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a lucrative business, much more than the or, and business. and i want to tell you, it is explained is called by by d. we'll try to find out what mo authorities can do to tackle insecurity on protect civilians. in kenya, people do not want to repeat the post election balance that grabbed the nation in 2007. we'll look at how some residents are doing everything they can to promote peace in this year's presidential elections. and there's a new strategy for us africa relations. we talked to an expert who believes the 2nd africa versus of us, secretary of state, i'm from lincoln technology. the paradigm shift class pollution is increase in synagogue. but we me, the dot com resident 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 resent attacks on the capital of buddha, our cause 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, and separate his violence in the southeast. the government is under pressure to and the grow in insecurity did of your correspondence flourish. true kura tells us more rising terror threats. national assembly does breast rally security t protection. it's become normal for nigeria, security problems to feature on front pages of newspapers almost every morning. nigeria is wake up to the news of one attack audio. it's become their reality. for

the past decade, the biggest security threat has been the book who, her rom, insurgency, the north. but father, criminal gangs, an armed movements have a much elsewhere, threatening the countries to billy c. among them other groups, popularly referred to as bandy, they've turned the country's highway, is a high risk resume. frequently keep mapping travelers in march leave an ambush, a train. now they set their sights on a butcher, my giraffe capital, which was until now i could see that a safe haven for the country is any. we have to go down to shall activities. nobody was nice anymore. you. i don't for a walk, you want to hurry home because the uncertainty what happens if something is not being done above them. even the so called the g mail we have in this conscious will

not have any way to hide the fees and go make an awful lot of time. property, which is the primary objective government is embarrassing. if i don't, i can invite it. then what is the command it 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 licensee then to carry gold nigeria, president obama, highly recently, or the security agencies 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 a general election 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 and industry benefit,

an armed gangs and other criminals. it abuse lisa shakuma spoke to a man who negotiates the release of hostages. this is you who said get so you don't often get to meet 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. bender, 3, i know he and i have become a lucrative business much more than the oil business and i want to tell you it is explained in call, bye bye. 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 to families and office to help for free. he knows many gangs have been researched various crime networks, but even which is expertise. he says, sometimes it doesn't work with her,

she 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. a bull joe i'm in his brother was one of those taken. he was held captive until just a few weeks ago. i mean, you didn't want to discuss the details of how they got him free, but he took months when we visits, he calls hassan to we still recovering from you. we really miss you. no, no seriously is

a terrible 4 months was what i really miss in eyes while g. u and are 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 leverage no choice not to negotiate. which in most cases means pain ransom. dove meant security forces. i 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 until it at what happened in the abduct athlete money. and they able to spend up money for all the 3 elements of the crime triangle available. none of them have been changed or blocked, but that's why you feel grouped in kid now for on from if the crime

a crime that can hit any one at any time. making normal life in larger area, less searching for every one demand as i am now joined by anya t a wang nigeria research i for human rights watch africa in abidjan. i jerry. 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. and 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 right 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 are 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 north west 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 of 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 in my gerry 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 fast being, the fact that you know, niger and security forces best buy the 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 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 cor grievances in many of these communities that gave the conflict the start in the 1st place. in the not 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 turn into val in crisis that your thirties have not been able to, to, to deal with. and of course have led to, you know, i'm groups that are costing a lot of mayhem to the country. yeah, i'm groups including especially are more, di stays kidnappers, who are, can nothing for ransom. but as you said, it doesn't seem like whatever the government is doing is working. yeah,

you're 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, the authorities are investigating these, these, these attacks or these groups. and the trick that equals to civilians. whether or not they're prosecutions 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 your duties to protect citizens and to get to the call of many of the grievances that have led to the conflict in the best place. including, you know, i'm conflicts around resources 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 on here too long with human rights watch africa. thank you. ah. you're watching dw news africa still to come. we meet the residents in the class and i go inspire and others to help tackle pollution in the country. that fast elder it in weston canyon stands for tragic chapter. in canyon history,

in the post election of 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. whereas i walked through the neighborhood in 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 alive in a church. peace activists, carissa and brother lost friends and relatives. but some people, when they were injured,

they still have injury still to be some they become physically disabled, some became mentally disabled. you can see the fear that they have the other a neighborhood as a stronghold of william, brutal vice president of kenya. and one of the 2 leading presidential candidates authorities the, the area as a possible hotspot for violence and have brought in hundreds of security forces. but like 2007 leaflets with hate speech have been circulating. they read vote for rudolph or 2007 was just the tip of the iceberg. at the other end of the city ballad papers checked and thought it heavily 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 dedicated to make sure that you have the right one

for these anxious, waiting for the great people. great. tuesday morning, election day at 6 am presidential candidate william router. the 1st to cost is valid in a village near elder it he to praise for peace but peace doesn't hold well an election day. these pictures make the rounds go to i went to meet with a freshly elected member of county assembly for relo. dingus party is involved in a violent dispute. he accuses his political arrival was whoever is not in a strong party that vista. we little much can do it again. it was good through him . one of the attackers broke his 8th 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 fish has been closed. time to count under 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 nation tall to africa. with a meeting with rwandan precedence. bulk agony. rwanda has repeatedly denied allegations it supports malicious responsible for the resurgence of violence in the d oxy. earlier in the week of lincoln gave a speech in south africa outlining what is being called the new u. s. 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 of african nations have been treated as israelites of other asian progress rather than the authors of the wrong. again, they, the told to take us about the fuel far removed from the united states will not dictate africans choice. neither should anyone us the right to make these choices belongs to africans. to dig into this, to go back to cardia, got out joins me now from south africa. he's a professor of international relations, and university of it wants us to land 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, these documents 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 mean 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 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. didn't need to ship, i think that's why forgot stems from there. we can build up with us rather than studying from there, we already was we can be a long time and i think not many of the important to me is vital. okay, 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 us, i mean being in that thing for a long time, soon, the deployment of the un many very secondary are all my days. you're now come on. mom all will be but also in the

resources to bring the tool by the way things is important to be come back to their table and what made a ro could a u. s. play that other countries cannot do, you know, but it does more because these can speak more often about the need to re and use that either simply banging to be true by the true countries. and they, us being very thought to and the result really into the, into our, to deal with this conflict if you want to. ok, overall, how successful would you say blinking has been in trying to african nations

these are going to be important that you come to south africa that greatly read on religion strength and relationships. so overall i think it's also true because of the allowed him to strategy, but he walk in progress because you do have to reach out to alaska. ok. go bad credit gala professor of international relations at university of the very bottom. around 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 and infrastructure have made pollution a difficult issue to tackle. so some people are taking measures in your own hands.

it abuse, marty, i get nuclear school has more from the car the n that 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 the toilet is in my eyes. citizenship is something individual and everyone can play the hon in engaging voluntarily. the space in front of their homes clean. i meant to sweep and there's all 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 up to 2 races hope in the future generation. the fools abaz's 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, so same day, glad you water them on and you see what you get in the future when it gets colder. 13 year old more days while 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 them doable because if they were not on earth, humanity wouldn't exist. only this of parents also appreciate the change they've seen in their neighborhood and of children of the doorway. i didn't see a look up due to re, has involved many young people are my children, the children about the plant will in

a neighborhood. so they now wake up early and sweep 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, we'll condition the so many young people have joined the grey neighborhood challenge in africa. we've got members, suffolk in about 15 countries, escape all these people from different countries, burkina faso at the toga. right. well, synagogue, chad, my message is to say to others, you also, you can do the same. abdulla 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 actions. 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 com slash africa fall visit our facebook and twitter pages. thanks for your time. i am eddie micah junior. so the next time it's bye for now. with

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