pandemic as cases rise across africa. i am eddie micah jr welcome to the program in cameroon fighting between the military and english speaking separatists has killed more than 3000 people on display just hundreds of thousands more it's been nearly a year since the country started you national dialogue to address the crisis bought on the ground not much has changed did of uganda screws of access to the frontline of the fighting report up plays a young traveled with cameroon government soldiers battling separatists in the angry phone areas in the west which the west affected by the conflict. commerce and the forces already interviewed in you formed this suspect it'll be a high dose for the country and reform sympathies militias sympathies incomers english speaking regions was too quick to break away state they call. the often use abundant properties like these come. cameroon soldiers recovery day insurgency started as a street protest. but we're not in a state of crisis where new situation what we have to restore law and o

in harare zimbabwe i'm helping to create awareness of the cold in 1000 pandemic as cases rise across africa. i m f you mike a junior welcome to the program in cameroon fighting between the military and english speaking separatists has killed more than 3000 people on this please hundreds of thousands more it's been nearly a year since the country started you national dialogue to address the crisis but on the ground not much has changed did you gain the screws of access to the frontline of the fighting our reporter blasé young travelled with cameroon government soldiers battling separatists in the angle for the areas in the west which the west affected by the conflict. commers and the forces are leading the view to new front this suspected of being a hideout for the contras and reform sympathies militias sympathies incomers english speaking regions was to quote a breakaway state they call amazonia. he often use abundant properties like these come. cameroon suge is a tough recovery and insurgency we started as a street protest. but we're not in a state of war we're in a crisis where new situat

across the country. and show. you dot com slash africa or facebook twitter stacey. what keeps us in shape what makes us see and how. my name is dr carson the i talk to medical experts. and i discuss what you can do to improve your health. and let's all try to stay. on the job. i'm not laughing at the germans well i guess sometimes i am but less than nothing with the common man think deep into german culture. and take his grandmother they all do you know it's all that they know i'm rachel join me to meet the japanese on the gulf coast. welcome to news from the world of arts and culture here's what's coming up in the next 50 minutes. as the great film director of inventors turns 75 there's a new documentary about him made in the style of a vendors movie. and an exhibition of fronts vytas work a key figure of post-war european art. but 1st in our mini series about how artists in various cities around the world coping the moment today we are in rio de janeiro in brazil the infectious rhythms of the samba can normally be heard throughout the city but not now we met up wi

now with over a 1000000 over 900. 23000 that's across africa many on the continent creating awarenessof the pandemic and zimbabwe people are being encouraged to wear face masks on stage to street. in the capital harare. with a mask he pure distance. is going to looking after him. using his paint brushes to help stop the pandemic we will live in high density suburbs and before coronavirus things are already hot and the sea was already hard for us and the general population especially the. graffitti utilize the star power of zimbabwe's celebrities including soccer players in musicians. for the. soul i whine on. and also all be part of. the point. now sporting face masks zimbabwe dance or music icon winky thinks it is a good idea to ask to prevent the transmission of koran a virus he's using social media to engage people to follow hygiene who's going to flights today could not fight. against the spirit of the could not find. it but one way or the other did some of. its own spring into action. wearing a mosque and also encouraging people to do the same thing i think help us make us more a

economy here in nairobi but as i mentioned in the interview it really could be any major city across africa and i hope that this information favorability thank you for watching. thanks for that information now from kenya in the east let's now head to the gambia in the west on the shores of the atlantic ocean our very own resident is just produced a new song about the pandemic exclusively for us. a little. longer to see so much panic in the here. government taking last minute misses always stupid because it just didn't take over d.d.'s in specifically thinking that this was the mass to wish for the schools happy clothes so no class watches just close so no good moms in class to see if state of emergency is the cash to fish shutdown on a social business is not a life skill and hard to find if they bug out right in the front of such p.c. to list every investment asterisk it's just we all thought. it would hear from the president but he acted. on jimmy the list the emergency fund should be the best keep the 1000000 dollars to help to do the math and it seems like a big deal to me to. see 3 dime

economy here in nairobi but as i mentioned in the interview it really could be any major city across africa and i hope that this information favorability thank you for watching. banksy added for that information now from kenya in the east let's now head to the gambia in the west on the shores of the atlantic ocean our very own resident is just produced a new song about the pandemic exclusively for us. a little. longer because there's so much panic in here. government taking last minute measures always to keep it kosik just didn't go over the years in specifically thinking that this was the mass to which corner schools have been closed so no class this year plus or just close on the few months of class to see a state of emergency is the cash to fix the town on assessing businesses now that just like skiing is hard to find if they bug out right in the front seat of class b. c. it's killing everything this man asked his kids just before clark told this one here from the president but he didn't wish. $500000000.00 the emergency fund. dollars to help defeat fail and it seems like a big deal to m

economy here in nairobi but as i mentioned in the interview it really could be any major city across africa and i hope that this informational favorability of thank you for watching. thanks for that information now from kenya in the east let's now head to the gambia in the west on the shores of the atlantic ocean our very own residence is just produced a new song about the pandemic exclusively for us. a little. longer so much panic in the game. government taking last minute measures so we paid sick just couldn't cope with the insufficient bid me thinking that this was the mast too good for the schools have been closed so no class to skip class or just blow so nobody moms and passed the 5th state of emergency is the cast of fish shut down on essential business is now the cats just like skiing on the flight it's a bug i see right in the back seat b.c. it's killing everything that's my asterisk it's just what we call cartilage one here from the president but he acted. on jimmy ellis the emergency fund should be the best keep the 1000000 dollars to help to deceive the field and it seems like a

economy here in nairobi but as i mentioned in the interview it really could be any major city across africa and i hope that this information favorability thank you for watching. thanks needed for that information now from kenya in the east let's now head to the gambia in the west on the shores of the atlantic ocean our very own resident is just produced a new song about the pandemic exclusively for us. a little. longer for this so much panic indeed. government taking last minute measures to keep a concept just couldn't cope with the insufficient meaning to doctors with no mass to wish for the schools have been closed so no class this year was such a slow so no give moms and pass to see if state of emergency is a catastrophe shut down non-essential business is now the cashier let's get in on the fact that they broadcast quite possibly. be said to list every 15 investment asterisk it's just we all. want to hear from the president but he acted. $500.00 emergency fund should be invested to begin dollars to help. and it seems like a big deal to me in the seat dimensions paramecium of course the

economy here in nairobi but as i mentioned in the interview it really could be any major city across africa and i hope that this information favorability thank you for watching. thanks for that information now from kenya in the east let's now head to the gambia in the west. because there's so much panic in the government to get last minute mississauga's to . just go for it this is the building that this was the master grid for the schools are closed so no. class was such a slow so no demands of past the 5th state of emergency is a catastrophe to shut down on a says to businesses now that the system let's get in on the pilots they bug out write such pieces to list every thing that's my asterisk it's just we all thought it. would hear from the president but he acted. on jimmy the let's see emergency fund should be limited to $1000000.00 to defeat and it seems like a big deal to me to. see 3 dimensions pepsi in the pool to let more kid lock down folks we can't afford to stay at home 50. for me to see cast power no water for a day trying to keep my hands clean i see them taking the fairness out

at the un's food and agriculture organization keith good to have you with us if the situation across africa right now well this situation is the worst situation we've seen in the last quarter of a century in canyon which you were mentioning in your program it's the worst situation in 70 years so we were very concerned of course on the upcoming forecast and predictions of what could happen this summer to make it even worse. there just give me an insight as to what's causing these forms of locusts why are they arriving right now well this is a response to whether in fact very very good weather conditions that just didn't start now but it started about 2 years ago in 2018 when there were 2 cycles in the indian ocean that brought very heavy rains and then this was exacerbated by flooding in yemen after that and then another cycle last year at the end of the year in somalia ok let's return to kenya and how has it been dealing with this 2nd generation of these past. well they've had now 2 generations of reading so this has required extensive efforts to control them mainly by aircraft so this is a

of virus infections out on the rise across africa with more than a 1000000 infections. many governments left in restriction plus. they come up. with homegrown here. and you are welcome to the program. best known for its beautiful white beaches by the island nation has declared a state of environmental imagine sea due to an oil spill from a grounded ship over 100000 tons of oil neat close to its waters efforts underway to salvage the situation. the beach is already covered in oil which is threatening an entire lagoon and fuel is still pouring into the sea from the grounded ship. locals are relying on their ingenuity to fight the pollution stuff in sugar cayley's into plastic sheets to make improvised booms there just isn't enough professional equipment volunteers are working with the authorities to scoop up the oil and pump it out of the ships tanks. the government has declared an environmental emergency. we're appealing to france and renewing for help the united nations and other countries. we don't have the know how to deal with a catastrophe like this. body. francis p

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. >>> coronavirus is also spreading across africa, especially in south africa. which has about half the reportf th entireent.derapatta . >> reporter: these men have been told to prepare dozens of graves as the number of covid-19 deaths rises sharply. it was hoped africa would be spared the worst, but the virus is spreading with ruthless efficiency and over half of all cases on the continent are in south africa. >> doctors at this hospital in johannesburg are seeing a masked increase in critically ill patients. so much so that they've had to turn this pediatric ward into a high-risk covid unit. >> reporter: field hospitals have been set up to deal with the explosion of infections since lockdown restrictions were eased. oxygen is the new currency of this pandemic. and it's in short supply. >> we're very concerned. this is uncertain times. we're not even quite sure to what the numbers look like and will look like, and indeed, we're not sure as to how the health care system will be able to respond. >> reporter: in the country's poorest province of eastern cape, the

and across africa schools have been closed jus to the corunna pandemic now the world helpful starkey is urging african nations to reopen a dark place schools of reopened to the $639.00 african nations. and also in our show to take the close a look at disney's newest release want to live in by stone the real life story of a very special guerrilla force to spend most of his life in a circus theme shopping mall that is until his sight but. since. i'm anthony how to welcome tens of thousands of protesters in bell aversive taken to the streets of minsk and other cities for another historic day of activism the demonstrators are demanding president alexander lukashenko his resignation accusing him of rigging elections 2 weeks ago. who was ruled bellicose for some 26 years says nato is trying to split his country. in response resort of the army to mobilize sang bella verse was at risk of imminent attack. i i do fredi go away it's the rallying cry of thousands of belorussia protesters in the streets of minsk this sunday and it's also their biggest demand they want president oleksandr local sh

the number of corona virus infections across south africa has passed half a 1000000 but experts warn it's not yet peaked more than 10000 new cases and 148 deaths were confirmed on saturday health officials expect the crisis to be at its worst late this month or early september south africa has more than a half of all reported cases on the continent and kenya has resumed international travel after grounding flights since march because of the virus its national carrier reopened routes to about 30 destinations last month kenya airways announced it will cut jobs as the industry struggles with a pandemic african carriers are expected to lose 6000000000 dollars this year. russia is also resuming international flights after more than 4 months moscow's sheremetyevo airport was the 1st to reopen passengers are allowed unrestricted travel to the u.k. turkey and tanzania flights to other countries operating under special rules. residents of the bahamas been advised to stay cautious after hurricane hit the u.s. national hurricane center says the worst affected area was new providence the most po

on the number of coronavirus infections across south africa has passed half a 1000000 but experts warn it's not yet reached its peak more than 10000 new cases of 148 deaths were confirmed on saturday. congressional leaders in the us say they're making progress on a new coronavirus relief that will but warn they're not yet close to an agreement the primary focus is the $600.00 a week unemployment benefit payment the scheme ended on friday the money seen as a vital safety net protecting people from hunger and evictions the white house offered to continue making the payments for a further week but house speaker nancy pelosi says a short term extension only made sense if a deal was close the democrats want a longer term commitment there are now about 13000000 people unemployed in the u.s. that's about 20 percent of the working population on thursday more than 1400000 new people registered for unemployment benefits the 19th consecutive week that number topped a 1000000 reason jordan has more from northern virginia. the paychecks coming from a state government's unemployment offices have bee

the number of corona virus infections across south africa has past half a 1000000 and experts warn it's not yet peaked more than 10000 new cases 948 deaths were confirmed on saturday health officials expect the crisis to be at its worst late this month or early september south africa has more than half of all reported cases on the continent. japan's facing a resurgence and covert 19 cases tokyo confirmed a record 472 infections on saturday and it's governor says a state of emergency may need to be reimposed norberg manoli has the story. is the traditional japanese art form hundreds of years old it's the 1st time it's ever been before and like the. number of films the limited. chess. unstick the social distancing rules on states. took years kabuki theater has opened for the 1st time in 5 months with strict guidelines as the capsule reported a record rise including a virus cases for the 3rd consecutive day as tokyo's governor considered ordering a new state of emergency the theater is at risk of closing once we are so stuck if there are any requests from the japanese or tokyo government w

now the number of corona virus infections across south africa has surpassed half a 1000000 but experts warn the outbreak has not even yet reached its peak more than 10000 new cases and 148 deaths were confirmed on saturday officials warn the situation will get worse as they're expecting the peak only in late august or early september south africa accounts for more than half reported cases on the continent but our correspondent for me to miller is in johannesburg she says many hospitals are struggling to cope with the influx of coronavirus patients for many in south africa it is quite frightening given that the country has been under some level of lockdown for more than 4 months now while some of the restrictions have eased. things really aren't. return to normal at all and it's quite concerning to see that number rise now the government also released a statement the president says specifically not long after the announcement of half a 1000000 cases saying that things are bad but not that bad it says that the lockdown has helped to delay the increasing cases of the last few months givin

. >> since 1996, more than 9 billion oral vaccinations have been provided across africa, with more andore countries being declared free from polio. nigeria is the last country in africa to be declared free. it struggle to declare africa free of it has taken decades. there were fears the hlth care system would be redirected to fight covid, but despite the pandemic, africa remained on track, and todayhis. katty: we all needed some of that good news. as countries open up for coronavirus, millions across ter world are wog whether to return to their offices. some people want to and some don't. either way, the polling does suggest that a lot of us are nervous.e scientists sayy have reason to be because we know that the virus lingers in the air in indoor spaces. reporter: the government wants people back at work in our city's interest but we now the --w thainside building, it is possible for the coronavirus to be carried through e air. it was found in the ventilation system of this hospital in oregon, though it's not clear if it was still infectious. the virus spread in an office block in sou

across africa wildlife reserves and conservationists are halting projects and cutting salaries as they struggle with the collapse of tourism due to the corona virus pandemic in kenya a wildlife trust says it's struggling to feed and protect a growing number of orphaned elephants it looks after. feeding time for these baby elephants but as they're orphaned there's no mother's milk. instead they rely on simmons from the sheldrick wildlife trust to look after them $400.00 humans in fact including 70 keepers as well as vets and anti preaching units but with no money from tourists coming to visit kenya it's becoming more difficult to cover the costs. we are lucky we have a. good. coming in so that is a big worry. that corona crisis has also brought on the dangers food shortages have resulted in an increase in illegal hunting sadly we are seeing an increase in their legal activities including bush meat and methods such as using. discriminate amongst the species they target so endangered animals such as elephants the babies behind me and giraffes can get caught in the fray and this is due to

it is a disease that once paralyzed 75,000 children per year across africa. after decades of effort, the world health organization has declared the continent free of the naturally occurring poliovirus. the final push focused on northern nigeria, where health workers put their lives at risk to vaccinate children in a region filled with insecurity and violence. the virus is highly infectious and mainly infects children under the age of five. fever, pain, and vomiting are the initial symptoms, but it can lead to irreversible paralysis. there has been a 99% fall in the number of infections since 1988. only two countries have yet to eradicate the disease. afghanistan and pakistan. hascoronavirus pandemic disrupted international vaccination campaigns so there are fears of a resurgence. 16 african countries are currently experiencing an outbreak of the vaccine-derived virus, a different form of it. a rare mutated form of the virus which is contained in the polio vaccine. >> we must continue to protect african children against all forms of polio and other childhood d

third country to cross the 2 million mark. 1 -- more than one million cases have been reported across africagh the te extent of the pandemic there is not known. many infections have been confirmed in south africa alone. gthey haved data compared to most of the, -- compared to most of the continent. mexico's death toll has passed 50,000. it comes days after it became the country with the third-highest toll after the united states and brazil. here ithe u.k., coronavirus restrictions on household gatherings will be brought in. as a city is added to a washlist. the ru on gatherings in manchester in east lancashire are to remain in place. this comes out of the department of health said the r number, the rate of transmission, has risen slightly in the u.k. between 1.8 and one. the r number is the number each infected person on average passes the virus on to lastly he stood at .9. in the past 24 hours, 90 people the u.k. have died in hospitals, care homespo after testintive for coronavirus. that brings the total number ofi 46,511.9 testhe u.k. to h of england correspondent sent us this upde. >> lak

the future of mobility lots and lots of people good rides on motorbikes taxes in many countries across africa like nigeria they are the number one means of transport especially in places like legal us but they are dirty and that's why in the ugandan capital kampala the plan is to switch electric motors and not just for the motor bikes but all kinds of vehicles especially since more and more people finally realize that transportation needs to become more eco friendly and sustainable. francis is one of the few people in uganda driving an electric motor bike. he sees a lot of advantages to it. number one it is silent. number 2 doesn't clean fuel at all number 3 right away our health claims very we'll. ok as for deliveries being eagerly awaited play pregnant customer. since he serves them few well he can charge less than his competitors. he's actually very cheap to buy them in the end. i think. they don't they're that people are doubling their praise so literally it has been convenient for me in kampala alone there are about a 130000 motorcycles open borders the masses of motorised fake cause gen

. >> reporter: across africa, faced with a lack of affordable, accessible anti-venom, victims often try home remedies. south sudan, n-year-old awien maguor is having surgery at a hospital run bt doctors withrders. she was bitten by a puff adder, another adly snake, while sleeping. her uncle says they tried a wide assortment of traditional treatments. >> ( translated ): they told us to give the child a raw egg. then they cut half a frog and the venom spreading in thestop blood. we also gave the child a poon made of ground seeds and leaves. we tried all these things, but there was no improvement. >> reporter: nearby is nyandeng goch; the 60-year-old was bitten while farming. she too first relied on traditional medicine. ( translated ): the wound was bleeding and i called my relativ tcome and help me. they came, and they dug a hole and i put my foot inside the hole for two hours and they buried my foot with soil. >> reporter: dr. habib says these remedies don't work againsitvenomous snak. delay is a major predictor of dying. if you delay either through seeing a traditional herbalist or thr

and across africa schools of think close jude to the corunna pandemic now a bold helpful start he is urging african nations to reopen the.

where men across africa don't always have the freedom to make decisions over their own bodies often because of social pressure and tradition but family planning will play an increasing role in years to come because according to the wild bung africa's population is likely to double by 2050 meanwhile the resources are becoming. phosphate debate our reporter in india in mind he said nigeria which is projected to become the most populous country in the world. africa's population is growing fast predictions say that by the year 2100 build the full point 5000000000 africans that's about a 3rd of the entire global population so we're here in congo the most populous state in the most populous country in africa to find out how exactly that future we look for africa is my i want to begin with you should we trust these numbers are they accurate and where do they even come from for me the numbers are accurate because when you look at the investment like you are putting into research and i think you have. to. it's something i have got about because. the numbers might not be extremely precise but we know

more than one million cases have been reported across africa, although the true extent of the pandemice than 500,000 infections have already been confirmed in south africa alone. the country has good data and, compared with most of continent, a huge testing operation under way. in south america, brazil is about to surpass three million cases of the virus and this weekend is set to reach 100,000 deaths. the pandemic endangers indigenous communities and brazil's supreme court has ruled that president jair bolsonaro's government must adopt measures to stop the spread of the virus among tribes. let's get more on this with leonardo moura. he works with indigenous people for the socio—environmental institute, which is a brazilian ngo. leonardo, great to have you with us. how was the pandemic affecting indigenous communities? hello. so the indigenous group here in brazil, we have many ethnicities, and many were recently contacted and they we re very recently contacted and they were very low numbers, some with hundreds, 200 people, the big most populous, 2000, 3000. so they have their culture

don't want an on constitutional change did you see on constitutional activity going on in africa across africa in nursing could be why are you have a president seeking a 3rd term the u.n. is not saying anything about you good to deni conakry not nerve awful model each their president is seeking a 3rd term so the constitutional argument is not really you're not human that people are seeing me are tired what did you do from here so what any analysts will be seeing is what are the concrete solutions to deal with the form demento problems sorted we don't have a repeat of this in shoes and this each use happened in 2002 of 2013 nothing was done serious and we could get concoct something right now that we would wait for another 7 years and the whole thing would repeat itself so this is an opportunity to be needed a step back and think and job or do good consequences to whatever happens and right now always good to talk him out of any thanks dave but i look and say that in evidence. bill russo opposition presidential candidates for atlanta took on of skylab has called on the european union not to rec

it's a disease that once paralyze $75000.00 children a year across africa now after decades of efforts world health organization has declared the continent free of the naturally occurring polio virus the final push focused on northern nigeria where health workers often have to put their lives at risk to vaccinate children in a region filled with in sick. 30 the water borne virus is highly infectious and mainly affects children under the age of 5 fever pain and vomiting are the initial symptoms one in $200.00 infections leads to irreversible paralysis has been a 99 percent fall in the number of infections since 1988 only 2 countries are yet to eradicate the disease afghanistan and pakistan on 175 people were diagnosed with the virus last year but the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted an international vaccination program so there are now fears of a resurgence and 16 african countries are currently experiencing an outbreak of the vaccine derived virus that's a rare mutated form of the virus which is contained in the polio vaccine we must continue to protect africa's children against all

sra's -- buenos support t from across s southern africa. >> the great australian right is an area of pressure. there is an unraveling frontal system throwing clouds and rain across victoria and new south wales. the last one is on its way to new zealand. things left to blow into western australia including perth. the rain will not be necessarily heavy but it will be fairly extensive, dropping some but not much in tasmania. bunches up against the west coast of new zealand. that will be rather wet. there is a warning out for that reason. this is hopefully welcome rain inin new south wales. sydney might get a few showers out of it. otherwise, it is a warmish 21 degrees. northwards on the seasonal rain has changed its angle of attack. it had done that for the last week. the heaviest rain is forming in that area. in it stretches up through beijing and we will probably some flash flooding. at the same time, south korea and all of japan have been enjoying high temperatures. it has been a heatwave warning for honshu. no reason to stop there. lauren: a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera.

and mozambique's fight against i still get support from across southern africa. the great australian bite is a big area of low pressure at the moment there's an unraveling from the system going straight that soaring cloud right across the tory new south wales the last ones on its way towards you zealand and the back has showers in the last things left to blow into western australia including purpose so the rain won't be necessarily heavy we will be fairly extensive dropping some victoria new south wales and some but not much in tasmania as you can see and it bunches up against the west coast of new zealand that's going to be rather work for there's a warning out for that very reason this is hopefully welcome rain in new south wales and that's its limit sydney market if you shout out of it otherwise it was $21.00 degrees. northwards in the seas no rain here has changed its. angle of attack has done that for the last week so the heaviest rain is forming back in sichuan down through your 9 there will be more flooding here and than slides most likely but the line stre