doris green the moment arrives to. join the ranks on her journey back to freedom. you know we're interactive documentary. returns home on come. to. africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes and shane the perpetrators operate. the victims of these atrocities go unnamed those seeking justice they have the hawks have today gone before the u.n. security council seeking a resolution to combat sexual violence. and making amputees in south sudan how prosthetics are giving victims of the country's conflicts a new lease on life. they have been taking conservation to the concert in

africa's villages we have a report on if it's just save the endangered wild dogs in some way. i'm christi paul come to africa i'm glad you and the issue of sexual violence against women has taken center stage at the united nations today germany as chair of the u.n. security council and several of the countries pushed a draft resolution combat the use offer a in conflict zones to. raise awareness about the issues. that is a woman who was kept as a sex slave in syria by the so-called islamic state and. he is a gynecologist who's treated women who've suffered injuries off to be raped in the d.r. see. rape and sexual abuse have been used as weapons of war in several african countries

for example celts have done the democratic republic of congo the central african republic and mali or countries torn by years of conflict now when it comes to rape in conflicts impunity is still the norm the perpetrators of those who carry out and direct violence usually escape justice or even sanction i'm now joined by dr chu say to me a big issue he's an author and specialist on gender based violence and she's based at the university of stanford in the united states while come to you dr what perpetrates is or other i want to begin by asking you that we we've often observed sexual violence being used as as a weapon of war as a tactic in war in conflict zones in africa what in what ways do we see this being manifested. there you undefined sexual violence in conflicts

as rape forced marriage forced prostitution forced abortion forced air and i think . and any type of social violence of comparing comparable gravity looking for example out there on the conflict i think the definition that came out of the u.n. tribunal prosecuting genocide in rwanda well that sexual violence doesn't even have to include touching so for example john what i want and mayor with convicted of sexual violence the crime against humanity in one instance he forced women to strip naked and to parade in front of a mock that was defined essential items again in that context one of the recurring feature of sexual violence congress actual and it's forced marriage around we've seen fourth marriage and the magic cases in northern uganda that the action of girls from schools that she woke early to nigeria the direction of growth and in syria on with their revolutionaries for a united front of women girls right these women girls abducted and forced into

relationships which parody african managed and within the first manages you have sexual violence you have great you have forced bad missy's forced abortions so you can see just how egregious social violence is an armed conflict in our continent and we're seeing and i'm understanding from what you're saying that there is there is there is there is sort of a methodology to this in some cases way when these militias go into areas that they are attacked and they are using sexual violence but what do they hope to achieve by doing this and what is the result perhaps. well it's a major strategy and the mission strategy is different wings the unfit so in the case of which we saw just this past year public attention you can the democratic republic of congo the strategy with him to to terrorize communities you have to do bad to our communities read a movement from the different ethnic groups in a conflict such as southern sudan what you have is forced displacement sexual

violence being used to force communities to flee in order that you can capture resources on a territory yourself or have a commonly provided end of conflict you have people who are detained experiencing sexual whatever genital torture genital mutilation and we saw that in berlin after the election violence will feel that an election violence in kenya could divonne guiney political opposition and their family members and their supporters being experienced both essential violence and why is it so important that this draft resolution is passed at the u.n. security council. the draft resolution in sight and generally should be commended is vital when we look at nigeria nigeria has been attempted to prosecute member the book her arm and that terrorism not convicted over one hundred about one hundred twenty. members but none of these people have been charged with the crime of sexual

violence despite the fact that it is well known that sexual violence is a key strategy of their military strategy of their militant their ministry strategy right so the resolution by germany is stating that state we recognize that you national governments are failing to take full responsibility training the culture of impunity and that sexual violence must be elevated to the level of the security council at the highest political level in order to be enforced and monitored ok doctor to say. author and specialist on gender based violence a stanford university thank you thank you for five years of civil war in south sudan has left possibly tens of thousands of people without limbs some directly as a result of armed conflict of this have lost on the lake simply through a lack of medical treatment for other conditions as you're about to see in this next report the international red cross is now trying to fit prosthetics for as

many people as possible. this is the consequence of a snakebite five year old mate all lost her leg in the war torn country of south sudan her mother couldn't get medical treatment for her in time so the infection worsened until no one could see from leg. here she's trying her prosthetic limb for the first time. it's hard work but she knows she's not alone here yeah. and they you know their law we go last i was leaving my house on a rainy day to go to the field like got bitten by a snake. but i think i was taken home. but there was no car to transport me to a hospital right away. in addition to the physical problems most patients are traumatized many have been injured by landmines or

fighting during the civil war the red cross doctors have to counsel patients struggling to accept an artificial limb. then is the first as it's provided until the this is part and parcel of you is going to be part of you is going to let you walk get your back to be a business us years of. that means manufacturing the artificial limbs to make them look as natural as possible. last year they treated hundreds of people in this center in juba but the need is much higher. south of the story of africa's wild dogs which may not be as glamorous as some of the other species under threat but they're just as important in keeping ecosystems stable but they population has shrunk dramatically from off a million in the middle of the last century to only around six and a half thousand now a project in zimbabwe is sort of a river valley is aiming to put a horse to that decline. as the day cools down life in the bush in southeast

zimbabwe begins to reawaken. eve the only african wild dogs spent the hottest part of the day sleeping in the shade. now in the late afternoon when the pack comes together ready to go out hunting. it's the perfect time for jessica water maya to check up on them she heads a conservation project for wild dogs in a sort of a valley conservancy. it's a protected area covering three thousand square kilometers. they are incredibly social pack animals so just the way that they interact with each other the way they take care of each other where they take care of the puppy or pack members pull together to look after each other and very different from other social convoys for example lion when wild dogs are to kill adults when at the pepsi first they will look after the injured they will take me back to the injured wild dogs are among

the most endangered carnivores in africa with population numbers of around seven thousand at most the southern valley conservancy provides a large area for them to roam freely which is exactly what they need to survive. they prey on game such as in parlors. the size of a valley conservancy was originally formed from an amalgamation of large private ranches it finances itself through tourism and controlled sustainable hunting. outside the conservancy little of the original bush remains the local population has grown on more and more land has gone over to farming leading to increased contact between wildlife and humans. victor to bio of the african wildlife conservation fund is responsible for the school based education program. that to you was by

a teaches the children about the food chain and explains what happens when one species dies out the idea is to help the children learn the importance of conservation was no photos example i think it's great to learn about protecting the animals know when to undergo no i know that if approaches come i need to report it to the police or my teachers know when you are going to do. this we have an ear for it. but african why. dogs are still exposed to danger even inside the park as we discover the next day two dogs got caught in a snare trap jessica water my is at the scene when the ranger arrives. so we rest as soon as possible within twenty minutes of the report but unfortunately. the dogs had already struggled themselves and suffocated. it's a senseless killing the dogs weren't even the poachers target the traps were set to

catch antelopes. the dogs had tried to free themselves by biting through the wire but the copper was too tough we're still it's the alpha male that's been killed along with another adult dog the best hunters of the pack. why a snare traps are almost invisible in the dense bush and the area is vast but the rangers have still managed to find or around fifty of them. the rest of the pack will stick together until the juveniles are fully grown fortunately the alpha female wasn't lost otherwise the pack would have broken up but with her mate now gone hopes of gaining a new litter of puppies this year look slim. ok and that's why we keep it up from date i mean is that because today as always you can catch all stories on our website and facebook page now we need new with a mage is often not so wild dogs wish chose to run and ultramarathon in morocco

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a fantastic old backdrop has opened in western germany. three d. printers and how they can help recycle plastic ways. in monday's washington post newspaper article appeared written by angelina jolie and the german foreign minister heiko mosse it was a call to the international community to support survivors of sexual violence perpetrated in war zones and also to pump punish the perpetrators of such crimes written to come inside with the debate at the u.n. about this very subject to talk about this and the subject of celebrities getting involved in political issues i'm joined by my colleague david leavitt's david let's start with.