are joined from lagos by did abuse west africa correspondent fred fred 1st ever democratic transition of power then how much of a watershed moment is this. it's a big moment for the people. because i mean for so many independents this country has never had in a peaceful transition of power there have been cool guitars from government so for defies time in their history they are going there just a moment ago reich a few hours ago they had one president handing over to d. the other president president mohamed. but also it's not only for the people of nigeria it's also for the people of west africa because the region has seen presidents who have been changing their constitution so that they can stay in power so to see president yusuf actually finishing his 2 ton 2 tons and handing over to the next president it's quite historical in the region. fred just 2 days ago you were talking about the coalition.

there is all this talk about islamic state in west africa, in the sahara, in east africa and in southa, but when you look at the chain of command, it doesn't make sense. because when you see the way isil has been operating in syria and iraq, it was a different mindset and mechanism. >> that is true, the islamic state really is indigenous to iraq, so to speak, and to a lesser extent in syria, where it achieved marginal success in 2013-2014, establishing control of administration of land. they never really achieved -- they have never really been able to achieve that level of success they had in iraq and syria in any of the distant provinces, libya only briefly for time in 2015 or 2016. but in all these other places like mozambique, the congo, west africa, it is not the same level of success. but i would stress the ideological angle that it clearly does exist. hashem: joseph, with three big energy companies operating there, exxon mobil and t total, do you see the potential for greater intervention from now onwards? >> i think so. but i think it is the isis or isil link that becomes impor

yes that's correct it's very sunday in usual but also in the west africa because. do you need to read that who are changing course green on things so that they kind of thing but the president resumed if i did the shooting issue 2 times. if they think. it's really important you know. africa is also for the conscience of a hungry news to. me it's very important the. hunger of our. model to get you come praise that you know it's very good for the money. and it just 2 days ago there was an attempted coup according to news reports how stable will his presidency be. this is one of the challenge in the country think. democracy calm she seems to be drawing time ago they haven't like. the democracy. you think when talking to paul long is actually through the mire and. they're hungry enough and we also know that they're kind of. coming behind them not like divide medicine for efficiency good for the young people and also the open vision because they came behind the car i don't like that i'm not. going to prevent. their charge inside the house and money transactions of the bi

during his west africa correspondent fred mooney thank you fred you're watching the news still to come how to capture and clean up the growing mass of space junk now the european space agency will send out the trash collectors to solve the problem. but 1st new cases of the coronavirus are rampaging across india and the world's 2nd largest populations now struggling with inadequate supplies such as hospital beds and oxygen tanks to keep people alive now delhi has declared a 6 day locked up in a desperate attempt to gain traction and slow the spread of the virus and its variants. india's grave diggers have never been busier. as clover 1000 goes on the rampage the dead keep coming. crim a tory or 2 are inundated with arrivals in some cases dealing with 3 or 4 times more bodies than usual. relatives left to endure agonizing waiting times. we've been waiting out here since 9 am now it's 1 pm and we still have to wait another 2 or 3 hours for our turn there are only 2 furnace is here and since morning we've been waiting and there are hundreds of people like us also waiting here. in the capit

qaida those are the data with the islamic state there's all this talk about the islamic state in west africa islamic state in the sun has an excessive africa islamic state in the southern part of africa but when you look at the chain of the command it doesn't really make sense because when you see the way i see it has been operating in syria and iraq it was a top. in a different mindset totally different mccann ism that is true every day if i make statements. really is as it were indigenous to iraq. and in lesser extent in syria. where it actually achieved the height of success in 2014 so-called concept of 10 key establishing control administrative land they never actually really had she. never really been able to achieve that level of success they had in iraq in syria in any of the external provinces or just a problem they caught sight of the discourse like libya sinai libya only briefly for a time it. 221516. but you know these are places like mozambique. congo west africa yes it's not the same level our days and there isn't this level of change but i would stress the ideological angle tha

they did abuse west africa correspondent fred when you joining us from lycos thank you. fear and frustration are growing in germany as coronavirus cases increase in number authorities reported nearly 22000 and factions on friday even though germans have lived in some form of lockdown since last year our course pardon me correspondent lenny von hammerstein asked people in berlin to describe the government's pandemic management and here's what they said confusing this is pretty chaotic good i thought you know given the circumstances. it's this thing called for everyone terrible yeah terrible. these berliners are not alone according to the monthly national survey. from the polling institute in fact test team up 79 percent of germans are critical of all the countries managing the crisis it's the highest number since the start of the pen demick only 24 percent are ok with the measures as they are about the same say they go too far while half of germans think current measures are not restrictive enough. the country is in the middle of its 3rd wave of the pandemic the number of

. >> that's one of the stories of this book which is what happens to africa, particularly west africabut not exclusively west africa because a significant percentage of african-americans are from east africa inmozambique, the country i just made reference towards .what happens is as noted that there's a certain congruently with regard to western europeans. if you look at your map you'll see western europe is not very day compared to the rest of europe which is mostly russia or even to say africa for example. so they're living together cheek by jowl. there's ethnic conflict tween and amongst them which leads towards the sun helps to give rise to a kind of nascent military industrial complex so that you can fight your antagonist but as noted those are fungible ills that can be easily deployed against africans and against indigenous populations of the americas. and at the same time, it generates capital because there's as noted you can sell effective weapons to africans for obsolete weapons to africans and even if your a non-defective, non-obsolete weapons to africans, what that means is

employment and poverty are raising concerns about an economy that's the envy of many countries in west africa. semi on the bin in nigeria border. let's take you back to that special informal meeting at the u.n. listening to it see the u.n. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. linda thomas greenfield she's addressing that meeting let's listen in. the council has spoken with a strong and with a clear and a unified on this issue but every statement the council has made has been further violence aisle by the military against the people who. statements alone are not enough to stop the military from threatening the security of the region either. already we've seen dozens of individuals flee burma into thailand amid airstrikes on burma's eastern border and hundreds of individuals hundreds have tried to throw into india from northwest perma 3 years ago we thought quickly the military screw tallies are up the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people all across international borders and i say categorically we cannot we simply cannot allow the military to destabilize the region once again through its

and for more now i'm joined by our west africa correspondent fred with the new who has just returned from chad after covering the elections there good evening to you fred tell us more about the circumstances surrounding the death of the president people are wanting to know why we'll see on the battlefield. the big question until now people have been wondering about how the president who was just announced last night as we know of this just recent it actions and how could he have the in the bunch of he did in the 1st place but also we understand from our sources in china that the president indeed was in a bunch of india's today and he was. the generals were actually in number which and then they were assured by these. 2 groups and they they tried to transport him to minot but unfortunately he was too weak and then he died but again there is also something vote made so that kind of intermittent of his funeral. this friday and agents of foreign indeed that's coming to his body was ceremony and people are wondering was this just done in this sequence and all it's it's like that the docto

you know use west africa correspondent fred move on here and lay goes there thank you fred. thousands of germans have traveled to the spanish island of majorca for the easter break for many it's an annual tradition but german officials are warning against overseas for patients because of the danger of spreading infection our reporter young philip short's finds out from tourists and from locals whether all the fun is with the wrist. slowly but surely playa diploma is filling up with tourists again this is where most germans who book a trip to my york over easter choose to stay. restaurant owners are pleased every day more beach bars open up their outdoor terraces. but it's not just the beach that is popular activity has picked up at doctors' offices as well starting this week tourists must get tested for corona virus before returning to germany. you have ferries options you can make an appointment at the airport then you don't have to wait at all but you pay more as far as i know there are also 2 other places near here where you can take a test so personally i don't think it'

and for more let's bring in detail the west africa correspondent afraid to move when you fred what have you been seeing at the polling stations in the chaldean capital today. yeah and today i mean we have been on different polling stations and people have been coming in small numbers generally here indicative to in germany. that they're happy to the cause of the opposition to avoid court these voters so people decided some of them majority actually have decided is to stay in their homes or to go buy their own business so the opposition has called for a boycott of this election are there any other ways in which they are trying to mobilize against the president. yes they have been planning to protest actually today so that they can actually talk people from going to vote but that did not top in this so far because. there is a heavy security here in the capital and no one is allowed to protest to do sue but then they're close to to stay in their homes to to not vote today people have actually key to those calls and they have been staying at 12 they're not voting so let's talk about the reg

ago been hearing up for a presidential election on sunday as one of the strongest economies in west africa but it's not been immune to the effects of the global pandemic the eastern border with its biggest trading partner nigeria has been closed for the past 18 months when address went and found what that has meant for traders in the commercial border town of sami. has been selling 2nd one cause for more than 10 years in semi a border town between binny and nigeria. he says he's never lost so much income i say he did in the past year. but. we are totally paralyzed ships that was supposed to bring in god's aren't coming as they used to those who buy from us are gone many employees have lost our jobs lives so hard for everyone involved in this business most of our clients are nigerians we don't see much of them these days they come and see has lost its value and it's no longer profitable for them to buy . one operates been in imports $25000.00 cars a month while the vehicles are meant for countries like malaysia chardin booking a fossil 80 percent of them end up in nigeria but despite the im

but rising employment and poverty are raising concerns about an economy that many countries in west africa. on the bin in nigeria border. thank. australia has government says it will purchase another 20000000 doses of the pfizer biotech vaccine that's because it now wants people under the age of 50 to get the pfizer job instead of astra zeneca the government has also highlighted very rare cases of blood clots in some people who took the astra zeneca jab this is likely to further delay the vaccination drive corona virus infections in india have hit another record all day for a 3rd day nearly 132000 new cases were reported on friday the nation is battling a 2nd wave of covert 900 cases which is far more aggressive than last year's initial outbreak south korea is reimposing bans meanwhile on nightclubs croaky bars and nighttime entertainment facilities its daily case counts and now with a 3 month high we knew it restrictions are set to come into effect on monday and will last for 3 weeks. people in england will be entitled to get tested for corona virus twice a week from friday the new kits w

discard phase i was hit by like about refugees who fled violence in west africa recall that during journeys to a new life the united states. is the time the year when winds suddenly get up the ship miles just blown through the gulf that's quite a strong northerly mission is dusty it's still blowing from kuwait down through bahrain qatar and down towards the usa where firms are not too bright and there's the remains of the dust which will probably settle but the wind is going to take its time i think the slowdown is still quite strong tuesday but beyond that with the winds in particular subject as maybe as suddenly bringing dusty weather up towards jordan through northern saudi in turkey the well except say quite far it's not quite sure in the gene of the bosphorus there is a change in wind direction and cloud cover and rain but is in the night with the most part we're looking to find the king area and you'll notice by wednesday the wind has dropped in doha the forecast here is an interesting one well for locals anyway the temperature hovers around the 30 mark but what's on the get to but ne

employment and poverty are raising concerns about an economy that's the envy of many countries in west africa ahmed al jazeera semi on the bin in nigeria poured. him out of the top stories and i was here yes president joe biden has announced a series of measures to tackle gun violence calling the situation an epidemic and an international embarrassment and says he'll restrict the use of self assembled weapons as well as armed braces and effectively turn some pistols into rifles.

scar my face i was hit by like the belt refugees who fled violence in west africa recall their hiring journeys to a new life in the united states. we have a few days off and most of us most accounting for any significant weather now there is still snow out of that cloud in quebec and there is still snow in british columbia and in the northern rockies in the cascades from that rather weak system nothing about that is unusual is when you bring this cold air that into contact with what still feeding it from the gulf that sings become active so i said on monday it's not unusual snow running through montana idaho probably why me coming further sasson eventually make it russians the central plains nebraska for example is any early april to so snow is not one usual but you can see what's going to happen can you not you've got this cold air coming south with a feed constant feed of warm moist air right across the play's a flat plains where the 2 come together you tend to philip yet another system of these the sort of things that develops these spring tornadoes views or you see 3 episodes of t

employment and poverty are raising concerns about an economy that's the envy of many countries in west africa committee drees al-jazeera semi on the bin in nigeria border. this is al jazeera these are the top stories a critical care doctor says a lack of oxygen and not drugs cause george floyd's death when he was pinned down by the police dr martin tobin testified at the trial of derrick chauvet in the former officer accused of killing floyd last year president joe biden zones measures to tackle gun violence which he says is an international embarrassment for the u.s. now a relatively minor changes mr biden will need the support of congress to achieve more ambitious goals. nothing nothing i'm about to recommend in any way impinges on the 2nd amendment or phony arguments suggest either these are 2nd amendment rated steak from what we're talking about. but no member no member to the constitution is absolute gun violence in this country is an epidemic we say to get gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it's international that. the african union is dropping plans to secure astra zeneca

the face i was hit by like a belt also refugees who fled violence in west africa recall the harrowing journeys to a new life in the us. it's time for the perfect jan and the winter sponsored by qatar airways. your face going backwards in time from the point of view seasons you get the clue here a rush of clouds coming in from the north and if you follow the eyes of ozzy to some things you decide the strength of the window determine strength when they go right back up the arctic there is an arctic gale blowing through the north sea and with its snow showers and on the front edge that front itself proper snow for a while now it is april so even though we've got this is not going to lie this day for very long but it will penetrate central europe or go down towards the balkans then it loses the impetus the strength of the wind and we get persistent lightly falling snow in parts of italy the balkans and that light switch that's for ukraine but behind that is too windy on the coast of the netherlands and the snow showers really penetrate in western germany it gets colder by the time we get

after i check africom. >> amanda bay was before we went to west another excellent facilitated by you but before that we were on the east side of africat was the west. >> thank you for the correction. first of all let me reassure you and other members that all the steps that have been needed to take immediate corrective action have been taken long ago. not only did be take those steps that amanda bay but we took that report and applied lessons learned every base across africa. specifically about the status of the report africom concluded its investigation december of last year of course the timing of that to get that through the department of defense was problematic it was overlaid on the change of administration. the new secretary of defense came in and received this report he didn't have all the background so he said thank you i think i like to have a separate look. and africom supports that separate look. the secretary of defense has appointed a four-star from the army to look at the report of the investigation to give him advice it is also necessary because many fixes pertain to other services. they were not within the recommendat

we went to west africa after that, another excellent co-del. re that we went to the east side of africa. >> first of all, let me reassure you and the other members that all the steps that have been needed to take corrective action, immediate corrective action had been taken a long ago. not only did to be take those steps, we can take those lessons and apply them at every base across africa. dancer specific question about status of the report african concluded that its investigation in december of last year of course the timing of that the department of defense and released became problematic -- change of administration. a new secretary came in and received this report and then have all the depth of background that he very rightfully said okay thanks africom, i think i'd have to have a separate look at this and african supports that separate look. so the secretary of defense has appointed a disinterest from the army to look at the report of the investigation and give him advice on it and this is also necessary because many of the fixes are pertai

claiming intimidation if he is a key western ally in the fight against jihad his troops in central and west africa . this is t w news from berlin you can find more news on our web site at c.w. dot com. this is the city of new in the state of north rhine-westphalia it's also notice germany's bicycle capital because there are twice as many bikes ass people. and there's a huge bicycle rental parking and service garage right at the central train station . it's got room for 3300 bikes very convenient especially for commuters. you can have your cycle repair it serviced or even washed it's all here. and tourists like me can't even rent a bike to explore the city's. rooms though was founded 1200 years ago this is where great european history once took place but environmental protection also has a great reputation and is considered a green city sounds like an exciting day to me. we'll also spend time in the surrounding area known as we'll see lots of lovely castles and visit a diving park where you can explore and on the water were. also see the spectacular scenery of newfoundland sent in by a viewer. i th

the edge of what is known as the great green wall an ambitious project to plant trees from west to east africa in an attempt to stop the desert from expanding. india is reporting a global record of more than 314000 new coronavirus cases and more than 2000 deaths it's the highest daily case count in a single country since the virus so 1st more than a year ago several states are struggling with severe shortages of oxygen the delhi high court has strongly criticized the government's response to the shortage saying and i quote beg borrow or steal it is a national emergency the health ministry says it's increased oxygen quarters for the worst hit regions. we have at least $350.00 patients and all of them probably all of them require oxygen oxygen varying from finally does to 15 meters to even more so that is the kind of demand that is there at the moment and because of which the supplies that are coming in we showed video. uncertain there is a lot of you know tension in the system we are not able to fully focus our energies on. on the clinical board offered and we are sadly distracted but not state

when it's came i see an enemy to west africa it's because. of the very fabric of the found this on the far believes the foundation of what makes us africans and that is our ability to as we see each of our ability to come to contact with one of the. physical contacts is being important it's virtually impossible for me to meet someone in the streets without harbin and or a whole. you know or some form of body. contact. so with the advent of going up. it's like. every new thing that's makes me why. i want to attack. that letter. well men are told me. 2003. server they're going after me thank you i love you actually with. regard to the way they say. but then by then i'll be over 50 an hour faster what i mean by big what i mean the . even. if the. value was ordered to get in and when it will last will be on my photos you know. it's awfully nice. up witnesses not going with. second what's the admitted 3 ball post did you even do the doctor said that she really needs to see a section. these are all problems if you will because normally i could have

when it's came i see us an enemy to west africa. because it attacks the very fabric the foundation of our foundation of what makes us africans and that is our ability to associate with each of our ability to come to contact with one another. physical contact is very big important it's bad in ball soon for me to meet someone in the street without harbin a handshake or a hold. you know or some form of body. contact. so with the advent of the ball. it's like. everything that's makes me why. he's on the attack. where men are told me. 2003. server they're going to have to i'm going to try it i love you actually with frank or. the way they say. it then why then are we all going to follow our fast or what i mean by big for that in the. evening but. if the. valley was one of the deep getting ont when he must walk on my photos you know. it's awfully nice. up witnesses not going well. she cannot be admitted to the pool possibly julie bindel the doctor said that she really needs is to see a section. these are all problems if you will because n

it appears west africa correspondent fred thank you for your reporting.and we pivot back to we're germany now where after a bruising struggle germany's governing conservatives have agreed on a candidate to succeed chancellor angela merkel in the country's elections this fall arm in russia has received the backing of both parties in the center right block after a week long battle with his be very in rival marcus or. he came out victorious from the conservative power struggle now i mean lush said once to focus on battling other parties he appeared say what counts from now on is which party has the best ideas to the country's future for me or to just base who can pull together the best team to deal with the challenges we're facing or disappear and that's why our party union this cd you and see is you need to head into this election campaign as a team you see you will not win this without this see is you and vice versa only a cute. team that from now on will be led by him lash it back to ally carnival king and committed to a strong europe the 60 year old has

use west africa correspondent fred move on and later as that thank you fred. time now to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world clashes have erupted in the disputed region of kashmir villages threw stones at security forces they responded with tear gas and rubber bullets daily says an earlier indian operation killed 3 militants and local support either independence or pakistani rule over kashmir. protesters in myanmar have been marching to remember the more than 500 people killed by security forces since the military seized power in a coup in february the us shut down while as internet services. christians have been visiting with religious sites in jerusalem to mark good friday while observing coronavirus with which some on them the church of the holy city where christians believe jesus was crucified franciscan friars also lead worship is down the via dolorosa retracing was tradition holds were jesus' final steps. there are no hopes of a breakthrough in negotiations over iran's nuclear program washington is now indicating it

. >> it has one of the strongest economies in west africa, but has not been immune to the effects ofovid-19. the eastern border has been closed for 18 months. >> he said his never lost so much income as he did in the past year. >> we are totally paralyzed. ships that are supposed to bring in goods are not coming as they used to. those that buy from us are gone. most of our clients are nigerians. we don't see much of them these days. their currency has lost its value and it is no longer profitable for them to buy. >> 80% of the vehicles and up in nigeria. but despite the impact of covid-19 and the 18 month long border closure by nigeria, 19 reported a -- benin reported growth. a substantial part of its revenue comes from cargoes of cars like this. but in the last year revenues have slowed due to covid-19 and nigeria shedding its borders. these cars have been sitting here for months waiting for buyers. prospects for recovery are bright. >> with so many vaccines now in play, there is hope that the pandemic can be

the edge of what is known as the great green wall an ambitious project to plant trees from west to east africa in an attempt to stop the desert from expanding. the search for a missing indonesian submarine with $53.00 crewmembers on board focuses on an oil slick north of bali those stories after the break. start some warm in japan at the moment settled despite the northerly breezes to go 21 in tokyo and most of the korean peninsula is enjoying similar sorts of weather there has been rain wandering around trying to get in not really make it probably heading slowly back into was eastern china and syria go should not really been ignore it it's now over the waters it's moving out of the way and apart from the swell which will hit the coast of taiwan we can we can say is just a worry for shipping now it western china there is more rain gathering and that will start to follow its way along the young scene has its one this is the spring rain started but at the moment that is the west is past part of mainland east asia if we had south internees is seeing probably the end of the radio season there are

old views west africa correspondent for joining us from lycos thank you. and here in germany fear and frustration are growing as coronavirus cases increase in number of stories reported nearly 22000 new infections on friday even though germans have lived in some form of lockdown since last year our correspondent on hammerstein asked people in berlin to describe the pandemic meet the government's pandemic management and here's what they told are confusing. your sick good. given the circumstances. it's difficult for everyone terrible yeah terrible. these berliners are not alone according to the monthly national survey. and from the polling institute info to steam up 79 percent of germans are critical of all the countries managing the crisis it's the highest number since the start of the pandemic only 24 percent are ok with the measures as they are about the same say they go too far while half of germans think current measures are not restrictive enough the country is in the middle of its 3rd wave of the pandemic the number of new infections a surprising expo

need to do it fairly and smartly countries in africa face the challenge of spreading deserts the great green wall initiative ends to plant trees from west to east africa to slow the expansion of the sahara desert the world bank the european union and countries including france who have higher carbon footprints have pledged $14000000000.00 to make that happen but communities affected by the desert say project is falling apart nicholas hard core ports from bar to deep in some of our satellite region. no rains for months because once lush vegetable garden has turned to dust gone are the navy beans to feed her family the hibiscus she uses it to cook and to make juice for her children she says it's as if the land has given up on her but she has not given up on the land then you. knew in this land you could grow not just to biscuits but carrots potatoes onion cauliflower if only we had water. water in this a hell is as precious as gold yes seen in jar we travel west for hours on a rumor that there is a functioning well in what some here describe as a godforsaken land during the rainy season it's another story the land springs to life the stat

more now on the climate crisis and the great green wall initiative aims to plant trees from west to east africa to slow expansion of the sahara desert the world bank the european union and countries including france with high carbon footprints a pledge $14000000000.00 to make it happen the communities affected say the project is failing nicholas hack reports now from up in its animals as a whole region. no rains for months because once lush vegetable garden has turned to dust gone are the navy beans to feed her family the hibiscus she uses it to cook and to make juice for her children she says it's as if the land has given up on her but she has not given up on the land then you. knew in this land you could grow not just to biscuits but carrots potatoes onion cauliflower if only we had water. water in this the hell is as precious as gold yes seen in jari travel west for hours on a rumor that there is a functioning well in what some here describe as a godforsaken land during the rainy season it's another story the land springs to life the state pays others to plant trees as part of the great gree

and are joined by our west africa correspondent fred who was just returned from chad after covering those elections fred this is a shocking development what more can you tell us. yeah that's correct it's really shocking because i mean it doesn't ask night announced the results that he wore almost 80 percent of the votes and then one day announce he's dead it's really shocking and then when he's more shocking his to hear that himself was on the battlefield i mean who does not who is the president that we have harmed in recent times that had to go on the battlefield and then we hear that he has died on the bottle feed so it's a t.v. show but also there have been such rumors people have been saying that probably this this president he was not going to finish this town. so do you get the sense there's any foul play involved. yeah definitely because. that's really when they're in china i was talking to some of the people and they were seeing believing that he's not going to finish is stop. but out of hand you we're just wondering why would anyone seeing such a thing but there is a feeling ther

like the machine made fabrics and so the dutch had to look for another market and they found it in west africa when this happened the nature of the fabrics change so then they would start to use more great colors that people on the coast wanted in which to actually incorporate local shanks and symbols and to adopt other ways of creating that were popular in the west african coast today mel large part of what we see on the market is either manufactured abroad or in africa by companies owned by larger foreign companies. take the dutch company list for example it's manufacturers the fabrics from its main brand let's call in the netherlands then it owns other companies in ghana. wouldn and you know x. with that list will dominate the high end mid price waxman's markets i think sometimes. she associates it for instance with hand being something that's. coming from her and direct it has a specific brand on. because everybody knows that it's more expensive and social instance if you do buy from certain brands when you are sewing sometimes it's a thing to have the board out on the edge of your clothes

like the machine made fabrics and so the dutch had to look for another market and they found it in west africa. when this happened the nature of the fabrics changed so then they would start to use more great colors that people on the coast wanted they would start to incorporate local science and symbols into adults other ways of producing that were popular in the west african coast today a large part of what we see on the market is either manufactured abroad or in africa by companies owned by larger foreign companies. take that's company political for example its manufacturers the fabrics from its main brand let's go in the netherlands then it owns other companies in ghana. wooden and you know x. with that list but dominates the high end mid price waxman's markets i think sometimes. she associates it for instance with having something that's. coming from her and direct it has a specific brand on it. because everybody knows that it's more expensive and social instance if you do buy from certain brands when you are sewing sometimes it's a thing too to have the board out on the edge of your cloth

it is west africa correspondent fred thank you for your reporting. they use medical regulator has given the green light to their johnson and johnson kovan 1000 vaccine despite a possible link to rare blood clots last week the company halted its european rollout after u.s. officials recommended putting the vaccine on hold after detecting 6 very rare blood clot cases among nearly 7000000 people who had been vaccinated the a.m.a. says that the benefits outweigh the risks but a warning should be added to the vaccine labels or correspondence in brussels is gay or what exactly does the e m a decision now mean for the vaccination campaign to really lay low the green light now is good news for the european union which initially had a sluggish rollout and has been waiting for those 55000000 doses of johnson and johnson vaccine desperately if you want now johnson and johnson after these cases occurred announce that they proactive for biotech pfizer in comparison so with this but the matter is still of course that another european vaccine has been beset by chal

now turned to west africa correspondent fred who has just returned from chad after covering those elections there fred please tell us more about the circumstances about how president debbie died. many times. say he died when he was called let's. see the opposition and some sources that we have from china yes he actually does not this is not true because i mean they're saying that it's unlikely that he wasn't home but he was fine team and probably he might have been actually killed by his own faeces so that's kind of so far the information made the in the coming hours to days will know more about this outcome says and around his death but so far that's what the people who. speak unity. these of are very fluid situation is still fred why was he on the battlefield. yes exactly that's the question i mean we know from the past the. president is the who i mean all of these hi to me terry told me to operate my show and us here as if. he was still seen as a strong military man and he has been i mean it was said that he used to go in the battlefield to find. another. lead times before but not at thi

and for more let's bring in the west africa correspondent afraid of moving fred what have you been seeing at the polling stations in the chaldean capital today. yeah today i mean we have been on different polling stations and people have been coming in small numbers generally here in the cotton jermyn. that they're happy to the cause of the opposition to court this vote so people decided some of them moderate actually decided is to stay in their homes or to go buy their own business so the opposition has called for a boycott of this election are there any other ways in which they are trying to mobilize against president debi. yes they have been planning to protest actually today so that they can actually is told people from going to vote but that did not top in this so far because. there is a heavy security here in the country too and no one is allowed to put it is it 2 days too but then they're close to just to their homes too to not vote to do people have actually to those cause they have been staying at home they're not voting so let's talk about the regional implications of this elect

employment and poverty are raising concerns about an economy that's the envy of many countries in west africa ahmed reece 70 on the bin in nigeria board. amount of the top stories in office here us president joe biden has announced a series of measures to tackle gun violence calling the situation an epidemic and an international embarrassment biden says he'll restrict the use of self assembled weapons as well as arm braces that effectively turn some pistols into rifles and he's called on congress to help them pass even tougher measures. whether congress acts or not i'm going to use all the resources in my disposal present to keep the american people safe from gun violence but there's much more in the congress can do to help that effort and they can do it right now they've offered plenty of thoughts and prayers members of congress but they passed not a single new federal law to reduce gun violence. enough prayers time for some action. just hours after biden made that announcement news of another shooting broke in bryan texas one person has been confirmed dead and 4 people are in hospital the g

it helps with the west africa bowl outbreak.hat was a helpful step but i think we need to make sure we have these more durable and sustainable procedures in place because ultimately, the market failure i refer to in the beginning, they will still exist in terms of not having the commercial incentives for the private sector to invest in infectious diseases that may or may not happen, that may or may not have a small or large scale and thinking about how the financial systems are set up and are able to tackle this and have a basis we can draw on more readily at any moment in time for any pathogen that may arise. >> clearly, preparedness is something policymakers will be paying a great deal of attention to in the coming months and years. this pandemic has taken a huge human toll. each one of us has been affected to a greater or lesser extent. simply put, we need more vaccines to end of pandemic. for that, we need more funding, more cooperation and more solidarity. covax is essential to make that happen. this brings us to the end of

the construct being used to make this vaccine has been used more than a decade, in west africa fightingbola. that construct went into thousands of people, so we have long-term follow-ups. there are reasons to be assured, not least that they have been investigated. >> when you have people who have been skeptical about this whole idea, getting vaccinated against covid-19's way, about -- against covid-19 as the safest way, do you have concerns this could push some people to start comparing between vaccines and say, you know what? that one could be more efficient, safer than the other one? >> we have to establish between people who are anti-vectors before the -- anti-vax's's -- anti-vaxxers before the pandemic and people seeing headlines in the media. there is just a one in a million chance with the same as being murdered or hit by a car in the next month or so. if we think about it that way, it eases the concerns people have. what is crucial is the public impressions, that there is transparency, that scientists and governments address their public regularly, so the confidence is constantly

employment and poverty are raising concerns about an economy that's the envy of many countries in west africa. on the bin in nigeria border. the european union's drug regulator has launched a review into a possible link between johnson and johnson's coronavirus vaccine and blood clots b.m.a. says it's had 4 reports of 4 cases one of them fatal one occurred during a clinical trial and 3 during the vaccines rollouts in the united states germany's health minister is calling for a nationwide lockdown after a surge in corona virus infections fund says the measure should last for as long as a month intensive care units across germany are filling up fast and there are concerns if that continues it could overwhelm the health system corona virus infections in india have hit another record for a 3rd day here they 132000 new cases were reported on friday the nation is battling a 2nd wave of covert cases which is far more aggressive than last year's initial outbreak so korea is free of posing bans on makeup karaoke bars and nighttime entertainment facilities is still the case counts and i had a 3 month h

probably as i swap now islamic state for west africa probably is back in the northeast of the country and in the general area so we've seen some kind of changes in terms of the warfare these attacks continue and we are likely going to see more of these attacks because but what i'm specifically to is ramadan what can time get a lot of what was in a mosque or by the praying or listening to some once during the month of ramadan i was desirous of address reporting live from many thanks on that. the un's world food program says that almost a 1000000 people are facing severe hunger in northern mozambique barely 700000 have been displaced by fighting between government forces and armed groups linked to i saw about 2600 people have died since the conflict began 4 years ago or is it was horrible tarsa as our report from a camp in kabul daugaard a province. these 3 months ago dragged him into the forest saying they were going to chop off his head when he tried to escape they shot him. they kept shooting at me and they kept running i hid in the bush for 3 days and 3 nights i was weak and i lost