at angola merkel's $500000000000.00 euro plan to save the european union. to the cost on al-jazeera. in this series we're revisiting some of the best documentaries on al-jazeera english since we launched more than a decade ago back in 2013 the people in power series traveled to west africa to expose the shocking story of how young gone and children were being murdered because of the mistaken belief they were possessed by evil spirits no one knows the exact numbers of these ritual deaths across gonna b'nei became a fast so and parts of nigeria but some believe it could be in the thousands the killing of these so-called spirits children is the consequence of ancient customs shaped by ignorance and poverty in this compelling program award winning gone then investigative reporter and the last r m a o n a s used hidden cameras to bring some of those behind these killings to justice from 2013 his spirit child some west african communities have branded children born deformed or with disabilities as evil spirits they are seen as a drain on limited resources and so

people got the wrong impression about the way the pandemic is being managed very much to steer from angola merkel has been. clarity has been watch what the science says watch what the government says observe social distance where the masks which are now compulsory in public transport and in many states around this country to follow the guidelines given by her ministry and the ministries of the relevant state governments the point also worth making here is that the german government is clearly keen to try to reduce restrictions not just economically but also to relax border controls where it can which is why we have heard from the interior minister a key varian conservative ally of angola merkel saying that border restrictions involving france switzerland and austria which are mostly on the southern borders of germany will they will begin to be loosened but not this month next month you also have from mr hoffa the decision that the restrictions on the border with luxembourg will go very quickly in a matter of days and that is also possible in denmark one of a force about the way that europe

that its cry signals the coming of summer rain the species can be found in grasslands from kenya to angola and if it all the way down to south africa however humans are driving the bus into decline well its goals the vision is are now pulling out all the stops to save these clinics in public sounds. good good. even when fitted with tracking devices i'm also going to be hard to find. lucy kemp going to do through that she's trying to look at sultan ground one bill's large country whereas bugs found in sub-saharan africa. in hunting have left the species vulnerable he says timid and that their numbers in south africa how fall into under 1500 the population is definitely still declining over the last couple of years we've been developing conservation tools but they've still been in the experimental phase and you know always sort of trying to expand it so it makes a really meaningful difference to the population over the past 20 years the my bullet ground one bill product has worked on the looking at various techniques. of the wild habitat i come around mounted or not told poor will eventually

where is it now afghanistan is now the 3rd worst place in the world only because sierra leone and angola got a lot worse so do you think that president trump is bought on by saying troops have to come out the u.s. has to get out of it is he going about it the right way. well this was hardly president trump's idea to pull out this has been a demand of many afghans and plenty of people across this country for much longer than than. president trunk called for the withdrawal of troops just last month in a new poll 75 percent of afghan veterans in the u.s. and 7075 percent or 75 percent of afghan veterans and 70 percent of military families agree all of the u.s. troops should be pulled out they do need to be called out is that going to solve the problem no the problem is far greater than that but it's a prerequisite for having any chance of negotiations between the various sides in afghanistan and and ending the longstanding war in there with the u.s. troops pulling out it means that fewer afghans are likely to die because we won't be having the kind of airstrikes and drone strikes that have

to more contact with each other if these a relaxation is a confirmed in this press conference with angola malco so there are still concerns here about a 2nd wave here in germany and whether the progress that germany has made so far could indeed be put in jeopardy. stay with us while we wait for that press conference of the chance to start to come back to you. meanwhile federal and state ministers will have discussed the much anticipated restart of the bond as they go season if the league gets the green light it would be the 1st of europe's 5 biggest football leagues to return to the. to play or not to play that is the question only politicians can answer germany's football league the d.f.l. has revealed more than 10 positive kobe in 1000 cases so far 3 from s.c. cologne the league had just started the 1st wave of coronavirus tests last week in preparations to get back on the pitch another wave of testing is underway following the initial positive cases however teams continue to train in compliance with this insane protocol set by medical experts germany's health minister. has expressed hi

at angola merkel's $500000000000.00 euro plan to save the european union. county the cost on al-jazeera. might sound great if you happen to be a hindu but where does this leave non hindus nasiriyah room became acutely aware of the challenges facing the muslim daughter growing up in increasingly pro hindu surroundings she's written a book about one of the things you can do to protect her from this environment i don't do all that india the map. you know you china. pakistan sri lanka then all the neighbors and then i say what if somebody called you chinese you laugh and say right i'm going to tell you more than somebody called . me like i know you could read any of the year. so because of course the assumption being that the dance away that prejudice would play out there take your apartment standing or go to a park or stars that is what is happening on an everyday basis. one of the last remaining ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumberjacks and drivers. we follow their treacherous journey as they work through extreme conditions. t

it had base this year's austerity budget at $50.00 a barrel so it's potentially got real problems angola which in 2018 got a 3800000000 dollars loan from the i.m.f. and it could be banging on the door again as africa's 2nd biggest oil producer it relies on the sale of crude for 65 percent of its tax revenue ecuador's credit has of given the country a debt payment holiday but it could still default on its $17000000000.00 debt and it also got an i.m.f. loan of more than $600000000.00 and then there's africa's biggest oil producer nigeria which has received a $3400000000.00 loan from the i.m.f. you know nigeria is dependent on oil for 90 percent of its export earnings so with crude prices diving so badly it has little room to service its debt has this report now on what it all means for the nigerian economy it's been a particularly difficult year for nigerians who are all dependent economy is struggling low prices and cuts in production resulted in huge losses. but more worrying for africa's biggest producer is the damage the current clock will do with fuel storage facilities the options fo

at angola merkel's $500000000000.00 euro plan to save the european union. counting the cost on al-jazeera. it's the end of an era in west africa as france moves to scrap the currency used by its former colonies see if a friend will now become the eco but is this genuine change what is the rebranding and its friends really breaking its colonial on the african this is inside story. hello everyone i'm come all santamaria 8 west african countries will soon be using a new currency and it may well be that you didn't even know they had an old one but the 75 years the c.f.a. or they say i thought it would be said in french has been used as money from senegal tunisia and most places in between but not the french government officially approved the end of the c.f.a. franc it means france will cease to co-manage the west african currency the bank of france will no longer hold harf of the currency reserves and a replacement currency the ico will be introduced while keeping its exchange rate fixed to the euro fronts negotiated with its former colonies for 3 years for rea

. >> caller: why did in angola mengele become mengele? >> guest: a lot of it has to do with an attractive to care for people who create popular culture. i have an alert on my phone that gives me a message every time he's mentioned in the world press or any tv show or per trade in a crazy film. every single day he is promoted as either in the historical sense mostly inaccurately that we played with the coronavirus there's metaphors and comparisons whether he will replace him as an advisor but more often than not the kind of benchmark for evil if there's a bad manager and a bank. he certainly has as one scholar said has been separated from and part of what i try to give them this book is explain who that person really was a. of >> host: it's such a thoroughly researched history book and i would encourage all of you to get a hold of it. i'm so sorry we couldn't have david on screen but i am happy somehow there was this improvisation. >> guest: >> caller: >> host: you were a good guide for all of us. >> guest: i believe that it was everybody'

3400000000 in emergency funding to help with the impact of the pandemic and the list goes on and on greece angola iraq more on the organization and joining us now to take a deeper look at this issue is professor richard wolfe host of economic update and author of understanding socialism professor wolf always a pleasure to have you here and we value our insight so much how important is this economic support before we get to the bad portion here how important is the economic support coming from the i.m.f. or world bank not just for the purpose of fighting the pandemic but also to prop up these economies that are struggling even prior to the pandemic. it's no doubt an important contribution to keep it in perspective please understand that if you were an opera all of the items on the wrist you just showed it comes to of very small fraction of the kind of resistance united states alone has given to which own businesses and its own local entities around the country so in the perspective of that it's small because these are poor countries and because of their crisis is desperate this is at least somethi

at angola merkel's $500000000000.00 euro plan to save the european union. county the cost on al-jazeera. this prediction is going higher response plan than experience kerry calling out thank you. for story corps. social media companies to do more to stop this morning going out. and. hello i'm richard yes but if you're watching the listening post working from home here are the coronavirus stories the media elements that we're looking at this week the human to human transmission of conspiracy theories around covert 1000 why is it that so many americans actually believe the family behind fiat's automobiles now controls one of italy's largest newspapers and lobby public.

south you'd expect to see largely dry weather this time of year there are showers in the far north of angola but in south africa sitting pretty the most part for showers in the eastern cape and beyond with temperatures still holding up in cape town 25. as the world fights the coronato. endemic wouldn't learning more about this every day in the new year new join our global community. how. to fight on soaring fuel questions can i just as you think this is me directly what's coming on on you tube as you're saying i'm concerned about the frontline phone i think or a question that keeping you up to date and we've seen countries retreat back and beaten back to the stream on 00. welcome back a quick amount of the top stories on al-jazeera venezuelan state t.v. has broadcast video of the man it says is one of 2 u.s. mercenaries captured after an alleged plot against president nicolas maduro they and others were detained after what to do rwanda's government described as a failed beach landing. iraqi prime minister mostafa has formally taken office off the parliament approved a partial cabinet and tak

in 1936, and my dad was there, he was working there's, then we move to a small town called,'s new angola station. that is near mountaintop pennsylvania. which is near hazel ten. 's i went to a school, a two room school house in the seventh and eighth grade. this then when i went to this high school, i had to take a bus, that was in mountaintop pennsylvania. when we moved out there, we were the only family of color out there. so i did not run into any segregation whatsoever. i was treated just like any other person. so segregation never entered my mind. no problems. i went to high school four we did, not you know really the only sport we had was basketball, and a tumbling team, and i was an anchorman on the tumbling team, and captain of the basketball team. in my senior year, another lady of color came in. now there are two of us in the school online senior year. my senior year i was class president and valedictorian. i did not know anything about segregation. again until i got into the military. and in my senior year, i was in my front yard, in the country, we lived in the country. no ci

you'd expect to see largely dry weather this time of year there are showers in the fall north of angola but in south africa sitting pretty the mopar for showers in the eastern cape and beyond with temperatures still holding up in qatar 25. but. they say to me only know someone you must walk a mile in their shoes. follow in their footsteps the state forge their way in the water. al-jazeera shares these personal journeys. inspiring stories of people persevering on their chosen path. witness documentaries on al-jazeera. were forced. to. welcome back about it our top stories here on the al jazeera venezuelan state t.v. has pulled cos video of the man it says is one of 2 u.s. mercenaries captured after an alleged plot against president nicolas maduro u.s. government says they and others were detained after a beach last. at least 5 people including a child up until that gas leak in southern india 300 people are reported to the hospital is. in the factory that produces plastics the city of the southern part not on the other state. in the white house has described the u.s. relationship with chi

years of covering, not just these wars but i've been on battlefields going back to the civil war in angolambique, wars that young people today probably never heard of and only a few americans might remember. i'm not gone to war because i'm a war junkie, that's one of the worst things you could say to me because when you know what you sacrifice to go into the worst of situations and open yourself up completely and go with an open heart and with an open mind i don't do it for adrenaline or thrills but because things are at stake. the same principles are at stake right here in the united states and those principles of freedom and equality and justice for all, those are the things, if you send people to die in your name, i just believe we have a responsible lead to know what it is we're asking asking them to do and to calculate the full cost and the whole context and there is a price we all pay for everything we do in our lives and for what we do as a country. this is about trying to understand that. my entire life has been about trying to understand and know the truth so that i can have somet

but he says he's not going to truly feel free until, he said, all his innocent brothers in angola prisonstern contra costa county, this is video into our newsroom within the last hour of what firefighters now confirm was a deadly crash on highway 4. this appeared a little before 6:00 a.m. in discovery bay. you can see right there the car independenced up overturned in shallow water. right now rescuers are not providing any details about the victim or victims. we're still waiting to hear from investigators about how all of this happened. >>> right now a look at that forecast for you. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking what we could see as triple digits against today? >> yeah. we're already starting to heat up, marcus, especially as we look at our inland areas. c concord heading over 100 degrees. the south bay and south county really meeting up again today. as we go towards tomorrow it will still be hot, but the weekend forecast has the highs in the 70s as a chance of rain returns to the bay area. >> thanks, kari. we'll have another local news date for you in 30 minutes. >>> son las

south you'd expect to see largely dry weather this time of year there are showers in the far north of angola but in south africa sitting pretty the mopar for showers in the eastern cape and beyond with temperatures still holding up in cape town 25. for. all coverage of africa is what i'm most proud of every time i travel bad weather i'd say still west africa people stop me and tell me how much they appreciate our coverage and our focus is not just on their suffering but also on a more uplifting and inspiring story people trust algeria to tell them what's happening in their communities in kiev and i'm biased and as an african i couldn't be more proud to be part of you know. as the world fights the corona pandemic we're learning more about this every day it's a new adventure and join. no global community. how we come to fight i'm sorry your question is can i just recently directly that's coming on on you tube as you were saying i'm concerned about the frontline oh that's a great question keeping you up to date. the street on 00. there was. an assailant state t.v. or video of an alleged u.s. me

but says there's still a long way to go on these peter all of a has more well this statement from angola merkel came after she was in a much anticipated meeting with the 16 heads of the states that make up the german federal republic she said this the health care system and the country had function the way it should have done and well that the country had basically passed the 1st wave of the coronavirus if we are at a point where our goal of threatening the spread of the virus has been achieved and we have been able to protect our have a system so it has been possible to discuss our degree of unfair the easing measure one. the very fast pace of the pandemic is over but we are still at the overall beginning of the pandemic and we still have a long fight against the virus ahead of us so what does this mean for people in germany what is going to change well one of the big things is that you're going to be able to start visiting people again with a limited access book to people are going to be able to come in and visit you also and perhaps one of the most important things that's going to be

then we moved to a new town called new angola station near mountain top, pennsylvania, which is near willk bury and hazington, pennsylvania. i went to a school -- a two-room schoolhouse in the seventh and eighth grades. and then when i went to high school we had to take a bus and that was at mountain top, pennsylvania. now when we moved out there, we were the only family of color out there. so i did not run into any segregation whatsoever. i was treated just like any other person. so segregation never entered my mind. no problems. went to high school at mountain top, pennsylvania. we did not -- the only sports we had was basketball and a tumbling team. i was the anchor man on the tumbling team and captain of the basketball team. and in my senior year and another young lady of color come in. so now there are two of us in the school in my senior year. my senior year i was class president and valedictorian. i did not know anything about segregation. like i say, until i got into the military. now my senior year i was in my front yard out in the country, we lived in the country. no city a