south africa doing enough to fight xenophobia human rights watch accuses police and vigilante groups of routinely targeting foreigners so what's needed to ensure equality for all in the so-called rainbow nation this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm in wrong routine lethal violence against foreigners an indifference from the police human rights watch says migrants in south africa facing increasing numbers of attacks a year after the launch of a national plan to tackle xenophobia. the watchdog found many south asians and migrants from other parts of africa living in fear police often ignore foreigners who report crimes against them some face hurdles getting access to lawyers and public services a year ago mobs destroyed foreign owned businesses and homes human rights watch says at least 18 foreigners were killed and a few of the attackers have been brought to justice that have been similar attacks over the years the report was based on interviews with 51 people in a number of provinces they reported xenophobia attacks not only by south africans but also by governme

in cape town thank you so much for this when staying in the region south africa not its 2nd biggest a trade surplus on record in august government data released on tuesday showed exports rose 6.6 percent from a month earlier that's thanks to the surging sales of precious metals and stones along with vehicles to customers abroad imports have also begun to recover from a steep slide this year as a nationwide lockdown and its economic fallout reduced south africa's demand for foreign goods even with a recovery in august imports are still down 21 percent this year and the economy is still headed for its worst annual contraction since the 1930 s. . moving to the world's largest economy now and the upcoming us presidential election last night's much anticipated debate between donald trump and rival joe biden may have been an ordeal for many of us but did it clarify their positions on the economy unemployment trade with china taxation at least all came in for a comment people out there need help but why didn't you do it over again in the last 25 years i think the economy was supposed to be t

we thought and you reports from human rights watch says maybe of all victims of xenophobia and south africa discrimination against foreigners continues on the things that we hear from one of the uncle of the survivor who says she was beating my head class with. the food in your groove make concrete and come to the. intake big duties to you and the new day for not the same not down the food in your room i say things went to the poor here from human rights watch of. the problem is also coming out. giving children something to smile about in nigeria parky their clout is helping to take gold to the core and i was on the never take the lead told. i. welcome to the show south africa has been struggling with flaps of hate and violence against on the grounds for yes last september foreign owned stores where looted at least 12 people killed and thousands displaced in the bobbins a new study by human rights watch shows more victims out of time than previously known the report also details of discrimination against foreigners in south africa including illegal immigrants unite identity or foreign is he

in a moment to the spokesperson of south africa's ruling party they see 1st how to listen to some south africans we are asked how they felt about mr trump's alleged remarks . i don't think is a. great president because as for me on my site it doesn't care about black people it doesn't care about what happened to us in that i really don't think that president trump have to have anything in those people for 1st of all his very 1st is proven time and time again that his very 1st. we are father like most people we do know what the kind of leader that mandela was we do know all the struggles that he went through since mandela was a bad leader i mean take a look around to see what's happening in the streets that's because of years like nelson mandela when bella 1st of all he was a good man you know he was the father of the nation you know and he was a very giving man you know and he was there for the children and you know a lot of things changed because of mandela and we are working in the streets and we are free because and joining me from johannesburg is pull him up he is a spokesperson for

i guess it's all about implementation that south africa direct outfall human rights watch thanks for your analysis thank you thank you. now we all need some showing out especially during the cold the 19th and then it was just cost health and economic crisis doesn't attainment has also been neglected by the nigeria. a clown has taken to the streets of lagos to give the cats something to cheer for. for just if you bought her a latte today it's like any other day places make up to transform into his alter ego joe punky. but corner virus measures mean joe punkin come clown around arctic spent the party and anti-social events like he used to so the former school teacher has had to find other ways to make ends meet while the party business is one whole lives in his shop in lagos and travels nearby markets in neighborhoods to sell his balls and sponges he says it hasn't been easy for more. i think outside my house you know going to. transfer to. that would move a says brick out of the. wall i don't know stand out. joe makes a fraction of what he used to make before the pandemic and it's cos

and it's all aboard the wind in south africa which is running again after i blinked and looked down. this is the value of business i'm joined now on in berlin thank you for joining us is to talk faith in the u.s. finally becoming clear according to reports the u.s. treasury department take talk parent bite downs and oracle have tentatively agreed on purchased terms for the short video social platform under the rumored deal oracle wal-mart and buy down says u.s. investors would together have a majority stake in the firm citing security concerns president donald trump had given bite down it's an ultimatum to celtic talk to a u.s. company set to exe file or on sunday. our business correspondent joins us now from new york luis is the white house expected to sign off on this deal. it is a still an unknown and you know as a president trauma it seems at this time to be comfortable with it in the end of days is a still a national security modern not an economic get one and actually define agreement will be far from an outright sale we're talking about forming a new us have based company whic

south africa had been a member of the british commonwealth since 1926 as a self-governing dominion of the british entirety. it was a beta divisive campaign the republican side united under the slogan to reunite and keep south africa white. the result was close to narrow victory for the governing whites national party of henrik's award with a referendum having now only passed the republic of south africa was constituted on the 31st of may 1961 the majority black population reacted with horror as 3 day general strike was called which the man haroun supported by encouraging muslims to fast for 3 days of peaceful protest. action was remarkable at a time when few muslims in south africa opposed the government so overtly just wanted to make sure the well being are taken care of but this also opened his eyes and his mind into what was happening and now call the gov apartheid government was during the time of our party and with my father's involvement with the african people in in a younger girl or 2 he obviously made to work brothers that saw how he. communicated with them and i remember my

in fact one study says there is many as 3000000 jobs have been lost across various sectors in south africa so this of course is the greatest concern and the hope is that opening the borders will allow for recovery of the economy south africans really happy about this latest move but i think also key for south africa. is that at the beginning of the corona virus pandemic or it reaching south african shores there was concern that so that it would be devastated by the outbreak and that there would be potentially a 1000000 deaths there have been about 16000 just under 16000 and about 865-0000 people affected or infected by the corona virus and at this point and 89 percent recovery rate so this really has a boost his optimism in south africa in that it's able to now ease those restrictions and stephanie hope that the optimism is justified for the moment for me to miller in johannesburg for me to think you know india's official tally of coronavirus cases is now past 5000000 that's the 2nd globally only to the united states more than 90000 new cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours and the

people including a party like yes there's a saying that's not tonight because for a country like south africa that has a history of colonialism apartheid and is still trying to navigate its way through being one of the newest democracies in africa just over 25 or 26 years old it is still a very sensitive period in south africa where there are a number of issues around race relations and black african saying that with its corporate south africa with its institutions or even the government at times that they have been prejudiced this prejudice against them racism and that this is still an environment where black and whites are not adequately protected and understood and this again is an example where that has come to the fore we black people say black identity has been undermined in south africa with that but like that south korea has been battered by a 2nd major storm in a week typhoon haiyan brought heavy rains and strong winds rob mcbride has more from in south korea. came howling ashore pummeling this southeast corner of south korea the 2nd destructive typhoon within a matter of days. this

after one of the world's strictest lock downs south africa sees its economy shrink. i half with employment numbers to match. and as the world marks the millions coronavirus deaths we know testing will be key to getting us out of this crisis that's why would his company says its new robot can provide super fast results. welcome to your business i want to johnsonville in good to have you with us so google is warning outside app developers to stop circumventing its payment system and it's given dodgers one year to comply among the companies in its crosshairs netflix and spotify both have disputed or attempted working around in a payment on google devices which draw a 30 percent commission from the tech giant frustration over commissions later like by google and apple has been growing among app developers in recent years. well for more let's bring in our financial correspondent. in new york guess what's behind this google warning. there is a lot going on in the pay you when you were just recently some companies actually formed an alliance to protest those so 30 percent f

classes chairing debates and breathing new life into the mosques busy weekly activities today south africa has its societal problems but the 1960 s. were very different times the white national party government introduced apartheid a system of institutionalized racial segregation a divided south africans racially dictating their political economic and social rights the minority white population dominated the majority of black africans who had few rights under apartheid indians and mixed race people so-called coloreds had some additional privileges if you want to understand what is a path and look at the use of a occupied palestine it's a simpler community that came from outside they both infrastructure and very efficient infrastructure as well and now that we own the land we are going to hear . what a party did was it which was white on the one side and what very considered another way it's not a term that i expect except because nonwhite means you are a non-person. but for the sake of reference to the nonwhite and further divide them into 3 basically groups africans or as they do for them

and we speak south africa's ruling party off to donald trump and if you please said the late nelson mandela destroyed the country. you need me. i'm going to go just. because you want to welcome to the program ethiopia's northern region has gone ahead with regional elections despite being told not to do so by prime minister to the country had been due to hold national and regional elections last month but the federal government postponed them indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic decisions into groene accused of using the situation to prolong his rule not surprise population is rated to be small it's around 5 percent of ethiopia's 109000000 people need those from the ethnic group dominated ethiopia's politics 130 is but that ended when it came to paul in 2018. now about $2700000.00 people in the region are expected to verts to gray officials have warned that an intervention by the federal government would amount to a quote declaration of war. an act of defiance in ethiopia's northern region of to cry. these people are lining up to vote in an election that the federal government sa

after that was one of the words struck his lock down south africa sees its economy shrink by ha it's falling employment figures to match. this is going to be a business on robots. then welcome to the program the 2 men battling to lead the world's largest economy had plenty to say about it although at times over the squabbling between president obama trump and rival joe biden it was difficult to hear it unemployment trade with china and taxation all came in a comment people out there need help but why do you do it over again in the is 25 years i think the economy was supposed to be trumps calling card for this reelection on tuesday it was a liability to be shifted to his opponent. or the pen demick has taken a toll on the u.s. economy business activity is picking back up but unemployment remains stubbornly high over 8 percent uncertainty is taking a toll business planning has been halting as new infections loom. for months trump has wavered between ignoring the virus wishing it away and calling for states to reopen he showed a similar impatience during the debate people want their sch

and it's all aboard the wind in south africa which is running again after idling in lock down. this is v.w. business i'm going on in berlin thank you for joining us the world bank's chief economist says it's going to take 5 years for the global economy to recover from colvin carmen reinhart says that the pandemic represents the largest economic shock the world has experienced in decades the world bank predicts world the gross domestic product will fall 5.2 percent this year they recommend governments focus on strengthening health services and providing financial support to the private sector and citizens. but that's harder to do in some places than others the coronavirus has thrown africa into its worst economic crisis in decades key streams of revenue like raw materials and tourism have dried up along with the foreign currency that would have been generated as a result many african economies that burdens are bulging. economies across sub-saharan africa struggling to cope with the fallout from the pandemic some like kenya and tanzania have been hit hard by the collapse of the t

this is news africa on the program today the backlash in south africa over a marketing campaign angry crowd stormed the stalls of a leading retail pharmacy ofter it put out what they say is a racist and they just meant about black people saying. to me this year is designing daunce a scaled down became invited only 30 maidens to the annual highlights which usually attracts thousands of virgins and there was a special message. hello i'm christine when to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company aging retail pharmacy in south africa has been forced to suspend business off to protests outside and number off its tolls the outrage is over a marketing campaign which described black hair as dull and white hair as normal the pickets were organized by south africa's radical new t.v. if if the party supporters demonstrated outside several clicks pharmacy stores across the country the company has pulled the ad for it and apologized but the if once the resale chain shut for 5 days so with. cephas revenue losses. so i hear to stop the eggs from being if they open with. the open or goin

well yes there's a lot of the violence in south africa continues to escalate and it comes in waves. particularly because it is never been resolved they have been no accountability police it would take an action to conduct with those who committed the act uses so we continue to hear these problems in the political leaders in south africa also in some cases. it will be violence it is not been dealing with decisively to date. i mean it sounds like a very complicated issue we talk about this ever time there's an incentive now what you've got is the root cause of all this hate against especially other african migrants in south africa well their root causes relates to competition for resources. over to an informal settlements but also a tree lit to. mount political leaders to scapegoat in blame foreign nationals for the problems and for lack of service delivery insides of the africa which is been buttressed by the police looking the other way the police not investigating terribly ensuring successful. prosecutions and convictions so when people are not punished for these criminal out they

this is due to being years africa on the program today live back to ash in south africa over a marketing campaign angry crowd stormed the stalls of a leading retail pharmacy after it put out what they say is a racist advertisement about black people saying. this is designed to read johnson scaled down became invited only 30 maidens to the annual highlights which usually attracts thousands of virgins and there was a special message. hello i'm proceeding to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company aging retail pharmacy in south africa has been forced to suspend business off to protests outside and number off its tolls the outrage is over a marketing campaign which described black hair as dull and white hair as normal the tickets were organized by south africa's radical nectarine. if if the posse supporters demonstrated outside several clicks pharmacy stores across the country the company has pulled the ad for it and apologized but the if once the resale chain shut for 5 days so it's. cephas revenue losses. so i hear top leagues from operating if they open with. the open we're

protesters in south africa accuse a leading pharmacy chain of posting racist advertisements. hello saudi arabia has reduced the sentences of 8 people involved in the murder of journalist john g. in turkey last year 5 of them were given the death penalty for the killing but that has been cut to 20 years in jail the others have been given sentences ranging from 7 to 10 years the court has also declared the case closed he was murdered by a saudi hit seen inside its stumble consulate in 2018 his fiance has called the decision a farce saudi arabia has refused all calls for the men to go on trial in turkey and in a series of tweets the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings agnes calabar said these verdicts carry no legal or moral legitimacy she went on to say that. prince mohammed bin sandman remains well protected against any meaningful scrutiny in his country and that the verdict can't be allowed to whitewash what happened in jail sean is the executive director of the arab center washington d.c. he says the political implications of the case shouldn't be ignored prosecu

south africa. if you want peace you don't want problems.n friday then not be a problem with us if you don't want to close our shops. won't include black people. from the millers in johannesburg and says race relations are still very tense in south africa. those protests that we saw outside several clicks stores across south africa did force some of them at least to close for the day and cliques when confronted with the street of protests by the economic freedom fighters that sit there on monday business would continue as usual that certainly wasn't the case now immediately after that ad was put on on its website last week and people then criticized clicks for what it called racism clicks did issue a statement its c.e.o. said i'm deeply disappointed that we allowed insensitive and offensive images to be published on our website and then went on to apologize under cervical for the hurt and anger that those images had caused but many people including a party like the saying that's not tonight because for a country like south africa that has a

and corruption amid the corona crisis south africa's auditor general described the large scale misuse of covert 1000 relief funds as a frightening. hello i'm told the ball welcome to news africa we're glad you could join us my jury has suffered the effects of a decade logged insurgency by the boko haram jihadist group part of the government's response apart from a military operation has been to offer an amnesty to repentant militants these fighters of then rehabilitated and steered back into society except they sometimes end up living alongside the very victims of their attacks as the correspondent funny has been finding out in the city of maiduguri in northeast nigeria. what come to my degree this sign existed long before the city gate negative notoriety for being the birthplace of boko haram in the past my degree was known as the manger training camp a decade into the jihadi. more than 2000000 people have been displaced some of them find refuge in this. at 1st sight not much has changed since we visited last year but this time we need to form a book or on militants who have also bee

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and the fall of or the wind in south africa which is running again after idling and locked down. this is v.w. business i'm going on in berlin thank you for joining us the world bank's chief economist says it's going to take 5 years for the global economy to recover from cove it carmen reinhart says that the pandemic represents the largest economic shock the world has experienced in decades the world bank predicts world the gross domestic product will fall 5.2 percent this year they recommend governments focus on strengthening health services and providing financial support to the private sector and citizens. but that's harder to do in some places than others the coronavirus has thrown africa into its worst economic crisis in decades the streams of revenue like raw materials and tourism have dried up along with the foreign currency that would have been generated as a result many african economies that burdens are bulging. economies across sub-saharan africa struggling to cope with the fallout from the pandemic some like kenya and tanzania have been hit hard by the collapse of the

and corruption amid the corona crisis south africa's auditor general described the large scale misuse of covert 19 relief funds as frightening. and though i'm told me a lot of ball welcome to news africa we're glad you could join us nigeria has suffered the effects of a decade logged insurgency by the boko haram jihadist group part of the government's response apart from a military operation has been to offer an amnesty to repentant militants these fighters of then rehabilitated and steered back into society except they sometimes end up living alongside the very victims of their attacks as the correspondent find if a child has been finding out in the city of maiduguri in northeast nigeria. what come to my degree this sign existed long before the city gate negative notoriety for being the birthplace of boko haram in the past my degree was known as a major training camp a decade into the jihadi insurgency more than 2000000 people have been displaced some of them find refuge in this. at 1st sight not much has changed since we visited last year but this time we need to form a book or on m

united states almost a 3rd of the population is overweight in russia some european countries and south africa more than 20 percent are considered obese canada south america and australia also make up the top 20 well a team from the university of north carolina took $75.00 studies from around the world including nearly 400000 patients it concluded being obese increases the risk of dying from coated by nearly 50 percent by pumpkin lead that study from the department of nutrition and joins us now what surprised you about the findings barry. quero 2 things 1st the proportion being half the lives you're more than doubled of likelihood of being hospitalized with it if you're a person with obesity greece individuals are 113 percent more likely to be hospitalized and then the mortality statistics both of those were far beyond what anybody had expected in far higher than we see individual diseases like hypertension or diabetes and why is that what's the explanation. that when you're o'keefe is not that south you have a large immune just paramedic so her immune system doesn't work as well and then on t

to explode and quote whatever it is a shame to say south africa and the u.s. spend like with mr trump in the white house. well we we there are those kind of lesions where they do from state to state we gauge with the president of the arctic or south africa but we do not welcome. some of these comments that would seek to undermine our superiority they have a good national congress including the government it leads right here in south africa having bestowed on itself the mantle of leading society will never go out of its way to undermine the civilian to other nations we expect that the president of the us will also be doing the same respecting the rule that democratically elected governments like i was occupy and are expected to perform on be out of the cities as they did. and then some other i would also give this again this is alleged to have been said by mr trump that he is said to have lost mamie a country that's run by a black person that is obsessed that is except say it loosely quoting him there but you have to speak for one of the oldest parties on the c

one could say in 2030 for example he tweeted that south africa was a quote crime ridden miss waiting to explode. end quote what have radiations between south africa and the us been like with mr trump in the white house. well we we there are those kind of relationship where they do from state to state do we gauge when the president of the arctic or south africa but we do not welcome. some of these comments that would seek to undermine our superiority. they have a good march now congress including the government it leads here in south africa i think bestowed on itself the mantle of leading society will never go out of its way to undermine disobedient to other nations we expect that the president of the us will also be doing the same respecting the rule in that democratic country elected governments like i was there's or you can i and i expected to perform on yahoo this it is indeed. a mr bob allen also give this again this is alleged to have been said by mr trump that he is said to have lost many a country that's run by a black person that is that is except saying loosely quoting him t

cardiologist jeff king has been kept busy since coded 19 reached south africa's shores. with over 20 percent of the population living with aids hiv there were initially worries that millions of immune compromised south africans could cripple the country's fight against hiv 19. but there are bigger problems. because africa has been known to be the mc of hiv we were concerned that the immunity responses that patients here hiv would result in a great bend the mic on the contrary we actually found the exact opposite that the biggest factor that we have relates to. coburg infection was obesity and south africa is the 3rd hippias nation in the world 1st is america and 2nd to the u.k. . like many worldwide dr king kong 19 was primarily a respiratory disease. experts like leaves at a virtual 2020 european society for cardiology congress have identified obesity as a major factor it is. it's very fast it's just it's a pinch. in your. city. as the virus liberates around the globe and more is learned about its effects on the body they are realizing this co-morbidity could mean the di

this is deja news africa on the program today the backlash in south africa over a marketing campaign angry crowd stormed the stalls of a leading retail pharmacy after a foot out what they say is a racist and vicious meant about black people saying. that this year's design read dances scaled down became invited only 30 maidens to the annual highlights which usually attracts thousands of virgins and there was a special message. hello i'm presuming to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company a leading retail pharmacy in south africa has been forced to suspend business off to protests outside and number off it stalls the outrage is over a marketing campaign which described black hair as dole and white hair as normal tickets were organized by south africa's radical left wing t.v. . the party supporters demonstrated outside several clicks pharmacy stores across the country the company has pulled the ad for it and apologized but the if once the resale change shut for 5 days so it suffers revenue losses. soar year to its top leagues being if the broker and we've. never bit the.

with almost 16000 deaths and over 650000 infections in south africa alone for dr fairly and her team the arrival of a vaccine can't come soon enough. for corona virus deaths across africa are lower than scientists would have expected especially when you consider there may have been many more cases than have so far been recorded a number of reasons have been put forward for that from africa's young population to traditional medicines there is another more unusual hypothesis some scientists believe parasitic worms could be protecting some africans from a full effects of 19 on this we can speak to dr kim hare of who is a parasite ologist borne university thanks for joining us can you please tell us what this hypothesis is all about. good afternoon. we have been working a long time on the reality of a parasitic disease and the host response of the human immune response particularly against warms and one of the dominant features is that there was ensure their survival for 10 years and longer in the body by suppressing the immune response for example to rid of live which is a parasitic one

with almost 16000 deaths and over 650000 impaction is in south africa alone for dr fairly and her team the arrival of a vaccine can't come soon enough. for corona virus deaths across africa lower than scientists would have expected especially when you consider there may have been many more cases than of so far been recorded a number of reasons have been put forward for that from africa's young population to traditional medicines there is another more unusual hypothesis some scientists believe parasitic worms could be protecting some africans from the full effects of coffee 19 on this we can speak to dr aqim hare of who is a parasite talers just on university thanks for joining us can you please tell us what this hypothesis is all about. you know get out of. we have been working a long time on the reality of parasitic disease and the host response of the human immune response particularly against warms and one of the dominant features is that the warmth ensure their survival for 10 years and longer in the body by suppressing the immune response for example. which is a parasitic one sees

they say it's for this reason that health workers are at risk at least 24000 health workers in south africa many of them nurses have contracted covert 19 and at least $250.00 have died so far and this is what angers the protesters behind us they say that south africans have sacrificed so much so far during the slump down and to add to that you now have a government that they're accusing of being in ept and corrupt only worsening this health crisis in the country russia's prime minister is in belarus meeting president alexander lukashenko who's faced weeks of protests against his room russia has vowed to send police forces into if they are required demonstrators have been calling on the shanker to resign after he was accused of rigging last month's election to continue his 26 year long rule he said tool to meet the russian president vladimir putin in the coming few weeks still to come on this program. but people are being nuts not to vote in elections. and warnings of coronavirus pandemic have reversed years of gains in refugee education. hello this still a very active weather picture across

cardiologist jeff king has been kept busy since 1000 reached south africa's shores. with over 20 percent of the population living with hiv there were initially worries that millions of immune compromised south africans could cripple the country's fight against hiv 19. but there are bigger problems. because. to be the maker of hiv we were concerned that the immunity responses that patients here hiv. would result in a greater pandemic too on the contrary we actually find the exact opposite that the biggest factor that we have related to a debating code with infection was the city and south africa is the food heaviest nation in the world 1st is america and 2nd to the u.k. . like many worldwide dr king kong 19 was primarily a respiratory disease. said experts like these at the virtual 2020 european society for cardiology congress have identified obesity as a major factor. as it. is there is just it's just it's a pinch. east's. as the violence to lift rates around the globe and more is learned about effects on the body they are realizing this co-morbidity could mean the di

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over the lockdown that there's been great concern around south africa's economy now one of the biggest announcements made is that borders will open and international travel will be allowed but of course the government has says that it will be a gradual easing of travel restrictions there of course we want to be very cautious people visiting south africa would have to have a negative code 19 tests before their arrival if they don't have that test they would have to observe a mandatory quarantine once they arrive in south africa. brazil's president has installed an army general with no medical experience as health minister it has been torn in after acting in the position since may his predecessor quit after disagreeing with a shade of also narrow on how best to tackle the pandemic brazil is the hardest hit south american nation but boss narrow has repeatedly played down the seriousness of the virus top officials in the u.s. state department could face war crimes charges for proving bomb sales to the saudi erotic coalition in yemen that's according to the new york times which is reporting

also on the show the pressure on south africa's government grows after new figures show an incredible contraction in the economy the u.n. now warns the turnaround completely. and 2020 has been an impossible year for event planners homburg where a concert organizer is testing the waters once again. welcome to the show and. it's good to have you with us uganda introduce one of the most stringent lockdowns in africa back in march banning cars and public gatherings shutting down shopping centers and schools and beginning a nighttime curfew and most of those measures have been lax and soon but schools remain closed and the curfew still in place measures that combined with lack of tourists has hit the country hard. breaking up stones in the burning sun is back breaking work. and it's mostly women and children who do it here at this quarry on the outskirts of cum pala. many of them fled the violent conflict in northern uganda many years ago. without school education they have little choice but to take this job to survive. they are can't go in there looking to get. some days we go back home w

the country's biggest health workers union which says protective equipment is in short supply south africa is the hardest hit country in africa that's my lot for today thanks for the company the stream is up next and then our next news hour with adrian finnegan says mark. after 2 years in office has the pakistani prime minister delivered on his promises of freedom of speech it's now being curtailed under your watch mr prime minister and watched as the evidence can you just talk tell your a stance prime minister imran khan talks to al jazeera. i f m e r k you're watching the stream the russian activist alexina vali is known globally as an opposition politician but inside russia he's more famous as being an investigative reporter right now he is lying in a hospital bed in germany in a medically induced coma the german doctors say they have found ways in in his system the question that we're asking in the stream today is russian opposition finished you too i know you're going to have a take on this jump into the comments and you too can be in the story.