hoodie on d w. sometimes books are more exciting than real life. raring to read. ah. what if there's no escape? w literature list laundry german must read. this is did the news africa coming up on the program? the horn of africa faces it's worst drought in 40 years. we meet a mother struggling to survive in somalia, after losing 2 of her children. we asked why are millions in east africa at risk of starvation? people's lives knock a dying serial harvest away below. long time, aborigines. we're concerned that the warn you crying further exacerbate what we're already soaring,

pricings in somalia. so what can african leaders unpacked as due to ease the burden of your grains? wall will ask in a goes economy minister and it's a grow in sports dominated by men. but she believes that skating is for all. we meet one of kenya's best speed skate is breaking through the barriers. ah, i am eddie micah junior and you are welcome to the program. we start with the unfold in humanitarian crisis. in the horn of africa, the un says the region is experienced and it's worse to drought in for decades. and the problem is compounded by a lack of humanitarian aid. as a result, millions could phase famine in parts of a few of yeah, kenya, so malia and booty. the ongoing war in ukraine is forever western in the already

warry and situation. somalia in particular is the worst affected dw correspondence . mario mueller traveled to the town of dolo, where 3 comes for internally displaced. people have sprung up in the last few months. i 15 days of walking through the hot desert with little water and no food. here to see her, mohammed left her village with 3 children, but she arrived with only one little ha ha! we were walking and walking. my son was very thirsty and exhausted. he asked me many times mommy, water, mommy, water. he started gasping, but there was nothing, no trump of water. i could give him a little white. with her sick, 8 year old daughter died an arrival at the camp. suffering from a bad cough and weakened from the journey. as the drought worsens, children are among the most vulnerable. the un projects that if nothing is done 350000 of the $1400000.00 severely malnourished children, that after death,

it didn't year by clinic. we meet mothers waiting for treatment for their malnourished babies. one of them is ramo norwood dairy. when she lost over a 100 golds due to the drought, she left her village within 9 children without the support of her relatives, they wouldn't survive. she says 2 of her children, amman nourished about the land dell, but no one has a land. i know the stuff i had, but i can't put him down to rest because he is sick of the night. but since last night, not sweating and fever have gone down on an event when we lost our latest. oh, i'm glad the rest online that we can't live without our livestock. i. that was a civil another. them whole allow mother yoga. another level like her, many of those who fled a livestock farmers more than half a 1000000 people have been driven from their homes this year alone. according to the world food program, more than 6000000 and now facing critical hunger. this drought has the face of

a not only are children suffering from malnutrition. they're also suffering from other wrists, such as early marriage in the castle bills, and then being recruited in groups in the kettle boys. the islamist militant group . osh above is a constant threat in this region. these women have come from a town which has been under siege valuable for the last 7 years. that are local indeed be were denied from farming i land blocked from growing on greens. it was the water access was blocked, there was no access to food either and nor cause moving. we left because of that, came on foot. we walked for several nights, could be dropped our children and walked away, gathered at that office. in order to survive, people try to earn money in nearby villages and buy friends with the little they have inflated prices. make the situation even worse. the prices of food in somalia, we're already soaring up because people's lives like

a dying serial. harvest a way below long term averages. we are concerned that the war in ukraine could further exacerbate what were already soaring prices in somalia. samaya is heavily dependent on ukraine and russia, ford sweet inputs for the port of odessa and ukraine. now closed the u. n. world food program is warning that the conflict could further drive up food prices. we are having to prioritize to really target those most in need for immediate life saving. but that means that we are taking from the hungry to feed the starving w. s p needs 192000000 dollars urgently to avert famine. it could hit as early as mid here. it's a race against time. let's talk more about this with francesco reg, monte, his original humanitarian coordinator for oxfam in east on central horn of africa.

hello, francesco. thanks for joining us. so millions in the horn of africa, especially in somalia, facing a risk of farming. what is the driving force behind this? thank you very much and thank you for having me. are there are like a number of drivers for these crises at conflict. climate change increase creating release cove, increase drought, and floods. the effects of co it. we should not forget that the horn of africa was eat last year by the war, st. lucas, the infestation years. and of course, the increase off prices are contributing to these to these crisis. so many different factors, but who's affected the most? these cries is unfortunately very unequal. he's affecting part of the, of the counties we aware whether it has been less investment by the local government. and he's affecting, we men and children. just to give you an idea. there are at the moment in somalia,

1400000 children that they are mug nourished, that's like more than the population of muni. there are 350000 people every children in that, in somalia, they are really at risk of starvation. if no intervention is you stake and, and is the same insults were done 1.3000000 children there again, more than the population of many. and i should say, rightfully so, an intervention is needed. i understand that much needed support is being hampered by the war in ukraine. how is that impacting the crisis and the horn of africa? thank you for this question that i like a number of, of elements to the, our, our, our play here. first of all, is the attention the international, international media, attention and in the international donor attention is now focused on ukraine, and he's not on the all american in east africa. then there is an effect on food

prices because the rules are russia and ukraine are pretty user of wheat. and these, and these, these creating, like these cries is creating an increase in the prices we tried already high before. and then the price of oil is making our job, the job of our partners more, more expensive and driving all the, all the costs up. and then there is an issue related to that the, the price of the items, like $30.00 lasers and, and those are the effect of, of the ukraine crisis on the situation in east africa. i guess it's easy to blame that situation ukraine, but even before the war and ukraine, aid alone has never been enough to tackle food insecurity in the region. people are dying and many others are suffering. what is needed to solve the problem?

i think it's what is the these are concerned effort, as you correctly pointed out, aid is not enough. we need to have action at the local level. the local government should be sources to affect these 2. i address these prizes. international community should give more and more at if we are talking about like the appeal, the, you and appeal we are talking about for be young. it seems like a big amount of money, but is not easy to compared with the money that we bought for coley though, the money that we the international community as, as, as, are located for ukraine. so is the political will, that is, that is missing. and, and we also need like a concern effort of all the actors, you and agencies. i am international organ, our organization like oxfam, but also local organization that they are on the front line of these response. ok, francesco reg, um on t with ox farm in east on central horn of africa. thank you. thank you very much.

now is not just the horn of africa facing the humanitarian crisis. some west african countries are also struggling to meet food security demands. but the crisis varies mainly driven by islamist insurgencies that have forced millions of people of the are land in countries playbook. enough are so miley the j and nigeria. many who we rely on farming for the us a viable are prevented from accessing it. did abuse flourish, drucquer i went to my degree in nigeria to meet one farmer who is afraid to go back, even though the government says it is safe to return a boot and his family has found safety here. 7 years ago, they run away from their home village of burger, 200 kilometers from here. when book will harem, another thousands were killed among them abuse bertha region as an out of out of

it broke her arm, came into burger firing their guns. we started running, but they came after us. they told my brother to put down his 2 year old daughter, and then they shot him in the neck. they about abu now leaves in the settlements for internally displaced people. recently, the government said it would shut down the camps, it stops and yields from providing eat, and st. people back to the villages. even though the danger of book or her ram has not gone away. this is one of the few remaining idp camps in my degree more than 20000 people who fled book or her. i'm you said as in the villages live here, and for 6 years they be padded on 8 organizations for their food. now those 8 organizations are saying they can't help them any more because i'm a really difficult my late brothers, 2 children, my parents, my sick older brother's 8 children, all depend on me for food,

were really struggling to feed them. what is the government says it does not want people to depend on eat, but instead they should go back to their livelihoods and farms. it gave them some money to restart their lives and walked to rebuild. the villages for government says they are safe to return home. despite frequent reports of attacks shar from obama, we don't relocate people where there is no peace or no security. if people feel they are not safe to return to their village or down, we give them a place that is very close to my degree or somewhere else that is safe so that these people can start farming again. this is our intention, yamaha cannibal in albany. many of the displaced see the do want to go home, but only when the us safety can be guaranteed together goody toyota monastery. it's not right. and i got the poor a forced to do whatever the government tells them. i'm staying here because i don't have a choice. this is not what i want. my rights organizations like human rights watch,

half criticize the government's decision, colonies unconscionable. unseen, it creates risks and hardships for people who have already lost everything. without urgent aid. hundreds of thousands of them who not know where their next meal will come from. looking at you can you did up. i can this is, ruthie brought us a lot of worries about food. children now have to sell water turned the money that allows us to feed them. women going to the bush to fetch far, wouldn't sell it to get some money for food. well we, it's frightening from wouldn't. but recently, with food supplies from 8 organizations halted and no and insights of the book who her am. he said jesse apple and all that displeased people here as a camp in me, do gallery can only pray that things get better now. so security is just one of the issues affecting africa leaders recognize the need for

more collaborative solutions to make life bearable for many on the continent. this week politicians and abba decision makers from africa and europe, got together in berlin for what is called the africa round table. the events addressed topics including how the war in ukraine is impacting lives across africa . decision makers of events included among hot seats and a girl's minister of economy. planning and corporation. ladies and gentlemen today, and i, it's a pleasure to welcome minister my the hotel right here with me in the studio. thank you very much for coming. thank you for inviting me. it's a pleasure to be here. very welcome. so of all the issues discussed that the africa roundtable event. what in your opinion, needs urgent attention? good. thank you very much for being here. go round to africa. round table is a great platform of for political and business leaders to meet

to discuss pressing issues that are affecting the continent today. but also to discuss on how we can strengthen the partnership between africa in europe. and for us, it was very important to be there to insist on the most depressing issues that we are dealing with today, especially after quivered 19 or we still manage included 19 is not 100 percent gone . and suddenly we have the ukranian crisis that is affecting everybody around the world, but even more so, affecting africans, let's how my a bit now on the war in ukraine, which is affecting many around the world, including across the continent that is rising cost of living air fuel and food prices really increasing. why should african countries due to ease the burden of citizens? we have short terms actually since that need to be taken to immediately

or reduce the impact on the population. or we need to find ways to reduce the impact of increase of food price in oil prices in many african countries. are you need to basically provide some financial support or for going some tax revenue. because when you import product, there are tax cuts, some duties that need to be paid, but some countries have to cancel the doors to avoid. the prices are increasing at the same time also, or countries need to really think medium long term is not acceptable. that africa, that has a vast arable land that has a water that has everything continues to rely on other countries or 4 foot and as the castell it and all these things. essentially, dan is really not being done by many african countries, and there are no person that suffers in now is going to be done. we won't have

a choice. we've seen actually during the course of 19 places, several countries including synagogue. we have put the food sovereignty, but also pharmaceutical sovereignty. and the heart of our recovery plant are while we're executing those plant, you, the euclidean crisis has come. what we are doing right now. couple of things. one is be providing some subsidy on food and it is affecting our budget to day. the increase in oil prices increase in food prices is costing us an extra 3 percent, roughly almost 3 percent of g d p. that the government has to find from somewhere to support the poor. but what we're doing also in santa yard, in some countries has doing it is to do targeted cash transfers. 4 days ago, we launch a massive of $43000000000.00 c, f a which is about an $80000000.00 or initiative to really provide

cash to the poorest families in synagogue about $500.00 or $50000.00 families across the country. or that are receiving money from the government has helped them address the increase in full price to address some of the bills that they have. now are the africa roundtable events you touched on it a bit earlier. you talked about a, a paradigm shift or building a new e u. africa partnership. what's wrong with the current one and how should it be like lucre and one is working, but we can do much better. africa has many needs and we need to accelerate africa development. we cannot wait for 50 years or 100 years on something that we can do in 1015 years. if there is a will. whenever there is a will do the leadership. there is a way we've seen doing the covey times. we've been innovative, they've been bold the world raised 20 trillion dollars only for g, 20 countries to deal with it. and for africa need,

i think if people believe in it and say that in africa that is prosperous, that has a bigger actually, or middle class is positive for europe. and for the rest of the world in the u. k. and crises has shown that a europe needs also to diversify its source of revenue, but also is near to diversify the markets where it's selling its product to that market is africa. we believe over the next years to come, but did market nice today, big investment. so that we can create the wealth in the economic opportunities for many africans, so that to morrow they will be the consumers of europe. we've been talking about africa beyond aid. many african leaders have been talking about that and m as a, as we all agree, there's a difference between talking it and walking it. what release needed to achieve that dream of africa beyond 8 so that we will be self sufficient and self reliant enough and not have to go out. several things should be done. look it domestically. we

african. there are things we need to do. the reform that we have started, we need to do more of those reforms in particular on domestic resource mobilization to generate more revenue for the government, which means to widen the tax base, not to increase the tax rate for the people already paying tax, but to make sure that both we don't pay tax, we bill them into the tax system. so this is one, but also the international community has to be also more, i would say, proactive when it comes to africa issues. one example, if you take the rating agencies or for us, the ratings that are being actually assigned to africa probably are not always reflecting the real risk on the ground. and that has to change. that has to change . and i do hope it goes minister of economy planning and corporation. many, thanks for your time. thank you. very much. appreciated. ah,

let's now head to south africa where the number of new coven infections i increasing. that's driven by a new variant of army grown, which according to data, transferred much faster than others. experts, one of an impending 5th wave of cobra infections. but with hospitalization rates remaining low, many african say they are not bothered life. and the country is almost back to normal. our correspondence adrian increase has more from cape town. a crowded venue life music good to pipes that sweat m 's wouldn't on tivo and his band have been missing for almost 2 years. south africa, strict cove at 19 restrictions have kept things quiet during that time. if really feels good for them to open up even though things are still weird. but i'm happy to see that everyone is enthusiastic. most importantly, one is dive of being tired. so we just happy to be outside and see if we can make it work, i guess will never be normal, but will establish when you know. but of course we have to be vigilant and still take care of us off. but i'm feeling positive and got

a feeling people out and about here in cape town, seem to share most ignore the rules and don't wear a mask while indoors. this despite rapidly increasing numbers of infections, but even viral adjusts and not ringing the alarm bill, because about 80 percent of the population have already developed some immunity, mainly due to previous infections. the big ground of natural infection and increase in coverage of vaccines is really, really, are very helpful, is tisha, those 2 things that the immunity is important. boosting that community with the vaccines, natural immunity and, and vaccines is very important. we really need to get most people vaccinated this, especially as early day town than you or me, concept variance be a for and be a 5 begins to emerge. both strains were discovered by south african scientists and data suggests they transfer much faster than other people that were just infected with on the chrome. be

a one that was the original one. they can easily get to rein fax it with be a fought and be a 5. so we know that this previous immunity from previous infection, it is not very protective from 2nd infection, but to his to expect the death this immunity to will be protective against hospitalization. and death, as long as hospital to remain relatively empty, by religious se there's no need for boss to remain empty to. that's why they are not calling for title coven regulations in south africa. ah! now to a sport in kenya that is fast and fast gaining in popularity. rural ice skating is taking over the streets of nairobi, but for top recess life at cham, banashali keesa, there are sto, handles to compete and internationally. the lenders here when i was 3,

i started skating when i was 3 years old. now i may teen, and i'm still skating. keith chan varner the keesa has been doing this practically all her life. the daily ritual of tying her skate laces is now 2nd nature to someone who's worked her way up to become kenya's junior, wrote a speed skating champion. he said in a minute, most of the cash prizes that i've won go towards helping my family. if there's no food at home than it's use for that, i don't spend much of myself. i use most of it to support my mother. isn't that? does the cbe yang success hasn't come easy for chavana. growing up in one of the countries tough is slums. and battling stereotypes, it's skating is not seen as a sport for women. 21 and then they used to keep very bad company. some of them pregnant now and some of the others. i started skating with even have families to in canyon skate. his face, other challenges,

training facilities are almost nonexistent. meaning practice is on the streets in a country where running dominates skating is having to play catch up. oh, it is a sport of all ages for only coloma, buck groans for all dr. all religions. and in kenya, we've had it for the number of years now. mostly we do 2 schools in the, in learning institutions. but you also have communities where they have rollerskating in landscaping as our main sport, kenya's youth, and their love of speed had driving the sports popularity for cham bannister speed . skating is about more than that. one day she hurts to race for her country internationally. and maybe even at the olympics, missouri and that's how we wrap it up from all of our stories. go to d, w dot com, slash africa, or visit our facebook and twitter pages. we leave you now with more guleski to action in nairobi. will see you next time. i for now.

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