the, the me, this is dw news africa coming up on the program commands, choose a new president. how much will this decision hinge on the, on going to come nomic crisis? it's been a hotly contested campaign for the top job to save the countries fortunes as inflation rises and the local currency loses its power morgan and sinking into poverty. we'll get the view from the cross. also coming off the multi $1000000000.00 infrastructure project that's brought joe biden to an goal. at the tail end of his presidency, we discussed the role of the lo, vito car doing in us africa relations and justice. at last, the victims of

a colonial era abduction policy celebrate the victory over the belgian states. find out more the i'm told me or logical welcome to the program voters in gonna heading to the poles at a time of economic hardship. the country is a major producer of gold, oil and coal coal, but it's struggling to recover from a debt crisis, leaving an ends questioning the nation's economic direction. now battling in the elections for a chance to change those fortunes, vice president my how much do volunteer that on the left end representing the ruling new patriarch potty and former president john germonti. my how my of the main opposition? national democratic congress. oh,

god has sustained its reputation as one of africa's most stable democracies. and this insured largely smooth transfers of power between its main political parties. it now has another opportunity to continue this path them and avoid the insecurity in military coups that have engulfed some of its neighbors. some observers of one that gunners democracy is showing signs of fragility, making this election a defining moment in charging away forward will get some analysis in a moment. but as mentioned the crucial issue for many good and is the economy. and ongoing cost of living crisis is proving to be a heavy burden for many citizens to bad. dw, it is kamani, and i the collision centers report from across the picture of a successful in business woman. the juliet lobby can't afford any luxuries to wait . despite the blistering cry heat, she keeps her fan of utility bills,

a soaring end, as a primary provider for her family. she must carefully balance conflict and survival . a typical phase one in, again, in home you assume sets in response to bts and we are used to only describe us the 2nd pairing sites employees. you would have siblings if you have any to take care of. so i have my mazda, i have my other siblings, that i need to support. today, julian works from home to reduce the fuel expenses, like many in gunners, middle class, a disposable income has shrunk. i'll be there lots of sacrifices where but i need to buy myself a pair of shoes. i need to buy myself, maybe a car to boost my business to do something. but at the moment you can't do that. so i may have to use my personal car to run my business,

run my personal life across gunner families are struggling, high inflation, kyrese, depreciation, and mounting national debt have tightened. the group on middle income households pushing more people into poverty as a country heads into its next collections to presidential candidates during the hama and mama bonia each claim. they have the solutions to fix the economy. the top concern among voters here that went in where they were. yeah, living conditions have been harsh these days. even if you work hard and what you earn as income, kansas teen, you know, it is a struggle just to help us to put and treat young people aren't getting jobs these days. so it's very tough. so whether now we've been resorting to stealing to survive under the current economic conditions, a and many businesses, a barely surviving. like juliet's serial factory. she tells me supply costs keep

rising. i work has also face higher bills at home. but julia can't afford to raise the pay instead she sometimes office free food to take home. julia small, the grease was the corn meal. she's here to help her daughter out, but she doesn't really have a choice. performing google gun, i no longer produces an income she can live on. when would yeah. and to me without my daughter thinks would be tough to me. she's the one managing the business and keeping it afloat. i earn my income from this business. so without my daughter who's always pushing hard to keep us in business, it would be difficult for me and other work as you might need to mean 14. honda and cutting back is what many canadians are for us to do right now. but these are limits to what's humanly possible. please. so to me is a father of 2. he juggles 2 jobs waiting tables full time while working as i make

sort of just on the side. we snow days off. the exhaustion is wearing him down, but his worries go beyond his personal well being. prince fee is for gun as future 20 people on preschools, and the dog jobs to do next is why you the house. you have to just wait hours. in general, just for them to do this as way, make sure you make it easy for them to do that. all is all you, once i leaving you a comment, does it have you had this idea of leaving the country? perhaps transit size as i'm talking to you. if i had an opportunity to try me in the country, i will move quick. so the thing that prints has reflected on resonates with what i've had since i've been here in across the best thing. you know, put too many things i'm even for those were highly educated. villa meant the best skills. i think he mismatched what the job market needs. so the question about the economy is, is it just the external pressures that are creating this problem or is it

a problem? a format is not the economic analyst abdul estimate suddenly think. so of the numerous problem that we have, of course mismanagement is just about the ritz carlton is fat, the re lock a full size of the leadership based on that, that lack of a long term planning. there's also another um, excessive fight design for this complex and she is a serious concern for us. and of course, um the general fred jealousy of the nice night economy. so which has been for the freds out for sue's independence. are you hopeful that the leaders who take over the next government are going to do anything for the end of the, for the economy? i doubt, except that you can have some work on your phone relatively better than the others . but with all honesty, i can tell you that we don't have transformation. i leadership now. julia and her

mother like many in governance middle class struggling to hold on, hoping for change to them. the choice of who to elect is more than political. it's about personal survival. let's go more from gone. all right, now we've got christiana sweetie. i bought, she was a journalist with joy, tv, news channel, and i cry. good savvy with us christiana, we've just seen in our report how the economy is affecting people. how much will this hardship influence the way people vote? this would influence the way people hugely, this a little bit easier than around that i'm say around the front of me or on prices, issues and others. but specifically on the economy. we kind of talk about said we don't need to take this high and the information is high. unemployment rate is high . we sent off of our inventory report says that most done in some uh,

between the ages of 18 and 54. do not have any employment on our community. still, jones insurance, little for now i'm going to the selection was going to games one to know how the next government will. i basically have changed because of the economic was the space and how many the, the countries in debt nearly over 700000000000, gonna save you some debt to the so many things happening right now. i'm once you put a boat in a market 23 years ago, we kind of done a cds, which is like a $100.00. it's about half what you can get right now with the same amounts of money, the hyphen surprises. it's appears as if nothing we is working. meanwhile, the only need for chelsea, katia, texting us. that's v o and a possible recovery. and for most people we are saying that it's not reflecting enough cutting up. ok. so by that, you mentioned a lot of these issues, you've got them say, which is the, the problem of, of the legal, of an unlicensed mining and how that's affecting people. and that's how that's

affecting water supply. you've mentioned electricity. i mean, at the moment now you're having a problem with, with a power blackout where you are the best. yeah. of course, the day to day issues that the, the cost of food and, and all of that. how these candidates promising to tackle the issue as well as the money specials. they've made lots of promises. but with the past 34 weeks may lead up to the december 7th dimensions. you've seen that most of these presidential candidates making more and more promises that unlocked in government officials. for example, the kinds of destruction is pushing that to do so is over. and that it fits the pol classes, which is a huge factor. but we can even daniel will set as default presidential, undermining mama. but i can see what is about to get on this interview. and my lights went out. it's something that's been happening to me since power outages and there is, but i was gonna say specifically the company is no longer able to could use 70

percent, which was all i did. this is just because of ego aligning activities in a far as reserves and you know what, 1040, they don't have this essential, effectively teach to remove heavy metals from the work that we don't do with vessels moses. and so the, what kind of wanting to us hops right now, all i want to, you know, i mean, contains heavy metals that cannot be removed easily. and this is because the government us allows people to mind, you know, for us to be this would be the legislative instruments do for fix for which demands us to repeal the eliza subcommittee activities. and somehow, oh, that's not happening. we're just trying to install what's um, what it's called access me to the m c as in leadership problem. and so the issue is what's lead? yeah, come to live. i will kind of smoke this. many of them see that is each another boy at comcast or the verified but right. the old one is the build. so about good. i'm

say yes, people are wondering what can you do for us? different be so that we can drink cooling was i know what size and then know how to just will government has permission. so new plans, this thing that the me issue really so we do not have enough money to pay for fuel to pay a lot of times. right. it's is looking like a tight bottle. the past 3 elections running up to them. we've seen parties come together sign a piece packed because this is also part of what upheld, gone as a, as a, as a beacon of democracy in africa. but somehow that wasn't exactly smooth this time. why was that an issue? why? why with the parties so reluctant to come together and commit to this piece agreement as well. the beast spots has become sort of a tradition with going into wherever you election all major part of the letters and safe orders, but mainly the precedence. and as far as what kind of dates signed a piece, spots to see that you're committing these peaceful needs to resolve any issues

during it before and after the election. this, you need to transform the opposition national democratic all the way switches and d, n d c. refuse to signed a piece by and they're saying that last election in the 2nd life when most we haven't accounted for those nice yet it appears nothing is being done about it. although yes, we are the beacon of them, you know, democracy in the, on the coincidence. and we have relatively peaceful, he likes in the balance of the know and then which is why the nbc saying that if you want peace, you must, you must give us justice. those lives that were the last must be accounts a full. i'm somehow be because that wasn't happening, they refused to sign the piece, but they need about 60 months. they also ask that's all really about stick with is that is the attorney general, the chief justice, the i g p, i'm the car, it just sits in precedence and all political actors. presidential candidates let us

find a piece past that didn't happen. i'm but the for the presidential under money mama, regardless of what the pots you will see because the proxy chem and johnson this evening. kids. yeah, was very, i was the monday against signing the piece past. is these, the minds were not met? the demand happens to be met by gender money mama says that, well, go in until the election he is committing and he's speaking on behalf of the apache to see that. let's find a piece back as to what to watch resolving these conflicts. so, you know, really just looking for it. so how do you let your commission that you just as committed to the show system, everything and all that come together to ensure research on sprint selection this fine without losing lines or without focus on balance. that leaves and calls that over the past elections. grades as jen list, christine as retail porchie. thank you very much for speaking to us.

the job item has become the 1st us president to visit, and gola is also his 1st state visit to africa during his administration. the trip is aimed at strengthening ties between the 2 countries and promoting us investments . and at the honda of biden's visit is the low b to a car aide or a new international railway connecting the city of low vito on goal as atlantic coast to zambia and the democratic republic of congo. the aim is to ease the export of minerals and this $5000000000.00 investment is the largest us funded infrastructure project in africa. as long as washington's attempt to counter chinese influence on the continent from washington dc with joins now by journalist and commentator, ready, slide b. thank you for joining us. ready. why, in your opinion,

do you think this little project is so important to the us as me, thank you so much for having me. well, this is a very important to visit to full bite. and i mean, he's in the twilight or he's presidency. india to venture it out to a country in southern africa. it is strategically important to the united states for 2 reasons. the united states relies on africa for some minerals that needs to pilot electric vehicles. it needs because mineral resources know to be pulled out to nicole oil. an uncle that is rich in both. so while biden is in and go over that he's going to announce at u. m. bush, just in multi 1000000000, will be to accord or development project. what is this one? it is a crucial rail project. lucky inks, mentor, which is m b, i can go and i'm going to backline to collect meetings at the united states. can move these assets with ease towards its stores,

so that it can power its economy. that's when the economic friend on the geo political front, this visit is so important because the united states has been fast asleep when it comes to africa. it has not been purposeful and intentional in investing in africa . what was the result of that? china took advantage of the vacuum that was created by the united states and china has made some significance to prometric and economics drive on the african continent, extending loans to countries like kenya, like zambia, and others. these countries of course indebted but it allowed try not to have influence on the african continent, which is something that causes a lot of things. anxiety to the united states, that we'll touch on china and just a 2nd a bit more. but for and goal, i'm guessing. what do you think they would be one thing from, from this relationship from this project? from the us at the moment. it was actually quite surprising that there was

a bid for this. we will project in china did also bid. but i'm going to went with the united states. i think it recognizes that the united states is still the most powerful nation in the world to military lead and in other ways. and a lot of countries still remain vulnerable to civil war to civil strife internally . and so the united states often comes in with a ministry support, humanitarian aid, and so on. but i also think there's another effect to it that is important. and that is the historical relationship between countries, but was supported by the soviet union, which is of course, now russia and others and of the united states during the cold war. what is important to you is that the soviet union back to the current government off of, of, of, on google. so you would've thought that could be, would turn against the united states and go with china and so on. but there is a certain sentiment that is sweeping through some african countries,

and that is the non aligned kind of style stance that faced with no longer in the cold war period. and i believe that to bite and spokes person fit that to turn into switch happening with them that we're not into coldwell africa, doesn't have to choose between russia, china and the united states. we are looking for economic ties and either reminds me of something that we can do to the present of can use it to me in a recent visit to the us doing a state visit. i austin, would that be up to 17 away from china in towards the united states and i think it is relevant for i'm going to as well. and he's on so to me was we are not going to come east. we are not christian west. we are looking forward, so i think for, i'm going, that'd be, do want to submit to those good relationships with the united states on the issue of china. isn't the us a bit late in the game, considering the gains china has made over the past couple of decades in the us is late in the game. but here's the thing. it is not an off because interest to just look to one part. no,

it is not good for it and kind of means we need to diverse, the 5, we need to have a relative of options we need to. so our boss gets with a whole lot of options just as try that is doing so i don't think that you know that i'm going, i should be worried about who's coming unit should be about, cannot make returns and strengthening those economic ties. and talking about the united states as being legal costs, it has lead to but it is also worried about the rise of china. and it wants to kind of a truncate or frustrate to time those advances on the african continent. and on that note, i'll take you back a few years when donald trump came to to power. and he looked at africa through the lens of china and russia. when joe biden became president, he didn't necessarily depart from that. in fact, this is at the end of his private presidency when he is making that, that, that 1st jenny too and i guess i'm sorry,

i'm african country. where does this place africa in terms of priority? when it comes to the us? is that such a brilliant question because it speaks to a multiplicity of things. but 1st, is that my understanding of u. s. foreign policy is that it often doesn't matter who's in the white house. the us has taken up 2 legs to its foreign policy. they see themselves as a country of dominance as a strong country, as, as it were, the aba tall. oh, he's of whose democratic and who's not the use the economic and military minds to influence how the world is structured. and so whether it's a bite and presidency in obama presidency or a trump presidency, it still comes with those kind of values that intrinsic to foreign to us foreign policy. and since the end of the cold war, i want to say one final thing on this job. i didn't saw this trip as

a necessary revenge. i. people are saying, but he's, you know, he won the last a, the democrats lost the election and he humiliates and we had to withdraw in july at the very last minute. why does he bought a building on the state to visit? precisely because of what you mentioned when we started this, this conversation, the crucial will be to court all and also i think that's true. biden's administration would have calculated that this quarter would be important for trump as well. from the point of view of china's dominance, we know this. we know that donald trump is a fest with cutting china down to 5. and if he also sees that it will be to corey to as a way of closing the door to china, then he will run with it and build on it from with it. but it will bite and i took off or left off, i think, departed. right, we appreciate your thoughts and analysis, journalist and commentator. very useful. i be many thanks. thank you so much for

having me. as a court in brussels has rules that belgium committed a crime against humanity by forcibly separating 5 mixed race. women from the mothers during the colonial era in watts. now the democratic republic of congo. this landmark ruling addresses a systematic state policy that targets had children born to black mothers and white fathers placing them in orphanages. the court found this was part of a deliberate segregation policy by the belgian colonial state. it's a big day for monique b to b. c. is one of 5 women suit, the belgian state for what they say, a crime against 2 minutes. so not this is happiness if it was a struggle that lasted for 6 years. and today we won monique lives in belgium, but was born and today is democratic republic of congo, when it was still

a belgian colony. her father was a belgian man, her mother, the congolese teenage girl. this made her a target for the belgians who wanted to stop all racial mixing. it was just, this is me right there. so say well, when, when equals 3, she was kidnapped from her family and placed in a catholic orphan. it's what she was told. she was a child of sin, the nuns told the children to think of the belgian, stayed as the father to call it polly, tom fringe for that estate. no, and that is not for the past year. we were the children of daddy state, but there is no difference from the village, childrens. they put us in nice dresses for the photos, but we're barefoot. you can see that no one is wearing shoes and no one is smiling . everyone has said, well, yep, it's sunny can go to the dentist, at least in the k us of 1916 after chronicled one independence, the nuns left the orphanage, abandoning the children in the middle of ford was effectively

a civil war. let me test some of the soldiers came, they took us, there were some girls who were raped by the soldiers. it was hell every night. so they use us like toys of the sucker saw on it. that the veneers were monique is one of likely thousands of mixed race, congress least, children who belgian authorities stove from the families, many warehouse and orphanages like monique others, were taken to belgium in 2019. then prime minister showing michelle apologized a little on behalf of the federal government. i apologize to the may tease defendants of belgium colonization and their families for the injustices and suffering they have endured. it is all serving, but that apology was not enough for monique. and her friends, they would determined to get but the court has now delivered late. that is, the belgian state has recognized this mistakes and recognized that these were crimes against humanity and it will pay reparations of it. it's

a victory against the state for the women whose childhood square shaped by its cruelty. that's it for now by the

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