freeing the nairobi river from the garbage might seem like a never ending battle in the name nairobi comes from kenya's messiah tribe and means cool and refreshing water but these days the cooler waters are littered with refuse concerned residents from the nearby slum no longer accept the environmental disaster right at their doorstep. in you before when we were young the river wasn't a steady so we decided to clean it in the past we went swimming in the river but that's not possible anymore because the water quality has changed we want to try to return it to the way it used to be. lydia one boy is one of about 70 residents from the korogocho slum in eastern nairobi who works with the organization called green solutions they get it catered themselves to protecting the environment one boy knows that the pollution in the river is now threatening those who live there or where water on a would be the water of the nairobi river has become dangerous which is and that was about the children play there and because they have nowhere else to swim no matter you may also go into the water. but i

thisis week we looook at the gae choking the nairobi river.n t the kenyan capital, young peopople from informal settlemes are doing something about it. we head to o one of the popoot regions in the u.s., where bees are bringing former coal miners hope for the future. but first, the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, and how someme of their descendans are returning to the continent their ancestors came from. for hundreds of years, the trade in african slaves was a lucrative busisiness. the consequences for the continent were horrendous. entire areas were stripped of their populations. millions of africa died, eitherer when their villages we attacked, or on the long journey from the interior of the continent to the coast. the ones who made it were packed together like cattle in the holds of slave ships, for a journey that often took many weeks. most ended up in brazil, the caribbean, and the u.s. from the beginning of the 16th century until the end of the 19th, around two million people died at sea during the crossing. between 10 million a

and german pumps to most interested in custom made african products we go to our correspondent in nairobi to find out more about this business concept. come to do business africa i want to go jones and bill i'm good to have you with us the united states has begun imposing terrace on 7 on the hov $1000000000.00 worth of goods from the european union the world trade organization approved to the punitive measures of subsidies that the e.u. gives us planes the u.s. regionally went to the w t o back in 2004 the duties affect a long list of products like wine cheese the european commission has a list of counterterrorists it wants to impose on american goods as washington subsidizes boeing drive more tit for tat tariffs here in the offing. is standing by for us in germany's financial hub only want to do those terrorist mean for e.u. companies what means that they will have to have a bit more trouble perhaps selling their wares in the united states because on top of the sales price will come these new tariffs and that means if you're airbus and if you're selling a plane to a u.s. airline then the

nairobi. now more than 2 months after new delhi revoke the special status of indeed administered kashmir felton's of people there remain in prison and some families accuse the indian government of torture and abuse which has even led to suicides allegations denied by indian security forces the people are afraid to speak on camera because they're afraid of the backlash asama bin job it has more it's difficult to recall what happened to him for nearly 2 months in prison but after assurances that we will not reveal his identity me boy opened up. i always used to cry i was kept in a solitary cell with a toilet there was no roof and rain drenched me it was scary i was unable to eat or sleep i had to fold or lift my legs as the cell was very small there was snakes when i started shouting they used to come and take out the snakes but i didn't stop crying a doctor was brought in and he used to inject something that made me unconscious he says he was the youngest among 25 kashmiris flown to a jail more

the kenyan capital nairobi has a population of around 4 and a half 1000000 that's not large by global standards but it is one of the world's fastest growing cities shopping centers are springing up all over reflecting the rising wealth of the middle class. the economy of the city is expected to grow by 6 percent this year. economists at the think tank interregional economic network are calling for more trade between african countries they're skeptical about the criticism of growth expressed by environmentalists in the west because we're not is that forbidden by them until it's mostly in western countries when they're saying they're opposed to grow up but they are jailing people in poor countries to rein in poverty because in poor countries we're struggling to move out of poverty probably to well being and if someone says we should not grow we're simply saying we should remain poor we should remain stuck with diseases and farming. kenya wants to do the opposite and stimulate growth to fight poverty. nairobi at least it's bursting at the seams despite smog and congestion the city is att

was in a school building collapse last month in nairobi killing 8 children. i doubt that day is no life without her she tells us. harriet had just been transferred to the school and was preparing for her final primary school exams. i did not think it was that serious when i got to information reached the get i did see the school building it was flattened i went straight to our class it was and just so glad it was so confused. since then the kenyan government has ordered the shutdown of about $300.00 community and private schools mainly in low income areas thousands of children will be affected so this is the one and several schools in nairobi have already been closed like st catherine primary. which was once used as a mass selling traditional i'll call. the owner tells us he sent all 200 children home when government inspectors said the building is not safe and also that. we're. not sure. what the. contre millions of children attend community or private schools in poor neighborhoods because they're cheaper public schools are free but they're too few crowded a

by as much as $7.00 per gigabyte now let's bring in our correspondent joy during a bear are from nairobi joy does the cost really tally with the internet speeds in africa. it depends on the country even if you're looking at but generally internet is expensive in africa but for countries like kenya where internet ease as fast as $36.00 m. b.b.'s the 2nd or maybe a baseball 2nd you can actually say yes the cost desk tell you to speed but if you look at a country like chad you would actually say that is not the case because added to the we still have countries in africa that are using 2 g. internet and some are still using 3 g. internet while the rest of the world has moved to 4 g. and 5 g. internet and so you could actually say the price would depend on the country whether or not the speeds tell you the cost and $1.00 of the other challenges that most african countries are facing today is the fact that the fiber optic cable is limited and it would cost about 15000 $1.00 to $20000.00 to connect fiber optic or to get fiber optic into some of the african countries so there is a challenge that

i'm now joined by the kenyan that needed the money who's drug in to do that never concede here and nairobi ok that's ok it's your bridge and i'm out of metaphors for this. i mean how people are reacting to this double victory i mean it starts with your children in vienna at that on saturday. it is absolutely insane and i think that's the best word i can use because not a single english adjective is up to describe the energy that has been going around this week and i mean it's one thing to be candid and watch your back to the cannon and watching the victory victory and from kenya was quite something a lot of jubilation and one that euphoria sort of went down it was truly a moment of pause for the nation to really think about what as you control getting his message was and for him to have come from the country obviously that carries with it a special kind of surprise but like the rest of the world lots of jubilation here a lot of shock really and excitement excitement and then of course we had a pretty good cause it becomes your boss this woman to run a marathon in chicago let's listen to he

but for more let's bring enjoy the reindeer in nairobi joy kenya has probably been one of the most popular tourist destinations on country for quite some time has this push for growth being felt. it's being felt quite deeply because what we're seeing today is that tourism in kenya contributes to about 8.8 percent all over the country's g.d.p. and just looking at the numbers from 2018 would be so that kenya actually owned about $7900000000.00 from tourism alone and that puts it as the tourism economy in africa that is after south africa and nigeria so you can actually tell that there are about 1100000 jobs that were created well that are created from the tourism industry i was the picture like in those lesser and less popular countries lesser known countries in africa i think what african countries are not doing so well is aggressive marketing because most of africa can actually be a tourism destination we have of so many walled heritage sites on the continent that the world doesn't know and i guess the steerer type that africa ease the continent is still the perception one way but that is

nairobi children as young as 9 are still being held in indian jails months after a security crackdown in the disputed region of kashmir how many say prisoners have been tortured and some have committed suicide and you know for it has brought in a law permitting detention when it stripped kashmir a special thomas status in august so binge of a report it's difficult to recall what happened to him for nearly 2 months in prison but after assurances that we will not reveal his identity discussed me boy. i always used to cry i was kept in a solitary cell with a toilet there was no roof and rain drenched me it was scary i was unable to eat or sleep i had to fold or lift my legs as the cell was very small there was snakes when i started shouting they used to come and take out the snakes but i didn't stop crying a doctor was brought in and he used to inject something that made me unconscious he says he was the youngest among 25 kashmiris flown to a jail more than a 1000 kilometers away and was arrested under the vague public safety act or p.s.a. which amnesty international calls a lawless law

julian is pushed to change kenya's tech scene started 12 years ago kenya's capital nairobi at that time kenya's a position to go to the streets to protest the disputed election the entire country was in crisis. together with other developers to learn from that a crowdsourcing platform shahidi which is kiswahili for testimony it allowed ordinary people to report incidents of violence in the areas they deal was to create a platform where people could quickly say this is where i am this is what i see this is what's going on and this is because there were lots of incidences that were under reported so we wanted to create a repository where we would put all of this information so that there would be our record of what happened to the country today shahidi is an internationally recognized platform it has been used to report hate crimes during the us elections documents the war in syria and help disaster relief after the earthquake in the poll. and juliana has evolved from a young tech nerd into a global room an advocate for freedom of information. and she's here in person. off the german afri

traffic jams in kenya's capital nairobi cost the economy an estimated $1000000000.00 a year the city is struggling to cope with traffic pollution and commuters are growing increasingly impatient with government inaction because hawke looks at that story from nairobi. it's a city of contradictions where office workers and endangered rhinos live side by side africa's largest slum next to towering skyscrapers and down below is the roaring sound of traffic in a city of 4000000 where most people don't own a car the car is king and the king is slow moving there's a lot of pollution i lose a lot of man hours driving. is really frustrating is really frustrating and. it's. even on very short distances the government believes traffic congestion costs a $1000000000.00 a year in lost productivity in nairobi come to government. to keep in the. subdued. infrastructure not enough roads too many cars most are highly polluting secondhand vehicles imported from asia to make them more fuel efficient most mechanics remove a device called the catalytic converter designed to reduce exhaust emissions dumpe

distances the government believes traffic congestion costs a $1000000000.00 a year in lost productivity nairobi to come to government. to keep in their. subdued. infrastructure not enough roads too many cars most are highly polluting secondhand vehicles imported from asia to make them more fuel efficient most mechanics remove a device called the catalytic converter designed to reduce exhaust emissions dumped in landfills environmentalist say the metal is toxic without it car fumes are heavy with lead and so these cars exhaust burned leaving pedestrians gasping for air we're hours away from evening rush hour traffic and already it. is developing over the city skyline not only is the air pollution double the amount recommended by the world health organization half of the carbon emission that this country emits comes from traffic and car pollution. pollution levels fell for a brief moment in september when protesters calling for climate justice halted traffic he winds even to be even a man's body and that it was lifting the money to keep it from upkeep below do not know much english and n.z. and e

. >> mathare is an impoverished area in nairobi where problems like unemployment, drug and alcohol abusend prostitution are widespread. unwanted preganancies are commonplace. the trtraining center for teene mothers hosts a group session every day. young women who have a p place there can consider thememsleves mothervery lucucky.up session there's a long waiting list. the center is run by ann ochieng. sex education isn't on the curriculum in most kenyan schools. contraception is a tababoo topc and abortion i is illegal. teenage pregnancies are on the rise. >>>> some of them are being trafafficked from eir villages and brought to nairobi with expectations that they'll get an education. but, when they come here, they are turned into house girls. so, you find in between the lines, they don't really get their expectations, there is nobody to provide for their needs and they become an extra burden to the family they are living with. their needs are so many, so in the process of trying to provide for their needs, for example, sanitary towels, they get involved in sexual activities. >> the young

and i'm nicholas holland on the outskirts of nairobi in a flower exporting form find out next whether deal or no deal our exporters here in kenya say you know opportunity and direction. hello there. carol dry weather across japan but unfortunately we're heading into a day a rainy plaintive town streaming in very heavy amounts of rain at times expected on friday the lair of low pressure bringing this and then to the east. actually a typhoon which will have pretty strong winds sustained at about 140 kilometers an hour so there could be some impacts of further to the west across home but really the rain is coming from this area of low pressure now in both cases both systems move away as we head into saturday leaving in exactly dry day behind us on a much better day and sunny plenty of cloud 21 in tokyo and a mostly cloudy skies and quite cloudy. just 15 degrees celsius now the east in the south china the skies here 24 in shanghai not a bad day in hong kong on friday 28 but there is plenty of rain through the interior and that does tend to sink in a bit further southwards as we head off i

the government believes traffic congestion costs a $1000000000.00 a year in lost productivity in nairobi to come to government. to keep in the. subdued. infrastructure not enough roads too many cars most are highly polluting secondhand vehicles imported from asia to make them more fuel efficient most mechanics remove a device called the catalytic converter designed to reduce exhaust emissions dumped in landfills environmentalist say the metal is talk sick without it car fumes are heavy with lead and so these cars exhaust leaving pedestrians gasping for air we're hours away from evening rush hour traffic and already it. is developing over the city skyline not only is the air pollution double the amount recommended by the world health organization half of the carbon emission that this country emits comes from traffic and car pollution. pollution levels fell for a brief moment in september when protesters calling for climate justice halted traffic. he why did he want to be even a man body feel. as if you need to keep from what he feels so much you know and see an electric motor bikes could

kenya's environment agency says it will make the air in nairobi more breathable yet another of the many contradictions to kenya's capital and so until a solution is found commuters will just have to sit and wait. at the top stories here on al-jazeera u.s. special forces have reportedly conducted a raid in syria targeting the isolated backa al baghdadi there are conflicting reports about whether the operation was successful the u.s. magazine newsweek is citing a u.s. army official who says baghdadi was killed a 48 year old iraqi has been reported dead several times before a solid binge of aid has more now from new turkey's border with syria. according to u.s. officials the world's most wanted man is now dead. was killed in a special operations forces raid in northwestern syria in a province called lips so let me run you through on how the $4.00 to $5.00 have panned out we started hearing reports from fighters on the ground that there are helicopters carrying out an attack we've been hearing messages from various fighting forces who have been sending voice messages of when they could you

beneath the sky scrapers of nairobi is this mountain of rubbish wild animals and humans come here to find food as a child lilian don't go thought she would become a doctor instead she's now picking out anything that can be used or reused from this landfill today she's found used plastic intervenors drips a plastic torchlight part of a loaf of bread. and a bag of rice you know. what a waste says this mother of 10 supports her family making $2.00 a day recycling other people's trash i'm not because i'm a family people throw away so much but we try to reuse every bit i do it for my kids for my family but a ban on plastic bags put in place 2 years ago has made her work a lot harder they've been replaced by polly prop and bags they're less polluting but difficult to recycle and so less profitable for a don't go who sells them for less than one cent apiece anyone found manufacturing importing or selling a plastic carrier bag now faces a fine of up to $40000.00 and even a prison sentence still this hasn't stopped the pollution nairobi is one of the fastest growing cities in the world more p

don't get was in a school building that collapsed last month in nairobi killing 8 children. namely bike i doubt it had that day is no life without her she tells us. how it had just been transferred to the school and was preparing for her final primary school exams. i did not think it was that serious when i got the formation reached the get i did see the school building it was flattened i went straight to act less it was in death's door blood when i was so confused. since then the kenyan government has ordered the shutdown of about $300.00 community and private schools mainly in low income areas thousands of children will be affected so this is the one and several schools in nairobi have already been closed like st catherine primary. which was once used as a bustling traditional i'll call. the owner tells us he sent all 200 children home when government inspectors said the building is not safe and also consider that. we're. not sure. but this is the. show for. millions of children attend community or private schools in poor neighborhoods because they're cheaper public school

still this hasn't stopped the pollution nairobi is one of the fastest growing cities in the world more people are moving into the capital than they can contain and with new arrivals comes more waste and so this landfill is expanding faster than the city itself. the stench here is unbearable it's a mixture of human waste and garbage burning but what smells less but pollutes more is this it will take 10 to a 1000 years for this to disintegrate in that switch choking the city. scientists believe humans ingest plastic equivalent to what's in a credit card every week in kenya it could be much more plastic is found in meat and milk. president kenyatta wants to ban single use plastic altogether by june 2020 critics argue it's too little too late and will be difficult to implement none of this total recall to relax on the river from. the west of denver to us but we want somebody else to go west so i didn't is the disposability false and true all who disperse along with us to number. then to catch for now though dealing with trash continues to be considered mostly women's work a burden others d

that we're able to achieve right now but in kenya very encouraged by groups like akira chicks in nairobi they they run training programs and in northern to o'connor there's tech part of learning lines that are very encouraging ok well and you are very encouraging i must say i julian or to 29000 job in africa prize women and i.t. or tech pioneer thank you thank you. now depending on which side of the debate you're on you may be of the opinion that something africa but essentially doesn't need is more weapons but that's not what russia seems to think at the russia africa summit still idiots are discussing everything from nuclear technology to mining but on the sidelines or on the sidelines of the summit stands for arms companies dominated african attendees test everything from gun range simulators to next generation kalashnikov assault rifles but it wasn't just for show during the summit russia announced a deal to supply nigeria with 12 attack helicopters this year alone countries including one mozambique and i'm going are sick to receive arms from russia which by the way is the biggest su

julian has pushed to change kenya's take seems started 12 years ago kenya's capital nairobi at that time kenya's a position to go to the streets to protest the disputed election the entire country was in crisis. together with other developers giuliano from that a crowd source and platform shahidi which is kiswahili for testimony it's allowed ordinary people to report incidents of violence in the areas they deal was to create a platform where people could quickly say this is where i am this is what i see this is what's going on and this is because there were lots of incidences that were under reported so we wanted to create a repository where we would put all of this information so that there would be a wreck org of what happened to the country today show he is an internationally recognized platform it has been used to report hate crimes during the us elections documents the war in syria and help disaster relief after the earthquake in the poll. body and giuliana has evolved from a young tech nerd into a global room an advocate for freedom of information. and she's here in person julia th

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african nation hope that it will increase their sales that close half reports on this story now from nairobi. the english rose is a delicate creature explains elizabeth could the general manager of messiah flowers for the plant to bloom and grow with strength it requires not just attention but devotion these would need special attention because they're headed to the united kingdom and english roles. because they're right because the right length and then . in the opening. britain's prime minister boris johnson is looking to expand the country's trade partners ahead of its looming exit from the european you get his predecessor attempted all sorts of moves to expand economic relations with former african colonies in early october the u.k. signed a partnership deal with southern african nations to keep trading freely after banks but that is the only deal signed so far with former colonies while that special relationship in kenya is worth 8000000000 dollars in trade no agreement has been made and johnson doesn't appear to have made a lasting impression here last year you recall the foreign secre

beneath the sky scrapers of nairobi is this mountain of rubbish wild animals and humans come here to find food as a child lilian don't go thought she would become a doctor instead she's now picking out anything that can be used or released from this landfill today she's found used plastic intervenors strips a plastic torchlight part of a loaf of bread. and a bag of rice you know. what a waste says this mother of 10 to support her family making $2.00 a day recycling other people's trash i'm not because i'm a family of people throw away so much but we try to reuse every bit i do it for my kids for my family but a ban on plastic bags put in place 2 years ago has made her work a lot harder they've been replaced by polly proppant bags they are less polluting but difficult to recycle and so less profitable for a don't go who sells them for less than one cent apiece anyone found manufacturing importing or selling a plastic carrier bag now faces a fine of up to 40000 dollars and even a prison sentence still this hasn't stopped the pollution. is one of the fastest growing cities in the world

and such as it is now back home in nairobi and she's joining me now from our studio to she's good to see you so how was paris i. was really cool it was pretty exciting moment for me in my business and where reached 1st time showing in the showroom in paris during fashion week. we had quite a few buyers come in a few celebrities i think great feedbag all in all from all the people who came through and we're looking forward to hearing back from them excellent so i mean we've we've had a showcase of what some of you work in and i want to ask you what what goes into your creative process how do you come about your designs. part of the process for like my creative sort of zany is influenced by my curiosity about who i am and where i come from so looking at traditional cultures and like that of let's say the messiah in kenya and then trying to for a from the aesthetics and the bead work that is typical of their community and trying to apply that in my day to day life in my clothing so either by creating incorporating print or techniques that are specific to them and. bring on what interest

said or as you said she was very inspired by you keep talking and that's still the scene here in nairobi kenya. money thank you . and that is a news africa as always you can catch the last story on our website facebook page tom it's time. to go. on cool gathers for byron high flying for germany's national t.v. series continues with a minute which could be previously played that's right them plain and clear josh sargent is in the starting blocks ready to go. 60 minutes. in a puzzle yourself it's not easy to go to another country you know nothing about why for i don't do this because we can't stay on venezuela. that. closely global news that matters d.w. made for mines. analyzing poverty to fight it more effectively the nobel prize for economics goes to 3 researchers from india europe and the united states will have a closer look at the also coming europeans. a great opportunity for ethiopia to explore explore potential. i'm chris cuomo welcome to the program trying to do away with the global poverty is sounds about as easy.