a question, much of what we knew about the nearly think period in 45 minutes on d w a b with this is deed of the news africa coming up on the program nigeria way through it's worth flooding crisis in the decade. much of the country is swamped and more than a 1000000 people have had to leave their homes. we hear from some of them and also discuss what caused the floods. also coming up, it's the opposite extreme in the horn of africa, which is once again experiencing prolonged drought. our reporter visits one

northern canyon community that is particularly hard hit them bob way, look for a bumper harvest. this year's record breaking wheat crop is expected to even yield a surplus. lori john can get on. top honors for leading africa responds to the coven 19 pandemic. among other achievements, doctor john candace on speak to d. w. on the recognition and his experience handling the unprecedented crisis. and it's kick off time in syria known as the country's top flight nationwide book league for women. get on the way with i'm told me or lady ball welcome to the program. a humanitarian challenge is

emerging in nigeria as the country experiences its worst floods in a decade. 33 out of nigeria. 36 states are affected by the rising waters. entire communities have been submerged, losing their houses, their fields, and their livelihoods. so far more than 600 people have died and at least 1400000 people have been forced from best submerged homes. the country experiences seasonal flooding along these 2 main rivers every year, but on a far smaller scale, it's a different story this time. take a look at this section of the major river as pictured in june this year, and compare with what it looked like earlier this month when the river burst its banks, some communities of witness water levels of up to 13 meters. we'll discuss why the situation is so devastating after this report by d w's flourish chimera. this is what the rainy season usually looks like in an

ambrosia, in southeast and large area. and this is what the scene community looks like now. swollen rivers have inundated numerous towns and nobody's across nigeria, causing a 1400000 people to flee their homes for camps set up on higher ground. we're suffering but suffering is better than stealing. that's why we're here in this condition. the clothes that i'm wearing and the only ones i have left, the flood carried away all our belongings. neither. i knew them. i have an acre of farm land night now but and i bought a bag of manila for $40.00. i planted rice one and 2 days later the floods washed everything away. studio about all our schools have been destroyed by water. so our plea is anyone that can help us should

help us. any one that your help with should help us please. but help is slowing, arriving many roads and bridges are washed out. traffic chokes, those roads that are still possible delaying the delivery of the fuel and food supplies around the country. when would you when don't with the checkout we have just returned yesterday from delivering goods in the capital, a boucher and we're back here and we haven't even gone an inch validated with oh look, our end used as crumbling to help where they can just care about the situation is heart wrenching who they are was. we have families where a single mother with 10 or 11 children has lost everything. what is the biggest challenge that currently is the shortage of food. such a family needs more than one bag of rice premier and they eat 3 meals a day. and many people in hard, he'd stay like an amber,

as steel waiting for assistance promised by the government's twilight. lanita hobbled on and not seen any residence with key infrastructure swallowed by water. many of the flooded communities are without power, and people's generators have been destroyed. critical infrastructures such as schools, health care, st as police stations, and banks can't or police. and with the number of farm lands that have been destroyed, their concerns about foods kasey in the coming months is and you ask of ment, blames most of the flooding on on seasonally heavy rain. but other factors play a role. the lad, good dam in neighboring cameroon. opens its gates every year, releasing excess water that flows into nigeria. but nigeria has failed to build

a dam to manage the overflow. the nigerian gov men says that though they received early warning signs of the flood, they never foresaw the level of destruction and south eastern nigeria is at risk of flooding until the end of the rainy season. in november. i'm joined now by adequate into in ottawa. she is an environmental researcher at queens university and canada . welcome to the dubliners africa jacqueline, are you've been researching the reasons for nigeria is flooding. we know the main rivers in the country flood annually. why is the situation different this time? yeah, this is vision is the friend these time because of this kill and magnitude. so why major a sponsor and offloading dca will had very bad flooding and don't get on way springs it's gonna flood last was in 2012 and we'll have similar factors. so in 2012 there was release of 1000 lire, them some from came in. so does the same this year. so even though the swan in are

the official reports, will half of the nation, how many still water resources tells us that the flooding we are experiencing is not due to any, is not related to any dam release, want you to drink for? so have hiring fall d c. so so higher rainfall means the dams get full and then they get released. i mean, we've had a lot of rain fall before it is. it's exceptional this year. so apparently they had very, very, had a normal rate for as, and this is one of the impacts of climate change as experienced nobody glue. one is a very important to differentiate the dynamics of nigeria flooding from the global climate. you know, i mean, as i mentioned you spots of employees just a very tiny piece of the puzzle in the flooding problem in nigeria. so the main reason for the study we are currently experiencing is the lack of infrastructure and planning. what kind of infrastructure we talking about that needs to be in

place and what kind of planning are you should be in place to to prevent those kind of flooding? yeah, 1st of all, robot planning would mean that there is no development on flood plays festival. so it's easy to blame the people for beauty, no flood plains when, when you have regulation. so if you, if you don't enforce them, the people do what they do. so you can say people are developing a floor planes then. secondly, there's also infrastructure engineering infrastructure that should be in place to help mitigate them as the practice on the body. sadly, we don't have that in nigeria, so that is why the flooding is very, very serious. and then what kinds of are you same engineering infrastructure? what exactly are we talking about? can give us examples. yes. yeah. yeah, various forms of engineering infrastructure that helped me to get floating. so you could have resolved was you could have dams. and actually in this flooding, waste bearings in gary pause that there is a drum niger i supposed to be many for many decades. not i don't still have in

place. and yes, so many engineering as engineering designs i can put in place to help control 40. for example, in the middle, lance lance is very drones a floating, so they have a lot of structures in place to control flooding. but sadly, sadly, we don't even have anything. so i'm not saying we should have the type of infrastructure in the last house because it dynamics that also the friend will have nothing to actually help us if that's the mission of defense of, of flooding. so that is why you see every in nigeria, most of us in terms of it. and is this a resulting from the lack of a strategy? i will see is due to the lack of trust ag, even though we do not have the flood race management policy in place. i say days because after 2012 flaws who had the government and it was disaster, risk management agenda and flooding is number one on this is the priority. also how the nation i was up on the c wage. understand the need for controlling learning.

acknowledges are flooding is a trace so while, while there are some places we do not have also many audits will have that acknowledges the risk offloading the importance of preventing for the post. sadly, these are not implemented. there is no political will to implement what we have spoke there with a dock who attended. she's an environmental researcher at queens university in canada. from too much rain in west africa to none at all in the east. the ongoing drought in the horn of africa is the worst to hit the region in 40 years. 4 consecutive rainy seasons have failed in northern canyon, which was already one of the country's driest areas. it's particularly tough for the communities that many of whom have to rely on their livestock for a living. as the ground has become even more barren, hundreds of thousands of animals have already died now with their livelihood gone.

the situation is becoming dire, especially in kenya's to kind of region as d w's. felix marina reports with selena taylor has 4 children of her own and also takes care of her sister's kids. but with a drought she's been unable to feed the large family at times even skipping meals, know how fireplaces call it. and the cooking ports are mostly empty. how children, i surviving when food shift coverage is doing. and i have to go to the bush and collect wild fruit code angle seeing the children whist away is causing selina unbearable pain. they're sick claim. most of the time they go to bed on an empty stomach and i just feel terrible how husband joseph once had so many goods and cattle that they filled. the st closure and money he used to and from selling meat and milk was more than enough to

feed his family. but the drought has killed nearly all of his talk. no more. no, no one will. i will i get them all. i can't count the number of lifetime we have already lost the draught. not it would be more than $100.00. but right now beyond our 5 running muslim, not the one i don't the, i will go on. i know you can atanya by a what a points as that gets, what a for cooking and washing clothes. this was once a flowing grava. no, it's the only water for kilometers. i just the water here isn't clean mud. we often have diarrhea with this is the only water point, so even dogs drink from here and if i'm thirsty, i'll drink from here to. it affects us so much before the rains stopped falling, they're not then can your region was already experiencing hash climatic conditions

. some 500000 people in true color, i in dire need of help. the drought here most experts fee is partly caused by climate change. populations in africa continue to explore it. a significant impact. so calamity. so i think it's our goal for, for the blow as a whole, to actually address the issue of glass it because he that makes you a lot of people how the only in africa about another continental us. as for selena and i extended funding chinese training out for the wild to act, they are already being battered by climate change or the global shortages caused by the war in ukraine have pushed some countries to focus on producing more of their own food. as a result, zimbabwe is on course for its largest ever wheat harvest. at $380000.00 tons,

the expected produce will be more than the country needs to consume for the year, meaning the surplus can be used to build excess reserves. here's d, w privilege, machinery, a busy time it good grass, illogical. michelle farm east of zimbabwe capital godaddy. like many other farms across the country, we'd have this thing is in progress. farmer clouding aquanda is expecting more than 1000 tanza with his best to have it since he started planting the crop. i am happy that we have money to purchase a good yield and her with the actors which we have put under wheat. and what we are now reaping, ah, i feel proud of what we are doing is an issue. zimbabwe is investing in inland dams, to move away from over dependence on drain,

fit agriculture. in the face of climate change. the country suite is predominantly grown and our irrigation, but failing rains that haven't been the only problem. zimbabwe held the bread basket of africa status and to early 2000. when agriculture took a nose dive because of the linda reforms from a net exporter to init, importer of ceo's and grain. but things have slightly shifted because of mechanization. and some of the reforms that the government is em bugged on. the record wheat production has been achieved thanks to partnerships between the government and private companies. there were 30 is encouraged private players like millers and banks to finance farmers for 60 percent of their wheat planted. you were instrumental in facilitating big policy positions and from weeks in the form of fair joint ventures, we now have joint ventures where by that are settled,

farmers drain heads and putting out with the private sector players. it's that to switch the land to utilize it fully utilized the resources, the dams, the water in the left. so we believe that is cert paying dividends for ordinary citizens. the bound for we have is, could translate to reduce the bread prices, a loaf of bread costs more than $1.00 who has a dollar, a price that many struggling families cannot afford. grain millers are a fit about buying wheat, growing in zimbabwe. is it laws their production costs? are we have served with on 12000000 years dollars a year in this funds that we're supposed to meet outside is now been redirected to local industries in the multiplier effect of even 200000000. now, going to the companies out which are into input production, mechanization, and other related services in simply boost toys. increasing our g. d. p is a current summer cloud. the condo wants to grow more green to sustain food security

. zimbabwe, me once again become because the bread basket. oh wow. you're watching d. w. news africa still to come tactics, technique and tough tackling in sierra leone as a professional. nationwide football league for women gets underway. but 1st come on, born biologist, john kanga san has won the virtual global health prize. the 500000 euro award recognizes those dedicated to improving the health of the world most vulnerable people can guess on is currently the u. s. global age coordinator. but for 6 years before that, he was the head of africa centers for disease control in this position, he was praised for how he steered africa coven response. i caught up with an kanga

song after he receives the lifetime achievement award. and i asked what his greatest concern was as the coven 19 virus emerge during his time as africa, c d. c director. my group just concerned at the time is about a 2002 in. she was that the continent was terribly ill prepared for such a fuss moving virus or virus that we. ready so what was happening in china. so what was happening in europe. ready ready what was happening in the united states, and those are economies or countries that where a live globe could address such plus moving fund may yet develop dition. there was certain, it was obvious that because of the week has systems that exist on the continent of africa was going to be very challenging to, to back to the virus at the scene. go,

you go to what we, what you, you have not. what do you need soon? have to ready to continent and you went toward ginger virus with what we had just position at that time. and at any point, did this concern time interfere dealing with the unknown a was characterized by a lot of personality, our stuff afraid of what they know much of what could possibly happen. remember, this was an unknown battery. nobody knew how it costs disease renewed value, literally about transmission. and very importantly, we had no diagnostics. we have no vaccines, you have no treatment dealing with a disease after the was new. we had no counter midges, 225, and 3 was produced to, to start with. do you think the continent as a whole did it's best to find the pandemic. i think the continent of

africa was exception and when does each of dependent will be reaching very convinced that they will be hooked up to the board to the coordination mechanism? continent put on the umbrella african union led by us and stuff like the african union commission. district period because presidency was south africa the african union to enable us that. ready allowed the after just cdc to, to actually do it job, i think didn't continue in this. a lot of lessons to be learned from the continent responded. i remember very early on, they were petition almost not just die in the next one about 6 months of their outbreak. and maybe it didn't happen now. and then i must say that it's not because people were not infected if it were

infected under continent. but because of those major continental as it will be wanted, this kind of depends on nothing. confidential, absolute take credit for both political and their coordination because of them that they put in place. what is the biggest lesson? what major lesson do you think you will take with you from dealing with the pandemic that will inform your outlook and your current job working to control the h i. v. aids pandemic. the lessons that i'm sure over in the last 2 years of this pandemic, one is that as humanity we are more connected than we thought. and as you money g, we have more wondering we're done with and as you money to any qualities and any breaches that the not necessarily as it is it, as a result of their core with it before. i mean,

to work on addressing just any policies and any breaches, because failure to address those inequality any results to it as you know, security threat, all of the way we saw how the emergence of the death of being in india or the emergence of the only one that was depicted in south africa was one that quickly became extra to everybody to we're 3rd of this disease outbreak anywhere in the world. that's right everywhere in the world. so i think that is the major lesson that we should all remember from this opponent, dr. kanga san thank you very much for speaking to us, and once again, congratulations on the prize. now to sierra leone, where for the 1st time in decades, the country has a top flight professional women's football league. president julia might appeal and the 1st lady fatima attended the league's opening match last saturday. it kicks off a 6 month season in which 12 clubs from across the country will compete for the

women's premier league trophy a cash prize. and of course, bragging rights. this is a start of a new journey for women's football in sierra leone. 7 c and it's a cause for celebration. the men of queens from the northern city of mckenney are about to face off against like a hun laqueena from kenema in the east. the match is a milestone because it marks the launch of the country's 1st national professional women's football league. board member asthma, james told d w, this is a key moment. so this one is unique for many reasons because it's been a while since we actually saw something really

b like so it's so important for us here in san diego. and we are just so excited that we mean play football league includes 12 teams from across the nation. they'll be competing for a cash prize and a trophy to be awarded at the end of the season. in april, supporters hope the new league will also boost the success of the national women's team, which fell to qualify for this. she is africa cup of nations. please say they're eager to showcase that talent and debunk stereotypes about women and football. my, the wallet told me what guys can do it is coming, and i want to fight that battle and i'm on a loan to show my that approved claim. that was the guys guy who it is come from much better the hope to is that the new women's league will also be

a source fond and entertainment for everyone. news definitely wants to keep an eye on. well, that's it for now, but be sure to check out our other stories on d. w dot com, forward slash africa on facebook and twitter. we always love to hear your thoughts and suggestions, so do get in touch. we'll leave you with these pictures of that 1st match in syria and he owns women's premier league thanks to the say, really on football association for sharing these action shots with us with you next time. bye for now. i use with

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