this is 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 worked. 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 senegal we'll show you how holy was integrated into our. i'm christine will go well come to 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 has been naming and shaming perpetrators in pursuit of justice in nigeria 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 commitment to silence that emboldens abuses and weakens the victims mahram a wife sue has always viewed here in the town of milan it's a traditional please very set in tweets at least it's ones until she and a few other brave women started to challenge. their fight scene sexual violence by speaking out and by writing. if brian said body secrets are ok because his father touches his private parts and he told him it was ok i

explained she's reading from my upcoming book for children this passage is an example of sexual abuse by a parent or wife 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 simon's a wife sue and other women to tweeze her to tell their stories of sexual assault using the hash tag ari why. are you one means month in the local house on langridge and me two is of course the global movement against sexual harassment and

sexual assault which began on social media are you want me to hash tag spot various reactions some people applaud of the remains corage all that has condemned them and called them liars so many layers and layers of challenges and attack you're 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 white suit in trouble she was arrested for defamation libel and cyber bully she was a little released but attracted the attention and support of international human rights group. this move may come as a surprise to many because of the really just an extremely concept. that exists

here in northern nigeria you mention is predominantly muslim many of the offend those under the guise of religion to commit these atrocities you know little jews that people don't understand because you get to go and you do want to be all culture. these are two completely to do with the real. estate. introducing to do just that. a bus she who has been helping victims of sexual abuse to seek redress through his n.g.o.s 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 stop the legal process because they are freed of stigmatization. because.

somebody. needs to queue. for a job. 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 styling 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 abandoning her company anytime soon. i'm joined now by a clear hashim who is one of the co-founders of the 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 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 fret 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 in your society but i wonder that when somebody does decide to do so i view all for it is helpful in most cases that are very very 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 sensitized action of the police authorities is one of the most crucial things that we're trying to see implemented right tucker it's been six we 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 a. twitter and how spoken to us about their own press not experience this 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 a quiet place to conversation you know as a block 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 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 for a. shame co-founder of the hash tag need in nigeria thank you 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 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 on the top two 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 now but this attack was carefully planned taking advantage of the wreaked 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 north but this attack dominated the meeting. for us are so. faced with this unspeakable tragedy it appears as the secretary general's special

representative. to the spiral of violence the love your loss. their memphis students have 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 los artes to protect them the government in bamako has so far ignored their costs. let's say for now on the africa you can catch all stories on our website and facebook page before we go we want you to take a look at the celebrations and death all cynical at the weekend oh he is of course an indian state of gratian off the end of winter and return to spring this one was golden eyes by the indian embassy which imported more than three hundred kilograms off an experiment from india for the day enjoy. the a. little. bit of the.

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