to be declaring a virus pandemic may have brought many challenges for families in social innovators . but it is brought many good lessons to consider for the future. and for the 1st time, a sidney's militia later is on trial at the international criminal court for atrocities committed nearly 20 years ago in sudan star for region. ali other, a man also known as ali cra, shape, is suspected of being linked to the gender weed on grouped, he's been charged with $31.00 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. he doubly is tommy all a depot reports printer authority that it was built based on the charges laid out.

it's a huge a suit to have ali mohammed ali after man, finally facing justice center and also known as alika shape. he's described as having a ruthless reputation, see that as one of the leaders of the gender, we militia, that terrorized sedans dar for region 4 years. it's a case where there is multiplicity of evidence from different sources. that the accused killed. he ordered, he encouraged a full range of crimes, the full range of crimes. i am that before you honors, he participated and he ordered among the accusations, leveled against abdominal, is that he was not a leader disconnected from his foot soldiers actions. but that he was actively involved in the atrocities witness after witness saw him, heard him, recognized him witness after witness knew mister abdur rahman from before. if the

defend donkey denies the charges with her at one hour had one of them, i reject all these charges. i am innocent of all these charges. i am not guilty of any charges o what's not in doubt however, is the change a weeds violent campaign from 2003 as they travelled on pickup trucks or on horses, be carried out mass killings of rapes and torture. as the militia hit back at rebels, complaining of oppression by the arab dominated government in the capital, har tomb. but they targeted civilians, 2 millions suffered as a result. and to date violence is still flaring up in the region. and now at the hague, the 1st of many accused militia leaders is being made to answer for these crimes nearly 20 years since the violence began. many da fourier see this trial as better, late 3, and never 25. well, let's discuss this further with elise kaplan. she is the associate director in the

international justice program at human rights watch. is were to have you with us on d, w in east africa. now eliquis shape is the 1st suspect to be tried for war crimes. committed in dar 4. how significant is this trial? this child is an incredibly significant moment for our, for our sudan, for justice, generally around the world. this is the 1st time a leader is being held to account for the horrific crimes committed and or for that the world 1st watched in 2003, 2004 in horror at the brutality of these crimes all of these years. no one has faced justice for the crimes at any significant level of responsibility. co shapes . trial is the 1st time someone is being held to account. and the international criminal court is really playing a role as a crucial court of last resort. sudanese authorities have not been willing or able

to see justice for these crimes. but why has it taken so long to get to this point? there are a couple of factors at play. the 1st and most significant one is that omar albus year was empower in sudan until 2019 and he himself has spaces charges by the international criminal court for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed. and therefore he, it blatantly refused to see the sudanese government cooperate with the international criminal court despite a legal obligation to do so by through a resolution by the un security council. so that really blocked the possibility of these cases going forward for a tremendous amount of time. he was ousted out of power in 2019, and then in 2020, we saw cushy voluntarily bring himself into custody of the international criminal

court. he had been in central african republic breaking open the possibility for this case and hopefully more cases involving the outstanding fugitives to face judicial proceedings for the alleged crime. when does cooking, to sifting our focus on to form a present, omar bashir, where does this leave him? will we be thing bush year on trial? eventually there is a call for the current student authorities to transfer omar al this year. he's currently in sydney's custody. he had been facing charges related to how he came into power in sudan. it's important to note that the transitional government that came into force after he was ousted, began to cooperate with the international criminal court, signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate with the court. it's been a challenging situation, though, there was a military coup following the transitional government coming in to force in october

. and though the new authorities have indicated they will respect that memorandum of understanding with the international criminal court. we are waiting to see and it's imperative that this, these authorities do transfer the outstanding suspects, sheer and 3 others, 3 of whom are in sydney's custody, so that the victims can finally have access to justice. people have been waiting and yearning to see justice happen for these crimes. in fact, there's a pretty incredible footage of when former prosecutor of the international criminal court that you been sort of travel to dar for, for the 1st time in 2021 of people in this place, camps sheree and shantay for the arrival of the international criminal court trial in hopes of seeing justice finally prevail for these horrific crimes. right? at least kepler from human rights. want to thank you very much indeed for your time . ah,

the rising food prices are happening globally, partly due to the war in ukraine, a key source of weight for many countries. at the same time, muslims are observing the holy month of ramadan, where they fast from sunrise and ended with a meal cold. if dar advance said that rising prices and destruction to supply chains, i'm making that the challenge. he doubly as charles convey, met one family in darcy, lum. shopping has a new level of uncertainty right now. but do you have wheat flour, analyze? yes, we do. oh, i got one and a half kilos here for 2300 shillings. i used to pay 1700 shillings. the prices have gone up a lot. what was going on and from what that is g for nearly every sin at the market. merriam teaches a de primary school model. what has monday owns

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