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EP: // 68 Africa's largest dam triggers alarm down the Nile. Six killed in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem shooting. · Humanity Unplugged Podcast

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[SPEAKER_01]: Hello, hello, hello, hello my people.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm beautiful day outside and we are now entering into another phase of our years football season now and the local teams on New York, jets, giants have all lost along with the meds I think even in Yankees, if you're looking at New York.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Today I must start off with something that's going on in Africa and I want you guys to listen up and here it was going on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's been going on for quite some time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So here we go.
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[SPEAKER_08]: However, Africa's biggest evidam is riling up countries downstream.
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[SPEAKER_08]: The $5 billion grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam promises to transfer me Ethiopia's economy without the $5,000 megawatts of renewable energy once completed.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So we're talking about the largest dam being built in Africa and it uses resources of the Nile dam, which gives us over 7,500, I believe it's said, of energy, wattage being used,
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[SPEAKER_01]: being produced by the water and how this affects if the Opia, Egypt, everything.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We need to listen up.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is really good stuff.
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[SPEAKER_08]: But in Egypt, a country that relies on the north over 95% of its freshwater, the dam, is seen as a threat.
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[SPEAKER_08]: And Sedan, a country amidst a civil war, is caught in the middle.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Talks to resolve water usage surrounding the dam, have repeatedly broken down in that morning.
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[SPEAKER_08]: with Egypt refusing to roll out military action.
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[SPEAKER_07]: It is the most politically powerful country that is the most downstream.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Here's what the true impact of the dam will be and why an agreement is proving so hard to reach.
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[SPEAKER_08]: The grand EPO P in Renaissance dam or Gird is capable of storing 74 billion cubic meters of water.
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[SPEAKER_01]: 74 billion cubic meters, 74 billion cubic meters of water.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It should be able to be shared throughout.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Everyone should be happy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There's enough water for everyone and from the water, this fresh water give resources and help the economy over there in Africa.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But somehow it's a problem, a major, major problem.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Roughly, a year-and-a-half's worth of water flow from the river it sits on, the Blue Nile.
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[SPEAKER_08]: For years, Sudan and Egypt have been using the majority of the Blue Niles resources in accordance to a 1959 agreement guaranteeing the two nation's access to the river.
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[SPEAKER_01]: both to share the water going through the Nile because the Nile goes through them and also goes through Ethiopia as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So we should all be able to use these resources.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But the treaty was only between Sudan and Egypt, not Ethiopia.
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[SPEAKER_06]: history here and not all of it necessarily good.
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[SPEAKER_06]: When the now waters were being developed or leveraged for use, the original agreements only took into account Egypt and Sudan.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Sudan was granted 18 billion cubic needs the water from the now annually for irrigation and the operation of its hydropower dams here and here.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Egypt was granted 55 billion cubic meters of water from the Nile, which makes up the majority of its freshwater supply for its residents.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Ethiopia was not included in the treaty, but the gird is the country's largest now project in history.
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[SPEAKER_08]: It's raised fears of reduced water supply further down the Nile, thanks to its placement here in Western Ethiopia.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's called the Gurd, which is Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That is on Ethiopia, but yet they're not inside the treaty, but yet you want them to allow water to go through to Sudan and Egypt and yet they don't get the necessary needs from the water.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They don't get the power and the resources that come from the water that's on their property.
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[SPEAKER_08]: right before the Blunar enters Sedan.
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[SPEAKER_08]: If the OP began building the Hydroelectric Grand Renaissance Dam in 2011, with funding coming mostly from its own citizens.
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[SPEAKER_08]: By 2020, the country had started filling it.
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[SPEAKER_08]: ultimately the dams reservoir will be about the size of Houston Texas.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Once commissioned, the dams production capability is expected to double Ethiopia's current electricity output.
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[SPEAKER_08]: In a country where 60 percent of the population doesn't have access to electricity, this could revitalize the Ethiopian economy.
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[SPEAKER_07]: Ethiopia has had this idea of emerging as a developmental state, as the country is able to industrialise and to export to the world, but very hard to do that without having enough energy.
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[SPEAKER_08]: The dam is expected to produce so much renewable electricity, but Ethiopia will be able to export the energy to other countries, including South Sudan, Tanzania, and Somali land.
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[SPEAKER_07]: a big part of this project is or has at least historically been to sell power to neighbouring states if the opion governments have for many decades struggled with this lack of foreign exchange.
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[SPEAKER_07]: And so the idea was the dam is going to help remedy this.
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[SPEAKER_08]: But for their downstream neighbors, if the opion has been reluctant to commit to any agreement guaranteeing specific water amounts.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Sudan is buffed by higher rainfall, plus its access to the white now here.
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[SPEAKER_08]: And the dam could also
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[SPEAKER_01]: So they have a major problem which is flooding and that's one of the biggest issues over there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's a lot of flooding and it's not good.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They environmental
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[SPEAKER_01]: status over there, the economy, resources, they're just behind heavy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They need to have no drainage system.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There is horrible and they really need to work on keeping the streets clear of flooding.
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[SPEAKER_01]: People cannot work.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They can't function because you get inflotted out.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's just
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[SPEAKER_06]: Sudan is stuck in the middle to a certain extent it shares a heat-jips perspective of needing to preserve their water supply for their own agricultural purposes.
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[SPEAKER_06]: But because of climate change, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam could provide an opportunity to help regulate flow in the blue Nile if they're able to, of course, coordinate and collaborate with Ethiopia.
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[SPEAKER_08]: But without the necessary regulations, the dam could compromise water flow into Sedan.
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[SPEAKER_08]: So, the country is requested a legally binding agreement with Ethiopia, regarding the filling and operating of the gird.
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[SPEAKER_08]: The Sudanese Government did not respond to a request for comment.
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[SPEAKER_08]: The situation is more stark for Egypt, which is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world.
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[SPEAKER_06]: It's a very strange scenario of being in a place that is so dependent on a water resource that is so far removed from where that place of abuse is.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Egyptian leaders want Ethiopia to guarantee that a similar amount of water will flow down from the Nile each year, even if that means releasing water in the reservoir.
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[SPEAKER_01]: As you can see, the problem lies, everyone wants PC, everyone wants a piece of the Nile, and it's enough Nile for everybody, and everyone is begging for their piece.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But it just come to mind, awareness that this is what's going on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is one of the major problems why outsiders go to Africa because everybody's dividing conquer over there, trying to get in and get what they want and do what they want to do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But yet they have their own strong sources of resources that they can prevail and do what they need to do for their own continent.
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[SPEAKER_01]: is crazy.
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[SPEAKER_07]: It's epic numbers to talk about water flows and what is what is deemed the breach of an agreement and what is not.
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[SPEAKER_08]: In the past few years, excessive rainfall has mitigated the effects of filling the dam.
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[SPEAKER_07]: The states of the region have been ready to be fortunate because in a number of those years, aggregate rainfall has actually been quite significant, so they've been better than usually years.
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[SPEAKER_08]: a study found no significant changes in the surface areas of these two reservoirs in Sudan from 2021 to 2023.
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[SPEAKER_08]: But experts say the real test or come during the period when rainfall is not a significant as these years, which is where the negotiations have stored.
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[SPEAKER_08]: The latest series of talks between these three countries fell apart in December, and the ongoing civil war in Sudan, which is left more than 8 million people displaced has also stored discussions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: even if there isn't it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So because of the war, eight million people don't have a place to stay.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They don't have a proper out of the culture.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I hope I'm saying it correctly.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The environmental sucks, sewage and producing the economy there sucks.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So they just besides all that, we have water
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[SPEAKER_06]: agreements or there is some kind of commitment from the Sudanese government, they can't actually implement it considering the state of conflict that's happening in the country.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Today, the reservoir is about 60% full with the dam generating around 750 megawatts of electricity.
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[SPEAKER_08]: The Ethiopian government did not respond to requests for comment, but it hasn't announced that it will proceed with the fifth filling of the dam later this year.
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[SPEAKER_08]: Still, experts say there is pressure on Ethiopia to compromise with its neighbouring countries.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I want to stop there and let you guys know that this is what's going on out there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is what's going on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The dam brings so much resources and can change your economy, but yet, so much hostility along with wars there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and his service Sudan and Egypt and in service of the parts of Africa.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Ethiopia can get a large income coming in.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If they just go ahead and continue to finish it and then break off some electric day everyone, 750 units, a huge amount of electricity coming through there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They can supply the needs of the economy can grow.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's the bottom line.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So if they can do that, then we will have a better lifestyle.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Everything we better there if they can do that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But that's the problem.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Can they do that?
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, can they work together and do the right thing?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna change the topic right quick, because I want you to hear this story.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna let them talk and then I'll talk in between as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Here we go.
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[SPEAKER_04]: armed police struggled to hold them back.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Thousands of protesters march towards Nepal's parliament in the capital, Kathmandu, angry over what they say is government corruption and its decision to ban social media platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Police.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, in Nepal, out there in Nepal, the government has made a statement to say, no more social
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[SPEAKER_01]: and they have turned it up after the end of Paul.
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[SPEAKER_01]: 19 people were killed.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They protest in.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's crazy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I just want to share this with you guys.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Here we go.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's fire tear gas and rubber coated bullets.
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[SPEAKER_06]: There were deaths and injuries.
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[SPEAKER_05]: A while ago, the police fired bullets, which missed me, but hit a friend who was tending behind me.
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[SPEAKER_05]: He was hit in the hand.
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[SPEAKER_05]: The firing continues till now from inside.
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[SPEAKER_05]: We can still hear the sounds of the firing.
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[SPEAKER_05]: My friend who was standing on the road was shot at the head.
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[SPEAKER_05]: The police have been firing indiscriminately.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Targeting above the knee.
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[SPEAKER_05]: Are they permitted to do so?
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[SPEAKER_04]: The government says social media users with fake identities have been spreading hate speech, fake news, and committing online fraud.
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[SPEAKER_04]: the protesters described themselves as a new generation of Nepalese demanding wholesale political change.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's crazy because a lot of people communicate with their family through showstream media.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And now you ban in it stops that communication.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It stops food, water resources, both through social media.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And now you want them to stop it totally because of threats or things that were said on social media.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Some carried placards reading shut down corruption, not social media.
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[SPEAKER_03]: This is a protest by the new generation in Nepal, a new slavery system has been introduced in the nation.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Nepal youth are being sold.
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[SPEAKER_03]: High ranking officials are involved in abuse of power.
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[SPEAKER_04]: The government ordered the blocking of more than 20 social media platforms last week accusing them of missing a deadline to register with the Ministry of Information.
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[SPEAKER_04]: The government says it's trying to bring social media in line with Napoleon Law, the protesters say, it's an attempt to stifle freedom of speech and accountability.
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[SPEAKER_02]: in the past few years that a youth of Nepal, they have shown great interest in Nepal politics, which is a new thing in Nepal.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And one of the main reasons for this positive change is the amount of conversation that happens on social media regarding the everyday politics of Nepal, and then comes in the growing frustration of the people.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So it has been built over the years, and as I see it, and as I sense
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[SPEAKER_02]: the pulse of the people.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It is censorship and freedom of speech being at cost.
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[SPEAKER_04]: A curfew has been imposed around the Parliament building and some areas in Catman do John Strafford, Aljazeera.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So, you see it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You see what's going on.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You hear it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: In certain areas, you can have social media no more.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And why is that?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Because
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[SPEAKER_01]: Social media can dictate how our country is ran, being ran, the narrative.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It pushes a lot of different things out that could affect your country.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Your continent, wherever you at, your city, your state.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Social media has a big, big influence on the youth and how people communicate with their families.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So to hear that, it's like, whoa.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Every time we look, there's someone that got it worse than us.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I got one more thing for you guys for our go.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Here we go.
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[SPEAKER_00]: News to tell you about this morning from the Middle East.
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[SPEAKER_00]: deadly terror attack in Jerusalem and rush hour traffic.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Fish will say that at least six people were killed there in 21 were hurt when two attackers opened a fire at a bus stop.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The government were killed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Now this is a deadly assuding attack in Israel in nearly a year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It happened as Israel ramps.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's assault on Gaza City, including the destruction of several of its high-rise buildings.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Israel says residents were warned to leave just before the blast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: or more from this terrorist attack in Israel.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I've so I suspect it's going to get worse than that and hasn't yet, but the here that now, the already in war with Gaza.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So now people get on the bus, just trying to get to where they need to get to.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And terrorist attacks to bus.
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[SPEAKER_01]: People lives a lost.
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[SPEAKER_01]: People are injured.
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[SPEAKER_01]: all in Jerusalem.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This was going on, Nepal got issues, Africa got issues with Egypt's Sudan, and now Jerusalem out there, Gaza, people out there trying to get on the bus, terrorists.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is what we got, what our podcast today guys, we got number drama.
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[SPEAKER_01]: as they would say drama for your mama, tons of drama.
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[SPEAKER_01]: None like a good day to talk about what's going on in our world.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then on the low, you got president Trump about to go to war with Venezuela because of the drugs and fit and all.
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[SPEAKER_01]: On the low, we're gonna go to war with them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We're gonna go to war with them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He can't mess with sole career, South Korean dealing with them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He put the tariff 200% up on China, because they supply an effettin' all, you know?
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[SPEAKER_01]: And now you've got my people's over there, and as well I'm gonna get that work.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he's working all over, we got turmoil, all over.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But it's one thing I can say about all of it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But God, the man upstairs holds the keys to what's gonna go down, keep your faith up, stay strong, say your prayers, God will work it out.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Life doesn't stop because man says this is gonna happen.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's what the final say so upstairs is.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You guys, stay strong,
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[SPEAKER_01]: and God will work it out.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm your host, Germaine McCrimon, this is how many unplugged podcasts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Not a long one today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm a little short.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Maybe seven to eight minutes, but I just wanted to get in and give you guys some good information that you could take with you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hopefully you guys have a great week.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I see you again on