the result reverse culture. shock you realize how strange artificial. really connected to life. the prize winning documentary from the forest start first on w. . this is the news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes and then me to movement in the nigeria she's been detained by authorities and attacked on social media we need to the brave woman fighting sexual violence in the country is conservative nor should sells that's why she won't besides. the village in central mali that's it by militia fires over the weekend even one hundred thirty people did also tell you why the government has gone as far as sacking senior military officials over this attack. and the hindu festival that brought it to

synagogue we'll show you how holy was integrated in all. i'm christine one while come to d.w. news africa i'm glad you're chewed in since the hash tag need to movement gained prominence victims of sexual assault all over the world have been naming and shaming perpetrators in pursuit of justice in the area need to have struck a chord in the country's north where people don't speak out because of stigma your ball to meet a woman who wants to change what she calls a ridiculous commitment to science that emboldens abuses and weakens victims. mario a wife sue has always lived here in the town of milan it's

a traditional police very set in suites at least it was until she and a few other brave women started to challenge things their fights in sexual violence by speaking out and by writing. it brian said body theocrats are ok because his father touches his private parts and he told them it was ok i explained she's reading from our upcoming book for children this passage is an example of sexual abuse by parents. why since there is sexual abuse by family members is widespread in all of them a geria and most of it affects girls all we see here is your own child is abused and you find at least in a let's just hush it why because if we go seeking justice that everybody will know and then who will marry her so why it's coming from here it's because of that

culture of silence to break that culture of simon's a white suit and other women to treat her to tell their stories of sexual assault using the hash tag. are you want me is known in the house sign language and me too is of course the global movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault which began on social media are you want me to hashtags spot various reactions some people applauded the remains corage all of us condemned them and called them liars so many layers and layers of challenges and attack going to be attacked from every side so for me i mean i always understood but then i got to experience it and like ok this is why nobody in. this thread of tweets a government official alleged sexual abuse is what got

a wife sued in trouble she was arrested for defamation libel and cyber bully she was little released but attracted the attention and support of international human rights groups this movement has come up with a price because of the really just an extremely concept of kauto that like this here in northern nigeria the population is predominantly muslim many of the offenders hide under the guise of religion to commit these atrocities you know little jews that you don't understand you get to go and you do want to be a culture. if this were to kill e.g. this would be real and it just made it legal to introduce into the just. about she who has been helping victims of sexual abuse to seek redress through his

engineer for more than twenty years he says part of the problem is catherine evidence but often and even a bigger challenge of the families themselves often stop the legal process because they are free of stigmatization. because. somebody would say please please take you. for a doctor you know whether this is a big reason why and why sue did not open up to her family many years ago instead she kept her secret to herself here you have this ridiculous commitment to you know silent and. that is what keep encouraging and emboldening the abusers and weakening the victims she says even though many

a friend has been punished social media has at least helps to provide therapy for victims the now north of the and not alone and despite the wrists mariam a white suit says she won't be abundant in her company any time soon. i'm joined now by a korea has shame who is one of the co-founders off the i want me to movement in nigeria welcome to. africa or how widespread would you say sexual violence is in northern nigeria. thank you for having me well it would be hard to put an exact number on the statistics because of the crew vallance of silence when it comes to sexual violence in northern nigeria but based on research done in two thousand and sixteen to seventeen a police unit commander mentioned that one only one out of seven cases are often

reported and in those cases that were reported at that time you know about eight hundred rape cases and it is five percent of them where. rape incidents with kids with kids under the age of fourteen pray for and we know that you know stigma is one of the main reasons why a lot of people don't speak out about sexual violence in your society but i wonder that when somebody does decide to do so aviel for it is helpful in most cases that i'm sorry these are not we have incidents where authorities mock victims that go to report incidents of sexual violence we're going to past few weeks we have encountered such cases too so. you know the police are mandated to have

a gender desk in every police station but that policy has been hasn't been implemented as far as we know. and the sense it is a fan of the police authorities is one of the most crucial things that we're trying to see implemented right it's been six we since you guys launched has said i don't know i mean what's the response been like. well we've had quite a few you know over a hundred victims that had reached out to. quit or how spoken to us about their own press not experiences and that's where we had to come up with different initiatives that would ensure that we drive institutional reform in the long term so. there's been quite

a backlash from the community because breaking the silence sort of command that that that happens this is something that has never been quite clear to conversation you know as a block for as long as we know but right now for survivors have been able to come forward with. their own stories and some of them request for mental health help and our various legal aid and you know so far you know it's been it's been quite a bomb because we've had encounters with the authorities you know backlash from from the say but there. most importantly we've had a lot of support from within the society and even you know outside our own communities right so korea has shame co-founder of the hash tag meet

in the area thank you thank you. our next story is in mali with senior military officials have been sacked after one hundred thirty people were killed in an attack on an ethnic poor village said today's attack is believed to be the latest in a series of clashes between the communities of gonzo and pool that have left dozens dead in recent months. until saturday this was the village shuffle go home to muslim heard of the pope now nothing is left for him no tots were burnt down i have witnesses say ethnic dog and hunters killed at least one hundred forty four people among the dead small children and pregnant women. who is in central mali and region which hadn't seen into ethnic violence on this scale until a null but this attack was carefully planned taking advantage of the reek presence of the state in the region. the survivors are still in shock now government

officials have arrived providing aid for the few who escaped with their lives un security council representatives visited the capital bamako for talks on the stagnant peace process in the last but this attack dominated the meeting. for us are being faced with this unspeakable tragedy it appears as the secretary general special representative i call for an end to the spiral of violence your loss. there memphis students who learned about the attack we deployed diminishment rapid reaction force to the scene as part of our mandate to protect civilians in the past have repeatedly called on the authorities to protect them the government in bamako has so far ignored their costs. that's it for now on africa you can catch allow stories on our website and facebook page before we go we want you to take a look at the only celebrations to go at the weekend only is

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i'm scared that if i work that hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here and we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers would lie and say. what's your story. i'm working i was a women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are

trying. to understand this new culture. you are not a visitor and yet you want to become citizens. in full migrants your platform for reliable information. hello welcome to news from the world of arts and culture i'll be joined by the us is jim hall today who's you can see behind me also coming up. we'll be right up in the arctic circle in swedish lapland the most extraordinary ice hotel in the world. and in our series one hundred must reads a book called runaway horses by the controversial german.

but first as i mentioned earlier jim i mean you know as my guest in just a minute is a painter and illustrator who is possibly the most prolific painter in the world his style is very recognizable and owes a lot to straight up paul potts and his influence in my humble opinion biasses from picasso to keith haring and beyond that sea is very individual. big bright and fun fun fun of unknowns paintings grab your attention buddies entertaining pop creations also deal with serious topics capitalism and gentrification avignon averages about four works per day you give some of them away and others he simply tears.