the subcontinent economically has made them billionaires. they're reveling in their misfortune. to music. roger. george of euro zone to w. . this is the news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes some people will think he's lost his mind we'll introduce you to the nigerian madness whistle blowing cost him three years of wages but says you do it again. and any bold outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is showing no sign of the beijing experts have already warned it may never be brought under control we'll talk to one of the organizations on the ground. then we go to the serb school in cape town that's looking to give disabled people the chance to enjoy the ocean and ride the waves.

and christine when the welcome to news africa i'm glad you're two did nigeria's president mohamed double heart is seeking a second to in the country's election this weekend when he took office in twenty fifteen he made corruption a priority taking steps like improving transparency in government deals now reports to agree on krishna it's a public servant who said bihari is missing encouraged him to become a whistleblower but as you'll see in the next report that cost of. the fight against corruption features large in nigerian newspapers it's also a huge part of aaron cass's life the civil servant walks for a supervisory body in the police force three years ago he watched his boss embezzle

funds earmarked for advanced training experience turned him into a whistleblower. i was encouraged because the new system that was common in the government promised to fight corruption. i was encouraged was we have to speak out at some point i mean if everybody's afraid of something that we. really need somebody to help me who is going to speak out to step to see if we're going to have a government that is going to fight corruption head on and i blew the whistle i don't think of issues. that wasn't to be because it was first threatened then himself reported to police on charges of corruption just for two days he was remanded in custody then he lost his job you know you have been for a walk and they didn't perceive yourself suspicious i mean there was no power no

there was no querido to the office and given that i was a special observers point out that president obama has taken huge steps to weed out corruption but say he still has a long way to go they are concerned that not enough people are convicted for their crimes and that the justice system itself is steeped in corruption the i. i don't think that is because you. would know who. you know. really have been tried they did you were able to go we were there to learn and get them in the prison. government introduced a whistleblower policy that should protect. and even give them up to five percent of the funds that the states recovered because of their help according to the government within a few months the state already managed to recover more than one point five billion

euros but anti corruption activist. roger says the concept was never officially made meant his organization lend support to aaron casa and was able to return to work after three years but that wasn't things to the government or local authorities had to go to court to get his job back. that tells you is that the government is interested in. policy to the extent that it brings in the money. it doesn't care about what eventually happens after that is actually discouraging possibly but of the reasons why people don't see the need to risk their lives coming forward with some of the. information the reverend kassem i have his job back but he was never rewarded for his whistleblowing work he also lost three years of salary his boss on the other hand is quietly enjoying his

retirement and was never brought to justice for his crime are you satisfied with the effectiveness of the policies are you disappointed is fifty fifty. should protect. them to do more to encourage us so that. these. really really succeed. despite the ordeal casa doesn't regret a thing he to do the same thing today he says it's the only way forward for his country. well that's a rating for each ok so our next story really concrete given enough attention the second deadliest outbreak of ebola in history is. aging in the democratic republic of congo experts are warning more people may die and worse that the outbreak may never be brought under control now that's because since the virus broke out last

august it continues to spread the number of new cases doubled in january now more than five hundred people have died so far we'll talk to an organization in the capital kinshasa but first this report from binny one of the affected areas. charleston calif and is lucky to be a life past november he was being treated for a disease that claimed the life of his wife and their five year old daughter now he is free of the virus and extremely grateful. now i want to thank all the doctors in the abode of treatment center all the high geniuses who kept the treatment room clean the psychologists who gave us advice on the disease and psychological support to bring us back to life. and all the others who are part of the response team helping us full providing food for all of us i want to thank them. foulston is one of two hundred seventy seven

people who survived the latest outbreak of ebola according to figures from congress health ministry officials in the country say an experimental vaccine given to more than seventy thousand people has helped stop new cases. i believe the epidemic is well under control in the original hotspots in one kenya and benny. the biggest one i believe that the spread of the epidemic in major cities has been prevented. but the full scientific impact of the vaccine and therapeutic drugs isn't yet known and aid organizations working in congo born there's more work ahead to save the children says some communities still don't take the disease seriously enough for women and children at greater risk than adults of dying from the virus make up

a worrying number of cases. have occur is in kinshasa that's the capital of the democratic republic of congo she's with save the children and she joins me now i had a face full full coming on today we've been talking about how difficult it's been to contain this particular outbreak of ebola explain to us why that is the case. reason it's taking place in an area of great insecurity is being in. many areas and there are many different groups. it's also an area of knowledge population movement people moved with. an across the board as to trade with uganda and the outbreaks taking place in some areas and he and pretend to put all those things together it makes it much harder to contain it in your statement one of the things you said was that it's paramount to convince communities that ebola is an urgent

and real concern why aren't people convinced of that already. partly because i'm very worried about the security that's being best in boma as they're worried about it and then they've got other humanitarian issues so this still isn't top of the list and this is where we are. so we need to enlist the help of the community really have better engagement on it. and that is of course raising awareness and i guess peaceful just about the work that you're doing with children . so raising awareness is one of the most important things that we can do with the community need with groups of young people and even with children children great messengers they can go and talk to their families what we found was. going is quite to who in some households where we've been working with children or once we did the community awareness with the whole family then everybody was much

older people want to talk about it and i need to get people talking about it you know do more about it all right we had in my last question to you is this outbreak this latest outbreak getting enough attention from the florist. do you feel like enough is being done. it is getting a lot of attention but it could do with getting more attention it's not going to be as much tension this outbreak in west africa i mean one of the reasons is it's still contained within its feet which is great and long may it stay that way but it does it does need more attention the government and. ours will be doing an amazing job to try to contain it but it's not. ok thank you and the team for the work that you're doing in the democratic republic of congo that's where the interest. i'm safe the children thank you. thank you.

we go down south now to south africa which is one of surfing global hot spots but it's not just the professionals who want to ride some of the best waves the locals do too now one school in cape town is helping to break down barriers fall surfing enthusiastic with physical and mental disabilities. a feeling pamela hansford thought she'd never get back watching her riding the waves with a smile on her face it's hard to believe the seventy five year old suffered a broken neck a year ago a terrifying collision with a freak wave on the shores of cape town left her tetraplegic but now with the help of volunteers she's enjoying the waves once again and three of the war i put feel really pretty good. it's really special pamela is one of many disabled surfers getting a helping hand from the surf in poor areas

a school which aims to get people with disabilities into the water. kids are welcome to while parents can learn how to take care of them out in the surf. we felt like we were flying it was amazing they showed us how to handle him in the war how to actually hold the surf board and how to surf behind him and it was an amazing experience. making surfing possible and practical for disabled people is a growing trend across south africa pretty soon they'll be no excuses not to hit the way. and that is it from news africa for now you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page because of all that so we'll leave you with images of people catching planes in south africa have told next.

let's. take a closer look at modern culture from. arts and culture. hey listen up. that's what video game music sounded like thirty years ago. today's tracks take the experience to another level ok thanks to him composer. it's. featured in many games his music is bound to.

his fans he opens doors to. sounds good. oh sure that's so much more than just background music video game music starts february twenty fifth on d w. hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture i'm robert merrill we're looking at the following topics today. along with altering films the but also highlights often comic acting talent with its european shooting stars awards will meet two of this year's faces to watch. will also meet up and coming young soprano as a prize who comes making a name for herself in stop soap opera. botts

we begin with the american photographer cindy sherman she's this year's winner of the prestigious max spectrum prize which recognizes outstanding performances in the artistic field sherman is considered one of the most important and influential artists of her generation throughout her career she has explored identity and the nature of representation in society especially of women. cindy sherman has been photographing herself since the one nine hundred seventy s. but her works are not self portraits in the classic sense of an artist taking a look at their authentic self instead sherman takes on different personas in her own imagine scenarios critiquing gender and identity.