and the 1st state visit by a german president to kenya. to strengthen ties to provide a stabilizing force for east africa. as their business investors from johannesburg to new york are adjusting their portfolios companies are shifting production there are shortages panic buying the coronavirus has whole economies on edge the world health organization has criticized africa for being too slow in preparing for the spread of the virus today it says the world is simply not ready. the rapid spread of the corona virus has stock markets around the world on edge on monday some exchanges saw their steepest one day decline since 2015 today markets are continuing to slide in the u.s. and in europe the virus is rattling nerves. that's a very serious thing but we think we're in very good shape in the united states we've essentially closed the borders to areas where we had to close them the world health organization says the world should brace for a possible pandemic a situation where an infectious disease spreads easily between people in many countries.

thousands of somalis doses of kenya. for memories. i would want to take that. as a family that is a grieving but. not ready for memories. no i don't. it's very clear edith that mr moyer was a polarizing figure but give us a profile of who would have loved him and who wouldn't have left him. who would have loved him basically anyone who was 20 in the eighty's and this is because around kenya all the countries what you are going through civil war there was an attempted coup of some sort and so his style of leadership which was very much iron fisted was considered to keep kenya stable and these are the people who would say things like he was the leader that we needed at the time he was also quite charming known to remember people's faces remember names and when he would go into rural areas he would leave them with money and these are the people who truly adore him to this day everybody else who doesn't fall in that category has something nasty to say about president mori 24 years is a long time to be president and in that time he was accused of gross violations of

this is state of the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes a chapter closes in kenya the country's longest serving presidents daniel arap moi it has died at the age of 95 look at the legacy of a man who was both loved and. you know my time to get milk in school from him. i drank the milk but there's nothing else more helpless with. always president has been dealt a blow by the country's highest cost now that he's election victory has been nullified will the next bush be credible. hello i'm christine when the well comes news africa it's good to have your company kenya is mourning the passing all former presidents daniel moore he it was the 2nd all the countries off to independence ruling from the one $970.00 eight's to 2002 and 24 years the country was an island off political stability in africa but that came at a cost his role was authoritarian kenya was a democracy but in name only. daniel iraq came to power in 1900. 8 when president joe di the former school teacher and national legislator had been handpicked vice president and 17 yet his long shadow. 4 years into his rule most of

arrival in kakuma kenya's 2nd biggest refugees head home and it was the last stop in kenya for german president franklin before heading to sudan the arid region in the far north of kenya hosts over 190000 refugees mainly from south sudan but also from somalia ethiopia and brandy each time i appraise kenyans and the local to kind of people for their work posting refugees we are joined by. does the money kenya is handling the situation deserve respect funding and. make because specially when you consider that the local people here in northern kenya are themselves struggling to make ends meet finding in the wake of the long undo the peleliu and years and that's no longer given what they've suffered long periods of drought over the past years governments which has reduced their crops need to be good to get people off the waters of the scarcity of food is a major challenge shared by both a kind of communities and the refugees. within the camp pilot projects like a school garden i suppose to help in the. idea is to teach students about farming in the harsh climate as well as about the nutri

last 3 days on a state visit in kenya that he visited the kakuma refugee complicated in kenya hot dry northwest getting enough to eat to there has always been tough and the influx of refugees has made it even more difficult. arrival in kakuma kenya's 2nd biggest refugees head home and it was the last stop in kenya for german president franklin before heading to sudan the arid region in the far north of kenya hosts over 190000 refugees mainly from south sudan but also from somalia ethiopia and brandy each time i appraise kenyans and the local to kind of people for their work hosting refugees are done for. money kenya is handling the situation deserves respect funding and. mcvickar specially when you consider that the local people here in northern kenya are themselves struggling to make ends meet finding in the wake of the lung and do the pill you wouldn't do this and that's no longer given what they've suffered long periods of drug over the past years commons which is reduced their crops need to be good to take it off to put them off because of the scarcity of food is a major challenge

surveillance in kenya and i see team kenya to work in every country with it's developed by the big or somewhere in the middle and that's really useful for governments here so we advise you know on that government data center on the economy and services or anything else we can share that it's been says from around the world and the nice thing is of course it provides benefits of people connected business to generating revenue as well but the other piece of the chinese influence is the surreptitious war there's a lot of questions about serious issues data collection with technology that's coming in from china and in some ways it's the other side of the coin right there is a whole lot of data that's being taken out from african countries and from african citizens to be kept handled used by people who are not necessarily responsible or answerable to african people so while it is not. access people's data or cell data so i don't think that we are the kind of company. that are benefitting off people's data the only data that we're using is just to improve our product themselves such as usin

because what we are seeing in the reports that are published by the kenya organic food network in the country is that 80 percent of food served in nairobi at the capital city of kenya is organic food well this cannot be certified they are also reports that see some pains to sell organic food as healthy have a t. 30 percent more annual growth in kenya compared to the global 25 percent so these could actually tell it that well it could be a fad that some people have definitely flown for it well fat are not the fittest seem quite convincing is selling pricey organic food then a good business proposition for farmers. it definitely easer good purpose asian families because what we're seeing 2 days that organic food in kenya costs between 20 to 50 percent more than the conventional food and this means that some farmers could actually say they're selling organic food and satisfied or satisfied one cannot tell but this is what quite well for them those who sell conventional food have to actually loyalty of prices because in the event that they do say it is authentic food in the age of the con

but climate change is affecting kenya's normal weather patterns. he were gets around on a solar powered cargo each bike. because you have a good 50 kilometer and even on a polar ice very funny be pulled but just couldn't pick you up you are looking over so that gives you an extra interest when you're signing. the bike to reach a speed of 40 kilometers an hour even when it's carrying a heavy load the solar panel on the reef protects leroy from the brain and the battery keeps charging even in this kind of weather. levi works for a local company called kwanza to cooler. it supplies pre-prepared staple food to street food vendors in mostly impoverished neighborhoods using sustainable sources for new of all energy. we want to be sustainable that's the number one driver but also we want to be economically sustainable so that we are able to produce products that are affordable for our customers who are mainly poor in order to do that we find it more efficient to use green energy the bikes that we use we don't pay any fuel for them and they're able to go b

right so he was kenya's longest serving president he was the 2nd president of kenya what did he do he didn't come from either of the main ethnic groups in kenya either lure of only to hook or kikuyu so i was just wondering what is what was the impact of his is strict one party rule in terms of the ethnic makeup of kenya which of course has been so heavily at play in recent elections we tend to forget that my rule she was from a very small minority group. and i suppose that did something to our democracy but i would only call it democracy in quotes it was a one party system and we knew who the leader was then news only started with the president what he did what he didn't do he was not a tolerant leader and we were ruled for a very long time by a minority leader from the minority i suppose that's what kept kenya says if compared to the neighboring countries all right thank you very much indeed lydia moved from our talking to my live from nairobi thank you very much the 3 members of an iranian separatist group have been arrested in denmark they're charged with spying on behalf of saudi

kenya's former autocratic president daniel arap moi has died at the age of 95 ruled kenya for 24 years until 2002 becoming the country's longest standing leader he ran the country as a one party state in which corruption and human rights abuses were widespread. a 2nd death from the corona virus outside the chinese mainland has been confirmed in hong kong the 1st was in the philippines beijing says 425 people on the mainland have now died from the virus and the number of confirmed infections had surged above 20000 in hong kong which was hit hard by the sars virus 18 years ago this new coronavirus is fuelling alarm and anger. comes health workers angry they want the border with mainland china shot to halt the spread of the corona virus that has infiltrated hong kong and now killed a man. i. think i have the government listens to and demands quickly closes the borders and brings this epidemic under control so. the consent is not only here many countries are taking drastic measures in that effort to contain the spread of the virus. japan has quarantined this cruise ship after a passenger w

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uganda and pakistan it is the worst outbreak in 25 years and for kenya in 70 is the insects can spread fast and other countries are not risk the swarms have already destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of crops millions of people already short of food could face famine somalia and pakistan have declared a state of emergency the u.n. says that if action isn't taken fast enough somalia is infestation could become the most devastating plague in living memory at its asked for $76000000.00 in aid to help control the outbreak al-jazeera is priyanka gupta reports. on the trees and down in the fields. are everywhere a 1000000000 of these. as it insects are sweeping across east africa destroying crops and livelihoods as they fly from one country to the other. 10000000 people in the region are now at risk of hunger and famine. we depend a lot on the season and we worry that the locusts will destroy our harvest and will end up remaining hungry throughout the rest of the year. so malia has declared a state of emergency after its worst locus infestation in 25 years they are breeding in large num

at kenya's $1000000.00 business in garbage i'm carl aspen thank you so much for joining us. to use crime fighters are back to africa's most successful in radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech color of prevention and sustainable charcoal production. all of a sow's are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters to nuno. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language but the 1st word published in the book. rico is in germany to learn german and why not learn with him simple online on your mobile and free stuff to do w z e learning course nikos free german made it easy. every morning thousands of scavengers stream to the den door a dump site in the kenyan capital nairobi the people here try to and if you dollars a day to help make ends meet gangs and patel's said to control the landfill it's a dangerous place especially for children like richie. you know what a boy was killed over there. if you go there they're steal from you and when they do th

saving kenya's ancient rain forest instead of burning wood harnessing the power to cook. and how a network of activists is taking on we tell john adams on the internet attempt to improve conditions for workers. as well and let's do business it was only a matter of time 19 all the coronavirus has read its ugly head in africa egypt confirming the 1st case on friday since then the african union has assured the continent it's working hard to ensure the disease doesn't get any further but it's already impacting business. since the outbreak of coronavirus in egypt the southern algerian has he messaoud airport has set up medical screening checkpoints it's a destination for employees in the country's oil industry authorities fear the virus could begin to spread in africa. i think. for the for the people because we have with china. china is the most important trade partner for many african countries as well as a buyer of the continent's natural resources and when it comes to resource dependent countries just take angola well over 60 percent of net exports are to china it's a simil

kenya's government declares a period of national mourning after the death of longtime president don you know our warrior plus a warning from the world health organization that the number of counter cases could jump more than 60 percent if trends can to. the end the world health organization says the corona virus outbreak that's killed hundreds of people in the infected thousands is showing no signs of mutation and has not caused the pandemic the global death toll stands at 427 but all but 2 of those have been recorded in mainland china more than 20000 people have been infected there now examples of 2 people contracting the virus without being in china one got sick in thailand the other in singapore and a cruise ship is under quarantine at a port in japan a passenger who got off the ship in hong kong was later confirmed with the virus stop brings the total number of cases in hong kong to 17 as the city reports its 1st death from the outbreak and in an unprecedented move the wall spigots gambling hobby in neighboring macau has announced closing all of its casinos for 2 weeks but he has wa

national mourning declared in kenya in honor of its longest serving president daniel hour of morning has died at the age of 95. and a warning for the world health organization the number of cancer cases could jump more than 60 percent if current trends continue. the hong kong has recorded its 1st death from the corona virus outbreak the 39 year old man is the 2nd person to die from the illness outside mainland china officials say he visited the city of will hand last month and this brings the global death toll to 427 all but 2 of those have been recorded in mainland china well than 20000 people have now been infected and examples of people contracting the virus without even having been to china have now appeared 2 cases one in thailand and one in singapore and there's a cruise ship that's under quarantine at a port in japan a passenger. got off the ship in hong kong was later confirmed with the virus adrian brown reports. as hong kong confirmed its 1st death from the virus a quarter of its doctors and nurses went on strike seriously affecting emergency services several 100 demonstrat

and national mourning declared in kenya in honor of its longest serving president daniel aren't more has died at the age of 95. but has its go to hong kong which is recorded its 1st death from the corona virus outbreak a 39 year old man has become the 2nd person to die from the honest outside of mainland china health officials say he was in new hampshire last month and was also suffering from an underlying illness or 15 confirmed cases in the territory a south korean woman is also being confirmed after visiting thailand she's the 1st foreign tourist to be infected after going to that country although it's not clear if she'd also been to china meanwhile in china itself 2 more cities outside of who bay province they have been put into lockdown the death toll in the country now stands at 425 more than 20000 people are infected. and a cruise ship for the port in japan is under quarantine after a passenger was found to have the virus the 80 year old passenger had this embark from the ship in hong kong several days ago and then tested positive medical checks are being carried out on the sh

we are live in kenya. hello welcome.he asoronavirus continues to spread, governments around the world are implementing tougher restrictions to contain . some of the look at fferent ways various countries are dealing with this particular outbreak. first, let's go to japan. as of next week, all schools will be closed. now let's turn to iran. this is the scene there. iran is banning chinese citizens from entering the country. in saudi arabia, more measures to prevent the spread. the government is suspending these us to pilgrims who want to visit holy sites in aga and medina. ke a look at how quiet the streets are in venice. normally throbtsng with tour 11 nearby towns in northern aly are still in lockdow hence those quiet scenes. some countries api really st up eir efforts to contain the virus. here is the director generhe of the worlth organization. >> the epidemics in the islamic republic of iran, italy, and the republic of korea demonstratesis what this viruapable of. but this virus is noinfluenza. with th

live from berlin coming up next performer goes to kenya to meet a 12 year old girl who's already supporting is the family of 12 a boy saw it was dangerous for. i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour in the meantime all the latest headlines available $24.00 seventh's on our website . they were forced into a nameless mass. their bodies near jewels who. history of the slave trade is africa's history. to struggle for power and trough it plummeted an entire continent into chaos and violence. this is the journey back into the history of slavery. i think we will truly be making progress when we all accept the history of slavery as all of our history. our documentary series slavery routes starts march 9th on t.w. . every morning thousands of scavengers stream to the dunbar dump site in the kenyan capital nairobi the people here try to and if you don as a day to help make ends meet gangs and cut tells us that to control the landfill it's a dangerous place especially for children like richie. do you know it's a boy was killed over there. if you go there. they are still from using and when

for anyone in kenya to get anything you have to pay. more used to it. even these contracts come in return for kickbacks. that garbage is a lucrative business is no secret in kenya where one 3rd of citizens live below the poverty line. the governor of nairobi mike's uncle and other senior officials have been accused of making irregular payments for garbage collection services amounting to $3500000.00 the ethics and n.d. corruption commission has accused the governor himself of exempting large bribes. since kenyon no forbids the commission from discussing cases which are before court we asked the head of the commission. to comment on corruption surrounding tend towards in general. it is a serious problem because it involves money it is easier because it is the private companies that are doing business with government but quite a number of the encouraging this problem because when it involves big money some of the private companies are willing to part with big money and bribe the public office people can do it on requirements because they are looking at a

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this is kenya's most important growing region. has a plantation here he's one of 600000 smallholder farmers who work with the kenya t. development agency or. t. has provided his family with a good living he is. the main source of income. and by. that he from his farm is processed just a few kilometers away in a tub a sonic factory which is also affiliated with kati. the workers 1st separated he leads into equally sized batches afterwards their dried in a process that takes several steps. in the drying process requires boilers like these they consume a great deal of firewood. most of this wood comes from the factories own plantation . trees are growing scarce in the region 2 years ago the government imposed a moratorium on logging in public forests. and that's also why the factory uses briquettes made out of fiber sugarcane residue a number of countries have begun exploring this biomass. as a promising source of energy. storage space. and from units we told. them. that the factory has already been able to replace one 5th of its wha

and fillion locusts are descending on east africa in crops and food supplies kenya has been especially hit it's been called the worst infestation 7 decades. thanks for joining us german officials say 2 people evacuated from china to germany on saturday have tested positive for the corona virus they were among more than 120 people flown to frank for a military plane from the chinese city at the center of the outbreak the positive cases both of them german nationals have been hospitalized doctors say they are doing well the rest of the passengers remaining there to be quarantined at a military facility. now germany's health minister has defended the decision to carry out the evacuation. departure and show you know we had to and were able to assume that symptom free compact treats were returning to us. they were still symptom free in frankfurt and in that sense they seemed healthy. patient tell you means in a situation like this but what we've seen can change relatively quickly i'm not sure exactly why the quarantine was right. well one of those evacuated is the vice german who's been stu

help reduce greenhouse gas emissions researchers in kenya. i'll tell you why. hello i'm christine. africa it's good to have your company in the coming hour as these motorcycle taxis will be eagle in nigeria's business capital lagos state government announced the ban on the motorcycles. because of what it described as they chaos and disorderliness and scary figures of fatal accidents now drivers in lagos took to the streets to protest the ban which starts on the 1st of february the bikes you see off a key source of income for thousands of young men living in the city. an attempt to keep. this policeman is trying to keep trying the street it's only the beginning of the morning rush hour but traffic is already jammed try sickles and motorbikes known as okada are by far the cheapest and fastest mode of transport. this is one of the easiest ways of getting through heavy traffic in lagos but soon people here won't be able to ride a motorbike any more. the government or abused at motorbikes cause too many accidents but many depend on them for their livelihoods plenty of small commercial c

and you're watching news coming up next reporter with a look at kenya's lucrative garbage business i'll be back with more news the top of the hour thanks for watching. w.'s crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech cholera prevention and sustainable charcoal production. all of a sow's are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters to name no. happiness fears for everyone schuman penises are very different from primates few know we have a totally ridiculous size view of nature. and this is climate change crisis sex how to improve books you get smarter. books on. the phone. every morning thousands of scavengers streamed to the site in the kenyan capital nairobi the people here try to and if he has a day to help make ends meet gangs and cut tells us how to control the landfill it's a dangerous place especially for children like richie. you know it's a boy was killed over there. if you go. you from using and when they do th

so my uganda and kenya have been better than earth has since mid january. spraying insecticides in a race against time. after millions of locusts revathi strops and grazing land here in northern kenya the insects left behind what could be an even bigger disaster millions of locusts eggs that are hitching into baby locusts known as hoppers these hoppers can fly yet when their wings grow new mega swarms i expect that killing the hoppers fastest crucial planting season here starts around april the un is worried that a new generation of locusts will emerge at the same time we want to control. the whole process. almost a 100 times the adults a lot left. so that's a big you know how big the silent is because if we were handling turn to mildew on from for example. you say to me don't times 100. so how big of a problem will be. is agencies carry out large scale spraying kenya or somalia and ethiopia report they're short of planes and insecticides the u.n. has made an urgent plea for more help and is warning of a looming hunger crisis in east africa. and now africa

and a stampede at a primary school in kenya has killed at least 14 children it's believed the students were crushed when they ran down a staircase after class catherine so i have spoken to relatives of the victims in kakamega. the parents of the children who died are in shock they can't believe or understand what happened the youngsters aged between 9 and 11 when leaving school to make their way home when there was a stampede the last bell had just rung in class but it's not clear why the children were running down the steps. julia admission has 9 year old daughter june had justin's factor the school 3 weeks ago was too distraught to talk to us so her friend did the teacher was trying to hide me up the children from the classroom down the stairs because he. saw in due course that's why he assumed is not something we had to just. you know the jokes of other children they were holding hands back so when these one came these ones came in asp years ago as a. child still only. for the night it. was as a picture of high level neural dota botha. but the. brother was a smiling machine she was

and will take you to a far east in kenya. women are earning a livelihood farming by supplies it's also saving the environment. they're trying to keep your head above water in a failed state we speak to a teenager determined to make a go off life in the impoverished guinea-bissau. hello i'm christine will go well come to deeds every news africa it's good to have your company but always presidents people with that it has been dealt another blow the constitutional court has dismissed his appeal off a courtroom ling that an old he's may election win last week judges ruled that the 2900 had been mocked by irregularities and nominees which they described as being so widespread and systematic that the integrity of the results had been seriously compromised now it's the 1st time a presidential election has been challenge on vehicle grounds since malawi gained independence in 1964 and it's only the 2nd time and election has been nullified in africa the 1st was kenya in 2017 now thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to c

kenya's ministry of agriculture continues to put planes in the air spraying chemicals with the hope of ridding the region of the swarms and protecting the food supply for the 11000000 plus people who live here. ok soccer now in leipzig slipped to 2nd place in the bundesliga table despite a draw at home to fellow title chasers. the hosts were swept away in the 1st half but some tactical changes and a red card swung the game in their favor. got that coach has turned his side into an attacking force house in part by this pack marcus to ram and out of sam playa. play i was in the thick of things after just 5 minutes at leipsic keeper pettigrew lashley was equal to both his and oscar events efforts. the same were involved when grant back did finally break through vent supplier one nil after 24 minutes a super team goal. by living dangerously defended mcconnell coming to his side's rescue here there was no saving the moments later a sloppy ball out from the back ruthlessly punished by younis hofmann 10 minutes before half time i. rang the changes at the break and one of the centering the fra

decide his fate in an impeachment trial later on wednesday plus swarms of locusts fill the skies in kenya and beyond as the bugs devour crops of destroyed farmland officials say they pose unprecedented threat to east africa's fragile food security. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining us after a day of chaos i would democrats have finally begun releasing some results from monday's caucuses presidential hopeful pete booted judges in the lead followed closely by bernie sanders with just over 60 percent of results announced counting. says was plagued with problems including a faulty app that was supposed to make the tally faster and easier instead results are still delayed now nearly 24 hours later the caucuses are the opening event in the 2020 electoral calendar democratic voters across the country will be choosing a nominee who is almost certain to face off against president donald trump later in november we still do not know when the full results from iowa will be out. let's go straight to our washington bureau chief alexander for naaman she's standing by on capitol hill for us alexandra