i'm not going to the gym well i guess sometimes i am but i'm still laughing when we think steven's or german culture of looking at the stereotype question but if you think the future of the country. yes you did see him pick his grandmother there you go it's all out there. i'm rachel joins me from the german. post. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes sudan comes to a standstill launch a 2 day general strike to press the ruling military to hand over power to a civilian. and we meet the historian who wants to teach african children a different narrative on the history of the continent but one thing that africans

very few. centuries is knowing where they are and where they come from. the africa cup of nations. will meet the people with disabilities who make footballs sold all over the world. i'm christine window welcome to news africa i'm glad. a 48 hour would nationwide strike is under way in sudan with citizens demanding a civilian government off to a military coup last month the sudanese professionals association which spearheaded the process that led the army to. urge people to show up at work on choose stand wednesday but abstain from any activity. in parts of the capital khartoum shops and businesses closed offices were left empty as people across to

the streets to express their discontent with the transitional military government hundreds of flights were canceled thousands left stranded as poor workers walked out. many pank staff also stopped work. but today the people of sudan demand their rights we want to civilian led authorities a democratic state a country where rights and 2 teens are respected for all citizens we are also here out of respect for the day this is the least we can do for them. one protest leader says negotiations with the military have stalled and there's no alternative except to scale up the protests. we only have civil measures available

to us that we will continue with civil disobedience and strikes until our demands are fully met we want to transfer to civilian authority who have. the military ousted the former president omar al bashir in april and his 30 year rule but for months now protesters have kept up their demonstrations outside army headquarters pressing for a civilian government it's not clear when or even if negotiations with the military will resume. my guest today is a sudanese human rights activist is from darfur and this kindly based in. adam so we've seen your fellow countryman taking part in that strike what are your people back at home telling you that a lot of people i talk to speak to them today they're telling me that is it is successful day i think of too much people was bought out of the bunker or people

who work even in the minister for mr human in sudan there are. also other people whose also don't have to do with politics also part of it is 100 percent successful destroy the danes for the right. what's your feeling about how determined people law this is it has been taking place for over a month now and of course the general strike is in the next 48 hours is radio about upping the ante and putting pressure on a ministry that doesn't appear to want to let go of its reins on the power but what i wanted to know from is how determined do you get the sense that people law is this something that they're willing to continue doing for months to come i think so because it's a very strange people after the city years of waiting for dictatorship to good to get away they get the chance to somehow to demand their signature you know just why i think it is all the people i talk to them this is a this is our chance and we have to take you know what i mean don't give up. you

can seize our specially if you know now is in sudan is also ramadan people are fasting because the people are sitting there in this sunny time which is like more than 45 degrees and they're still living in his drivers village just freedom so i think all of the noise out and also we have our experience about all this government from police you know from from from the military and people who say there are no ok we don't need any military room or this is our chance to have democracy. and civil to give this with up and i think we will do something right adam you you came onto our program on the news of being ousted by the military in april we're sitting here today and we're talking about upping the ante off the failed negotiations with the military to get that civilian government i just wondered if you still have that same sense of my country is on the brink of change that you did back then today. i am still feels that if this change is

coming because what is happening now and the is not easy to see just in political way like in the political level there is still something have to be done and that's why there is no vision of the so but i think it's also an associate is it is so much so. you know if you see the result of this drive now and like bank of bank of sudan the bank was. supposed to be one of bob's institution we're not people striking it is a big like success for my point of view just when i see it it will come that i have people in sudan they will build. the best. civil to get them or the next time and just have to wait for it all right adam bahama sidney's human rights activist thank you it will come. on next report is from south africa where one woman says she struggled to find history books black african children could identify with and those she did find were limited in scope now determined to fill

that gap no longer wrote own book she's already sold some 2000 copies and hopes more children in africa will get to read it. no longer loves reading. but today she's reading a book she wrote us of. without a book in africa with r.v. and. south african historian no longer hopes to prepare her daughter linda it for the future by teaching her the history of white people. based on my own experiences in africa and that the one thing that africa. has and put them through centuries of pain is knowing where they are and where they come from. the university professor discovered that african history books written for kids were most exclusively focused on ancient egypt she wanted to paint

a broader picture about the continent past she wants to cover everything from ancient history to more contemporary independence movement. when africans are clear about the history and about where they come from and the origins and their different mythologies we do way better as kids in school we do way better as students at university and we do. far better in the world in terms of being innovators when we know our history. no longer also realized that there are new history books that children in africa could really identify with she was determined to fill the gap and sat down with her in the street a friend any boy to develop a comic book for children in african history just trying to represent visually. elements of african history so that kids can.

kind of get a feel for it through the visual side but not in a way that. helps african people know my longest approach is simple she shows kids and young adults a different perspective on african history the subject of slavery for example is looked at from a much broader perspective and doesn't just focus on africa shows that humans have been cruel to one another everywhere throughout history. this is an important message in a country like south africa where traces of its colonial past would be found everywhere. no longer stresses that this alternative perspective was sorely missed and up until now even in schools but now put those like those in the 3rd eleusis and rescore have something to be proud of i went to momo up on this because if you must. know one angus book embraces african history and culture as it

covers issues ranging from the rise of civilizations to slavery colonialism struggles for independence and famous africans. it's really. teaches people about culture of years of coups i feel joy because we don't have books. and no millennium please as confident that her efforts will pay off the popularity of our book is to rise and perhaps one day walk well it will become compulsory in schools across africa. now it's to a factory in nairobi where people with disabilities make and staged footballs that all sold to football associations all over the world including. now the initiative alive and kicking employs about 70 people and there's also present in zambia and.

it may look like any other factory but this place is about giving people a chance for many people living with disabilities in africa finding steady work can be next to impossible joyce's experience that 1st hand in the past employers wouldn't even think of hiring her due to her shoulder condition but she insists she's perfectly capable of doing certain type of jobs. it will be something new to lots of challenges finding a job for people like us were living with disabilities that people would just look at us and judge so it becomes really difficult sometimes you find that you can do some of the jobs you find but your boss looks at you and thinks you cannot just because of the way you look leave your father colleague juma making footballs has also become a way of helping others. on this one i have been here for almost

a year and i love this job we are supplying uganda tanzania kenya all of east africa just so you see this job has done a lot for me because of my income if help my friends and educating my children i'm progressing in life. and that's the point of. the workers here are able to make a decent living but it's also about boosting confidence and taking pride in what they do. is important to national and of all of these footballs we make here and up all over the world last month i was in kampala and i saw them being played there and i felt like this thing we're doing is something important it's something that can uplift people because they are sent all over the world and i and all of us. so far the team has produced over 300000 footballs and some of them have shipped

all the way to prominent european clubs like arsenal manchester united and chelsea . and that is it from africa today as always you catch one all stories on our website and facebook page we've seen all those wonderful poles on maze now we leave you pictures of the beautiful big gaping paved part of the continent. eco africa. these people used to make money by hunting elephants. now own great earn their living collecting elephant dung. here at queen elizabeth national park in uganda. their work plays an important role in protecting this endangered species.

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