this is state of 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 man whose whistle blowing cost him three years of wages but says he do it again. and any bold outbreak in the democratic operative congo is showing no sign of the bank experts have already warned it may never be brought under control of one of the organizations on the ground. then we go to serve a school in cape town that's looking to give disabled people the chance to enjoy the ocean and ride the waves. of christine one girl welcome to news africa i'm glad you're today in nigeria's president mohamed dubois hardy is seeking a second to in the country's election this weekend when he took office and twenty

fifteen he made corruption a priority taking steps like improving transparency in government deals now reporter. 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 him. the fight against corruption features large in nigeria news papers 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 the experience turned him into a whistleblower. i was encouraged because the system that was common in the government a promise to fight corruption. i was encouraged because we have to speak out at some point i mean everybody's afraid of saying something that we. complain.

about is happening who is going to speak out to stop 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 they don't have issues with them but that wasn't to be because it was first threatened then himself reported to police on charges of corruption for two days he was remanded in custody then he lost his job to be suspended me for a walk they didn't perceive yourself suspicion i mean there was no plan no there was no query to go to the office and given that i was a special observers point out the president. 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 think that is because you.

would know who. you. really have been traded you would want them to go we want them to learn and get them to the prison. government introduced a whistleblower policy that should protect. and even give them up to five percent of the funds that the states recover it's 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. rogers says the concept was never officially made by parliament his organization lend support to arun casa and was able to return to work after three years but that wasn't thanks to the government or local authorities had to go to court to get his job back. what that tells you

is that the government is interested in. policy to the extent that it brings. about what eventually happens after that is actually discouraging that that possibly is but of the reasons why people don't see the need to risk their lives coming forward with some. information or whatever in kassam i have his job back but he was never we warded for his whistleblowing work he also lost three years of salary to his boss on the other hand his 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 because fifty fifty. should protect us should do more. for them to do more to encourage us so that. this is this noble idea we really really sucks it.

despite the ordeal because it 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 reigning perishing story ok so our next story really can't be 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 beneath 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's free of the virus and extremely grateful. now i want to thank all the doctors in the abode a treatment center over hygiene asuka at the treatment room clean 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 the. foul stain 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 in therapeutic drugs isn't yet known and aid organizations working in congo there's more work ahead to save the children says some communities still don't take the disease seriously enough where women and children at greater risk than adults of dying from the virus make up a worrying number of cases. have occurred is in kinshasa that's the capital in the democratic republic of congo she's with save the children and she joins me now i have 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 is it's taking place in an area of great insecurity is being in. many many different groups. it's also an area of knowledge population movement people move with. an across the board as to trade with uganda and the outbreaks taking place in some areas like any input tend to put all those things together and makes it much harder to contain it it 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. but 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 had 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. go to school and to who in some households where we be working with children 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 to do more about it all right we had in my last question. is this outbreak this latest outbreak getting enough attention from the floors. do you feel that enough is being done. it is getting a lot of attention but it could do with getting more attention it's not going to

give you as much attention this outbreak in west africa did i mean one of the reasons is it's still contained within the seed 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 to hit that thank you in the team for the work that you're doing out in the democratic republic of congo that's where the intention of. save 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 for surfing in yes 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 feel very proud to. it's really special pamela is one of many disabled surfers getting a helping hand from the surf and poori of 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 is amazing they showed us how to handle him in the war how to actually hold the surf boards and how to surf behind them then and they think it's. 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 news africa for now you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page because of all that surfing will leave you with images of people catching planes in south africa till next time i back.

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