oh good lord. with exclusive. don't seem. to be curious minds. do it yourself networkers. subscribers don't. this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes i'm issuing the perpetrators operate in conflicts and the victims of these atrocities go unnamed those seeking justice on their behalf have today gone before the un security council seeking a resolution to combat sexual violence. and making millions for amputees in south sudan how prosthetics are giving victims of the country's conflicts a new lease on life. then taking conservation to the concert in africa's villages we have

a report on efforts to save the endangered wild dogs in zimbabwe. i'm christine wonderwall come to news africa i'm glad you're today and the issue of sexual violence against women has taken same to stage at the united nations today germany as chair of the un security council and several of the countries pushed a draft resolution combat the use offer a in conflict zones to noble nori it's all there to raise awareness about the issues and the more odd that is a woman who was kept as a sick slave in syria by the so-called islamic state and dr dennis he is a gynecologist from congo 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 off. war in several african

countries for example south so done the democratic republic of congo the central african republic and mali or countries torn by years of conflicts 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 do you perpetrate is all rather 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 or what in what ways do we see this being manifested. there you undefined sexual violence in conflict

as rape forced marriage forced prostitution forced abortion forced air and i. and any type of sexual 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 don't want to go on and mate with convicted essential as 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 the african context one of the recurring feature of sexual violence congress actual and it's forced marriage and we've seen fourth marriage 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 revolution it is for a united front that's not women girls write these women and girls abducted and

forced into relationships which parody african managed and within both forced marriages you have sexual violence you have great you have forced tendencies forced abortions so you can see just how egregious social violence is an armed conflict on 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 way that 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 ten which we saw just this past year probably the tank and you can the democratic republic of congo the strategy with him to to terrorize communities you have to do bad law 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 often have more commonly political violence and conflict you have people who are detained experiencing sexual whatever genital torture genital mutilation and we saw that in berlin after the election minds will feel that an election by men in kenya could divonne gaining political opposition and their family members and their own supporters being experienced both official violence and why is it so important that this draft resolution is passed at the u.n. security council. the draft resolution in sight o. and jenny should be commended and it's vital when we look at nigeria nigeria has been attempting to prosecute member the book her on and that terrorism not been convicted over one hundred about one hundred twenty. one members but none of these people have been charged with the crime of sexual violence despite the fact that

it's well known that sexual violence is a key strategy of their military strategy of their militant their militia 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 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 main tunnel 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 lank. here she's trying her prosthetic limb for the first time. it's hard work but she knows she's not alone here yan. and they yell at their law we've got as 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 dropped of course this is 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 as usual. 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 this much higher. sounds 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 solve 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. leaving the african wild dogs spent the hottest part of the day sleeping in the shade. now in the late afternoon 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 the survey valley conservancy. it's a protected area covering three thousand square kilometers. but they are incredibly social pack animals so it's just the way that they interact with each other the way they take care of each other where they take care of the puppies opec members pull together to look after each other and very different from other social convoys for example line when wild dogs either kill the adults or let the papacy first they will look after the injured they will take me back to the injured while dogs are

among the most endangered carnivores in africa with population numbers of around seven thousand at most the souther valley conservancy provides a large area for them to roam freely which is exactly what they need to survive. they prey on games such as impalas. 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. was picked a trip by of the african wildlife conservation fund is responsible for the school based education program. that. was

shipped 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 and the importance of conservation was you know for woods example i think it's great to learn about protecting the animals no we're not going to go no no i know that if poachers come i need to report it to the police or my teachers know when you are going to do. this we've never kid you are is that for puts it. but african wild dogs are still exposed to danger even inside the park as we discovered 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 just soon as possible within twenty minutes of the report but on forty bucks. the dogs had already struggled themselves and suffocated. it's a senseless killing the dogs won't even the poachers target the traps were set to

catch antelopes. the dogs have tried to free themselves by biting through the wire but the copper was too tough still it's the alpha male that's been killed along with another adult dog the best hunters of the pack. wire 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 needed a prom date i mean is that brackets today as always you can catch our stories on our website and facebook page now we need you with a mage is often not so wild dogs which chose to write in and out of the baritone in morocco recently told it's time i cannot.

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droughts climate change become the main driver of mass migration you can write any appeal going to peace not if you want and probably most of them to come to. the climate exodus starts if you feel thirty is on t w. hello and welcome to this edition of eco africa then vironment magazine co-produced by d.w. in germany channel t.v. in nigeria and quick that here in south africa on the phones over and i'm joined by my co-presenting and nigeria hello everybody and highs e m l it's a we're here in lagos we are really and i adamant today we had to give me and we.