dream. room her dorm. room with just these pieces and a tap on your smartphone together. please don't know but. this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes is africa's wealthiest woman guilty off that isabel dos santos has had her assets frozen in angola the government accuses her of causing the state to be losses but she says the charges all politically motivated. this secretive traditional practice in south africa that's costing young man their lives. then the ibori and superstar lim of new feet shows us around his home city abidjan.

hello christine window welcome to news africa it's good to have you along it's been some big developments in angola in recent weeks the latest being a court order to seize a 1000000000 dollars from the daughter off the country's former president isabel dos santos behind me who is africa's richest woman is the daughter off jose eduardo dos santos he says he has as president when mocked by widespread corruption in which billions of dollars of state funds and they didn't went missing. down in 2017 the man he picked to take over from him. launched an anti corruption drive almost immediately after he took office he say's safe to have recovered billions of dollars from abroad not isabel dos santos has said she will use all the

instruments of angolan and international law to fight the court order. so are the developments in angola political or is the new president genuity bridging the system of corruption to answer this and other questions we've invited rafael mock is he's an angolan journalist who's been awarded international prizes for his reporting on government corruption he currently heads an anti corruption watchdog in angola welcome to news africa mr mark is the daughter of former president bill santals and has had her assets frozen what is the justification for this the main justification is that she'll sell more than a $1000000000.00 to be involved and state and. pay for it. and also her own which restrains the cendant their potential defendant from disposing or dissipating the assets so that's basically what has happened and it is not what it

means is a total shock as the saying there was no 2 process and this she doesn't understand the law she's lying and i just happen mr mock is one of the things she has said and i want to read you a tweet she put out. in the last hour as she said and i quote my companies employ thousands of employees in angola providing well paid jobs with good benefits we have contributed over $200000000.00 in taxes we provide of 820000 jobs and we support of 830000 small businesses if these numbers are correct that matter. less the shadows. problem with the truth there is no what this big task on wall street is she shares in the number of companies in which she insists that state money and the state. interests in

the companies continue to function normally. that's fact the management structures of the companies simply she will not be getting the possibility to sell these companies to sell his shares in this companies who are all they heard trant i mean that's what is going to happen all right you know ok so she now gives a rip and istead just coming back to some of the work that you've been doing over the last few years you spent a number of years investigating corruption and for the president. sent to us just how widespread is corruption or was corruption and his role. corruption was the main means to to sion in the country and the planned ring was the norm of the rule and the miss you shantel garment. leadership so

that's why and his family was the main beneficiary of the country's landry and and that is why the federally his family has more to give back to the state than in one ours because they were at the top of the pyramid in terms of. pillaging this country the last one in very quickly if you could has as the does sentence family lost its grip on power and where did things go for them from here and perhaps we did things go for the country very quickly mr markets. mr bush and others in his family lost all power and all that and he's got their start with the country essentially and the countries that match better place because there is more freedom now they're coming situation is bad but that's a consequence of the past years of peace that you shankill so ok there is now up at

a shop and fruit and. all right that's rough ale market is in the one day. thank you thank you. now each year thousands of young men in south africa head to the countryside to be initiated all men it's a rite of passage considered essential to become men and the initiation includes circumcision however botched operations lead to pain and sometimes death among the initiates it despite the wrists the ritual continues to occupy an important place within traditional culture. these young men are taking part in a custom that goes back centuries. from now passing the time. but their activities in this heart will shape who they are for the rest of their lives

they're going through a rite of passage by told by many people here to owning the right to call themselves men. i've read of this since i was a child same way out of brothers being initiates and there was no way i could stay a boy on my own and. the initiation procedure is a test of insurance it involves living in seclusion for weeks often in mountainous areas and it involves being circumcised without the help of off the docs medicine if you go to the hospital you're not there plus a man grows in our coats are we not allowed to use peer of. their chins. you have to use our live until you. live works pretty well with. that but critics are calling for more light to be shed on the practice in the last 5 years more than 500 young men have died some because of botched circumcisions others

because of dehydration as initiates and after forbidding from drinking water for several days health officials are also concerned that some schools are failing to stick to guidelines on. rituals. the one. who must go. to those. who decides to go without the permission of the. for those involved the reasons for taking part so compelling. as a boy you get up to mischief. you only taken seriously once initiated some even regarded as criminals but once you're initiated you learn how to become an adult. taking the long view it looks like the issue of initiation is set to remain a talking point in south africa for some time to come. a

vision is africa's 6th biggest city and the economic powerhouse of ivory coast the comedian elsevier a limit me think shows us around his home city. boy you are the ones i wonder why hello everyone i am living on your feet they also call me commander more reba i'm an artist comedian actor and single i'll introduce you to my home town that is called obvious joy an r.v. caused. a big john is the 6th biggest city of africa around 5000000 people called economic powerhouse of ivory cost their home. wherever sylvette here are slim and. the ivorian superstar causes is specially here at the palace of culture a hot spot for ivorian. the carriage in the lively trade field

district in the south of the city that here has room for more than 5000 spectators theater groups bands and comedians from all over the country playing here among them of course my feet what are you go guys the palace of culture i love it that's my whole life that's why i do my shoes because it's the only place big enough to bring together all my funds to unite all those people who love me to come and love to share moments of humor to share the atmosphere with me the palace of culture it's like that it's in my heart i love it. a vision is one of the fastest growing economies in africa and the cultural sector is also benefiting from this exciting boom just us money revenue rick perry well.

this is especially the case during the rainy season when most people visit big shows in places like the palace of culture to see like a minute and come rain or come shine he always remains positive even at the cheeky girl. and what i mean answer like this ignore us it brings us cool so it's good yes and look there are some pretty women as well. what are chamma in white and kariya after a lemon fix studied business management he started working as a professional soccer player but after an injury he dedicated himself to a totally new field entertainment now when he isn't busy performing on stage music in a studio in the neighborhood. this and this is where i make my musical arraignment when i release new trucks this is where i find my inspiration this is the studio you come and see just follow me. through what his speciality is

a music style from ivory cost that combines caribbean music with more traditional dancehall sound. but even the gravitas performances has to come to an end thank you george or margot god go. oh ok thank you very much for coming to see me in cote d'ivoire in abidjan and for letting me show you the places i love so much see you soon just respond abidjan now that entertainment. it sure is and that is that for now from dayton is africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page today leave you with more pictures are also initiate in south africa following this age old tradition the next time it's i found out.

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