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00:00:13Well, hello and welcome. You're watching Focus on Africa coming to
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00:00:19News. The headlines. Well Sudan filed filed complaints with the United
00:00:23United Nations and the African Union Union accusing Ethiopia of allowing
00:00:27allowing the paramilitary Rapid Support
00:00:29Support Forces to launch drone strikes strikes from its territory. What
00:00:33What the RSS is attempting to do, do, especially as it concerns staff,
00:00:36staff, is trying to raise the costs costs of governance within a SAF
00:00:40SAF controlled territories without without actually needing to take
00:00:42take them. Meanwhile, has life become become safer for citizens since the
00:00:46the coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and
00:00:48and Niger? Well, Sudanese-british Sudanese-british billionaire businessman
00:00:51businessman and philanthropist Mo
00:00:53Mo Ibrahim says the evidence suggests
00:00:56suggests otherwise. We see major
00:01:00major deterioration in security rule
00:01:01rule of law and also deterioration
00:01:05deterioration on rights. And also
00:01:07also coming up in the programme.
00:01:10programme. Niger receives an emergency emergency shipment of 1.6 5,000,000l
00:01:145,000,000l of fuel from neighbouring neighbouring Algeria to ease shortages
00:01:17shortages that have left petrol stations
00:01:19stations dry for weeks. The relief
00:01:22relief also because there's a fuel
00:01:24fuel shortage in almost all the large
00:01:26large cities and you know, this can
00:01:29can bring some discontent.
00:01:41Welcome to the programme. Many thanks for joining us. You're just
00:01:43just in time for Focus on Africa. Africa. I'm Waihiga Mwaura. Well,
00:01:47Well, we begin today's programme programme in Sudan where authorities
00:01:50authorities have filed complaints complaints against Ethiopia with
00:01:53with both the United Nations Security Security Council and the African
00:01:56African Union's Peace and Security Security Council following a series
00:01:59series of deadly drone attacks this this year. Now, Sudan's foreign ministry
00:02:03ministry says the paramilitary Rapid
00:02:04Rapid Support Forces, or RSS, have
00:02:07have launched about 180 drone strikes strikes from inside Ethiopian territory
00:02:11territory since February. It says says these attacks have hit power
00:02:14power stations and civilian sites, sites, killing several hundred civilians.
00:02:17civilians. The complaint follows follows fresh drone strikes yesterday
00:02:20yesterday on two more power stations stations in northern Sudan. Khartoum
00:02:24Khartoum has repeatedly accused Ethiopia Ethiopia of supporting the Rapid
00:02:28Rapid Support Forces, while Ethiopia Ethiopia denies these allegations
00:02:30allegations and has in turn accused accused the Sudanese army of backing
00:02:34backing rebels linked to the Tigray Tigray People's Liberation Front.
00:02:37Front. Sudan rejects that accusation. accusation. Now this war between
00:02:41between the Sudanese army and the the RSS has continued since April
00:02:44April 2023. Both sides are now using
00:02:46using drones to strike targets far far beyond the front lines. The war
00:02:50war has also devastated livelihoods livelihoods across Sudan, while soaring
00:02:54soaring prices have made it increasingly increasingly difficult for people,
00:02:57people, many of them displaced to to afford basic necessities. Here's
00:03:01Here's what some people have to say
00:03:03say about how their lives have been
00:03:05been impacted. Prices are rising.
00:03:07rising. Every day. A breakfast that
00:03:10that costs 100,000 Sudanese pounds
00:03:12pounds today might cost 150,000 Sudanese Sudanese pounds tomorrow. Life is
00:03:16is so hard for us. I hope the exchange
00:03:18exchange rate stabilises as soon
00:03:21soon as possible. My son is sick, sick, he has malaria and has had
00:03:24had a fever for a while. But I don't don't have the money to take him
00:03:28him to the doctor. I don't even have have enough money to buy food. Prices
00:03:32Prices are just too high right now
00:03:34now and the cost of his medical exams
00:03:36exams and treatment is also very
00:03:39very expensive. And earlier I spoke spoke to Doctor Salah Benhammou,
00:03:43Benhammou, an academic and policy policy expert on Sudan's coups and
00:03:46and civil military relations. I began
00:03:48began by asking what the UN and the
00:03:51the AU could realistically do in in response. So I think the first
00:03:54first thing to begin with is that that it's important to recognise
00:03:57recognise that even if Ethiopia rejects
00:04:00rejects these allegations it doesn't doesn't necessarily prevent either.
00:04:03either. The African Union or the the United Nations from taking action.
00:04:07action. Both organisations can still still investigate claims independently. independently. They can survey the
00:04:10the evidence and they can also put put diplomatic pressure. But the the real issue lies in whether or
00:04:14or not they can actually enforce enforce anything. And that's where where things become a little bit
00:04:17bit more complicated whenever we we discuss regional and international
00:04:20international organisations, it's it's always really important to distinguish distinguish between the capacity
00:04:24capacity to pursue action and the the capacity to gain collective will
00:04:27will amongst member states to do do so. When the United States pushed
00:04:29pushed to expand the existing arms arms embargo beyond Darfur to cover
00:04:33cover the entire country, other countries countries such as Russia, China and
00:04:36and Pakistan resisted that proposal. proposal. This ultimately led the
00:04:39the council to settle on the existing existing restrictions. And this is
00:04:43is the same case in the African Union. Union. It can facilitate dialogue.
00:04:46dialogue. It can put diplomatic pressure, pressure, but it relies heavily on
00:04:50on co-operation from the governments governments that are placing claims.
00:04:53claims. Sudan says that roughly 180
00:04:55180 drones have taken off from Ethiopian
00:04:57Ethiopian soil. What independent independent evidence? What independent
00:05:01independent evidence, if any, supports supports this allegation? So there
00:05:04there have been there's been quite quite some fairly extensive evidence
00:05:07evidence that Sudan has presented, presented, such as recovered drone
00:05:10drone components, some flight control control data and reconstructed flight flight paths. But it's important
00:05:14important to bear in mind that this this evidence is coming from Sudan
00:05:17Sudan itself. And it's important important to distinguish between between evidence that's presented
00:05:20presented by one of the parties of of the conflict as opposed to one
00:05:23one that's been independently verified. verified. And as far as I'm aware,
00:05:26aware, none of these allegations allegations have been independently independently verified. Of course, course, there's some important context
00:05:30context to keep in mind. Just earlier earlier this year, there was independent
00:05:33independent reporting that RSS fighters fighters were being trained within
00:05:36within Ethiopia. So that context context makes these allegations have
00:05:39have a little bit more force to them.
00:05:43them. But we still haven't established established whether or not these these allegations are independently
00:05:47independently verified. Well, as as I mentioned earlier, Ethiopia Ethiopia denies any role. How would
00:05:50would Addis Ababa then explain some some of this evidence? The flight
00:05:53flight paths that Sudan is presenting? To the best of my knowledge
00:05:56knowledge at this point, Ethiopia Ethiopia hasn't attempted to give
00:05:59give a technical reason for these these flight paths. More or less,
00:06:03less, it's shifted blame to Sudan Sudan for supporting other armed armed groups within its own territories.
00:06:06territories. And that should tell tell us a little bit more about the the conflict and the relationship relationship between these two countries
00:06:10countries as well. There's already already a great deal of mistrust mistrust between them, and both of
00:06:14of them have already accused one one another of interfering in their
00:06:18their internal affairs. But... But if we come back to the drone question, the question that
00:06:21that what we would need to establish establish is that drones actually actually originate from Ethiopian
00:06:25Ethiopian territory. And if they they did, was it the Ethiopian government
00:06:28government that authorised these these operations? These are very very important things that we would
00:06:31would need to take into account. account. I mean, we know that a power
00:06:35power station, civilian sites have have been hit. What does this pattern
00:06:38pattern of targets tell us about
00:06:41about the immediate aims of the Rapid Rapid Support Forces? If anything,
00:06:44anything, this should tell us that that what the RSS is attempting to
00:06:47to do, especially as it concerns concerns staff, is trying to raise
00:06:50raise the costs of governance within within SAF controlled territories
00:06:53territories without actually needing needing to take them. So whereas whereas the Sudanese army has been
00:06:57been able to regain control of Khartoum Khartoum and other significant parts
00:07:00parts of the country, they've struggled struggled with maintaining control
00:07:03control in these areas and things things like drone attacks which hit
00:07:06hit power sites and other strategic
00:07:11strategic areas can make that attempt attempt at governance all the more
00:07:14more difficult. So there's this dimension dimension to it where it allows the
00:07:17the project to project force in those those areas without actually needing
00:07:20needing to take those areas themselves.
00:07:22themselves. How has drone usage changed changed the conflict in Sudan? Talk
00:07:26Talk to me a bit about this emerging emerging trend. What this allows
00:07:30allows both parties to do is it allows
00:07:32allows them to not necessarily take
00:07:34take these areas that they're contesting, contesting, but rather project force
00:07:37force into them without necessarily necessarily needing to capture them.
00:07:41them. So both actors face the challenge challenge of attempting to establish
00:07:44establish both legitimacy and control
00:07:47control over these areas. And when when you have things like drones
00:07:51drones hitting strategic points such such as energy sites and whatnot,
00:07:54whatnot, what that does is it complicates
00:07:56complicates that effort elsewhere. Now military leaders in
00:08:00in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger seized
00:08:02seized power, promising to restore restore security and stability. But
00:08:06But as life actually becomes safer, safer, well Sudanese-british billionaire
00:08:09billionaire businessman and philanthropist philanthropist Mo Ibrahim says the
00:08:12the evidence suggests otherwise. otherwise. Ahead of the release of
00:08:15of the latest Ibrahim Index of African African Governance, he told the BBC's
00:08:18BBC's Dingy Dabba Abu Yahya that that insecurity has worsened across
00:08:22across the Sahel despite the coups. coups. He also warned that increased
00:08:25increased economic activity linked linked to gold and uranium activities
00:08:29activities should not be mistaken mistaken for broader development.
00:08:31development. Take a look. We see
00:08:36see a great development in infrastructure,
00:08:39infrastructure, in economic opportunities.
00:08:41opportunities. And we see development
00:08:44development in also the area of education
00:08:47education and health. We see major
00:08:50major deterioration in security rule
00:08:51rule of law and also deterioration
00:08:55deterioration in rights space for
00:08:58for civil society has been shrinking.
00:09:02shrinking. That is worrying. That's
00:09:04That's worrying. They cannot be trade
00:09:08trade off between economic development development or infrastructure and
00:09:12and people's rights or even people's
00:09:14people's safety. So it's a mixed
00:09:17mixed picture really. Jonah. Why Why exactly is this the case? What
00:09:20What is driving this mixed picture
00:09:22picture and why does it appear that that there's infrastructure development
00:09:26development and the developments developments you've talked about, about, but a regression when it comes
00:09:29comes to people's freedoms and their their rights. If you look around
00:09:33around now, you see it is the age
00:09:36age of strong men. How many strong
00:09:39strong men who have around now? How
00:09:42How many people are trading over
00:09:46over rights and democracy and norms?
00:09:50norms? How countries by executive
00:09:54executive orders. I think some African
00:09:57African leaders also look at those
00:09:59those people and say why not me?
00:10:02me? If those leaders in these major
00:10:06major countries are doing that, why
00:10:07why I cannot do it myself. We are
00:10:10are affected by by the changes around
00:10:14around us unfortunately. And the
00:10:17the rise of a liberal democracies
00:10:21democracies around us affecting also also the development of democracy
00:10:25democracy and rights in our countries. countries. When you come down to
00:10:29to the Sahel here we have Niger,
00:10:31Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso as examples. examples. One of the things that
00:10:35that seems to be standing out
00:10:51economic growth that's being posted posted and the type of leadership
00:10:55leadership that's in these regions. regions. All these military coups
00:10:59coups came with the slogans that
00:11:01that we are coming now to save the
00:11:05the country and to secure our land land and fight the jihadists and
00:11:09and the terrorists, etc. What happened?
00:11:13happened? Did situation has worsened. worsened. Actually security now is
00:11:16is much worse in all these countries
00:11:19countries than before the coup. So So I don't think we did anything
00:11:23anything about security. There's
00:11:24There's no question about that. Any
00:11:30Any initial economic development development is going to collapse.
00:11:32collapse. It will not it's not sustainable. sustainable. That's why we like to
00:11:36to look at the picture of wider range
00:11:39range of years, not only of our X
00:11:42X years, because some injection of
00:11:46of support from Russia or some other
00:11:49other country did shore up the economy
00:11:51economy for a year or so. No. One
00:11:54One of the things that we're also also seeing from these countries
00:11:56countries is that they are forming forming alliances and are also talk talk about the Sahel itself. They're
00:12:00They're forming alliances Mali, Burkina Burkina Faso, Niger, and they're
00:12:03they're saying this is in the interest
00:12:05interest of enhancing security. Are
00:12:08Are these alliances likely to change
00:12:11change anything in terms of strengthening strengthening their security and
00:12:14and continuing their economic plans?
00:12:16plans? I don't see any future for
00:12:19for them because we have the history. history. We know what happens to
00:12:23to all those guys and what they do do for their country. I mean, there's
00:12:27there's nothing we expect from that.
00:12:28that. And of course they are shunned
00:12:32shunned by all the democratic countries countries and institutions, etc and
00:12:36and of course they band together.
00:12:40together. So it's but I don't see
00:12:44see any future for this claim. The
00:12:47The sole reason for them to take
00:12:49take power is that claim of we're
00:12:51we're going to offer security. Did
00:12:54Did they do that? No. Security has
00:12:57has deteriorated. They failed. So
00:12:59So what is the way forward? Will Will they continue just using the
00:13:03the Russians to protect them? The
00:13:05The Russians have no own agendas.
00:13:08agendas. An exclusive interview there there with billionaire businessman businessman and philanthropist Mo
00:13:11Mo Ibrahim. You're watching focus focus on Africa. Still to come on
00:13:14on the programme, we meet women who've who've lived through a cancer diagnosis
00:13:18diagnosis and treatment and are now now celebrating their scars and reclaiming
00:13:22reclaiming their confidence on the
00:15:03MUSIC
00:15:11Welcome back. You're watching
00:15:13focus on Africa. Tunisia now where where authorities have received an
00:15:17an emergency shipment of 1.6 5,000,000l
00:15:195,000,000l of fuel from neighbouring neighbouring Algeria to ease a major
00:15:23major shortage. 53 trucks carrying carrying petroleum products arrived
00:15:26arrived at a depot in the northern northern Agadez region on Saturday.
00:15:30Saturday. It's the first consignment consignment under energy agreements
00:15:33agreements signed by Niger and Algeria Algeria in June. Petroleum Minister
00:15:36Minister Hamadou Teny was quoted quoted by the Nigerian News Agency
00:15:39Agency as saying, and I quote, being being a crude oil producing country
00:15:43country does not automatically guarantee guarantee self-sufficiency in finished
00:15:46finished products. He goes on to to say access to fuel at the pump
00:15:49pump requires a complete and consolidated consolidated chain that's refining
00:15:53refining transport, storage and distribution. distribution. Well, Niger blames
00:15:56blames the crisis partly on disruptions disruptions to global supply chains
00:15:59chains linked to the conflict in in the Middle East. But tensions
00:16:02tensions with its Chinese oil partners partners over debt revenue sharing
00:16:05sharing and control of the country's country's oil resources have added
00:16:09added to the uncertainty. The dispute dispute led to the expulsion of three three Chinese oil executives, including
00:16:13including the head of the China National National Petroleum Corporation, which
00:16:16which owns about 60% of the country's country's only operational refinery.
00:16:20refinery. While the government is is hoping the Algerian shipment will
00:16:23will provide some relief but questions questions remain over whether this
00:16:26this latest delivery can bring lasting lasting stability to Nigeria's fuel
00:16:30fuel supply. Well, earlier I spoke spoke to Modibo Mao Marcaillou, a
00:16:34a Malian economist and former adviser adviser to Mali's presidency, who
00:16:37who told me more about the fuel shortage
00:16:40shortage and the relief measures. measures. It's going to be a slight
00:16:43slight relief. You have to know that
00:16:47that Niger bought 1.65 65,000,000l
00:16:5165,000,000l from Nigeria. It was
00:16:53was a contract between Nigerian oil
00:16:57oil company Sonidep and the Algerian
00:16:59Algerian oil company Sonatrach. So
00:17:02So it's a commercial contract. But But you have to know that there's
00:17:06there's a shortfall in, in fuel consumption
00:17:10consumption in Niger because there
00:17:13there were some difficulties with
00:17:14with a field in the Agadem oilfield
00:17:19oilfield where they also refined
00:17:21refined Niger's oil. But Niger exports
00:17:23exports most of the oil it produces.
00:17:28produces. Produces about 110,000 110,000 barrels per day and exports
00:17:31exports about 90,000 barrels per
00:17:32per day. So there's only 20,000 barrels
00:17:36barrels for domestic consumption
00:17:39consumption and those fulfil only
00:17:41only half the need of the 303,000,000l
00:17:44303,000,000l needed daily. So this
00:17:46this is about a half a half one one
00:17:49one day consumption for an Niger.
00:17:55Niger. Citizen help people who are are following this discussion understand
00:17:59understand how is this fuel shortage shortage affecting ordinary citizens?
00:18:01citizens? How are people adapting adapting to these current circumstances?
00:18:05circumstances? Well, you know, fuel
00:18:07fuel fuel is a basic necessity now
00:18:10now because fuel allows you to have have electricity without fuel. You
00:18:14You don't have any electricity. And
00:18:16And so, you know, you cannot produce, produce, you cannot consume. But
00:18:19But at the same time, it's, you know,
00:18:21know, fuel is also for, you know,
00:18:25know, you know, for agriculture because because you know, you need to, you
00:18:28you know, to pump those machines
00:18:31machines and you know, you need also
00:18:35also fuel for also hospitals and
00:18:37and you need fuel for school and
00:18:39and you need fuel wood for fuel for
00:18:43for daily activities because, you
00:18:45you know, I mean transportation Niger
00:18:48Niger is the largest country in West
00:18:50West Africa. So basically people
00:18:53people need to move around the country country and, you know, go ahead about
00:18:57about their activities and you cannot cannot do that if you don't have
00:19:00have any fuel. And you cannot, you you know, produce anything if you
00:19:03you don't have fuel. I see. And yet
00:19:06yet this is a country that produces produces that has its crude oil.
00:19:09oil. It produces crude oil and yet
00:19:11yet is not able to meet the demand. demand. Where is the problem or what's
00:19:15what's the challenge with its petroleum petroleum industry? That it's crude
00:19:17crude oil reserves are not able to to meet local demand. That's for
00:19:21for most African oil producing countries.
00:19:23countries. You know, there are about
00:19:27about 10 to 15 African countries
00:19:28countries that produce oil, but import
00:19:31import fuel. So and you know, you've
00:19:35you've seen the latest case in Nigeria
00:19:39Nigeria where Dangote Refinery as
00:19:41as a become the solution to some
00:19:44some of the problems that nation nation faced, which is the largest
00:19:47largest producer of oil in Africa.
00:19:49Africa. So basically being a fuel
00:19:53fuel producer, an oil producer does
00:19:55does not make you a fuel producer
00:19:58producer because you know, you have
00:20:00have to go to the manufacturing process
00:20:02process and you need a refinery and
00:20:05and refinery are very expensive and and you need to maintain them. So
00:20:09So it's very cost intensive. You You need a lot of capital for that.
00:20:13that. And basically this is difficulty.
00:20:15difficulty. These are some of the the challenges African economies
00:20:19economies face not only for fuel
00:20:22fuel oil but also for basic products
00:20:26products that we that we have because
00:20:29because we continue selling raw products
00:20:32products instead of processing them, them, which would add value and increase
00:20:36increase revenues and create jobs
00:20:37jobs in Africa. Cancer. Well, it's
00:20:40it's a leading cause of death here here in Africa and around the world
00:20:43world with millions of new cases cases and deaths every year. But
00:20:47But behind the numbers are people people whose lives can be turned
00:20:49turned upside down by a diagnosis, diagnosis, bringing financial strain,
00:20:53strain, mental health challenges, challenges, body image struggles
00:20:56struggles and social stigma. Well, Well, at the cancer survivor fashion
00:20:59fashion runway, women who've lived lived through cancer are celebrating
00:21:02celebrating their scars, reclaiming reclaiming their confidence and showing showing that life after cancer can
00:21:06can still be filled with joy, purpose
00:21:08purpose and hope. The BBC's Chimezie
00:21:11Chimezie Ukaegbu tells us more. Fascinators
00:21:17Fascinators make-up, high heels and
00:21:19and plenty of attitude. But this
00:21:23this is no ordinary fashion show
00:21:25show in Lagos, Nigeria, seven women
00:21:27women are taking to the runway celebrating
00:21:31celebrating courage, resilience and
00:21:32and survival. Today is all about
00:21:35about surviving. Today is all about
00:21:38about resilience, courage, hope and
00:21:41and you know we are here to tell tell people that cancer is not a
00:21:45a death sentence. The World Health Health Organization estimates that
00:21:48that Africa records about 1.2 million
00:21:51million new cancer cases and more
00:21:55more than 720,000 deaths annually. annually. But behind these figures
00:21:59figures are women whose lives are
00:22:00are turned upside down by a diagnosis.
00:22:04diagnosis. Cassandra Joe Inwood Quiroga
00:22:05Quiroga was diagnosed with breast
00:22:08breast cancer in 2022. Financial Financial difficulties interrupted
00:22:11interrupted her treatment and the
00:22:13the cancer later spread to her lungs.
00:22:16lungs. But on the runway, she stole
00:22:17stole the show with her dance moves.
00:22:20moves. I love to dance any time I'm
00:22:22I'm depressed I put on my music in
00:22:24in my house. I. I display anywhere
00:22:27anywhere I want to display to. I
00:22:28I felt relieved, I felt free, I felt
00:22:33felt happy and I felt hope. For many
00:22:35many around the world, this is not not the cancer story they are used
00:22:38used to. It's not told from the corridors corridors of a hospital or from a
00:22:41a hospital bed. Tonight on this runway, runway, the story is told differently.
00:22:45differently. It's told with dance,
00:22:47dance, with laughter, with celebrations
00:22:50celebrations and with catwalk. Studies
00:22:52Studies show that many cancer patients
00:22:55patients experience anxiety and depression
00:22:57depression following diagnosis for
00:23:00for breast cancer patients, treatments treatments such as chemotherapy and
00:23:03and mastectomy can also affect body
00:23:06body image and self-confidence. But
00:23:08But mercy is embracing her new body,
00:23:11body, showing off her hair while
00:23:12while still undergoing treatment.
00:23:17treatment. Mosti is not alone. There There are many other breast cancer
00:23:21cancer survivors like her wearing
00:23:22wearing their scars with honour.
00:23:25honour. I am a. Double mastectomy
00:23:27mastectomy survivor. I took out the
00:23:29the two breasts. These are my prosthetics
00:23:32prosthetics and these are what I
00:23:33I wear every day. And there are days
00:23:37days I go without. We've been conditioned
00:23:39conditioned by society that women
00:23:41women have to look a certain way.
00:23:46way. So a lot of cancer, breast cancer
00:23:48cancer survivors deal with body dysmorphia.
00:23:54dysmorphia. And it's a lot of women
00:23:57women lose confidence beyond the the physical and emotional toll.
00:24:01toll. Cancer patients in Nigeria Nigeria and other parts of Africa
00:24:05Africa can also face stigma. This
00:24:07This runway is offering something something just as important as the
00:24:11the glamour. A community where survivors
00:24:13survivors feel seen, supported and
00:24:16and accepted. I choose to live my
00:24:21my life to the fullest. And the best
00:24:25best I can to tell cancer well you
00:24:28you came, you're gone. Life continues.
00:24:33continues. And as the women take take their final walk, their message
00:24:36message is clear. Cancer may have
00:24:39have changed their bodies, but it it doesn't have to take away their
00:24:43their joy. Chimezie Uchegbu, BBC
00:24:46BBC News, Lagos. And for some sports
00:24:52sports updates, the Youth Olympic Olympic Games being held here on on the African continent for the
00:24:55the first time entered day three three today in Senegal with 16 gold
00:24:59gold medals up for grabs. Well, of of course these games opened over
00:25:02over the weekend with an elaborate elaborate ceremony at the Abdoulaye
00:25:04Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in the capital capital Dakar. There was drumming,
00:25:08drumming, dancing, storytelling alongside alongside parades featuring 1100
00:25:121100 performers. Once the Olympic
00:25:15Olympic cauldron was lit, the games games were officially under way.
00:25:18way. And there you can see that image. image. Now here's what's happening happening there. Right now, Argentina
00:25:21Argentina leads the medal table with with one gold and one bronze. Egypt
00:25:25Egypt also has a gold, while South South Africa has won a silver medal.
00:25:28medal. Senegal and Zambia have each each claimed a bronze. Now swimming
00:25:32swimming featured five medal events events today. This all happened at
00:25:34at the Dakar Aquatic Centre. Judo Judo was also set to crown champions
00:25:38champions in the women's 78kg and and men's 100kg categories. Baseball,
00:25:41Baseball, making its debut at the the Youth Olympic Games, also due due to produce its first champions.
00:25:45champions. Now the games bring together together elite athletes aged 15 to
00:25:48to 18 from around the world and will
00:25:52will run until the 13th of November. November. Well, we'll keep you updated
00:25:56updated on that, but that's all the the time we have for today's programme. programme. Do share your feedback.
00:25:59feedback. I'm at Waihiga Mwaura on on X, but of course let's do this this again tomorrow. Same time, same
00:26:03same place. I'm Waihiga Mwaura goodbye
00:26:07goodbye for now.
00:29:20I was here at the very first protest. The corporate party had
00:29:24had organised about a month ago and
00:29:26and this is so much bigger. We've We've been driving towards the site
00:29:30site of this wildfire, but we've we've just stopped at the side of of the road here because of what
00:29:34what we saw out the window. This This man has been pulled out successfully.
00:29:37successfully. It's taken a mammoth. mammoth. Mammoth rescue effort. This
00:29:40This morning. You get very little little sense of the terrible scenes scenes that were witnessed here last
00:29:44last night. There when the story story breaks.
00:29:51Breaks. BBC News.
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00:30:10It's 6pm in London. This is the World
00:30:16World Today with Maryam Moshiri. Moshiri. On the eve of Americas crucial
00:30:19crucial midterm elections, millions millions prepare to vote. Can Donald Donald Trump and the Republicans
00:30:23Republicans keep control of the US US Congress? We want them out. We
00:30:27We want them out. And I am excited excited that if we can flip Kansas,
00:30:31Kansas, we give hope to the rest rest of the country. He says what
00:30:33what he's going to do and just I
00:30:35I have a lot of faith in the man.
00:30:37man. We'll get the latest from our our correspondents on the ground
00:30:40ground in some of the key battleground battleground states, and we'll also
00:30:44also speak to a spokesperson for for the former Republican House speaker
00:30:47speaker Kevin McCarthy. In other other news, Ukraine's president says
00:30:50says Russian forces have bombed a a village in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia
00:30:53Zaporizhzhia region, killing