with. the dream so special. true true for. more than. one. this is new news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the islamic movement in nigeria some of the group's members have been killed off of had live ammunition to disperse they've purchased in a battle they've followed to keep demonstrating. just brought this is according to government. and to the local hero. and let me pick kenyan matthews providing preschool transport for children with disabilities in canberra. then i'll be

joined in studio by the award winning south african sing a song writes that he was just the forms of billions renowned. dawna. christine one bill welcome to news africa i'm glad you're in nigeria has seen a week off tension off the violence between person police and shia muslim protest is the shia group involved says' at least 20 off its members have been killed the clashes have focused around the parliament building in the capital. members of the group have been demanding the release off a nida who's been held in prison since 2015 baths despise a court order to release him shia muslims for a minority in nigeria about 2 percent of the population but the upsurge in violence

in recent days is provoking fia's the situation could further deteriorate. a funeral procession to 6 demonstrates his shield and monday the day scame when police opened fire on members of the shia group the islamic movement in the geria were taking part in what was reported to be a peaceful march in the capital of bootjack graham suliman lost his son for him it died as a hero and a martyr. i'm very sad that you know just in security trained and paid to do to get dissidence be used again that. it was you that was meant for the body or the protection of these it is to kill my son reports say as many as 11 protests is a journalist and a police officer died in monday's balance dozens more were wounded or arrested human rights organisations are condemn what they will excessive use of force by the

authorities against the shia are protesters this movement of nigeria's says' it will continue its push for the release of their leader despite the government crackdown. we are not if we are understood book on officials they are they are booked out and they are bonded why can't one fight them is because this is. killing or shooting or. details and what you all live only to stop just protests is for the government to respect the law of this land and pretty our leadership from the. brains to exactly has been in detention for the past 3 and a half years his supporters say regularly to the streets of butcher to call for him and his wife to be freed they say that zacky requires medical help already court was given. as is

a key. separately. he years but importantly government ignored the court order which i think is not also good. in security remains tight clashes between police and exec his backers have rates fears that islamic movement of nigeria might turn to violent insurgency. now to the story of one man making a big difference in the kibera slum in nairobi there's a school for severely disabled children but there's no transport service to bring them there and the low income families can't afford to make arrangements to stand you looking you decided he's going to do something about that stanley ok news day starts early as he sets off to take his daughter to school. happy bosy bori had meningitis when she was 3 since then she has been unable to move or talk. stanley

literally specialized center that could offer his daughter the therapy she needed and he soon realized how difficult it is for disabled children and their parents in kibera to access proper care so he decided to help every day he collects kids from their homes and drives them to school. some of these children hit each other some hit the windows another hit himself. i want to about what's happening so i'm forced to pull over so i can control them before a continue. for 40 families rely on the transport he provides without a kidney most parents would be forced to carry their children on their backs. i used to godhood when my back to school. and then. take the

train when sure she was worried for me. i even decided to leave her at home. but said only. good to any. 4 here at the mary rice center the children are able to socialize with each other and get the attention they need. this school specializes in helping children with disabilities and basic education is free to start earlier been able to reach to more children especially especially those with physical challenges coming from. because previously were using a wheelchair and a wheelchair has been difficult because of that area which is available in the world in the kabila. province friend difficult to maneuver using their which are and to some of them were they were killed in those she did. ok new uses his own

money to maintain and fuel the van most children come from families that cannot afford transport. making a big difference in the lives of the children and their parents stanley is driven by a hope. with special care and therapy he thinks at least some of these children will one day enjoy a degree of independence. i always wanted to be a songwriter. write great music perform it around the world. interesting people. travel. to see exciting places. and all of that i just want to. add that south african singer songwriter. by year or so not many can say they have serenaded nelson mandela and barack obama the cheek head and she joins me now in studio welcome to africa i am so excited

that you're here i watched you play perform at the concert house last night here in berlin and your guess it just has this feel good vibe right if you switch your pages today but that's really all of the music that's deliberate that's very deliberate it's really on purpose growing up in south africa and i think i got a taste of life that was unsavory and i made a conscious choice that i didn't want to add any negativity. 2 worlds and i found just shifting one's focus towards the positive actually makes for positive lifestyle fuel. we're going to talk more about your music in a 2nd but you know you've also become a champion for black women in a sense and i wonder why do you think that so many people relate with you as a role model in that sense i'd like to think i'm a champion for women period irrespective of color. and the reason that is being the case is because i've found that i've been so immense pated in my journey. i'm

a woman who runs a business and i've been in business for 15 years very empowered as a as a woman in as well that i really wanted for other women so it's really about sharing everything i haven't had my journey and i really think at it she does everything you know and so i put these things out in terms of everything i do out there in the world yet so out in the world a place that you have traveled your music has taken you places but you are still sort of firmly rooted in african i wondered what is your vision for our continent. my greatest vision is for all of us to just be happy to be quite honest just know that our needs are met the just be happy and know that we can dream and have our dreams come true but i've also realize that it's not about waiting for the circumstances change external there's a lot that one can do within oneself that will then influence how you engage with

life and i feel like that's a point of power for anyone and so that's really my focus is is to push that sort of agenda through education through exposure through networking through sharing. and yeah i've seen it work in so many scenarios that it's something i actually believe in. so your last album you released that in 2016 and i wondered if we get a scoop here and did you are you working on any exciting projects at the moment in the collaboration what but you've got to go in knowing where you're going to mix but we have to keep up with your kind of. i spent about 3 months in the united states working with grammy award winning produces and songwriters and really it's just to understand the process of creativity and i mean you've got global hits coming out of their part of the world and i really wanted to learn as well so. i have a body of work that we've worked on that does come from that it's very exciting it's

very different from everything i've done and i thought it's ok sometimes to just experiment just to see how that goes so the album is african american in every sense of it's really is an infusion of my roots as an african and of course that american flavor so it is quite poppy in modern in many ways but it still has that distance of lira and undeniable african flair to it so i really cannot wait to shared with everyone we can't wait to hear it i mention to the viewers when we win and you see that you've performed for nelson mandela the youth before and that the inauguration of barack obama but i wanted what has been your single most highlight in your career oh acing you know it's been 15 years it's tough to pick one off wow. well i guess performing for africa south africa's 1st black president and america's 1st black president i know that's true but it was quite a significant thing for me. and i guess if there's ever one more song is he going

at the world cup in south africa ok one of the most watched things ok it's amazing we have a few seconds left but i have these very questions for you the 1st thing that comes to mind what would you most like to have. dancing so you could i don't believe that you know what they're so estate which living person do you most of my oprah winfrey ok which was a phrase do you most overuse. brilliant. what is your most characteristic my my my my most mocked characteristic but oh no i would think it's my smile it is rated it also gives you a read to think that i thank you so much for coming i think a heavy sigh having me come back i hope that soon i will. and that is it for now from news africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and

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