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in south africa's eligibility community. your welcome to the program we. reject the plans by the country's military rulers to hold elections within 9 months that a clear mission of freedom and change forces alliance says it will keep up the campaign of civil disobedience to try to force the transitional military council from pot. suspended dealings with the army after yesterday's violence because of a sit in outside the military headquarters in hock to doctors named to the opposition see 35 people were killed in monday's crackdown. the army says that that's where the result of the botched attempts to clear the

streets and has promised an investigation so the un's military leader apologized but said all agreements with the opposition went off accusing them of trying to sideline the armed forces. the military council has decided the following. to cancel what has been agreed and negotiations with a declaration of freedom and change forces. to call general elections within a period of less than 9 months with regional and international observers here to my home to form a transitional government to ensure the following setting accountability and removing all officials of the former regime who are involved in corruption cases of establishing long term and comprehensive peace in various areas of conflict allowing peace to take hold in the return of refugees to their homes. or on the military's announcement of elections has been met with deep skepticism by protesters in hock to they reject the military's involvement in the poll accusing

the army of season control of the democratic process for the. whole this speech will drag the country down the opposition will not accept it and people in general are behind the declaration of freedom and change force and regardless of their political affiliation with the government should abide by the people's will and the people support what the opposition alliance is calling for. one of the high capacity of the of the lives is a great tragedy that instead of celebrating each we are burying our marches there are people lying on beds at the hospital and that you know what is a life of all we want to know and i can hear that in fact she wants to know for some knowledge i'm joined now in the studio by and from the german institute for international security thanks for being here and i see you again the last we spoke about that well see. situation isn't it now i miss that if i vets yesterday on the

eve of a major religious holiday i guess the question i want to find out is that the generals in control of their own forces yes i think they are and i think specifically the general who is commanding the r s f the record support forces those who committed most of the atrocities yesterday he did command them to do that so he is in control and he wanted this to happen now that is interesting isn't it because you would assume that the way the sides and was going for an international community was supporting whatever was going on and then this what's the strategy there good question i think the general the vice president of the. of the military council transitional military council he announced on friday that he will not do with the with the protesters any more he considers them disruptive elements and that he feels like those negotiating on the civilian side one to construct a government that he is not happy with so he already announced that he will need to

move against that that's the strategy what's the strategy beyond that i don't know he might just feel that it's enough to be in power and he might not think that he needs the international community so clearly he was stressed in the trip there which is exactly what you were told to it that's a day to what and well i think he wants he wants to be in power. to what end i think he also wants to push the t.m.c. to for him to basically be in the lead so. you know the army person he either reacts against him then we have a serious issue for 2 security forces against it or it's other. the president follows him and then basically it's the military against civilians so who who really is in control of the streets in hot. well i think as of yesterday it's

it's the those that we know it's gender we need it's those that we know as the militias who are so far basically directly linked to bashir. who was in control of the streets until yesterday it was definitely the civilian protestors next you said it was always as it was a very peaceful protest for the last 66 months well talk about a protest a step back on the streets so what does this say what would you make of this whether back on the streets of course they want the transfer the transition not to be ending they want their revolution they want this to continue they want to have a civilian that government they want to change the system they want more than just the sheer out and the system remaining as it is so that's why they're back on the street and they remain the power can they remain the power they held for the last couple of months i think that's the question we will have to see and this is basically what they tried to break yesterday exactly by the dialogue as has been broken now between the protesters and the traditional council or the military

console what does this mean what's the way forward now because it seems like a very strong stumbling block isn't it deaths i think for the transitional military council and means they are leading the transition on their own without the civilians and they announced that they want to have elections in 7 months so it's fronting as if they are producing some democratic end and for the civilians it means like they don't have trust in those who are leading the transitional transitional military council what it could mean is either they find a way to replace those who are in control in the t.m.c. right now where you know people from the army who are trusted to continue the debate or basically it's going to be bashir 2.0 minus bashir a final question before you go to the african union the e.u. and the un have all condemned the killings the happened last monday. why how much support do they have from the international community the protesters leading the

protests is definitely i think from from the african union the support is clear and it was quite clear you know a day after the protest i mean after she was ousted you came out with a strong statement the question is more how much support do those in the t.m.c. feel that they have from others such as egypt and some of the gulf states and you know is there communication possible between those on that side and let's say they you and maybe the west on the other side well thanks very much an advance on the germans it's huge for international security affairs thanks for time thank you very much thank you. now many african countries have some of the most prohibitive laws against. people in the world same sex relationships are often considered taboo and a crime across most of the continent but in south africa being gay is legal in the country as he stumbled to create a scene or did he infineon out on stage struck

a tsunami with the african queen decades ago and is now a larger than life that of beauty in cape town's fashion art and community. d.d. is getting ready for a show he's gay and also happens to be one of cape town's most famous drag performers using his on stage drag persona the african queen he hopes to inspire others to be creative and free being attracted to the liberating situation as well as it is it's provocative as well in subversive so if you love and age of how to put it of creativity of danger. of to be really but it is not easy although homosexuality is legal in south africa the african continent has some of the most prohibitive laws in the world against it

same sex relationships are considered taboo and in some parts punishable by death or imprisonment as the son of a priest and coming from the cosa ethnic group o.d.d. is no stranger to conservative views people don't know how to refer to a drag queen. queen here or she's like dude i'm wearing freakin heels i'm tucked i've liked i've singed my waist but so much makeup obviously what is looking at you is she has no diva the african queen perseverance has paid off she was given a warm welcome but i recent queer event in kylie shot one of south africa's biggest townships where such a big celebration of sexual identity was previously unheard of here. have a feeling you know it gives me hope when it comes time to time that we have. as tribes exist and that. is a new hope that people may start looking at different than me it's really exciting

to be done something like that you know what that's like and then you think. that if it's. not extended it's very. i think because it's new o.d.d. says he pays little attention to any odd looks he gets while in drag and although performing in high heels is tiring he's happy to call the show a success he feels confident that people's feelings are changing. and that's the beautiful thing about the evening was that it was organized by black l.g.b. she african woman and it was a successful event people attended and. it was success and you know she part of that is really. it feels feels great to be part of that to be part of something where people are showing initiative and courage to actually claim the space in society.

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