don't listen. to giggle. live discover the a. lead. live subscribe to documentary on youtube. this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes or so the protesters are under attack the army has fired on the outside the military headquarters and the death toll is rising by the demonstrators are defiance and say they'll keep up the fight for the country's transitional to civilian rule. after the dispersal of the sit in we went back to the streets and squares and thank god with the help of the

youth we closed the street and we will close everything again god willing. and a project that's trying to raise funds to support the young woman who want to join the cycling world ghana's press professional female cyclist i set up a repair shop where they can get the wheels on track. i am michael jr welcome to the program it's great to have you with us after months of restraint this is a nice army has hit back against protesters outside the military headquarters in security forces stormed the come early on monday morning in the west violence to hit the country since the overthrow of longtime president omar al bashir in april. a. long feared violent escalation has engulfed the car to.

police and army chased demonstrators through the streets. fire an explosion so shocked that protests breaking out the peaceful sit in. but even as safely the bullets the protesters mocked the army and repeat their demands for change. freedom peace and justice civilian rule this month chant these protesters. that's encircled by the troops plead with them. to hold their fire. peacefully peacefully they shouted. but since the early morning sudan's capital has been anything but peaceful. protest leaders have stopped cooperation with the transitional military council calling the crackdown a bloody massacre and said i cannot even evacuate the bodies are they said they are

calling them martyrs. hundreds of the injured are being treated in cartoons roquet a hospital to sit down doctors committee says the death toll is difficult to count and can only rise but the army is reaching determined organize resistance the opposition have thrown up their own roadblocks in response stringing stones and burning tires across the city. after the dispersal of the sit in we went back to the streets and squares and thank god with the help of the youth we closed the street and we will close everything again god willing. a day of violence by the army may have broken up the protests to sit in that it seems to have simply dispersed the resistance throughout khartoum. joining me now is michael egan i just returned from sudan from the country doing the peaceful citizens and i was in close contact with activists who are monitoring

the situation thank you very much for your time now for a long time this situation was fairly calm until this southern escalation what are your sources telling you so they're telling me that this morning at about 5 am today monday some forces which appear to be rapid support forces stormed the sit in and started violently dispersing the protesters there my source on the ground was. one of hundreds gathered around the main clinic at the sit in the heart of hearts he said that they had to run away as fast as they could because 1st they started with tear gas and then. started with live ammunition and now he and this group is. now hiding in one of the main hospitals in the surrounding area of this it and as you said there have been weeks of relative calm i wouldn't say complete calm because there have been other more sporadic attempts to disperse the sit in and attack the barricades that surround the sitting area none have been as violent as what we've seen today which was

a full scale attempt to completely disperse the sit in so i guess the question is why now when you were there the military seemed you know quite taller and taller and so for the protests why i talk now i mean the military has says a lot of things in public but then what happened on the ground seems to contradict that greatly and there are number of reasons for this there's there's there are some there's some speculation that the military council is actually not acting in complete unison because you have the head of the military transitional council but hahn and the deputy known as have this you is the head of the route that support forces and the rapid support forces according to eyewitnesses on the ground are the forces that are involved in attacking protesters of the sit in air this is what i would say and just a little bit of background of the route that support forces this is a paramilitary group that operates under the sudanese military times but also sometimes is subject to the authority of the national security authority they have some of their roots go back to the judge or we'd militia which have been which are

accused of committing atrocities in darfur the genocide in darfur which is responsible for the death of hundreds and hundreds of thousands and there is an opinion out there that they might not necessarily be on the side of a peaceful transition to civilians because then that would eventually the to a situation where they would have to be implicated for their crimes talking about transition as well said on the suppose it's an employer says goodbye and says it is holding all contact the negotiations with the country's military council now is there any hope now for that peaceful transition be so dearly want and it's early to say where the. if negotiations will continue of course today the wound is very fresh still the protesters that i've spoken to feel extremely betrayed they were sitting you know some of them sleeping this is the holy month of ramadan the hour at which they were attacked is an hour of speech spirituality. the sunrise hour so it's early to say but for now that's what the forces are saying that they will help negotiations i think if negotiations are hosted completely and we come at

a complete stand still we would be. we would not know what the next steps would be but one would hope that somehow the parties are able to come back to the negotiating table just to avoid the shouting of a more blood on the streets i guess only time will tell i over him thank you very much. and today is well bicycle day so where better to talk my home country that's a project that's trying to response to support young women who want to join a professional cycling world they're hoping they can be the game changers in growing the sports in. life is to kills these girls preparing for today's training session. leading the 15 year old mavis. many of the guilds. aged between 13 and

17 years old paths of this cycling program in ghana which recruits young girls to be trained as cyclists they get. from this to support their program it's an opportunity that has changed their lives. in truth. i live. on is. strong and. the girls come to this repair shop to get their bicycles fixed and to learn how to repair them themselves the shop is by wajda view she was going as far as professional female cyclists she started writing in 1900 after dropping out of

school now retired she wants to pass on her passion for cycling to a new generation. cycling is already. ready to. bring. to the higher. cycling faces many challenges in ghana. professional competitions no funding and there is a little interest in this sport among young people especially females to be writers from the professional cycling club. i'm tom they rode for 3 hours from the capital to come and meet fight as group of enthusiast. they're glad it is want to help them get a head start in this false sense to get donations some of the girls are also able to go to school learning how to write this is the kind of support that the program

needs to really make an impact the gladiators hope even more will gets bitten by this i can park. the mystifies there who. will believe that was originally some interest. in cycling a chance to meet a group of professional famous cyclists means a lot to the gills they want to learn from them and hopefully follow in their footsteps my dream is to becoming a professional cyclist to take this training is over for today and the girls had whom they know that we've had wake them my 20 achieve their dream of becoming a professional cyclists. but most importantly they have amazing voices

a mess memorizing choreographing yes you guessed right i'm talking about south africa. take a listen there's. one thank you i take a look from the humble beginnings in 2009 we've demonstrated that no matter their background people can come together to achieve success i was lucky enough to be with them this week and that's the 1st africa press the boys and girls but where they received an award usually presented to very famous musicians lives with the after festival award they have also been nominated for a grammy after doing a combo of sharon's shape of your. fingers crossed for them because they've just auditioned for america's got talent here they are in person music is the voice and it tells a story of where we come from and who we are it expresses maybe.

that's how we express is changed. because they were bad influences but because of the quiet music. i have no time to do those big things so it's just good give me a sense of direction and beyond being as well. able to express myself. without fear actually and. that's where we'll leave it for now from d.w. news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page we leave you now with south africa's in. the form of the hour in addition of c africa originally by. the just and the africa festival and also next time it's 5 for the same. week was. for the.

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