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a lucrative business much more than the or in the business. and i want to tell you it is explained is call by my dad. we'll try to find out what more authorities can do to tackle insecurity on protect civilians. in kenya, people do not want to repeat the post max and balanced that group to the nation in 2007. we'll look at how some residents are doing everything they can to promote peace and this year's presidential elections. and as the. 3 a new strategy for us africa relations. we talked to an expert who believes the 2nd african presence of us secretary of state, i'm to the blanket. acknowledge the paradigm shift. class pollution is increase in in synagogue, but we meet the doc, our residents who is contributing to tackling the problem with

ah, i am eddie micah junior and you are welcome to the program. rights groups are sound and the alarm about rise and insecurity across nigeria. human rights watch says, recent attacks on the capital buddha, our course and fear among citizens, nigeria, security forces are battling on several fronts which he had as groups in the north, east criminal gangs in the northwest and center on separate his violence in the southeast. the government is under pressure to and the grow and insecurity, dw correspondence flourish. true kura tells us more rising terror threats. national assembly need as for rally, security t protection is become normal for nigeria, security problems to feature on front pages of newspapers. almost every morning nigeria has wake up to the news of one attack or the other. it's become their reality for the past decade. the bigger security threat has been the book will have

ram, insurgency, the north. but for that criminal gangs, an armed movements have a much elsewhere, threatening the countries to billy c. among them other groups, popularly referred to as banded. they've turned the countries highway is a high risk resume, frequently kidnapping travelers in march leaving ambushed a train. now they set their sights on a butcher, nigeria capitol, which was until now i could see that a safe haven for the country is any. we have to go down to shall activities. somebody was late at night any more us you, i don't for a walk. you want to horrible. because the uncertainty what happens if something is not been done above them. even the so called the g mail we have in this conscious

will not have any way to hide the f, b. c. a. go make an awful lot of time property, which is the primary objective government. it's embarrassing if we're going to invite it then what it is is i thought best. it's clear nigerians have little faith in the police and military, some local authorities. i even advice in civilians to take care of their own security lice. se then to carry go nigeria, president obama, highly recently, or the security agency, who in his words and this martin is what this is just one of the many times he has given such a whole month. and as with genuine lectures, draw close. that growing is that niger security crisis will west then as we had there, one of the threats faced by an adrian's as kidnapping security analysts. the abductions are become part of the thrive in industry benefits, an armed gangs,

and other criminals. it of use police actual coma spoke to a man who negotiates the release of hostages. this is you who said get so you don't often get some meets people who do what he does. he's a kidnapper ransom negotiator. he works out deals with bandits, so families can pay to get their loved ones freeze mandatory. i know he and i have become eloquent to business, much more than the oil business. and i want to tell you it is explained is called by my they don't care, we don't care the family you come from, they don't care what he says when a kidnapping is reported, he contacts the families and office to help for free. he knows many gangs. i've been researched various crime networks, but even which is expertise. he says, sometimes it doesn't work freshly,

but the total of $49000000.00 was collected was correlative on up on that at a time when we are going to deliver the money for to know me, there was delivered and he killed one percent again because we could not complete the money to 50000000 bandits kidnapped, hundreds of people in march this year, wendy attacked a train leaving the capital apple j. i'm in his brother was one of those taken. he was held captive until just a few weeks ago. i mean, who didn't want to discuss the details of how they got him free. what he took months when we visits, he calls hassan to we still recovering from the we really miss you. no seriously is

a terrible 4 months was what i really miss in ice hockey. you and i verify mom cry and i really miss you brother. no one knows how many people are currently being held for ransom around the country. what a security situation nigeria kidnapping has become quite common. and families who fall victim i left with no choice but to negotiate. which in most cases means pain ransom. dove meant security forces are clearly not winning the challenge posed by the kidnapping bandits. it's become a thriving industry if you are docked and you're paid money if an incentive on to did at what happened in the abductor seed money and did able to spend money for all the 3 elements of the crime triangle available. none of them had been changed or blocked, but that's why you feel grouped in kid now for on from the crime. a crime that can

hit anyone that's any time. making normal life in the jury. less searching for every one. to manders, i am now joined by anita a one nigeria researcher for human rights watch africa in abidjan nigeria. hello nancy. welcome to the program. now in your research, you see that security threats have reached critical levels. how bad is insecurity in nigeria now? oh, thank you very much for having me. i think we're saying that security threats have reached critical levels essentially because we're seeing islamist as such and see groups as well as i'm by and it's that have continued to try as a result of years of conflict in 9 years, north, east and north west respectively. we're seeing these groups expand beyond their initial areas of operation into areas such as the federal capital territory,

nigeria, seat of government, where they're carrying out breathing attacks against civilians and against government institutions as well. these groups are causing, you know, harm and they're really propagating fear among citizens who really do not know what is coming at them next. you know, recently in a good job, there was an attack against a federal prison where in almost 900 inmates, including about 65 book or rom suspect escaped. this happened to rights in the seat of rights in the city where the seat of government is located and the security forces are not able to intervene until much later. for many citizens who live here who have their lives in a huge, out really stopped by many of these attacks. it is really concerning and it really shows that this law missed. and i do see in the northwest and the i'm banded treat

that we're seeing in the north east in the, in the northeast and in the north west, respectively. they're not just, you know, tricks in pockets over the country, but they are national threats that are quite the stepping. you see the right word disturbing is what it is, especially because insecurity has gone on for so long. and my jerry a why is that? i think there is no simple answer to that question, but there are several factors that definitely come to mind. the very 1st being the fact that you know, niger and security forces best buy their best efforts, have not been able to, to protect citizens and prevent, you know, the sort of attacks from happening at the core of that issue. have been questions around, you know, the capabilities of the danger and security forces, how well equipped they are. and despite huge budgetary allocations to 9 year insecurity for this year in and year out,

we still see cases of corruption standards, iraq to the tune of billions of dollars of 9 millions of dollars that should be used to purchase, you know, weapons and other equipment for the security for us to be able to do their job. but apart from that, i think that they're still really core grievances in many of these communities that gave the conflict the start in the 1st place in the north west, we've seen many conflicts as a result of, you know, grazing land or water between my dad's men and farming communities really turned into violent crisis that your 30, some not being able to, to, to deal with. and of course have led to, you know, i'm groups that are costing a lot of me him to the country. yeah. i'm groups, including especially are more of these days kidnappers, who are, can nothing for ransom. but as you said, it doesn't seem like whatever the government is doing is working. yeah. doing

something, but it doesn't seem to be working. what more kind of storage is due to taco insecurity and protect civilians? i think another factor that we must also consider is the approach, you know, a completely militarized approach to dealing with the insurgency and the conflict is not all that should be considered as you know, the solution. more critically, we should be looking at how, you know, your door teeth are investigating these, these, these attacks or these groups and the trick that equals to civilians. whether or not their prosecution happening, whether or not, you know, they're really respecting human rights in carrying out the sort of counter insurgency measure that they're engaged in because of failure to do so. in our opinion, only spas and from our research actually only spurs more grievances against the government, which feels more cycles of violence, which, you know, allows many of these groups to continue to recruit people into their ranks and,

and continue to be at, at one end. odds and with the authorities. and i think one major recommendation that we have, apart from, you know, the authorities stepping up in their duties to protect citizens and to get to the call of many of the grievances that have led to the conflict in the best piece, including, you know, i'm conflicts around resources or, or at no religious tensions, or even poverty, which many people have also researched as one of the main drivers of these conflicts. we really need to see them step up in respecting human rights. ok along with human rights watch africa. thank you. ah, you're watching didn't use africa still to come? we meet the residents in the synagogue inspiring others to help taco pollution in the country. that fast elder it in western kenya stands for

a tragic chapter in canyon history. in the post election violence in 2007, dozens of people were killed there in clashes between 2 ethnic communities. the memories still fresh in people's minds no matter what the outcome of the elections, they want to prevent a repetition of those events abuse. mario miller reports out and about on behalf of piece helen currency and collins barava walked through the neighborhood and elder it in western kenya. one day ahead of kenya's general election. they talk to neighbors and ask if they feel safe, whichever the outcome i'd be ready to like make my cell. so the scenes that unfolded in 2007 are still fresh in everyone's memory. here, after the elections violent clashes broke out between different ethnic groups, dozens of people, including children, were burned, a life in a church, peace activists, carissa and brother lost friends and relatives. but something when they were injured, they still have injury still to be some they become physically disabled,

some became mentally disabled. you can still see the fear that they have the other neighborhood as a stronghold of william, brutal vice president of kenya. and one of the 2 leading presidential candidate authorities the, the area as a possible hot spot for violence and have brought in hundreds of security forces. but like in 2007 leaflets with hate, speech have been circulating. they read vote for rudo or 2007 was just the tip of the iceberg. at the other end of the city ballad papers checked and thought it heavily armed police officers secure the side. the i, b, c. the canyon electro authority has to deliver this time after the last election 5 years ago, had to be repeated due to serious arrows. you have to be very keen to make sure that you have the right one

for these anxious waiting for the great people. great, but it's tuesday morning election day at 6 am. presidential candidate william router is the 1st to cast as ballard in a village near elder it he to praise for peace but peace doesn't hold well on election day. these pictures make the routes go to i went to major with a freshly elected member of county assembly for relo. dingoes party is involved in a violent dispute. he accuses his political arrival was whoever is not in a strong party that is vista. we little much can do it again. it was good through him. one of the attackers broke his aid's arm. he says, the thoughts of violent incidents are not rare and canyon politics. although they haven't happened much in the selection. back at the polling station, 5 p. m sharp,

they're playing, they shot has been closed. time to count and the eyes of numerous election of service. now days later, people are still eagerly waiting for the final results. are you a secretary of state antony blinkin has called on government to stop backing armed groups in the troubled democratic republic of congo. his comments came asi, robbie, 3 nations tall to africa, with a meeting with rwandan precedence, bulk agony. rwanda has repeatedly denied allegations it supports malicious responsible, what you were surgeons of violence in the d oxy. earlier in the week of lincoln davis speech in south africa outlining what is being called. he knew you as strategy for the continent. he said it involved engaging with sub saharan african nations as quote equal partners. he said washington did not want on in balanced or transactional relationship with africa and was quote,

not trying to i'll do any one else to offer african nations have been treated as issues of other issues. progress rather than the office of the wrong. oh yeah. they've been told to take us about the fuel far removed from the united states will not dictate african choice. neither should anyone us the right to make these choices belongs to an african along to dig into this, to go back to cardia. got out joins me now. from south africa, he's a professor of international relations. a university of it wants us around in johannesburg a little bit. we just had a clip from lincoln, speech, talking about washington's strategy for the continent. you have call this a paradigm shift. can you explain why is that a

a, a document that's from that frame is a globally but also to the united states. i think these are being taught. she then taught, approaching africa at the end of the day to see talk is cheap. so why should we believe his words? i think what you believe is why? because a been trying to do things and so i don't think that when to do anything differently, but they still needed to come up with blueprints for how to find a way. ok, so we're basically saying that we continually believe that the u. s. a seeking an equal partnership with africa. is that right?

no den earlier, i think why is stems from the mission we can build up with us rather than studying from there. we already was we can be a long time and i did not. many of the important to me is vital. ok. so we also saw blinking in the d. c. and rwanda discussion the friction between those 2 countries. can you as diplomacy, do anything to diffuse? those tensions i think he has been missing in that conflict for a long time. soon. the deployment of the un very secondary are all my just isn't sure. now come on,

mom all will be but also in the resources to bring the tool by the way things is important to become to the table and what made a roku the us play that other countries cannot the you know, both rwanda and see it as my country because these can speak more often about the need, tory and use that either simply banging to be true by the true countries. and they, you are being very thought of. and the result really into the, into our, to deal with is if you want to ok, overall, how successful would you say blinking has been in trying to african nations.

this isn't going to be important that you come out africa, that great. let's read on religion strength and these relationships. so overall i think it's also true because also allowed him to unveil that strategy. but he wasn't in progress because you still have to reach out to alaska. ok. go bad credit gala profess off international relations at university of the very bottom found in johannesburg. south africa. thank you now come with me to synagogue capital dot com and which appellate an area of almost 4000000 people and synagogue economic hab. but its rapid growth has been accompanied by a rapid increase in pollution while a government's policies exist. lack of awareness, an infrastructure have made pollution a difficult issue to tackle. so some people are taking measures into your own hands

. the w's money. i get nicholas school has more from the car the and the car is filled with pollution, with few trees to fight back. and in many places the ground is littered with trash . to tackle these problems every sunday morning, i do today is out in his street in the suburbs, setting an example for a cleaner and greener city for less it way. and at this, in my eyes, citizenship is something individual and everyone can play the ad hoc in engaging, voluntarily keep the space in front of their homes clean up to sweep by plant trees, plant flowers. i don't think that needs a nationwide campaign got over the years he has inspired neighbors to join in, including an increasing number of young people due to race is hope in the future generation. a fools about is too well is all you have to focus on the children so

that the practice becomes integrated into day day and i expect them to become future leaders in their community and be truly conscious of their environment. so either you so see them did grant you watered them around and you see what you get in the future when it got a 13 year old montage loan is one of those sprouting green thumbs. and he is well aware that taking care of the environment is a matter of urgency. j potential. again, i protect my land, my neighborhood, and all the inhabitants here. because plants and trees are like our brothers. so we can't live without an interval because if they were not on earth, humanity wouldn't exist, made this wonderful pairings also appreciate the change they've seen in their neighborhood. and they have children of the to have a accuracy looking at do to re, has involved many young people on my children, the children about the plant will enable hood. yeah,

they now wake up early and sweet the neighbourhood did believe it does our children good? because they're the ones who play here. you see absolutely also wants to change the attitudes of people far beyond the curve. he filmed the clean up sessions on his phone, and then cherry sped up videos and social media to influence a wider audience. he has connected with people from all over the content, with his hash tag, katie, of act, challenge. yeah, bootable condition. he so many young people have joined the grey neighborhood challenge in africa with cult members in about 15 countries to stay with all these people from different countries, burkina faso at the toga, right? or synagogue. chad, my message is to say to others you or so you can do the same up due to he knows that his actions alone won't change the face of the entire city. a few streets further open air fields show the limits of these small scale action. but he and

others will continue to do their bit, hoping to prompt the government and local authorities to make clean air and land a priority for the country. that's a chance, a reminder that we all have a role to play in tackling pollution. that's it for now. be sure to check out our stories on d. w dot coms, west africa, all visit our facebook twitter pages. thanks for your time. i am eddie, my cartoony. out for the next time. bye for now. ah! ah! with

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