explain the issue in africa right now. we have seen it as so far being spared from, well, with the united states is going through but is that a matter of lack of testing or are the numbers do you believe truly low on infections and death? >> thank you for having me on your show, first of all. we have always been very clear the pandemic in africica was a delayed panandemic, thahat the continent was not spared. rather b because of the aggrgree memeasures t that were putut ine very earlyly on to do strongly - different countries and strong coronation approach fromom the african union andhe presisident have to africa that blunt the pandemic. thiss always clear pandemic was going to gather momentum. here we hahave the situation. i will call it ththe second phae wherere countries arare beginnio sesee dramamatic increases i ine number of cases. examplple a south afafrica you t mentioned. should be carefulhehe way we look at the numbers. we still have over 40 countries with less than 10,000 cases. constituted is about t 750,000 c

south africa south and africa. others vigorously defend the ban on ivory is new indispensable weapon in the fight to save elephants. we have seen in the past massive declines in elephant populations we saw poaching of up to 96 elephants a day a couple years ago because of the ramp of the ivory trade and the involvement of organized criminal networks we have to keep the ivory trade closed there is no way that the elephants of west africa central africa or east africa would survive if we allowed out more ivory trade even legal trade from healthy populations in southern africa. but it's a fact that bands have not succeeded in reducing punching so what is the solution. i went to the last conference in johannesburg. on the ground floor we had all those . animal right tristram whatever it is i went to every single one of them i've got too many lives lost i've got to meet the elephants no answer i have a drought whatever you want us to stop the income from sustainable use for hunting launches. for conservation a struggle

south africa southern africa. others vigorously defend the ban on ivory is new indispensable weapon in the fight to save on offense. we have seen in the past the massive declines in elephant populations we saw poaching of up to 90 of 6 elephants a day a couple years ago because of the ramp of the ivory trade and the involvement of organized criminal networks we have to keep the ivory trade closed there is no way that the elephants of west africa central africa or east africa would survive if we allowed more ivory trade even legal trade from healthy populations in southern africa. but it's a fact the bands have not succeeded in the juice in poaching so what is the solution. i went to the last conference in johannesburg. on the ground floor we had all those. animal right tristram whatever it is i went to every single one of them after 2 may launch no args i've got to meet the elephant no answer i have a drug or whatever you want us to stop the income from sustainable use or hunting launcher. for conservation is a st

early in technicians from africa green tech set to work right now go rock. that there's lots to do before the lights can go on one after the long journey every component needs checking the container spent 6 months at the customs office followed by a long drive lasting many days over sunday roads the solar system costs 150000 euros the hope is it will strengthen the local economy. to make a solar plant like this worthwhile you need a village with at least 4 to 5000 residents we also look very closely at whether there's potential for a productive use of electricity unlike home solar power providers our focus is on strengthening small and medium sized businesses so we want to know are there carpenters and welders and tailors here and we look for 40 or 50 small and medium sized businesses. their leader shriver was born in mali. she's particularly keen to help the women here many of them sell goods she wants them to benefit from the new supply of electricity to. them and i'm not going to give them an example and i have no problem of the state most of the problems

largest hospital in africa but if you have almost 70 years as folks walk in . a factory and you would make this is the biggest producer of cause in south africa we export a lot from here into the world so that because part of all the all the supply chain the factoring set up so fast it's nothing unusual to spring into action and you can see that. many german companies offered their help mercedes in east london produces personal protective equipment b.m.w. and per toria provides hundreds of hospital beds and clinical oxygen together with south african partners siemens pledged to build 20000 ventilators by the end of august. the so-called national ventilator project is at the heart of the government's response to the virus xena down no more is the c.e.o. of siemens in south africa her company provided the digital platform to design and build the ventilators audience to experience from other countries specifically italy and spain we have seen that you know numbers can increase quite rapidly and it was clear that is a force in the world africa might not have the 1s

global brand that's the moment because it's the 2nd already south africa installed one already at the early stages of the lockdown then after every president from the industry they decided to relax it's to reintroduce aco again and now the hospitals have been complaining about the massive increase of patients we have that 17000 patients read midgets through trauma hospital it's per week during the last weeks which is of course a massive number but then also i lament is when i was by through i'm up was up quite softly and produced a nice good if you enter another very controversial thing it's also yellow it's sexy it's the minibus of the guy responsible for lobster tail probably transport here to operate locally and 100 percent something that has been heavily criticised already by every developed just to see that as a very very risky. south africa has become one of the world's hot spots for cold 19th do you think these new measures are going to how. well i mean certainly they will help to clear the hospitals to some extent spots of course the health sector still trace this massive mass

according to the africa cdc in addis, the cases are accelerating in africa at about 100,000 a week now. so we have not reached our peak on the continent, and we don't know the trajectory of this pandemic yet. but the fact of the matter is you may never know because testing is so sparse in africa. i mean, some countries — ghana, senegal in the west — are doing pretty well because they were used to the ebola outbreak and so on. but really, you are just completely in the dark. i wouldn't say that, zeinab. i mean it is true that testing is not where it is supposed to be. we are supposed to be testing about 12 million a month and we are doing about 6 million now. so we are halfway where we need to be. but i think that has improved greatly over the months and i think as we get — countries get more test kits, and more support, this should improve but you're right at that testing is way behind... all right, your own nigeria is one of the worst affected countries on the continent alongside south africa, and egypt. and you've had about 750—800 deaths so far in the country and the governm

know africa. boost in the. in the pandemic. and online payment system has gone from wonders motorcycle taxis back on the road after a months long drive. now the customers pay for the ride without. 90 minutes. to know that 77 percent. are younger than 60. that's me and me. you know what. i'm all voice is. the 77 percent. this is where. the 77 percent this weekend on d w. this is some story stubborn rice farmer from thailand . his problem. is crito no chemical. wife thought it was crazy. and i boxed up. orders. for tests don't stand. the prices. is true and he has the finest day to go to top it off. starts to lunch him self. taught. this is the life from berlin from cathedral to mosque to museum now the iconic cairo sophia is a muslim house of worship once again turkey's president formally changes. back into a mosque just moments after a turkish court gives its go. to national critics called the decision a provocation. also coming up thousands of employees tens of millions of us right now the biggest t.v. network in the philippin

a woman will come to this overall environment show africa i am sandra teen nobody from kampala in uganda of course will also be covering the effects of the current of virus pandemic in africa here in uganda for example the looked on has led to the street side newspapers to dry up many people are clearly staying at home and minimizing quote hello how is the situation in nigeria for you and of course the neighboring countries hi sandra and hive us a big hello for me in lagos nigeria indeed the pandemic is far from over here have to unfortunately say but because people are staying at home the use of cashless digital payment systems has risen by almost 15 percent in the last few months i have a feeling that a lot of things are going to change here in africa as a result of coverage 19 but here are the who africa we will continue to focus on the important green femurs coming up this week. the environment needs volunteers to help more than ever nowadays will need to kenyans doing what they can to assist. with meat and on the usual environmental activists from senegal and we will introduce you t

but africa green day when africa greentech does this offer them an opportunity to receive training and improve their chances of earning money it's worth it to see . if the economy in the village improves the residents will also have more money to invest in their children's education so beyond providing electricity it's also about improving the villages prospects. in the village if they leave a 5 hour drive away that's already evident here a solar plant from africa greentech has been operating for 2 years now and the local economy is flourishing. kaito runs a restaurant on the main road that leads to molly's capital bamako he also has a workshop and a chicken farm. in. the before the 21 i was already on my way to spain but when i heard that electricity was cut. integer leiber i came back and opened this restaurant and thank god i'm now earning enough muscle of. this to my cater has also created jobs providing a secure income for many other families in the village. to. fadia and thorsten's keep contact with customers like my cater to learn from their experiences his successes confirmatio

the center was opened in 2016 around 2000 scientists mostly from nigeria and west africa have passed through its doors professor happy trains them as top researchers in biochemistry and genomics his aim to cause a poll to young african scientists to the top of scientific research he wants to develop affordable solutions for tackling infectious diseases in africa and in the rest of the world under 30 years in the world but it was a great trait of this that would be focusing on the easy to understand that the very rich and that this might be over the save copies team has already set down another marker in the battle against the corona virus they've devised a fast track test the cost less than $3.00 euros by the end of the year the lab will have moved to a larger building it's set to become the biggest you know make research center in africa and with an ongoing pandemic the world is counting on us. a german cruise ship set sail for the 1st time since the industry was shut down due to the coronavirus with stricter cautions for passengers and crew but from ship building to luxury travel t

to landsberg national park in south africa. iran has been spotted but steadily help has come too late after ripping off its horn coaches left it as prey for lions. helicopter pilot and he could jacobs is out on patrol surveying the area he's a founding member of the anti poaching group a rhino 911 an organization that provides emergency helicopter rescue to rhinos injured all fun mostly due to coaching but it also carries a preventive measures. in a last ditch attempt to save them rhino 911 has been assigned to help d. horn rhinos in the province the animals are sedated before the precious horn is sold off. europe or home probably about. 56 kilograms. tragic i mean if you do this but unfortunately the only option that we have. been trying to do something else brian do trimming trees like these animals while. the team needs to up quickly before the rhino wakes up again horny is a drastic procedure that removes about 90 percent of the horn that conservationists tell us that in some areas even d. horn rhino is. to extract the rema

sub saharan africa, middle east, north africa, regions in countries with commodity exporters will see significant decline in their growth rates. even in south asia, a region that has no-- will see historical contraction as india will contract by 3.2%. next year growth will come back, but they're expecting the a modest recovery. few downturnturns that we had this year. this is a true historical global recession. if we go back all the way to 1870, which we have reasonably good data, there have been 14 global recessions. each global recession you saw global economy contracting. this will be the fourth deepest global recession, deepest one since the second world war. the other three global recessions are important to understand here. two of them, they're associated with-- so if you take out those two, this global recession will be the deepest since 1870 after the great depression. and the future is that global is the highest economy per capita also, slightly more than 90% this year. this is higher even than what we saw at the height of great depression. there are risks down the road and t

africa. back to the future when cinci thomas become wondering herdsman it's because of an ecological revolution in southern africa abolishing fenced in greys anatomy cheap soil from becoming depleted i'm protects the habitats of wild animals . and ancient skill that's a contribution to a sustainable future. cold africa. next month. covered 19 pandemic. reorganize the economic system. made in germany. in 60 minutes on t w. i think in everything challenging 1st and i became a muslim. so much different culture between here and there challenging for everything. in the service i think it was worth it for me to come to germany. to sharpen my got my license to work as a swimming instructor i'm sure now our 2 children underdogs just run faster just. what's your story take part charity on info migrants dot net. dot. hello and welcome to a new edition of. in lagos nigeria on today's show we'll be putting the focus on farming including a look at how high tech is changing i would call child.

but where in africa did the ivory originate from they assume this much ivory must come from multiple sources authorities send samples to washers lab for analysis right now from anywhere in africa we can assign a seizure of ivory closer than 300 kilometers to where it came from wasser and his team get to work the 1st step is to prepare the samples of seized ivory. we cut off a piece of the ivory and then wait we do is we stick that piece inside a plastic tube with a magnet and stainless steel plugs on the end we drop that in liquid nitrogen which cools it to about minus $240.00 degrees celsius so extremely cold within 3 minutes it comes out like baby powder. so it's a whole over us is the ivory and it preserves the d.n.a. at the same time that was one of the biggest breakthroughs of our. elephant d.n.a. from the ivory seized in singapore is extracted and analyzed in last year's lab the d.n.a. from the tusks is then matched. against a genetic reference map of africa's elephant populations this map has been generated by d.n.a. taken from another source rich in elephant d.n.a. i am holdi

live with wild animals in africa and write books about them. and i was fortunate to meet with dr louis leakey, the famous palaeontologist, and i think he was really impressed by how much i knew about african animals from the reading i had done. you know, when i grew up, there was no tv, so it was reading. and so he offered me a job as his assistant, really, and then he became, i suppose, more impressed because he saw that i really, really had this thing about being with animals and watching them and could cope with the bush. and so he gave me this extraordinary opportunity. i mean, iwould have studied any animal, and it was chimpanzees. and, interestingly, louis leakey, i think, encouraged you to run with this idea that meticulous observation of the chimpanzees might reveal new sort of connections between their behaviours and human behaviours. is that something that, when you went out into the forest, you were actively looking for? well, i wasn't looking for it, but that's the — he sent me because he believed, as everybody does now, but he wa

mean for the country's next 5 years also coming up after a sharp spike in new coronavirus cases south africa bans alcohol sales again we look at why the government is returning to such drastic measures. the coronavirus is also ravaging crazes tourism industry the dramatic drop in for in the arrivals has left many in this peace sector fearing for their livelihoods. and the court of arbitration for sport has overturned mentions the city's 2 year ban from european football this means the english team can take part in next season's champions league boxing is to take her to a few fs financial fair play policy coming on but even more supporters. i'm going to have as welcome to the program polish president andre to the house narrowly secured the 2nd 5 year term in office following sunday's presidential elections with nearly all the votes counted the conservative incumbent has won with 51.2 percent over his rival the liberal mayor of the capital city of warsaw shas cost the result is a victory for poland's ruling national conservative law and justice party avoided a scenario in which in a position p

adrian krishna reporting from south africa will from south africa to south america with over 320000 confirmed corona virus infections peru is 2nd only to brazil and confirmed cases in south america as well as placing a huge burden on peru's health care system the pandemic is making it hard for the poorest to earn a living. we have this report now from the capital. arturo is afraid of infection but he has no choice he was laid off from his job in retail and now he sells plastic face shields his commission is $0.50 per sealed and i have 3 kids i have to go out and earn money to feed my family. corona has hit hard 70 percent of peruvians live day to day working as street sellers or in construction block that measures here were initially strict and almost impossible to follow some rules have been relaxed and then the rules hit the poor hardest in some areas outside the capital lima neighbors have set up soup kitchens. there are lots of children and old people in need most of the people here live hand to mouth. intensive care beds are a luxury here the whole country has just over 1000 beds for 320

south africa is the worst hit country in africa with more than a quarter of a 1000000 people infected the government is reintroducing got the restrictions to combat soaring numbers for me to reports now from johannesburg. president still ramapo says claimed gatherings like this and what he calls drinking sprees for a surge in covert 1000 infections with more than 270000 cases south africa has one of the highest rates of infection in the world the government has again banned the sale of alcohol after allowing its sale to resume just weeks ago there is now clear evidence that the resumption of alcohol sales has resulted in substantial pressure being put on hospitals including trauma and i.c.u. units due to motor vehicle accidents violence. as well as related trauma. injuries. family visits and other social activities have also been banned but people can meet at restaurants malls and other public areas and parks have been reopened for exercise while wearing a mask is mandatory the government says people are not following the rules and there's concern that health facilities can't cope som

the center was opened in 2016 around 2000 scientists mostly from nigeria and west africa have passed through its doors professor happy trains them as top researchers in biochemistry and genomics his aim to catapult a young african scientist to the top of scientific research he wants to develop affordable solutions for tackling infectious diseases in africa and in the rest of the world with under 30 years in the go forward it was a very trying to use the words you know this is an easy on the stand that the guy moved very quickly and that's the focus of happy's team has already set down another marker in the battle against the coronavirus they've devised a fast track test the cost less than $3.00 euros by the end of the year the lab will have moved to a larger building it's set to become the biggest genomic research center in africa and with an ongoing pandemic the world is counting on us. sports now. and the 1st player to opt out of the upcoming n.f.l. season because of coronavirus is from the cancer city chiefs. who plays right guard is also a doctor the canadian made the announcemen

the center was opened in 2016 around 2000 scientists mostly from nigeria and west africa have passed through its doors professor happy trains them as top researchers in biochemistry and genomics his aim to pull to young african scientists to the top of scientific research he wants to develop affordable solutions for tackling infectious diseases in africa and in the rest of the world with understanding the day you had to go forward it was a great trade with us that works because it is an easy all this time that the guy moved very quickly and that's the focus of copies to. has already set down another marker in the battle against the corona virus they've devised to foster truck test the cost less than $3.00 euros by the end of the year the lab will have moved to a larger building it's set to become the biggest you know make research center in africa and with an ongoing pandemic the world just counting on us. and that's the latest on d w news this hour don't forget you can always get more news that information on our website just go to www dot com you can also follow us on facebook and

off the 8 shops fight in new partner virus cases south africa imposes a curfew and bans all wholesales again we look at why the government is returning to such drastic measures. and victory for poland's euro skeptic president. wins a 2nd term edging ahead of fees for the challenger what will the next 5 years bring . us in the u.s. state of washington brics gets confirmed the team will change its controversial name off to fresh protests over racist connotations. hello i'm christie want to welcome to the program germany's health minister has warned that the country could face a renewed outbreak of coronavirus if tourists drop their god while on holiday in spawn told a news conference in berlin that he was along to buy images of germans flossing social distancing guidelines while on the beaches of majorca on say the danger off a 2nd wave is real and urged tourists to follow the rules. on my yorkers beaches holiday makers enjoy the sun and the fresh breeze but at night all the coronavirus related rules seem forgotten on the party strip the so-called tourists are drinking and dancing with f

seen africa. africa has seen over 850000 confirmed cases of kopechne so far now that's a lot but it's still just a small percentage of the more than 16 and a half 1000000 cases confirmed worldwide is that all down to the under reporting boras there's something else going on i'm not an expert on epidemiology and certainly not for africa but reading into this i discovered a hypothesis on why the prevalence is still fairly low in africa that to me seemed plausible it said that the countries with the highest international exposure called gateway countries have been the ones to be hit 1st and hardest countries like south africa and egypt well over half of the of the continent's reported cases so far have been from those 2 countries alone countries with fewer links abroad remained largely free of covert 19 in the initial months of the outbreak the experts think but now that the virus has spread to every country in africa many of them expect internal domestic transmission to begin playing a much bigger r

they're the founders of a company called africa green tech they arrived to great fanfare. thank them to neighboring solar power plants to remote villages in the south pole region. but everyone here has been looking forward to this day for a long time. this is also in life so it is such a relief to finally achieve this and make it possible for the people here. you know . this is taken nearly 9 months of preparation when the moment finally comes where you know now it's happening tomorrow checking the containers spent 6 months at the customs office followed by a long drawn. i've lasting many days over sunday rhodes the solar system costs 150000 euros the hope is it will strengthen the local economy. and offer that for to make a solar plant like this worthwhile you need a village with at least 4 to 5000 residents we also look very closely at whether there's potential for a productive use of electricity unlike home solar power providers our focus is on strengthening small and medium sized businesses so we want to know are there carpenters and welders and tailors here and we loo

is that good or bad for waste money isn't it africa went to find out. in the middle of a nairobi residential area amidst the coronavirus lockdown this waste dump is just one of many in and around kenya's capital. every day hundreds of tons of unsold rubbish end up here some of it highly toxic. people like richard king young to earn their living collecting and sorting the waste but they live in fear of the coronavirus. the law now what with what the people. there are 300 way speakers here. if they touch contaminated wasteful they won't wash their hands they'll do it in the evening at home by then their love already contracted the disease so now your. volume of trash hasn't lessened despite the coronavirus lockdown nairobi's roads are less crowded right now so the municipal waste or 30 can deliver more waste to the dumps than before the crisis some $3000.00 times a day. but the collectors aren't in any more danger than before according to waste management official here pretty much yeah no. because of the local down they might be required to leave when all

the storm is up on us south africa's president brings back a curfew and a ban on alcohol sales off the cove in 1000 hospitalisations that. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program voting ends in the tights and baser race for the polish presidency we'll look at who the exit polls project to win. aid agencies are warning that russia's victory in limiting syria a deliveries to just one border crossing will cost lives and intensify the suffering of 1300000 people. and in mali the opposition leader is calling for calm off to 4 people die in protests against the president 2 of them teenagers. from the americas to asia the coronavirus pandemic is infecting people around the planet wreck old rates the world health organization has reported more than 230000 cases in the space of 24 hour as a single daily increase since the outbreak 1st began globally the death rate is remaining steady though around $5000.00 people dying each day but in the world's worst affected country infections and fatalities are both rising and the u.s. state of florida has

so that is also adding to the depletion of chimpanzee numbers right across africa. even in that answer, you have given us such a sense of the enormous environmental pressures that the chimpanzees have been under over those 60 years. i want to go through this from the beginning, i wa nt to through this from the beginning, i want to start by having you take us back to 1960 two the young jane goodall in her 20s with no real scientific academic training, but certainly amazing gifts for natural observation. how unusual was it for you to be given the role, the responsibility of going out into the forest and undertaking the scientific observation? well, it was absolutely unique. you are right. i had no scientific training at all. i just did biology in school. i left school at 18, we didn't have money for a university or a college, and so when i arrived in africa, it was simply because from the age of ten i had dreams of going to live with wild animals in africa and write books about them. and i was fortu nate to books about them. and i was fortunate to meet with a famous p

course here in disco song w africa's facebook and other social media platforms. hallow everybody and what africa this is reason to 7 percent a show for off because you are one jacomo are. coming out for you on today's program. kimani heads to south africa to speak with the youth about the so-called black topics that is having to help their families financially even those with barely enough to feed them or feel. you know these other got we take a ride in a taxi with all those presuppositions to pregnant women. and we explode but it got tense capital and time and that people through the lens of the feed andrea. report is on an issue that affects many young africans it's not uncommon for us young working people to financially support our parents and siblings sometimes even the extended families and many are happy to do eat because it's always nice to give something but right but what happens if you don't on enough money to support yourself and your family are if it's stopping you from realizing your dreams we met a young man in nigeria who has his life on hold to he

covert 19 the country has the highest number of infections in the continent of africa. one of the story libya's national oil corporations accusing the united arab emirates of pushing the warlords telephone after to reimpose a blockade of its facilities the day after he allowed an oil tanker to sail with oil meant for exports his forces control most of libya's oil installations. aid groups say they are deeply concerned over restrictions on the flow of aid into syria the un security council agreed to a compromise this time yesterday that leaves only one border crossing with turkey open instead of the previous 2 now hundreds of thousands could be impacted. explains. there enjoyed nearly a decade of conflict the syrians are now facing even more uncertainty nearly 4000000 are in camps stranded on the border with turkey they live in a rebel held territory in the northwest while relying on international aid bubble however is a lifeline for the 3000000 syrians in italy a province about asylum or which was the main entry point for a channel to civilians in general mary and i 3 a

hello and welcome to a new edition of africa. in lagos nigeria on today's show we'll be putting the focus on farming including a look at how high tech is changing i would call to a practices i'm joined by my colleague in uganda hi there sandra. and a big hello from kampala uganda to all of you as to what did you know that one father of the global population walks in the agricultural sector here in africa it is over half the population that is why we decided to make a special edition that he's all about. we'll find out home in south africa should farming next fall. and how food is grown with hydroponics in nigeria. and finally why farming doesn't have to mean deforestation. we start the show in south africa anyone who's ever been there will have noticed the thousands of kilometers of fencing but caught of course the island usually designed to contain the cuttle fences have a devastating effect on the environment they are not only a deadly trial for the wildlife they also prevent the lifestyle from moving around pretty which leaves