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i had africa's charcoal trade is threatening the continents for us. we'll find out what's been down to make chapel more sustainable and a whipping up interest in african women's football. we'll look at how an increased cost tries, maybe influencing the women's africa a couple of nations. a i am eddie micah junior and you are welcome to the program. so africa is grappling with. he says in gun violence. the problem was put in the spotlights up to 3 separate shootings in one weekend. left 22 people were dead. in all 3 incidents suspects, open fire on people in boss before speeding off in vehicles. but even before these shootings, gun crimes in south africa way increase and not that alarm in rate. an average of

23 people are shot and killed in south africa every day. that's according to the countries animal crime statistics. i'll be talking to an expert about how to address the problem after this report. packed in these bags on nearly 25000 firearms, confiscated or handed in to police in south africa. on this day, these guns are all going to be destroyed. south africa has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world authority say illegal weapons in the hands of criminals are contributing to the problem. in less privileged communities, like this one, we, one of the recent tavin shootings took place. people are terrorized unless is is this is we don't feel safe because we don't know whether the people responsible for the shooting are still in our township or not. we're not safe, even if we can't walk in the street or even go to the shops without feeling nervous

. we are afraid because these people could still be here with us and they were to abide by lap. he turned abominable home and i'll, i would like our government to go door to door and collect all the legal firearms of an arrest those found with the legal firearms that should work day and night, visit all the shacks and houses here. and so, but because we often get mugged mccockriel wasn't o'sullivan visiting the communities affected by the recent shooting attacks, the countries police minister promised more police presence to those are, would you saw it if it were going to try and increase police visibility in the streets of this place if on the way towards a was just want to take them back. we want to saturate the streets here. hopefully she'll be us police ruling the streets here and not the criminals id. been able to thought but act of his say gun crime in south africa is part of much wider problems in the country, including corruption in the police service. l. e. i spoke to the under

steelman, the policeman on security analyst based in cape town. i asked her what was driving south africa as growing gun violence. so one of the major drivers of this epic epic demick is the fact that there are gangs that have grown in size over the past 2 years in south africa. so during the code 19 pandemic, many gangs whose operations were disrupted by our locked downs and curfews really changed their tactic into operating in extortion rings and an organized crime within very many communities. those same gangs are now fighting over turf in those extortion rings and extorting particularly small business owners. the other factor is that there's been for, for quite a while, circulation of illegal guns in the country, it's very difficult and all africa to get your gun. and so you're starting to see more and more gangs move into the territory of buying and selling illegal weapons.

so for instance, in the recent attack, i had a recent gun balance attack. an ag 47 was use, right? how the thumb wanting thought i forgot get hold of such a weapon. so we have very, very strict gun laws and that definitely means that the average person goes nowhere near a rifle or high caliber fire. i would think that in this case, particularly given a lot of 3 of illegal guns flowing into us both from outside of our board. it also within the board is these were very likely to be stolen weapons they may have been stolen from the military may have been stolen from the police are quite likely as well stolen from evidence rooms across the country, solution oriented. now what can be done to help stop the flow of these illegal

weapons? i think that there's really something to be said around the issue of corruption within the police service or within the military. and that, that really drives in some parts. the availability of illegal guns, we really need to see the police themselves clamped down on how strict they are about giving out guns or assigning service pistols to police officers because those can be stolen. and once they are, it's very, very difficult to find them to confiscate them or to destroy them. that said, that's also a solution that once a gun has been placed in to police custody, particularly for evidence, once that cases over that firearm should be destroyed. otherwise it's kept somewhere and then you know, temptingly a gang might decide that they bust into an evidence locker room or into a particular police storage place and steal those guns. i think a lot of,

or many of these illegal guns that are going through the system and circulating in the country particularly around that. but, but i really want to emphasize that the issue here isn't legal, fire ownership. it really is the fact that we have quite a few leakages, particularly for mount security service in terms of these guns, circulating the what more can be done to stem gun violence. so matches up like i said earlier, much about issue around and violence is also tied to gang violence. and what we know about gags is that they operate and highly dysfunctional communities. so if we had communities that were healthier, where there were more economic opportunities available, and really where people, and particularly young people went tempted in to join and gangs. i think we could, over a long period of time, be able to lower the temptation into joining gangs or that,

or for that to be an attractive option for young people to turn to. that is a really hard task. and like i said, would take many years, but we have to start somewhere and i think that's a big, big component of how we start to stem the tide of gun violence. as the saying goes, a little drops of water make a mighty oceans the answer to your demand for loosen insecurity on allison cape town. south africa, thank you for that democratic republic of congo, this home to the world's 2nd largest rain forest by this rain forest is in danger. every year dlc loses half a 1000000 hectares of its forest. that's partly because people are cutting down trees to produce charcoal. but it could be a solution to the mass of the for a station. martin gay, a crowded neighborhood in kinshasa, the capital of d r. c. she to ship up were friends, one of the cities,

many street restaurants. she depends on charcoal made from wood to prepare food and water. she says she doesn't have a choice. but one of my comical is that on you see charcoal is really good because electricity isn't stable. and if there isn't any electricity at all, how can you cook? nearly 9 out of 10 people in t r. c, rely on which are called or firewood as the main fuel supply. kinshasa is one of africa's biggest cities. people here burned through more than $2000000.00 tons of charcoal each year. the ecological price of using so much cycle is enormous. this forest, just outside of kinshasa, is part to the congo base in rain forest, who is the 2nd largest rain forest in the world. but trees here are been felled indiscriminately to feed the lucrative charco market. this is one potential,

tentative to the mostly illegal felling. several former communities here are planting fast, growing acacia trees on the plateau. but i k. a vast savannah that stars just east of contresa. benjamin mckenzie is a deputy coordinator events, the product which is funded by the european union. the idea behind the project is to create a sustainable supply of wood to turn into charcoal suki, develop lunch with you to people practicing. i grow forestry are doing it in a sustainable way. g law, they themselves plant the trees, operate their farms, and then cut the trees to create charcoal with their own trees. well, if you see it does a full cycle, you love a plant, they exploit the replanting cleanser is one of the $260.00 farmers now operating an acacia plantation as part of the project. once that katie,

trees become mature after around 8 years, they are cut down the felt the cases are covered over and then slowly band to produce charcoal. then in place of the acacia cornyn, cassava a planted and harvested when the soil is infertile. enough for the food crops acacia is planted again. the non native trees help replenish the soil with nitrogen . and the cycle of crop rotation begins again. the acacia plantations are a way of providing farmers with a source of income. and preserving the to forest says could kinda zealously short was ruby of willis as the solution is, is you leave the forest ecosystem in peace. you did del portia. we shall create these kinds of projects across the whole country here. and we will have solve the problem of deforestation. if be near problem the deforestation

could using green a charcoal has it challenges then see a project needed millions of years in start of funding and loads of scientific knowledge plus in a neighboring project. not all of the farmers wait 8 years for the trees to mature and sometimes cut the trees down earlier. back in can chatter. the market for charcoal is expected to keep booming as a city rapidly expands. but charco from primary forest isn't as bad from environment is also bad for people to go. smoke from charco fires can cause serious illnesses like lung cancer and heart disease. that means in the longer term to protected citizens. and as far as the congo needs to invest in alternatives like hydro electricity august. joining me now is marriage anger. she's a scientist, are the center for international forestry research and wells fargo forestry in

nairobi. hello mary. now, across africa, trees that grow quickly are being planted more to be used us charcoal? is that a good way to tackle deforestation and make charcoal greener? yes. growing trees for chuck all is the way to go. grabbing trees enhances to cover and growing trees for charcoal reduces deforestation, and lead degradation and this tree as they grow for tackle. they have either multiple benefits. i mean, a lot of your research is based on that sustainable charcoal tell us more about how to achieve that making tackle sustainable requires adopting our system approach. and the system approach has to ensure that would for a jack called is produced sustainability. and then there would be

efficiently processed into tackle reducing wood with dead and emissions that really utilization of chuckle through all fans or cook stocks, needs to be made very efficient to reduce wood where state and also reduce indoor air pollution. how do you make it efficient or map for example, in terms of efficient systems, we're watching a lot. we've either stick or doesn't far mass to and you have that. there we the time temple in the way the time would into jack all the dry wood. very efficiently and then the private sector is also coming in to see how can they buy the bio mass that hamas are growing and put it in that rad scale gus vacation

system, where we produce tackle and gosh, as an idea is tapped into bio mass electricity ok, ok, now here's the thing, some say burn in charcoal whereby sustainable or not contributes to climate change . what's your response to that? bonnie: chuck ho ah, in very efficient ways where it used climate impact it's it can happen. be sweet. why? if we have a lot of growing trees fall for tackle, we are, we are being carbon sinks and ryanne hansing that we cover. and then if we adopt very efficient systems where we are reducing emissions during composition, dell reducing lead, seen cut into there and dandy then that they off and that are using charcoal day

coke, start to be made very efficient to reduce emissions and reduce where consumption, alcohol system even made very efficient and sustainable. we at, we really then have cry, mid, smart chuckle, production n u t, a zation. hey, glad glinetta. marriage, nga were the center for international forestry research on well i go 1st, re nairobi. thank you. now to tanzania, where the extensive deforestation of one island has been turned around, located in townsend, he as zanzibar archipelago, that tiny island of cocoa top measures only one square kilometer and his home to several 100 people. 2 decades ago. it's trees all about disappeared. but coke with us forests have now come back from the brink. this is called quota island and the indian ocean of the coast of tanzania. here for a long time,

the inhabitants thought that forest had disappeared forever. after decades of intense logging, there was nothing left. but the forest has returned dense and lush. ah, and it's all thanks to one man in but oak morsa oma. he's currently delivering gifts to children on the island. and, oh, i and as always, it all starts with a song. oh, okay. i can, i can. i'm going to, i bet you, i mean everyone take trees from the boat and go out and plant them. come on, you understand? and i was, i mean, take 3 or 4. doesn't bring that candy all into our before. i don't bring them sweets or kings on our trees are much more important, especially for the new generation. for more than 15 years now,

america has been bringing trees to the people of calcutta. they take a short walk to the middle of the island to a clearing where they will be planting today. when have hula, but if you have to space them one meter apart from each other and i'm gonna put them in the earth and then press down really hard when i checked at the trees trails and welcome. and then we're done with the way you can clap. ha. it all started in 2005. when barrack came to the island for the 1st time, he discovered a paradise on the brink of complete destruction. not a single tree was left and without their roots. rainwater was not staying in the soil. the temperature had risen. the wild life had disappeared. the island was dying. we cut that salon. the sim only there that the for to severe for house, the concession for that would to consumption for their business activity. for

example, like a different of a species of 4 or 4 trees whereby it was via but electron out him invest audi it because you cannot find that in barracks, decided to try and save quota booklet that mind. you know, the former accountant started an n g o and applied for funding from the european union and other organizations to reforest the island. but he didn't stop there. he organized solar panels and the construction of the islands 1st school. today some 600 people live on co quota. those who wanted to leave the island a few years ago have decided to stay. the quality of life here is now better than on other islands and villages in the region. ah, now lets talk football. the ongoing women's africa cup of nations. all watkin is showing signs that women's football is on the rise. the organizes the confederation

of african football, have boosted the prize money and increased the number of teams competing class. they were sure that nearly a handful of african nations will be featured in the next woman's welcome. is what cath. oh, to achieve or miss football. we want to see a woman with willing, developed in africa, giving out, fortunately for a girl who wants her to, to, to have an opportunity to place a woman who want to be involved in all have a chance to come and be part of the woman's football. office was in generosity also moving forward. we want to see an african team, at least to reach him for the woman's final one had come final and maybe swimming it and why not? after all, anything is possible. let's take a look at how women's football is getting a boost on the continent. oh, it's a work in progress. back in 2020,

the african football confederation set out to grow women's football to close the gap to their counterparts around the world. and the 2022 weapons africa's biggest turn america, women's football feature, some changes that are sure to build intensity on the pitch as well as garner more support from fans around the continent. money matters, the winning teams this year will receive $500000.00 us dollars. that's more than double the amount that nigeria that have finished champions one back in 2018. and some associations, like south africa, have even promised players a hefty bonus if they win the title. hopefully others will follow suit. this year's tournament expand at the number of teams from 8 to 12 in as an added bonus. the tournaments final for ern automatic qualification,

for the women's world cup in 2023 other african teams will have an opportunity through inter continental playoffs. there's hope that web cons changes will lead to more investment in the african women's football. but plans take time to be realised . time will tell if the strategy pays off. less talk more about the women's africa cup of nations with sports broadcast r, janine antony. she joins me from oracle where she's at covering a tournament. hello, janine. so the configuration of african football is trying to whip up interest in women's football is the strategy work in that? what's the atmosphere like it definitely is working because i'm so happy to report that in my life time when i said a couple minutes while ago and the level of interest to a young guy demographic wasn't like this. and not just only i you see more financial remuneration in that regard. but you know, social media, young people,

young football and find that in case of social media challenges on talking to me. and, and you know, they can pinpoint from p as we have every player is. i also do who we have spaces every other day after much these and goodness. i just speak the willingness to support the conversation around the school. that strategies working the investing money, customer improvements, marketing strategy. happy times with the company. happy times. like happy feeling you're given at the very optimistic about it. so sort of optimism, the 14th of qualified to the semi final stage of the competition are hoping one of them will be hoping to live the trophy any surprises with afford or qualified. yes, yes, yes, my brother, because nobody thought i will be here for everyone thought it was come room, but then come room have to play nigeria and i have one is 9 times out of the left

one. i'm b on teams. as i'm getting up to about making some and gender testing tools as well as the fact i think the team segment play, for example, does not get to be here. it's such a huge fit. and again, test i'm into how the game is improving on the content. i mean, as you said, my area is the most decorated team when it comes to this particular competition, i mean, i didn't make in about 10 professionally. it will be it tough and the tall order is going to look on teams as led by. if a champion coach, winning coach rather, play the best football at the time. you go south africa, absolute limits. it's an engine got dancing that he's dreaming. you've got manager at that are, that will be to make that happen in every time on the continent. so you can talk order because the level has just reduced how my job is to plan how everyone's catching up was at the test. now point of view, actually what mind you out when i my jan and i want them to win,

and mickey tend to have a hashtag going for can be nice to actually say i like them. you know, i mean i'm gonna, and our team is not in there, so we will support nigeria, the best will we get. let's wrap it up with what, what makes this competition different? are looking at how it's been so far. it's the, well, it's your football. that's the thing a lot when it comes to mental, well most people say, well, they need to show us what they have. well, if you don't, if you get time investment because it's been deliberate, intentional strategy investment remains for the quality is on display. one of these, when you get in 6 new it new drop is, well that's what we're seeing in the women's use now. but at the ask on the most, you see the whole thing go school and the quality has completely improved. what teenage is senior women's championship and to show and one that one is not just the ripple effect of how young girls want to play to ski. that's why his time is different and you know, it can only get time can only prove ok. janine anthony,

sports comment, aids and broadcast. i thank you. and that's how we wrap it up. we leave you would more pictures of the women's africa, a couple of nations. so you next time i front off with ah, with

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