the battery range of 100 kilometers is enough to get around nairobi.ys in rural areas would be another matter. there is demand for electric vehicles in conservation areas, for exame, and wilife resees such asl pajeta, ur hours north of nairobi. this land cruiser used to be gas driven, but it's been trofitted with an super quiet electric engine, a major advantage here in the savannah. >> what i like about it is the silence. when you are driving close to the animals, animals don't hear it, so they don't get disturbed. we can approach the animals and we can stop, observe the animals, you move without starng unlike the other vehies that usfuel. u have to ranimals.ge on, turne kenya with 40 employees ands tinstalls electric engines inps rs and motorbikes and soon, buses too. electrobility habenefi not on for the eironment, t also f the ecomy here cording topibus co-founder lip lÖvsom. >> gng forward, we will gomors nufacturinin deeper d deep level, which ans we c ma kenya intthe actualcentral br hicles ithis regn and we can g these vecles. ving theehicles m

now take a deep breath because today we head to nairobi, where air pollution is a big problem. kenya is gearing up to switch to electric mobility. viva la revolucion? not quite. as cuba tries to modernize, women are still fighting for gender equality. and all that glitters is not gold. sometimes, it's mica. in india, ild mine collect a mineral widely used in cosmetics.cellphones anc devices all contain cobalt, coltan and gold, metals that are often extracted in some of the world's orest regions and conflict zones under hazardous conditions. one million children between the ages of five and 17 are forced to work in these mineral mines, according to the organisation stop child labour. on average, they earn less than two dollars a day mining raw materials for a sector that sees revenues totalling 700 billion dollars a year. the global mineral industry is booming. but the poor and vulnerable are paying the price. >> komal devi and her five-year-old son raju turn the eartin search of mica. the glittering mineral plays a tal role ithis regn's onomy. for many people, mining the raw ma

that nairobi remains and grows in the green city. in the us are. as nairobi expands, more bottles are expected about how to balance the environment with the needs of the growing city. for now though, come painters see this victory as something to celebrate that hits show is that is it for now at be sure to check out our of the stories on dot com forward slash africa. we're also on facebook and on twitter, we'd love to hear from you. so write us what you think about this stories that we have on the program and the stories that you think we should be covering today will leave you with pictures. i've gotten as a, someone in action tells me it's fine to do. yes, it's on the way to bring you more conservation. how do we make super screen or how can we protect our protect so we can make a difference. good morning to you. series of little salsa d.w. gone mind to know that 77 percent are younger than 60. that's me and me and you and you know what? it's time. no voice is part of the 77 percent. this is where the 77 percent this weekend on d. w. germany is t

from nairobi, the bbc‘s ferdinand omondi has the latest.n kenya, these suspects were arraigned in court. prosecution said they were being investigated for possible links with child trafficking in nairobi. the court will rule on thursday on an application to have them detained to aid with the ongoing investigations. the court appearance came a few hours after the inspector general of police had announced that three medical officers in a public hospital were under arrest on suspicion of colluding with child traffickers. after bbc africa eye exposed an illegal trafficking ring in kenya, the interior secretary, fred matiang'i, has thanked the media for exposing the rot. he has also expressed his satisfaction with the pace at which the inspector general of police has taken action to ensure the crime is ended. police say that local public hospitals and children's homes within nairobi are involved. i am happy that the members of the public, and i want to thank you very sincerely, those who have volunteered information to us on that crime. and i th

from nairobi, the bbc‘s ferdinand omondi has the latest.n kenya, these suspects were arraigned in court. prosecution said they were being investigated for possible links with child trafficking in nairobi. the court will rule on thursday on an application to have them detained to aid with the ongoing investigations. the court appearance came a few hours after the inspector general of police had announced that three medical officers in a public hospital were under arrest on suspicion of colluding with child traffickers. after bbc africa eye exposed an illegal trafficking ring in kenya, the interior secretary, fred matiang'i, has thanked the media for exposing the rot. he has also expressed his satisfaction with the pace at which the inspector general of police has taken action to ensure the crime is ended. police say that local public hospitals and children's homes within nairobi are involved. i am happy that the members of the public, and i want to thank you very sincerely, those who have volunteered information to us on that crime. and i th

away environmentalists say the capital nairobi is losing its green spaces. they've successfully campaign to save an iconic tree in the heart of the city name stamped. and in tune to keep nairobi green, these campaigners sound the alarm over the rapid rate at which the city's trees are being felled. nairobi's population is booming and its streets are struggling to cope with the masses. who clogged these roads daily. that's put pressure on authorities to expand nairobi's highways in the process. cutting down trees that have embellished these roads for decades. including vis figtree. it's over 100 years old. apart from being a city landmark, it's also sacred to some the blue strip on it indicates that it's in line to be axed. but this plan triggered a massive public outcry. this figtree is very significant because number one, egypt is standing at cottage, then a cultural heritage of the country. and the 2nd thing is that it's symbolic of all agree spaces because this particular fig tree is fighting in our communities right now. kenya's government has now backtr

embassies in nairobi kenya and dar es salaam tanzania the blast scale 224 people and injured about 5000. esther was working at the bank right next to the embassy she was retired on medical grounds and only 42 years old nevertheless she still wanted to work but was rejected because of medical reasons i was not the noble woman that would be the woman who used to go to the opiates and walk by my family and. it will not to be a race that i feel so sad that i'm not able to you know. to walk for my company. from then on the former supervisor dependent on financial support from her family regularly she meets up with other survivors of the attack michael lost his mother when he was only 2 years old douglas lost his eyesight they've also struggled financially my dad lost his job so it wasn't it wasn't. my me and nothing money for that so i loved all of us we. still provide for the provide us and even. at some point mine is always a problem. then they heard of the new deal brokered by the u.s. and the sudanese government sudan has agreed to pay $335000000.00 of compensation to the victims of the

name stamped and in tune to keep nairobi green. these campaigners sound the alarm over the rapid rate at which the city's trees are being felled. nairobi's population is booming and its streets are struggling to cope with the masses. who clogged these roads daily. that's put pressure on authorities to expand nairobi's highways in the process. cutting down trees that have embellished these roads for decades, including this fig tree. it's over 100 years old. apart from being a city landmark, it's also sacred to some the blue strip on it indicates that it's in line to be axed. but this plan triggered a massive public outcry. this figtree is very significant because number one to present a cottage, then a cultural heritage as a country. and the 2nd thing is that it's symbolic of all the obvious spaces because this particular fig tree is fighting in our communities right now. kenya's government has now backtracked on felling this iconic tree and more could be saved . this will be for us both many to forgo as we strive to a sure that rub

but those economic implications don't just apply it's what americans our correspondent in nairobi brings us the latest in african reactions to the vote. welcome to d.w. business i'm joined now the one in berlin thanks for joining us the u.s. election continues to be a nail biter and we can't be sure who the winner will be taking a look at the u.s. election map we see so far neither president donald trump nor his democratic challenger joe biden have clinched the 270 electoral college votes needed to win trump has defied pollsters expectations by hanging on to several battleground states but hundreds of thousands are a vote still outstanding in states like pennsylvania for now it appears biden is ahead but that could get changed and that's the state of the race right now now not surprisingly the u.s. election has sent global financial markets for a wild ride wall street opened a higher after a volatile overnight session as investor confidence in big tech stocks drove the nasdaq up almost 3 percent the gains came even as traders brace for a drawn out result that could take days to result lo

way environmentalists say the capital nairobi is losing its green spaces. they've successfully campaign to save an iconic tree in the heart of the city in steps. and in tune to keep nairobi green, these campaigners sound the alarm over the rapid rate at which the city's trees are being felled. nairobi's population is booming and its streets are struggling to cope with the masses. who clogged these roads daily. that's put pressure on authorities to expand nairobi's highways in the process. cutting down trees that have embellished these roads for decades. including this fig tree. it's over 100 years old. apart from being a city landmark, it's also sacred to some the blue strip on it indicates that it's in line to be axed. but this plan triggered a massive public outcry. this figtree is very significant because number one to pretend that college actually sends a cultural heritage of the country. and the 2nd thing is that it's symbolic of all, i mean spaces because these particular fig tree is fighting in our communities right now. kenya's government has now ba

our reporter reports from nairobi. >> an estimated 60,000 children live on the streets of nairobi.hey have become prime targets for child traffickers. rebecca has been homeless for years. her first-born child was stolen for her -- from her as she and has never been seen since. >> [speaking foreign language] >> we were approached by an informant who claimed to know an active trial -- child trafficker targeting homeless mothers. she agreed to speak if hit her identity. -- hid her identity. >> she has been selling kids. at great risk she agrees r. go undercove she calls the informant to the meeting. to her horror, she finds a baby. -- she finds anita has just stolen a baby. >> [speaking foreign language] >> anita claims she has a buyer linedo up who is preparedpay around $450 u.s. dollars. in a desperate attempt tohe stop r from selling the child, our informant tells her she knows a buyer who is willing to pay over $700. >> [speaking foreign language] >> a child's life is in immediate danger, so we reported police. to the they agreed to try to arrest anita. pose athe buyer and meet an

embassy in nairobi 22 years ago but she and many other kenyan survivors have been excluded from a compensation package that has been largely dedicated to american victims also on the program notes cook america was the one to learn full. member of the cult it's not about. racial tension in south africa we've got a report from a high school in cape town that's become the latest flashpoint. we've been told everything these people what they do not. know about their racism and i can we along with. hello i'm christine will have your company kenyan victims of a bomb attack on the u.s. embassy and 998 have criticized a new compensation deal when al qaeda bombed u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in august 1998 it was the 1st islamic terror attack targeting the united states on foreign soil kenya suffered most of the casualties with 224 people killed and thousands of others injured in the capital nairobi. neighboring so done provided in direct support for al qaeda and its leader osama bin laden who carried out the attacks as a result the u.s. put sudan on the list of countries that support terrorism

oman xylo, joining us from nairobi. thank you, professor. just over a month since nigerians took to the streets to protest against police brutality some demonstrators say they are now being targeted by authorities for their participation in the end. saul's movement it early october young nigerians began demonstrating calling for the ban. all saw as that was a notorious police unit that had long been accused of violent arrest. and now the protests erupted off to a video showed a saws office, a illegibly shooting a man in delta state, before driving off peaceful protest organized and of the hash tag, and saw its spread across the country and to nigeria. and as for communities around the world, the 2 weeks approach has ended when security forces fired live rounds on demonstrators in lagos, killing several people focus of more on this crackdown on activists i'm joined at the table by our very own tomi oladipo. good to see you, tony. so just how do people say that they're being targeted by the authorities in this, in this crackdown, or there's a

nairobi produces more than 3000 tonnes of rubbish each day. almost 2 thirds of it are organic waste. black soldier flies keep these levels in check. it works like this. caesar and sort of hatched, and they've come out of the tree. after a 5 year olds, we incubate them in the wastes, where they start to take. this is now day 0 from be 0. we go to day 4, as you can see, they really like wood to moments. from before we have the 8th, they're starting to get a bit dark brown in their faces. and on day 10, there are a nice caramel color and ready for harvesting 90 percent of this is harvested and is turned into feed mill. 10 percent. continue the process to become flies again. the leftovers from the process that turned into animal feed and compost soon instead to process it will be producing 40 tons of animal feed a month. it's a win win situation, especially as it reduces nairobi's reliance on imported animal phrase. studied agriculture at university, but nothing to do with insects. this is all accidental. so we started looking at alternatives for

nairobi produces more than 3000 tonnes of rubbish each day. almost 2 thirds of it are organic waste. time at schubas, black soldier flies keep these levels in check. it works like this. caesar and sort of hatched and they've come out of the tree after a 5 day old's, we incubate them in the wastes, where they start to take. this is now day 0 from the 0. we go to day 4. as you can see, they really like what's moments from day 4, we have the 8th, they're starting to get a bit dark brown in their faces. and on day 10, they're a nice caramel color and ready for harvesting 90 percent of this is harvested in this turn. into feed mill, 10 percent is continuing the process to become flies again. the leftovers from the process that turned into animal feed and compost soon instead to process it will be producing 40 tons of animal feed a month. it's a win win situation, especially as it reduces nairobi's reliance on imported animal phrase. studied agriculture at university, but nothing to do with insects. this is all accidental. so we started looking at a

njeri mwangi, bbc news, nairobi.uld be put under level 4 coronavirus restrictions, which are close to a full lockdown. in today's coronavirus briefing the scottish first minister said that there wasn't yet enough certainty that current levels of the virus wouldn't lead to the health service being overwhelmed. one of the issues we are looking at very closely is whether the current restrictions are reducing covid rates quickly enough in some areas, particularly in parts of the west of scotland, these areas that have stable but still stubbornly high prevalence of the virus. stubbornly high prevalence causes us concern for a number of reasons, two in particular that i would like to highlightjust now. firstly, it means that we don't have enough assurance, 01’ as much assurance as we would want to have, that our hospital and intensive care services are able to cope as we go deeper into the winter. we know that winter always brings additional pressures on the nhs, and ensuring that it can cope with those pressures, as well

njeri mwangi, bbc news, nairobi.e pressure they get from the community, a woman if she cannot conceive or have children, it's a big problem, and a boy child is much more valued, so they tend to look for short cuts so they tend to look for short cuts so they can solidify their position in they can solidify their position in the community and family. while we we re the community and family. while we were doing our investigation, anita said that some of the children are used for rituals. and here's the bbc‘s ferdinand 0mondi from nairobi on how widespread the problem is. (tx sor) it is really difficult because there are unreliable statistics on child trafficking in kenya but there is an ngo trafficking in kenya but there is an n60 and their ceo has documented at least ngo and their ceo has documented at least 600 cases of missing children in the past three years and she says that the demand is fuelled by women who cannot have children, so these are highly secretive and lucrative businesses in kenya which affect the coun

a graffitti artist from nairobi kenya he and his friends used to brighten up the walls of the neighborhood and highlight issues affecting them check it out. does it use to. be. mean it's. easy to. use. to. believe that these. was a huge mistake. you can see more from an instagram page and you can always tell us which topics interest you by e-mailing us 7 to 7 at the w. dot com now to talk about the drug abuse i will be joined right now in the studio by someone who lost a lot about it she is that journalist and filmmaker maya who's documentary about drug use was even nominated for an international in your ward this is why. investigative journalist drona my accompanied 9. heriot anti drug squads battling dealers of coding a highly addictive cough syrup my as work exposed pharmaceutical company selling the drug illegally and codings devastating affects the ensuing documentary resulted in nigeria banning the production of coding. welcome ruina and congrats on you or any i was the very life or the feeling is amazing i mean money yeah because i have a tongue go up on my wall man every day i look

let's cross to correspondents in the kenyan capital, nairobi joy doreen berra, joy, we can see the impact. health wise in sub-saharan, africa, of the pandemic, hasn't been enormous, but the impact on economies has been, hasn't it? yes, it has been economically, it has been the vul. the fact that the seeing a resurgence in the developed countries is likely to continuously affect for can countries that are highly dependent on trade. we've developed countries in export as well as the mineral resources as well. but when it comes to the fact economically, africa's economy has shrunk by about 3.2 percent just the year alone. and it's only expected to grow all depending on how the entire globe react to whatever is going to be happening. because this pandemic has shocked the entire global economy and by extension the african economy as well. i mean, while debts are only increasing on some countries, now the point where they're likely to default on this, that's right. between 20152018, many african countries have accumulated did a lot. and if you look at countries like exam be a which has been in

thank you so much for joining us from nairobi. thank you. professor just over a month since nigerians took to the streets to protest against police brutality, some demonstrators say they are now being targeted by authorities for their participation in the end. saul's movement not only october, young nigerians began demonstrating calling for the ban of saws. that was a notorious police unit that had long been accused of violent arrest meant the process erupted after a video showed a saws office that allegedly shooting a man in delta state before driving off. now peaceful protest organized and of the hash tag and saw its spread across the country and to nigeria, and that is where of communities around the world. the 2 weeks of protests ended when security forces fired live rounds on demonstrators in lagos, killing several people. focus of more on this crackdown on inside of us. i'm joined at the table by our very own tomi oladipo. good to see you tony. so just how do people say that they're being targeted by the authorities in this, in this cr

embassies in nairobi and dar es salaam in tanzania to this day. many victims are still waiting in vain for financial restitution. esther remembers that day like it just happened on the 7th of august 1998 at 10. 30 in the morning. she heard the 1st blast when i knew that the whole building was time, you know, and that is why i think the previous week we ought to be because of my kitchen. and the 2nd blast, it's when i was thrown out. and people tell me that i was collected on the pavement . i looked like i had died. so they thought that those severely injured she survived. and that they almost similar 10 years me. bombs exploded at u.s. embassies in nairobi, kenya, and dar es salaam, tanzania, the blast scale 224 people, and injured about 5000. esther was working at the bank right next to the embassy. she was retired and medical grounds at only 42 years old. nevertheless, she still wanted to work, but was rejected because of medical reasons. i was not the noble woman that would be the woman who used to go to the office and my family. if it were not

oman, xylo, joining us from nairobi. thank you, professor. just over a month since nigerians took to the streets to protest against police brutality, some demonstrators say they are now being targeted by authorities for their participation in the end. saul's movement not only october, young nigerians began demonstrating calling for the band of saw as there was a retore as police unit that had long been accused of violent arrest. and now the process erupted after a video showed a saws office, a illegibly shooting a man in delta state, before driving off. now peaceful protest organized and of the hash tag and saw its spread across the country and to nigeria. and that is where of communities around the world. the 2 weeks of protests ended when security forces fired live rounds on demonstrators in lagos, killing several people. focus of more on this crackdown on activists i'm joined at the table by our very own tomi oladipo. good to see you, tony. so just how do people say that they're being targeted by the authorities in this, in this crackdown?

embassies in nairobi kenya and dar es salaam tanzania the blasts killed 224 people and injured about 5000. esther was working at the bank right next to the embassy she was retired on medical grounds and only 42 years old nevertheless she still wanted to work but was rejected because of medical reasons i was not the noble woman that would be the woman who used to go to the office and walk by my family. it would not to be a race i feel. that i'm not able to you know. to work for my problem. from then on the former supervisor dependent on financial support from her family regularly she meets up with other survivors of the attack michael lost his mother when he was only 2 years old douglas lost his eyesight they've also struggled financially my dad lost his. it wasn't it wasn't. enough money for that so i love of us we. still provide for the provide us and even. at some point mine is always a problem. then they heard of the new deal brokered by the u.s. and the sudanese government sudan has agreed to pay $335000000.00 of compensation to the victims of the attacks in return the us removed

embassy in nairobi, 22 years ago. but she and many other kenyan survivors have been excluded from the compensation package that has been largely dedicated to american victims. also on the program. for the fall, kokrajhar was the instrument being told, it's not about racial tension. in south africa. we've got a report from a high school in cape town, that's become the latest flashpoint. we've been told everything, these people they do their racism. and i can, we, along with hello, i'm christine, will have your company kenyan victims of a bomb attack on the u.s. embassy in 1980. have criticised a new compensation deal when al qaeda bombed u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania. in august 1998, it was the 1st islamic terror attack targeting the united states on foreign soil. kenya suffered most of the casualties with 224 people killed and thousands of others injured in. the capital, nairobi, neighboring sudan provided in direct support for al qaeda and its leader. osama bin laden, who carried out the attacks. as a result,

njeri mwangi, bbc news, nairobi.chief negotiator saying there had been "progress" but "a lot to do". the main sticking points are fisheries, a small part of the uk's economic activity but a symbolic one, with disagreement over the level of access the eu will get to fish in uk waters. fair competition is the second issue, also known as the "level playing field". the eu says the uk must to stick to agreed rules on government aid to british firms so that there's no unfair advantage. and third is what's known as the governance of the deal — if an agreement is reached, who will police it and how?

embassy in nairobi, 22 years ago. but she and many are by kenyan survivors, has been excluded from a compensation package. and germany's footballers face the czech republic party is that it overloaded with too many matches, put in play as a priest sharing that and damaging germany coach dawkins. it gives us his view i'm rebecca rich's welcome to the program. europe is set to secure with 300000000 doses of an experimental covert 9 tame vaccine developed by germany's biotech and the us pharmaceutical giant pfizer. a european commission president would have on the line is jew to approve if the deal on wednesday she describes it as the most promising vaccine. so far, the makers say trials show their drug is more than 90 percent effective at preventing covert. 9 tain. here in germany as elsewhere, there is guarded optimism over the development. when human trials of b n t, $160.00 began earlier this year, no one knew if they would lead to a coronavirus vaccine. the reports that this substance is in fact highly effective, ha

notjust nairobi but across the country. for more on this story head to the bbc news website.pecial investigation by bbc africa eye into kenyan child trafficking rings. the bosesses of twitter and facebook have defended their approach to tackling misinformation during the us election campaign. jack dorsey and mark zuckerberg faced lawmakers in the senate today. part of the discussion was president donald trump's post—election tweets — and this stand off between the new york post and twitter in october over a story that made unverified claims about the president—electjoe biden‘s son hunter. both facebook and twitter had intervened to limit its spread. here's the senator lindsey graham. what i want to try to find out is if you're not a newspaper or twitter 01’ facebook then maybe you have editorial control over the new york post? they decided and maybe for a good reason, i don't know, that the new york post articles about hunter biden needed to be flagged, excluded from distribution or made hard to find. that, to me seems like you are the ultimate editor. twitter‘s ceo jack dors

malcolm webb is following events in ethiopia from nairobi. he's with us now malcolm. what are we to make of the prime minister's claims? will prime minister as he had told, members of parliament that the government side didn't kill a single civilian? this is contradicted by the team p.l.s. leader's account. they say that civilian casualties have been high and they say that civilians were targeted in government airstrikes, something that the government side denies. we also heard from the red cross in macquarie, that's the regional capital, the city of about half a 1000000 people. they say that about 80 percent of the people in hospitals there have trauma injuries or they have, they haven't said how those injuries have been sustained. but they will say said that there's a serious shortage of essential medical supplies and a shortage of body bags. so who to believe the prime minister or the t p.l.f.? how can we ascertain what is actually galling mcalary? who for weeks the internet, the phone lines are being cut off and there's also the area is heavily restricted to be no

embassy in nairobi. 22 years ago. she is among many survivors excluded from a new compensation package. but now she's hoping the incoming tide and ministration full transform for fortune. i'm sorry, kelly, welcome to the program. all of hong kong's pro-democracy lawmakers have resigned in protest after the territory's government disqualified 4 of their colleagues. his family is now the hong kong chief executives. decision came minutes after the chinese parliament passed a resolution allowing kerry and lamb to expel legislators without having to go through the courts. beijing has recently moved to clamp down on opposition, voices in hong kong by imposing a national security law. after months of anti-government, protests rocked the city. last year, china's foreign ministry spokesperson defended the decision to not tell me where you went. you think you can do this year to feel it is a necessary measure in order to maintain the rule of law in hong kong and the constitutional order of the special autonomous region thought

joining us there from nairobi, thank you for your time. thank you for having gotten to the us now where donald trump's legal challenge to the election results has suffered another setback. pennsylvania supreme court rejected his campaign's arguments, that republican party observers did not get close enough access during vote counting. president elect joe biden is projected to have won the state, but is contesting the result there and in other battleground states. that speaks to, kimberly, how could a white house correspondent in washington d.c., so kimberly the champ campaign continuing to suffer legal setbacks, but the president, still challenging the election results, saying his one. yeah, absolutely. a bit of a twitter tantrum the small inning as the president continues to insist that he won the election even as these court cases continue to not be held up. the president, once again, no public events on his schedule, but still behind the scenes making these statements, none of the really new information, but the president insisting that

all other hospitals, not just in nairobi, but across the country.: for more on thise tory, go to c website bbc.com. there are all the details of that year-long special investigation by the bbc africa eye team into kenyan trafficking rings. stay with us o"outside source. " still to come, absolutely terrifying scenes in columbia as a powerful -- colombiawe as a ul hurricane slams into the country. berlin police have arrestede thn suspected of carrying out an on jewelry heist at one of the wor's oldest museums last year.around a dozen items d from the newseum in dresden's royal pace, their value too great to be calculated. our berlin correspondent has the background to the heist. >> thiis a big development in the case which really shocked country when it happened, not ast the worth of what was stolen, these storable treures . it was said that there were at the time was immeasurable, said the museum authorities, but also because of the audacity of the crime. the thieves managed to create a partial electricity blackout at the museum before smashing their

embassies in nairobi, kenya, and dar es salaam, tanzania. the blasts killed 224 people, and injured about 5000. esther was working at the bank right next to the embassy. she was retired on medical grounds at only 42 years old. nevertheless, she still wanted to work, but was rejected because of medical reasons. i was not the noble woman that would be the woman who used to be all my family and if it were not to to be a race, i feel so sad that i'm not able to you know, to walk or bike from then on the former supervisor dependent on financial support from her family regularly, she meets up with other survivors of the attack. michael lost his mother when he was only 2 years old, douglas lost his eyesight. they've also struggled financially. then they heard of the new deal brokered by the u.s. and the sudanese government sudan has agreed to pay $335000000.00 of compensation to the victims of the attacks in return, the u.s. removes the country from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. so dan was listed because it holds that al qaeda leader, os

i was winning political cartoonist satirist and a political commentator based in nairobi hello patrick it's great to have you you've written a lot about the u.s. elections in relation to africa one of them is titled the black election looms what are you driving at. well. thanks for having me on the point i'm trying to drive there has been. hard to talk what an african of action is and there's been lots of comparisons almost happening in the u.s. with. perceive elections in africa. and those violent. point was done i actually offered a lections in many african countries not all of them pretty good elections if you look at this is. really. pretty lections. much better than the us does it so the us elector enough gun won i think it's a cricketer when african one which is where the black face comes. ok so so in doing so what are some of the major issues happening in the us you're trying to address them. i think in the us for us from where i sit the u.s. house of a long time being one of the loud has proponents all 3. of them democracy in general and have been preaching to africa for very l

mostly in nairobi and mumbai. the number of people infected with the coronavirus in kenya is sharply rising. it's a worrying trend in a nation where intensive care beds are in short supply or far she says started scaling up the country's testing capacity, reporting more than 1300 new infections on tuesday without a scene. and without in the queue in sight. we've probably been looking at most people peeks over the next coming months. kenya's government bought back restrictions last week. these include an overnight curfew from 10 pm and bars and restaurants have been ordered to close by 9 pm and make a difference. twitter. people who are more worried about these things, and they're also more cautious with a 2nd wave of people drop their goods down. so as a result, you find the number of the race against time has now resume for kenya to suppress the spread of the virus. and avoid overwhelming its health facilities. my 1st guest today is professor owens, i live, he's from the department of medical microbiology at the

embassies in nairobi, kenya and dar es salaam, tanzania. the blasts killed 224 people and injured about 5000. esther was working at the bank right next to the embassy. she was retired on medical grounds at only 42 years old. nevertheless, she still wanted to work, but was rejected because of medical reasons. i was not the noble woman that would be the woman who used to be all my family and if it were not to to be raised. i feel so sad that i'm not able to, you know, to work for my company. from then on the former supervisor dependent on financial support from her family. regularly. she meets up with other survivors of the attack . michael lost his mother when he was only 2 years old. douglas lost his eyesight. they've also struggled financially. then they heard of the new deal brokered by the u.s. and the sudanese government sudan has agreed to pay $335000000.00 of compensation to the victims of the attacks in return, the u.s. removes the country from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. so dan was listed because it holds that al qaeda

hello, i'm ciru muriuki, and thanks forjoining me here at the arboretum in kenya's capital nairobi forof witness history celebrating some extraordinary women. coming up, we will hear about the fight for equal religious rights for women at the western wall injerusalem... ..how the american space agency nasa first allowed women to take an active part in its missions in the 1970s... ..and the campaign to make the contraceptive pill available in japan. but first, we go to sri lanka in 1960, when sirimavo bandaranaike was elected the world's first female prime minister. mrs bandaranaike entered politics after the assassination of her husband. witness history has been speaking to her eldest daughter sunethra about her mother's remarkable political achievement. you are the first woman prime minister in the world. does this have any effect? do you think it makes your influence less strong or more strong? i should say more strong. do you think women would be more capable of solving the problems of the world than men are so far? that's left to be seen. my mother was incredible. she shed her reti

for the update, thanks very much from nairobi. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour, including why these protesters in south africa are rallying against a school in cape town. where doubletons transfer, overturning the election result near 0. his lawyers resort to increasingly wild claims. and new zealand's prime minister draws the women's rugby team against some of their faces, rivals as they prepare to defend the world cup travel, host exams in sport. army says it has entered a district that's been under armenian control for almost 30 years. it's one of 3 areas that armenia has to hand back as part of a cease fire reached. just over a week ago. russia helped broker the truce and has peacekeeping forces on hand to oversee the transfer. armenians angry about giving up the land and have been protesting to demand their prime minister. resign as a by john in armenia, sign the agreement to end 6 weeks of fighting over nagorno-karabakh. well, let's take a closer look at the regions being handed over that region alone. is

embassies in nairobi and dar es salaam and tanzania to this day, many victims are still waiting in vain for financial restitution. esther remembers that day like it just happened on the 7th of august 1998 at 10. 30 in the morning. she heard the 1st blast when i knew that the whole building was that me, and that is why i think the prayer we thought to be because of my kitchen. then the 2nd blast, it's when i was thrown out. and people tell me that i was collected on the pavement . i looked like i had died. so they thought probably i was dead, though severely injured. she survived and that they almost imitating his li, bombs exploded at u.s. embassies in nairobi, kenya and dar es salaam, tanzania, that blasts killed 224 people, and injured about 5000. esther was working at the bank right next to the embassy. she was retired on medical grounds at only 42 years old. nevertheless, she still wanted to work, but was rejected because of medical reasons. i was not the noble woman that would be the woman who used to go to the office and walk or make my family. and if it were not to be race, i fee

here in nairobi the dominance of chinese tech is undeniable from telecommunication lines to satellite networks right down to the planes in people's hands and the apps on those fights chinese companies have this market and much of the data it produces in its cross trends in holdings for instance sells to over 40 percent of the mobile market in sub-saharan africa it's fun someone to the brand names techno i tell and in phoenix but its strategy doesn't end with the hardware data driven apps like the music streaming service play and digital payment platform pompei add to a growing repository of data on african uses and can help boost money making opportunities for transients when you think about those and i think any i think the thing that gets lost is that the primary objective it was about money was fundamentally about using power using culture using all these kinds of tools to impose one society in another societies throughout the 1st society could make money off of that where you define corner as a map that then you really start to see the resonances in china has been investing in afr

malcolm webb reports from nairobi. prime minister, as we had told, members of parliament that the government side didn't kill a single civilian. this is contradicted by the team p.l.s. leaders account. they say that civilian casualties have been high and they say that civilians were targeted in government airstrikes, something that the government side denies. we also heard from the red cross in macquarie, that's the regional capital, the city, about half a 1000000 people. they say that about 80 percent of the people in hospitals there have trauma injuries or they have, they haven't said how those injuries have been sustained. but they will say said that there's a serious shortage of essential medical supplies and a shortage of body bags. the funeral service for the top iranian nuclear scientists musson fox result, has been held in the capital tehran. he was killed on friday. iran's leaders blame israel and say that they will retaliate. indian farmers, blocking roads in a protest against new laws are refusing to move to

so his catherine sawyer, following the story today from our bureau in nairobi. what happened in court today while the listen is still in the courtroom following the proceedings very keenly. he's looking quite frail and frankly tired. he's after all 84 years old. and the court started by asking him to identify himself and talk, asking him if he could understand the proceedings he was giving his responses. ynys can now run. the native language has been translated through one of the interpreters and they read out the prosecution, read out his charges, those charges that is still going on. so it's 7 counts in tortola, including genocide, complicity in genocide, direct incitement to commit genocide, extermination, and so war and so right now, the prosecution is just giving more details on those charges. what those charges are based on. and if you remember, there was a back and forth on where exactly will he be tried, the hague, or tanzania, or rwanda. he was supposed to be transferred to a russia in tanzania. the u.n. court that replaced the i.c.t. are that the un tr

if must production would start the life of thousands of delivery workers in nairobi and on the whole continent could change. and now for a beauty pageant, but this one's not just and the parading of beautiful women and men in extravagant clothing. they miss a young age, have a positive twenty's when it doesn't focus on looks, but more on creating grown models for young people. with the organizers hope to overcome stigma in uganda. more than 1400000 people live with the virus their runway show is meant to inspire and support the fight against the disease. and that is a for now be sure to check out our other stories on dot com, forward slash africa, or on facebook and on twitter. well, see you next time i find out my 1st by say, was the sewing machine where i come from, women are almost by this ocean for something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle is, isn't. since i was a little girl, i wanted to have a bicycle of my home and it took me less than finally they gave up on rental by me . and i say this, but returns with the sewing machine. sewing, i suppose, was more appropriat

nairobi has more on the response from leaders in that is going to continue to fight. and there are certainly questions about where the tb left leadership are now . and also what's happened to the reportedly tens of thousands of fighters that until at least just a few days ago, they controlled also the substantial military resources they controlled as well. but this conflict has been brewing for several months. that certainly potentially could have given them time to hide some of this military hardware in the mountains in the region in these mountains, certainly they know very well. their existence began in the 1970 s. when they formed the insurgency and successfully overthrew the government of the time in 1991. so they know this. terry well concerned that they could wait to relive warfare from their funerals have been held for dozens of farmers killed. was working in rice fields in nigeria's, northeast local officials, blame fighters for murdering at least 43 people. some were tied up before being stored at least 8. i'm missing after the attack, near my degree, nearly