island on lake victoria. home to over one hundred fifty thousand bugs which give a island a rather particular sound. down below them on the ground a much quieter bastes over one thousand cobras from the island in a unique example of coexistence with man. but. do not be chinese natives these are spirits of the island attached to a culture. over one hundred fishermen live on the island. and the man will cut is the most experienced. yes lived here for more than thirty five years. an old man of the sea he has retired from commercial fishing. to ninety seven year old is the custodian of long held customs which forbid killing the snakes. reza believed to be the spirits of the socred island. i don't really say yes never seen a cobra attack in no one except once when he was attacked himself. in a lower. i must have angered the snake when i carried it out of the house so that i could sleep but it crawled back in but picked it up again and threw it out and then went to bed early i will notice donna surely it crawled ba

in tanzania and uganda and kenya docks in lake victoria being depleted pollution is partly to blame easily by exploitation of natural resources a research project with partners from seven countries in europe and africa wants to help to talk some of these problems. all reporter went to uganda to meet with a team from the university of calls for her in germany the scientists have come to the lake to hold workshops their goal is to boost fish talks and show noble communities how to preserve the environment. muhammad has been fishing off their gun and shows of little toller for more than twenty five years. now. we no longer fish like we used to. be economic impact on us. right now you're going to sit ups and come up empty or give just one catch a week in the old days we would get a good catch every day. the main cause for the depletion of stocks is over fishing pollution from industrial activity is another problem these issues have made it harder to meet the rising demand for fish. this has prompted some ugandans to set up fish farms. one of the biggest challenges is the lack of clean fresh wa

spirits rather than just snakes number some by linda sits about five kilometers off the shore in lake victoria not that women are allowed on to the island only for short visits but they cannot stay over night. correspondent j.s. mogambo sent us this report from the island of snakes. island unlike victoria. home to over one hundred fifty thousand birds which give the island a rather particular sound. down below them on the ground a much quieter beast's. over one thousand cobras from the island in a unique example of color existence with man. but. do not be chinese natives these are spirits of the island attached to a culture. over one hundred fishermen live on the island. and the man will cut is the most experienced. he has lived here for more than thirty five years. an old man of the sea he has retired from commercial fishing. to ninety seven year old is the custodian of long held customs which for big killing the snakes. reza believed to be the spirits of a south korean island. catalyses yes never seen a cobra attack a no one except once when he was attacked himself. in the lower. you. must h

and how the recession is making life difficult for fishermen on lake victoria. let's kick things off in egypt many areas in the north african country are so isolated they're completely off the power grid which is a problem for residents and the tourism industry so nepal could provide a solution but until now less than ten percent of the electricity in egypt has been provided by the sustainable resource however there are now plans in place to build the world's largest solar plant in egypt though this still a long way to go in the meantime to fill the gap smaller supplies are setting up a raise and localised grids let's take a look. on is a remote fishing village on the red sea and it's not on the national grid. until recently the only electricity here came from diesel generators now a solar powered local grid provides electricity of around the clock. enabling fisherman to store their cash safely. you know. when we caught fish we used to take them either eleven kilometers south to have more sixteen kilometers north to run. it was quite a long drive and the fish wo

in tanzania and uganda and kenya restocks in lake victoria are being depleted pollution is partly to blame easily by exploitation of natural resources a research project report as seven countries in europe and africa wants to help to talk some of these problems. all reporter went to uganda to meet with a team from the university of calls raw in germany the scientists have come to the lake to hold workshops their goal is to boost fish talks and show noble communities how to preserve the environment. muhammad has been fishing off they were going to shows of little taller for more than twenty five years. but. we no longer catch fish like we used to. be economic impact on us. right now you can sit traps and come up empty or give just one catch a week in the old days we would get a good catch every day. the main cause for the depletion of stocks is overfishing pollution from industrial activity is another problem these issues have made it harder to meet the rise in the mind for fish. this has prompted some ugandans to set up fish farms. one of the biggest challenges is the lack of clean f

bobby wine has been arrested, after a plan concert at lake victoria.n sunday, police ordered wine to call off his one month concert, settings. the concerns -- citing securities terms that concerns. used tear gas -- concerns. firefighters in the u.k. are struggling to put out a huge blaze on more land in yorkshire. the fire started on sunday at marston moore, and important conservation area, and started spreadading north. it is thought to have been caused by a barbecue. spain is gearing up for a general election next weekend. it will be the country's third in four years. the prime minister called the election early after losing the support of lawmakers. one party surging in the polls is the small far right and eurosceptic vox party. it sees itself as a potential ally in a right-wing governing coalition. vox's divisive agenda and rhetoric harkening back to the front of dictatorship has many alarmed in spain. -- franco dictatorship has many alarmed in spain. >> it was the most terrible expanse of his life. billy mayor was 19 when he was thrown into this p

by the fishermen who live there with on the island since about five kilometers off the shore of lake victoria women are allowed on to the island for short visits only but they can't stay overnight now our correspondent sent us this report from the island of snakes. victoria. home to over one hundred fifty thousand bugs which give the island a rather particular sound. down below them on the ground a much quieter beasts. over one thousand island in a unique example of coexistence with man. do not be any snakes these are spirits of the island attached to our culture. over one hundred fishermen live on the island. and the man will cut he's the most experienced. yes lived here for more than thirty five yards. and old man of the sea he has retired from commercial fishing. in one to seven year old is the crust odeon of long haired customs which for beat killing the snakes. reza believed to be the spirits of the south korean island. i don't really say he has never seen a cobra attack in no one except once when he was attacked himself. in a war. i must have angered the snake when i carried it out of t