the gulf coast. it's all a winning coach of pretty. sure link to use from africa and the world. your link to exemption stories and discussions in the unwelcome student news after going program a night from for an exam to meet from the news of easy town language safety debate it comes to africa join us on facebook d w africa. her. this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes in landmark ruling on a reason to celebrate its one assassin was that's right he is no longer a crime so how does this the last time l g b t i activist. also coming out of a crowded and under-funded we go inside a youth prison in nigeria to meet the inmates with little hope for the future and

the mob trying to prepare them for life after. anybody could julia as the name you're welcome to the show it was all tears of joy in major breakthrough in botswana as the country's high courts decriminalized homosexuality activist said when the landmark judgment was read out until today on the books one is on to gay laws offenders could be jailed for up to 70 is reading out their highly anticipated verdict the judge said sexual orientation is human it's not a question of fashion. making a strong case for human equality and nondiscrimination we'll be talking to an activist in a moment but 1st let's take a look at the daily hardship that faced what's one as gay community. today's

judgment matters to touch again see more than most and we were correct botswana's 1st gay rights organization he hopes this will be a defining moment seeing homosexuals treated equally in every decent you ations. cause then when you say this is that we require men that somnus is there not i will and even good government has been to be loosed negative comments say to you so we just want to be free to add to the services through the charity leg. when the team fight for l.g.b. to write and provide vital support to the country's past security geek community he has some encouragement for others struggling with their own sense of self-worth. that will have to be true that everybody deserves to be hip in the way they should embrace who in the. end. accept it as it is

because if you don't as accept yourself there's no community can accept. after today perhaps society's acceptance will know come a little easier joining me now from botswana's capital governor on is. brilliant cody hello brilliant nice to have you here now you were in accords room when the ruling was made exactly what was going through your mind at the moment. i was going through a lot of mixed emotions i was really in shouts to make hi and you want to know what this is the and decides and when this is the end all when they're quite rude. i was trucked and in as well as excited at the same time so i must say it really was at the of mixed emotions but mostly excitement. now what does this ruling mean

today community in botswana this ruling means so much to us this ruling means that finally now i'm trio. we feel confident as well because now the fact that there are i chair you just up white house to us that's on is then got quite a few dents not that we've really do not see a lot more. we really feel as the quote is like an ordinary guy that once on we actually know it would be nettles on. who are now in more than half of. the 54 african countries homosexuality is still illegal what do you envisage for the future of the l.g.b. teac you community especially after the news that you had today. what i envision is us. history that was

a fire on time taken away from us or that for a long time was kept secret from us because i also would just stand that more sexuality is very much you know. look i'm a sick child it is very much i think ken and it's about time that now we busy actually. reclaim this and continue from the way when we were promised. yes. now you sort of set a bit of what my final question was because many people would say homosexuality on african but you see it is african after all is that was i what your position is. it is it is it is in the ditch and it's about time we create good mission and all this unity that really did you say that for a long time busy has been kept away from us so the terrorists only now. tens of you

know that also include you fight in how the future looks like and we've got to get that this is only had it not ok brilliant cody it's one his capital gaborone. activist thanks for your time. now to a story about correctional services for teenagers in nigeria thousands are in prison for us awaiting trial and many prisons are overcrowded cameras are usually not welcome there but my colleague find if i saw you see access to a correctional facility for juvenile offenders. in ogun states. there are as young as 14 juvenile offenders briefly allowed outside the facility and under close watch one of them we will call him tyo he's cutting back we see his stories all too common. john's seen

a few. reporters are usually not. in prisons they are known for being notoriously overcrowded we are given a rare access by a guidance counsellor who works at the facility he wants the conditions to improve this juvenile prison was built for 200 inmates it currently holds almost twice that number to force me to this moment for such people useful if they feel both people will want to keep for me definitely a time surviving movie gentlemen are no good yes that means there is very little space 35 people share this cell they call their hostel and just one shower. so it's clearly overcrowded and yes is it your fancy for. dogs it's a wildcard and there is not much to do not enough teachers lack of adequate vocational training to prepare for a life outside what they miss the most is something else. for your 3 don't

they are a man tells me he's been locked up for a year for drug related crime others are here for rape or some petty crime the goal is to make them better nigerians but the government's resources are stretched to. use of shows me the library it's too small and is in need of renovation the school books are outdated. you don't like it because if you don't good need to be doing. true do one direction that means once released many end up hanging out on the street and getting involved in crime again but today should be about positivity where the government's efforts fall short and seek to fill the gap. is being given out to $385.00 students at. the special day because music these

days is supposed to be about. to restore. children. guest speakers are here as part of a private initiative to reform prisons in nigeria 1st stop a well known fitness trainer. he tells the students they can become anything they want it's not too late words of encouragement they seldom hear and seldom believe the world is also a grim nigeria's youth unemployment rate is one of the highest in the ruled so it's all too likely that after they have served their time here the teenagers who resume their old ways with their old friends and risk being locked up again. i'm joined by and in morton who is

a state court and you dream again prison and you'd foundation in nigeria they prepare children and teenagers for life after prison hello and thanks for your time is a nigerian government feeling it's just delinquents thank you so much. thank you for having me. the government needs to do more absolutely the government needs to be intentional about what she wants for the future of the young ones in one cheer because the crime for rate is increasing i mean that the rate of crime right now is on the increase and the juvenile offenses is becoming. so the government needs to do more the government needs to put in policies needs to put in programs need to do a lot to call this offenses happening. we're talking about offenses but also one of the big situations is overcrowding what are the core of overcrowded juvenile prison facilities. the

caught the crowd in is the fact that the increase in crime rates keeps increasing and doors are we to try ohs need to be attended to speedily the government needs to do all they can to make sure that the young ones the young offenders who are awaiting trials should be attended to instead of just kept there for a very long period of time without being attended to and then the poverty rate also is on the increase and family instability leads to this overcrowding happening right now in the facilities because a lot of the children are going into crimes. like it's a combination of many different factors that can make this situation better now while the i'm prison go on yes those in prison be better managed by the government and other stakeholders there's a lot of blame on the government. well

they can manage it by putting a lot of programs to create awareness so the young offenders know the consequences of what they actually going into so what they can do is make sure they put in more programs to create awareness of consequences for these crimes. i mean none of them will be spared if they go into such then also they can create a system tends to cases on the ground that might not need to pay for that long at the facilities and also create. all welfare for those who might have been convicted one you know how to reintegrate them back into society thank you very much and i thank. you for having me thank you. cards for last stories on our website on facebook. decriminalizing with.

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a composer who gets her inspiration from nothing more than a chat. but we begin with german photographer your cool vest who is living the high life 1st as a male model and then as a top fashion photographer until 8 years ago when he was asked to photograph his holiness the dalai lama joining his visit to germany getting to know him best promised a visit to bet's and highlight the problems facing the country then he went on to the amazon to help indigenous tribes that and now he's using his photographic skills to promote heroes of the sea. environmental photographer your code vests latest project draws attention to the state of our oceans with shocking results. this is not an island but a mountain of plastic.