this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the islamic movement in nigeria some of the group's members have been killed after police fired live ammunition just 1st day of protest in a battle they followed to keep demonstrating. from just brought this is according to government. and the local hero bad meet the kenyan mad who's providing free school transport for children with disabilities in canberra. then i'll be joined in studio by the award winning south african singer songwriter was just before and i've been renowned. gonna.

come to africa i'm in nigeria has seen a week off tension off to violence between person police and shia muslim protest is the shia group involved ses at least 20 off its members have been killed the clashes have focused around the parliament building in the capital in the blue chip members of the group have been demanding the release of a leader 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. well a funeral procession to 6 demonstrates his shield on monday the desk came 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 eve graham's women lost his son for him

it died as a hero and a martyr i'm very sad that you nigerian security who are trained and paid to to do that dissidence be used again that. it was you that was meant for the body or the production of these it is to kill my son reports say as many as 11 protest is a journalist and a police officer died in monday's violence dozens more were wounded or arrested human rights organisations are condemn what they call excessive use of force by the authorities against the shia protests or is this thermic movement of nigeria says' it will continue its push for the release of their leader despite the government crackdown. we are not if we are underage we will come officials they are they are booked out and they are bonded work under one for them is because this is. killing

or shooting or. details on what the green you only didn't do only to stop just brought this is for the government to respect the law of this land i'm pretty sure graham this is. a graham sex act he has been in the tension for the past 3 and a half years his supporters take 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 house you know given. as is a key be released several days for many years but importantly government. the court order which i think is not also. in the security remains tight clashes between police and exec his backers have rates fears that the 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 contre for to make arrangements to stand your kenya 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 they 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 of the windows i know the hits himself. i want to about what's happening so i'm forced to pull over so i can control them before i can continue. to fight 40 families rely on the transport he provides with out of kenya most parents would be forced to carry their children on their backs. i used to get her on my back to school. and then. take the train when sure she was good for me. i even decided to leave but tom. said only. good to any. here at the mary rice center the children are able to socialize with each other and

get the attention they need. the schools specializes in helping children with disabilities and basic education is free to start to have been able to reach to more children especially especially those with physical challenges coming from kabila because previously you are using with a chair and a wheelchair has been difficult because of the tear in which is available in the world going the could be less long his friend difficult to maneuver using their with a chair and a some of them would be the i would chair they were killing those cheated. ok me 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. exciting places. and all of that i just want to. add that south african singer songwriter. by lira so not many can say they have serenaded nelson mandela and barack obama the cheek and she joins me now in studio welcome to the africa i'm so excited that you're here you're here i watched you play perform at the concert hall last night here in berlin and your music just has this feel good vibe right if you switch your pages to it 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 in the eighty's i think i got a taste of life that was unsavory and i made

a conscious choice that i didn't want to add in the need to be true to the world and i found just shifting one's focus towards the positive actually makes for a positive lifestyle if you will write great that 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 wondered 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 plaited in my journey. i'm a woman who runs a business and i've been in business for 15 years very empowered as a woman in music as well that i really want that for other women. so it's really about sharing everything i've learnt of my journey and i really think i did she does everything you know and so i put these things out in terms of everything i do

out there in the world yeah so out in the world a place that you have travelled your music has taken you places but you are still sort of firmly rooted in african i wanted 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 realise 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 just seen it work in so many scenarios that it's something i actually believe in. so your last album you release it 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 a collaboration what but you've got to go in knowing where you're going to mix thoughts we have to keep up with your kind of. i spent about 3 months in the united states working with grammy award winning producers and songwriters and really it's just to understand they process of creativity and i mean you've got global hits coming out of that 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 and everything. to me 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 a sense of lira and undeniable every conflate to it so i really cannot wait to

shared with everyone oh 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 you feel for him that the inauguration of barack obama but i wanted what has been your single most highlight in your career oh assuming you know it's been 15 years it's tough to pick one wow. well i guess performing for africa south africa's 1st black president and america's 1st black president i know that's too but it was quite a significant thing for me. and i guess if there's any one more time if you can going and at the world cup in south africa ok one of the most watched things about is that maybe we have a few seconds left but i have these very poor questions what you think the 1st thing that comes to mind what talent would you most like to have. dancing so you 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. and what is your market characteristic my my my my most mocked characteristic but oh no i would think it's my smile it read it's rated it also gives you a read to think fair and i thank you so much for coming to the chase for having me come back i'll come back soon i will. and that is it for now from news africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page today will leave you with mir is a breakthrough single feel good to next time. i just wanna feel good. read the. palm fairy although now feel the joy. in.

hijacking the news. where i come from the news has been hijacked journalism it still has become the script is reality show it's not just good versus evil us versus them black and white. in countries like russia china turkey people are told it's that simple and if you're a journalist and you try to get beyond that you are facing scare tactics intimidation. and i wonder is that where we're headed is world. my responsibility as a journalist is to get beyond the smoke and mirrors concern just about the premier from parents who are being neutral it's about being truthful. when he was quoted golf and i work immediately.