the burden germany's. to use the constitution for 17. years on doesn't know foraging for german. costumes the 2nd time so. this is. just. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes protesters in sudan after the end there of course for a general strike off the talks with the ministry to install a civilian government collapse also on the program. this situation in zimbabwe keeps getting tied up. for the ordinary person this is a bag of fuel increases that have the hoppin lives you know sprays for months that

report from zimbabwe away be safe to be in its most dire state since 2008 inflation sold to 500000000000 stamps. and one of africa's most influential office has died it was. mission to change the way the world perceives the continent we'll be talking about these pretty legacy and the attitude has. been your van gogh's dare to air is so much more profound especially at this time because he has for the longest time been one of the greatest icons as well as one of the most visible take your questions in the country. i'm christine we'll go wall come to the news africa i'm glad to did we begin in sudan. with protest leaders have called for

a general strike the call comes as talks with the military to install a civilian government in the transition period collapsed protesters were again camped outside the minister headquarters of khartoum chanting revolutionary snow gets. a lot of sleep on the side is escalating things step by step civil disobedience and strike action the moment of no real sick of the sudanese people should go aren't. the 6 shots to put more pressure on the military council to give us the full authority. to minister to the country. that in a civil war we demand a civilian lead on thorazine and we needed to soon as possible we are against delaying the transition to a civilian lead author achieve. a ybor him was recently in such an reporting there she joins me now to make sense of the latest developments and thank you for coming in so last week we were told that the ministry in the process he does have reached an agreement and that an announcement was imminent and now we're being told that

the talks have faulted what happened so as you as you mentioned about a week ago the military and the declaration of freedom and change forces said that they had reached an agreement basically for the brushstrokes of the transitional period that it would be 3 years that it would be headed by a council that would be led by a mixture of military and civilians and that there would also be a committee that would look into the targeting of protesters are these were the 3 main agreements and then they said that there would be more sessions that would then iron out the exact details and it is in these details that we're now seeing a disagreement basically the military wants the sovereign council which would need the transitional period to be majority military and the civilians say that they want to be majority civilian and for it to be headed by a civilian and not a military leader and it seems that on this particular point neither sides will make a compromise right right so we've seen this is still camped outside of the military his courses now there are. and they're talking about civil disobedience or about

a general strike presumably that's built more pressure on the military but what is really a tale basically means that all professional unions that have signed up. to participate in this general strike with would stop working and sudanese professionals association which has spearheaded the protest movement in a way and also the negotiations so far it's basically made up of. a group of of unions trade unions professional. associations and they're hoping over the past couple of hours and days also trying to get as many professional associations to sign up to their strike the strike as possible for them this was the last card they had always said that the sudanese professional association has said that you know they have chosen the nonviolent path and their only way of resisting is would be called revolutionary escalation and that means sit ins and strikes hoping that would put pressure on the military to perhaps compromise on this point that we

talked about ok very quickly get this in here so they've been calling on you to suppose he says that is on leaders from egypt and the like saudi arabia to stop interfering in the places of these legitimate concerns of the on the presence these are very legitimate concerns especially that you have gulf countries like saudi arabia and the u.a.e. need to actual financial commitments to them to the military and to sudan and transferring money into sudanese. banks egypt since the removal of ahmed bashir has been trying to act as a broker with the african union for example and reaching trying to do to try to give the military council some time to to to hand power with that being said it is obvious that these countries are interfering perhaps more on the side of the military than the protesters because they do have an interest in having their allies remain in power all right. jim thank you. the next story is in zimbabwe where the government has again hiked the fuel price

this time by up to 47 percent now when the government gets a few months ago protests erupted in the country you'd have news reports. this situation in zimbabwe keeps getting tighter and tighter for the ordinary person this is at the back of fuel increases that have happened twice in the space of 4 months queues evident everywhere the fuel is not readily available this has a head a ripple effect across the economy because prices of goods and services have gone out shopping with ca's a feeling the pinch because salaries have not gone up to match the increases that are happening in the economy government say's it is working on a comprehensive package to relieve the way because the last time when it happened there were demonstrations that erupted throughout the country but this time

government says it is ready to deal with those coming into our government is killing us with what do they want as young people to do we're suffering. from government this government has failed they're not capable they should leave it to other us yeah well you want to overlay what our president in zimbabwe is 75 so i was 25 doesn't have a job but the president who is 75 is earning more and more for his family. now tributes have been pouring in to the award winning kenyan author and gay rights activist being a white knight who has died in nairobi after an illness he was just for always use the word africa or darkness or safari in your title with the opening words of his seminal essay how to write about africa but another of his works was a groundbreaking for the kenyan. i am

a homosexual mom was the upfront title of binyavanga why name is bombshell short story in 2014 wynonna wrote the tale for his late mother as he mentioned last chapter to his 2011 memoirs while that's accounted fail to mention the sexuality he's coming out pulled no punches. so i just come in i came up because i'm not like you know people have dignity all people have dignity there's nobody. in the spirit there's nobody who's a beast of them anymore right now i'm quite frightened somebody saying you're not in your house you could ever you want to see it right but don't come with stones and sticks and loss ray wynonna was already one of kenya's most renowned writers when he won the caine prize for african writing in 2002 the award propelled him to world prominence in 2014 time magazine named him one of the world's 100 most influential people for his gay rights activism he wasn't afraid of criticizing

homophobic african leaders so when the people in the streets breads and there was putting about you and you know you're going to lose an election you'll find loud noises zimbabwe mugabi. media what's a cheap easy way to score points because you always need gangs right every human being has a gun to the meeting him. uncle why name his passing comes just days before kenya's high court is due to rule on the abolition of colonial era anti-gay laws not only will he missed that last year he said he planned to marry his boyfriend in south africa now the 2 will not have their wedding my next guest knew binyavanga wainaina personally did every african joins me now from good to see you didn't knew him personally and you know changing the narrative of how people view the continent meant so much to say and why was this the case. he was

a pan african east fast and foremost he thought of both the continent broadly and was unafraid differently as a matter of fact when he was just a student in 1904 he wrote a letter to granta. about how to write about africa and in each he really went in about this to a typical ways in which everything was being presented or in different text not just in the media but also in books by people who visited the continent and you nor the always painted yellow orange sunset and he just you know confronts this 2 types and then just shortly after he founded the. magazine literary magazine which allowed young people to express express themselves in their with that they knew how in the language saying that they spoke very commonly in the streets of nairobi ok so we're talking somebody about somebody who they can no doubt call a literally legend but he also meant a lot to people in the community he became an activist for their after he came out

himself and i wonder you know he was sort of like embraced by the community global community but he had a hard time at home in kenya didn't. yes he did because you have to understand christine that kenya is what you would call a religious country so this means that the laws that are there currently that people use. or observers use to infringe on the human rights of people are what have been contested over the last couple of years we have reported of both but it being a very religious country means that people don't care so much about human rights are about the fact that he has done so much more and that he's identity is not just a sexual identity even though that is clearly a big part of who he is or he was right and you got to know him in your life who worked with him but you probably referred to him on

a 1st name basis how would here what do you think how would how would he like to be remembered it let me say how i would like to remember here to be honest because i knew him as a presence you know as an enigma you walk into a room and these being you know is there only garvey you know is there and we did share many many spaces together i was honored in this way but also like i mentioned earlier the quality literary magazine that he founded also had like a baby which was the quietly open mike and it was there that i got to perform that i got to hold my writing skills that i got to meet other creatives in nairobi and also our own and it also allowed the young people not just within the narrow view which is the capital but also outside of the capital to find a way to express themselves so when i think of being at living and the whole that he has left it's carriage. just go out and do you

what those words will leave it there it went to. africa. and that's we will leave it for today as always you can catch all our news stories on our website and base the page i'm on twitter at 7 always keen to hear what you think about the stories that we cover and perhaps even the stories that we should be covering the next time i bring. enter the conflict zone. last known is known as well so position a sense of the boldest moves yet to decide to get the military is a come over to their side my guess is that they're in london it is going misalignment representatives proving venezuelan opposition leader was so sick that

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as our coffee and his friends can drink. these movies you can use dobber if you. his life story ground to. 27 years ago but there's no holding back his dreams. thank you for what. cinema starts may 27th on. the point is that people want change they lied all. they are they don't necessarily want you. they took you for food was good and while i don't know if they can cost full fools last moans venezuela's opposition attempted that hold just move yet to try to get the military have come over to their side and unseat the government but the efforts failed my guest this week here in london is van ness annoying

representative to the venezuelan opposition leader and self declared president. what happens next.