when you see when you see allie back in my mother africa run in in the morning everybody's getting up at like an hour before sunrise just so they can as his shadow burdens on the road in the morning his son comes up the kids what a basket it was and there's there's proficiency in sports then there is how do you make that dent on humanity and stuart just well he made the sacrifice listen you don't even have to agree with it everybody goes their own way on these things but you have to agree with my man had more to lose than anybody doing that and yet he went ahead and did it that's why he lives forever the muhammad ali. was a stuart talk about being a motivational speaker in los angeles when i 1st came to l.a. i found a i always thought it was a dangerous confluence in a way i always took things seriously and l. i was never a capricious lad when i got there because i said i am at the venn diagram between need to succeed need to be famous need to be wealthy need to explore my craft and moses is a gate where not everybody can get in it always seemed really dangerous to me where i said lis

of the rest of the world but what is it that is coming from kenya nigeria south africa egypt what are you playing. our mother say africa have a mix of just a family by brand mix of cultures across the continent i think that is what we bring to the table in is but the dynamic theme that competitiveness and you know just a love of the sport of the world in a limited spot we love the sport or the traditional and what you see in from running our tournament 29000 is you know the people who are lucky for the people outside in games and also now or you know also reefing simulation racing is something that is growing strongly for example in the past year started with 3 for our tech and street fighter and last year even with a pandemic you know we were able to expand into far taken again. and league of legends so we are a mix. of the tree but also in not all this. or display are also growing professionally within the specific law or title that is our. area what i loved in that little clip that we played there was just before hand and south last as the commentators are there is this guy has won south africa wasn't eve

africa i know my listeners are we every day he goes there to talk to me. first place i don't know how. good his talk with nobody taught me. their mother and father figure. when you come to africa you talk about the late lucky to be that made me curious about why we africans still love reggae so much and why many fans identify with this type of music before we move on here's a brief history of reggae. music john wright was born in the 1960 s. and the caribbean island of jamaica in the early seventy's it was popularized across the globe by artists like bob marley better targeted bunny wailer johnny nash and burning spear reggae became so popular in africa that it even made a huge political impact in $1080.00 for example bob marley performed at the celebration for zimbabwe's independence. had the kinds of messages that were relevant to the time they were relevant. in a very universal and global way the issues of struggle the issues all defeating oppression the situation in zimbabwe. and the the war the ongoing civil conflicts there that he articulated on his $979.00 album survival which i do believe is molly's best album the sound of reggae seems to be one

africa. she gave birth to her mother, harriet green. wanted readers to understand harriet tubman was only two generations removed from africa and those stories and the culture were still some way a part of her life. she was born some time we think in 1822. the records suggest as much. she was the fifth child out of nine to her parents. they carved out a life for themselves as an enslaved family. that was extremely difficult in the 19th century. they struggled with the same issues most enslaved families lived with. tubman would lose three of her siblings to the domestic slave trade. they were sold off and never seen again. she was also a part of the small family -- rather, a large family in the small state of maryland. she lived on the eastern shore, which is different from places like baltimore or southern locales. there was a significant presence of free black people on the eastern shore. but her family was fractured. they managed to find a way to stay connected and her parents remained in love with one another and together for decades.

vaccinated but there are concerns that the rollout is going slower than expected i mean a mother has the story. south africa's government began vaccinating its health workers in mid february with 80000 receiving the jab so far for some like dr faisal saleman the rollouts been slower than expected he runs a private practice import outside durban he says has registered to be vaccinated but his appointments been cancelled it has been tough working it's not easy working in a closed environment being having people you know all day we do our own swapping here we've been treating patients directly and telephonically so it has been produced stressful particularly when you go home and pass this thing on to your family which i've done there more than 67000 health care workers in personal natal province alone of which fewer than 2000 have been vaccinated during the problem here have been up won't maybe i location because we were given something like 10000 but i nor that they are here practitioners especially doctors who are in there we're looking into it it's not but since been at least get the idea there's been a learn

case i have a vision to make africa instead of running away from it to make it a better place. if my mother huppenthal see me know. i know it will be probably me. i'm sure she would it is good to be reminded that looking out to the environment you should do well that's all we had for you today thank you all for training so long for me. here in kampala until next time. but for now sun dress always a pleasure hosting the show with you to all of you also out there remember you can find out more bottom vironment of protection on sawston ability media platforms i am chris sign you know from lagos see you again next week. dumb. dumb. dumb. dumb. in the army of climate change. the tax system is still 6. months makes me. want to see is today how for the future. keep the dog come to fix make a city. get. clicks culture. co-produce crime fighters are back africa's most successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech reprehension and sustainable charcoal production all of a sow's are available online and of course you can share and discuss on w. africa's facebook p

i have made africa instead of running away from it to make it a better place. if my mother huppenthal, i know it will be productive. i'm sure she would say it is good to be reminded that looking up to the environment, you shouldn't be so. well, that's a wee hunt for you today. thank you oprah cheney guess so long for me. sunday to be nobody here in kampala until next time. but for mel sun dress always. it was a pleasure hosting the show with you and to all of you also out there. remember, you can find out more about of vironment of protection and sauced inability on our social media platforms. i am chris 11 sign, you know from lagos. see you again next week. go go, go, go. go a little welcome to the city of this new law. instead of a permanent traffic jam would, instead of calling emotionalism instead of pollution and new concepts for the magazines tomorrow in germany in minutes they were tainted into a nameless mass of their bodies. mere tools. the history of the slave trade is africa's history. it describes how the crew for power and profit come in to an entire continent,

i'm kemal santa maria and these are the headlines tanzania's president john mother who has died at the age of 61 africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptical hadn't been seen in public since february there had been plenty of speculation about his health the government says he died from heart failure vice president samir so who has announced his death in a televised address. citizens today on this date march 17th 2021 it's.

in africa these are devastating diseases. so the mother was going to change our minds my hope is that coke mind seeing will actually make the whole diseases more tractable now you know as well as we move forward through the success of the i'll probably mine too many which are vices many issues i know you know and then you'd like you'd like to see more coordination with the u.n. or i'm not going to so far my favorite by a long way but i'd like to see more effort there to coordinate the efforts and all the behind this all. now of course from the geopolitical viber raised the comment one can think i may have been times that 5 domestic debate. about our own responsibility starts out own house and the house her father is how much we are responsible for you know our house outcomes whether that boundary allies how comfortable are you with this mean emerging afaik that on that mass that spins that everything out run again i mean this debate goes back and forth a huge amount we thought and the us you know where we're democrats while mosques and rep

describes the lives of middle class women in south africa who were appalled between tradition and modernity between a career and being the perfect african mother. i am essentially prawle. who very proffer a plan i'm very pro women and i think generally comes out in my books what both you all have in common it's about identity. i'm writing for readers but more importantly i'm writing for people will say or reading is boring you know if there are i've got a book for you finish once i finish one page and told me that's boring her novels always carry a message she writes literature with added to. this one of them is particularly committed to young readers and writers i don't want my generation to be the last generation of writers you know i always to myself to be able to hold on and bring younger generation of writers and give them voice and give them the platform in her writings to piece one of than or uses all of the linguistic richness of the continent including street slang and different dialects. my readers should be able to understand the context you know if they don't get the context then it means i have failed it's not that the language ha

a big place i have a vision to make africa into running away from it to make it a better place. if my mother huppenthal me now. i know it will be productive me. i'm sure she would it is good to be reminded that looking out to the environment you should do well that's all we had for you today thank you all for changing us so long for me. here in kampala until next time. but for nell sundress always a pleasure hosting the show with you at 12 you also remember you can find out more about of protection and saw stability on our social media platforms i am chris sign you know from lagos see you again next week. dum. dum. dum. dum. dum it's cause is a wildebeest island. perhaps land like life itself. in the us has a robot is known for highly unusual creation. she's in demand i not only how my mind on russia. through. the. massive drama competition rivalry marketing numbers atmosphere color fight at sac intuition love hate money. fans crimes fantasy fans and fans old to go off on you tube joining us. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all miss. just 3 of the topics covered in th

case i have made africa instead of running away from it to make it a better place. for my mother huppenthal. i know it will be productive. i'm sure she would it is good to be reminded that looking out to the environment you shouldn't be so well that's a wee hunt for you today thank you oprah cheney guess send long for me sunday to be nobody here in kampala until next time. but for now sun dress always it was a pleasure host of the show with you at 12 you also out there remember you can find out more vault of vironment of protection on sawston ability on our social media platforms i'm chris 11 signing off from lagos see you again next week. dum. dum. dum. dum. dum. dum. dum. and you hear me now i guess we don't need you and i last 2 years just man starts now we'll bring you i'm glad i'm out and you never caught our surprise yourself with what disposable who is medical really want to lose and want to. talk to people who follow along the way maurice. and critics like telling us the metal saw stocks . got some hot tips for your bucket list. the magic corner tricks. for some chips and

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describes the lives of middle class women in south africa who are appalled between tradition and modernity between a career and being the perfect african mother. i am essentially prawle. who very proffer very pro women and i think the generally comes out in my books what those 3 or have in common is about identity. i'm writing for readers but more importantly i'm writing for people or reading is boring enough there are i've got a book for you finish once i finish one period and told me that boring her novels always carry a message she writes literature with added to. this one of them is particularly committed to young readers and writers i don't want my generation to be the last generation of writers you know i always to myself to be able to hold on and bring in generation of writers and give them voice and give them the platform in her writings to piece one of than or uses all of the linguistic richness of the continent including street slang you can't. different dialects. my readers should be able to understand the context you know if they don't get the context then it means i have failed it's not that the language has failed i have failed

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mother. w. made for minds. this is a deed of lean years africa coming up on the program women in conflict zones we visit rebel territory in the democratic republic of congo where one woman is fighting driven by a desire for justice. they killed my father the way they killed everyone in my family that's the only reason i became a fighter. and we meet the author trying to get syrian union children to appreciate their culture as they learn to read. elo i'm told me a lot of well glad you could join us we begin in the democratic republic of congo where the east of the country has suffered from years of fighting the region is ruled by a complex web of armed groups with different interests and motivations it's difficult for outsiders to get into parts of the area but. again direct access to rebel held territory where she met one woman who's bearing the wounds of conflict but with a little glimpse of hope from now on it's what they call it no man's land because now the government and also no specific rebel group controls this area that makes it also quite dangerous the right behind me this is where no man's land begins and thi

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mothers to. be free from. the words of her city or commodity stores march 22nd on d w. from. this is the dublin years africa coming up on the program what's next for senegal after days of violence on the streets political leaders call for calm although the opposition wants to continue its process it's also coming on the show. tourists are still streaming into the island of zanzibar for sun sand and sea despite the threat of covert 19. and leadership rewarded amid major challenges me just president ysu food wins the mole ibrahim prize for. tomi oladipo glad you could join us we start in senegal which has been experiencing some of its worst unrest in years it began last wednesday when the arrest of the opposition leader it was months on course sparked off deadly clashes between his supporters and police president macky sall is calling for calm some coach says he wants the protests to continue but peacefully. from newsman song goes home region in the fast south to the capital dhaka his followers have taken their demands to the streets of senegal. one of the biggest of all senegalese people expressed their diss

fast becoming the murder capital of north africa it's a number it's a and i rate just number over the last several months and many point a finger to my mother who is not only wanted by the i.c.c. but following his his indictment by the i.c.c. and his request to be delivered to the hague he was promoted by helicopter and this could be a major turning point for khalifa after his facing over the last several weeks a number of challenges social and political and military dissidents from senior commanders from senior tribal figures in libya so they may decide his fate internally in eastern libya before this new government of national unity in western libya decides his fate for him u.s. president joe biden has appointed come on harris to manage the steady arrival of asylum seekers at the southern border the vice president will lead efforts with mexico and central american countries to stem the flow of migrants numbers of congress and visiting emergency facilities that have been way opened recently it follows a growing outcry after images revealed over crowded and makeshift conditions at a texas center. and so it's not like someone sits around the

face i have a vision to make africa instead of running away from it to make it a better place. if my mother hoping to see me know i know it will be probably me. i'm sure she would it is good to be reminded that looking out to the environment you should do well that's all we had for you today thank you for chaining us so long for me thunder to know we are here in kampala until next time. but for now sun dress always it was a pleasure hosting the show with you if you also out there remember you can find out more vault of protection on sawston ability on our social media platforms i'm chris sign you know from lagos see you again next week. these are not the mounties of georgia garbage everywhere. sinopoli says. already the environmental activist and her fellow campaigners are travelling well maybe archipelago educating and advising the boy and cleaning up but they are fighting the back of a tide of trash. coming up on d w. it's costume isn't wasn't a style. like life in south. vineyard has a robot is not in fact i'm using all creation. of seasons of monster to not only end how i'm not out of r

originating country thought south africa and brazil are going to render taxes ineffective so the safety the security of the people in the u.k. for the old people of my motherit was vaccinated a couple of weeks ago the heart that we all fear when people are safely vaccinated could be dashed if we see it is mutations spread before we can vaccinate the world so we need to do a lot more and it's quite clear that no pharmaceutical company sorry paul has done enough some of them more than others astra zeneca has gone a lot further and done a lot more deals in developing countries that it's not to say there's not about the oldest son where you have a foreign company is would also say max that while running these types of companies are expensive and without a profit they're not going to survive this is simply their business model that's been around for many many years. yes they would say that but i think in this case i mean i would dispute that but i would also disputed in particular in this case all of the leading banks and candidates have been hugely funded by public money by taxpayers' money and that has covered all of the risks of their investment all the risk

one mother says her son was shot while trying to escape by car with his father and younger brother. the deputy program director for africaairobi. i wanted to ask you about casualty figures. it's still unclear, the scale of this, but we have an idea that it is bigger than originally thought. >> i think security forces in the government say dozens have been killed, and dozens also -- foreign workers -- tens of thousands of civilians have fled the city and possibly hundreds more have been evacuated by boats, from the seaboard down to the capitol. >> they felt they were abandoned and there was no backup or security, and nobody came to their rescue. >> yeah, i mean, this is a very remote corner of the country. it's a faraway province. it's also, you know, a wild and unforgiving territory, and as far as the security services were concerned, mozambique security forces are, you know, largely in semidisrepair after decades following a peace deal for the previous civil war that ended in the '90s that led to the dismantling of large sections of the security forces. then you put that together with something that has snowballed and i

mother or the leader of the rebellion was executed in public. the result of a large scale experiment between portugal and africa south despite the violence it was born in has shaped its own history a history founded on the who roic struggle of the 1st slaves. to ensure the survival of their economic model the portuguese took their slaves with their agricultural insights to brazil. by demonstrating that the model could be exploited to the america as they inspired other europeans to do the same sound to my world for the intermediary stage of the spread of sugar are in him in some ways where was. the 1st caribbean island although it was on the caribbean. in $1620.00 the portuguese where the uncontested masters of the slave trade 25 years after the revolt headed by amador they had already deported 300000 captives to brazil and central america soon it would be the other european powers turn to embark on conquests of the new world with them to slave trade tentacles spread all across the atlantic and reached a new target the caribbean. anima 70 percent of its forests have been cut down for economic reasons. iliana armaan is fighting this with economic

africa for a time moving east. this was wrong to take children away from their parents and herd them into a school against their will there was no mother no father figures they put his in the big player and lisa ruby looked after so he i don't remember the children's names but i'll never forget the count it is dark secret on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu his prospects for retaining a right wing coalition government looking on certain a small palestinian israeli party is projected to win 5 seats that could break the deadlock. us members of congress are visiting to tension facilities for mike and children on the mexican border the reopening of some of the sand this is caused growing out crime after images revealed there are overcrowded conditions britain wants to make it harder for refugees who enter the u.k. illegally to apply for asylum home secretary has proposed new legislation to overhaul the country's asylum system. officials in bangladesh are investigating just what caused a fire at the world's largest refugee camp these 15 people were killed and hundreds more are

worrying for many genuine asylum seekers and the mother reports from london. 16 years ago arrived in britain after fleeing torture in his home country in central africa he later helped create a support network for refugees like himself receiving an award from queen elizabeth his route here was precarious and in the words of a government illegal when you fleeing when you were running and tried to save your life nothing is illegal the most important thing for you is to find some way you you are safe you are protected and you find sanctuary and i was my kids and i was a kid so many many many people it's people like him being targeted by the u.k. government's new plan for immigration announcing major changes home secretary pretty patel said the main resettling refugees at urgent risk more quickly or making it tougher for those who arrive by unofficial routes this permanents a step change in al reproaches we toughen alstom to deter illegal entry and the criminals that endangered life by finally putting these. many illegal arrivals have travelled through a safe country like france to get to the county where they could and should a kind of sign. we must abs

africa it will take a long time to free the vessel. >> you can get there philip, as you noted, an unusually high tide this weekend. there is hope riding on motherhe mud and get it freed philip edge, thank you very much >> thanks for having me. >> now let's stay on the story and see how it impacts trade and shipping suez sees $10 billion in goods pass every day with this complete stoppage in one of the world's most important shipping channels, it is costing about $400 million per hour in delays most of the stuff that is stuck on the ships are goods heading from asia to china like ducati motorcycles and heineken beer. this is a huge oil route and oil prices on the rise is expected delays and forced to buy oil on the stock market because oil never got there. as much as this is a headache for many, it may be a big moneymaker for ship owners who are now seeing their ships that are not stuck in the suez trade for big dollars. let's bring in randy givens. senior analyst of the energy maritime shipping group at jefferys randy, i know it is early there. a big story. it affects the container ships tankers who you cover in a weird way, is this good for th

mother for breaking a class. just because you can see violence against children doesn't mean others and there are make the invisible visible of us might violence against children. says there's deed of good news africa coming up on the program tanzania mourning the death of president of. the government says he succumbed to hearts complications on wednesday but what legacy has he left behind after playing down the effects of the cone of bias from devotees. also coming up. we'll meet a woman in the central african republic who is risking it all to educate children in a country torn by war. i have you mike a junior welcome to the program tributes have been pouring in from world leaders mourns the death of president john michael fully his aides say the 61 year old died of heart failure but tanzania's main opposition leader out to lisa alleges that his death was a result of the cone of virus fully howden been seen in public for several weeks and he had previously played down the risk of covert 19. many had been speculating that tanzania's president john mega fully was in bad health because he'd been absent from public life a nearly 3 weeks. it was vice president some e a saloon who the woman who will rep

fast becoming the murder capital of north africa it's a number it's a and i rate just number over the last several months and many point the finger to my mother who is not only wanted by the i.c.c. but following his indictment by the i.c.c. and his request to be delivered to the hague he was promoted by helicopter to lieutenant colonel so. i have to as the l n a the living national army loses a very significant figure here but in the broader picture now in libya the fact that there is a strong government a united government and that the ceasefire is holding how relevant still is the half time his forces. well that's a very good point that you make i would also just throw in called to question the fact that it's a military to so ship political movement it's a phenomena that is losing traction has lost them and this could be a major turning point for a kind of after his facing over the last several weeks a number of challenges social and political and military dissidents from senior commanders from senior tribal figures in libya so they may decide his fate internally and eastern libya before this new government of national unity in western liby

there was no mother no father figures they put is a big player and we sort of looked after so i don't remember the children's names. you count it is dark secret on al jazeera. al coverage of africa is what i'm most proud of every time i travel there whether it seems to west africa people stop me and tell me how much they appreciate our country and our focus is not just on that suffering but also on the more happy lifting and inspiring stories people tracks 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. this is al jazeera i'm dead you know obligato with a check on our world headlines a child is a long 7 civilians killed in northwestern syria after an underground hospital was shelled by government forces it happened in the city west of aleppo about 600 attacks on health facilities of taking place and 10 years of conflict in syria mostly by the government and its allies waters continue to rise across parts of the australian state of new south wales a natural disaster has been declared in some regions off to the worst flooding in decades making the gauge has more from windsor north west of s

africa in 2018, the couple says they were at a breaking point. >> my concern was history repeating itself, talking about my mother. >> reporter: they say they never intended just to take a step back, but then all support and prince harry's own security stopped. >> i never thought i would have my security removed. i was born into the position, inherited the risk my family literally cut me off financially and i had to afford security for us. >> hold up, wait a minute. your family cut you off? >> yeah, the first quarter of 2020 but i've got what my mom left me without that, we would not have been able to do this i think she saw it coming. i certainly felt her presence throughout this whole process. i'm -- you know, for me, i'm just really relieved and happy to be sitting here, talking to you with my wife by my side. >> reporter: prince harry says he's still close to his grandmother, the queen, but his relationship with his father, prince charles, is strained. >> i feel really let down. my father and my brother, they are trapped. they don't get to leave. >> what do you think your mom would say about this >> i think she would feel very angry with how

. >> i am here with you as a mother, as a wife, as a woman, as a woman of color, and as your sister. >> reporter: that speech on a royal tour of south africa while in a majority black commonwealth nation, something no other royal could do, and now just 18 months later isn't likely to again. we reached out to buckingham palace for comment on the calls from within some commonwealth nations to sever ties to the crown but was declined. the queen, however, did respond to harry and meghan's revelations by releasing a statement saying the issues of race are concerning and will be addressed by the family privately. a pledge of private introspection which may not be enough to silence the increasingly vocal calls to pull apart the commonwealth, an institution the 94-year-old monarch has dedicated her life to holding together. >> people in the commonwealth are really having this discussion. there was a poll conducted in canada, a commonwealth country, after the oprah interview. more than half of people said that they think the monarchy should be abandoned by canada and then 48% said they now see the monarchy as a racist institution. this is right aft

mothers as they try to locate their missing sons and husbands. since then, wherever i traveled,, whether in east timor just after it became the world's first nation -- newest nation, darfur, or west africa at the height of the oval epidemic, usaid was there, america was there, identifying needs and moving heaven and earth to meet them. in my work, i have seen how the investments the united states makes in other countries are investments in our own security. i have seen the inextricable linkages between political freedom and broad-based economic growth. i have seen that the most effective development is driven by those on the ground with local knowledge and expertise, and i have seen the overwhelming power of individual dignity as a driver of world events. even as china increasingly uses its financial leverage to sway other nations, citizens everywhere are insisting that they be able to exercise agency, provide for themselves, and exercise their fundamental rights. if confirmed, i will work to strengthen the institution of usaid and invest in the capabilities of the agencies dedicated 10,000 foreign service officers, civil servants, locally employed staff, contractors, and other personne