then it will be nigeria.: by 2050, you could be the third-biggest country in the world by population at the current population growth rate. so does that make you nervous about whether nigeria can house and feed all of these people? aliko: it does not really make me nervous because we have massive arable land. we have a lot of water. we have, you know, the right climate. when you look at it, the major contributor to our gdp in nigeria is agriculture. so i think we just need to tilt a bit and change from the normal oil reliance economy to agriculture and manufacturing. david: nigeria is known for having large oil deposits. is that a major contributor to the nigerian economy? is that the major source of wealth in nigeria? aliko: it is not the major source, but it is 90% of the foreign exchange that we have. we also -- 60% of the government revenue is also coming from oil, but the government is doing quite a lot to try and diversify the economy by trying to structure their own taxes, because we need to make more

to fluctuation in the case of nigeria the projection is the government is not about $10000000000.00 even more from the 2020 but its ability to respond is much more limited so yes disasters for disaster. systems that are in place can be extremely helpful. but i think it's not straightforward ability to respond is very much limited by the economic condition of the country is it. just jump in there. at yes i think that i am. prepared this is really important but i think as mohamed said it is very difficult for countries that are a country thing sometimes one percent of their g.d.p. to health and to be able to actually have a budget that will allow for and preparedness as wow so usually your prioritize what you can power ties and we have a lot of hiv we have a lot of t.v. so governments apart i think those primary health care and trying to reduce maternal mortality and therefore they're not really focused on some of these preparedness exercises which as much as they could like stockpiling and all of the other things. you mean even bonnie and i'm going to bring you in dr michelle here at

if you caught 4 for nigeria nigeria unlike angola you don't really have a big sovereign wealth fund that could you can count us to share konami put some release and recreate get what you see right here is that these african countries have to then really have to really rely on peg you have to what we call big because you do see orpik as a source for stability but i think it's just it's even bigger than reserves debt the have it's also looking at trying to you investment into fields that have to be developed some of them really play one to increase production and really create in your what team you need for the forward him to see more oil or more gas and i think this sheet of user price war has really given as if you were thinking and not just when it comes to economy dabs to bed damage but if you're looking away from crude or soar focus on crude to release a book in how we can play with gas and really see how gasoline dissection going to really help us rashid the balance of the market so budgets are tight it is very good because for most countries and let's not just look at nigeria let's

the tropical zones nigeria -- southern nigeria to the massive cities of lagos. challenges but there are great capacitis in nigeria. we'll continue to scale up our support, particularly on the laboratory diagnosis and we spoke to him about that this morning. nue to ramp up our support around medical protective gear and certainly he was very clear on what he -- om the needed more fr w.h.o. and we are determined to deliver that in the interest of le of nigeria. >> thank you very much. our last question for tonight and i will apologize to all those who stion, but sk a que were not able. we are trying, as you can see, to get questions from as different places and different outlets as possible. so last question. switzerland.re to can you hear us, please? >> reporter: i can hear you. can you hear me? yes, please go ahead. >> reporter: yes. thank you for taking my question. is now earned that china counting asymptomatic cases. in this light, how can the public trust the previous numbers that have been given by and is the world health organization agreeing that numbers a

we will go to nigeria now. inro star newspapers nigeria. can you hear us? >> i can hear you good. yourself? >> go ahead. >> ok. my question is this. [indiscernible] lagos.s a lockdown in the people are feeling the impact of the lockdown. given to the nigerian government as a guideline to deal with the situation on the ground? especially now that we have the lockdown? thank you. the line wasn't the best, but my understanding is how who is helping nigeria in terms of medical supplies. have been working very closely with nigeria since the beginning and particularly with the ministry of health. the director general and myself .poke with the director general newre reviewing our support to nigeria and what we could do. we have been supporting thy gnostics, the creation and isolation facilities. we have been in nigeria's , the nigeriaeams ministry of health for years. we don't come to nigeria, we don't arrive in africa, we are there every day of every week. our other partners in the u.n. system. we have been beefing up our support, strengthening our country office in supporting medical a

into sexual exploitation helps italian prosecutors conflict for people who smuggle the women from nigeria as sex slaves. and ask china announces victory over big coronavirus there who had a threatened with a 2nd front on a trip oakland porter with russia. i'm phil gal welcome to the program turkey's parliament has passed a law allowing tens of thousands of prisoners to go free as the country tries to reduce overcrowding in jails and curb the spread of the coronavirus but opposition parties and other critics say the law excludes anyone critical of president of the once government the temporary release doesn't cover people jailed on terrorism charges including politicians and journalists who were arrested in the crackdown that followed the attempted coup in 2060. it's an awkward moment for a group photo members of the once party ignore appeal is your physical distancing from the president of the turkish parliament perhaps not to. rising since they also ignored the opposition's criticism of a bill that commute sentences for about a 3rd of turkey's prisoners are excluded from the bill are jou

reporters reporters who learned of the trafficking ring in nigeria and then followed the trail all the way to florence rights groups have praised the convictions as a rare success in the fight against sexual exploitation. well adrian krishi is one of the d.w. reporters who uncovered this trafficking ring when he was reporting from west africa he is now based in cape town in south africa. adrian congratulations to you excellent work there tell us about the report that you co-produced back in 2016 that led to what we're seeing now well back then brands the number of migrants was going up there with we're trying to go from western africa all the way to europe so we were walking on a 5 part series for you doubly about this issue of migration and forced migration we went to nigeria niger as well as italy we talked to a lot of victims and then of course we also wanted to talk to the human traffickers which of course turned out to be very difficult we tried that many many times it was really difficult but then when our research was almost done we sort of lucky and we finally found a victim wh

if you look at countries like iraq or nigeria.he oil industry and politics had been in bed together for decades reversing the situation is really challenging for other newer producers. they can learn some lessons and start from scratch. and start from and more transparent place. in the african countries there has been some pitfalls and stuff i think it's on a better trajectory than some of the older producers who have those vested interests in place. >> i don't know how we are doing on time? maybe one or two more questions. [inaudible conversations] for the other countries that you mentioned. they match the sector. are they always key actors are just one of the many programs. a very striking majority of the cases that i look at outside of the u.s. and in countries where there is a national oil company. it's an undeniable trend. have these entities that sit outside of the formal government system. typically the ceo is appointed by the president and very close to the political leadership. it's so tempting for the leaders to then sti

we went to nigeria as well as italy. also wanted to talk to the human traffickers which turned out be very difficult. we tried that many times. when the research was almost done we finally found a victim who was willing to talk to us about her human trafficker. let's have a look. >> in 2016 dw reporters investigated along the human trafficking route between italy and nigeria. nigerian girls are recruited here. it is here that traditional priests forced them to pledge loyalty to t traffickers. the migrants passed the dangerous sahara desert in niger on their way to libya. from their, they crossed to italy with tens of thousands of nigerians as prostitutes selling sex for as little as 10 euros. one nigerian agreed to us about her madame. she wants to remain anonymous. the madadme trafficker to italy to force her into prostitutioio. >> he said we should walk on the road. he will bebeat us. he is so wicked. >> we traced down the madame in to a darkened apartment. a nigerian colic enters with a hidden camera under a false pre

while murderers and rapists they say are going free and for people convicted for smuggling women from nigeria to italy to work as 6 slaves how a g.w. news investigation helped bring those human traffickers to justice. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin tonight with a bleak forecast the whites of which the world has not seen since the 1930 s. the international monetary fund says that the global economy is on track this year for the kind of downturn that wrecked economies back in the great depression and it has everything to do with far reaching measures designed to save lives in the corona virus pandemic. amid lockdowns business shutdowns and travel restrictions due to the covert 19 pandemic the outlook is bleak for the global economy the i.m.f. is now forecasting a decline of 3 percent this year before the pandemic emerged as a grave threat to public health and economic activity the organization was expecting over 3 percent growth in 2020. the i.m.f. chief economist says the current measures to contain the pandemic make a severe slowdown on

that brings you topics from all over africa and europe i am now outside coming to you from lagos nigeria and joining me from uganda is my colleague sun hi neal yes today's show takes us on another journey across africa and you check out some of the ideas and concepts people have come up with to help save the environment i'm really looking forward to the was in south africa a wonderful species that needs protecting but the weakest plenty more install besides that. and making clones out of fish things. and we also show you how design is so many. ties into something musical. every year so if africa sees a migration of was eastern coast and he was trying to know from ontic tika we think carves last year saw the biggest number of worlds on record off the coast of cape town scientists call savation ists and tourists continue to learn more about these giant marine animals we went along to find out more. at certain times of the year special visitors can be supported what is the 1st thing in south africa. where the huge mamas migrate from and talked to the woman waters of the coast of mozambique

a bleak forecast for nigeria from the combined effects of the pandemic and us london oil prices. they're already living in miserable conditions now the pandemics causing more problems for yemenis displaced by war. becoming a mess that we're talking about is that there's a whole made me ask we get advice from a doctor on how to stitch together your own protection from the virus. also coming up hungry and exhausted hundreds of a rescued but all those starve to death on a refugee boat and on time the hummer sas or to around the world continues to take a big financial hit the u.s. soccer federation has been forced to apparently close its use development academy by having a world champion women's team. a staggering number of people are now out of work in the united states of result of the coronavirus pandemic in the past half hour the government surveilled another. $5200000.00 have lost their jobs in a week that takes the total to at least $22000000.00 in less than a month and with many states expected to extend orders to stay at home only workers are really worried about how they're

and there's been some fumigation efforts going on in major cities in nigeria some states have locked down the states from travel from people coming in either by road or by air will by sea but the federal government imposed a lockdown on 3 major states the federal capital which is subject to late may ghost which is the commercial capital of nigeria and a neighboring state in the southwest of the country where we're seeing seoul so some interaction is rising so so far be you know going to governments that it's doing all it can to control the spread of this modest but it will definitely need some assistance outside. it's a big nationwide lockdown and uganda means millions of people cannot go to work and as a result many are struggling to put food on the table aid is being distributed by the government here one and a half 1000000 ugandans designated as most vulnerable public transport is at a standstill the borders are closed and everyone is being urged to stay home to contain the spread. south sudan has confirmed his 1st case of the corona virus vice president riek machar said a 29 year

'd through there actually in nigeria where the 60 percent of. the population may live on sources tell us i mean about 40 percent of. you know that meeting in the rural areas would be a new lease i mean you have a way or you know it ends in the imputes you're not in a commerce articularly now. if you had all i missed and in some you know in the kitchens in that you know you know the food and then you see you know i've had it so i mean season has actually you know started and now for the imputes $900.00 seats for to go to continue to meet with the man. in the senate to i bet. you don't need to be moved you know from the i'm lucky asians you know to michael this is so with this knockdown and that humans are my you know it is it is a great challenge imus and you know if you're gay don't say now produce you know to the my kids actually you know that would be innocent for them you know in the forgive me. you know couldn't it was so it's really a great challenge but i know that in that i do have some ways of doing and most certainly all of the weakness

10 suffered their worst food crises to date they include afghanistan venezuela south sudan syria nigeria and haiti yemen now faces the world's worst among crisis and the number of its people acutely short of food is expected to exceed 70000000 the world food program already offers a lifeline to nearly 100000000 people most a trapped in war zones but if they can't be reached the w.s.p. says 300000 could starve to death every day for the next 3 months the world food program says urgent action is needed to avoid a humanitarian disaster. we need all parties involved in the conflicts to give us with an unimpeded humanitarian access to all 'd communities so that we can get your sister to them that they need regardless of who they are where they are we also did a very general says humanitarian goods and commercial trade to continue for all across the borders because they are the lifeline of global food systems as well as the global economy supply chains have to be movement if we are going to overcome this pandemic and get true from where it is produced to where it is needed it also means resist

reporters who learned of the trafficking ring in nigeria and fall of the trial to the city rights groups have praised the convictions of the rest success in the fight against sexual exploitation. all right well we were. there we were looking to record the average increase revenue a few technical alright let's let's look like we've achieved it adding crayfish is one of a d.w.i. reporters who uncovered the trafficking ring but is reporting from west africa that he's now based in cape town in south africa welcome added tell us remind us about the report you co-produced back in 2016. remind us about the report you co-produced in 201600. well back then it was a massive increase in the numbers of migrants trying to get from western africa to europe can you and me feel i can. try again from the top. ok so i was saying that back then we saw a massive increase in the numbers of migrants trying to get from western africa to europe so we did a 5 part series researching along the way in nigeria in niger and italy as well to see how the situation really is and we talked to a lot of victims and when w

jazeera live from doha with more comprehensive coverage of the pandemic including a bleak forecast for nigeria from the combined effects of coronavirus and the slump in oil prices. we kind of match that we're talking about is that there's a whole mean. we get advice from a doctor on what you can do yourself to get extra protection from the fire ants. and also coming up hungry and exhausted hundreds of bricking get our best cute but others starve to death in a refugee. now donald trump says the number of new corona virus infections in the united states is slowing the president's making the prediction despite his country marking a record 2300 deaths in 24 hours he says restrictions could be lifted and up to 30 states in 2 weeks' time but he's also struck another threatening note as mike hanna reports. these daily news briefings up a ported lead to keep the nation informed about the battle against a coronavirus but invariably the president strays off message and today he uses forums to rail against what he described as congregational obstruction in the confirmation of government officials and thr

you're watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes in nigeria more people have been killed by security officials and forcing a covert 19 lockdown and have died from the virus. also battling poverty and decades of repression we look at how one of the indigenous communities in canada is now working to prevent the virus from spreading. and also hungry and exhausted hundreds of writing rescued but others starve to death on a refugee boat. let's take you straight to the united kingdom where the foreign secretary is about to speak to the nation and to the world about the current covert 19 and let's listen in let me update you on the steps we're taking to defeat the coronavirus and also the decisions that we've taken today. step by step action plan aims to slow the spread of course and a virus so good fewer people hospitalized treatment at any one time and that's the way we can protect the n.h.s. from becoming overwhelmed and it is a step in this way when you follow the carefully and deliberately the scientific and medical advice that we received so th

to war on nigeria its main resources oil demand and the market price is falling walt white adding to the crisis a dispute between major producers saudi arabia and russia which has driven prices to their lowest level in nearly 2 decades although world producers have agreed to cut production in order to shore prices there's been no significant rises yet it's not going to be easy for us and that what the president as don was the president told us is it doesn't want. development projects to solve we've taken a lot of preemptive steps and we're very confident that would be shielded from some of these losses be an aspect that nigeria cut its daily output from point 1000000 dollars to 1800000000 before the oil producers meeting a few days ago. and the new agreement has forced another cut in production by a father 417000 barrels a day. economists say this is leading to plant closures and job losses which there is to meet to be between 15 and 30 percent for now so companies that may have a stellar record now nobody knows where that will eat. their food at the end of the object that has a lot

on the nigeria we meet a painter who uses an ancient writing system to create a mess for rising up. now have you ever wondered where all those emails claiming that you've won a $1000000.00 actually come from well that's happening a lot in one of west africa's hotspots well cyber crime and internet fraud young people tried to make a living by scamming people online we met some of the for us this. last night falls on the streets of across the web is just beginning for. his real name he doesn't want to be identified which is understandable it's a credit card who would face several u.s. imprisonment if he got caught. right now he tells us a bit about his occupation even how he operates with russians. clearly. they are. all true such. coffeepot of card. rooms or websites for about 5 years or less each. but it's a gamble because he never knows how much credit is left on the cards. it's really the sample is that. there's one of these i've got to. know but. as soon as coffee has a card he uses it to shop online for drawing the money from an a.t.m. is to risk it instead he gets collaborators

and this is our desire to live from doha also coming up a bleak for cost for nigeria from the combined effects of the pandemic and a slump in oil prices. battling poverty and decades of oppression we look at how one indigenous community in canada is now working to prevent the virus spreading. also coming up hungry and exhausted to hundreds of earth are rescued but all this stuff to death on a refugee boat. the coronavirus pandemic is chipping away at the global economy and it's now brought forward the worst stretch of job losses in the u.s. on record figures just released show 5200000 americans filed jobless claims last week that's roughly one in 7 workers and in the past 4 weeks a total of more than 22000000 americans have requested unemployment benefits and if you are as president donald trump is expected to release guidelines on how and when to reopen some u.s. states stand virga is a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute he says steps to reopen the economy will work as long as people don't feel safe outside their homes. they were definitely not ready for the economy

in nigeria more people are being killed by security officials and forcing covert 19 rather than dying from the virus itself. and hungry and exhausted hundreds of writing guard rescued but the others starve to death on a refugee boat. welcome to the program the british government has announced it will extend its partial lockdown to curb the spread of covert 19 by at least 3 weeks foreign secretary dominic rob says social distancing measures must continue in order to keep the number of cases from rising the advice from sages that relaxing any of the measures currently in place would risk damage to both public health and our economy patrick and chris will be able to go into further details on all of this shortly but based on this advice which we very carefully considered the government has decided that the current measures must remain in place for at least the next 3 weeks. our correspondent is live for us in london while the lockdown continues in the public well we'll just have to live with the new reality a little bit longer. yeah the high streets like the one you see behind me this is

and nigeria could be facing its west recession in more than 30 years the i.m.f. projects that africa's largest economy will shrink by 3.4 percent this year the pandemic and global lock downs have pushed on oil prices and millions of people are expected to use their jobs well those are the headlines the news will continue here on al-jazeera after people and power stay with us. join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand that you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera. alaska's far north as one of the world's last pristine environments but now the trumpet ministration wants to let oil companies through here as campaign is take on the white house and the energy industry indigenous communities are divided between those who want jobs and those who want to preserve a unique landscape and way of life through

and africa's largest economy takes a hit as nigeria struggles with lock down santa slump an oil prices. donald trump has declared that the number of new coronavirus infections in the u.s. is slowing as despite a record number of 2300 americans killed by the virus in just the past 24 hours trump says he'll unveil plans to re-open the economy on thursday and that some states may be back in business before the end of this month. but if you're ready know will be opening up states some states much sooner than others and we think some of the states can actually open up before the deadline of may 1st and i think that will be a very exciting time indeed governors are looking for the chomping at the bit to get going again not all states are the same they're very different some are having very little problem some of done such a good job that they have very little problem and they're ready to go well president trump also continued his attack on the world health organization suggesting into neighboring misled the wold in the early stages of their own pryke causing many deaths on wednesday he annou

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it started in nigeria weeks ago.s built capacity such that cannot beindividuals tested, but there is still more to be done. we are talking about a country of more than 200 million people. in the government also said it has doubled its capacity for isolation, treatment, as well as the hospitalization of individuals who have come with -- come down with the coronavirus or symptoms. the government is extending the two weeks lockdown imposed on the capital. these two states or territories account for more than 70% of the infections in nigeria simply because the government said a lot needs to be done to deal with the pandemic. the president said over the last two weeks, the number of infections have doubled. nigeria has around 323 cases with 10 fatalities in the country. it is wrapping up these efforts to test as many as it can. however, the idea behind extending this lockdown may not go down with many nigerians who complained that so far, in the last two weeks, they have not had the support the government promised them. i

on the nigeria we meet a painter who uses an ancient right in the system to create a mess for rising up. now have you ever wondered where all those e-mails came in that you've won a $1000000.00 actually come from well that's happening a lot in gaza one of west africa's hotspots was cyber crime an internet fraud young people tried to make a living by scamming people online we met some of the for us this. here as night falls on the streets of a crowd the work day is just beginning for internet's comus like coffee that's not his real name he doesn't want to be identified which is understandable as a notorious credit card for stan who would face several years in prison meant if he got caught up large right now he tells us a bit about his occupation even how he cooperates with russians. russian. troops. coffee pot hundreds of cards chat rooms or websites for about 5 years dollars each. but it's a gamble because he never knows how much credit is left on the cards. it's really a sample this. is one of the duty. as soon as coffee has a card he uses it to shop online but join the money from a

and there's been some fumigation efforts going on in major cities in nigeria some states have locked down the states from travel from people coming in either by road by air by sea but the federal government imposed a lockdown on 3 major states the federal capital which is subject to late may go which is the commercial capital of nigeria and a neighboring state in the southwest of the country where we're seeing in seoul so some infectious rising so so far the you know going to governments that it's doing all it can to control the spread of this lattice but it will definitely need some assistance outside a 2 week national had locked down in uganda means many hands can't go to work and many a struggling to put said on the table ideas being distributed by the government around want to health many and ugandans designated as most vulnerable public transport is at a standstill as a closed and everyone's being to stay home to contain the spread. south sudan has confirmed its 1st case of the corona virus president said a 29 year old woman infected with the virus arrived from ethiopia and sepa

being nigeria's largest drilling and refining oil company is particularly exposed to the fluctuations in the global oil market. at 0 price there's no business there's no commercial case for us being it's in existence so we look for it and that's and that's open to. the government has asked for a 7 day week in loan from the i.m.f. and offered concessions to the energy sector but an existential question lingered in the air this week as this the beginning of the end for oil might take a while before you see large crowds in mexico where you see people change their habits and fly so i'm taking all this into consideration 2022 potential coupons when. i estimate to see the world get back into. operational electricity highs or because. the i.m.f. estimates that just to break even nigeria needs the price per barrel of oil to hit $144.00 which might be part of the reason is reducing its dependency on crude and investing in renewable soon nigeria may have to do so too. well some call it a key part of the country's cultural heritage others are right brutality against animals fighting has long bee

while in nigeria, close to four.but still around three times fewer doctors per capita than the uk. you get a sense of the challenges coronavirus presents here, when you take something as simple as hand washing. in the western world, this is something everyone has access to but here in kibera, community groups have come together to set up hand washing facilities. and even in africa's largest economy, nigeria, only four out of every ten people have access to basic hand washing facilities at home. whilst in pakistan and india, only six in ten do, that's around 600 million people without access to basic hand washing facilities at home in those two countries alone. there's been some suggestion the warmer climate here will mean coronavirus won't spread so quickly, but there's no conclusive evidence of that yet. 0thers hope because the population in the developing world is generally younger, people here won't be as badly affected by it. the average age in pakistan is 22, whilst in nigeria, it's around 19. compare that to ar