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a focus on cameroon today because the government's heavy handed response to a wave of protests has provoked international condemnation and calls for restraint demonstrations in the streets at the weekend in cities across the country to protest against the government's police put down the watches with rubber bullets forcing a number of injuries the protests come amid growing discontent with the country's eighty five year old president he's been in power for more than thirty is yep you heard right he's even secured a seven time in office that was last october with a contest that landslide victory. now among those arrested this week is the leader of the opposition cameroon renascence movement maurice come to the one just fourteen percent of the virgin last october's presidential elections but alleges that the vote was raked now with several other opposition leaders also taken into custody the united nations has called on the authorities in cameroon to step back

we call on cameroon authorities to respect the freedom of assembly association and expression and stressed the need for restraint by all political actors the secretary general reiterates the need for all camera and stakeholders string gauge in an inclusive and genuine political dialogue now the human rights advocacy group amnesty international has gone a step further amnesties west and central africa direct to some near a delude issued this statement that the crackdown on peaceful protests across several cities and the minds the rights to freedom and expression and peaceful assembly in cameroon the authorities must and repression of protests and uphold the country's constitutional and international human rights of occasions and so america would joins me now from des casa mira it's good to see you so you you accuse the cameroonian government off disproportionate response to the opposition protests

what are you hearing about these incidents. that. piece of. country and. there was an existing. demonstration people one night. and. you need. to respond to. all right sarah stay on the line because i want to listen to the cameroonian government's spokesperson he has since issued a statement on this and the government strongly condemns these an acceptable maneuvers to discuss. on the force who takes over the ledge.

ok so there we have it the government spokesperson basically saying that the opposition are provoking this crisis that they're trying to subvert the results of last year's elections what do you make of that and they're. i would say that i did what is kind of he supporters of the seven people that were demonstrating and have been arrested there were just peaceful peaceful protest this and it which is it exists in their. right to freedom of expression in the b.c.s. provided by the law this is not something that is bidden the problem is that we can . have systematically denied any kind of activity still see this as saying to act pretty cool open and these rights.

all right you brought up maurice can tell they i want to talk about his race do you see this as a wider attack on on the civil opposition by the president's guest forest signals in the crackdown on the one generally on human rights defenders in actually. the fact that he's been arrested just because he called have the libyans that something is a piece of what it is to be. demonstrating peacefully. in heaven. is of course is not. just because. these people you know when should be anything and if it's done of course there is a big tail of the whole anything demonstrate he is going to speak out you eggs and rags all right some would from the an amnesty international office for west and

central africa thank you. thank you. an extraordinary is about a miracle or at least that's what people in the democratic republic of congo are calling it an outbreak of ebola is still ravaging the eastern regions of the country but a nearly born baby is a surprise bright spot the healthy baby girl was born to a woman in fits of the disease it's the first known case where both mother and daughter have survived. it's a miracle that she's alive and kicking her mother twenty eight year old josephine e-coli was infected with the ebola virus during the last outbreak at the democratic republic of congo and fell ill while pregnant. doctors at the w.h.o. ebola treatment center still can't believe it. i knew that they were following women who appeared to be survivors who were still carrying

a healthy pregnancy this was something that were. close to one heard of in the last epidemic and so that was really something exciting to see a woman give birth to a child. after appears that she survived. according to the world health organization pregnant women infected with ebola and babies born with the virus have always died that is up until now they say sylvana is the first baby to be born ebola free to a mother who was previously infected. mina july had a good birth and i thank god for it me and the baby are both healthy i'm very grateful for the work that the team is doing. the level of. the doctors in beneath conducted a variety of tests and were surprised at the results. looking pretty big.

took a blood sample from the newborn and from the mouth and we also took an amniotic fluid sample because we feared the virus had spread to the baby. but the lab test result came back negative. that's why we think that this result is surprising and intriguing from a scientific point of view. josephine e-coli and her newborn sylvana will soon go home to start their new life together. keyboardist compose and perform a shake to john is sick is a man with many talents and even many more years in the music business marley and sensation has worked with legends like didi bridgewater jimmy cliff and philip sic has made a name for himself blending traditional west african sounds with just about anything

this musician is now possible on he's not age too young autists and promoting an unusual formula don't rehearse improvise. seek to be on circle loves being on stage he loves his music with more than four decades rocketed out he shared the stage with world famous talents like carlos santana that is true love is jazz here he's jamming at the jazz festival in bomb a co that he himself created. it's easy for westerners to say africans don't play jazz because they expect everyone to play the same way the same voice in the same chords no way could do more you but i remember seeing them that go. deep in the bustle of mali's capital bamako is the africa studio of toumani you do but take a famous player of the west african luth today he is finishing a new song for the final cut he says he must have the magic touch of shake to

dnssec who he warmly refers to as elder brother. and the music of a killer for a new listen to his music and the music he's made father as you can hear greeted is not a theory on the one hand he's attached to our traditions and our culture but at the same time he's incredibly open minded and very modern. is a master of improvisation for him that is the essential definition of jazz. we don't need rehearsal. this is jazz we improvise and create music together. samba. other stars from ali's music scene agree long time friend salif keita is known as the golden voice of mali he launched his musical career

together with shake to dnssec at their height they played to sold out venues across west africa. so he's a very very talented musician you have to know that shake to be on sec is somebody who has contributed enormously to the mancipation of music and also to african music worldwide i think and none of. the desire to pass on his knowledge to the younger generation and help them build a career is part of the generous nature of shake a prolific mentor of many dozens of musicians from different origins and horizons. came from cameroon to paris as a very young artist and was integrated by shaykh into his band groove killers in the ninety's with his help and training she then launched her international career . i did as his very keen on transgenerational exchange putting down all age it's important for him as

a beginner i was very lucky to be part of his band the it was so young but still he trusted me he's helped many young musicians. was shot as a filmmaker whenever i train somebody and i see them reach a new level and i'm so touched it really moves me to share it. where no money can give you this feeling. and this is exactly why despite the many challenges in his country shake is still out there pushing to keep the music alive in mali. that's it for me is africa for now you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page i don't know about you but shades of danny got me thinking of all the other jazz nations we have in africa so here's a picture compilation we put together our summer and for you see you next time.

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and subverting album cover instagram ego it chanced the reimagines iconic images of my pop history. the no wage and sonia hani was the undisputed figure skating world champion in the nineteen twenties and thirties winning ten world titles in ten years and then went on to be a star in hollywood now a film about her extraordinary life called sonja the white swan has just had its premiere of the sundance film festival in america. she was a child when her career began no wayne's sagna was an olympic gold medalist at sixteen and one of hollywood's highest paid stocks by the age of twenty six she sailed across the ice like a white swan the perfect.