of unreasonable quarters as nonsense. i want my son to become a doctor to inbox. now it's time to to and then when generation nash dw documentary the, this is the w news, africa coming up on the program. africa's manual wealth can help save the world from climate change. but who will save africans from the riches under their homes, their farms and their feet, like jerry, it has vast reserves of key elements like lithium that will power the global energy transition. but it's also marked by massive unregulated extraction of those resources leading to child labor and loss revenue. also, as we meet in more canyon orders who uses distorted materials to create spectacular sculptures, whom are balls,

work is now on display at one of africa's top part. exhibitions, it tells us how he finds inspiration from his life in mauritania and trying to keep an ancient tradition of life in burgundy. we find out about the melodic greeting known as a cause, a song exclusively by women, the unlike local. welcome to the program advocates manual. welf can help save the world from climate change, but who will save africans from the riches under their homes, their farms and their feet, as the world focuses on the climate crisis at comp $29.00 in baku africa's place as a global leader in the flight against that warming planted is once again in the

spotlight, leaders from right across africa, or in azerbaijan for the u. n's annual climate conference up for discussion is the confidence role in helping the world move away from polluting fossil fuels like coal and gas to more sustainable energy sources. but it's a transition that also varies of many challenges for african nations. with the rush for resources needed for green technology is open to corruption and the exportation of community more on that in a moment. but 1st let's hear from and go see a controlled e y law director general of the world trade organization. who's at cop 29? she's outlined how some countries could benefit from this switch to green energy, the so called the green comparative advantage. let's listen. climate change may result in some parts of the world. have been what we call a green comparative advantage. if they have solar power, for instance,

they've that dryer and have solar power, they can develop reading electricity. and that could give them an advantage that they didn't have before. and they can trade this green electricity, or they come on the front products based on green, clean electricity, like batteries, photo photo, volt, take cells, the panels. so you could give them a drink, competitive advantage. so instead of it being an opportunity, sorry, a challenge. it becomes enough. what do you need to change is the nature of treat? the green transition is certainly changing the nature of trade and goes home. country nigeria. it has huge minimal resources including fours of key elements like lithium and 10 needed to produce the rechargeable batteries that will power the energy transition. but nigeria is also dealing with a massive manual rough involving the on regulated extraction of manuals so called

or typical mining of metals. and we're earth has surge and it's costing the government more than an estimated $10000000000.00 us dollars annually in los revenue. and that's just the financial costs. the sector is also widely known to employee children who often work in hazardous conditions. not to mention the destruction of the environment and form life in nigeria, dw correspondence, ok. and mary and lisa tacoma got exclusive access to unregulated 10 and lithium mining operations. we begin in central nigeria in jobs without corresponded. ok, mary, norma, that you'd be part of the, this used to be formula. but no, it looks like it. most of the workers tear up the soil and looking for things. it's just beneath the surface at this on regularly ted my we're here with the permission of the site allows us to fill me in this direction,

but not what's behind us. what we can show you is a stream polluted by mining waist. the miners dig with shovels and the bad hands risk in cuts and falls. many a children who spend hours on the hot some some tell us that the take drugs to get through the day. the bus keeps a close, i as the comment, our rules to day lose where here to get 10, which we take to the buyers together with my boss. okay. i see on, well as, yeah, after we collect the money, my boss gives me my share and i take something home to buy food. i don't and i'll keep the rest for myself. so in the morning i come back here to work. one behind me is a dangerous reality, and that's on regulated my name in northern nigeria where we have minus of youngest

15 years of age or risk in their health to make some money. the kids make around 10 euros. fuck, you know, a deep that's a good wage, but it's a legal for them to be working. there's no government oversight on child legal or official data on accidents as well and regulated mines. but recent debts of mining sites around the country have brought the dean just to national attention. in nigeria, poverty is the major factor that pushes many to take the risk of working in these mines on the western side of the country. we've visited another rural town. bonnie with a niecy on business is booming, one here at the tone market, vc i'm from nearby on regulated mines is sold open so they don't bring it now for the new to faulty. but it was before us. these young men help process sought and prepared the stones with transportation,

50 kilos of need fuel costs of 104000 euros. they sell tons of big profits. those run into increasing, but the government doesn't see any revenue. it is an industry that's right for corruption. this truck driver has a long hold on. what saves, he faces little scrutiny on the route or say got caught them. nothing happens to the left hand. we're transporting. nobody stops us apart from the police who stop us. when we see them, they ask questions and we give them something called a lot of them all for environmental. john, in his diary, i couldn't investigate on regulated mind that he has faced threats. were trying to expose the industries problems, he says the government has been negligent and that in mining and rural areas will have long term consequences. but i believe that the more we talk about this in the, one of the governments, we also know that there's something that the i know to is the model domina hudson individual for the people. and for the mission has reached out to the mining

ministry on findings raised in this report, but did not get a response or jerry is problem is recently filed to eliminate on regulate that side voice for a more profitable mining sector. but the reality of the ground tells a different story to for more nigeria is unregulated trade in or is like lithium. we spoke earlier to environmental journalist. alright. echo going, who you just saw in that report. he's based in, loren inquire, state a region up until now that's largely been driven by farming just a few years ago, rich deposits of lithium or were discovered there. i 1st ask him to paint a picture of what mining has done to the area. basically what is all gone is an increase in the security also did the addition to the phone lines, which are result said to shoot

a security in most of the fine and such on it along essentially was you know, in the past these are us a lot of people down on most of the people i try to find out what's the last 3 years is up on the national groups. logistics of state is one of the state of i post on the phone. we just also increase the level of the people here. that's all i can say. i don't mind mean want to go live uh it's actually comfortable to, to shop, did use increase in payment, not to be fees. and also the additional how wide spread is this trade beyond choir state and beyond the country and what's happening to the farmers. let's talk a little bit more about that. spot to plus is, is not going to say that as i like that was the solve a defense mentor of like goats. um, seeing all this, you know,

on all the windows dots uh, stuff, uh, apples i'm just, i was recently i think where we are, but you know, we've always it about mining voltage. it's not a large scale that is the look on them, but it's 48 strong who's the was when i agree, all of the front of the site is actually concise leaks you. so the last b is like 4 or 5 years ago when you know, um, flooding odds, chinese, malia. mm hm. mid julia. all those big companies, you know, with the advertisement at technology, these are not always the types of these mentors. so this also did my name's thought that both leg dudley on the on i think he thought that we found the legal one of the attorney licenses from government. that no,

it is possible. this seems like i'm fine. so, i mean, nobody told me this thoughts did you did with you know um was and is to leave your own alternate. mm hm. the 2nd this, um, you know, outside of the, somebody will because it's not all the, they said the sites uh they have to reach area like mostly in the forest. so the reports are they obviously it's the on the find the how the money but not going to try to use both the, all this, you know, i'm here most of the time on some of them a bunch of, you know, they say, you know, they do have money to the new house robot. i've lots of lots of take us a month. you know what else you need in my design to get speech want. so what's on the, on the, on the farm land, just these a reach of money which they believe your best. uh, yeah, most we talk, no,

thank you. awesome. so they're changing their professions altogether. they're bending farming and getting into mining and the jury seeing increasing numbers of so called our typical minors are those, the miners that you just referenced, are they, the locals that are simply taking advantage of the resources under the feet? or is this a kind of gold rush or attracting people from a, for the collection of everything you know, like we have in the process because of the, you know, finding on the line for ages. no laundry. yeah. it's the father never knew about such things. i told him lies beneath the line. now this probably is always done by new populations, new companies that you know, the june edition besides, i know that technology that are trying to pinpoint the areas we. yeah. you know, many of us, so some of the companies to be honest for many of the tradition of laws to inform

them. that's okay. they saw something on the online or possibly some who foam and they form of they want to establish the company. the for really, on every citation on arrives, i totally want developments for these are only so that they offer them money on this. they do. i've been so strongly or lose the provide what's up and also employed. oh no gosh, oh, that's police. so the, this thoughts why the low cost then gave them also mitchell to let them be got this in the machine. i've also, um, the tools. so one of this plus, i know most of the, with these, my not this the, the, you know, on how they can actually make money for these, this stuff down. i'm kind of a big,

you know, buy and good news, fines. i'm finally lucky guys. i'm wondering, companies on these when we agree on a hold of funds, i'll get this. i believe i was actually a blessed this the, the side. definitely get the so i'll just when i'm, i need actually start to the most of these and communities. i use the on the, the yeah, with the live knowledge of the you know, what, really my name for me as the oh no, this is uh as, as the old way to make which gosh, i'm doing good family on the so i'm going to use, i'm trying to drive this is also the money hopefully soon as soon as they find out about the slow my going on out on the i believe. yeah, they just reach out to dispute and provide them with money and copies also that bill will be sold by i'll do the best that they have the if i were to ask you who is behind the legal trade,

would you say it's likely the chinese which you mentioned yeah, yeah, i think it's, it's all of them on for you know, all to be given out for the pollution. what this actually is that what they are, those that really bleed up mutually. the also beneficial like your costs, like even politically especially is like between government people are not always is from civil salvas. or is that still nice just like a simple because that's your us. so many people. but the benefits in for me it's one way or the other. where is the or going, what countries are the primary buyers? oh okay. yeah. the china, china almost as shelly. then we all phone people for money for my investigation, i sought out people for money. the tickets of money cannot also possibly be i will

find a company special they also, um they also do now i actually own my company outside of the country and also within the country. they also do 5 sports bids on the side of the chinese box and the 5 visa boosted dismentos. so i've been able to thoughts about how dory, based on everything that you've said so far, i feel compelled to ask is very effectively a lithium mafia calling the shots in a corrupt system bank rolled to the tune of billions by foreign companies and individuals. yeah, i think i know the wrong the cdc will come to the conclusion on because, so i find is a new from the way they operate. know he's got to be mafia, you know, just going on. you've got, you've got to know someone that will introduce you to someone else's to another person. so is like people in charge of check box by

organizations, a very jargon, additional 0 outside the country. so you say we, my fiance, that's all we must be wrong because i don't use it as well. but i do the story about the story. i don't receive phone calls from on the bus, you know, telling me that i'm not really disturbing the activities that i should be very, very careful about the know me is if i get to be on me, because my repulse is actually supposed to be in the activities, so you know, not the way my fiance's also up with is i've done, it's mostly that on to not because they know that they are doing something that is wrong. i'm not talking about you will definitely reach out to that. she's sick a off on the activities on it is the it's the low cost going government salvas not actually giving the funding us the opportunity to us is the

same possibly based on what they will get, all that stuff. that's environmental generally sealed. jar a, a cogan many, many thanks for your time. the next is cynic all where the opening ceremony has been held for the deck of being now a contemporary art exhibition held every other year in newton, locally as deck or the festival has become one of the most important among african orders for showcase their work. this year is the, the wake explores the various meetings and the applications of the term, including the issue of slavery. $58.00 orders from $33.00 countries are taking part in the event in the senegalese capital until december, 7th, the or among the artists on display in that car is on the ball from

mauritania. the painter and sculptor uses discarded ways to create striking creations like this one on display at the festival. he is known for his wife size statues of birds, hyenas and goats, as well as for his monumental color. full paintings, inspired by his homeland bowl, began sculpting at the age of 8, and has now exhibited across africa. and you're the w. news. africa goes and flew less. bo met the artist at his studio in the more attain in capital, knew a chart to find out more about his work and inspiration. it's taking artistry room about a month to build. and now this intriguing metal structure is on show at the doc carbonella in senegal. last. so basically if this gets solved by installation allows you to say it's a 5 square meter into the website, was

a reflection of what world we live in today. one of the world is chaos. so as an artist, i'm just there and testimony. jennifer, tim one is a metaphor. he often illustrates using these live sized animals sculptures. you might not, human have characters that resemble these creatures your song. i think it actually . yeah. kid shows, there's something mysterious about and walter's there. he's got the weird he's uh, i think it reflects the other side of the human beings and it's this side of the human being that affects the world, the dark side. but i support the psalm and of them are scavengers, the streets to find materials needed for his animal creations. a bit digital is a now use iron sheet because to build my sculptures, i not my time and i so it was just a bunch. i think it's lucky to be born in an environment where there's nothing that i was on. none of them. oh yeah. yeah. yeah, where there's no big, fine art store to buy brushes and everything. and so it took the 2 different well

as the 2nd my it could k, you know. so that's what's instilled in me, the strength to express myself with what's around me. originally from the south of the country, omar grew up by the river on the border was sent a gulf. that's where his father also an artist, passed on his passion for creating things. they don't find a more nipple, like the children of my village at the time on of it. but we didn't have the toys that were made by machines. machines don't go so my dad would make me towards me like a suite, a live. i took over and started making my own toys. i'm in may, may have to push me in new quote over time. who now these tories became my works of art and me may want that. but in his teens, expectations from his family and his faith forced lamar to band and sculpture

kinds of because on history to do when i was 15, i was sculpting more and more important because i wasn't going to school anymore. i . it's a deal, isaac, i mean, and my parents were bothered by people saying, what will piece a listen, that a t, as you've got to tell him to stop scope the same, i gets frowned upon in our religion and that legal or assess the feet by 2 that then led him to pick up a brush and to tell the story of his daily lives and his country. total. for example, i use are to pay tribute to my ancestors of kits this whole identity, my land to my country that i tried to show its the beautiful faces. the happy people is the little known africa. we don't talk about it when a vision of the world that he loves to paint on these large format campuses that offer him more freedom for expression. basic witnesses. you and it says if i was on swimming in the canvas way. sure, sure. now i don't paint uh easily into that, i think,

i think only show i like to paint on the ground factor. when i paint i walk on the can, must serious select one for hours. lamar superimpose this materials on the canvas as if he were scolding him in a text you got like text here because i'm basically a sculptor who pains what i like to make. people want to touch my work and even if they don't dare to touch it for me, it feels like they've touched it. thanks to the material, i'm with you. the while a little more is now an artist of international renown. he still hasn't visions to be better known and hopes to one day opened his own gallery to help achieve the stream too. but when the next, where the tradition of august a he is in decline, it's a form of greeting song and polyphonic melody. and a tradition exclusively performed by women, but among young audience, it is hard to find people who know what i can say. he means and even harder to find

someone who can still perform it. i'm attending made on. yeah, well i did learn, i'm with family. that family is a while ago, but i learned a typical musical reunion in burgundy. oh, dear. between sylvia, i'm a bonham. huh. and daughter melanie. no. in the tradition of, i could say you, the older woman always starts the dialogue, younger replies. yes. and if you bundle example, they have well, momma. yeah, well no, i'm afraid of poodle. a good z is full of love, a priest. when you greeting someone than they respond to use continuously, it shows the next reciprocal to come a gamble. who fans him the same for didn't see a nano coke about sharing the traditional greeting with her visitor. the questions

remain the same. how are you? how is your husband? how are the children? how are your cows now? 85, she laments that the generations of today are not interested at all because they he he, tom, tom and are you kidding me? nowadays? we do not have the kind of pure love or mother issues to experience with their families, how to come to but sylvia and melanie want to ensure the survival of burgundy is unique women's greeting, their teaching neighbors and their children. how to sing melodic chance need to be more than they should. hi. this tradition greeting has lots of value. but as elders we 5 connected to young people, so that they continue the bull runjun culture, who need it when we feel comfortable. here's a resounding a go or a yes, encouraging to keeping the melody alive. and it's

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