I'm travelling around the most exciting continent on the planet - Africa.
With more than 50 countries and hundreds of cultures...
Look at you guys!
Don't switch over, you are watching the right channel.
..it's the fastest-growing, most dynamic...
Everybody here is crazy!
Come on!
..and most epic place on Earth.
Oh, man. I'm gonna have to pinch myself in a minute.
On this leg of my trip around Sub-Saharan Africa,
I'm in central Africa.
I'll be travelling from the coast of Gabon through the giant
Democratic Republic of Congo and on to Uganda.
CAR HORNS BEEP
Whoa!
It's a region of chaos... It's a crazy place!
..and colour...
Look at that toilet!
..where Africans are fighting to protect their environment...
No tongues. No tongues.
Wow.
..and people are struggling to overcome corruption and conflict...
It's ramping up.
Soldiers patrolling in front of us and behind us.
..and decades of dictatorship.
We are the young generation of Uganda
and we are turning things around. Peace.
of the South Atlantic,
and we're only a few miles away from the equator.
Now, land is over in that direction, and somewhere over there I'm hoping
to see humpback whales.
The coast of Gabon is one of the best places in Africa
to see humpbacks.
This part of the ocean is a marine sanctuary,
which means they're completely protected.
We've slowed down a little bit because we've seen something
in the distance, and we're hoping that it's humpback whales.
Whoa! Yes!
That was incredible!
Just this huge whale just leapt out of the ocean.
The splash that it made.
That was fantastic.
These amazing creatures come to the warm waters off Gabon
every year to breed.
That's got my heart pumping.
That was incredible.
The government here has created 20,000 square miles of marine parks.
If you love wildlife, Gabon is a bit like paradise.
Starting to get a sense of just how green and lush Gabon is.
This just looks beautiful, and untouched, as well.
This country's bigger than the UK,
and more than 80% of it is covered in tropical forest.
This looks so nice.
The population is tiny - less than two million people live here.
The nice thing about this place is that it feels
like it's just us here.
It's like it's our own personal paradise.
This is one of the most unspoilt countries on the continent.
It's been called Africa's Eden.
Oh, man. I'm going to have to pinch myself in a minute. Look at it!
But Gabon's pristine forests are under pressure.
Around the tropics, millions of acres have been cleared to make way
for one of the biggest crops of the 21st century - palm oil.
It's in everything from pizzas to ice cream,
even soap and shampoo.
In fact, it's in around half of all products sold in supermarkets.
Palm oil is big business.
Proper hub.
Just so many people coming in, truck after truck.
I'm getting out of the way, this guy's coming towards us.
This one sounds lively.
Thousands of people work on Gabon's oil palm plantations.
This one is owned by a multinational based
in Singapore, called Olam International.
Gilene is one of the managers.
Gilene, this is so busy.
And what do you do here?
So, you're in charge of a lot of land and a lot of workers.
Yeah, yeah.
IN FRENCH:
It is amazing how quickly she switched from being really
friendly and chatting to me to being a boss.
She's running this place.
Am I going the right way?
The oil comes from the fruit of a palm tree native to Africa.
Marcelo. Yeah.
I'm Ade. Nice to meet you.
Can you show me what to do?
That looks like tough work.
So, he removes the leaf.
It's come back... And then that's it.
It's quite heavy, as well.
So, this is the fruit that they squeeze to extract the palm oil.
Try it.
Come on, you...palm tree.
Ah! It's stuck!
He made this look so simple.
I can hear him laughing behind me.
THEY LAUGH
Come on!
This is a proper workout.
You take the hook and then you just...
Tough old fruit.
Yeah! Yes!
Success!
How important is this job for you?
IN FRENCH:
Thank you. Thank you for helping me out, and showing me how to do this.
More than 60 million acres of the Earth's surface are now
covered in plantations like this,
but to make way for them, tropical rainforests have been destroyed.
It's been an environmental disaster.
They've clearly got a really impressive operation going on here.
It was really good to see how it works.
But, you know, the thing that still sticks in my mind
is the destruction that palm tree
planting is causing in other parts of the world.
And I just want to see how they're making it work here.
Gabon claims to have one of the greenest governments in Africa,
and the company running this plantation, Olam,
says they're doing things differently.
I met up with their head of sustainability, a Brit called
Dr Christopher Stewart.
I can't help but think about the fact that palm oil
has got a bad reputation in the world.
I mean, how have you dealt with that?
Our vision for this place was that we could grow palm oil in a
sustainable way, in a way that's going to be good for the planet,
good for the wildlife, and also good for the many people who rely
on palm for a job.
And so it's all about the planning.
It's where you put it and how you protect the natural environment
around the plantations and within the plantations so that species that
live in this landscape can coexist with economic activities.
What is it exactly that you're doing to make this work that's different
from other plantations around the world?
We've kept all of the most valuable habitat
within this landscape, and it's more than half of the actual,
the whole concession, is kept as habitat for animals and plants.
So I think that this is actually,
you know, it's exceptional on a global basis
to have this amazing plant which produces so much goodness
and wealth, and we're having it in a natural landscape
where you still have all of the main species still thriving
in the natural forests.
You know, it's the only plantation in the world that's been shown
to be climate-positive.
So, we're bringing more carbon into the landscape
than was here before.
An NGO called Mighty Earth... Yeah.
..you know, basically took you guys to task
about your sustainability.
What are your thoughts on that?
They said that we hadn't done a good job, that we weren't transparent enough.
So we invited them to actually come to Gabon
and come and see for themselves.
We've received 30 or 40 different NGOs who've come with us
to visit the plantations and speak with the people,
and see for themselves how, you know,
a sustainable palm plantation would look.
The pressure for sustainable development in Gabon
comes from the very top of the government.
I was on my way to the country's capital city, Libreville.
I've just seen a poster of Ali Bongo.
He's the president of Gabon, and from what I've seen
since I've been here so far, it looks like he's trying to make Gabon
one the most eco-friendly nations in Africa.
He may be green, but Ali Bongo is a controversial character.
His father, Omar Bongo, was the dictator here for over 40 years
after the country became independent from France.
The family has been accused of massive corruption and stealing
Gabon's vast oil wealth.
People opposing Ali Bongo have faced persecution.
This looks like the guy. Bonjour. Bonjour.
Guy Pierre Biteghe is a journalist and opposition activist.
Ca va? Ca va. Ca va bien.
What's life like here, living in Gabon?
IN FRENCH:
Is there a way you can show me, around Libreville,
the wealth distribution here?
So this is the president's house?
Yes. This is Ali Bongo's house.
Hide the camera, hide the camera. Yes, we have. We have.
Why did we have to put the camera down?
Gabon's oil wealth means its people
should be some of the richest in Africa.
But instead, around a third live on less than a few pounds a day,
and it has one of the worst employment rates
on the whole continent.
Definitely a noticeable difference in the way this area looks.
It's got more of a shantytown look.
This is an oil-rich nation.
This is a nation with an abundance of resources,
and yet they have this massive discrepancy
between the rich and the poor.
President Bongo says that he's fighting corruption,
and that he's introduced new laws to tackle the problem.
This way?
He also says the elections that returned him to power were free
and fair, despite questions raised by international observers.
Guy Pierre wrote an article about the violence
that followed those elections.
Has anything ever happened to you after criticising the government?
Why did you come back?
What do you think of Ali Bongo's current policy
to make Gabon an eco-friendly country?
A lot of Africa is still dominated by dictators.
Real democracy is rare.
But things are improving.
In an age of social media, young Africans are more and more willing
to challenge dictators.
The next stop on my journey across central Africa was one
of the most cursed and corrupt countries of all -
the Democratic Republic of Congo or DRC.
I'd come to the capital Kinshasa, one of Africa's biggest megacities,
with a population of more than ten million people.
Everywhere you look round here, there's something crazy going on.
Kinshasa is just... I don't know, it's so vibrant.
It's a crazy place.
HORN SOUNDS Whoa!
Expect the unexpected when you're driving here.
What did that guy...?! He just pulled out from nowhere.
Did you see that?
IN FRENCH:
Regine has been a taxi driver in Kinshasa for the past five years.
We are sandwiched between cars.
I don't know who has got right of way.
You need to have nerves of steel when you're here.
It's quite unusual to see women taxi drivers.
What's the reaction that you've received from other taxi drivers?
How do you deal with it
when the men make life difficult for you?
I don't know what's going on,
but we've been stopped by some traffic cops.
We're getting our fixer to try and translate.
But I think they wanted something off of us.
For money? Yeah, for money. Yeah. You OK? Yeah, I'm OK.
Corruption is a way of life in DRC.
Low paid traffic cops are grafting like everyone else.
What is that?
Look at it!
There's like a robot sort of thing in the middle of the road.
We'd arrived at one of the busiest junctions in the city,
policed by Kinshasa's real life RoboCop.
Can you explain to me exactly how this robot works?
It's moving again! Look at it!
Feels like it's got a personality.
This place is basically being run by a Transformer.
It's a Decepticon.
OK? Yes.
It's OK, it's OK. It's OK.
You seem very calm. It's very chaotic here.
But you're not fazed or worried at all.
Feels like... HORN BLARES
Whoa! Check the robot!
The robot says you can't go!
Even the robot struggles to keep Kinshasa's drivers in line.
But at least he's not trying to get his hands on people's cash.
I love that - the robot's efficient, doesn't take bribes.
You know, it respects everybody.
The DRC is one of the poorest countries on the planet.
It's pretty much bottom of the list.
In Kinshasa, people need to make a living any way they can.
And some are doing it in style.
I've never seen anyone dressed like this before.
Hello. Bonjour.
Look at you guys! Wow!
HE LAUGHS
Those are the shiniest shoes.
My name is a Karitosa. Karitosa. Karitosa.
So, tell me, why do you dress like this?
In such a poor country, there's a surprising number of people
who call themselves sapeurs.
Dressing up in outrageous catwalk clothes,
these guys are the coolest dudes in Kinshasa.
And it can earn them some extra cash when they turn up at weddings
and parties, or even the odd BBC TV shoot.
OK. Merci.
But at least as part of the deal,
Karitosa agreed to give me a sapeur makeover.
Feel like I'm being blessed.
HE COUGHS
Like this?
Yes! All right, let's do this.
I didn't know you were going to wear a cape!
Oh! That chapeau!
HE CALLS OUT
This is mad. I'm in one of the poorest countries in the world,
and I'm here with people dressed in haute couture.
Bravo! Bravo!
What do you think of how he dresses?
What do you think of my outfit?
A night out in Kinshasa with these guys can only end one way -
rumba music.
Now that's how you make an entrance into a nightclub.
Rumba music is the beating heart of the Congo.
But it isn't just the rhythm of the crazy nightlife,
it's also the soundtrack to DRC's even more crazy politics.
Which way are we going?
This way? Yeah, yeah. OK.
It's here? Yeah. This guy's got some security.
I was being taken to meet one of the country's biggest rumba stars -
Felix Wazekwa.
I think you can always tell the quality of a place
by the entrance and the door.
That's what I'm talking about.
Oh, wow!
Hello, bonjour.
You look incredible! Thank you.
I mean... I'm...
I need a few seconds to take this in.
Wow! Wow.
I'm loving the shades. The whole outfit.
This is great. Can we have a look around? Yes.
Can they help me, your bodyguards? Yes. Perfect.
Felix is one of the kings of rumba...
Look at this place!
..and he has a throne to match.
Your toilet! Look at that toilet!
This is the one! Who has a toilet like this?
Look at the design!
Bling like this doesn't come cheap.
Felix makes some of his money
working for some pretty important people.
Do you think there have been politicians or parties
that have won or come into power
because of your influence and because of your music?
Wow. Seriously?
Seriously. That's how influential you are.
Felix even used his music to promote
DRC's former president, Joseph Kabila.
Do you ever worry that it could affect your standing
amongst the public when you make music for certain politicians?
Felix, why is it OK for a musician, a popular musician,
to create propaganda for politicians?
If I was a politician and I was running for president,
how much would you charge me if I was to...
..to ask for your services?
$200,000?! Yes.
Can you... Can you sing for us?
Could you do a song for me?
SINGING:
That's it - I'm going to be president!
Yes! I'll be elected tomorrow.
OK.
Just like in Gabon, the long-serving president, Joseph Kabila,
was the son of the previous president.
And, just like in Gabon,
the presidents get rich while the people stay poor.
This has been a country in chaos.
As well as the corruption, there's been constant conflict for decades.
Some of the worst fighting has happened in the far east
of the country, where I was headed next.
It's 1,000 miles from Kinshasa to the city of Goma.
This is very, very different from Kinshasa.
Looks far more underdeveloped.
A lot more hard work in my chair!
I've made this schoolboy error of not bringing my chunky tyres.
Right now I feel like I've got a pair of stilettos on.
Hey! Children everywhere.
Over the last few years, Goma has seen a big increase
in its population.
I'm Ade. What's your name?
Denise. Can you tell me where you're from?
Why are you here? And why are you not living in Kibirizi?
SHE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
Can you tell me what happened to you and your family?
It's awful. It's just an awful situation.
Most of these people are here
because they've been fleeing for their lives.
There's been conflict here for more than 25 years.
Millions died at the peak of the fighting,
more than in any war since World War II.
trying to keep a lid on the violence.
Just arriving at Sake base.
There's soldiers, there's tanks.
This is a proper massive base.
All this firepower, and more than 15,000 troops,
costs the UN over $1 billion a year.
THEY SHOUT IN UNISON
Wow. Feels like they're going to war.
They call it Area Domination,
which is quite an intense way to describe it.
You can travel with us in one of these, these cars. Yes.
I think I'll have a go.
It's not every day you get to travel in a tank. Sure.
OK.
I tell you what, I've done some strange things in my time,
but this has got to be up there.
More than anywhere else I was visiting on my journey,
the DRC sums up so much about what's gone wrong in Africa.
This country should be rolling in cash.
It has huge natural resources - diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt.
All the stuff we need to make everything
from cars to mobile phones.
But over the centuries, foreign powers have raped this country.
Today, militias and warlords, often backed by neighbouring countries,
fight to get their hands on all the riches.
Major Chhabra heads up this force of 120 Indian troops.
Why do you think it's necessary to use these tanks?
Is it that dangerous around here?
It's basically to show the presence of UN in this area
and to give across this idea that the UN is a force here
wary of us and should not trouble the locals.
We were on our way to a village that's been caught in the crossfire.
Everything's starting to get a little bit more serious.
It's ramping up.
Soldiers patrolling in front of us and behind us.
I mean, look at that.
All stations, move. Move out.
Half the population of this village have fled because of fighting
between different militias.
What do you think of this military presence
that the UN have here?
In the former time, the situations were bad.
You couldn't walk in this area without being attacked or killed
or arrested with the unknown people.
When do you think things will change here
for you guys in this village?
You know, do you see a time where you will no longer need the UN
for your security?
HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
You need Congo to come together, for the DRC. Yes?
I really hope that one day you have peace.
It actually breaks my heart, cos these are young kids.
And it feels like all their lives,
all they've ever known is this - war.
I mean, they're just giving me thumbs up and smiling.
But this isn't normal. It's not normal.
Children have been some of the biggest victims of this conflict,
killed, maimed, or turned into refugees and orphans.
Thousands more have been forced to fight as child soldiers.
They've been traumatised, and they need help.
I'd heard about a local legend doing something about it.
Kibomango?
OK.
Nothing like good old-fashioned two-leggers to help me out.
Merci beaucoup.
HE CALLS INSTRUCTIONS
I'd come to meet Congolese boxing champion Kibomango.
Hey! Great to see you.
You are in good shape, man. Are you still fighting?
Oui.
Tell me about your gym.
You were a soldier fighting in the war.
It's hard to know what to say to that.
The fighting here is so chaotic,
it's hard to know how many child soldiers there are.
But the best estimate is around 30,000.
That's 30,000 kids carrying guns and killing people.
Kambale used to be one of them.
What were you fighting for?
Wow.
How did you escape?
Wow.
And how much has Kibomango helped you?
The kids here have been caught in the middle of a conflict
fuelled by foreign powers.
International peacekeepers are trying to sort it out,
but the sheer energy and passion of Congolese people
like Kibomango seem to me to be this country's best hope.
Is it possible for me to do some boxing with you? Deal. Yeah?
OK.
I might regret this.
BOTH SHOUT AND GRUNT
It's not often you have the Congolese champion sparring with you.
Thank you very much. Thank you. Merci.
The DRC is one of the biggest countries in Africa,
almost a million square miles.
Huge areas of it are covered in pristine forest.
The only way to get a real sense of it is from the air.
Hi. How are you? Good, thanks.
I'm Ade. You made it.
I was on my way to one of the most famous
national parks in the world - Virunga.
My pilot was the director of the park, Emmanuel de Merode.
We're getting quite close to the crater rim.
So, you can see the top of the crater there. That's the crater!
Look at it!
The park is dominated by an active volcano.
Inside it is the largest lava lake in the world.
Can you see it down there? Look at that!
Look at the lava flow!
About 1.5 square km of just erupting volcano.
Oh, my days!
You can even smell the sulphur inside the plane.
It's mind-boggling.
Never seen anything like that before.
This vast park covers 3,000 square miles,
and it's home to some unique wildlife.
But even this place hasn't escaped conflict.
You see the fires there? Yes.
That's been set by Rwandan militia who came across the border.
They clear the forest for charcoal, and that makes a lot of money.
About $35 million a year is turned over from the charcoal industry.
But it's also destroying the forest.
So that's really where we are in confrontation with them.
What would they do if they saw us flying over?
If you got too close they could shoot at the plane, yeah.
And they could reach as?
If you're too close, yeah.
But we'll keep a safe distance. Yeah.
Just touched down in Virunga National Park.
This is an interesting welcome committee.
It's kind of learned from hard experience.
Because it's an insecure area,
and, you know, when you've got insecurity you have to manage it.
I was being taken to meet Virunga's most famous residents.
I guess you are calling this the trunk road, are you? That's right.
Let go, let go. C'est bon, c'est bon.
They're here!
Look at that!
What type of gorillas are they?
They're mountain gorillas.
Their families were attacked in 2007,
so they were three months old when we recovered them
on the bodies of their mothers.
So it was pretty rough.
They are a critically endangered species.
A few years ago there were only 250 left in the world.
In the world? Yeah.
And since all the effort that's gone into protecting them,
the numbers have gone to over 1,000. That's still low. 1,000.
It's still very low, yeah. They're still very vulnerable.
But they are showing signs of recovery, which is encouraging.
Can you imagine talking about a gorilla in 10, 15 years' time,
and saying, "Yeah, there was once this creature called a gorilla."
It wouldn't bear thinking, cos it's such a spectacular species.
If they were to die out, what does it say about us? Exactly.
They're our family, and we haven't even been able to protect
our own family.
The wardens here are doing everything they can
to protect these iconic animals.
This is the only facility in the world that cares for orphaned
mountain gorillas.
ADE LAUGHS
The keepers spend years looking after the young gorillas,
pretty much bringing them up in place of their parents.
Wow! They're playing pattycake with gorillas.
The most important thing is to have a lot of physical contact with them.
I mean, that does your back in!
ADE LAUGHS
Our carers stay with them all the time, 24 hours,
and always playing with them. And it keeps their morale up.
I could watch them for hours.
What's the main threat to them?
So, the biggest threat at the moment is
the destruction of the habitat for charcoal.
So, the wild gorillas up in the mountains,
they need their ecosystems to survive.
But those same ecosystems, those same habitats, have enormous value.
What it does is it draws in the militias
because there is so much money.
And that means that our rangers are under threat.
The rangers are also in a constant battle with poachers,
who hunt gorillas for their meat.
Hello, guys.
And the poachers here are often armed to the teeth.
Bonjour. Bonjour.
Look at you! You just slobbered all over me.
We've only just met! Oh, no!
No, no tongues! No tongues.
What's her name?
Dodi. Yeah. Dodi, down.
I know I'm irresistible.
So, tell me what you do.
So, you are training Dodi to find poachers?
So, you've got someone hiding in the forest at the moment.
How far can she trace the scent from?
20 km!
She's got a sensitive nose.
Shall we go and look for the poacher? Yeah.
Dodi...
She's really let herself down.
OK. Go.
She's off. She's off!
Poachers often use traps to catch wild animals.
But they leave their scent on them,
which means Dodi can track them down in the jungle.
Dodi has got some pace.
When she is being trained, they set her off on the trail of a ranger.
She's off! She's into the bushes.
It's a poacher!
Come on, Dodi.
Yes.
Brava!
That's how Dodi gets paid - in liver pate.
Is it a dangerous job?
To shoot back. Yeah. Thank you, guys.
More than 170 rangers have been killed here
in the last 20 years protecting gorillas.
They are heavily outnumbered
and outgunned by the militias who operate here.
It's not easy for the wheelchair here.
Angel has been a ranger for four years.
Do you ever worry about the dangers?
Because I know rangers have been killed working here.
IN FRENCH:
Do you know any of the rangers that have lost their lives here?
How difficult was it to deal with when you heard about it?
I think you're all very brave people...
..to risk your lives to protect the animals in this park.
It's an amazing job you do.
Merci.
From the coast of Gabon to the jungles of the DRC,
I'd met so many young Africans fighting to make a difference.
And now I was headed to neighbouring Uganda to meet
one of Africa's bravest and most famous campaigners.
It's Friday night, and I'm in central Kampala.
I'm going to go for a night out on the town.
Oh!
Where is the ramp to get in?
How do I get up there? Have you got a ramp?
That's the thing when you're in a wheelchair,
they're always sneaking you in through the back entrance.
You can see it's obviously a big gig.
I mean, look at all this stuff here. Thank you.
I'd come to see Bobi Wine.
He is a Ugandan musician, and he was performing at an award ceremony.
HE SINGS
That's Bobi Wine up there, one of Uganda's biggest stars.
Bobi has a huge following among young people here and across Africa.
But it's not just his music that's got their attention.
Uganda's population is one of the youngest in the world.
The average age is just 15.
But its ruler, Yoweri Museveni, is in his 70s,
and he's been in power for more than 30 years,
backed by Western governments.
Ugandans are ready for change,
and in 2017 Bobi Wine was elected to parliament.
Since then, he's become one of the president's biggest critics.
He still lives in the poor neighbourhood where he grew up.
Yo, yo, yo! Yes, yes, yes!
Good to have you, man. Thank you.
Welcome. Here we say karibu. Karibu. Come with me, man.
Guys, we go to the barracks.
Which one is your car?
You should have noted with the number plate.
Ghetto. Ghetto. Straight up.
LAUGHTER
So, I mean, what is it about you and the ghetto?
Why did you feel you still had to stay here?
This is where I belong.
And we have a belief that we work hard not to leave the ghetto
but to make the ghetto a better place to live.
That's why we are here. These are my peeps around.
This guy is at home here, man. This is his place.
Bobi's latest campaign was against a new tax which made people
pay around 40p a day to use social media.
That's big money here,
where many people struggle on just a few pounds a day.
And these days we are fighting against the social media and mobile
money tax, and that's why we have the writings on all our cars.
So, here it says, "I reject mobile money and social media tax.
"Hashtag - this tax must go."
Exactly. All right. Come on, Ade, man. It's a busy street.
I know! I like it, I like it.
The government of President Museveni has passed laws meaning police
can stop any political meeting, even just a few people chatting.
So, here's a place we are going to.
Bobi and his crew were taking me somewhere
we could speak away from prying eyes.
Is this an illegal gathering?
Yes, this is an illegal gathering. And guess what?
Because we are talking politics?
They just don't want people to come together,
and those are some of the laws we decided to defy.
Just like we are defying the social media tax.
Tell me about this social media tax
and the impact that it is having here in Uganda.
The social media tax was...
..a direct attack on the young people of Uganda by the president.
You see, our president is a dictator.
He has been in power for 32 years.
Is that Museveni?
That is Museveni. He does not tolerate any voice of dissent.
Every time he uses social media, he gets negative comments.
Ugandans have gotten confidence to tell him straight.
Our ultimate goal is to kick Museveni out of power.
And social media is one of our biggest weapons.
Our people are actually testing the real blind sword of oppression
and censorship.
Who do you think should be in power?
A servant leader should be in power.
A Ugandan who is answerable and accountable to Ugandans
should be in power.
And if I should be more precise, a young leader should be in power.
A leader who is connected to our generation.
What has happened to you since you've started protesting
against this social media tax?
When I was elected to parliament, I got attacks from the government.
Bombs were thrown at my house. Bombs?! Yes.
We've been blocked from protesting.
Recently our friends were brutally arrested,
and some of them are still incarcerated in the prisons.
Are you afraid for your life?
I must be honest and say yes.
I actually thought I would be dead long time. But I'm still here.
I'm scared for my life. I have a very young family.
We were taught by Mandela that, you know,
courage is not the absence of fear,
it's the ability to overcome that fear.
This is the shirt. This tax must go.
In the face of the protests,
the Ugandan government has now put the social media tax on hold.
But the political repression hasn't stopped.
And I'm here to ride in the baddest wheels. Look at this, man!
Keep your eye on Uganda.
Don't leave us to fight alone and don't leave us to die in the dark.
Keep your eyes on us. That's all you can do for us.
And the rest, leave it to us.
We are the young generation of Uganda
and we are turning things around. Peace.
Man's got a lot to say.
Remember. Freedom comes to those who fight, not to those who cry.
The more you cry is the more your people continue to die.
So rise and defend your rights!
Take it easy, brother.
Whoa!
I think he needs to get some parking sensors on that.
Where do I start with that?
I mean, the guy's got so much charisma, and so much flair.
And he's from the ghetto, and he's really, you know...
He's hit on something.
And I think the people here will follow him anywhere.
But I'm just wondering, how is he going to do that?
You know, when there is so much oppression here.
Even that gathering we had, that meeting, that chat, was illegal.
So it's going to be really tough. But the funny thing is,
it's taken the social media tax to really spark and change things here.
And if anyone is going to make a difference, I think it's Bobi Wine.
HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
A few weeks after I met Bobi, he was attacked.
His driver was shot dead. Bobi was arrested.
He says he was beaten with iron bars and nearly died.
He was charged with treason,
but he has vowed to continue the fight for freedom.
Next time, in East Africa...
This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
ELEPHANTS TRUMPET
..I'll head to the hottest place on Earth.
Wow. Looks like the camel train has arrived.