take. us. with. you. this is student news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes what is going on in mali fishley a small people have been killed in villages in don't go on this as the country is still reeling from last week's attack that left dozens of people dead the violence is so far confined to the rule areas but they're all warnings it may soon move to the city. then africa's football stars will be the center of attention when afghan gets under way in egypt we have a report on the issues activists say should not be taken out of the spotlight.

i'm christine window well come to you news africa i'm glad you did it's been another attack in mali as the violence in the country spirals on the government says at least 38 people are dead and more wounded off the gunman on motorcycles attacked 2 villages now these latest attacks took off in the center of the country in the villages off gun funny funny and your all these villages all home off ethnic . they've been in growing conflicts within ethnic for lonnie hood is now montes government is struggling to contain the interest and violence in the central the country which coincides with an ongoing campaign now this latest incident follows a similar attack earlier this month. which killed 35 people according to the

government but the locals say that number is higher. never again the attacks must stop the call of millions at a vigil held in bamako for hundreds killed in violence this year they're demanding answers from the government. we're asking authorities to tell us the truth on what's going on in our country. we don't understand what's happening here. because what's happening and what's being said is unlike us. a lot of them of course we cannot accept what is happening in mali she said into ethnic conflict. today i saw next to me the code in representative who's going to the you are presented to barbara and the r.p.m. representative who's also from a different ethnic group i myself i'm

a pill. some here believe the government has given up resigned from solving the escalating conflict president. cut short a trip to switzerland last week to visit the graves of victims of one of the most recent attacks he blames the violence and jihadist groups with links to al qaeda in the slum extenuate who control a lot of territory in the north of the country you know there's no interethnic conflict i say this very clearly. there's an increase of what we saw in the north and of what we continue to live in the north. which is looking to put on a mask but they won't surprise us because we know what it's about and from the moment we know about a problem the solution is very close but that's something many increasingly question some warn the situation could spiral further out of control. and my wish is that the whole of mali understand why. we are living through it is

extremely serious because if we don't watch out it will break up the country as you reckon and will not be limited to the zones that will enter our cities and vengeance will settle everywhere he's receiving military help from france and from the un but that hasn't prevented the recent surge in attacks and seems unlikely to bring calm soon. again so the situation in mali is pretty complex and to just help us make sense of it john if his is the project director for west africa for the crisis group he joins me now from brussels welcome to deja vu africa so you'll organization has come out on record saying that the hardest insurgency in mali and the government's military operations against it are exacerbating that into communal violence can you explain that. well it's it's rather simple each

side being the g i d e r. my and the 3 keys are trying to use local proxies the jihad he basically trained to get a foot in central money and started 4 years ago to. recruit among the sunni communities among which they have been you know more successful among other communities for a different kind of reason and one of them being one of the leaders of a to find central money is him self threaded on the side i think that the money on the army has difficulties fighting the jedi war extremely good at fighting in the rule countryside so basically they're also looking at color allies the good proxy that's going to help both provide information or you know fight against the jedi fight fighters so basically they're using the community or trying to use some of these dougal and they have been former izing of the so in the end the fight between

the government and the jihad the is actually i think i didn't you know what tensions. already. tense relationship between have to go for money ok so the violence we've seen that fall is taking place in the rural areas in the out states so to say they're all voices in mali warning that that $5.00 could come to this city where these communities co-exist in other parts of the country. that's a possibility but we should stress the fact that no so far most of the violence is contained in the rural countryside if you back tension to recent incidents it's mostly villages that have been attacked but it's true that in some of the i would say you know middle sized like. mary that increasing tensions because actually you do are members of each community living in the cities all right my last one seeing

they're all coals in the country some people say that the devil meant needs to talk to the jihadists and that's something that as far as i understand the government has been reluctant to do i think the idea of talking to terrorists doesn't quite appeal to them but some people are calling for that and what that helps it to sit at a table with these jihadists where the international crisis group is among people calling for such a dialogue we have in fact the jihadist groups we have released a report recently on this issue especially focusing on some time on each we believe that this kind of dialogue is going to be extremely difficult for a number of reasons one being that both sides are right no. you know for to post to the idea of dynamos but we have also documented instances in which luckily. one of the main shia groups in central money i think gauging to look for signs of violence

we've n.g.o.s for instance we've broken populations where some of the side of the government some money and politicians recognize the limitations of the military approach and some of them are also supporting our call room. for dialogue you know in fact i'm stressed in his diagnosis with jackie and after the release of our report to. the ministry of territory at a stretch and in bamako you know say that basically they are looking for ways to establish the right of the bates they recognize that it's also difficult ok. join every. project director for west africa for the n.-g. o. crisis group on the security situation in mali we appreciate your insights thank you thank you now be upsurge in violence in mali has spilled over into neighboring book enough fossil only last week dozens of gunmen killed nearly 20 people in attacks in the north of the country and hundreds have been killed in recent weeks

the dramatic spike in attacks since late last year forced displacement over on 150000 people in the country here too the government has failed to effectively tackle the violence also despite international military. the africa cup of nations kicks off this week with egypt hosting the biggest soccer event on the continent attention is said to be focused on the pitch as the best $24.00 teams fight it out before the final is decided on july 19th but in the background there is a different struggle going on the struggle to get by as egypt slides further into economic stagnation and the struggle of opposition voices to be heard in the repressive climate of the regime of president. el-sisi mohamed salah egypt's star football player grew up in this building before taking his talent off into the wider world his hometown of mcgreevey is far from the capital

most people here live in desperate poverty. and unlike most have little chance of escaping it. mustn't. it's one of many young people who could have given up. a small town here and it shows how extraordinary is that he's been able to overcome all of these obstacles. in and out of. trying to shift the status quo or getting involved in political activism here is a risky business. that's something a law knows only too well the activist spent 5 years in prison he was released in march but has to pay tough parole conditions for the next 5 years he has to spend 12 hours every night at a police station. it isn't a moment that i don't think about my parole conditions the situation worries me is

not freedom is not even half freedom is something very different. president abdel fatah has been swift to crack down on critics back in april he voted to implement a controversial constitutional amendment to extend his presidency by a further 6 years human rights watch says that since sisi came to power in 2013 around 60000 people have been imprisoned for political reasons that's more than ever before in egypt's history. prita says her mohammed morsy was president for just one year before being overthrown and accused of espionage. his death this week has thrown prison conditions in egypt back into the global spotlight i think this. president's more see this should actually. bring attention to the state of thousands of prisoners in egypt prisons some of which are even not convicted just sent to prisons. here gyptian government

hopes the africa cup will help shake off the negative headlines but the country's problems are visible everywhere even when it comes to football. for example cairo has few training grounds for its up and coming young players critics say the government is badly neglecting its young people when it comes to both sport and education those with sporting tell and placer hopes in a dazzling football career like that have their hero mohamed salah. but it's a separate but i want to go to europe and play with. i want to see him and messi and cristiano ronaldo. big dreams perhaps because the reality is so hard the world bank says youth unemployment in egypt is 32 percent and if nothing else the africa cup will provide some much needed distraction. and that's where we'll

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