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continents for us to find out what's been down to, to make charcoal more sustainable. and a whipping up interest in african women's football. we'll look at how an increased cost prize maybe into into the women's africa, a couple of nations. ah, i am eddie mike, a 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 after 3 separate shootings in one weekend. left. 22 people were dead. in all 3 incidents suspects. opened fire on people in boss before speeding off in vehicles. but even before these shootings, gun crimes in south africa way increase and not an 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 way, 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 would go

about global up to 10 abominable middle. i would like her government to go door to door and collect all the legal firearms again and arrest those found with a legal firearms that should work day and night, visit all the shacks and houses here and over because we often get mugged. nicole group wasn't oh, sellable. visiting the communities affected by the recent shooting attacks. the country's 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 want to want to take them back, we want to saturate the streets here. hopefully she'll be off police ruling the streets here and not the criminals are b good. been able to thought but act of his say gun crime in south africa is part of much wide problems in the country. including corruption in the police service alley. i spoke to the under steelman,

a 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 and alaska. so during the covert, 19 pandemic, many gangs whose operations were disrupted by are locked down. and now curfews really change 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 fall 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 used, right? how the some one in south africa 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 the bose 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 gotten circulating the what more can be done to stem gun violence. so much as of like i said earlier, much allow 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, particularly young people went tempted 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 loose and insecurity on allison cape town. south africa, thank you for that democratic republic of congo, this home to the world's 2nd largest green forest by this rain forest is in danger . every year, d l. c loses half a 1000000 hedges of its forest. that's partly because people are cutting down trees to produce charcoal, but it could be a solution to the massive the for a station of my tongue, gay, a crowded neighbourhood in kinshasa, the capital of d r. c. she to ship up. we're 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 when michael michael isn't 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 d, r. c. rely on which are called firewood as a main fuel supply. kinshasa is one of africa's biggest cities. people he 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 felt indiscriminately to feed the lucrative charco market. and what this is one

potential, tentative to the mostly illegal felling several farming communities here are planting fast, growing acacia trees on the plateau. but i k, a vast savannah that sauce just east of contresa. benjamin mckenzie is a deputy coordinator events, the project 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 ludwig people, practicing agro forestry are doing it in a sustainable way. de la, 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 as 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 cater trees become mature, after around 8 years,

they are cut down the feld occasions are covered over and then slowly bent to produce charcoal. then in place of the acacia corn n cassava, 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 tell portia we shall create these kinds of projects across the whole country here. and we will have solve the problem of deforestation. if been a problem, the deforestation. could you sing green or chalk or has it challenges then see or

project needed? millions of years and 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. backing can chatter the market for charcoal is expected to keep booming as a city rapidly expands, but charcoal from prime forest isn't just bad for the environment. it's 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 invest in alternatives like hydro electricity, or gas. joining me now is marriage, anger. she's a scientist, are the center for international forestry research and weld, are go 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 lab degradation and decrease as they grow for tackle. they have either multiple benefits. i mean, a lot of your research is based on that sustainable chaco tell us more about how to achieve that making tackle sustainable requires adopting that system approach. and this is them. approach has to ensure that would for a jack called is produced sustainability and then there would ease,

efficiently processed into tackle reducing wood with dead and emissions that really you transition off chuckle through all fans or cook stocks needs to be made very efficient to reduce wood way, state, and also reduce indoor air pollution. how do you make an efficient door? for example, in terms of efficient systems, we're watching a lot we've either take or doesn't far mass to and you have that, that we the time temple in the way the time would into jackal, the dry would very efficiently. and then the private sector is also coming in to see how can they buy the bio mass that farmers are growing and put it in that rad scale gas vacation system, where we produce just call and gosh,

as an idea is tapped into bio mass electricity. ok, ok, now here's the thing, some say burn in charcoal whether sustainable or not contributes to climate change . what's your response about bombing charcoal in very efficient ways. we didn't reduce climate impact it's, it's can happen between why if we have a lot of growing trees fall for tackle we are, we already incumbent sinks and we n hansing that we cover. and then if we adopt very efficient systems, way of yeah, reducing emissions during composition, then really you sitting, need seen cut into there and dandy then the offense that are using chuckle day, coke's talks to be made very efficient to reduce emissions and reduce well consumption,

alcohol system even made very efficient and sustainable. we at we, we do then have crime, it's might chuckle, production n you transition pads, green at marriage or anger where the center for international forestry research and well, i go for st. nairobi. thank you. now to tanzania where the extensive deforestation of one island has been turned around. located in townsend, he as zanzibar archipelago, the tiny island of calcutta 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 in 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. but oak morsa oma. he's currently delivering gifts to children on the island. oh, i and as always, it all starts with a song. oh good. 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? i was, i mean, take 3 or 4 and bring that up candy. all 3 to america. i don't bring them sweets or cakes 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 i've, whoever. but if you have to space them one meter apart from each other to work, put them in the earth, and then press down really hard when i checked at the trees straight out about them . and then we're done with the way you can clap. ha, he'd all started in 2005, when maroka 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 wildlife had disappeared, the island was dying. we cut that salon sim only that, that, that forest there for host concession for them would to consumption for their business activity. for example, like a different virus speeches or for

a for trees whereby you, dorothea, but directed out him invest already it because you cannot find that in that ok 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. first school did a 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

have, i show 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 and 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 football. 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 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 if any 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 expanded 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 investments 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. so when i said a communist bullet while ago and the level of interest to a younger 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 a social media to go on talking to me and, and you know, they can pinpoint from p i c, f. every player is i also do who tweet spaces every other day after my and goodness . i just the, 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 given at the very optimistic about it. so sort of optimism, the 14th that i qualify for the semi final stage of the competition are hoping one of them will be hoping to live the trophy any surprises with afford a 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 just have one these 9 times out of the left and b on teams as i'm getting up to about making some and gender testing

tools as well as the fact i think the teen safe place for them get to be here. it's such a huge fit and again, test time into how the game is improving on the 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 into that 10 professionally. it will be tough and the tall order is going to look on teams as led by a champion, coach, winning coach rather. play the best football at the time. you go south africa. absolute limits is to make sure i got to dancing. that is dripping. they've got nigeria that are on the open 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 i think it's not point of view actual mind you're out when i my jan and i want them to when i make it tend to have a hashtag going for can be nice to actually say like i was like them, you know,

i mean i'm gonna, and our team is not in there. so we will support nigeria the best we can. let's wrap it up with what, what makes this competition different or looking at how it's been so far? it, while 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 have time investment because it's been deliberate, intentional strategy investment remains for the quality is honestly 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 most, you see the whole legal school and the quality has completely improved teenage as clean as senior women's championship and to show and that one that one is not just the ripple effect of how young girls want to play this game. that's why his time is different and you know, it can only get time can only prove ok. janina anthony sports commentators and

broadcast i thank you and that's how we wrap it up. we leave you with more pictures of the women's africa, couple of nations. so you, next time i find out who's with

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