nigeria's presidency again claimed this week that. long as surgeons he had been quote defeated but even his admits that the north of the country is still a violent place blame in what it says is a mixture of boko haram remnants criminal groups and jihadists from the mafia and west africa president mohammed a former general has previously said the group will quote beaten. so where does this leave the people who live there doctors without borders say as the conflict in borno state means many of the 1800000 displaced people now suffer from mental illness. is a town southeast of my degree where about half of these 70000 inhabitants are displaced people some live in camps others in the host community wherever they are there is not enough psychological support for them. many of the displaced people have suffered terrible abuse would like you to listen to the testimony off too much oh that's not her real name she's the victim of. i'm 17 not working i'm going forced me to get married and i got pregnant they took the baby out and damage my blo

flourish how common is modern day slavery in nigeria today. modern this knavery in one theory is very calm one you find that a lot of families are based in villages one their children so eventual to d.c. teens who walk for a wealthy family or travel out of the country you know nigeria is it is a country with around 200000000 people in terms of population and it's a very huge contrie and at the same time poverty is also very intense unemployment is high so you can imagine how all these all these negative factors affect modern day slavery and people being easily deceived made promises that ok if you leave this reality from me you'll be allowed to go to school you'll be given a better life and all of that and all these things just make more then beastly remain on your rice so who are all those well let's call them employers how do the parents get in touch with them to sell their children. well the most common cases you find is that many of these employers who usually call themselves agents would go to these villages and talk to families that the

business africa coming up in the next 15 minutes nigeria's. more than a 1000000 people have been displaced standoff trapped by violence as a decade conflicts between the government and all brute rages in borno state also on the program i. think. you will meet nigerian animates his work was screened at the outcrop animation film festival of. the film funded and why it's a hit. that i will go to war right always. too soon it's all of those i will tell you the same kind of stories i like to be what excites a result of my life because it was down there wasn't anything like that before. come to africa today and we begin in nigeria where this week has seen more than 100 dead in a series off clashes and attacks between regional forces and isn't a missed fight in the country's wealth east military sources say 20 troops and more than 40 jihadists with killed any of this weekend bugga on lake chad based off the multinational joints tossed their troops on the jerries regional allies as seen repeated attacks since 2014. nigeria's president again claimed t

this meeting in her office in lagos stunts with the issue of obesity in nigeria.if a patient is larger than those boeing aircraft and i think the patient actually has bigger issues to worry about because obesity is a widespread problem that people didn't have a seat to get my do you think it's going to go that's a. no gave you see movies patients or you know information. in the western world before these diseases of lifestyle came about yet almost successfully eliminated the infectious diseases but here in africa we're fighting with bottles at the same time. after his study is older orekunrin moved to have parents home and set up flying doctors nigeria. their commitment is very personal. her youngest sister died while on holiday in 1000 rhea . the rescue plane from south africa arrived too late. i think it appears have gave a century wrong. but i just didn't want my particular organization to have to rely on the funding because africa needs to be passed i felt very passionately when i actually came that nigeria needs to be able to stand by itself eventually withou

s africa coming up in the next 15 minutes nigeria's east more than a 1000000 people have been displaced standoffs trapped by violence as a decade's conflict between the government and off groups rages in borno state also on the program i. think. we will meet nigerian animates his whose work was screened at the across animation film festival hall they got the film funded and why it's a gift. to go to for a ride i went. to see i will tell you the same kind of story that i like to do what excites a result of my life because you never seen anything like that before. i'm christine will welcome to news africa day and we begin in nigeria where this week has seen more than 100 dead in a series off clashes and attacks between regional forces and is a missed fight in the country's wealth east military sources say 20 troops and more than 40 jihadists with killed any of this weekend aga on lake chad a. national joint tossed their troops on the jerries regional allies has seen repeated attacks since 24. nigeria's presidency again claimed this week that vocal decade long is surgeons he had been quote

speaking about nigeria and i want to talk about friends. affecting the overall governance of include the rapid population growth by 2030 1.7 billion people. 80 percent of the growth will be in cities. that will also have an impact. knowing in the '90s, marshall position cities. [inaudible] government transition after very simply the mid- 90s inaudible. [inaudible] the rapid growth in industries and manufacturing but also job incentives this is important because more of the 60 we have an important shortage in terms of employment. we have a couple of original integration with the african effect oh ability. when mobilization in south africa where people have access to come into work from beltway. finally, they also democratic backsliding. so i think the country from the '90s to 2010 about where you have many countries which. [inaudible] example of countries such as the democratic affecting important factors. this makes a difference on how countries are ran and generate movement in the northwest part of the country. coming to nigeria, i will be

also, nigeria and ethiopia. between these six countries, we have roughly half of africa's population represented and frankly, a fair amount of hopefulness. sayody is going to b everything is going to be great, but we thought we would bring together a consensual framework. even though they all struggle and any progress is still fragile. i will stop and hand the baton to suzanne maloney, our deputy director of the foreign policy program and one of the country's top iran experts. ,ran is not to far from africa so she things about this content herself and she will be our moderator today. moderator: thank you for coming on a monday morning in august. i look forward to a really interesting and inspiring conversation. i would like to start with the professor. if you could give us a kind of historical sense, situate this moment over the course of history. where do we stand, particularly if you might focus on kenya? >> thank you. thanks, mike. thanks for inviting me. when i was thinking about this event and we think of a

now physical abuse of women is currently one of the most discussed topics in nigeria after s n it's a was caught on camera a few weeks ago brittany slapping a woman is now being investigated and faces possible dismissal from the and i chair in senate al correspondent. on the devastating effects of violence against women in the country. fatima is a young single mother who has 3 children she wants to keep right there to see he do fatima says she endured beatings for my husband for 11 years of the american church the most severe was when he beats her for taking the biggest fish in the ports as i was friends with. our goods i'm going to have everything and ours are due for the family. to be established it's. good to be here fatima was rushed to hospital by her neighbors the violence she suffered from her husband has scarred half forever but 5 as it gives women doesn't only happen in relationships and in the home it's much more widespread a few weeks ago this c.c.t.v. video triggered outreached responses it shows in nigeria and sinitta slopping a woman more typical times. i have. to man ha

the forestation is a huge problem in nigeria. a study by the un food and agriculture organization found that $410000.00 hectares of forest were cut down each year. not only does that have a major impact on the climate it also leads to erosion and the forming of new deserts. but the forests aren't being destroyed just to make charcoal they're also being cleared for farmland and yet 87 percent of all trees logged in nigeria are used for firewood or charcoal. harry hoffman is a scientist for years he's been concerned about the charcoal production in africa. it's the only way they can make a living during the dry season towards the end of the dry season before they return to their fields if there's nothing left to pay for school so they go to the forest and cut down trees to make charcoal they can sell on the street corner even if it is illegal. when they do they risk their fields drying up. back to germany. is the wood specialist at the world wildlife fund today he's brought bags of charcoal to the tune an institute in hamburg to on

but now perhaps let me speak about four or six key trends in nigeria. why nigeria? extremely important. first off, nigeria has about 20% of the gdp of the continent and about 75% of the gdp of the west african region. so nigeria is just too big to ignore. second point is also related to extreme poverty. so nigeria has about 94 million people living below extreme poverty lines, which represents over 47% of the population. if you really want to end poverty on the continent you have to address extreme poverty in both nigeria that immigrant republic of congo, and in the numbers continent only, at the continental level will be much lower. extreme poverty is a critical factor because, especially with the demographic boom which will be turned either in dividends or in a potential bond. so a second factor as most of you know here, boko haram, and in general islamist insurgency movements in the northeast. so of course now we have islamic state of west africa province, which has led to more than 2 million displaced people and thousands of dead. that doesn't just affect nigeri

video triggered outreached responses it shows in nigeria nieto slapping a woman multiple times. i have. to man had intervened in an argument he was having with the shop owner the case is now in court experts say this proves how commonplace violence against women and file is in the one in nigeria. where stick mills is proving that its house skyrocketed warm out of every 5 years why you find out so far from the best advice. doc told you markie says people are more open about reporting violence against women and seeking help these days but it seems usually prefer to settle out of court so most perpetrators don't face punishment own thousands of years ago by choice once and. if you move to. the team i decided to stay with her husband but he passed through we while the case was to being settled in court. let's go visit lagos where low level i did the is standing by she works with lagos state the mistake and sexual violence welcome to the african lower give us a sense of how big the problem of violence against women is in nigeria. thank you good afternoon and thank you for having me v

ago brittany slapping a woman is now being investigated and faces possible dismissal from the in nigeria and senate our correspondent. on the devastating effects of violence against women in the country. fatima is a young single mother who has 3 children she wants to keep right there to see he do fatima says she endured beatings for my husband for 11 years of the a marriage the most severe was when he beats her for taking the biggest fish in the ports as i was friends with. our goods are now being eaten and ours are defaults back. to the cheese factory it's. good to be in fatima was rushed to hospital by her neighbors the violence she suffered from her husband has scarred half forever but 5 as it gives women doesn't only happen in relationships and in the home it's much more widespread a few weeks ago this c.c.t.v. video triggered outraged responses it shows in nigeria and sinitta slopping a woman more typical times. i have. to man had intervened in the argument he was having with the shop or not the case is now in court experts say this proves how commonplace violence against women and

nigeria this new expansion. in solidarity with the adam hunches queen and school which came to support the national team i thought. i thought. i now ever since boko haram hunches. seen more as policeman by the people the local football fans who are some wont wary when i use his boys joined the like. up the. hill people were afraid because it was something they don't know many. will receive it when i myself when i saw them i know the honk of bugs maybe some students lots that is what bush did. when the hunters came in support for the national team went down in volume considerably it was an awkward situation. i. was. and handed in are you glad oh so now goes around and i'm allowed to be allowed to lead us around on what i'm going to learn about a god can sell when is largely doing yeah. and i did it. more down i hadn't changed in the eligible but. could do so without a law to allow causal. going on such a shift would be allowed. a bubble got. shiah out on them when i needed a goddamn kwame and i'm on. a lead going

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and the efforts to heal divisions along religious lines in nigeria is i do not stage. hello i'm christine with the welcome to deeds every news africa it's good to have you along one day and uganda have signed a deal aimed at ending months of tensions the need has agreed to respect each other's sovereignty and refrain from destabilizing activities on each other's territories uganda as you waited with 70 and the one president focused on the side via accord at talks in. me with once close allies but relations have turned hostile the conflict between the 2 has led to all the closures severely destruction trade in the region one to have accused uganda off supporting the rebels uganda accuse randa of sty. let's get the view from both sides now on uganda he's in the capital kampala and friedman when you. get to see a book genius i think maybe start with you i mean we're talking about a border that's been closed since about february i'm just give us a sense of just how bad things have gotten on the ground and when that border will actually open. we know the progress has been s

had this meeting in her office in lagos starts with the issue of obesity in nigeria .if a patient is larger than those in boeing aircraft then i think the patient actually has bigger issues to worry about because obesity is a widespread problem that people didn't have time to seek to get why do you think it's going to go that's a. p.c. movie stations or you know a station. in the western world before these diseases of lifestyle came about yet almost successfully eliminated the infectious diseases but here in africa we're fighting with battles at the same time. after the study is older orekunrin lived to have parents homeland and set up flying doctors nigeria. commitment is very personal. her youngest sister died while on holiday in 1000 area. the rescue plane from south africa arrived too late . i think and here's how the gave a central role. i just didn't want my particular patient to have to. africa needs to be passed i felt very passionately when i actually came that nigeria needs to be able to stand eventually without the uniform. instead of setting up a charity sh

of nigeria how does it get so widely distributed across the country. to interview to lagos drug dealer he agreed to be full as we didn't show his face. his business consists of a. in a suitcase full of with legal drugs. the tramadol he keeps out of sight i'm not putting terminal in sandy hook and just heading to tom i don't know but sometimes a pocket determined. most of his clients are young men. when he moves because. now i just guys will be pushing. it also sells to women bang townland on the phone and then. when the waking staff were told you had to do cool foods to meet him selling time on the left sometimes that's wrong turn to pills a week a significant amount for a street below where we wanted to know does he get them from his peak became his and us ending on talks to us in secret indeed not knowing even though you don't know said the time adultery huntingdon unclear at this point he became wary and wouldn't tell us anything more about a supply as we put this question to you in the sea we need to be very honest we know relatively little about t

nigeria is largest city is constantly changing. like the representatives of contemporary ballet houses. asks how do we want to live now and in the future she thinks the revolutionary ideas of a century ago are still relevant today. when we had monism comment in the years of any post colonialism that the architects that came of the day will modernise and not the architecture that has really formed the structure of the city of lagos on the early modernism of the forty's fifty's and sixty's still today employed dr satcher lagos is expanding at a breathtaking pace it's africa's 2nd largest city under one of the world's most densely populated somewhere between colonialism and modernism nigerian architects are creating that own design land which. was considered as african tenets of the within the rule and i am not necessarily mean need to be realistic it is more appropriately for the city that we live in now we have to face the fact that in the city of some people say 80000000 some people say 22 we need to live in smaller and smaller spa

released the results of nigeria's illicit drug use. what we found is really of concern of grave concern when we're talking about a non-medical use of tramadol as roughly almost 5000000 users over the past 12 months and the tendency appears to be rising poverty unemployment desperation of people and their living situations is one of the drivers a lot of people seem to be using it associated with hard manual labor with sex work for a sex worker. eases her ability to submit to a client's more extreme demands she calls the drug by the street name. you. know well. i don't like it when you. do. meaning. something is supposed to. help. you know. 50. 50. and if you're not using it will be. ok. and most other abuses by an illegal and highly dangerous version of the drug legally produced with the legal search has around 50 or 100 milligrams tap that is being used widely for pain therapy it is really for a large part of the population the only pain medication often available when we're talking about abuse great tramadol. we're talking about. sign

her story is all too common in nigeria. then the game that almost disappeared from the village of the central african republic that's making a comeback. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along with some fun stuff today scientists have just released images of what. could have looked like the reconstruction is based on a 3800000 year old skull fondant ethiopia which is you know often seen as the birthplace of mankind now announcing the scientific finding at his research discovery changes our understanding of how ancient humans evolved it's he and the far reaching of ethiopia more than 500 kilometers north of the capital at his ababa that this latest discovery was buried professor you had his haile selassie and his team found the ancient early human skull here in 2016 after only days of sifting through the sand 1st they spotted the all but job bones sticking out of the ground then one covered the rest of the fossil my 1st instinct was this 2 pieces were perfectly joined i picked up the maxi

nigeria as largest city is constantly changing. like the representatives of contemporary band houses. asks how do we want to live now and in the future she thinks the revolutionary ideas of a century ago are still relevant today. when we had monism comment that in the years of any post colonialism the architects that came of the day were modern and i love the architecture that has really formed the structure of the city of lagos and the added modernism of the forty's fifty's and sixty's still today think that it's actually making. this is expanding out of breathtaking pace it's africa's 2nd largest city under one of the world's most densely populated and somewhere between colonialism and modernism nigerian architects are creating that own design language . what was considered as african tenets of the within the rule and i am not necessarily mean need to be realistic and design appropriately for the city that we live in now we we have to face the fact that in the city of some people say 80000000 some people say 22 we need to live in

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great news from nigeria.lobal cases of the disease. there's a record number of fires burning in the amazon. i've been hearing about why. and spider—man has been kicked out of the marvel cinematic universe for copyright reasons. there are a record number of fires burning in the amazon in brazil. data from the brazilian space agency has found that between january and august this year there have been 72,000 fire. that's 84% up on last year — and the highest since records began six years ago. the red dots in this picture from global forest watch show the number of fires that are burning right now. this is in amazonas state — huge sections of land on fire. this was filmed by a driver in the state of rondonia. the smoke is affecting large parts of brazil. this is sao paulo where visibility has severely reduced. the amazon is the largest tropical forest in the world. it spans nine countries in south america — and has close to 400 billion trees. many are blaming the spike in the number of fires on brazil's president

we go to nigeria where president meet the president. has instructed the country's central bank to stop providing funding for food imports is a miss to stimulate local food production but the move is raising questions about the central bank's independence and there are warnings the decision could backfire and make life difficult for any company importing food. but one of lagos is biggest markets nigerians can get pretty much everything they need a life most of the products come from nigeria and that's hardly surprising when import restrictions and tariffs make it difficult for exporters to get a look in. for example there are import bans in place for fertilizer spaghetti and shoes along with a range of other items meanwhile sugar wheat flour and tobacco are all subject to hefty tariffs of 70 percent. with president bihari now directing the central bank not to provide foreign currency to people importing food what's left is a hostile environment for importers the government says it's protecting nigeria's domestic producers but the benefit

that we can bring guns to rescue people who are still people in have chosen home of nigeria.as a doctor she wants to change things in africa. she often travels to communicate her idea that medical aid should be available for everyone it. is forbidden and this meeting in her office in lagos starts with the issue of obesity in nigeria . if a patient is larger than those in boeing aircraft and i think the patient actually has bigger issues to worry about because obesity is a widespread problem and people do have the tendency to get fat and i do think it's going to get that's. you know you be seeing movies patients or you will be facing. in the western world before these diseases of lifestyle came about yet almost successfully eliminated the infectious diseases but here in africa we're fighting with bottles at the same time. after. orekunrin lived to have parents home and set up flying doctors nigeria but the commitment is very personal. his youngest sister died while on holiday in 1000 urrea. the rescue plane from south africa arrived too late. and i think any of us have a very

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i'm christine will welcome to news africa day and we begin in nigeria where this

what are some of the challenges that you face in nigeria in crossing the religious lines that divide people sometimes. the challenge is the churlish of the tendency of some people to abuse so as to feel safe in terms of what their concept of religion namely feeling that. really i need to learn that has the whole truth everybody else is wrong. everybody is not worshipping the true god i'm truly washed it is true god to that that makes it difficult almost impossible to seriously talk together is the service of heart one good thing that the country nigeria that we have is that we will grow up used to having people of faith with us even within this family and that makes a lot of difference because you are allowed then to has to pick the the phenomena of plurality of religious your stright moment just like there are some shock people. told people. what sort of bloke you. christers some muslims i know the difference is different but at the end of the day it's just too much of different that different understand it wealth of wealth got. a point is that religious difference is only one of ma

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executive director of the west africa network for peace building and in my degree nigeria my. teacher based in borno state welcome to you all better we're talking here about an increasingly alarming situation but what about the name cause is it instability of the violence or a combination of different other factors. well basically we have 1900000 children being pushed out of their education being pushed out of school across 8 countries in western central africa for in security reasons for violence as well as threats of violence i myself for instance visited to put in a fossil a few weeks back and there the what we see is that the reasons most of the schools are closing is because of threats of violence they see that that schools have been attacked in other villages there are rumors that are coming through that this school will also be attacked so basically children are kept home and in often is the case as well obviously you know entire villages are being displaced because of that fear of attacks so we have a combination of think the root cause is insecurity and it is fear and

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nigeria as largest city is constantly changing. like the representatives of contemporary bound houses. asks how do we want to live now and in the future she thinks of the revolutionary ideas of a century ago are still relevant today. when we had monism kamen in the years of any post-colonialism the architects that came of the day were modern and i love the architecture that has really formed the structure of the city of lagos on the alley modernism of the forty's fifty's and sixty's still taking place dr texture lagos is expanding at a breathtaking pace it's africa's 2nd largest city and one of the welds most densely populated is somewhere between colonialism and modernism nigerian architects are creating that own design language. what was considered as african tenets of the within the rule and i love that saying the. we need to be realistic and design appropriately for the city that we live in now we we have to face the fact that in the city of some people say 18000000 some people say 22 we need to live in a smaller and smaller sp