cultural magazine. arch 21. w. . sure some people go for the information. they want to express. on facebook and twitter broke today in touch. from the us. this is steve happy news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes and precision to demonstrations in malawi thousands have been out on the streets in 3 cities they're disputing the results of the maine 21st election that's. elected they say they want the system tray and. their pro-war limbaugh to do justice to resign and

get out. and will take you into one of symbolic ways maximum security prisons activists say the country's jails violates the rights of the people they house. i'm christine one while come to africa i'm glad you achieved in and president it seems in malawi as thousands of people rally against the results of last month's disputed presidential elections but nice fired tear gas to protest as demanding the resignation off the head of the country's electoral commission who they say has dismissed allegations of voting fraud in the incumbent president. now and he won that but the 2 made opposite. have challenged the result.

was the scene outside parliament in long when when state in the last few days thousands have demonstrated across the country and unusual side in an otherwise peaceful and stable country. the longest the stronghold of the opposition millau congress party they say last month's presidential election was wreaked and they've been robbed of their victory clashes have spread to the 3 main cities opposition groups vow to keep pressure on the government i want to join my audience because malawi is across this country there are there are angry disappointed that a matter in which the management of the election results were conducted and we want everyone involved in justice to resign and get out of the opposition has filed a challenge to the election results for the colts and the civil rights activists say the electoral commission has not dealt properly with more than 100 different

election related complaints they demanding the dismissal of the electoral commission. we are not siding with anyone who wants a model wheels of democracy to model what was i don't know be there was all i know are answers i could have also model car my mother load how to load or i'm a good little of the wider world still i thought i built our own little motor load loading zone where the troops were popular and guys pot fueled by the die economic situation in an exclusive interview before may's election the president said he could offer no quick fixes that the thing is ok not to want history. frustrated no nor drugs what more drugs or drugs. go drink that's why i started getting the commuted bang book orders were good or whatever. we would require the

government to run or. the president is now urging for calm and accusing the opposition of organizing illegal protests but observers say with many demonstrators mobilizing spontaneously this current search and on rest more resembles a popular uprising was was and that story we'll keep our eyes on here at the deadly africa now an extra is in zimbabwe where activists are pressing the government to reform the country's prison system rights groups say the country's jails are overcrowded and a shortage of medicines food and other basics violates the rights of inmates i'll be talking to a prison reform activists in a moment but 1st here's a look into one of them bob is the most notorious prisons. she could be a maximum security prison one of them bob was $46.00 jails. the men's section here was meant for

a 1300 inmates it currently holds almost double that number. of convicts and wardens alike be mown packed cells and crumbling facilities water supplies retic and there is a shortage of food and medication some inmates complain the cells are infested with lice and other vermin at the clinic in the women's section inmates say basic painkillers and antibiotics and possible to come by meaning prison as risks dying from easily treatable conditions. i'm a child the positive. and the drugs for a child they are available but the other medicines like antibiotics doxycycline and paracetamol are not available at all. lawmakers recently visited ruby voicing concern about the state of the prison zimbabwe's lawyers for human

rights has condemned the quote deplorable conditions which it says expose the inmates to illnesses and psychological trauma. freezing conditions in zimbabwe have long been a dyess state but the issue has resurfaced in the public domain again off to that parliamentary committee visitors in the prison you just saw in our report now only i spoke to michelle in how to she is a legal practitioner for the some human rights in g o 4 i asked to what the most urgent issues are. thank you very much for having me on the issue at hand right now out of the prison conditions that they're having currently the overcrowding of the issues to do with economic social and cultural rights particularly food or to health sanitation those issues really need to be looked into particularly also their reintegration off the field up after they've finished the sentence these are particularly the issues that need to be looked into currency

in zimbabwe in the correctional system right i am so i wondered in your engagement with the authorities on these issues what kind of reception you're getting we know that shortly after he became president amisom and i were granted him amnesty to about 3000 prison is and that was a big as i understand to decongest the country's jails is this something that billboards are willing to work with you and organizations like yourselves on. as soon as the own basement has been pretty good we recently had a roundtable discussion 1st of 4 with civil society organizations that are working within the prison sector we also had a run to us these run table discussions where we had policy makers discussing beds in as much is granting amnesty or do you can just in the prisons is probably a short term basis to other issues that need to be looked into rick of mandy the

old boy which is established in terms of the prisons acts to actually be put into place in order that in the long term we have those of us having run this into this is put on licensed release so that we don't have could just have prisons as well as looking into training of prison officers or the correctional officers that are actually working within the prison sector to have a more human rights approach to measure the un standards so i would say with their reception moving in the correct direction in zimbabwe right i mean it's talk about zimbabwe and the current economic climate this is a country where the man in the streets is struggling to get by to access basic things like bread and even water in some cases do you find that the prison is all people in the countries jails really become the laws of the government's worries in that in an economic climate such as what the country is and the right now.

absolutely i agree with you in terms that it's just generally the ordinary citizen is finding it difficult to find the basic things that they need more someone who's enough honorable states where they're at the hands of the states particularly when this serving this into him right now would say beyond the economic issues the government still needs to prior to his budgeting for the prison sic to as a whole because beyond the current to me being in a place that it is. these need to be in place in order that the prisoners actually have something in terms of upholding the human rights so it's not just a matter of the economic the economic decline but also when you put this is in place the government needs to move in the correct direction of putting policies in place and also looking at the bias to climate that are required for the prison sector especially when there's a large population caring. that was michelle on the zimbabwe human

rights forum speaking to us about prison reform in zimbabwe mauritanians food for a new president on saturday in what is said to be a landmark election the country is expected to see its 1st peaceful transfer of power since independence from france in 1960 president who is stepping down after serving 25 year term since he took power in a coup in 20086 candidates vying to replace him taking to the stage and ready to take office mohammed old goswami looks set to become mauritania's next president. he's the current president chosen candidate and has pledged to build on the party's successful containment of islamist insurgents. micrograms 1st point of security the country's security comes 1st. mauritania

has managed to maintain stability more so than its neighbors but for many of the 4500000 people in the vast desert country there are other issues to contend with. the student we the people are suffering we're being wronged there is no work people employ you for a miserable salary then tax collectors take what you have to take from. mauritania democracy has never existed young people have had enough many of left over government opponents such as artists who denounce the state they all left they all the scape because there are no equal rights as soon as you say something you shouldn't you end up in prison. we've had enough. we are ready to do anything even to give our lives to change this country for everyone has to be equal. but that is all. of the 6 candidates in the running only former prime minister city

mohammed has a real chance of chasing top candidates. or it is that is you have suffered but you can put an end to the suffering you must end this suffering on saturday and vote for change. something. in a snowstorm real change is unlikely to come from the election but the prospect of mauritania's 1st ever peaceful transition of power is progress in itself. and that is a canal from d.w. news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page today will leave you with images off the gold market in the sudanese capital to the chest reopened off to staying closed through i'm restating the scenic side i buy.

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