into the german culture looking at the stereotype quirks and idiosyncrasies of the country but i don't. hear you don't seem to take in this drama there you go it's cold out there. i'm rachel join me from the. post. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes of the drugs hailed as the promised to save lives from that scientists say the virus is no longer an incurable trial of 2 drugs showed significantly improved to survival rates so what does this mean for the current bull the outbreak which is the 2nd deadliest in history. and began people taking it upon themselves to predict the. results or.

the smoke speed and strands of the elements called spinning. their racing protege hoping to be the base. hello i'm christine 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 ebola off to 2 experimental drugs in a clinical trial were found to significantly boost survival rates 80 data from the trial shows mortality rates dropped by about 50 percent for people receiving either of the 2 drugs as compared to the mortality rate in the general population when the disease is not being treated by a drug. that you. transmitted to people from wild animals it spreads among humans

through direct contact with the blood will of the sea christians of infected people or with surfaces on temin aged with their fluids now the 2nd deadliest outbreak off the virus is currently raging 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 now 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 deputy is standing by welcome citied every african janet would i be understating 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

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 air sea 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

to the population to the people here of the dea or see 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 this is so so much so janet that moving forward as i understand it having read a statement from the w.h.o. bed people with ebola going forward will now be treated with these drugs could you give us any explanation as to how this treatment is actually administrate sure so yeah so since we heard the rate these preliminary analysis results patients are all the treatment center centers are treated with these 2 drugs the drugs are intervene this. administration so 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. next story

takes us to northeastern nigeria way 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 the 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 and break out reports from my degree. the city of my degree during the islamic festival of salafi muslim families intermingle s. groups of blue clad civilian paramilitaries stand guard against possible boko haram attacks something they say the army has failed to do the young presidents begin

arming themselves in 2013. we just. feel sort of the peers will remain that is our emergence that is ideology every civilian digital today the civilian j t f has around 26000 members many are school dropouts who serve little atlanta to have to fighting in the militia their growth has left residents worried that my degree is turning increasingly violent activist ahmed bill lawry is one of them locals call him a peace ambassador all the while adam 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 today and abu have to fight to survive day in day out every month he gathers members of the community to build networks of activists 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 he courageous community. before we had all year to vent to school and you were being is a sensible for our children. and also for health especially he has met with caution time is still very major advance with his 1st major 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 while yusuf a research at the university of my degree calls it of resistance culture of violence these villages you're what they are doing really attract

a young ones. to join them are also to be like them they're supposed to be in this school and the problem is going to surrender to not fighting. mohammad is checking worshippers 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 wasn't there but is finishing up that we're hopeful that one day we will study and get good jobs but i think i'm going to go our government has promised is that they got the idea for the 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

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 and certainly not for the willingness. to situation it determines everything and the institutions when there were developed assists you know but the times in the end. in brazil. and. forced us you know looks out used to be there with our body to give life and improve. living to all other countries the neighborhood surrounding that. knowledge job is drying out. of the drug. screen

from each romance to love you who to life in general. to depression. have a hoot the young people in ability to quit school. and become easy targets for or from out if some extremists. and die slowly introduced to. them becomes to trouble i think that is for me i hope in the end in a child region and its relationship. that was a deputy chairman off the african union commission. where switching gears now to south africa's cost winning which is a celebrated cultural phenomenon it dates back to the 1980s but cost money was recognised as an official notice all shiny and 2014 and it's growing into a big business your boss who made

a 13 year old hoping to spin his way to national fame. travels all extreme speed extreme stunts extreme spending welcome to the past time south african car 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 never would be. my brother so far the only we're in tears on the wheels tires not to gives a mere a fighting chance of becoming the best spender in south africa spending is bordering on an official national sport in the townships.

heading in the right direction though it may be some time yet for dogs. like this. and that is it for now from africa as always catch all our stories on our website and facebook page now because we've seen all that spinning will leave you with more images of cars.

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