the secrets lie behind these discovered mileage benches and 360 degrees and explore fascinating boats. heritage selling dw world heritage 360. now the best as the news africa is coming up on the program africa's largest economy. nigeria is facing its whereas the comics crisis in the generation, the thousands take to the streets across the country at the inflation skyrockets. the cost of living has become unbearable as many nights and struggles to make ends meet those and some trying to address the hardship through

laughter. nigeria and committee and basketball brings as shop tung team once a year for the special performance of karen bell in class. the escalating fights and eastern dmc this falls in people from their homes in the mid roll rich of egypt, as un forces of spots withdrawing. we look at whether new tops come to bring peace . the i am eddie micah julia and you are welcome to the program. nigeria is africa's largest economy and it's the most populous country. and my geri ends that suffering the worst economic crisis in the generation. widespread, how ship is triggering. i'm guy on the tough economic medicine prescribed by precedent. black tindle, he only took off his last me and among his fast thoughts,

swear the scrubbing of the popular baths, expensive fuel subsidy, and allowing the car and see the myra to float about it, promptly sunk hits and on all time low against the us dollar. oh, that's translating into high cost of living for ordinary citizens. headline inflation had 30 percent in generally, as the highest in nearly 3 decades for the inflation is even worse. but the minimum wage hasn't changed for the last 5 years. the economic pain is triggering days of protests and nationwide strikes by government employees. and i've, i union members, people across my desk, largest city still to the streets, demanding the politicians change cost to reduce the suffering. most people in nigeria come to open markets like this one to buy food and other are essential for their daily lives. this is one place where you can easily see the economics for

2 months ago, this $5009.00, which is the pre balance of about 3 us dollars. would that be enough to prepare? if parts of $90.00 rounds to you for my so many of $32.00, it's for a whole week. now i would have been able to get this much tomatoes prep her on the, on. i live on one kilo of she can what's today the same $5000.00 now or con only gets me this much on about half a kilo of chicken, which would be a no for just 2 days a foot where people was feel free. no good, no one. is there a lot of money to watch? those who got the what is happening now is too hard. if i could speak directly to the president, i would have back him to have mercy on us. things are too hard. wood on the valid off when i do the calls that i will will to do for

that vehicle. it's not only for the stuff that has become very expensive, the costs of all die. so shells have also shuffled this role of tissues used to cost $400.00 an hour. now it's $700.00. this certainly 3 pods. we may use this every month used to cost $215.00 arrow now is $750.00. this price hike east, about 1690 effective. the middle class was suddenly found themselves poor. things like clothes and shoes have become a luxury acacia, or luckily is a freshman design now whose company has been heat hard by the costs of the to allow for imported materials. he says people often times afford he's ready to wear boots anymore. and today he's struggling to stay afloat. almost everybody here. almost be this one of the import. oh yeah. so you know, what did i did?

what did i do? do you understand me by phone? so when i bought it, so what do use quite a bit, what we'll do, that's what i do a lot the. so in reality, when it gets reasonable, we'll get accept the gum regarding these rights. so con, stop producing something on the now, right? so start getting value after a long day of trying to get close to that, be great to apologize for the prizes as we do cross on the family tech support we're down to for me. i've been tracking is a good one. can i see them both? so i see because i check from a very long distance on is telling on this time 3 months ago, 4 months ago they found the walking very shorts. this time, most time. so i decided to put buy a car set to go to buy whatever, but no, i understand that we're still on the bike because

there's early to get $69.00. jo. yes, feeling you called them was one of the main promises made by reset. the less said positive bolt missing, but less than one year after he's taking of these things a point in the opposite direction. from on this let's bring in perfect cool people . he's a policy analyst and social interpret that based in a boot. jot nigeria. hello, patrick, welcome to the program. the cost of living and nigeria is unbearable for many inflation is the highest in decades out of africa as loud as the economy. get to this very low point, as well as several and selling these. i mean names liaison that's gonna spike globally on inflation, but as inflation dropped off across the globe, it did not drop off in nigeria. and that's the reasons for that. one is just the money supply into the economy. you know,

in the last year we had about the 76 percent spike and money supplied. and this is like real money. you know, it's long called ways and means, you know, as a, to the central bank printing money to support the government in running its program . so lots of money and says if you are goods and that's what price would be inflation. oh yeah, uh the money in charge president would like to move from east to address economic challenges after winning elections. why is his economic policy not making people's lives better? i think his thought i'd touch in on the key issues. i mean, he's touched on this a customer on spies to, to the pool. big challenge here would be, how do you design the programs to ensure that it's the right people who get, you know, he's trying to deal with the issues around fx, a foreign exchange and you know, so again, to the challenges, how do you police that?

how do you spell that it was, but hearing that they really deep bull and the, you know, it's going to be a bit of a challenge to love those goals. but i think he's already set it on the, on the right foot. i mean, is probably easy for you to say you in a suit and tie, you know, maybe not facing estimated challenges as the are not in i j. and you know, because the cost of living as we saying is, is very high and placing is on record levels the night arise, losing its value. more people are using the us dollar due to its stability box. isn't that the rest of the fee for these asta as it is because the big the us dollars shouldn't be a sofa. right? was hop on the bus as my students make money in myra, the rest of the market like my kids and they by dollars. so that's put a lot of pressure on the dollar, big quantum of dollars. we need that in the past. trade internationally is you know, how to treat that now because, you know, people are storing the dollar and on the beds under the pillows, etc. now,

how to deal with that is to bring back a little confidence and they kind of, you know, and when people trust that he's coming up with the right policies and programs, then they would trust that they're coming to be robust and the dollar will cease to be a star outside me, but you don't want to exchange and i did face that he's doing. that's right. yes. is it gonna is gonna be under the nice success? i doubt it. and i think it's for him to communicate with major brands that it's going to take you to a time, for instance, big, big challenge with having is putting space on right. um the foot brightness, how spike uh, what about how about its the insecurity in the country? farmers couldn't go to the farms, you know, so we don't have food. what's it going to be to that to solve that is to solve the security problems and also to drive some print runs by the nipples, the commercial banks, to fund the real sector, or inquiry through the central bank to continue with its development programs. okay . i mean, if i can, i agree with you on anything,

is the fact that people don't feel that he's doing enough to address the, the current issues. because people are hassling, you know, to put it in the very typical and i there in time for people to understand. well, what are you seeing people protesting against the high cost of living? what impacts cool the ailing economy have on political stability in the country or wherever the living and precarious things. um, anyone who is full of nigeria from over a day care. the good news that we've got finally comes with the country, you know, used to be in the northeast, the book around now it spread across the country that is most pits in madrid. i sped violent call. now can we at the home got riots that we're beginning to see in states across nigeria with the real challenge that we have with the and security. that's a recipe for disaster. now the big southern big government house is reviewing confidence . you know, there's a massive trust deficits. there are some people who go smoke smoking the fact that

they lost the election to name. but i think the government has all the tools to rebuild the confidence to explain, to neither government continue to explain. and i do. and you know what, it's going to address the problems. right? um, how optimistic are you that sooner than later, things will turn around. we've been here. ok, so we've kind of been here before. uh, in 1999. we went and see me last situations. and what happened was we had a government that continued to cons, communicates with the people and build trust. i believe that if this government is given the opportunity to set to about if they're able to come up with policies that seem to people who are knowledgeable, that it's rigorous and evidence based. it will when to come to you based on the you missteps already. but i think it's all processing into the office. yeah. i suspect that those are the steps was that was the less of them. and i also think that would

see more confidence in the ad building with the people. okay. i guess only time well tell pantries or people policy on a list and social interpret now. thank you very much for your time. thank you. thank you very much. is now nigeria. economic was maybe a national tragedy, but some people can still see the humorous side of things. one of them is nigeria and stand up comedy style boss. cut them out. he's just being here in barely and on . hazy will be until during the crowd with his social political commentary on a range of topics, including is countries ongoing crisis in that countries stuff. you know that the sales big 300 and that i for one big oh you know, 300 a small egg. the team lead that in the hospital. was it? yes. i know enough time. scuffles bring it out. then this is 300.

how do these get these back? you can be forgiven. if you think this is lagos, nigeria has commercial a copy to. it is billings, babylon. cinema, so i'm 7500 kilometers away when as you're in, stand up, comedian baskets mount best name, but i'll put you is on a fest. top of you have been told i'm going to travel for christmas, christmas events because that you guys are happy having took advantage of done that full and there are no net right now. is it a one year? always want it's $1800.00. yes. 19. now, a basket miles has been a stand up comedian for 25 years. he's a style in the african committee scene where he regularly feels hall's while often

talking about difficult subjects in a digestible way. there's a lot of people out there. they've got a lot of people out there and making my own country that can be heard. so they have to the pain, but it can be called because they don't have the platform or the medium to do so. so what i do that seems that have these platforms. i want to use it for you to be able to use why is they want to use it for the pass and message. and that's why, even though i'm doing comedy of travelers as possible to plug in messages in the so that's my own way of spreading knowledge awareness for us to understand what we're dealing with. and if you have any rate it's, that's how you all know that as i've come, pop culture continues to spread worldwide african comedies or format that still has room for growth. it is but also open in. so like, uh, just looking into a place is does, why he's here and the thing. so we have a huge black community. and apart from you is

a form. it is another thing that we can actually look into. i would say that he did a very good job to signify and all that is happening and then, you know, creates a few miles of it for us to just have fun. if you'd like home. then for the most part we and i do is african, it's actually read see us together in a place at the same time. but today, you know, a lot of us came out to see him too. so with less of style and thought it was fun. if i was also a little afraid that it was the pigeon english, but i am happy that it was an eye. it was hilarious. i'm so heavy that i was. yeah . so well busted miles the spine in charge of comedy in economic hardship. his funds can only hold that then i do any economy discovery on top to potentially out just like african committed to the democratic republic of congo, where precedents violates the security has agreed to meet has rwandan,

council pops polk academy for adults and older, which is mediating between the 2 sites, as the aim is piece and pasting the see where heavy fighting between the commodities on the and m. 23 rebels is again driving displacements and regional tensions. kinshasa and novice of accused rewind child supports in the m 23 rebels. that's allegations dr. galli do nice. the seas east is ration resources from gold and diamonds to cold time. but there are no fee is that the situation could escalate favor to ask united nations peacekeepers begun withdrawing this week. that the government says that you enforce us up and down enough to protect civilians from groups on malicious in the area. the latest fighting broke out close to the main city goma in the neighboring towns of suck a son and put him on a hundreds of thousands of people headed for going out in the hope of finding food, water and shelter. when claudine arrived with a 2 children of discount on the outskirts of goma,

she failed to leave. but only briefly. she's one of the newest, internally displaced persons here. the un estimates of the fighting has driven 800000 people to seek refuge in this city alone. and despite claudine being a fresh face that's come, the 20 year old is not a new tool. she was born into the conflict and it continues to rob her, her loved ones. i saw them killed my friend. we were on our way to massage, and there was a lot of gunfire. that's when my friend got shot in the head, keith. so he, claudine is running from the m $23.00 rebels, whose resurgence in recent years has fueled violence and too many tavian crises in the area with the ripples gaining more and more round inland becomes further east of buckling under the pressure and the advance of exploding fearful that it's only a matter of time before the conflict catches up with her. you know,

i'm scared when i hear that m. 23 is getting closer. i feel that things are not ok in my body. in the capital can shesta. the focus is on diplomacy of to previously accusing. rundle backing up 23 rebels comedies president felix to security has extended un only branch saying he's now open to meeting the ones and counterpart to gandhi has consistently denied any links to m. 23 talks between the 2 sides have failed before a civil society groups and not optimistic that diplomacy can do much to change reality. is that a guy you see here in the comes every day. there are 6 deaths for either because of the war like is the or famine as such. but do you want the congolese people to keep dying is really critical. would be some die on the battlefield or some die because they have nowhere to sleep. i'm sick, you may, others are dying because they're in becomes, you know, but they're fleeing therapy because they're afraid of me to ask you to about it.

but here to think it's the same thing. the more base you'll see, slippers and i'm sure that you instability zation mission. one new school admits that the d. c. crisis is one of the most neglected in the world. the mission will leave the country by the end of the year and leaving most security questions open for the scores that protection of cvn hotter beach mondays. it's greg your departure would certainly have an impact on your money. tell you on of variations, especially internal boxes, for those into come. the biggest challenge is a clear way out of the conflict either through diplomacy or military action. the empty tray rebels seem determined to take over more to retreat. meaning one thing for claudine and have family things could get even with here. joining me now is deed of use, isaac with gabby, who has been closely following developments in the d. c for years otherwise. a thanks for joining us. fighting in the d. l. c has been going on for years about

what's driving the recent upsets in the conflict as well. i think the number of factors that have led to the recent upside and fighting is going to come go. but the point of the main one is that the lack of commitment from the government and conscious sir, to deliver much needed services close of the people is didn't come go. they feed, they've been, i mean, isolated, they've been lift out the needs and of being outside effectively by the government in cases. and also on this side of those fighting the government. it's if like the m for the 3, they see the image of this as a lead by president phillips that could be as lucky and commitment to 4 feet on the many promises. it's the a great done for many times a basic ticket, the buck tracking or not even a, implementing them like the grid. and so the left to defend themselves amid attacks from the government. so they say, look, this is one person wants us to talk or to impress based,

but at the same time we're getting a text from the government. and again, we've got to load the front that now the many plans coming into the conflict from regional regional countries and you know, blocks. yeah, we'll, we'll get some more of that in a bit. uh, but you mentioned that the m 23, which is a name we keep hearing who are the and why the fights in the communities ami. it was the empty to 3. get the name from the face, disagreement of much it print it said 2009, and they cut it short infant to 3. but initially the code, the national congress for the protection of the people. however, this data submitted, 1st thing that the input to today is that it will group to separate it by run that which is a sort of the drunk. it's a group that is fighting for the interest of come goal is to it says corporate government authority to notice picking and are with the group itself form of the, the fight as was supposed to have been integrated, international police. and i'm a and the, but it's going to of the national congress of the people that give but,

and for the 3 was supposed to be given posts and positions in the government. so the 1st for the government gives us a deed, implement this agreement. that's a lot of countries that means that a m 23 is being funded by one that you're saying that's not correct. or what are you saying? we did many countries. i'm actually in the u. n. and it's reports, i said, so of course legation so acquisitions that the government and rhonda has always denied. but whether or not the governments supposed to end participate shouldn't be the point because the impact of itself says it's fighting for its own existence. just like the existence of its people, just like many countries into wives, if also available, we need to fight for what the rates the belongs to us, where we belong to. and of course, even run to where it has interest in sales and support them so that they're not

kicked out of that territory to come in to run that because rather since then, of course, the school is talking about addressing the root cause d, l. c. presidents, but it's just like a he says he would accept a meeting with his rewan done counterparts. polk, a guy me to resolve the crisis. quote such a meeting, actually bring peace to eastern the assay, a way to be optimistic. that could be the starting point because the only say that teresa ends, you have to press conference indicates just that, but loop has been saying he would never talk to a government even if they meet any have it is a really good thing that. so i think now your thing is under so much pressure that pretty much saying, hey, you have to meet with the run. the idea that that's part of this illusion, it'd be the to run to has to meet with the run does to sit down with google on or neighboring countries, including uganda, 3, my pope, if this one way if it's the solution, not on it to see to do with the input deputy, but also get the ripple groups who of rick trouble in the country. what brought so

much misery? the group of google, who i really have no plans really to live on the arms. i do, i do minimum, he has to keep on fighting. so i think it would be a starting point for the to the does to sit together genuine, to address the issues affecting to come. right. because we're talking about of a fighting that has been going on for decades, right. and he has what i want to find out briefly from you before you go. how is the ongoing fighting affecting the stability of the d. c. and of course the region also whole. i don't my city wouldn't. elephant slights is the growth of that stuff as we're seeing. and if that's of google is, you know, going across the internet. but in countries rhonda, you've gotten the ortho sauce into somebody and all the countries that they they've been doing with. and by the way, the price is of going to include different prices of so it also in big cities like is that so you can imagine it tone that was relating or is then come go to deliver food, go. but it is like irish but does like audience,

they have to import such bisk foods really doesn't do it to go. i think it does. the coffee, does. the fighting has affected all countries in many, many ways, especially the refrigerator, the ordinary people have to run for their life every day, every night without top for retaining. and that's the big question. that's the big problem with they ever return to homes is just you and i to watch and see whether indeed because we are providing the congo right. date of use, i think with abby, thank you very much for your insights. frontier id and that's it for now from all of our stories go through data view comes west africa or visit us social media platforms will leave you with these pictures of africa's largest mosque that's open this weekend. oh jerry, i will see you next time i put off the

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