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stand a chance. save the european idea. on you to stand up. and contribute to something important that she. starts september 2nd on g.w. . this is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes and the drugs hailed as the promise to save lives from that scientists say the virus is no longer insurable off to a trial of 2 drugs should significantly improve to survival rates so what does this mean for the current ebola outbreak which is the 2nd deadliest in history. and young people taking it upon themselves to protect their city from. source or. to peers with. emergencies.
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the smoke speed and all the elements africa's cost spinning the motor racing produce heat hoping to be the 1st. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa i'm glad you're tuned in scientists say they are a step closer to an effective treatment for a bowler off the 2 experimental drugs in a clinical trial were found to significantly boost survival rates 80 days of from the trial shows mortality rates dropped by about 50 percent for people receiving either off the 2 drugs as compared to the mortality rate in the general population when the disease is not being treated by a drug now it boldly. is transmitted to people from wild animals it spreads among
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humans through direct contact with the blood or of the sea creations of infected people or with surfaces on temin aged with their fluids now the 2nd deadliest outbreak off the virus is currently ranging in the democratic republic of congo in which 1800 people have died now because the drugs have done so well in the trial they'll not be given to all patients in. the country. the world health organization is a co-sponsor off the trial we're going to go over to. the d.r. janet diaz from the dead is standing by welcome city to every african janet would i be and is stating it if i say that you're excited about the outcome off this trial hi thank you for having me on the show no i think it's a correct statement we are very excited and happy about the preliminary results
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from the randomized control trial. janet what does this mean for full court for this outbreak of ebola that we currently are seeing in the democratic republic of congo which as i said in the beginning is the 2nd deadliest on record. so that means many things i think the most important thing to remember is that we've had these therapeutics in that the r.c. since the beginning of the outbreak we started to use them about one week into the outbreak under a monitored emergency use protocol so we have those therapeutics in use for patients who arrive to treatment units in november we started the randomized control trials of them patients who are in rolled into that study now the big challenge we've had is to get patients from the community to the treatment units because once they're in the treatment units they've had access to these therapeutics so we do hope that these new results when community communicated well
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to the population to the people here of the d. or c. that people will hear this and know that if they come early to the treatment units they can get treated and the survival is actually quite good. ok. so much so janet that moving forward as i understand it having read a statement from the w.h.o. that people with ebola going forward will now be treated with these drugs could you give us any expansion as to how this treatment is actually administrate sure so yeah so since we heard the rate these preliminary analysis results patients at all the treatment enter centers are treated with these 2 drugs the drugs are intervening. ministrations or they were by between 30 minutes to 2 hours of an i.v. administration. ok janice diaz from the world health organization thank you. thank you. nick story
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takes us to northeastern nigeria where a group of young men and women are taking the fight against boko haram into their own hands calling themselves the civilian joint task force they say the army has failed to protect the people there vigilante group was formed in 2013 with the aim of driving the islamist fighters out of their towns and cities now these young people armed themselves not just with guns but also with daggers machetes sticks and iron bars but some fear these young people might one day themselves be the cause of trouble prego reports from my degree. the city of my degree during the islamic festival of salafi muslim families intermingle s. groups of blue clad civilian paramilitary stand guard against possible bull karama tax something they say the army has failed to do the young residents begin arming
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themselves in 2013. we just. sort of the peace will reign in regret that is our emergence that is ideology their bodies to be going to jail today the civilian j t f has around 26000 members many are school dropouts who serve little as turning to have to fighting in the militia their growth has left residents worried that my degree is turning increasingly violent activist ahmed pullover is one of them locals call him a peace ambassador the mirror blows and the more government counters in inappropriate manner the more you know you know aggressive our people are trying to be is giving it's changing the cultural mindset of our people our people are now right becoming violent by the day and i would have to fight to survive day in day out every month he gathers members of the community to build networks of activists
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and to work on education programs one initiative aims to encourage young people to return to school and to speak out against hate speech and here courageous our community. before we had no idea to bring to school i knew what we're doing is a sensible for our children. and also. especially he has met with caution that must be my surveillance which is just a matter curry's official motto is home of peace but peace disappeared when boko haram came says. he hopes that the lorry will push harder to. improve the situation . however many youngsters admired the civilian joint task force now while yusuf a research at the university of my degree calls that of resistance culture of violence these villages your what they are doing really attract
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a young ones. to join them are also to be like them they are supposed to be in the school in the primary school in the center of the world not fighting. an arab bomb or how mad is checking worshipers for weapons she joined the militia when she was 17 after boko haram had killed her husband and father she prides herself on being braver than her male co fighters nevertheless she still dreams of becoming a doctor. i was there but is finished that we are hopeful that one day we will study and get good jobs that i lied i'm going to go our government has promised us that. the wife will fight. but for now the civilian j t s does not expect a defeat anytime soon they continue to recruit new members steadily militarizing my degree and so grows the need to offer its youth and i'll turn it to future
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perhaps only then can the city reclaim its place as a home of peace. to discuss the security situation in the region we sat down with the deputy chairman of the african union. we asked why it is so difficult to overcome boko haram in the chad basin. it is not for want of trying something enough or want to win this. this situation determines everything and the institutions when they were developed assists you know but the times in the end. in sight of reason. and this question of forced us you know looks out used to be there with the body to give life and the. living to. the neighborhood surrounding it. not a child is drying out. of the drab of the. damage
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from a to livelihood to life in general. leads to depression. of every huet the young people inability to go to school. become easy targets for front teeth some extremists. and die slowly introduced to us then we come to think of comparable i think there is for real hope in and then the charge and solutions to. that was quickly what's a deputy chairman off the african union commission. where switching gears now to south africa's cost spending which is a celebrated cultural phenomenon it dates back to the 1980 s. but cost money was recognised as an official but it's also many in 2014 and it's growing into a big business you're about to meet
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a 13 year old hoping to spin his way to national fame. troubles all extreme speed extreme stunts extreme spending welcome to the past time so dr kim carr not going crazy for. those. who figure it for me everything he knows he learned from his dad and father like son not concerned with getting heart. i'm not afraid because i have thought you know you never would be. my brother so far the only we're in tehran the wheels tires not to give samir a fighting chance of becoming the best spender in south africa is bordering on an official national sport in the townships.
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time to search the up. and fight for the truth. it's hard to overcome pound trends and connecticut. it's time for. ws coming up ahead. minds. greetings from berlin and welcome to arts and culture well today we'll meet a composer who invites us to experience music as a physical presence rebecca saunders will be joining me in the studio and we've also got these stories lined up. in a new series on european landmarks we start with one that encompasses the very essence of france and the city of light the eiffel tower in paris.
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and taking up some slack at the end of the show get ready for the amazing feats of a stony and slack planner. well she's one of the most compelling composers working today london born rebecca saunders who lives and works here in berlin and her competent compositions turned the whisper the shimmer and funder of sounded to something tangible and she invites us to focus on minute creations of timber and of course the symbiotic relationship between musician and instrument challenging to play and fascinating to listen to.
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