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treatments and much. we ask what this means for the millions of african victims of this killer disorder. the and i'm told me on logical welcome to the program. people in sedan trapped in an inferno of brutal violence. that's how the un humanitarian coordinator for the country. as describe the situation that was fighting continues between the sydney's army and the power military rapid support forces. the violence is restricting the flow of humanitarian aid and their growing concerns about atrocities taking place. an open source investigation from the non profit sensor for information resilience says the iris staff has been setting entire villages a blaze of these satellite images show this area in the west of food city of elgin,

and in april 2023. compare that to it's todd remains as seen in march of this year and from the same city, these warehouses visible in april 2023 had been removed entirely. nearly a year later, a writes groups a warning that the iris f, a tax amount to estimate cleansing and genocide in west on for on x report contains images. some viewers may find disturbing. full year old yes mean has struggled to walk since she was shots in the lake. she is from l janina and so don's west stuff full. but he's growing up in a camp for displaced people across the border in chad. last year is fighting me at the home. yes, mean, fled with her family. but the rebel power and military groups. the rapids support

forces caught up with them. a bullet toll through yaz means leg and he's home all the while identity, her mother who was 8 months pregnant, was killed and yes mean was left all alone. some people found her on the road and brought her here on the road to the boat and we old suffered the rapids support forces killed and wounded. so many people like i heard a race in human rights watch report accuses the rapids, support forces, and allied militias. of carrying out attacks and west of full killing thousands. the report says this indicates ethnic cleansing will crimes and genocide. the power in military groups has been at will with su don's army since april 20, 23 and 4 is

a front in the civil war. thousands of people were killed in clashes and as strikes, you know, fashion over the weekend. it's the last major ccn dial 4 still under the sudanese armies control. the city is reportedly under siege and there is a communications blackouts to the united nations ones. but fighting is endangering $800000.00 civilians in alpha and preventing aid from reaching the region when millions of people are on the brink of salmon, that time is running out to prevent starvation and therefore as intensifying clashes north. therefore, as capital l flasher are hindering our efforts to deliver vital food assistance into the regions, the un has called the situation ensued on one of the west humanitarian disasters in recent memory. age groups fee that the violin seemed all full, could lead to another massacre enforced millions more people to flee for their

lives. let's speak now to them with that same alley, a legal advisor at the wrong one. but the center for human rights, which i assume is also from dial 4 and survive the genocide the 2 decades ago. he joins us now from washington. d. c. thanks for joining us on the program, which i assume now are you able to get a sense of the current situation in your home town? how fast you the sides very much for the opportunity and i think um the so the wishing and the devices with it, cuz as traffic we have been sounding, the alarm says last year that uh when the rest of varieties started this evening. the cd from all the parts from northern part of the city, from the southern part of the city. i'm from the eastern part of the city. and so now it is actually really the are a save and for the sort of nissan forces and, and other arm groups aligning with the service office really in, in

a serious fight and notified sure the already hundreds of people have been injured and killed in and out the 1st and last 2 days, and therefore the situation is really the best off they got. it requires an immediate attention from the international community, right, with the restrictions on access. how did you gather that information that in your case and you know, evidence for your reports? well, i mean, no federal report being relied heavily on options source information that has already being got there by other investigative journalist and other organizations organizations. but uh, with respect to the ongoing conflict, i think despite the black out of the internet blood out, i think there was still a bit of communication between um, you know, uh we can reach out to some of the residents that a little faster. uh, so they continue to report in terms of the incidents and,

and how many people are being killed and attacked and the like. and so basically we're able to access a bit of information. so really we cannot get into we and what is happening at this moment in time. right. and do you see any similarities between what's going on now and what you fled back in 2003 or watson only? yes, i mean, as we indicated clearly and i'll report most of you out to us, it is a we see today committed by, by the office of both forces. this is a new brand of the magenta. we it right and a so basically the crime, so committed by the same perpetrators. and i guess same victims because we have the messiah didn't, was style for, we have for as a go in other parts of the for. and so we will see exact same pattern again of the crimes and the way the all right, so, so you know, you know, be, sees the cd,

the way that the crime is that or prep or treated using waive us a webinar for, you know, uh the you know, creating conditions calculated to bring about with the destruction of the, you know, they, they, they protected gross here was speaking for as a gallon must have a particular right now the numbers from the ones that on a staggering 14000 people killed at least, uh, 8, medium displaced, 25000000 needing as an aid. how would you describe the way the rest of the world has responded to this? yeah, i mean, i, i said, uh said it before. uh and then i think the, the way the international community then of course, the attic and it stays the community and right, i respond to the trusted as in delford is, would it this graceful? there is no way the other way to describe this, right. and you see people are biggest, laura, we know the perpetrators, we know that enables us way countries,

some of them i actually even asked going to states. and yet, there is nothing from the side of that imagining community to harper to write us that down. the simplest thing to do is to cut off paper trays from the financial flow that allows for, for, you know, for us to have to discontinue. and yet we do not see anything from the international community that is done so far to present as you know, this complex, i think this is april vegetable genocide. this is not only my words, but by uh, you know, the words of other experts, including for me you interfere issues, right? this is a preventable genocide. even the eligible side of 2 thousands were, was preventable. and yet again we, i'm a speaking of interesting community at deliberately reviews the, you know, to the, to a spot that this and so i think it is really not an ignore genocide. it is an abundant genocide which also my lead from the rhode island bag center and for human rights.

thank you for speaking to us. as thank you very much appreciated. the advocates major cities are growing at an unprecedented rate by the end of the century. it's estimated the team out of the world's 20 largest metrology metropolises will be in africa. but one of the major challenges is how they can cater the for people from all economic brackets as an ongoing eviction scandal and every cost economic hub. john shows, development often comes at the expense of the poorest dw, see where to read reports from your football. one of the worst effective neighborhoods. this is with thousands of people used to live, go to school and run their businesses. but now this on the rebel over the last weeks and months,

the government of ivory coast economic capital has stated the neighborhoods of over 50000 people. most of them overnight. this looks like the optimize of an earthquake or hurricane children and families floating through the rubble school benches turned upside down and plus the belongings flying around every route. but it's not, this is the result of the government's initiative to develop and clean up. i'll be drawn and essentially remove and tale, a neighborhood, but no longer for the image of the country speaking on a cub wants to put tre, the name of the key to use to live in a small house nearby with the 3 children. now they're out on the streets. it's the 2nd time she and her family have been forced to leave the home to pick up before we came here, we were poor, but at least we had some dignity. now we've got absolutely nothing. we can't live like this. it was suffering and the worst of all this that my children no longer go

to school. from my oldest. she used to go to school here, to demolition and stuff next, thousands of children with all the classroom. one school alone to community 2000 kids. this was my school where i studied with my friends dw, spoke to nearly 2 dozen people in several neighborhoods. no one received any financial compensation, know where they give an alternative shelter to the government. off i'd be, john did not reply to dw use requests for comments in previous statements, just ethically its own supposed to safety risk proof lots and lands slides, but people, yeah, don't believe that's the true reason behind the displacements. so let's take a column that runs a local and you that is fighting the evictions. he says the government's campaign is less about security and more about money. i'm talking points that there's one as well as the government says, these zones are

a safety risk. they already have companies lined up. we want to invest that the for the money, did we talking about the humanitarian catastrophe here. that's all children are out of school like this prostitution and banditry. not so you see the government did a bad job. don't. why do you disagree with nick? uh, i must say something of a over the last 20 years of each one has more than doubled in size from 3 to over 6000000 people. and like many african cities, it continues to grow. but instead of social housing projects, these neighborhoods will be replaced with, with house commission areas, underwater park amenities and lima into children who are likely never get to enjoy it very. and we'll just wait to see if go to give us miracle. the government of, i'd be general sense to kill 117 neighborhoods altogether for the cities poor as they may soon be nowhere left to go. you're

watching the w news africa still to come. savannah as being allies underway and african nations are slowly gaining a foothold if the o, p, a and benefits make their debut this year to advocate new commerce to the thailand austin extravaganza. now that might be threshold for millions of people affected by sickle cell disease. in the us, a new commercially licensed gene therapy has been administered for the 1st time to a patient. it could be a game changer in the fight against this disorder of unusually shaped red blood cells that can disrupt the victim's blood flow. this leads to severe health complications including chronic pain and organ damage, which can also be life threatening. of the genetic condition is found around the world, but mainly among people with west or central african backgrounds. according to the world health organization, 1000 children are born with the disease every day in africa,

and the existing treatments can be read and expensive. but let's take a look at how one, uganda and woman is living with the disease and sharing hope. when bob are on the below is a little go. the parents simply road to off diagnosed with sickle cell anemia up 2 months to them. it meant that child wouldn't be around for long enough to be was above the this to the they used to do that so so so i do, we you have a webcast. so for the day you have a clue. a mother even referred to as half a daughter barbara say she was left hating herself. she ran to the to, to go to menu. so they never thought of me as an important pass. and i remember like someone who would grow up or is supposed to get an education to show that tip

is that because they use, oh, my mother, the people like me don't grow money and we can't go to school, have children in the community. but now bob or his parents are proud of that goal to because she's proving them wrong. she's married and has 3 children. that 1st bone, a son is now 7 and the twin girls came last year age 37. barbara is still a regular patient of them and body regional hospital, and you can just remote east and highlands, but she's passing on her knowledge of how to live with sickle cell disease. the personal story of survival is often the 1st glimpse of hope. and julie diagnosed children and then worried parents, and she's also getting treatment. hydroxyurea reduces a number of balance of pain and the need to blood transfusions all helping to overcome the stigma. we used to be saw, frustrated, you know,

you can't afford shows, they may reach like 12 yards and they get so many complications on even you used to wishing on seeing this, this child. so because of that trauma, hydroxyurea has no chain deep legs. it improves on the watch on the quality of life of these patients, eugene therapies of a problem is when was approved in the us last year. yet, despite the hub now also enough to treat the despair for single patient cost of treatment, the cost runs into millions of dollars. joining us now is of the i need not do a professor. ok, metrology and blood transfusion and the director of the center for sickle cell disease research and training at the university off a booge, a good job you on the program. profess uh now we're looking at the imagines of new

treatments for sickle cell disease. surely this, these developments must inspire hope, considering how long the disease has posed a threat. yes, definitely made key. many people laugh quite excited. you know, just seeing that said that can be too rich. he's a main force, it goes a disease. of course we've had the pci born by root transplantation, you know, for some time for these treatments are not available through the major receipts of people. so it's hold on one site that day. so possibility. and then a lot of, uh, uh, you know, just bear, you know, from high budgeting countries because in the evidence based interventions that have been available for some time is not available to major retail for people. we know into adventures such as do by screening at the, you know, at pro flax's for infection high drug for you react truth means a basic feedback patient education. these are not ca available to major retail

people so days full or one site, you know, but it's like most shots a week before. feel, oh, when am i going to be able to even dream? you know, we does have t a price tags of 05 access. i've seen that visa inside of a shows like gene therapy, any of the important matter with transplantation. one of the challenges you mentioned earlier was that of the cost when he comes to treatment. but i'm assuming research as well. so what are the practical considerations for implementing these new therapies in a place like nigeria? so, yes, so the go by gene directory initiative has actually been considering these over the industry is facing 19. this is a network of people who echoed, send that to these to rep is when they become ivy level may not become available to

the people with the right high research people. so they've not been able to walk, walk out very carefully, what's what the buyer has, what is it that is driving the cost and most of feeds has to do with manufacturing in they centralize the facility that the gene directly products. and we've been able to find that, that way you manufacture close to the taste of k, it drives down to cost. so this has happened. this has been carefully worked side by different prices. and the, the tri outside has been the very low piece to in college, you know, you know, in india and at a very low cost of medical college in india. and they've been able to do cartoon to arrive fee on that $55000.00, which is the stock, right? you do from the very high, you know, in the mediums and what has been done. you know, it's uh, can also be wrapped in case i do kind of is also they don't what came out the

possibility of doing the try a clinical trial. so clinical trial wouldn't be one way off of that and we'll bring it down because what pissed off k, you know, manufacturer, i mean, did you put drugs at the base of kit is one way you know to drive down because and at fort is going on in that direction, is that kind of global consensus, the way that the world can can address this collectively to make sure that there is uh, you know, make sure that there's a more accessible treatments to, to the people who need it. as the visual has established has been able to develop its been walk for a treatments, same test as states as what makes the less you know, that was we cannot just say or to go all the way to gene therapy when the, every desperate is having shows we will, things like education is lost in place, the major retailers business to it. yes, we can aspire to do gene therapy,

but what we know now works now should be available. you know, 2 major retails people buy for recess drugs and you wrap a blood transmission. all of these things and then just education of people because you know, if people can't do well, patients can do well if they know well up to my hydration, you know, do you every does reason to have vision and the has and you know, the health care work as know how to give that is any type of insurance. so we start, you know, from what is available now. and then we walk towards those that queue rates, if there are fees in future. okay. professor, okay, i got a note of the head of the university of which is a center for sickle cell disease research and training. thank you very much for your insights. yeah, you're welcome to italy. now with this is addition to venice is international. odd festival or be an ally,

kicked off with the theme fine is everywhere. is an exploration of colonialism and the different realities of migration. the exhibition is created by brazilian adriano pedrosa, the 1st from the southern hemisphere to assume the prestigious roll. that'd be an outlet takes place across the lagoons. easy until the end of november. just while you will get those prejudice and belonging is one of the most talked about shows what gets his paintings use if you can. i can knock a fee and traditional figurative off and explore rates that, that entity is it to you just for us to appearance at the be a, not a as you can see from this have been on the, on the 1112 countries. uh, let me present it with all having it pub in, in uh for 54 countries inside off weekends. so it's just a beginning. it's getting better, but there is a little way to go and purchase presence. this also seemed to the lens of colonialism call to go to entry

. greenhouse was curated by 3 women of african descent autism. monique had to meet on the historians. sonya of us august and choreographer vanya got recreated the creole garden. the concept of the creole garden that refers to the plots to attended by in slaves to peoples. it is very important to how we see the contemporary challenges of today, such as climate change or to racism, and many other political challenges because the cruel garden rather than being the model culture is the plantations where it is a 80 is a form of cultivation that looks at diverse that brings together multiple species, protecting each other and piece of diversity when cool in terms of cultivation, the republic of fitness also making some really pre owns this, the amount it with an exhibition, everything precious scratch i,

it works that celebrate the spirits of pot if you but women and the deep roots of food. yes, i'm very proud to be a long piece of good because i was very important. important you have still actually on the, on the international stage by keeping prominence to office we have often been excluded from the great experience of the past. this being all the aims to add a new chapter to all the history. well, that's it for now. be sure to check out the other stories on dw com, forward slash africa on social media. will it be with these pictures from this is venice being that i enjoyed the next time. i found the,

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