ok let's cross to our west africa correspondent fred moved following this story from lagos in nigeria fred it's good to see you the president of equitorial guinea is blaming negligence what else do we know at this point. yeah that's true he's course being this explosion on negligence led to. this. but then an explanation for explosions happened today. but i mean there are so many questions at this point that probably in the coming days or 2 more will know more of what actually really hard paint. this afternoon as you say there are just so many unanswered questions with these blasts there are reports of people we're seeing as well this footage of people being pulled from burning buildings is there any more information about the victims about people missing. we have just 2 minutes ago that clear at this 20 people have been killed according to a state media. for more than 400 people reportedly injured and many more missing there were also reports on claiming that the death toll rises to more than 100 people but so far that has not confirmed so far we know. people and many more see the mi

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we stay in west africa and move on to ghana over the years the capital city across has developed into a high fashion hub now the young designers in our next report wanted to produce fancy clothes for young customers clothes that stand out on top of that they wanted their creations to be a sustainable so they used trash but he designs my it's not everybody's tastes but they are definitely good for the environment. passion and fun certainly go hand in hand a crowd based design. bill is known for colorful eye catching and sustainable creations. and you show up for a bomb for and his brother calvin have been a part of ghana's fashion scene for some time now and the designing signature items from waste materials like plastics and broken are is our main goal was to create this same effect the same jackets and stuff that people knew was we wanted to create the same thing with their rabbit ears and like to make them have the same feel and then scenes we learned about by a year and a half nice being going great planful and his team collect plastic waste littering that community and the 5 perce

also been education funding has set up a plant to produce dishonest systems it is the finest in west africa them in the budgeting equipment and components of the solar system that imported from europe the government waived import duties. the production equipment is the very latest it is very complex and enables us to make high quality products the panels we make are basically the same as the more does that have been certified in germany we couldn't keep you on the plane much of the manufacturing process is isolated but some steps down by 170 people one at the plant when all behind and we meant this one as cells have to be sold to the panels manually to create them would you and i play intel system has to be robust enough to read down high temperature as it can be 45 degrees such as in the. he. has a this is where we test the panels when up and else comes out of the machine we check all the soldiers and see if there are any cracks anywhere if everything is ok we where the strings and the cells together finally we attach a serial number to prevent counterfeiting. the company has talked on in

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francophone west africa research at amnesty international a warm welcome to you all yes even fall from the opposition's stomps this country senegal used to be the high watermark of stable democracy in west africa what changed and why change is a. factor. in the crossroads. we are at the crossroads because we have right now a president who. is trying to set the stage where. ringback presidents and this is for 20 elections i'm probably $24.00 but the president has repeatedly said that he will reduce a position its minimum level of existence the president has had also a practice of regularly and this is the 3rd time and the mining if opponent using the courts to the point where the opponent is not able to run for elections the 3rd thing is we have seen a situation of really you know political. harassment of civil society populist activist and. a political leaders we have also seen but have had good liberties because before you know we have no way i love to you know demonstrate peacefully. in the streets this president was able to be elected because there was a big social movement against

and then populations can completely collapse and blink out we're seeing this happening already in west africa where many populations have already disappeared completely ok so so this is this is very daunting and poaching is one of the reasons why we're losing so many elephants according to this report that's just come up while we struggling in africa to protect these animals. i think we shouldn't just look at africa as the problem continent where the poaching is taking place the poaching the sticking place because there is demand for ivory in other countries particularly in asia and the far east so so long as there is demand for these products that the price of these products are very high there will be poaching there will be corruption there will be disruption of the normal force meant facilities to my country kenya for example there is a fantastic level of law enforcement on the ground there's very little pushing ticking please but kenya continues to be a conduit of ivory coming out of central and other parts of africa through our country and out through our borders it's very difficult for

we stay in west africa and move on to ghana over the years the capital city across has developed into a high fashion hub now the young designers in our next report too wanted to produce fancy clothes for young customers clothes that stand out on top of that they wanted their creations to be sustainable so they used trash but he designs might not be everybody's tastes but they are definitely good for the environment. passion and fun certainly go hand in hand across his design label and bill is known for colorful eye catching and sustainable creations unusual for example and his brother calvin have been a part of ghana's passion scene for some time now and that is i ming signature items from waste materials like plastics and broken or is our main goal was to create this same effect like this a new jacket and stuff that people knew was we wanted to create the same thing with the rabbit jacket like to make them have the same feel in scenes we lines up by a year and a half nice being going great plan for and his team collect plastic waste littering that community and the 5 percent of $1000

it's a capital of guinea-bissau one of the smallest nations of west africa. half a 1000000 people live in the south it's located on a river estuary off the atlantic ocean. the city has a lot of charm and it is full of colors. but i'm going one year and what we're seeing here is the creation of moros the one over there is about liberation movement in our country and i'm english ramos who was a very important independence fighter for going to be so good in the. country used to be a portuguese colony and gained its independence in 1973 as one takes us to the city stadium which bears the name of independence day the 24th of september the stands are now empty but as one remembers the pre-clear on a parties. this is the stadium the 24th of september this place such a tremendous effect on my career in december 28th and i had my 1st concert in the stadium and it was part it was the most exciting moment of make. 45000 people party to the sound of his beats. as one takes us for a spin around town in his fancy hummer. the 32 year old grew up in a tiny village on the bor

it's a capital of guinea bissau one of the smallest nations of west africa. half a 1000000 people live in the south it's located on a river estuary of the atlantic ocean. the city has a lot of charm and it is full of colors. but i'm going more year and what we're seeing here is the creation of more or less the one over there is about liberation movement in our country and i'm english ramos who was a very important independence fighter for going to be so good in the beginning of the country used to be a portuguese colony and gained its independence in 1973 as one takes us to the city stadium which bears the name of independence day the 24th of september the stands are now empty but as one remembers a pre-clear on a parties. this is the stadium the 24th of september this place a tremendous effect on my career in december 28th and i had my 1st concert in the stadium and it was part it was the most exciting moment of my. 45000 people party to the sound of his beats. as one takes us for a spin around town in his fancy hummer. the 32 year old grew up in a tiny vill

and culture is through his ot is latest creation was recently unveiled at a special location in west africa. not the usual canvas but a sandy beach in been mean the project is titled beyond walls and the brainchild of french artist. also known simply as c.p. he's made it his trademark to produce giant outdoor artworks in unusual places but all with a purpose he says he's creating paintings with a human chain of hands around the globe which carries a universal message of friendship and togetherness. and i always say i really believe that only together can humanity respond to the different challenges that has to overcome and it was from this convention that this project was born c.p.c. creations are done with biodegradable paint so there is no pollution his project started a few years ago in paris and has since traveled around the world to 10 cities from berlin to walk at duke to istanbul and cape town before arriving here in gone v. and ouida places tragically marked by the african slave trade. for the image to be striking one must find in a spectator and also a story the 2 histories are gon

and then populations can completely collapse and blink out we're seeing this happening already in west africa where many populations have already disappeared completely ok so so this is this is very daunting and poaching is one of the reasons why we're losing so many in offense according to this report that's just come up why always struggling in africa to protect these animals. i think we shouldn't just look at africa as the problem continent where the poaching is taking place the poaching this taking place because there is demand for ivory in other countries particularly in asia and the far east so the longer there is demand for these products then the price of these products are very high there will be poaching there will be corruption there will be disruption of the normal force meant facilities to my country kenya for example there is a fantastic level of law enforcement on the ground there's very little pushing ticking please but kenya continues to be a conduit of ivory coming out of central and other parts of africa through our country and out through our borders it's very difficult fo

senegal usually a beacon of stability in west africa has been rocked by its worst violence in years . or can i call for calm and peace. all together let's science our bitterness and avoid the logic of confrontation which leads to the worst o.-p. president cell has been in power since 2012 political pressure on him is growing fueled by allegations that any challengers is subject to political hit jobs the opposition fears he may try for a 3rd term beyond the 2 term limit in the constitution. the people demanded that in 2024 he will pack is bags and he will leave. for now tsonga seems willing to bide his time till the next poll in 2024 as the protests well his followers may not want to wait that long. i'm now joined by journalist sam he's the editor of africa check and then bureau welcome to the program sam now one song is still calling for mass protests across the country and all these likely to continue now that he's been released from police custody. yes really some. must protest but. peacefully so in this court because a call already made such a day by a group of 40 you could have pa

the fossil energy company has set up a plant to produce dishonesties jim says it is because in west africa them in the budgeting equipment and components of the solar system imported from europe the government waived import duties. the production equipment is the very latest it is very complex and enables us to make high quality products the panels we make are basically the same as the more does that have been certified in germany we couldn't keep it on the plane much of a manufacturing process is isolated but some steps down by 170 people one at the plant when all behind and we meant this in a self help to be sold out to the panels manually to create them would you and i. place the antenna system has to be robust enough to withstand high temperature as it can be 45 degrees such as in the. should we. also. this is where we test the panels when a panels comes out of the machine we check all this oil does and see if there are any cracks anywhere if everything is ok we wear the strings in this house together finally we attach a serial number to prevent counterfeiting. the company has talked o

. >> that is one of the stories of this book which is what happens to africa particularly west africat not exclusively west africa because a significant percentage of african-americans have roots in east africa as was made reference to poor example so what has happened as noted is that there is a certain ambiguity with regards to western europeans but if you look at the map you will see europe is not very big compared to the rest of europe which is mostly russia or even to say africa for example. and so they are living together and there is ethnic conflict amongst them which then leads to war which then helps to give rise to a kind of nascent mullah terry industrial complex and you can fight your antagonist and as noted those are fungible skills that can be easily deployed against africans and indigenous populations of america and at the same time it generates capitol because as noted you can sell defective weapons to africans, obsolete weapons to africans and even if you are selling nondefective non-obsolete weapons to africans what that means is that you can stoke conflict, you can

senegal usually a beacon of stability in west africa has been rocked by its worst violence in years . or can i call for calm and peace. all together let's silence our bitterness and avoid the logic of confrontation which leads to the worst opiate president saleh has been in power since 2012 political pressure on him is growing fueled by allegations that any challengers is subject to political hit jobs the opposition fears he may try for a 3rd term beyond the 2 term limit in the constitution in the book the people demanded that in 2024 he will pack his bags and he will leave. for now sunk or seems willing to bide his time till the next poll in 2024 as the protests well his followers may not want to wait that long. i'm now joined by journalist sam is the editor of africa check and then bureau welcome to the program sam now one song is still calling for mass protests across the country and all these likely to continue now that he's been released from police custody. yes really some. must protest but. peacefully so in this court because he made such a day by a group of political parties c

but politicians in ivory coast and west africa have been doing that.sentative for unicef. >> it is natural that there is initial vaccine hesitancy. i think unicef and who and our partners and the gernment are working very hard to address that hesitancy through a number of different strategies. the first strategy is making sure it is the health-care workers that receive the vaccines so that when they give it to other groups, they are able to reassure the population. unicef and the government is working very closely on communications platform and communications campaign to explain the importance of the vaccination process, and then also we are working with communities themselves to explain to religious leaders, immunity leaders --community leaders, the importance of the vaccination campaign, and why it is important that everybody get the vaccine for themselves and their families and their communities. ros: there have been other examples around the world of senior public figures adding to the front of the vaccination queue. this is a protest in argentina

ok let's cross to our west africa correspondent fred move on you who's been following this story from lagos in nigeria fred it's good to see the president of equitorial guinea is blaming negligence what else do we know at this point. yeah that's true course. this explosion on negligence led to. this. but then an explanation for explosions happened today. but i mean there's so many questions at this point that probably in the coming days or 2 more will know more of what actually really hard paint. this afternoon as you say there are just so many unanswered questions with these blasts there are reports of people we're seeing as well as this footage of people being pulled from burning buildings is there any more information about the victims about people missing. we have just 2 minutes ago that i think is 20 people have been killed according to a state media. for more than 400 people reported it injured and many more are still missing there were also reports on claiming that the death toll rises to more than 100 people. so far that has not confirmed so far we know 20 people and many more

company and can supply chains that interrupted the benefit of competition in the marketplace in west africa is officially from companies in his field so imagine not only did i missed it but neighboring countries to feed. their production lines here this is where we store the finished products. last buy out what we produce is a 200 barrels a day they quibble and of 30 to 80 megawatts annually. and i the company's main customer is the reach to do this year old renewables in the national energy mix it wants to do in a few weeks in 4 and that can begin to give the generators to reduce cost and minimize. the energy ministry launched the backups really program and i didn't see is implemented. enable citizen as well as small and medium enterprises to buy solar panels by providing them interest free loans. since we started the program in 2013 more than 4000 companies and people have been affected from the it. as it shifts from generating electricity with fossil fuels. the government is promoting someone that would be needed began its planning to build 16 legend of farms over the next couple of year

was recently unveiled at a special location in west africa. not the usual canvas but a sandy beach in been mean the project is titled beyond walls and the brainchild of french artist. also known simply as c.p. he's made it his trademark to produce giant outdoor artworks in unusual places but all with a purpose he says he's creating paintings with a human chain of hands around the globe which carries a universal message of friendship and togetherness. and then most of them i always say i really believe that only together can humanity respond to the different challenges that has to overcome and it was from this convention that the project was born. creations are done with biodegradable paint so there is no pollution his project started a few years ago in paris and has since traveled around the world to 10 cities from belin to walk at duke to istanbul and cape town before arriving here in gone v. and we die places tragically marked by the african slave trade. name for the image to be striking one must find in a static and also a story the 2 histo

we stay in west africa and move on to ghana over the years the capital city across has developed into a high fashion hub now the young designers in our next report too wanted to produce fancy clothes for young customers clothes that stand out on top of that they wanted their creations to be sustainable so they used trash that he designs might not be everybody's tastes but they are definitely good for the environment. passion and fun certainly go hand in hand across space design they still is known for colorful eye catching and sustainable creations. and you show up for a bond for and his brother calvin have been a part of ghana's passion scene for some time now and that is arming signature items from waste materials like plastics and broken or is our main goal was to create this same effect the same jackets and stuff that people knew was for we wanted to create the same thing with their rabbit ears and like to make them have the same feel and then scenes we learned by a year and a half nice being going great planful and his team collect plastic waste the touring that community and the

we stay in west africa and move on to ghana over the years the capital city across has developed intoa high fashion hub now the young designers in our next report to wanted to produce fancy clothes for young customers clothes that stand out on top of that they wanted their creations to be sustainable so they used trash but he designs might not be everybody's taste but they are definitely good for the environment. passion and fun certainly go hand in hand across design label and bill is known for colorful eye catching and sustainable creations unusual for a bomb fall and his brother calvin have been a part of ghana's fashion scene for some time now and the designing signature items from waste materials like plastics and broken are is our main goal was to create this seam effect like see jack as in stuff that people knew was full we wanted to create the same thing with their rabbit jacket like to make them have the same feel and then say is we learn as it were by a year and a half nice being going great and his team collect plastic waste littering that community and the 5 percent of $10

is amnesty international's west africa researcher joining us there from the car we appreciate your time and insight thank you very much. and other world news they are reports that at least one person has died in myanmar 2nd city of mandalay after protesters clashed with police on friday many have been defying a crackdown and marching to demand an end to the military takeover activists were out in a number of cities on friday 38 people were killed on wednesday and that's also sparked international condemnation a un security council meeting on the situation in myanmar has just ended when i speak to our diplomatic as a jane space who is live for us at the united nations so james what's come out of the meeting what have you heard. nothing so far out of this meeting we've certainly spoken to one of the ambassadors the british ambassador and it appears that they are working on some sort of statement but no action as yet at this stage the meeting took place behind closed doors so we don't know exactly what was said but we do know that christina strand of bergen who is the u.n. special envoy br

the portuguese established a sea route taking in the coast of west africa. kept behind on the islands of arguin and cape verde each mile covered was a victory over the muslims who were present on the entire northern part of the continent. portugal has traditionally glorified its great explorers forgetting that most of them built their fortunes on the slave trade. today lisbon is undergoing a facelift after the discovery monument renovation work extended to the district as construction progressed the riches of the 1st world city resurfaced by chance workers uncovered the foundations of the former commercial harbor. in the space of one century lisbon became the richest capital in europe some distance ahead of paris london or amsterdam chinese vases parts from indonesia ornamental class where from a cow and amid the shards of earthenware from all over the world a woman skeleton was also found. d.n.a. tests revealed that she was an african slave buried without a name or gravestone. the archaeology of slavery a relatively recent field is a long untold history of

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the portuguese established a sea route taking in the coast of west africa. kept by her daughter the islands of arguin and cape verdi in. each mile covered was a victory over the muslims who were present on the entire northern part of the continent. portugal has traditionally glorified its great explorers forgetting that most of them built their fortunes on the slave trade. today lisbon is undergoing a facelift after the discovery monument renovation work extended to the us district as construction progressed the riches of the 1st world city resurfaced by chance workers uncovered the foundations of the former commercial harbor. in the space of one century lisbon became the richest capital in europe some distance ahead of paris london or amsterdam chinese vases parts from indonesia ornamental class where from a cow and amid the shards of earthenware from all over the world a woman skeleton was also found. in a shell d.n.a. tests revealed that she was an african slave buried without a name or gravestone. the archaeology of slavery a relatively recent field is a

recommendations is taking time because of how deep the divisions are in a country once considered west africa's highland of stte ability. >> they voted to reconcile, but always left in the hands of a few individuals and organizations. >> he says their work has been difficult, but the country will appreciate how deep the differences are. he warns that in areas most affected by the countries crisis, there is still much suspicion, distrust, and in some cases hate. it is reflected in politics. lest -- unless e-gov -- unless the government invest more in confidence building and trust, the country will not be able to hear. dashiell. >> japan has marked the tent in bursary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed 20,000 people. those fireworks lit up the sky to honor the lives lost in the nuclear disaster of the fukushima power plant. events were held nationwide two weeks before the olympic torch run begins from fukushima. if you're wondering about digital art, one work just sold for a whopping $69 million. 22 million people tuned in to the auction in new york. since >> this was the third

after himself, he was joined by other european explorers who entered africa from the west. these expeditions marked the transition from evangelizing missions to imperialism. as a young boy began to trade along the central route into it when the congo, he traded over a large area and was the most powerful figure. there also had his own, almost no army. although now in a state of neglect, to putin house in zanzibar, tells us much about the fortune amassed by the powerful merchant. in his autobiography, he recounted his negotiations with stanley and a belgian diplomat. stanley arrived with a dozen europeans. we met at the consul's and he told me, we wish you to accept to become governor in the name of belgium and your voice, the belgian flying in the districts. or under your rule, i hoisted wanted stanley falls when i arrived and my men did the same. wherever we came. former slaves were enlisted in the conquering armies. weapons in hand, the french, the belgian, and the british went deeper and deeper into the equatorial forest. europeans placed peasant communities under milita

the african forest elephant which is native to west africa is now critically endangered, one step away. numbers have fallen by almost 90% in the last three decades. the savanna elephant which is habitats across sub-saharan africa has lost 60% of its population in the last 50 years. international union for the conservation of animals that are on the red list of shows more than 37,000 are in danger of extinction. the organization says it is possible to reverse the

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ok let's cross to our west africa correspondent fred moved following this story from lagos in nigeria fred it's good to see the president of equitorial guinea is blaming negligence what else do we know at this point. yeah that's true of course. this explosion on negligence led to. this. but then an explanation for explosions happened today. but i mean there are so many questions at this point that probably in the coming days or 2 more will know more of what actually really hard. this afternoon as you say there are just so many unanswered questions with these blasts there are reports of people we're seeing as well this footage of people being pulled from burning buildings is there any more information about the victims about people missing. we have just 2 minutes ago that i think is 20 people have been killed according to a state media. for more than 400 people. reportedly injured and many more are still missing there were also reports on claiming that the death toll rises to more than $100.00 people. so far that it has not confirmed so far we know. people and many more still missing s

the portuguese established a sea route taking in the coast of west africa. kept behind the islands of arguin and cape verdi in. smile coverage was a victory over the muslims who were present on the entire northern part of the continent. portugal has traditionally glorified its great explorers forgetting that most of them built their fortunes on the slave trade. today lisbon is undergoing a facelift after the discovery monument renovation work extended to the family district as construction progressed the riches of the 1st world city resurfaced by chance workers uncovered the foundations of the former commercial harbor. in the space of one century lisbon became the richest capital in europe some distance ahead of paris london or amsterdam chinese vases parts from indonesia ornamental class where from macau and amid the shards of earthenware from all over the world a woman skeleton was also found. in the initial d.n.a. tests revealed that she was an african slave buried without a name or gravestone. the archaeology of slavery a relatively recent field is exudi

it's a capital of guinea-bissau one of the smallest nations of west africa. half a 1000000 people live in the south it's located on a river estuary of the atlantic ocean. the city has a lot of charm and it is full of colors. but i'm going more idea of what we're seeing here is the creation of more us the one over there is about liberation movement in our country and i'm english ramos who was a very important independence fighter for going to be so good in the beginning the country used to be a portuguese colony and gained its independence in 1973 as one takes us to the city stadium which bears the name of independence day the 24th of september the stands are now empty but as one remembers a pre-clear on the parties organized and this is the stadium the 24th of september this place at a tremendous effect on my career in december 28th and i had my 1st concert in the stadium and it was part it was the most exciting moment of make. for 45000 people party to the sound of his beats. as one takes us for a spin around town in his fancy hummer. the 32 year old grew up

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also been a good company i set up a plant to produce dishonesties tim says it is the finest in west africa them medical training equipment and components of the solar system i imported from utah the government waived import duties. the production equipment is the very latest it is very complex and enables us to make high quality products the panels we make are basically the same as the more does that have been certified in germany we couldn't keep it on the plate much of the manufacturing process is isolated but some steps down by $170.00 people one at the plant when all behind and we meant this in a cells have to be sold that to the panels manually to create the mold you and. i like the antenna system has to be robust enough to run high temperature as it can be 45 degrees such as in. she. has a. this is where we test the panels when a panel stands out of the machine we check all the soledad and see if there are any cracks anywhere if everything is ok we wear the strings in this house together finally we attach a serial number to prevent counterfeiting. the company has told our own company

senegal usually a beacon of stability in west africa has been rocked by its worst violence in years . or can i call for calm and peace. all together let's silence our bitterness and avoid the logic of confrontation which leads to the worst opiate president saleh has been in power since 2012 political pressure on him is growing fueled by allegations that any challengers a subject to political hit jobs the opposition fears he may try for a 3rd term beyond the 2 term limit in the constitution. the people demanded that in 2024 he will pack his bags and he will leave. for now tsonga seems willing to bide his time till the next poll in 2024 as the protests well his followers may not want to wait that long. i'm now joined by journalist sam he's the editor of africa check and then bureau welcome to the program sam now one song is still calling for mass protests across the country and all these likely to continue now that he's been released from police custody. yes really so. must protest but. peacefully so in this. because he made today by a group of course you could parties citizen movement

and then populations can completely collapse and blink out we're seeing this happening already in west africa where many people creations have already disappeared completely ok so this is this is very daunting poaching is one of the reasons why we're losing so many innocents according to this report that's just come out why always struggling in africa to protect these animals. i think we shouldn't just look at africa as the problem continent where the poaching is sticking close the poaching this taking place because there is demand for ivory in other countries particularly in asia and the far east so the longer there is demand for these products then the price of these products are very high there will be poaching there will be corruption there will be disruption of the normal force meant facilities to my country kenya for example there is a fantastic level of law enforcement on the ground there's very little pushing ticking please but kenya continues to be a conduit of ivory coming out of central and other parts of africa through our country and out through our borders it's very difficult fo

. >> found in tropical areas of central and west africa, forest elephants are one step away from extinctionccording to the iucn, international union for conservation of nature who says and 31 years the number of elephants has fallen by a staggering 86%. >> this assessment is giving us early warning that unless we turn around inc.'s, -- things, it is likely these animals go extinct. the kind of great decline we have observed is alarming. >> loss of habitat and increase poaching are blamed for the decline, especially given a persistent demand for ivory. >> this motion is not catching the posters -- poachers, but the solution lies in disentangling the criminal networks responsible for packing the ivory out of africa into the rest of the world. >> the african savanna elephant is also endangered, with this population dropping by 60% and 50 years. they have brought her tusks and not as narrow as forest elephants who are better equipped at getting through dense woodland. conservationists say these figures are a wake-up call. while some african countries are leading the way and reversing elephant d

because i'm city of west africa. around 14000000 people live here but there are no superheroes to be found they live far away in america and be out quite. wants to change this by making comics in africa he's fulfilling a childhood dream i think it was about 5 years ago my mum would buy me comic books and our troops every single one completely ruined the comics yeah that's basically how i don't i've put a piece of paper on to make them help my pencil the know 1st day with a print of the back cover i did we could do in school just the troops. are. prime and all of the nigerian superheroes are brought to life here and to the public studio a kind of alternative african marvel universe in many ways under the watchful eye of g.-d. he has since moved to london with a hope that's us from lagos achieve an international break through to. one of my major committed 4 big moves to push the african convent and the continent you know into the world. and to do that you need infrastructure much of a gesture that we can find back home

i waited story comes from west africa. of "conspiracy to commit subversion". it�*s the biggest protests in months, against china�*s controversial national security law imposed on hong kong last year. britain has accused china, of using the law to stifle dissent. our correspondent danny vincent reports from hong kong. protesters in hong kong saluting pro—democracy activists in myanmar. but they came to show solidarity with 47 activists here who are facing charges for breaking the draconian national security law. the police warned the hundreds of supporters outside the court that of supporters outside the court that they too could be in violation of the sweeping new law — which has all but silenced the street protests movement. yet still they came. translation: i'm a person who loves freedom, and i clearly _ know what i should do to secure our freedom. so i must come out. hong kong activists say the pro—democracy camp is facing an unparalleled crackdown. past and present political activists say they are victims of political

of animals especially whole says and also able to use objects found to deduce the way humans in west africa hunted animals they say the find will provide a wealth of information on the culture and environment of the past. that is it for now you can also check out other stories on d w dot com ford slash africa as well as off ace book and twitter pages i know be good to hear what you think about what we've covered and what you think we should be covering as well so thanks very much for watching and bye for now. lieut. coming up on arts and culture. queer youth in beijing create a scene where they can be themselves or whoever they want to be. and later on the show sculptor lazing or explores what it means to be jewish in germany 7 decades after the holocaust. but 1st fresh fears of censorship in hong kong as beijing imposes tough new restrictions to control the island's politics it appears that mainland china's power is even being felt in the arts and in television for the 1st time since 1969 a local hong kong t.v. station says it won't be broadcasting the oscar ceremony but t.v. b. channel sa

presents an additional challenge for a man who's seen as a rising political star in senegal one of west africa's more stable democracies. and i'm now joined by joined this december by g he is editor off africa check in the tech hub here good to see you welcome to the program somebody one of the circumstances surrounding those months song cause arrest so go was someone before the listing getting judge for his 1st hearing following accusations of rape but on his road his car was broken by security forces were asking him to change his route to avoid the crowds of is supporters were mobilized outside to follow him to the court but when some go as he said that he would not change his road. the security forces pulled him out of is a reaction to inform him that he was under arrest for disturbing public order why do most men so called support says insist that the rape accusation he's facing is politically motivated. because it happens that the owner of the must. did different interviews when the accusation broke 2 states that she does not believe that there was a rape more of a a some cause supporters b

collecting and recycling waste glass so a lot ends up in landfills the only certified glass blower in west africa michael taytay works exclusively with recycled glass his craft requires a lot of patience and experience let down grow a little. look a bit off. the mark who should know that some of. the world's groove numerous steps are required to complete each unique object which takes a makes you know why variety of colors hatton's shapes and sizes is i catching creations is sold in a gallery around 11 year olds each. piece is made you can give them a new design in a specification and he will make its on the color for you also his products and me and we like the fact that he's telling the waste into usable artifacts and to ensure that sustainable glassblowing has a few cheering ghana michael taytay also teaches this traditional craft to young people in his workshop passing on his sustainable methods to the next generation of artists. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website forbes and there's a tweet. after doing your bit. sharing your story. pretty much

the cannery islands the islands are spanish territory but joe graphically they are much closer to west africa than to the european mainland many migrants arriving here want to travel on to other parts of europe but strict rules make it almost impossible for them to leave and as the number of migrants on the islands grows so does the discontent among locals. this pose carry 20 refugees 200 kilometers across the atlantic ocean from morocco to the spanish island of gran canaria. yawns and his friends took the same route but instead of staying in the camp they're sleeping in a truck trailer. they've been on the island for 4 months and want to leave. if we put it we want to get there were just being for our future in bridgette germany every day ask there where is the source of. the canary islands has seen an influx of african migrants and refugees most of whom are from morocco. newly arrived they had to state sponsored camps but many quickly move on. felix alfonzo does volunteer work and assist us pumice our residence he is now also working with a growing number of migrants and refugees. then ther

the cannery islands the islands are spanish territory but geographically they are much closer to west africa than to the european mainland many migrants arriving here want to travel on to other parts of europe but strict rules make it's almost impossible for them to leave and as the number of migrants on the islands grows so does the discontent among locals. this pose carry 20 refugees 200 kilometers across the atlantic ocean from morocco to the spanish island of gran canaria. us and his friends took the same route but instead of staying in the camp they're sleeping in a truck trailer. they've been on the island for 4 marie de laski there where is the source of. the canary islands has seen an influx of african migrants and refugees most of whom are from morocco. uli arrived they had to state sponsored camps but many quickly move on. felix alfonzo does volunteer work and assists us pumice for a residence he has now also working with a growing number of migrants and refugees. then there's a double here or not that's it for them the holding company is like a prison so they leave. their names to