he took part in the greatest adventure in history. wherever. there. was simply a human being. was new armstrong starts july 20th on t.w. . this is steve the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes i'm pretty sedated demonstrations in malawi thousands have been out on the streets in 3 cities they're disputing the results of the may 21st election that's all. elected they say they want the system and. their pro-war limbaugh to do justice to resign. and will take you into one of symbolic ways to maximum security prisons activists

say the country's jails violates the rights of the people they house. i'm christine wonderwall come to news 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 he fired tear gas to protest as demanding the resignation of the head of the country's electoral commission who they say has dismissed allegations of voting fraud not incumbent president. now that of the 2 main opposition parties have challenged the result. was. the scene outside parliament in long way on wednesday. in the last few days

thousands have demonstrated across the country an unusual sight 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 ears because malawi is across this country out there they're angry disappointed that a matter in which they in management of the election results were conducted and we want everyone involved in justice to resign and get out the opposition has filed a challenge to the election results with 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 to help democracy model democracy i don't know if they're not at all like you are that ready to go for model muhammad rather large how to load or am i going to do a little of the wider world still i thought i've been down to the mother load all these guys where the truth or the popular anger is part fueled by the di economic situation in an exclusive interview before may's election the president said he could offer no quick fixes that the thing is ok on the street they're frustrated now or drugs what more drugs or drugs. what your rotary thus why i started getting new committed big book orders were good but it would require the government overnight. the president is now reaching for calm and accusing the opposition of organizing illegal protests but up service say with many demonstrators mobilizing

spontaneously this current searching on rest more resembles a popular uprising was never the was and that story we'll keep our eyes on here at the 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 activist in a moment but 1st here's a look into one of them bob is the most notorious prisons. she could do the 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. 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 stiction in makes a basic pain killers and antibiotics and possible to come by meaning prisoners risks dying from easily treatable conditions. i'm a child be positive. and the drugs for hiv are available but the other medicines like antibiotics doxycycline and paracetamol are not available at all. lawmakers recently visited 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. frisson conditions in zimbabwe have long been

a dice state but the issue has resurfaced in the public domain again off to that parliamentary committee visited in the prison you just saw in our reports now earlier i spoke to michelle in how to she is a legal practitioner for the human rights n.g.o.s for i asked to what the most urgent issues are. thank you very much for having me on the issue at hand right now at the prison conditions have been 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 out after they've finished serving these sentences 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 emma semangat 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 are willing to work with you and organizations like yourselves on. as soon as he. has been pretty good we recently had a roundtable discussion 1st of 4 with civil society organizations that are working within the prison say we also had to run to us these young people discussions where we had parties to make is discussing beds in as much as granting amnesty or do you could just in the prisons is probably a short term basis to other issues that need to be looked into record mandy that her old boy which is established in terms of the prisons next to actually be put into place in order that in the long term we have those of us having long distances

put unlicensed released so that we don't have congested 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 much of the u.n. standards so i would say with their reception will moving in the create 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 basic things like grants 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 a in an economic climate such as what the country is and the right no. 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 the sentence right now would say beyond the economic issues the government still needs to prior to his budgeting for the prison sector as a whole because beyond the current to me being in a place that it is pilot. 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 we need 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 crime is that are required for the prison sector is specially when there is a large population caring. that was michelle. human rights in geo form speaking to us about prison reform in zimbabwe

mauritanians voted 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. is stepping down after serving 25 year term since he took power in a coup in 20086 candidates are vying to replace him. taking to the stage and ready to take off ace mohamed 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. know what programs 1st point to 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 governments of poland 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 everyone has to be equal. partners all. of the 6 candidates in the running only former prime minister city mohammad has a real chance of chasing top planted it. is that this you have suffered but you can put an end to the suffering you must end this suffering

on saturday and vote for change. so i'm. not so slow 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 it one hour from africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page today will leave you with images off the gold blockades in the sudanese capital khartoum the chest reopened off to staying closed through and restating the scenic side i buy.

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