this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes of call in the gambia for all women and girls in the countries who report sexual assaults committed by for the president. it comes off to a gambian beauty pageant when that accuse the former dictator of drugging and raping her when she was 18. and how are people in sudan staying in touch and informed the internet has been restricted since the start of june the ruling military council say social media is a threat to national security. i'm christine window while come to d.w. news africa i'm glad you're tuned in the government in the gambia has called on women and girls to report sexual assault they experienced at the hands of former president. the appeal comes off to n.g.o.s human rights watch and trial

international reported that 3 women have accused of rape and sexual assault while he was in office germany is currently in exile in guinea one of his accusers is gambian beauty pageant winner subtle gentle. after 4 years of silence she's determined to speak publicly about her rape and 2014 for 2 to 5 jell-o. one a beauty pageant in the gambia attracted by the prize of a grant to study abroad but she would never get on the plane. invited to the state house for a ramadan ceremony she says then president jammeh sexually assaulted her. you had me think of an excuse i had come for religious visit who could believe that i did but i'm a strongly on the floor he gave me an injection i struggle trying to free myself from his grip and there was a moment when i was out of breath possible so i cannot say if it is syntax and that

made his effect feel our if it's for teak if it does would be just. ex-president ruled as a brutal dictator for 23 years notorious for ordering his opponents jailed tortured and killed. he also sexually coerced women say rights organizations investigating his crimes. because when we started working with victims of germany one of the 1st things we heard from some victims it was the argument was abusing girls and women and we decided to go right away to investigate me. but the investigation is proving difficult because not many women dare speak out. when you had what was called a rape victim is very frowned upon in our society

a lot of women have testified in the human rights watch report but they won't agree to reveal their identities because they care a lot about how they are seen by their peers just. that he did this. 2 to 4 jell-o. now lives in canada after fleeing to neighboring senegal and now she wants to help others overcome their shame. morning in my fight it's now you can talk about rape and we set up policies in the gambia and synagogue feel that victims of rape can go to the police and talk openly. police will be feeling like something mommy gonna be. by telling her story she also wants to play a part in getting your judgment extradited from equitorial guinea back to the gambia to face judgment for all of his crimes. our next story is an ethiopian a human rights organizations are accusing authorities off forcing displaced people

to go back to their homes in the overall mia region a violent conflict between ethnic people and a minority has seen more than 600000 people fear their villages in the last year most of them on the day and many don't feel safe to go back but the government of prime minister made insist their homes are safe and said it will be demolishing the camps they are currently living in went back to his village to months of displacement he found his house destroyed this was my bedroom his belongings were gone he is one of thousands of ethiopian deduce who fled into earthquake violence last year to this day he's still afraid of attacks around his farm and. we used to have a nice life we had cattle our house was burning we were drinking milk we were eating chicken and sheep now we've lost everything our farm is close to the border

with west googy so we were afraid to go there. since last year the conflict linked to lack of available land broke out in the goodies owens of their own region many ethnic originally from the neighboring region own farmland in these areas this has led to anger on the side of some roma residents. located along the regional border is one of the villages most affected by the violence many people lost their property or killed but those who committed these things have not been arrested or face justice not a single person was captured so far this week despite the ongoing fear last month most of the remaining displaced people from west googy were returned home officials say security issues have now been resolved in most neighborhoods also called cabela's.

but returnees were given no choice camps and the good weather displaced had found refuge were dismantled and humanitarian aid stopped then get they came back to her village a few weeks ago this piece of land is all that's left of her previous home we're happy to be back but i'm still worried our farm is far from here and i'm afraid to go there because some people said they saw the armed groups around there many retinues even temporary shelters made out of the netherlands or plastic sheets as the rainy season settles and families here receive about 40 kilos grams of grains and some oil once a month local authorities say they plan to distribute seeds and agricultural tools this would enable the return is mostly farmers to plant new crops and earn a living again. in the meantime others seem to have been completely forgotten at

least 21000 people are still displaced in the ghettos. over $6000.00 get there are still living in this refugee camp in the town of they were all displaced from the east about one year ago now the government is saying that almost all families have returned home but here living conditions are still very difficult people are reporting lack of food and they're sleeping on the floor in one of the cement buildings behind me 200 families are living and the children are not going to school the federal government halted food aid over 2 months ago hundreds of children live here in alarming hygiene conditions in addition to widespread disease and mon the tradition people suffer psychological damage. we are starving as you see our skin is damaged by bugs our children have to go to the streets and collect food in the garbage. local authorities are waiting for an answer from the federal

government to resume food distribution which would then trigger the process of returning the refugees to their villages. which. the. government food. but many don't feel safe to go back to where killings have again been reported at the end of may 2 men are terence also say thousands still live in informal settlements or renting houses in the ghettos they are not officially considered as displaced people and thus visible in the figures and to the public eye. ok now there's been a market rise in recorded internet shutdowns globally but african countries are dominating the needed board in 2019 the list of those that have cut connectivity this year is a long and includes countries all over africa from zimbabwe to liberia somalia and cameroon among the latest culprits though is ethiopia who have just turned the

internet back on after a 6 days a blockade they shut down the internet after a group of soldiers allegedly staged a failed coup attempt in a morris state now sudan is still digitally isolated after deeming social media a threat you heard right the country has been without mobile internet for more than 3 weeks the country's social media shut down followed systemic and organized attacks and killings of protesters calling for a democratically elected government protesters now have to hunt down the few internet cafes to keep up the momentum. news notifications and networks am i to see it has come to this cafe in ca too and not for the coffee but for the wife i. mean only an hour a day that's all in order to use the internet. right now and the general situation

is that no one can communicate with anyone. using the internet for an hour he costs $50.00 sudanese pounds that's around one year and the service is in high demand because international mobile phones has been widely cast across to dan since the start of june when security forces turned on peaceful protesters outside the army headquarters leaving dozens dead and hundreds wounded. they cut off the internet because of the massacre at the city and now everything is complicated nobody knows how to communicate there are many people who disappeared and we don't know where they are. that's why they cut off the internet so people are isolated and can't organize a gathering of. the ruling military council says social media is

a threat to national security but their internet blackout is also having a negative impact on business customers the lack of internet access is a struggle for these travel agency. so. for that we send a messenger. that they could then give them. back at the cafe these young men are making the most of the wife i. part of life we were born with it and to be cut off is really weird it's like we've got. back with. what mohammed really wants is for his country to me forwards he's attended many of the protests that have rocked khartoum for months calling for a peaceful transition to democracy that won't be silenced despite the internet blackout he says. ok and that is it for now from africa as always you

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