flicks between iran on the one hand and israel and the united states on the other a more than 40 years. the adversaries have been irreconcilable. there is never been any real dialogue. how did this confrontation begin? how great is the danger that it will spread? the long war, he's really, iran usa starts june 15th on d. w. ah, this is deed of the news africa coming up on the program. the air we breathe is killing asked. so what should be done to tackle apaloosa across africa? uganda's capital come pile out. evolution levels are dangerously high. so to make sure that changes one climate activist wants to see the city authorities.

i feel very unclean. very well. it said it feels shocking debate. it doesn't feel healthy or but how about cycling? that's one way. when cheryl much kiana, we meet the woman in lagos, nigeria, who is now the gates in the city. i bite. also coming up in kenya. 70 years ago. the mama uprising against british colonial rule begun, but many who had tortured i yes. to be compensated. one veteran tells us queen elizabeth should pay out ah, on the power of music, the son of a music icon and mahdi is creating his own path by singing for peace in a region that continues to see fighting with.

ah, i am eddie micah junior and you are welcome to the program. air pollution is the single biggest environmental threats to the health and well being of people around the world. that's according to the world health organization. in 2019 more than a 1000000 people across africa were killed from air. pollution is the 2nd leading cause of death across the continent. after 8 african cities regularly, brig international guidelines, perceived levels of pollutants in the air pollution levels in uganda's capital come parlor after 7 times higher than that of you at your recommence you can them claim it activist. he would. and natalia is concerned about the air quality in her city. they smoke from banning waste traffic, fumes and industrial emissions have made compello, one of africa's most polluted cities that are here, feel very unclean,

very polluted. it filled shocking. have a a sudden change in smell that you can feel it doesn't feel healthy or lack of will you runs, you get a group of the climate change movement. freight is for future. she is known for speaking up for the environment. but now she is taking action. nicole, you wants to see this city authorities. she accuses them or failing to come, but air pollution. she interviews us must suffer. den and never drama. as a potential witness. i hope allajay induced asthma. that means that if i was in tree acting to substances in the air, i wouldn't be athletic. i wasn't born with asthma. i grew upon no more child.

hospitals are seeing an increase in illnesses linked to breathing bad air, such as lung cancer and asthma. from our data with the provider. so rozmini's gun is about 12 percent. this is about 4 percentage points. i hid the general average for, for capture under buddy naturally is very high. for example, we can take these as my living, pass it for to, for video, do a lot of people and we have done studies actually when you, you get a 100, a 1000 as much x. okay? and for them, for one year, what we call, i told on passing the us $27.00 of them would be in the neck of you once the city authorities to do more, to talk with a problem where they have the power to regulate the amount of cars that are coming in and out of the city that are contributing so much to the air pollution. i feel like there should be more trees on the road side like we see in other cities abroad that help in cleaning up the air. i feel that there's an issue with our west

damping sorting and collection, and that needs to be checked. but the authorities see that they don't have the money to clean up the cities here. one of the biggest problems companies lacking is funding coming to you got us. what does we're willing are very, very thankful, but the big ones we have require big funding and that's what i call upon i development partners. dorsal come in on support. you going to has taken some steps to help reduce air pollution. it has been the input of older, less environmentally friendly cars and authorities planned to expand public transport to help the congest, the city. back to the problem of emissions remains from fuck, she fumes to widespread binding of waste. until this key police as are effectively addressed,

makalya sees that couple as it is unlikely to get any clean and research as i agree. wait, hold on. i couple years claims. they see now was that time for cities across africa to act and opt for cleaner energy, but many have a long way to go. the 2020 to one. well, they are quality report found jamila in chad, to be the most polluted city on the continent. in the previous 5 years, chats capital exceeded that the view it was guidelines for safe limits. by more than 10 times, i may not as closely followed by an idea, mean oil refining city or target and residents of saddam's capital have been told to keep their windows closed and wear a mask when they go outside. let's talk more about air pollution across africa with edmund sanger. now, do you have our mental scientist at northumbria university in new castle? hello and welcome say, now some of the most air polluted countries come as no surprise. but how did

indiana in chad become the west, apple, you that city in africa? that will listen to it. there is no inside. our house is outside. you said our house is mainly because when you think that we use for cooking and heating, you know, so when you use wood in chocolate to live this suit which is good off it human, then our site is mainly transport and other things. now in chide to house is out of 100 to 15600000 people ordered late, one would in chuckle, and this is got some serious consequences on health. that sounds as staggering. and we know that air pollution killed at least 1000000 people across africa into, into 19 you said before that if it is not addressed, results would be catastrophic. how much more catastrophic could it get? did you know, gonna it pop in wonder intonation alone they lost more than 5000000000 due to pre match with vision. that's twice b, g, b, or brody in half. the g to be off chart,

but you're going to be, it's going to cover. what kind of a covered is the $2.00 to be an i q points that will wipe out by it pollution from our children in 2019 and on. so i mean, clearly something should be done about that. what kind of authorities do so like i mentioned a coupon, you can see, but it doesn't affect health only it also off it off, it picks trans with housing environment in the wake forest. so we have different departments that are in charge of fundraising issues concerning the city issues. right. so the department needs to work together and come up with clear coin put it . is that what it is in a position in the 2nd thing is we need to have better infrastructure for accessing electricity, right? so as we have seen in the case of the air pollution,

so those are the 2 main things that we really need to address. well, let me ask 1st. uganda, for example, research has have developed that installed low cost air quality monitors and schools, and other areas to help address pollution. is that a way to go? yes, because you'll find like one of africa, i think the, i think only 7 countries in which national equality to monitoring out of $54.00 countries. that is really a situation that we don't know the extent of the program. so the, the innovation that are coming out for you got that one to help the whole continued so that we can know what is the situation. it, community level, it's national level than normal argument has been bad. it is expensive to tackle air pollution. but you see nature base that mitigation strategies are viable alternatives. tell us more about these alternatives. so technology is not always

the super bullet to address all problems. sometimes is the simplest, like planting trees, planting flowers, increase all the roofs. you know when we ph. chris fifty's, we've done on the q u i cities, but we can also help in the air. so those are kind of the ways that we can use ok now away from the role of authorities. what can someone like me do to contribute to a clean air? so the 1st thing that i would really recommend is we need to move away from using wood and chuckle for heating and cooking. right? try to use a few as like bio gas, natural gas, right? because you can actually generate, if you're from the village, you touch on waste, you can actually make bad guys on, but you can also need to buy more cheaper quality when he does, i think it was that. what did he tell us? then again, if i say plant trees grow flowers in your house because sometimes the beautiful things are the best sort of sense. ok, nice way to wrap that up,

edmond sung and now do about mental scientists. thanks for your time. now to breathe, cleaner air, we need less pollution, right. as we've had traffic congestion is contribution to poor air quality across africa. but some people are trying to make a change. let's take you to leggers in nigeria, africa, most popular city, and certainly one of the continents nightmares when it comes to traffic, meets the woman who's choosing to ride to wheels rather than for ah, beats in the rush hour traffic in lay goes, drivers might be stuck in motorist misery, but cyclist is africa ziff, he woke widow zips past them on how way to work. she says the benefits of riding a bicycle out way dangerous. one of mail resists is just getting to places a bit quicker. so there's a lot of traffic, there is no rail yet,

so was the next best option apart from walking or running, which will get you there quickly and cycling, unless it's fast and i'm been in traffic. vicki is one of a growing number of bicycle enthusiastic lagos. on weekends, she rides for fun and fitness with her club cyclotron. and as vice president, she encourages other younger writers to get on to our bikes. iffy is our history so you can embed the local guys. i thought you was if you got she's got the legs to see you. right in his fun writing is enjoyable. it's a good walk out once. once every, the siamese will, every one who is most currently writing ziff, he says cycling good bit parts of the solution to lay ghost transport. whoops, people. i begin to embrace, it's their idea. it's free one, right?

you're, there's no cost of feel where not put this in the environment until the health benefits also as well. so yes, there are more people with defeat leading to way on her bicycle. she set an example pushing for cycling as an alternative. and one of africa's busiest cities ah, you're watching did of the news africa still to come? a music with a purpose. we meet the son of the music legend in molly, singing for peace and the trouble of region. not fast, we tend to britain's queen elizabeth the 2nd who celebrating her platinum jubilee after 70 years of service. many in kenya, however, i would say it's

a celebration of this service to them. it was around 70 years ago in 1952. that amount uprising against british colonial rule started as many as $90000.00 kenyans were killed or tortured. more than 160000 were forced into concentration comes june 80 s of may, him and bloodshed that prison was brutally put down by british colonial forces. sewing deceitful king and independence in 1963. after years of fighting for justice, there was a breakthrough in 2013 more than 5000 canyons who had been subjected to torture. all other forms of mistreatment in the 1950s. one compensation from the british government. but thousands of claims are still pending and some have never benefited . like a mom our veteran we about to meet. she wants the queen to step in before it's too late. santa la maloney with anger is one of the

few surviving mo, mo, independence fighters in kenya. of britain has apologized for some abuses, thoughts my think i did not get that compensation paid to other rebels. she is calling with at queen for help before it's too late. so but while egg let elizabeth bring what belongs to me, that's what i want to say. oh no middleman in between, let the compensation come directly to me. she should look for sensible personally and sent it here one. 0 our go. hello. with on his husband was stanley my thinking i cannot general in the british army. when the rebellion started in 1952, he joined them omagh group and disappeared into the forest to fight for independence. she stayed in the village with that children, but soon became a targets one walk. when british soldiers came looking for him, i said, i hadn't seen him for days. i refuse to tell them, in forming on fighters, was like signing her own death warrant to still be as this cause of what the

british did to try to make her talk. when they smushed her leg with a knuckle knee, buzz carried her to her husband in the forest, he had jumped out. he nursed my wounds, laughing even my legs. ah, if you look at this leg, one old woman, you can see where it was pierced with an apple twice if you want, then, a madman mad. she spent yes in and out of the forest, supporting the mo, mo fighter cooking for them. hiding from the british, but she was caught and held in an internment, come to the british, used prisoners as forced labor to build roads, and bury mo mo fighters killed in the forest. well, my be got times the dead bodies which still up to the truck. we would bury them all day. we weren't allowed back in slide before we buried them all. we would bury 6 people per gray if we had to pile them on top of each other. why, why? why bad?

that book has situation did not improve much with kenya's independence. her son wonky received no education in the forest or the come. they did not get one of the land fossils offered to other rebels. but then you can a government by end without a lawyer. they missed out on the compensation, britain paid to $5228.00 mo mo, fight. as in 2013 maloney's husband, handley never emerged from the forest shins. her last hopes on queen elizabeth. yet now again, let her give me just compensation because she's the ruler. let her send it to me or why the guy and let it not be given to any one else. i am glad. oh grandma, i'm dead though. he man, oh man, why, bill fernandez. i am now joined by a poem, witty. he was a mom, our veterans lawyer who fought for thousands to get compensation from britain.

hello sir, thanks for joining us now. we just had the sad story of him. our mile veteran who was still demanding compensation from britain. but how feasible is that they are very many and lay chemo ha air beyond the 5000 level god call ins issue. and they are cries for justice. remain. alas, unfortunately that settlement was limited to the 5000. ready client, we had an attack. there we to get compare. this is where they can have gone to take out the see sure. we, their british government, where the british government read us think went on the floor, houses commons. whether we concluded this case in their family b, they say they're wanted this issue to be groups. and i wrote the letter to the carrier government to say that is but i cannot be closed. i'm due,

there is an exhaustive actor. it least of all those who we are detail and thought generally are merely ah, and then they are names should be described on our wall and they, they to should get some more dis on bins ish or usa saying we're sorry to cut it. are you suggesting that there kenon government is just not doing enough? it can have government appears to be shy other than platitudes. they are not dig in steps to ensure that they're mo, get justice for the historical. he just relating to lam, deleting, detentions relating to the torch. it's like they are shy about you're getting the woods which need to be of you, but you use the word sy, which beats me and why would they be sy, about address, and a case of its own people?

and because where these visit us, where the t n, we are being torture, they are lines, we have to get over, i'll give them to our body, does home gas, it sounds of cheese. and they also part of this is the dilemma that they could have got with 0 eat, i suspect, but on kill dot issue is that breast, if you know who are we mortgage these young people who are all the r saturday said until those who land was taken away, and we are never given a call to dish. so the more lies where on the shore dazzle the clear. do you get the feeling that there's enough pressure within kenya to make the government act on this? the pressure is not directed in your government. that is the way that needs to be directed. currently, those who are left out of the condition direct,

they are pressure in frustration on the british government. it cannot walk, you can only walk when it is government, a government. and i wrote a letter at the low cost of $20.00 g, specifically point, you know that this is the way to bring these 2 are go, you are. i do believe i just use to these better out or truly dissolve just bomb with a former mom. our veterans lawyer. thank you. ah . sometimes the best way to send a powerful message is through music. and many molly are well that the west african country is home to the desert. blues is style of music. pioneered by grammy award winner ali fucker to now his son is making his own headlines, singing for peace in a troubled region. did of the correspondence flourish to kura has been less than an

n. ah, view park has to do is on the launch. he believes that music can change my ah, along with mother my leanne musicians, he's created a song promoting piece. they music will well, i'm, i don't have to bull. if he asked me to go, she lo. did you, jed this? i don't go home, but in the form i'm gonna send him to music and big and listen what they're gonna do. they're going to put up their music in the phone. no. they're going to kinda music in the phone, not. ah, he songs about sammy justice on sunday, gary t. there an appeal to stop fighting the fight. nothing in all. we

fight for what we couldn't children for what we all 1000000 people. we all, hugh sometime is good used to, you know, to, to, to explain to people how will we have to be together don't less, some, but people, it's coming in. what are we doing and everything. but this is for the population population view has a big shoes to fill his father alief i to cut to re was a multiple grammy award winner and malia and musical icon. veal is proud of his father's musical legacy, but he is determined to move out of his shadow and file his own salad. while he remains true to his deserts, blues roots, he also embraced his rock lasting and other african influences.

i know many people's asking me why you don't exactly what your father's doing this time sheet music. but every thing in doing in this music, it's a from 1st the punish. let me, let me find something before you know, i'm just thinking the structural music to like to mix in the modernization on to have something from me. myself like this is what you know i create to. he makes you feel books. he can make a different country for the that's set for now. thanks for staying with us. all of our star is go to d, w dot com slash africa, or visit our facebook and twitter top pages. feel free to also connect with me on twitter and instagram at eddie micah. let us know your thoughts on our stories and what more you'd like us to cover. we'll leave you now with some more music from

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