this is news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes it's well press freedom day we'll meet african janitors to see constitutions may guarantee press freedom. reporting can be difficult and even deadly. and. you can you never know what. you want to say something you afraid. also coming up in the show the trauma of cannon one week after the cyclon hit was upbeat you take a look at how people are dealing with the aftermath. and he might as you know you're welcome to the show and thanks for your time it's well press freedom day by press freedom remains a challenge all around the world across africa it's no different while some

countries made positive streitz many generalists still sense it repressed on sanctioned out of fifty four countries the press freedom index has classify the situation in twenty six states as eat up bad scene here in orange or very bad as seen in red today we take a closer look at two of these countries zimbabwe and nigeria in nigeria the constitution guarantees freedom of the press but especially in conflict ridden areas like the north east which is the stronghold of boko haram reporting its difficult my colleague funny for a shot travelled to borno state where she met two dedicated generalist working on the constraints. heavy military presence in many parts of my degree the capital of borno state in nigeria often its new terror attacks that dominates people's daily lives. today it's positive excitement. president bihari is

about to arrive blessing to know we'll cover it she's a television correspondent here and her office is this car on in the mall the kind of. the military in a deal like this when you have the president's visit and i mean you can get through with almost anything now she's rushing to a school that hard wants to commission the president's convoy is passing by a billboard picturing malala yousafzai a symbol of education for girls exactly what islamist terror group wants to fight. was her only the risk was blessings reports usually reborn around the militant jihad ists and the military's operations to fight them. at home blessing the mother of a one year old is relieved today she doesn't have to comp through footage of yet another explosion she must only added to horace visit but just how far can she push

the envelope with the government this is so special. the how it will always be questioned i mean no matter how you know science you know the story you are doing is you know you have to write you know why you are in a story that makes a very you know to do stories especially especially for you in on your own blessings job usually involves many constraints in terms of press freedom nigeria is currently ranked one hundred twenty s. by reporters without borders that's one hundred twentieth out of one hundred eighty countries despite the government's official obligation to protect the freedom of the press but as human rights organizations point out the reality on the ground is different jonell is are subject to violence and they are denied access to information. this is with my car in january his newspaper office was raided by the

military it was this article that got him in trouble a story about an operation against boko haram why should the office be rated just because we currently reports reporters should be free we are all stakeholders were all we are all shareholders in the enterprise called humanity with the raid made him only stronger and even more committed but in order for change to happen in nigeria biharis priorities must also include press freedom he says is should be on his priority list because we are total of democracy the present is the only portent instrument the society uses to check excesses. you know in just this is i will fail is committed by any of these arms of government with my beliefs the limits for the press are rooted in the country's military past he says nigeria must live up to its commitment that the country's

ruled by the constitution and not by decrees. another country that made promises to improve its media policies as him bob but i would not say that mugabe era journalist are still harassed on the president been on gaga just recently riots police teargassed two six three chat zimbabwe's leading online news platform offices authorities pursued one of the five forms journalist would be taking pictures of a clash between police and street vendors in central harare a journalist lovejoy was likely injured by tear gas kind of stuff he told you the challenges in working as a generalist in zimbabwe and of attack you want to say something you are afraid to think of the consensus of what you know who to be writing what you've been to your postings his office immediately because you know no one's been there yet all going to see your post and what they what they're going to do to you so. very very scared

. to operate in full for journalists and if not joining me now from zimbabwe is our correspondent was shot near the village welcome to the show so your journalism by the way how is it like for you working in your country. it is a difficult situation in zimbabwe i thought things have kind of changed i think the saying that we have propagated now is there more things change the more they remain the same there's been probably sees in terms of changing laws in zimbabwe from a personal point of view i see these are we but these no commitment if you look at the environment that we wake we in. the difficult part is that accessing information is a very difficult situation specially in terms of government institution because of the existing laws personally i have gone through difficult times we have. had some

times where you are asked or even beaten up by the police just put doing your work so it remains a very difficult situation to work in zimbabwe but we hope for the better what does the brought up pictures see about africa's performance and the need to. index rankings what do you see generally. yeah i think freedom of the press you know africa remains a very contentious issue if you look at their latest report by reporters without borders very few countries say for your book you know fossil gun. and that's the city's victory. but there rest between the difficulty and very serious situations if you look in the north of africa egypt

libya countries like. that they remain they remain is what sports so it is a very difficult situation for africa we are still being ranked law because of some of the violations that you see that are still happening in other african countries. reporting from zimbabwe thank you. mozambique is struggling to deal with the aftermath of cycling kenneth the storm hit a week ago destroying homes on routes many people c.v.i. yet to receive help and i increasingly frustrated about the government's lack of action our correspondent chris sent us this report from one of the worst affected areas. has felt somewhat traumatized ever since cycling and of rev against his will. i mean.

when the storm came everything was still ok. the blue my house was still standing. but then it rained for hours on end as you see in the that's when my house collapsed. like quickly packed a few things and floating by. many people in the village lost everything and in the time since the cyclon hit they've lost all power. luis takes us to see the only means of transportation that is left in his village. the rickety old boss only starts after a long time and when it finally gets going it only runs for ten minutes since cyclon can if the road and says here. and the next town is an hour

away by foot. we want our streets back so that we can drive to the city like we used to so we're asking the government to finally help out. but the government seems to get going as slowly as the bus at least one good thing has happened workers from a chinese company appear in the afternoon and attempts to repair things but they seem to reach their limit soon the mess of destruction can't be repaired quickly at the moment the water level here is rather low but this can change very fast sometimes it's just raining for a few hours very strong and then the water goes up again threatening the communities around. even in parts of the provincial capital pemba the water level is still high meteorologist marianne's in the know observes the weather

from the station she is optimistic but can't give an all clear signal yet the on. this ship will likely continue to rain over the next few days. but probably only lightly. we don't think that the rain in this region will be as strong as it was in the last few days. in the village of mara kinney continues to waited to hope that the government will soon come to help. he hopes for a new house for electricity for the streets to be repaired but most of all he hopes for better weather. now this is where mandela was incarcerated for over eighteen yes now a drawing of this sell by the late south african president was sold in new york for more than one hundred twelve thousand dollars the wax still crayon drawings shows the door of nelson mandela's prison cell on robben island

a powerful symbol of hope and of resilience the drawing is one of more than twenty words he made in two thousand and two when dealing with his experiences in prison and while the few that he kept until his death. that's it for now from v.w. news africa you can catch all our stories on our web site on the facebook page we need you now with more outlets created by the late nelson mandela have a great weekend.

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