it was worth it for me to come to germany. got my license to work as a swimming instructor to share knowledge. of. your story take part. in for migrants. this is the news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes the mitsu 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 we'll tell you why the government has gone as far as sacking senior military officials over this attack.

and the hindu festival that brought to synagogue we'll show you how holy was integrated into 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 the 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 you're about to meet a woman who wants to change what she calls a ridiculous commitments to science 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 ways at least it was until she and a few other brave women started to challenge things they're fighting sexual violence by speaking out and by writing. it brian said body thick reds 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 a parent. a wife's sexual abuse by family members is widespread in northern maine geria and most of it affects girls all we see here is your own child is abuse then you find out and they say no let's just hush it why because if we go seeking justice then 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 just squeeze her to tell their stories of sexual assault using the hash tag. are you want me is not in the local house our language and me too is 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 all those condemned them and called them liars so many layers and layers of challenges and attack they're 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 got

a wife sued in trouble she was arrested for defamation lie bill and cyber bully she was a little released but have 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 hot talk 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 littlejohn's that people don't feel ashamed to go and do want to be a culture. do you think this is too cool e.g. this will be real and it just made it legal to introduce i'm going to do 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 bigger challenge of the families themselves often start the legal process because they are free of stigmatization you. because. somebody would just say please please take you. for a job. you know. 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 silence 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 wife says she wouldn't be abundant in her company any time soon. i'm joined now by korea has she who is one of the co-founders of 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 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 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 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 are very these are not we have incidents where authorities mock victims that go to report incidents of sexual violence we're going to past the leaks 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 that a section of the police authorities is one of the most crucial things that we're trying to see implemented right now create it's been six we see that as a law and. need to what's the response been like. well we've had quite a few you know over a hundred victims that had reached out to us. and how spoken to us about their own press night experiences and that's why 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 as a block for as long as we know but right now are survivors have been able to come forward with. their own stories and some of them request for mental health help and are there it's 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 then. 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. need to in the area

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 shuffle grew sagal home to muslim heard of the pearl now nothing is left for him the tats were burnt down i have witnesses say ethnic dog and hunters killed at least one on a talk to 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 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's special representative for what i call fun and to the spiral of violence the love your loss . they're mad just students who have learned about the attack we deploy 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 economic costs. that states. you can catch allow stories on our website and facebook page before we go we want you to take a look at big o.

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