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champion in uganda we call it. just the women fighting back we'll meet the granny packing punches in kenya for basic safety. where one woman is raising his voice for peaks. hello i'm christine one and i am michael julio welcome to east pressure the addition of d.w. news africa where we bring you some of all highlights it's good to have you and we start off in south africa an area outside of cape town known as the cape flats it's often associated with crime and violence we've reported on. gang related offenses and the data fit that residents are facing right now we have some inspiring news from the key flats 27 year old teacher admission of love his high school as

a unique way of teaching his students he's got them hold on this. playing the i. love you break down the dominance of all teacher and if you sit down to listen to me i speak i know if i have some sort of the way with the trick in my lasix empty street i keep my fears on the ground i look at what interests me what fascinates to me and then i try to catch the country never discover the truth leaking coffee and then i go do research on 2 things at all in line with the content and it can spy of. the soul for. a missing boy.

by. the side of the song just disgusted. me was the sound of my voice if this comes to both mean anything woman. you've been dumping them and keeping. they do face a lot of challenges in their households we talk about poverty we talk but gangsterism and all other social ills within the community but i've seen a different type of child that has been stigmatized for what people simply should leave is as and for and i always tell them i'm more than what i'm being seen. within the society itself including nice and innovative and supports us alert and helps us when we are going to difficult times the system that is being bold and

silly math and science is skill the creativity of the children still be there missing meaning is seriously holding something. good. to see. that we're back. where we were taught school without a cool mind our next story men have generally been dominating sports sure but tremendous. africa's number one woman in racing she's betting man in the sport oh yes the ugandan she became the 1st woman to win a national running title in africa i think i dreamily in sport has a big following among both men and women was but things look quite different in the cockpit. we are just over 50 licensed drivers international rally championship.

almost exclusively men but the phrase one will be on the ranks among the base. model when i had just gotten little did they know that these sorts of cars i was young by then and that this young lady it would come up to challenge men everybody despised me that is a lady that speeds. and you know whatever over. mistakes in the national championship are high and susan more often gets nervous when her rivals are on the truck. because. yes. but let our own when you get to the tat when i get to the stats and i drop all they feel. it is not easy. or driver knows how to give one a boast when the competition is stiff. so i tend to

be more in such a moment when she feels likely to be depressed the guys are faster than half and there is stand on. no we are fussed. the team strategy seems to be playing golf when she said this super lady she's known to have funds can be and cut your book. in 20 living longest surprised me when she won ugandans national rally championship . she won each again last year the only african woman if a torch of such racing success she's now another inspiring story we brought you was from kenya's capital nairobi where some brave women are taking their safety into their own happy yes to east africa correspondent melanie carruthers a group of grannies you really don't want to mess with. but. just a few years ago this place was known as nairobi's the most dangerous slum

presidents in korogocho lived in constant fear especially women like the 65 year old gary. he would hear screams all the time women were attacked by boys who had come to rank them. the grannies of coral gotto as they call themselves were regularly targeted superstitions attacked us believed the women were free and that sex with them could cure their own infection almost daily one of those numbers older women were sexually assaulted raped on that it. was created a few months one day we found dead with broken bottles inside her body when we carried her body to the police but they closed the gangster and didn't let a sin to kidnap of his but we took her body to the mortuary. and on that day we decided enough is enough and we women will start helping ourselves on the plane to decide to do. in

a post like korogocho as any women have had to bear the brunt of society collect and crime it is in this very community that many of them have been assaulted often section targets this in here but they fight to take safety into their own hands. running decided to fight back and others feel the same. rob between 65 and 90 years old meet once a week. and defend themselves. and when i'm walking down the street and an attacker approaches this is how i fight. i'm proud to say that i'm a strong elderly woman. it is with this pride and dedication that they have gathered to tackle and raised awareness in their community for a piece to be a daily reality with the. work life. now running says

she only use of a confederate 2nd day and she will keep on fighting until every woman young old will say and how come the. tough grannies moved from kenya to mali where one woman is doing have to make people live lives yep that's because a jihad is insurgency in the country has resulted in a big change in the way of people's lives and musicians have been uniquely affected yest whether it's a ban on music imposed by islamists in territory to control or you ban on public that's almost as bad a government's the result is the same musicians have been silenced in recent years but didn't respond if a child met with one woman who's determined her voice will be hit. and the sound of peace and hope. is you has wanted to sing all her life but when she wanted to sing the most she had

to stop. that was 7 years ago when the war started the jihad it's been music and the money in government still limits public gatherings so no music festivals forbid you could play this isn't much of a it's not like it was before the war for us artists but we hardly play in bamako. the artists are scared to sing at certain places. this stops us from looking to the . issue is singing again in this studio working on her 1st album she does not know where she will perform it in mali but she keeps scoring. we have to stay together as mali and nothing is better than peace music is my weapon through music i can talk to the children of mali or speak for them and speak for the women who had visions for the farm. aims to restore hope yet she too

becomes emotional about the situation around her today she has a very special audience it is public yet hidden from the programmer to temporary shelters for full army people. unnoticed demarco. performs for them about 800 people live here they had to leave their village after it was attacked by a rival group they say the children just want to hear you sing a lot of. them send them off at a time out. here why not draw. better than only 0. we should get makes me believe this is too much one has to help these people here. keep singing for them giving them a voice because that is all she can do with her music for now she says.

isn't that inspiring and that wraps up this special edition of news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page so they will leave you with some images of these great african musicians have passed away this year their music and shows they'll never be forgotten by fidel and happy holidays. oh. come. on.

the path to freedom 30 years of the fall of the berlin wall. which places still bare traces of the decades long journey divide. nichole slowly look on stakeout investigate. an emotional look back at the fall of the wall

30 years ago. next on w. coach a video of a fairly. sure link from africa and the world story link to exception stories and discussions from use as easy and while website to deputed comes much traffic up join us on facebook g w africa. it was one of the greatest celebrations of the past year the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall on november the 9th $1000.00.