Hello im christie one but its good to have your company paul recess again polarising here off the film hotel rwanda has admitted to forming an armed group in rwanda he made the admission cheering his bail hearing in the gali courthouse where he also denied supporting any violence or killings rules theres a big you know war the standard pink prison uniform in court refusing the charges of terrorism against him now his on group is believed to be behind the killing of civilians in the south of the country in 2018 the 66 year old was arrested by one Police Last Month apparently after being lured into private jets while visiting dubai and flown to wanda now his daughter is in brussels seeking help for her father who has belgian citizenship. She left a wall street job to come to brussels and find support for her father karim consumers talking to the belgian government and anyone who will listen we are pressuring im talking to as many pilot areas as i can to try to get them to act faster and to get my at that home safely and quickly. The Hollywood Movie Hotel Rwanda made Paul Rusesabagina famous all over the world but after 25 years in exile in the end neither his International Reno nor his belgium citizenship could protect him its been for many years and the Rwandan Government specifically partly gammy has been trying to not only silence my father but also just get rid of him because he was one of the few people who was who dared to critic and. Bruce of sumburgh you know has now fallen into the hands of the rundown regime and hes awaiting trial on terrorism charges. They used the terminology terrorism because in the lead the world responds to search terminology im worried for him im very worried for what they can do to him in prison because we know what theyve done to rwandan people in rwanda in prisons among the family photos and not a loved one on the face of a friend who has been disappeared still have no word from him we have some rumors weve heard some rumors that he has been killed for Paul Rusesabagina charges of terrorism and endangering National Security are worrying his supporters allege this will be a political trial that. We need to ask our governments why they rarely intervene in cases like this theres a feeling that they dont dare intervene in rwanda that they cant criticize mr khatami because he survived the genocide and so they let him do what he wants your. Community activist who moves once the victims of the regime to be remembered the people have been killed in jail or disappeared but thats not easy run community especially those who dare to speak out against the regime they live in. Fear. Not only them but i think almost everyone for his 1st 2 years of good. Benjani intelligence he said that we have been informed that they are. Sent by run. Undeterred carrying canon both continue her crusade also here at the European Parliament but worried every single day for his safety we do not believe he will get a fair trial and and so we need the International Community within the European Union and the belgian authorities to help us to help us save him before its too late she wont stop working to save her fathers life. Lets take a look at some other stories making news across the continent right now mileys new interim president and Vice President have been sworn in more than a month off to a military coup former defense minister supposed to be a Transitional Government toward elections expected in 18 months. In ethiopia some 2000 people are facing charges over the violence that erupted in june just after the killing off i quote a pop star who dissent from the oromo if any group other countries attorney general announced the charges thursday denying the indictments were politically motivated. It was back to the streets with a climate activist Movement Fridays for future kenya and big need were among the african countries that saw demonstrations and other weekly rallies had taken place every friday since 2018 but warhol said in recent months because of the coronavirus endemic. Nigerian pop star gave me a lot of day has called for coronavirus recovery plans to focus more on women also said she wants to use her new role as United Nations goodwill ambassador to help Vulnerable People the afro pop singer was named goodwill ambassador earlier this week. Now if you want to see this animal. In the wild you need to travel to the Indian Ocean Island of madagascar now the animals in recent months have enjoyed a spell of tranquility with few tourists in madagascar forests because of the pandemic but the quiet times of course mean downtimes for those who rely on tourism to make a living. And disobey forest is one of madagascar Many Wildlife tourism destinations going to the coronavirus lock down and closure of the borders the lemurs that live here have recently had more alone time than they used to visit and numbers are all gradually increasing but with International Flight still suspended the usual Foreign Tourists are being replaced by malagasy people this family made a 4 hour drive from the capital to come and see that islands iconic creatures. During the lockdown i decided i really wanted to get out of antananarivo when it was over to visit new places weve never seen before for you. Madagascars tourism workers welcome the locals but its not enough they need the footfall provided by International Flights though these have not operated since march 2020 this hotel and landowner used to employ around 100 people the majority of them have now been unemployed for more than 3 months the. Guy had no real plan with his own oil found the so called and usually at this time of year its high season and wed be 90 percent full however now the tourists are not typical tourists but local visitors and were no more than 5 or 10 percent full. Grown out of. The pandemic is also having a disastrous impact on local nature force guide pascal has noticed a large increase in d. For station until 100. 00 are now on level only part because of the lockdown many local villagers have cut down the trees for firewood because they can sell it others make timber there illegally exploiting the forests to make money. To turn a year. Old. And as the trees but so does the Natural Habitats of believe mammals that only exist naturally on this island. French artist messily and. Equal uses installation performance and sound to investigate the ideas of memory and history now based in berlin one of her works was inspired by African World war one soldiers detained in a prisoner of war camp in germany not in her audience or nation but what kind of traces these voices left behind and where the memories of these soldiers might have ended up. This quiet german lake beholding secrets secrets of history mysteries that art could uncover. Things were hidden under the sand and makes the nature speak something here needs to happen a process or ritual of remembrance or saying goodbye or pass it has to happen artist. Felt that here for town outside berlin with nazi bunker towers between houses like this one collapsed. Abandoned soviet barracks testified to the cold war. But it was a deeper layer of history that shocked her most a story nearly unknown and seldom told from the 1st world war people died in the camp because of hunger because of pneumonia germany already. Believe that people of color when not human during world war one prisoners from french and british colonies were kept here soldiers from africa and asia it was here that germany built its very 1st mosque meant to show it was taking care of the mostly muslim prisoners and they were not actually praying inside of the mosque it was too small for the amount of soldiers that were here which was up to 9 fall zones but actually the soldiers were praying on the fields on the outskirts with guns on the head. A century later found this space is now a camp for asylum seekers. Where the mosque stood is now a parking lot. Only a tiny marker testifies to its existence. Near the camp are the graves of inmates indian soldiers of the British Empire who died while prisoners here. Or wonders where the other bodies lying. There is not a trace of african soldiers here that are buried beneath. She believes there are traces in this nearby lake. I wanted to come here and think about an underground museum or archaeology of water. Or performance in arcadia how soldiers become mates together with artist and i use it. As about remembering and mythologizing those who died. That i can enable you to hear. As the voices of the enough include incentives they have a way i can talk you know every language i can help you to learn as a language is to come back here was a way to bury those the voices that were raised and those soldiers that were murdered and make a sort of. Yes. And of burial in this water. The work also uses original audio recordings from the colonial prison camp. Believes that some are contained the voices of female prisoners whose stories she says historians have ignored. I dont think that history disappears i think its narratives take power but we have forgotten how to listen. She says its up to the descendants of colonial victims to share their ancestral story and bring them back to the surface. And that is it for now. The story is on d w dot com forward slash africa all on facebook and twitter now we took you to madagascar well leave you with these pictures of some of the islands unique animals see you next time. And. W. N you mean years years weve been you and how the last years german science now we bring you a map as youve never before surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves. Who talk to people who follows her along the way admirers and critics alike how is the worlds most powerful woman shaping her legacy joining us from eccles last. Post socialist real ism meets unbridled fantasy have a look at the newest works by painter neo coming up on arts and culture and. History on solo moon orbit inspires the new jazz album by pianist misha voice in me and a solar powered sculpture taking flight without the help of fossil fuels argentinean artist his vision for the future. Welcome to arts and culture when mayo 1st came on the scene museums were reluctant to buy the artists works large figurative paintings were out of style especially by artists from the former east germany well now ill spend things are so valuable most museums cant afford this week the artist unveiled a new body of work and our reporter melissa hall right was there. This is the results anyway its all just paint its just paint thats something we all have to agree on the. Paint worth millions the exhibition 100 or handrail on show in the house hometown of like boasts 16 new works by the master painter and nick matic pieces that speak to the viewers unconscious but it also says that for him the characters he creates are much more than just figments of the imagination. Seem to be silly and they are very real for me because my creations really do stalk me and then i. Paintings are very open to interpretation and their inner workings are not something he usually likes to talk about until now that is im going to mine. Fall you could say that were this woman who is in the foreground of the picture finds herself in a situation where theres petrol and so what does she carry at home plate its a fungus and a hole so how can she carry this flammable material when all she has is this space is a vase its a hunch so she decides to use that as a canister. In the end that is the job of art to take all the bad all the evil and all that is uncomfortable and disgusting and to cultivate it as if you think a. Name a. Commentary gives the works a new life. Paintings are influenced by socialist realism style prevalent in the east germany of comics few but theyre not one sided. This painting is called hand laugh or handrail in english here we have a scintilla together with a woman who has 2 faces or 2 heads and 3 legs hes holding a hand it looks like they could be dead soon or he could be taking her somewhere near the rocks paintings and all good all evil theres always opposites in them and so what we have is quite a positive situation theres new sick being played over here and a man with a guitar but with a hit it looks like its quite dark and for that they can a need to handrail. A lot of leos house on life and contradictions are reflected through his work theres a stark difference between his work reflective and not about money or fame and the huge success hes received. At 60 votes already looking ahead. Is from one of im working till 65 then im going to retire and get my monthly 365 euro pension so thats one goal of the one see you then im going to go on a cruise to venice. Beach. Hotel then still has a bit more time on his hands to get some painting him. As a whole right just got back from that exhibition of welcome melissa that was a joke right thing about the pension isnt he one of the wealthiest men in germany yeah hes one of the 1000 wealthiest men in germany thats largely due to his popularity in the United States where his works sell for millions and that is before even my word yeah but that doesnt mean hes not without his critics not Everybody Loves me oreilly. Hes accused of milking east german seems he is also accused of too much symbolism in his work and the lack of real content is no where dreams are all about the sort of lots of symbolism little real content. Yeah that is what dreams are about and the characters in his paintings are very dreamlike its almost like this sleepwalking they seem like theyre quite lonely characters who are unaffected by whats going on around them whether that be good or evil theyre also often in different historical costumes from different periods and this takes away any idea that there is a Chronological Order to the painting so its like theyre all trapped in a type of time warp ok so youve got this sort of weird mixture between history and mystery for me part of the mystery around nero has always been his name miro new how is the german word for smoke is that even his real name is his real name i didnt think it was his real name but yeah apparently he says he doesnt like it he considers himself to be quite a conservative person he starts work at 9 oclock in the morning and finishes at 6 oclock in the evening he has lunch every day with his wife hes has a very structured life but it was the main that his parents gave him and they died tragically when he was just 6 weeks old and thats something that also features a lot in his paintings and sense of foreboding connected to his biography melissa thanks so much for checking out the exhibition for us and thanks for coming in the studio. Now german pianist mr advani was a child prodigy and is now in his fortys and still enormously successful as near jazz solo album more than kent or moonchild is 46 minutes 38 seconds long and that is not an accident its the exact length of an astronauts solo orbit around the moon in 1969 heres a taste. No d its not about the moon its about loneliness be on the moon on the new album or any. Live music is inspired in part by u. S. Astronaut Michael Collins who orbited the moon on his own in 1900. 2 more famous members of his mission walk to the surface with each orbit cullens lost contact with the earth for 46 minutes isolation a fitting theme for 2021 civility the coronavirus situation happened by chance just as wed started recording it was mid april at all i drove into berlin alone and the city was completely empty and from sitting at the piano in the big studio i suddenly felt i was in a capsule sending signals to the outside but i was all by myself once and not all snow is of i miss johns passage. Ready ready ready ready ready coffee cups placed on the strings had an unexpected magic. The albums title mooned and kinde moonchild comes from the fantasy novel the never ending story. So theres a part of the novel thats very important and moving for me around the middle of the book when the protagonist suddenly has to rename his inner world annoyed and he has to give it a new name so his story can continue writing in kind i think thats a process that musicians and improvisers often experience and for you have to examine your inner soundscape and your ideas and give them new names on most of them the name of moon didnt get into new child sums that idea up for me it also draws a nice connection to the lonely astronaut Michael Collins who orbits the moon and with each orbit is reborn and want cost and. Not a good one much for you to morbid. Jass from the dark side of the moon for late night. Since the corona virus pandemic started weve all become more aware of the air around us and the particles in it artist. Has a new show with a Computer Program that creates sounds based on the dust thats in the air just the latest of his many trailblazing works. Flying without fossil fuel is this possible and how can the art help to reach this goal. Flaxseed not been thinking about the idea of flying cities for a long time is it that our planet orbits the sun we humanity and all planetary species are travelling at a speed of 76000 miles an hour the idea of flying cities is really that utopian from a cosmic perspective but if i tell an astronaut about it hed say but were already flying. Virgin tinian performance and installation artist thomas sarah say no 6 to answer the most pressing questions of our time how can you mankind live in harmony with nature use the earths resources more efficiently and develop greener Mobility Solution sarah say no has always been fascinated by the interplay between art and science in 2011 he showcased his cloud cities project at a museum in berlin this project like so many others question the way we live as a society and vision new forms of human coexistence and community. In 2018 sorry say no showcased an installation at pariss famous poly to tokyo contemporary art venue it focused on the importance of air and how we as a species are polluting this vital element sorry say no set up 76 spider webs to make the air more tangible as it were spiders after all depend on the air to construct the