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it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo the central african republic as well as south sudan. the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. many former child soldiers have been rehabilitated after a childhood from hell. in the half ducted in 1995. when i was still 9 he asked. so i stayed there for 5 years had them come back they picked me from those from my parents and then cut off for 22. maintains has been killed so i sent away from mountains. laura leader joseph coney is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now on grounds trial has been a chance for victims to confront an ongoing trauma the effects of which are still felt today. in your day w. correspondent a wendy basher has been following this story a welcome when they talk us through the key points of the verdict in this case which the judge described as exceptionally extensive and complex. as we all know demigod when it was all the kit today by the i.c.c. for war cream and cream against humanity but also for the sakes will cream that inclu

reduced the number of workers coming from ethiopia so farmers have been forced to hire workers from south sudan instead of a morgan reports from the sudan ethiopia border which i had mohamed says this is the 1st harvest his supervisor with workers from south sudan in the past his work force has come from nearby ethiopia but this year that is not possible with a little earlier that the truth of the fighting on the border between us and them is affecting the workers and their economic crisis is also turning workers the way they used to work in good money but now our pound is constantly losing value his father who owns more than 4000 hectares of farmland here in sudan's eastern got out of state says the harvest has been slow this year mark a very bitter medicine again we're south sudanese workers cover up to 70 percent of the shortage of ethiopian workers this year so normally we'd have covered more in terms of harvest but this year is different we're slightly back in harvesting schedule much of a lot of is covered with for thailand but sudan's eastern border has been witnessing the consequences o

it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo the central african republic as well as south sudan the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. many former child soldiers have been rehabilitated after a childhood from hell. in the half a ducted in the 195 when i was still 9 he yes so i stayed there for 5 he said then come back they picked me. from my parents and then. it all for $22.00. man teams just been killed. so i said life among those. a leader joseph coney is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now trial has been a chance for victims to confront an ongoing trauma the effects of which are still felt today. and we are joined now by wendy bashi our d.w. correspondent who has been following this story so wendy the judge said that this was an exceptionally extensive and complex case summer is the key points for us. yes how everyone so the key point defect that domine can when he has been to the i.c.c. for war crime and crime against humanity but also for sexual crime that included great force in ma

south sudan anthem plays. lucia and atkin are a very long way from home.9. for a year and a half, they've been stuck here, training and hoping — hoping that the olympics will happen. for this year, i hope 0lympic to be held because we are waiting for it for so long, one year and something, and we are farfrom ourfamily so we hope that it will be held onjuly. the good news is that despitejust losing its controversial chief, the tokyo olympic committee is adamant rumours the games will be cancelled are not true. no—one has ever discussed such options among us. ioc, ipc tokyo 2020, the national tokyo government, all the municipalities, all of us are absolutely focused on delivering the games this summer. so, it really does seem that the japanese government and the olympic committee are now determined to go ahead with the olympics in some form this year, almost regardless of what happens now with the covid pandemic. the problem for them is that many, many experts and the overwhelming majority of the japanese public think that is a very bad idea. translation: i

south sudan anthem plays. lucia and atkin are a very long way from home. heard of covid—19. for a year and a half, they've been stuck here, training and hoping — hoping that the olympics will happen. for this year, i hope olympic to be held because we are waiting for it for so long, one year and something, and we are farfrom ourfamily so we hope that it will be held onjuly. the good news is that despitejust losing its controversial chief, the tokyo olympic committee is adamant rumours the games will be cancelled are not true. no—one has ever discussed such options among us. ioc, ipc tokyo 2020, the national tokyo government, all the municipalities, all of us are absolutely focused on delivering the games this summer. so, it really does seem that the japanese government and the olympic committee are now determined to go ahead with the olympics in some form this year, almost regardless of what happens now with the covid pandemic. the problem for them is that many, many experts and the overwhelming majority of the japanese public think that is a very bad idea

debbie james was down in south sudan and all of this. in the region and. this. green team and to them to green gave it to do. acting in d.c. area region and region and yes everything i managed to try to find you to bring in that maybe just didn't make it oh gees case. wendy thank you thank you let's take a look at some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic meantime in other news around the world the world economic forum has again postponed its 2021 meeting due to the pandemic the business summit plans to meet in singapore this august instead of the swiss resort of davos a t.v. ad by airline ryanair has been banned as irresponsible by the u.k. after testing standards agency it says that the slogan japanese go could lead people to flout coronavirus restrictions and u.k. researchers say that one dose of the pfizer biotech vaccine gets about 90 percent protection from covert 19 after 21 days their findings are based on an analysis of israel's vaccination program well the technology being used in a number of covert 1000 vaccines also promises to become a pow

it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo the central african republic as well as south sudan the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. by laura leader joseph coney is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now trial has been a chance for victims to confront an ongoing trauma the effects of which are still felt today. and my 1st guest today is a former child soldier in the n.r.a. and has since become an activist in a sense a poignant joins me from here in germany welcome to day to be his africa innocent i just want to begin by asking you how you were recruited by the mill its resistance army yeah thank you so much for watching me. i was. like did you do a lot of people in northern uganda to come in the middle of the night with you at gunpoint to join the man. so i was force i got going with my shovel to move to walk with them the same as my dad the same night it was abducted as a moment it was abducted unfortunate if we meet couldn't make it and was cute as a night i was forced to move with them

the south sudan olympic team arrived here in japan long before any of us had heard of covid-19. 41.5they -- for a year and a half they have been training. >> we are waiting for it. we are far from our family. we hope it is held on july. >> the good news is that despite just losing its controversial chief, the tokyo admitted committee is adamant rumors the games will be canceled are not true. >> no one has ever discussed it. all of the parties. we are absolutely focused on the games. reporter: it really does seem that the japanese government and the olympic committee are now determin to go ahead with the olympics in some form this year. regardless of what happens now with the pandemic. the problem now is that many experts, and the overwhelming majority of the japanese public, think that is a very bad idea. >> i don't think so. cobit is far from over and preparation to stop infection is not complete. >> i don't think it is possible to hold olympics this year. we don't know when the pandemic will end. >> i don't think it is manageable. the variant is already circulating. on top of that,

at the border between sudan and south sudan but no one had afforded more meant in many states the regions and also the international law of the states try to people underground to find for to find him and to bring him he certainly some master next april entire process but joseph kony still in freeman today and many people for example in your gunna steal abroad that situation thank you for that correspondent when you basher. a timid moer a group of recently elected lawmakers has defied the new military government by convening a symbolic meeting of the parliament that was prevented from opening this came after the military cut the country off from facebook a popular news source and which has been used extensively to coordinate the growing campaign of civil disobedience was opposing monday's coup medical staff who say they're refusing to work for the military government the power grab has sparked international condemnation. this video of anti to protest as in mandalay on thursday was shared on social media. which could be one of the last for a while. resistance to the coup had been surging o

between do it a border between sudan and south sudan so they're doing tracking and or do states in this region and all of their. working to find him and finally bring him to the as he is so dismayed be the 2nd level or entire case actually regarding hilarie wendy bassett correspondent in brussels thank you. thinkers. myanmar's military has cut the country off from facebook just days after seizing control it comes after people flocked to a social media platform to voice opposition to the coup which ousted elected leader aung sang suu kyi on monday among those opposing the power grab are medical staff who say that they refused to work for the military government the coup has also sparked international condemnation including from the united nations. this video of anti crew protesters in mandalay on thursday was shed on social media it could be one of the last for a while. resistance to the coup had been surging on facebook with calls for civil disobedience the platform was also often used by the now ousted government to make announcements but the new military government's move to block fac

ourselves when we 1st met in 2016 it was living in the middle of a war zone in the nuba mountains and south sudan participated in the balun on a tolerance program after making the award winning documentary beats of the antonov . and it's a film about music identity. you know about the war using music so within that i can stream music and cause your own daily life and cause it on people in the book the. move to the nuba mountains and 2012 there's a war between the government and ethnic groups fighting for independence and the right to that own cultural identity. it was a war for resources self-determination and over the role of religion. you scared like you naturally scared everybody around you scared everybody's running into foxholes there's a moment when you come out that you. you want to make sure everybody's ok there is that moment of fear but as soon as you notice everybody is ok then there's that moment of extreme happiness like. the basque documentary ordinance award at the 2014 toronto film festival. before moving to the nuba mountains he had lived in new york but he gave up his secure exi

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with ethiopia is impacting farmers in gaza restate they're now being forced to hire workers from south sudan auster a reduction in labor from ethiopia have a morgan reports from the sudan ethiopian border. mujahid muhammad says this is the 1st harvest his supervised with workers from south sudan in the past his work force has come from nearby ethiopia but this year that is not possible. return of yet the truth of the fighting on the border between us and them is affecting the workers and their economic crisis is also returning work is the way they used to work in good money but now out hound is constantly losing value his father who owns more than 4000 hectares of farmland here in sudan's eastern got out of state says the harvest has been slow this year market. south sudanese workers cover up to 70 percent of the shortage of ethiopian workers this year so normally we'd have covered more in terms of harvest but this year is different we're slightly back in harvesting schedule much of a lot of is covered with for thailand but sudan's eastern border has been witnessing the consequences of ethio

at the border between sudan and south sudan but no one had asked for their more meant in many states the regions and also the international allies of the states try to people underground to find fuel to find him and to bring. peace and mass next table entire process but yes joseph kony student of treatment today and many people for example in your gonna. drop that situation thank you for that correspondent wendy bashing. myanmar's military has cut the country off from facebook days after removing the civilian government social media act as a popular news source in manama has been used extensively to coordinate the growing campaign of civil disobedience among those opposing monday's coup which saw the arrest of elected leader on some cinci a medical stuff you say they're refusing to work for the military government the power grab has sparked international condemnation. and this video of anti 2 protesters in mandalay on thursday was shed on social media it could be one of the last for a while. resistance to the coup had been surging on facebook with calls for civil disobedience the pla

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it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo the central african republic as well as south sudan the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. a leader joseph coney is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now trial has been a chance for victims to confront an ongoing trauma the effects of which are still felt today. and my 1st guest today is a former child soldier in the n.r.a. and has since become an activist in the sent a poignant joins me from here in germany welcome to do it i mean is africa in a sense i just want to begin by asking you how you were recruited by the little its resistance army yeah thank you so much for having me. i was that it like did you do a lot of peace in northern uganda to come in the middle of the night. to join the man. so i was force at gunpoint with my shovel to move to walk with them besides my dad the same night it was abducted as a night my dad was abducted unfortunate if we need couldn't make it and was killed us the night i was forced to move with them to suss it o

ourselves we 1st met in 2016 it was living in the middle of a war zone in a new guy mountains and south sudan he participated in the ballon on a tons program after making the award winning documentary beats of the. it's a film about music identity and war is where you learn about the war using music so within that i concentrate on music and on daily life and concentrate on people in the bus moved to the nuba mountains and 2012 there's a war between the government and ethnic groups fighting for independence and the right to that own cultural identity. it was a war for resources self-determination and over the role of religion. you scared like you naturally scared everybody around you scared everybody is running into foxholes there's a moment when you come out that you want to make sure everybody's ok there's that moment of fear but as soon as you notice everybody's ok then there's that moment of extreme happiness like. the bass documentary ordinance award at the 2014 toronto film festival. before moving to the nuba mountains he had lived in new york but he gave up his secure existence to suppo

the new job called kovacs have yet to begin more than 2 dozen people working for the president of south sudan have tested positive and are now in quarantine president salva kiir himself is said to be well and new zealand has begun rolling out its vaccine program using the biotech pfizer jab health care workers and border guards are 1st in line to get immunized. a court in moscow has rejected the appeal of russian opposition alexina valmy against his jail sentence but it did reduce his sentence slightly taking into account time already served in house arrest he now has to spend around 2 and a half years behind bars for violating parole in an earlier case the kremlin critic was unable to meet his parole offices because he was in germany seeking medical treatment 2 to poisoning with a nerve agent faces multiple trials with another one focusing on defamation charges . well for the latest i'm joined by d.w. correspondent emily show and in moscow emily what have the reactions been to this 1st verdict. well we heard from several of these allies on social media they called this ruling a disgrace and

at the border between sudan and south sudan but no one had asked for did more meant in many states the regions and also the international law of the state. trying to people underground to find fuel to find him and to bring. mass next table entire process but yes joseph kony stint of treatment today and many people for example in uganda. brought that situation thank you for that correspondent when the bashing. his look at some more of the stories making headlines around the world a prominent critic of shiite militant group hezbollah has been found dead in lebanon and officials say journalist and publisher of the one slim was shot multiple times in his car as he traveled in the country's south in addition to his activism is the slaying was also a leading authority on lebanon's civil war what would you carry regulations of stripped china's state television channel c g t m of its broadcasting license forcing the channel off air which media watchdog off com said it was against u.k. broadcasting more china's communist party to control the china beijing is hit back at cues in britain's public

warrants for genocide in south sudan so that you know that the both personal and institutional reasons triggered this coup phil how surprised were you that this coup actually happened i mean there's been a lot of speculation over the past week about whether it would or would not happen and also how concerned are you for the safety of activists of dissidents of critics of the military and you expect that we're going to be seeing more detentions in the days to come. well i think we were very surprised most people thought that this was saber rattling by the myanmar military that they were making threats to gain greater leverage over the civilian national league for democracy but that they wouldn't go through with it just because the damage would be so heavy on not only myanmar's international reputation but also quite possibly their economy of economic sanctions now follow so when they when i found out this morning that in fact that who had took them place i i i was really i'd to be honest quite shocked but i think you put your finger on that one of our major concerns right from the begin

we're getting reports from sudan that several miners are trapped after 14 pits collapsed a car in south kordofan the area's rich in minerals it's not certain yet how many are missing israel has begun to demolish a bedouin village in the occupied west bank for the 2nd time in 3 months why it's groups say that israel wants to displace an entire palestinian community to make way for illegal settlements israeli officials say the village is on military land of zeros there are abraham reports now from the occupied west bank. only a few hours after israeli forces demolished their homes these palestinians are rebuilding them himself welcome village in the northern jordan valley in the occupied west bank has been home to dozens of palestinians who have lived here for decades israel declared the area as a military training zone in the 1980 s. and has been demolishing structures here ever since it was meant to rebuild they come back take pictures on the mall is the village again we are tired of having slapped. 3 months ago israeli forces raised the whole village on once they came back and demolish

safe to have shifted into parts of central african republic the democratic republic of congo and south sudan joseph corney formed the group to overthrow president yoweri museveni in uganda and create a state based on his interpretation of the bill because it had commandments the group's current political goals are not clear for in a didn't know when is charged with 70 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes he says he was abducted by the l r a when he was a 10 year old child going to school in his village of koran he also argues he did not know any better because of his are bringing in the group and devotion to its leader connie his relatives told al-jazeera many children were taken by the rebels during those times. and. his family members were praying for him may not get knocked up but in case he is found guilty he is forgiven. when may have been a child soldier but he quickly rose through the ranks and by the time of his capture was the number 4 in command human rights organization says a victim himself this case poses difficult questions on the biden of responsibility he should b

into extreme poverty for example there's a woman margaret remind she's a single mother of 5 from south sudan she makes a living selling beings at a local market since the pandemic her income has dropped more than 50 percent that's just one example of what we're talking about in the u.s. women lost one 156000 jobs in december men gain $16000.00 jobs that means that women account for more than 111 percent of all job losses that month how with the solutions that you believe in remedy the various forms of gender inequality that we see globally what data again sexism cannot be solved means we have to be clear on this but what we must understand at the same time is that when you have a deep recession the 1st people who get hit are women ethnic minorities. generally the weaker the young those who are you know under 20 the very old they're the 1st people that we can suffer the most during a recession so any delay in responding to espouse of this financial lies through. google is not we have by keynesian means exacerbates the pain that the victims of patriarchy have been suffering so on the one hand

in our own family as you mentioned, but also in many places of standing next to a mass grave in south sudanom war and conflict. and of course you ask those questions, but the answer is the crucified god. you had your first coronavirus vaccination, i think, back injanuary. i wonder if you're concerned at all about covid lingering for longer periods in poorer parts of the country, becoming "a disease of deprivation," as one government scientific adviser said yesterday. yes, i heard that said. and i think that's a real issue. the first thing is, i had myjab because i do some work in a hospital so i was one of those that needed to be jabbed for the protection of other staff and patients. and i will take my follow up in april. and i would say to everyone, get the jab. there really is no conspiracy. the only conspiracy is to make sure you don't get covid. get the jab, don't listen to the stories. secondly, there's a risk... because covid's going to be with us like flu is, but we have the solution to it. and that solution is in our own hands. you get it when you're offered it, you take it, you do

hollywood and not allowed to be in films across the board that's what we're attempting to correct in south sudan reimagine a world where a person who's black in plate any character pris the simply a queen and to see what that does for a young african-american girl to see a black woman play a queen that's what we're looking at this is file are there no everything queens are there no african queens that you could play rabbit or no white queen. no both i guess the audience will decide when these movies finally come out resurfacing nancy brian logan good to see you again thanks for joining us on r.t. international. thank you and that's it for this edition of the weekly thanks for checking in with r.t. international on calling brian having an expedition and just a half an hour from that theater. the world is driven by a dreamer shaped about one percent of those but. no dairy thinks. we dare to ask. knowing flowed from that and the idea of who didn't blog little but i'll blog good . luck and i don't.

the south sudan olympic team arrived here in japan long before any of us had heard of covid—19.o, we hope that should be held onjuly. the good news is that despitejust losing its controversial chief, the tokyo olympic committee is adamant rumours the games will be cancelled are not true. no one has ever discussed such options among us. ioc, ipc tokyo 2020, the national tokyo government, all the authorities, we are absolutely focused on delivering the games this summer. so, it really does seem that the japanese government and the olympic committee are now determined to go ahead with the olympics in some form this year, almost regardless of what happens now with the covid pandemic. the problem for them is that many, many experts and the overwhelming majority of the japanese public think that is a very bad idea. translation: i don't think so. covid is farfrom over and preparation to stop infection is not complete. translation: i don't think it's possible to hold - olympics this year. we don't know when the pandemic will end. i don't think it is manageable. there is record reports a

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follow up studies on safety and efficacy and a 3rd what do you say about no barkus is price as if in south sudan prices i find the prices in general to be staggering in many areas and not just those of novartis in the orne and these prices are completely nontransparent to patients and to us doctors or mr bush and also by someone enabling all. all of this to go on because there are vested interests and month so there are reasons why they want to be on the company's good side this pushed into interestingly to whom they're stacking the 1610 film and then measure their wives stand off it because they could also produce in india or china you know. so it means jobs in basel albats that's in that it's the jobs of course and if you look at switzerland for example it doesn't have much industry but it does boast a few of the world's most important pharmaceutical companies at least if i can sell it. at no far to says plant in the town of dine in argo switzerland we meet with the head of cell and gene therapy in europe a month away the austrian e. so this will be. this will be a key site for us. they avoid

it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo the central african republic as well as south sudan. the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. by laura leader joseph coney is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now trial has been a chance for victims to confront an ongoing trauma the effects of which are still felt today. and my 1st guest today is a former child soldier in the n.r.a. and has since become an activist in a sense a poignant joins me from here in germany welcome to day to be in his africa innocent i just want set to begin by asking you how you were recruited by the little its resistance army yeah thank you so much for having me. i was abducted like did you do a lot of people say nobody gonna to come in the middle of the night with you at gunpoint to join the man so i was force at gunpoint with my shirt to move to walk with them besides my dad the same night it was said that it exists in my mind it was at that unfortunate if we need would it make it it was killed us that night i was for

the new jam called kovacs have yet to begin more than 2 dozen people working for the president of south sudan have tested positive and are now in quarantine president salva kiir himself is said to be well and new zealand have begun has begun rolling out its vaccine program using the biotech pfizer jep health care workers and border guards are 1st in line to get immunized. u.s. president joe biden says he'll approve a disaster declaration for the state of texas following a crippling winter storm at least 2 dozen texans died in the unusually cold weather which also disrupted electricity and water supplies. the snow and ice may have melted but texans are facing a new hurdle a shortage of clean water houston residents queued for up to 3 hours for just that on friday. 6 the water came on for a slight moment i believe on our thing or late wednesday but it only came on as a trickle i also wanted to get some for my neighbor she's elderly and can't get out at all and has no water at all new record low temperatures have led to pumping problems bust pipes and water mains across the state even flooding s