Cyclone Idai: Zimbabwe Hails Nigeria For Aid |Network Africa|

welcome back Malawi's Electoral Commission has begun distributing ballot materials to polling stations ahead of next Tuesday's presidential and parliamentary elections the materials will be moved from the Capitol to more than 5,000 polling stations across the country the Commission says slightly more than six million people have registered for the vote the process will use a mix of manual and electronic methods while the voting will be paper-based the transmission and final tally of the ballots will be electronic this is the first time the country will use the system Commission chairperson Jayne Anza says their countries were prepared for the elections where she promises will be credible now Zimbabwe's president Emma Simon and Gaga has thanked Nigeria for the support in the efforts to deal with the aftermath of cyclone hit AI which devastated parts of the country in March Nigeria's foreign minister was in Harare to deliver 20 tons of medical supplies and a gift of five hundred thousand dollars he had delivered a similar package to Mozambique and Malawi because supplies and 20 tons of these have been handed over to the Zimbabwean government 35 tons went to Mozambique which was worst hit by cyclone he died and that he turns into Malawi each country got five hundred thousand US dollars from the Nigerian government so of course I came to deliver on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari the sympathy of the Nigerian people to his Excellency and the people of Zimbabwe over the cyclone and the devastation and tragedy that befell this this country to the people of Nigeria I say the people of the bubble extremely happy and grateful to the support you've given our people under the circumstances now it's not only the baggage a supporting my brother still to Malawi the BT Mozambique and again supporting these two countries as the countries to a visited a secular need a German Amani and chipping in Eastern Zimbabwe Biron surrounds in Mozambique and Chihuahua and Sanjay in Malawi far south where worst hit during the cyclone Niger's Foreign Affairs Minister Joffrey on llaman who taught the three countries hopes the donation will make a difference for their was affected we've seen how much they value the assistance you know of Nigeria and I think it's it's helped to you know re-establish Nigeria you know the expectations of our country are very high in Africa we looked upon as the big brother our intervention now I think has rekindled that and given the optimism to see increased majority engagement with with all the countries of this of this are regions in fact when this cyclone lead I happened the Nigerians in Bulawayo two quarters of them are professionals contributed to the government and the people of Zimbabwe likewise the Nigerians in Harare they did the same to collectively more than a million people were affected and hundreds killed during cyclone edye which hit the three countries in March this year closely followed by slightly weaker cyclone Kenneth from Harare Zimbabwe melody BIA channels television news now Libyan national army commander Kelly for hafte has traveled to Rome to meet Italian Prime Minister Recep conte today during the two-hour Talks mr. Conte expressed his concern about the tensions in Libya and restated as a pill for a ceasefire to find a political solution to the ongoing crisis frightened between Libya's internationally recognized government and Libyan National Army forces continues about 40 kilometers from the capital Tripoli forces loyal to Libya's government are defending the city against an offensive by the LNA led by Khalifa Haftar who accuses the administration of being controlled by terrorists a charge it denies after is supported by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates but denounced by the internationally recognized prime minister Fayez Sarraj as an aspiring military dictator a South African woman sorry whom Allah has become the first black African woman to scale Mount Everest the world's highest mountain local media reports say this was her fourth attempt to reach the 8800 a 15 meter summit and she finally achieved her goal this morning there 47 year old business executive is on a quest to conquer the highest peaks on each continent she's already climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa one in Argentina and mount Mount Elbrus in Russia gratulations to her Bevo he bowler community reserve in the last coastal forests on the eastern side of Madagascar it is home to extraordinary and often endemic species for like many firsts in the country it's under threat special groups and traditional rulers are now banding together to save the forest tour guide Cyril Darby and all the volunteers are headed of waha bola forest for a routine morning patrol located on the east coast of Madagascar along the shores of pangolins canal for Evo lies the last primary forest found in the region [Music] Madagascar is home to some rare exotic creators such as one of the world's smallest amphibian the stompa pygmy frog which remain on the threat as rampant logging continues to destroy both plant and animal in the country's forests for real this forest is 2,000 hectares and 500 actors have already been destroyed either by fire or loggers brach Unni faced with increasing threat to their livelihood which largely depends on tourism residents from surrounding villages are fighting to protect what is left of the forest by looking out for illegal activity in the forest there is no more rain resources are becoming insufficient the land is getting poorer we are already struggling to water our crops as soon as I heard that there was a forest to protect I immediately ran to join the ranks of the Rangers young people of my age must understand that it's important to save the forest more than 80% of the mammals in the world's fourth largest island can be found anywhere else and ecotourism is the backbone of the country's three hundred and ninety million dollars a year tourism industry according to researchers more than half of all US Forest has already been wiped out many the community blamed the deterioration of the forest on local authorities and rampant corruption through the Association to protect for Ebola forest members and local residents have gone to court in the hope that they can save the forest well that's it on the program today thanks for watching Antonia left Shiva Elly - Elly [Music] [Applause]

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Length: 8min 54sec (534 seconds)

Published: Thu May 16 2019