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is threatening to worse than africa's food security. and the slow economy has caused a damaging ripple effect in south africa where many have been forced from their homes. just putting on a show commonwealth nations gather in rwanda's capital. but how relevant is the organization today and what does it mean to ordinary people? and it's known as the forgotten disease that spreading and killing an indigenous population in the central african republic will find out what's being done to bring it under control. ah, i'm really mohammed welcome to the program. welsh us war on ukraine is pushing the world's most vulnerable countries into a food security crisis. many of the states are in africa,

which rely heavily on russia and ukraine for wheat, fertilizer and vegetable oil imports. earlier this week, ukrainian president vladimir zalinski toll the african union. the situation is catastrophic. africa. fuck digital africa is actually a hostage of yeah, it is a hostage of those who on least war against how stating, i mean not if it wasn't for the russian war. people in africa, yet people in asia and elsewhere and the world would not suffer from the catastrophic rise in food prices. sinister, though, we've got the sort of, fetal, all the fighting has disrupted global commodity markets and trade to the african continent, raising food prices, and creating more shortages as well leaders gather in germany to address the looming, global hunger crisis. will find out what can be done to make african nations more self sufficient. but 1st we go to dar 4 in western sudan where there's an urgent need to alleviate growing hunger. this food,

but hardly any customers. people he and eastern to for simply can afford was on offer even before the warn ukraine, prices here increased by 700 percent. this year. prices jumped again by another 200 percent. for millions in sudan and across sub saharan africa. the situation is becoming unbearable. well as that i can let him go to the lover since last year the you and have stopped the food distribution to us. so cancer, more than 75 percent of the people in this camp have been left out of the u. n. system mama via the few people who still get food aid will have their rations cut by 20 percent. will go. la salva was 1st displaced by the worn to 4 in 2006, her and her family walked for months to get to safety. here in this camp in east

and before since then she and her 5 children have all been dependent on food handouts. but in the last few months, this 8 has almost dried up. i looked at madison about the lyla and i was gonna let them are doing my message to the international community. if they really know the meaning of human beings, they should provide food to everyone who has affected by war bag. and we need peace and security. will a muscle in both east and west for most 8 agencies have stopped the work completely. the only 8 arriving is for emergencies like he and clinic. after a recent deadly attack, the war new crane has forced the un and other agencies to even caught this help by more than half for solver and her family. this means they and millions of others in sudan, now face at devastating future. foreigners,

i'm joined by carlos lopez. he is a professor at the university of cape town. is good to have you with us here on the w news africa. now, how concerning is a food insecurity for african nations right now, given the war in ukraine? well, some countries more than others, but in general, african ports above $35000000000.00 worth of food every year. and a lot of it comes from russia and ukraine to re when it refers to serials with countries like egypt, somalia, sudan does an ear. and all so senegal, having a very large dependency on food imports from that 3rd part of the world. and why is the continent so dependent on these imports? when it said to have about 60 percent of the wealth, i'm used arable land. well, it's

a combination of factors. i think the most important is that we have treated agriculture as a social area, not as an economic opportunity. and the policies that have been put in place by both the countries and the don that to deal with the primary sect that have been very much reliable on how to address issues of resilience, vulnerabilities for the reduction, but not necessarily transformative in terms of increasing the l specter, increasing productivity and making sure that african agriculture is modernize and benefits from technology like irrigation. so when you say looking at investing in as a culture might be the way forward for africa, is there enough investment and political will to achieve this del well, we need much more because the access to finance is a major constraint for african economies in general. that they pay more than the

rest of the world in terms of their sovereign death and also access to commercial that in general. partly because of the valuation of risk in africa being unfair for, for the same macro indicators, 3 teen africa with a premium of risk that is not justified. and partly also because economic policy of the african countries as dean oriented towards exporting commodities that are producing rent for the leads rather than actually they're dealing with the rest of the economy. and partly also because of the levels of informality being so high . so unless we address these issues or comprehensively, it's not possible really to have the kind of transformation that is required. but can the international community do to step up its support to african nations now to ensure that there is affordable food access and if for stable and self sufficient for them stop treating africa just when that is a crisis like now there is

a crisis of drought apart from the crisis provoked by the inflation and the lack of access to food from the ukraine and russia, we need to deal with issues in a structural manner. not with the short term vision as it has been mostly the case . and we need to stop this food security interpretation that is dealing basically with immediate needs. rather than introducing the changes that are required for agriculture to be very much part of the growth story in africa. we have about 23 percent of africa, g d, p. there depends on the primary sector, the potential for increasing that is quite immense. and when you know that the, the 1st line of consumption of the people that leave the poverty line is actually to consumed food. and when you know that africa as a level of urban ization, that is increasing very fast, about 50 percent of the population right now,

you need to tackle these issues in a completely different manner from what has been the case of castilla has speaking to us from cape town, thank you very much indeed for your time. thank you. as of africa is also feeling the effects of the war in ukraine. the coven 19 pandemic already triggered a growing economic crisis, and now surging food prices and unemployment is forcing many into homelessness. but one center is trying to keep people off the streets. he w, his age increase has a story from k town. thank you very much for the food coming up for food handed out by a charity for homeless people in the middle of kate, semi english hasn't had a warm meal for a long time. she's been living on the streets for more than 4. yes, i dumped up only by i'd divorce this low. you don't move in. there's no way that we can move forward in life. there's no way that you can build herself up in life

while you still industry goes. i try that name yet. absolutely didn't work. english does not alone. and since the pandemic hit, even more people have been forced to live on the street. came some makeshift shooters like this, have been much rooming in the city of cape town. there about 7000 homeless people in the city, much more than before. lockdown. the city runs a safe place program for homeless people, but currently they're only about 50 free spaces available. each nights the rest is occupied. cape town wants to create hundreds of additional spaces, but the mayor says the leg of support from the national government makes it impossible to solve the problem. the core of the problem here is that the health care system is not capacity enough to deal with the scale of this problem. we are picking up the pieces at the end of this. all of these other failures are there's been a poverty failure. there's been a oh,

domestic violence failure often that the system has not coped with. there has been a mental breakdown failure and in a substance abuse failure, along with the rising, homelessness, south africa is also dealing with an unemployment crisis. reset person here, his jobless. now rising cost of living, driven by the war and ukraine, are making things worse for every one. cooking oil has gone up by almost 50 percent fuel by 20 says the for everyone because as you know, it effect. so the prices of the basic $11.00 to $2.00 very shots, but now the salaries of people are going on. people gone live like this anymore it's, it's crazy. it's k use. we are look, i, yes, world law in this state. we loving in it, but i just discovered up, been up in up. the government has acknowledged the problem but has failed to provide a solution aimed a shortage of funds. and recent times we're having to deal with

another problem which is the rising cost of living has made it increasingly difficult for the majority of our people to get by and to pay the of those. and also to feed their children. semi angulation has relieved that she doesn't need to worry about food at least for to day, but to morrow, her daily struggle continues. he watch indeed that he needs africa still to come. we had to the central african republic where a rare skin disease is threatening the lives of people in a remote region. and it was the 1st genocide of the 20th century, carried out by germans. we speak to an activist from the libya who says germany's gesture of reconciliation to her country is not enough. a heads of government from commonwealth countries are missing and rwanda's capital key. carly, it brings together the groups of $54.00 member states,

most of which are former british colonies topping the agenda is the food security crisis and poverty triggered by the war and ukraine, as well as climate change and immigration. but critics are wondering if the commonwealth is still relevant to w. thomas antar has more. it's one this time to shine. hosting this shoot international event is a big deal for the country. roads have been cleaned, buildings painted, and over $10000000.00 have been spent on infrastructure. even beckers street children and the homeless have been removed. oh, a local street party is on and many in the capital kigali see the summit as an opportunity. oh, business wise, we get one. it says to live on different guns is what i know for one was the more guns with his i n rhonda. we're going to get to them. we

discuss this or is it business? what am we had all i yes them different countries. we shall get job opportunities to the youth course in the countries which are british speaking will come in rhonda, i'm the youth in rando shall get jobs. yeah. mechanics cause i've been making that they cause no need to build houses, we shall construct others that construct does youth job creation and leadership are some of the key issues being discussed here. the delegates, also debating climate change female leadership and treat within the $54.00 member states. but not everyone here thinks they will benefit from the 6 day event. malloy for lighting data put in the commonwealth means nothing to me when this summit here will and, and i will continue to struggle in poverty to survive. was they all,

they should work on reducing youth on employment instead of having conferences without results. you know, to cover california. we really need to stop talking without acting in recent years . it does feel as if the organization that grew out of british colonialism finds itself in a transition to new non english speaking countries, toe, ganga, bung with no historic ties to britain adjoining. so please, and questions are being raised about the legitimacy of having the british royal family heading the organization. the corner wants to be seen as a kill does as a modern institution, a modern multilateral institution. we have to get beyond the issue of having the head being reserved to any one country or any one family. but critics say the organization is also sending a contradictory message by letting one to host the summit. the commonwealth often

promotes itself as a guardian of democracy and push for human rights amongst its members. his excellency, the president of rwanda, human rights organizations point to the fact that one, the opposition figures and government critics are silenced or jailed. and many journalist being prosecuted, something the one that government denies. boy. in addition, britain itself has come under fire for signing a deal to pay ronda to take in on wanted asylum seekers. modems, urgent care excellency asked. the commonwealth delegates discussed the wide range of issues facing their member states. many more existential questions within the organization are left on answered. ah, it was seen as an historic agreement. last year. germany apologized for atrocities

committed in libya, in the colonial era. between 19041908 german soldiers killed tens of thousands of overhead, arrow, and number of people. and what became known as the 1st genocide of the 20th century . as part of last year's deal, berlin also agreed to fund projects for the groups worth more than 1000000000 euros . but descendants of the victim unhappy with the agreement, they say is not enough and were excluded from the negotiations. and now they're urging germany to change it. well, let's discuss this further with sima, les pert, she is a, and the may be an activist and says on the nama traditional leaders technical committee on genocide. she's currently in berlin to speak with the german government about the reparation deal is good to have you with us, your anti w news, africa. could you 1st heard why you are unhappy about this current agreement? yes, and thank you for having me. we are,

we don't agree with the agreement because 1st of all, it has been done without our participation. and also it does not address the crime of channel site at all. it is basically a demand from a former colony from its former colonial master for development funding in lieu of reparations. and it uses the genocide as a smokescreen to look for this funding. and this is why we don't agree with it. but also a key deficiency is that it does not address the needs of those in the diaspora who went into exile as a result of this genocide. so yes, um, but fundamentally or it does not acknowledge genocide. it does not acknowledge genocide as a crime, but it is rather a maybe constitutes

a legitimate claim. i'm from a former colonial master for the crime of colonization, but he does not address the crime of genocide. so you're here now to try to persuade the german government to change the current deal. how far have you gotten with that? we have requested a meeting, particularly with the foreign office on the foreign minister for all bible, but she has declined our invitation. we have been trying to get in touch with miss buy bought for quite some time since december last year after she was put into office. but until now, it has been very disappointing that she has not made any attempt in order to engage directly with us. so yes, unfortunately, the german government couldn't continues to refuse to talk to the now my end of i had are people. now the namibian government has accepted the steel $1300000000.00 and development to support your community. that are you saying that

the government doesn't represent your people in these talks? yes, the and i me, p and government does not represent us in these talks because the genocide was not committed against the namibian government. it was committed against the nama and over header of people. and now my end of a header of people have got the legitimate representatives in terms also of a, me be a law. and so germany has a responsibility to talk to the communities against which this genocide was committed. the genocide was not committed against the nubian government and therefore namibia, the namibian government has got no legal authority or even political authority to speak on our behalf. yes, the namibian government has an important role to play on behalf of its citizens by facilitating this discussion between the now mind of i had people and the, and the german government. but maybe as president has said,

that he represents all namibian when it comes to this issue. and some would argue that perhaps this is politicizing something that is a domestic problem. oh, mr. mr. king or the president of namibia does not represent the nama and thought i had a real people in this particular discussion, not in general, but in this particular discussion. we have never asked him to represent us. um we have the legal successes off the leaders against whom this genocide was committed and they are the ones we have the right to self representation and to decide who is going to speak on our behalf. ok. and finally, if you could just pin a picture for us on, clearly this issue still resonates amongst people living in the movie are right now . what are those issues just remind us again and how far are you prepared to take this? um, after the people were put into concentration camps,

the german government passed a number of ordinances. one of them being the expropriation of land and life stock of our property. we will put into native reserves and we continue to remain in those need to free serves. the purpose of this, nate of reserves was to keep us in poverty. and this is where we still remain. and germany has got a responsibility to do something about this. how far we are willing to take this, we are willing to take both the namibian government to court for violating our right of self a representation also doing things without our free prior informed consent. so yes, similar, but thank you very much. did for speaking to t w's, africa. thank you. to the central african republic, now where a deadly skin disease is threatening and indigenous population there. the forgotten disease is called yours. but one swiss charity is now looking at new ways to

eradicate the endemic disease. d, w as they go to china, travel to the edge of the congo basin forest, and sent us this report go further below is a father of 11 children for died of yours, then too, and now infected the cold bill. as only bat what you mean, get him. yes. okay. my daughter had legions on her neck. i found a lot. they were swollen and they burst and smelled bad was leaking. i didn't know what remedy to give her is that i cut herbs crushed them and put them on the infection several times. our but it didn't work. or now the wound only got bigger. aladdin a back you got will will. one day i saw the health workers passing through the village dying, and they told us that they knew about this disease in other to me, but i didn't know what it was euro. i am happy because they gave us the remedy that will cure and front of this disease. we let me francois, mom, bully, he's

a community health worker from the in the gym most most up will. our community here in by younger, south west of the central african republic. it's a remote, an isolated area. francois is trained by the end, your firm aid to identify yours. so he knows when and where to reach out to the population of if one tablet to each child and where he administered the treatment for yours. oh oh, a single or all those of the anti mo, deep as he tore my seen, patients can be cured within 4 weeks. again on yamini, i am very happy that my bi aca brothers and sisters accepted the need to take as he threw my son to stop this disease in our village most to pooler. it's normally our custom to take traditional remedies outweigh, yogi or routing wound up. yours is

a chronic skin infection characterized by puppy lumens on all sides. the bacteria is transmitted from animals and then between people through skin contact. if on treated it can cause long term disability, or in the case of children death. it's pipes in warm, humid and tropical forest that areas and in poor communities where people leave in cramped conditions along most affected people leave in rural areas far from health services, poverty, a lack of education on poor heidi are helping this for gotten tropical disease to spread the risk of saying that where to route ends, yours thoughts? which is why francois continues his rounds. he is determined to take the

antibiotics to people suffering from this curable disease. that is more than enough medicine to go around in the back us in by younger just need someone to contrast with that's i shall be sure to check out all of our other stories on d. w dot com, forward slash africa. i'm really mohammed, thanks for watching. take care. bye bye. ah, with

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