the no understand can have a site like the light is presented. do you have any news on the instagram and the no follow up the 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 on a crisis? it's been a hotly contested campaign for the top job to save the countries fortunes as inflation rises and the local currency lose its power. morgan and sinking into poverty will get the view from the crime. 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, a 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 totally illogical. 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, our vice president, my how much do volunteer that on the left and representing the ruling new patriotic party and former president john jermanti mohammed of the main opposition national

democratic congress. oh, god uh, has sustained its reputation as one of africa's most stable democracies. and its insured largely smooth transfers of palm between its main political parties. it now has another opportunity to continue this path to them and to avoid the insecurity in military coups that have engulfed some of its neighbors. some observe as 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 gallons is the economy. and ongoing cost of living crisis is proving to be a heavy burden for many citizens. to bad, dw is edith kamani and isaac collision centers report from across. she's the picture of a successful in business woman. but julia lobby can't afford any luxuries to wait.

despite the blistering cry heat, she keeps her fond of utility bills, a soaring end, as a primary provider for her family. she must carefully balance conflict and survival . to accept the call says one in again, in home you assume sets and responsibilities and we are usually described as 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. julie, it works from home to reduce the fuel expenses, like many in gun as 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 my hama and mama bonia each claim they have the solutions to fix the economy. the top concern among voters here that when and where they will. yeah. living conditions have been harsh these days. even if you work hard, what you earn as income, kansas canyon long. it is a struggle. i'm just helpless to for the entry between young people aren't getting jobs these days, so it's very tough. sad there. now we've been resorting to stealing to survive under the current economic conditions. a and many businesses, a band surviving. like juliet's serial factory. she tells me supply costs keep

rising. i was 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 smell that greece was the corn meal. she's here to help her daughter out, but she doesn't really have a choice for farming google gun. i no longer produces an income she can live on when you would. yeah. and to me without my daughter thinks would be tough. me. she's the one managing the business and keeping it afloat. my earned my income from this business. so without my daughter who's always pushing hard to keep us in the 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 limited tools, humanly possible. things such as a is

a father of 2. he juggles 2 jobs waiting tables full time while working as i'm, it's 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. crews fee is for gun as future 20 people on preschools, and the dog jumps to do next is why you the house. you have to just way dollars in general, just for them to do the s way mission to make it easy for the that all is all you, once i leaving you a become, it doesn't have you had this idea of leaving the country for 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 for the normal for 2. and it seems, i'm even for those what highly educated villa meant the best deals, i think you mismatched for what the job market needs. and 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 of the estimate. certainly we think so of the numerous problem that we have, of course mismanagement is despite the ritz carlton is by the re lock a full size of the leadership based on the lack of a long term planning. there's also another um, excessive fight design for this complex. i see it's, it's a serious concern for us. and of course, um, the general for jealousy of the nice night economy. so which has been for the tribes out for those independents. 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 others. but

with all honesty, i can tell you that we don't have transformation our leadership now. julia and her mother like many in gun as 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 in a cry. good, so have you 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 or this would influence the way people vote hugely this a little bit easier than around that i'm say around we put on the wrong par, crisis issues and novice, but specifically on the economy. we kind of talk about it with the cases and the information is high. unemployment rate is high. we sense of apartments. our report

says that most done in some uh, between the ages of 18 and 54, do not have any employment or community skill, jones, and so on and so forth. now i'm pointing to this election most then games want to know how the next government will i basically obtain 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 on what you put a boat in a markets to 3 years ago. we kind of got to see these, which is like a $100.00. it's about half what you can get right now with the same amounts of money. the high can surprises it's appears as if nothing we is working. meanwhile, the only need for chelsea, katia, texting us. that's video and a possible recovery. and for most people we're 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 problem block out where you are. there's 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 are making more and more promises that i'm offering government officials, for example. the comments on distribution is pushing that to do so is over. and that is fix the power prices, which was a huge popped up. but we can reason daniel will set as default present underlined my but as you can see, what it's about to get on this interview and my lights went out. it's something that's been happening to me since paul outages interest. but i'll go and say

specifically the company is no longer able to could use 70 percent, which is all i did. this is just because of ego lining up to the keys in a far as reserves. and he now works. i'm 40, they don't have this essential to for us to be teased to remove heavy metals from the water. we don't do roberto small suits. 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, yeah, legislative instruments do for fix full, which demands us to repeal the eliza subcommittee activities. and somehow, oh, that's not happening. we really thing to install. what's um, what it's called access, he tell us that what i'm saying is the 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 verify, 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 i know how i will tejas will government has permission. so new plans, this thing that the main issue really is that we do not have enough money to pay for you to pay a lot of times. right? it's is looking like a tight bottle. the possibly 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 election all major part of the lenses and safe

voters. but mainly the presidents are nice for as well kind of dates, sign a piece, spots to see that you're committing to use peaceful needs to resolve any issues during before and after the elections. this year need to transform the persistent national democratic comfortable list, which is the n d c. refuse to sign the piece by. and they're saying that last election in the 2nd lives, when most we haven't accounted for those nice yet it appears nothing has been done about it. although yes, we are the beacon of them, you know, democracy in the, on the confidence and we have relative, you peacefully like since the violins of email and then which is why the nbc saying that if you want peace, you must, you know, we must give us justice, those lives that were the last last the accounts are full. i'm somehow be because that wasn't happening. they refused to sign the piece, but they need about 60 minds. they also asked that already about stick with this. that is the attorney general, the chief justice,

the i g p. i'm the current this message and precedence and all political actors. the presidential candidates let us find the peace passed. that did not happen. i'm but the for the 1st measure under money mahatma regardless of what the policy will see because the proxy chem and johnson this evening. kids. yeah, was very was the many, again signing the piece past it these 2 months were not met. the months hopkins being met, but under 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 was resolving the conflict. so yeah, really just looking forward to how you let your commission that youth justice, i'm in the judicial system, everything and all that come together to ensure we spare time. sprint selection this time without losing lives or without focus on the balance that we encountered over the past. the elections grades as jen list,

christine as retail 40. thank you very much for speaking to us. joe biden has become the 1st us president to visit and gola. it's 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 heart of biden's visit is the low b to a car. it'll a new international railway connecting the city of la vito on angle 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 paula electric vehicles. it needs africa's mineral resources, new to be pulled out to nicole oil. an uncle that is rich in books, so well biden is in on google that he's going to announce at you, i'm bishop in multi 1000000000 will be to court or development project. what is this one? it is a crucial rail project, the king's mentor, which is m b. i can go and i'm going to atlanta collect meetings at the united

states, can move these assets with ease towards its stores so that it can power its economy that's on the economic front. 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 content, which is something that causes a lot of things inside of to, to the united states. that we'll touch on china and just a 2nd a bit more, but for on 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's because noises, but 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 ministry support to humanitarian aid and so on. but i also think there's another effect to 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 gold. so you would have thought that the would turn against the united states

and go with china and so on. but there is a certain sentiment that is sleeping through some african countries, and that is the non aligned kind of style stance that says when no longer in the cold war period. and i believe that to bite and spokes person fit that 2 journalists were traveling with them that were not in the cold war. 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 kenya safe to me in a recent visit to the us doing state visit i austin, without the episode of a team away from china in towards the united states. and i think it is relevant for ongoing that as well. and he's on so to me was we are not going to east. we all know kitchen 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 out because interest to

just look to one partner. 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 restore our basket with a whole lot of options just as china 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 is late, but it is also worried about the rise of china and it wants to kind of a truncate or frustrate to time as an fonts is 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 was making that that, that 1st jenny 2 and a half ago. so i'm sorry, i'm african country. where does this place africa in terms of priority when it comes to the us. but such a brilliant question, uh, because it speaks to a multiplicity of things. the 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 it's foreign policy. they see themselves as a country of, of dominance as a strong country, as, as it would all the talk. oh, he's of who's democratic and who's not the use the economic and military mind to influence how the world is structured. and so with a, 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 see 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's the one he lost. the democrats lost the election and he, she really 18. 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 colorado 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 beg your pardon. all right, we appreciate your thoughts and analysis,

generalist and commentator ladies lobby. 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 res women from the mothers during the colonial era. and once 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. the 2, b. c is one of 5 women suit, the belgian state for what they say for crimes against humanity. 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 in today's democratic republic of congo when it was still a belgian colony. her father was a belgian man, her mother, the kimberly's 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 orphanage where she was told she was a child of sin. the nuns taught the children to think of the belgian, stayed as the father to call it polly tom fringe for the state. no, and that is all 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. couldn't go to sleep just to be in the k us of 1960 after cromwell 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. they use us like toys of the sucker saw it at the vineyards with monique is one of likely thousands of mixed race conquer 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 made these descendants of belgium colonization and their families for the injustices and suffering. they have endured, oh, 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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but i didn't like the idea of getting such an old fashioned job and being stuck with a dream coming through making money. having a son with non falls injunction starts december 13th on dw, the business dw news live from berlin, those dom cathedral reopens. and this spectacular ceremony in paris. 5 years after the iconic building was ravaged by fire for dignitaries, joined french leaders to celebrate the success of the restoration. while the latest from paris also coming up, syrian revel forces are widening their liking. assault in the syria with reports that fighters are just 20 kilometers from the capital of damascus and closing in on key cities. revel commander, son of dell gotten, he said this is misled alliance was.