this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes opposition leaders behind bars protests a breakthrough take a look at the deepening political crisis in cameroon. and and ebola miracle a healthy baby is born to a mother being treated for the virus that's the first. i'm christine window welcome to news africa i'm glad you're choosing then we're putting 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 and number of injuries the price has come amid growing discontent with the

country's eighty five year old president he's been in power for more than thirty is yet you heard right he's even secured a seven time in office that was last october with a contested landslide victory. among those arrested this week is the leader off the opposition cameroon renascence movement maurice come to he won just fourteen percent of the version last october's presidential elections but alleges that the vote was rigged 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 your death already still respect the freedom of assembly association and expression and stressed the need for restraint by all political actors the secretary general reiterate said need for all cameroon stakeholders string gauge 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 issued this statement that the crackdown on peaceful protests across several cities and our 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 obligations and so married to woods joins me now from costs america it's good to see you so you you accuse the cameron and government off disproportionate response to the opposition protests what are you hearing about these incidents. that. country and. sit and. demonstration. and it.

even. used. to. be. all right samir stay on the line because i want to say listen to the cameroonian government spokesperson he has since issued a statement says taken this and the government strongly condemns these. two discount rules under the force who takes over the ledge full don't. want. 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 samir. i would say that i've. already he pointed

to seven people that were demonstrating and being a risk they would just peacefully. and it would just because i was in their. right to freedom of expression and the p.c.'s provided by the law this is not something that is the problem is that you have. to have systematically denied any kind of activities don't see this saying to act. these rights to. somebody. all right you've brought up maurice can tell they i want to talk about his a race do you see this as a wider attack on on the civil opposition by the president get for it. crack down on. one generally on human rights defended in. the fact that he's been arrested just because he told him he and it's something is

a piece of one of his key. demonstrating peacefully. in. these of course there's no. good morning i mean should be anything. if it's done of course even if there is a big. hole and he demonstrates he. can say that right yes all right some are adel wood from the an amnesty international office for west and central africa thank you thank you chain the eastern regions of the country but annually born baby is a surprise bright spot the healthy baby girl was born to a woman in facts of that 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

was infected with the a bull the virus during the last outbreak and 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 appear to be survivors who are still carrying a healthy pregnancy this was something that we're. close to and heard of in the last epidemic and so that was really something exciting to see a woman who gave 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. 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 doctors in beneath conducted a variety of tests and were surprised at the results. of we took a blood sample from the newborn and from the mouth and we also took an amnio fluid sample because we feared the virus had spread to the bank b. . 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 composer and perform a shake to john is sick is a man with many talents and even many more years in the music business the molly 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 his knowledge to young autists and promoting an unusual formula don't rehearse improvise. take to be on second loves being on stage he loves his music with more than four decades rocketed out he share the stage with world famous talents like carlos santana but is true for against don't play jazz always 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 dba 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 free musician through his music and the music he's made father as you can hear great originality 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.

other stars from molly's music scene agree long time friend. 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. he's a very very talented musician you have to know that shake to be on sec is somebody who has contributed enormously today mancipation mali music and also to african music worldwide once again 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 shaikh 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 . out that is very keen on transgenerational exchange passing down knowledge it's important for him as a beginner i was very lucky to be part of his spend it was so young but still he trusted me he's helped many young musicians. some was. never a train somebody and i see them reach a new level 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 the deputy is africa for now you can catch all our stories on our

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