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this project in nairobi supports go through vocational training and sex education. it's run by a german nonprofit with the backing of the german government to. follow and god is really young women have a child and by the way girls aged 15 to 19 have 21000000 unwanted pregnancies every year in africa often their lives are almost over because they don't have any chance to further educate themselves. germany says it'll up its contribution to un population research from 22 to 33000000 euro say yes the conference organizers in nairobi hope that by the time it wraps up on thursday more countries will follow suit. the climate change activist gratitude burke sailed across the atlantic to new york as part of her campaign to get world leaders to act on climate change now she was supposed to continue on to the un climate conference in chile next month but that's been moved to madrid leaving on the wrong side of a large ocean and unwilling to fly. she's found the right. wants to go back to europe but won't take a plane so she asked if anyone was sailing her way and gotten off.

this project in nairobi supports go through vocational training and sex education. it's run by a german nonprofit with the backing of the german government to do what has been human fallen god is really young women have a child and by the way girls aged 15 to 19 have 21000000 unwanted pregnancies every year in africa often their lives are almost over because they don't have any chance to further educate themselves. germany says it'll up its contribution to un population research from 22 to 33000000 euros a year the conference organizers in nairobi hope that by the time it wraps up on thursday more countries will follow suit. now an indian boy has become the very definition of inspiration after repeated successes in the sport of swimming but what makes your story remarkable is that he has been winning despite having no arms . the water is after all cut here in dorry's happy place. swimming has helped a young boy overcome big obstacles and made him an inspiration for many in his native india at the age of 7 abdul qadeer lost both of his arms after an accident but he r

this project in nairobi supports girls through vocational training and sex education. it's run by a german nonprofit with the backing of the german government to do what has been unified when god is really young women have a child and by the way girls aged 15 to 19 have 21000000 unwanted pregnancies every year in africa often their lives are almost over because they don't have any chance to further educate themselves. germany says it'll up its contribution to un population research from 22 to 33000000 euro i say yeah the conference organizers in nairobi hope that by the time it wraps up on thursday more countries. follow suit. you're watching d.w. news still to come on our show climate change activists credit to embark is looking for a boat to take her back to europe for the next big climate change conference in madrid it looks like she's found one but it will be a race against time. but 1st paris is hosting a design an art fair focusing on africa the fair called also known as africa attracted more than $100.00 artists and more than 40 exhibitors it's a leading platfor

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again david has been a tailor for 20 years nairobi's kenyatta market has been his retail home for 12 of those years in this shop selling african garments whisky has now to go on as well for connotations they do appreciate koku z. his fabric and garment shop and now the kenyan government are banking on a resurgent appreciation for african attire to boost the manufacturing industry and create jobs thus the president's directive that all public servants wear locally made clothes on fridays and on public holidays on the streets of nairobi the directive has gotten a mixed reception. it's still more next era when when you don't listen to it it's because a lot of african puppets are made from platinum and i see mine is a mix of de mint and cotton and african print and then color this is just it's it's. a better place just like a gal looking at that's in the way to be able to get killed for that you create jobs for the public supply and. the way we look looking my clothes i. have launched. my sick kid had we had a. guy like that we dressed. it was a v 3 and only. you. know and with people st

david has been a tailor for 20 years nairobi's kenyatta market has been his retail home for 12 of those years in this shop selling african garments. koku zeek his fabric and garment shop and now the kenyan government are banking on a resurgent appreciation for african attire to boost the manufacturing industry and create jobs thus the president's directive that all public servants wear locally made clothes on fridays and on public holidays on the streets of nairobi the directive has gotten a mixed reception. it's still more natural and when you don't listen to it it's because a lot of african fabrics are made from platinum and i stress mine is a mix of them and cotton and that's the complaint and then color says this it's it's. a better place just like a good looking good that's innovative you'll get killed for that you create jobs probably supply and. looks look in my place. a. launching. something yeah my 2nd had we had a. highway keep that we just. be a totally. new clothes. and with people sticking to their preferences like buying 2nd hand clothes do the words of the president's dir

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in informal settlements in kenya's capital nairobi up to $500.00 households usually have to make do with one shared public toilet they tend to be wooden huts without any water. georgina wendy lives in a slum in nairobi the 25 year old mother was apprehensive about using the public toilet it was not surprised that suddenly it was not cool. jams even we were infected now she shares this new blue toilet with only 4 other household toilets made by kenyan company shanachie don't rely on sewers the waste is separated into liquids and solids in removable cartridges. it makes the toilet there also relatively cheap to install in the dense alleyways of new kourou can imagine the process that you have to go through to be able to see we're in a place that is the table of the people connected it's what's really. the water list toilet is not only clean it also helps the environment the waste is collected and taken to a treatment facility outside nairobi where it's recycled into organic fertilizer for farmers. and how about you. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send

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that the international conference for the british and world meant commemorative 25 years here in nairobi are right so what is the message in terms of what is coming out of the conference looking at these numbers what does it mean for the continent to say that we're going to double in size in 30 is. i think progression is this visit chris indignation now that. there is i'd wish the african corporations grow we try to be charming but you told me what they're going to cut out the functioning to build a d. i think the challenge is to do with providing quality education air safety seas and so on so if the continent has to address these issues and i'm sure its own source you're going to change the mission goes to there's going to commission that is going to be when the corporation is growing sort of to day so far today the conference years talking about ways in which the african continent just was not the regions of their world country minded country minded their procreation but then the stunting is a credit. is that it's not to be to do the job of government to do so on froebel credentials if

we can provide them safe transport it can be transformative for them as well catherine kolob from nairobi thank you very much. and out to some of the other global business stories making headlines today german comic a dime of us says it will slash at least 10000 jobs worldwide in a major cost cutting drive to help finance the transition to electric cars c.e.o. news previously announced the layoffs as the company is restructuring to adapt to changing comma constable said to be completed by 2022. the number of unemployed people in germany has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 and november fewer than 2200000 people were without a job consumers in the germany are spending more to sting the economy and the job. troubled hong kong airlines says it was unable to pay almost half of its staff their november salaries on time the low cost carriers that business has been severely affected by political unrest in the city in the 6 months of pro-democracy protests have left the tourist sector battered with only how the usual number of visitors travelling to the country. spans the african continent s

population summit underway in nairobi a duck say as we know who is the executive director of the african institute for policy development and joins me now he's and it's bush who's with clothes on how best we can manage our population in africa welcome to africa dr seuss so the prediction is a 1000000000 more africans in 30 yet is is that a given the 2 years you are the proud the professional replicas projected to reach cheryl to double more days you are by trying to be. about to uncover video from the $1.00 beer that there are now so this is one of the ship that is being discussed at the international conference for the british unfoldment the managing 25 years here in nairobi right so what is the message in terms of what is coming out of the conference looking at these numbers what does it mean for the continent to say that we're going to double in size in 30 is. i think progression is just busy busy because the mission now that. there is i've reached african corporations growing try to keep trying to put development for the function not trying to function in already i think the challeng

very soon had 2 children left in mataura and improvised housing settlement in kenya's capital nairobi she works every day as a domestic help so that she can pay for food childcare and rent she can't afford to pay for hospital visits on top of that. the hygiene standard in nairobi's poorer neighborhoods is terrible the road's a full of garbage and human waste bacteria spreads easily hair and that leads to disease people immediately reach for antibiotics 1st gets them from a store around the corner cheap and without prescription. the man behind the counter has no pharmaceutical training people in poor neighborhoods often get poor quality antibiotics the dosage is too overused in the wrong way perfect conditions to create antibiotic resistant superbugs if we're able to save the children to buy the kitchens at the local level then it means when we export a few months we export i suppose you're a drug we're not taking bugs from one place to another and vice versa. so we must to look to be able to affect the global aspects of what she says. this is been a growing problem for kenya's health

in one of nairobi's poorest districts a young woman is raising awareness about gender violence. and the daughter of an indian billionaire office might profile.

who's the head of africa risk analysis at various that's a global risk consultancy and on skype from nairobi we have lydia's a gomer who's the regional director for the horn east and central africa at oxfam international thanks for joining us ladies i do want to begin with these allegations that minister has not been doing enough and i do see that they are saying that they haven't actually been invited by the congolese army to put participate in this offensive against the a.d.f. when it when it all kicked off at the end of last month so let me begin with you. indigo tell me what are there actual rules of engagement here. the rules of engagement a pretty tenuous to be honest with you what we're seeing is is that the levels of the ability of minister to counter against the a.d.f. are pretty limited i the congolese army has since the beginning of november launched what they are calling a final offensive against the a.d.f. and that is meant to be through to the president these own was what is going to finally put an end to the a.d.f. in the east and in east india say particularly around the city

met the children of nairobi were dreaming of becoming the world's best kid when they grow up. can't say again sketching helps me to be strong when i am on my schedule but i feel free when i'm moving on a board especially when i'm dropping into the ball and i come out i feel so good. 16 year old. whenever she gets the chance. to shine in my role being. $100.00 children but a speech box is the best part at least the children think so. because out. of the park opening 2014 it's not just stuff that just passed but also it's just the feeling of being felt confident they've been able to express themselves they've been able. to pull from them both to open up and appreciate but he says when she watches the children she sees cost of neglect and abandonment fade away she sees a brighter future. as often as i dream of going to the olympics one day and introducing women. showing them they shouldn't be afraid of skating because nothing is impossible when you just have to have to move around and be feeling and have enough confidence confident enough. to make a living but skateboarding one d

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normal rainfall ok we can say to our correspondent there mohamed odeh who's in the kenyan capital nairobi and. so the situation is that the death toll is rising mohammed and the rescue workers are finding it really really difficult to get to the area because of the shattered infrastructure what's the very latest. well martin is not just the shot so the infrastructure we know they are wolves and bridges lots of been swept away by the floods caused by torrential rainfall that's been going on for days also extreme weather conditions so humfrey the relief and rescue operations that are going on in the poor colt area that's the poor call to west county in western kenya the interior minister says the much younger and a team will come in a minute this movie had been leading to go on find out the extent of the damage and the number of people who need i'll. just put it on them these briefing journalists in the building behind me the equipment line that the helicopters could multum londa because of extreme weather and continued rainfall which has made visibility almost impossible and what is going

nairobi. 49 people are now known to have died in albania is worst of the earthquake rescue workers are still sifting through rubble in search of survivors the port town of that is one of the worst hit by the 6.4 magnitude quake which also damaged buildings in the capital tehran a more than 500 aftershocks have been recorded 2 men have been at the heart of the briggs it story in europe buying out on sunday a huge commission president. there will be replaced by germany. and the e.u. council president donald tusk is handing over to the former belgian prime minister michel i've already marked the event the symbolic passing on of a ceremonial bell. malta's prime minister has reported to have told colleagues he intends to resign joseph mascots under pressure of the government's alleged cover up of the murder of a journalist 2 years ago that. died in a car bomb explosion while investigating corruption politicians and business executives norbert money has. to government ministers resigned as the prime minister's chief of staff and now joseph musket himself also is telling friends his governmen

for more let's bring in joy doreen bierbauer joins us in nairobi so africa is great fast as we know and so is energy demand investment is needed says this report and it mentions an annual 120000000000 dollars well that's not something that all countries half of their publics costs right. a lot of african countries largely depend on concession loans and grants as well from international body like the i.m.f. or the world bank and they're also the richest countries of the g. 7 countries like russia and germany and so we've seen many of these developed countries as well chipping in to help africa meet some. pressing demands for infrastructure development as well so we can actually counted at least the africa can of poor. care of last of its development to the needs at the moment so what kind of interest do those donors be it countries including countries probably like china or also private investors what sort of interest do they actually have in africa's energy sector. most of the donor countries or in this case international bodies are leaning towards renewable energy solutions when the ar

effects of the invited environmental crisis let's bring in our correspondent joy the rain barrel in nairobi have leave reducing energy consumption restructure the economy how are such demands being taken up in african countries. the demands are being taken out. in quite a serious way because while africa might not understand much about climate change and what it's likely going to impact the continent say in 50 years from today the reason there is a realisation that most of our g.d.p. actually is generated from a group called the agricultural sector most of the african countries are aware that without putting in place for me to gauge and measure is then a group culture sector is likely to be affected and in the long term the economic sector old economies on the african continent as well will be affected so the figures in their studies show that the rich western countries can afford to 5 climate change but african countries will be hit hardest only but only produce 3 percent of the world's c o $21.00 could call that climate colonialism how is that being received across the continent. indeed c

in nairobi kenya africa's largest. is. on hold. from the i do the the most literal soul of a gotta draw it from the most literal everybody will be penned into the need for want an immediate we all want one in the world. eva king of condoms started advocating for safe sex and the importance of using condoms after high school after losing a close friend to a change stanley decided to start honest and open conversations about hiv with as many people as possible to draw people's attention here is this i catch him growing out feet is very attractive and it's also make me feel proud that i'm the king and . a good level at a low level. high level coming from the slums it's like to me. in the last 2 decades hiv infections in kenya have decreased by house organizations like l.v. c.t. health who supply the king of condoms with well condoms have helped these efforts however 5.6 percent of the population still carries the virus and recently and new worrying trend has a much to. do we've noticed that now among the new infections there's an incr

she works in the slums of nairobi to promote self-determination for women it also supports victims of abuse conduction aids information programs in schools and campaigns for women's rights. 3 times. 30 minutes on g.w. . you see india. rice india there are more than 100000 priorities of the popular food but now they're being replaced by just a few hybrid species. farmers cull the no no culture farm and cast aside the morning return to traditional methods for a sustainable future. 90 minutes d.w. . cutting through the noise. where i come from people are known for being tough but fair new york and a lot of people tell it like it it is they call it the concrete jungle the melting pot of a city that never sleeps it's this energy that makes it feel like home but amid the hustle it's important to listen and pay attention because it's not just the loudest voices who move to be heard we all have a story this is how i see it is my job as a journalist to go beyond the obvious now i'm based in europe and my worth taking. you know round the world but my instincts for me of the state to tell the im

and then they had specialist in nairobi. so from that point forward most of her expeditions were for that purpose now on that particular trip she took along to young men that she had met the previous summer in oxford england. the two brothers and she was infatuated with them so she decided to use the expedition as a means to figure out which one might better as a husband. subsequently one propose to her stopping on the way back from africa at a fabulous villa. this was the kind of life that she lived in throughout the 1930s she did many more expeditions. she went to china with an eight month expedition up across northern vietnam into laos them back into southern vietnam and then the museum in philadelphia they brought back a goat specimen for that museum and typical of gertie as they got into saigon toward the end of the expedition the first thing on her mind was to visit the opium den. she wanted to see what it was like to get her but luckily it was in poor quality and it was a disappointment. but she did and at the end of

all right i'm joined by jim a connal in nairobi she's from the united nations and is coordinating their aid relief to the affected areas welcome to days of the africa jim can you tell us about the situation on the ground as we speak in the flood affected areas. sharyn thanks so much for having me today we've got a very serious situation across multiple countries in east africa right now there's about 2500000 people affected by the flooding across the region and that includes in ethiopia somalia south sudan and sudan as well as more people in tanzania and uganda so there are hundreds of thousands of people who have been displaced who've lost their homes who lost their livelihoods we've got many reports of thousands of livestock killed across these countries by the floods was referring flooding and flash flooding and of course we've got roads down and we've got access challenges to get to people in need right talking about those access challenges how are you getting the aid into those remote parts where bridges have been swept away and roads as you say. so in each of the countries across

actually working with government because the government has set up an emergency rescue center in nairobi which. team in fact as i speak now our head of disaster response is in that meeting they are discussing how to coordinate their efforts better and on the ground our regular manager in that region is walking closely with the county government. with backcourt and their you know county commissioner ican to commissioner of the affected areas so those efforts are being coordinated jointly with government and other agencies you are aware that yesterday the president sent the armed forces rescue teams so these are mighty edge in the effort that is going on on the ground is not just the kenyan red cross so was rescued where other survivors being looked after what facilities have been set up in safe areas where landslides won't affect them again certainly for the for the for the short term. here this has been worked out very carefully we. might imagine the teams have identified a number of primary school schools and public institutions that have been determined to be safe where those that have

from on this on the way the international crisis group in nairobi kenya joins us now thanks for your time so put us or see the u.n. mission is failing them but the u.n. says they are not there in warsaw what exactly is the u.n. mission there for. i had a good afternoon. i think would receive in the in the deer sea over the past few weeks is that the effort to see the army is attacking the a.d.f. the a.d.f. on their part is attacking the population and then the population is attacking. the peacekeeping mission in the dear seat and that is their mandate there in the d.n.c. to keep the peace but i think what you see at the moment is that there is no peace to keep so from when it's go it's there really on the pressure and it's very difficult for them to act also because there are a lot of there a lot of expectations from the population that want to go will fix it but that's very complicated ok so let's understand that clearly so over 20 years militia forces have been causing havoc in congo are looking at the un peacekeepers combined 2 weeks to defeat these groups you know you see that wh

dollars into centers and nairobi demand for oil t. engineers is surging rapidly. is cousin blanco becoming the new detroit school with persia opening a new testing center. market might get a welcome boost to. european space engineers improve the aurea the program and compete with private challenges must space sectors. this is business africa on the office wellcome if you're a software developer and live in kenya or nigeria in fact in one of many big african cities right now you're in the right place at the right time the job market for coders and designers is positively flying software giant microsoft is currently pumping $100000000.00 u.s. dollars into software development centers in a row beyond lagos creating $500.00 new jobs and that's just the tip of the iceberg all over the african continent job markets for engineers are growing more rapidly than any other continent. if you have a medical complaint you see a doctor but is the practitioner really a registered physician in kenya patients can find that out using an app designed to protect them from fraudulent d

population summit underway in nairobi and duck samia zuma who is the executive director of the african institute for policy development and joins me now he's an expert who's with clothes on how best we can manage our population in africa welcome to africa dr zuma so the prediction is a 1000000000 more africans in 30 yet is is that a given. years yet the power of the progression of africa's projected to reach arab to double more may see arbitron to be. about $100.00 video from the i'm going to be there so this is one of the ship that is being discussed at the international conference for the mission many many remember watching 25 years old you're right so what is the message in terms of what is coming out of the conference looking at these numbers what does it mean for the continent to say that we're going to double in size in 30 is. i think progression is just busy busy because the mission that. they raised by which the african perversions grow we try to determine what development what they come to charge the function exhilarated i think the challenge is to do with providing quality ed

workers in the slums of nairobi determination for women . also support for. promotion programs in schools and campaign trail. women's rights. 3 times in 60 minutes do you believe. much of it. to link to from africa the more or link to exceptional stories and discussions from the use of these each and i would say d w that comes from africa have joined us on facebook j w i forgot. the world population is increasing the climate is changing it's getting warmer and there are going to be more and more places where you cannot grow critics no problems we have to fix that some the way to do that is to use the modern genetic modification methods to make better crawl it is a lot safer than anything we've done by traditional kinetic mode of the place that you take one to me you know exactly what it is you put it into another plant when we come out exactly where it's gone i think we will be able to provide enough food for people by 2050 if we can make crops that will grow on the 70 arid conditions this will achieve a much greater stability in the food supply that we have

may as a un population summit underway in nairobi adults say india's woman who is the executive director of the african institute for policy development joins me now he's an expert who's with clothes on how best we can manage our population in africa welcome to day debbie africa dr zuma so the prediction is a 1000000000 more africans in 30 years is that a given the 2 years you are the power of the progression of africa's projected your age to double more lazy are by trying to be. sure about to one degree or the one going to be there so this is one of the patients that is being discussed by the international companies for permission for men for marriage in 25 years here in monrovia right so what is the message in terms of what is coming out of the conference looking at these numbers what does it mean for the continent to say that we're going to double in size in 30 is. i think progression is just busy busy because the mission that. they are very tied which the african progression growing is right at the training camp with development but they come to the turn to come to survey d. i think