how are the lives of factors as the battle continues for you to see your face on. sixty minutes. i'm not nothing out of the gym but if i'm down down but mostly i'm nothing with the time i. think deep into the german culture. you did seem ridiculous grandma there you go it's all out there no time rachel join me for me to run to the course. this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes then me to movement in nigeria she's been detained by authorities and attacked on social media we meet the brave woman fighting sexual violence in the country's conservative north she tells us why she won't be silenced. and the village in central mali gutted by militia

fires over the weekend leaving one hundred thirty people did tell you why the government has gone as far as sacking senior military officials over this attack. and the hindu festival. to synagogue we'll show you how holy in abrasives all. i'm christine will go well come to news africa i'm glad you are today and since the hash tag need to movement gained prominence victims of sexual assault all over the world has 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 because of stigma your ball to meet a woman who wants to change what she calls a ridiculous commitment to silence that emboldens abuses and weakens the victims.

mario a wife sue has always lived here in the town of milan it's a traditional please very set in its weeds at least it was until she and a few other brave women started to challenge things their fight in sexual violence by speaking out and by writing. it brian said body secrets 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 northern nigeria and most of it affects girls all we see here is your own child is abuse then you find in the 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 simonds a white suit and other women to trace her to tell their stories of sexual assault using the hash tag. i do you want me is known in the local house our language and me to use of course the global movement against sexual harassment and sexual assaults which began on social media are you want me to hashtags spot various reactions some people applauded the remains corage others 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 in like ok this is why nobody in. this thread of tweets. a government official alleged sexual abuse is what a wife sued in trouble she was arrested for defamation libel and cyber bully she was later released but a check to 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 culture that exists 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 people don't understand if you're going to go and you do want to be a culture. if this were to continue to. do with the real.

estate league would you introduce somebody just like you start. a bus 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 an even bigger challenge of the families themselves often start the legal process because they are free of stigmatization you will spend time you spend money because. somebody. needs to care. for a dog. you know whether this is a big reason why and why sue did not open up to her family maybe years ago instead she kept her secret to herself here you have this ridiculous commitment to you know silent and. that is what keeps 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 says she would be abundant in her company any time soon. i'm joined now by korea has she who is one of the co-founders off the need to movement in nigeria welcome to. africa 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 presence. 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 know about eight hundred rape cases and if a percent of them where. rape incidents with kids with kids under the age of fourteen for and we know that you know stigma is one of the main reasons why a lot of people don't speak out about violence in in your society but i wonder that when somebody does decide to do so i view all for as he is helpful in most cases that authorities 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 sensitize action of the police authorities is one of the most crucial things that we're trying to see implemented right it's been six weeks since you guys in law and. what's the response been like. well we've had quite a few you know over a hundred victims that had reached out to. twitter and how spoken to us about that one press night perience says 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. it's 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 a quiet place to conversation you know a lot for as long as we know but right now our 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 bump 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 for a. shame co-founder of the hash tag needs in nigeria thank you. our next story is in mali where 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 awful who saw go home to muslim heard of the pearl now nothing is left for him the tots were burnt down i have witnesses say ethnic dog and hunters killed at least one hundred total four people among the dead small children and pregnant women. who is in central mali region which hadn't seen into ethnic violence on this scale until now 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. faced with this unspeakable tragedy because as the secretary general's special representative i call for an end to the spiral of violence the love your loss. there memphis students who had learned about the attack we deployed diminishment rapid reaction force to the scene as part of our mandate to protect civilians in the past half repeatedly called on the whole sorties to protect them the government in bamako has so far ignored their costs. that's it.

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