for reuse of all materials for most waste pickers at the ad book wasteland phailin ghana's capital accra it's the only way to make a living. locals call the dump a sodom and gomorrah the heat and toxic fumes make this seem like hell on us it's here that people process the garbage discarded by mitch western countries officially it's illegal for europe to send electronic waste to ghana but that hasn't stopped the influx of used devices which are then painstakingly dismantled. the week before. with the money he earns the eighteen year old feeds his younger siblings and pays their school fees so that they can have better jobs one day the e waste dump is a health hazard that closing it down would deprive tens of thousands of people of their livelihood gemini's development agency the g.i. said wants to improve conditions here. it plans to set up a clinic and introduce safer and more efficient ways of recycling scrap. the way the government of iran i once tried dress this is polluter pays so those who are importing the electronic gadgets they have to pay for the proper and sustainable recycling

the wall and that is how you remember it is gonna be alright i think alleging that reporting from accra in ghana many thanks indeed. turning now to italy where thousands of mourners have attended a state funeral in the city of genoa to commemorate those killed when a motorway bridge collapsed in the city on tuesday the country's leaders joined victims' relatives to pay tribute to the dead prayers were all first of the thirty eight confirmed victims and a further three people discovered under debris early saturday will some families choose not to attend the ceremony preparing to bury their dead privately. let's bring in our correspondent philip willen who's standing by in rome so philip thousands of people attended the state funeral service today in genoa tell us a bit more about the ceremony. very moving ceremony a lot of people ordinary citizens of genoa were attending but also the head of state and the head of government with ministers and representatives of parliament although there's a lot of anger its collapse of the bridge crossing forty one lives at least the atmosphere at the fu

across the wall and that is how you remember things going on all right isaac allegedly reporting from accra in ghana many thanks indeed well the current u.n. secretary general antonio good tesh prayed tribute to kofi annan on twitter he said anon was a guiding force for good he joins the world in mourning his loss in these turbulent and trying times than of legacy as a global champion for peace will remain a true inspiration for us all. now thousands of mourners have attended a state funeral in the italian city of jenin what to commemorate those killed when a motorway bridge collapse in the city on tuesday the country's leaders joined victims' relatives to pay tribute to the dead prayers were offered for the thirty eight confirmed victims and a further three people discovered under debris early saturday some families chose not to attend the ceremony prefer to bury their dead privately. so let's bring in our correspondent philip will enhance standing by in rome so philip thousands of people attended the state funeral service today in genoa tell us a bit more about the ceremony. or the very m

several towns in previous years but on a fast smaller scale we spoke to swedish democratic campaign kent accra whose party has sparked a controversy over its anti immigration stance he says people are starting to realize his country's not as safe as they thought the situation in sweden the start of the super bowl in the international arena when people suddenly realize whoops sweden is not a nice little country thought it was but now realize what the hell happened to sweden and so this has been on for a long time and we have made your suit and wired many youth that i just wasn't a few sticks that. are zoned. in cause with intent. has gone off and twelve to thirty percent from one hundred sixty seven to one thousand five hundred cases a year or something and i mean it's been going up in actual numbers to. a military intelligence compound has been attacked in the afghan capital kabul two gunmen have been killed by security forces officers finally took control of the building from where the gunman had been firing at the compound and thereby university was also placed on lockdown no group has yet t

their midst not everyone is thrilled by their new neighbors so joining us to talk about all of this in accra ghana. she's a marketing and media consultant she also made the documentary film blacks it about the migration of african americans in capetown south africa. he's an anthropologist and social literacy consultant and kaylin read into she's a journalist and editor of the website african american in africa and here in our studio there a writer and journalist focusing on race culture and politics in the united states welcome to the stream to everyone so this is a conversation that is very hot for their audience they love this topic and so everyone wanted to chime in with why people might want to move to the continent of africa this is just one of the tweets we got this is from edmond who says it's about identity events like the slave trade in the colonial rule almost wiped away that african. eddie and thank goodness people are once again asking deep questions about that identity so kalan i want to go to you with that idea talking about the draw of what made you want to leave the u.s. and

tropical moisture here across much of the coast lagos is going to be rated if you are twenty seven in accra at twenty six degrees there. a journey booth done. there's a very forever there's a lot of the rocks and beautiful lake the beautiful lady used to be very patient and the sea has ascended you can see how i was introduced to. my father and my most aware or for. the personal story to discover the source of one of the most expensive commodities sent from heaven and. hello again to his own mind our main stories and al-jazeera the leader of the russian backed separatist region the alexanders has been killed and an explosion. at least a dozen fishermen and you have and have been killed by saudi m.r.c. coalition air strike of bought island of courting to the link media. and ugandan pop star turned politician bobby wine is thought to be on this way to compile airports after being released from a government hospital. our voice and spirit captivated the united states for more than half a century now her bodies being laid to rest in the town where it all began hundreds of mourners have gathered

their midst not everyone is thrilled by their new neighbors so joining us to talk about all of this in accra ghana. she's a marketing and media consultant she also made a documentary film blacks it about the migration of african americans in capetown south africa. he's an anthropologist and social literacy consultant and kaylin read into she's a journalist and editor of the website african american in africa and here in our studio buried there.

this is a good brushing a scrap yard in the canadian capital accra. alongside no bill it's ranked as one of the most toxic places on the planet. it's when men women and children live and work with electronic waste trying to extract valuable materials from items people in richer parts of the world to scone. it's a toxic and harmful precious place to local people and to the environment. as the rate of production and disposal of electronic items increases more of these unregulated sites are appearing all over the world in the face of all growing crisis. as huge impact of electronics and the last of these that was carried out in the case that seventy percent of all in boards of electronic and electric up masses are second hand so already that is huge and even within this i mean the base and twenty percent almost twenty percent is coming in as complete john and these ones go to the dump sites all this crap yet i will show where. they can through our mentality has idols means to retrieve precious metals i've been through this is lack of employment for you a

tropical moisture here across much of the coast lagos is going to be rated if you are twenty seven in accra at twenty six degrees there. for thousands of years farmers and shepherds lived on this land but such a traditional way of life is on the increase in fact. al-jazeera world travels to the jordan valley where illegal settlements are expanding and the israeli military cordons of more of the land. what will become of the palestinian farmers and does the palestinian authority have any power to help shepherd of the jordan valley on al-jazeera. capturing a moment in time snapshots of other lives other stories. providing a glimpse into someone else's world inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers everybodys the well we believe. that may. be sold as the. witness on al-jazeera. well again his her mother her top stories knowledge is there the u.s. has announced it's cutting all funding to the u.n. agency that helps palestinian refugees. the leader of the russian backed separatist and yet region alexander has been killed in an explosion. and popstars politicians and civil rights activ

across the state and that's what we dramatically go off was really police have closed the gates of accra mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem following a stabbing incident a police statement says a man approached several officers in the old city and tried to attack one of them they then opened fire and killed him police say the suspect was an israeli palestinian. elsewhere israeli forces have killed two palestinian cause asters in gaza during the latest round of friday demonstrations at the border fence more than two hundred forty people are injured demonstrations have been going on since march calling for the right to return to land they and their ancestors were forced to leave more than eighteen thousand palestinians have been injured during the waves of demonstrations charles stratford stopped by one of the medics tents to see how they're coping with the medics here tell us that this man has been injured by a live round that is going through both his legs. the medics here say that the majority of those injured are injured in the lower limbs and they say that ninety percent of th