coming home how people are returning to somaliland and fulfilling their dreams their. danger to democracy in the philippines political freedoms of fast disappearing. full. participation and constant vote these are essential features of a modern democracy that is majority consensus rule with respect for minorities as a political opposition freedom of speech freedom of the press all citizens are subject to a constitution which protects such basic rights and a democracy protects itself through separation of powers and all people are equal before the law. in many places in the world's democracy is under threat last year citizens of as many as seventy one countries saw their political rights and freedoms massively compromised take the philippines here the political opposition is being systematically repressed. it's the dawn of a new day but it remains a dark day for democracy in the philippines. a prison in the south of manila senator leno dilema is being taken here she dared to criticize president prodigal to territory and says this is the payback sen german t.v. is all th

in 1991, somaliland declared independence from the rest of the country.t's still officially part of somalia, but now has its own democratically elected government. and it has peace. the economy is growing, although most of the population is still poor. a few years ago, the bad economic situation also prompted businessman abdirahman blackie to leave the country. abdirahman: on the day that i left this country, i was convinced that it had nothing to offer me. i think everyone who leaeaves their homeland thinks that way. but if they only knew how sweet, how precious and deserving of respect their own country is, i'm sure they'd all stay. reporter: he tried his luck in saudi arabia, but eventually returned disillusioned. today, he has a flourishing business in hargeisa. he sells food, exchanges money, and pursues other opportunities. nuurdin abdullahi hasn't had things quite so easy. he, too, is a former migrant, who left his business and family behind in somalilandnd to cros the mediterranean to europe. today, he's back, working as a day laborer in a warehou

former migrants and now opening businesses everywhere back in somaliland teahouse owner. is visiting a friend who used to live in canada she's opened a beauty salon. the women give each other business tips and tackle problems together. one of our country needs everything so whatever kind of business you can open you can succeed then that might but you have to be patient and not give up at the first hurdle and. that's what's needed she says is more training opportunities for young people in somaliland and more insulation about the risks and the challenges of trying to start a new life in europe or elsewhere. abdirahman blackie who returned from saudi arabia agrees. i tell you how i describe it well migration is a virus and it's infected our society our people need to pull together to fight against it politicians academics the whole of society needs to come together to find solutions for their own one solution would certainly be to invest more money in education blacky composes letters for those unable to read or write because so many are illiterate here business is booming

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a human right but not a given in africa many cities fail to deliver one example is hargeisa and somaliland it is the largest city in the breakaway region in the northwest of somalia in hargeisa there are twelve hospitals for more than a million people that means one doctor per ten thousand people it also means that the bedridden and the poor have almost no chance to receive medical attention now a new kind of clinic is trying to change that young doctor. has come up with a solution bringing the health care to the people between the seventeen he sets up the mobile health care service. for some examples of such challenges include people who get. to six it meant expensive hospital fees for people. and. it was because. we dean and his team visit peace places homes where a body needs support it sounds like an expensive service right but we feel of charge next to his job as a medical assistant so the patient only has to pay for his transport and a medication. i had a ball to the service was through social media belong to him i wanted to visit a doctor but i never managed to find the tapes but th

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