to make every delivery special. not just next day but every day. thousands of children who are still waiting for their delivery sponsor a box today so together we can deliver features. this is state of the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes high drama in uganda and academic imprisoned often saltine the president has been free still and nancy wrote a poem saying uganda would have been better off if its president died while his mother gave birth to him. and would meet the people leading the movement that demanding political freedom and told this as the country prepares for a general election on saturday.

hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company ugandan academic who was imprisoned after insulting the president has been for 8 a judge in kampala said stella nancy had been wrongfully convicted nancy has gained notoriety for using a strategy called radical rudeness it aims to unsettle powerful people like this man uganda's president you erin was 70 young she has often criticized the long time lida one time she described him as a pair of talks and tweeting a scene she was arrested and charged with cyber harassment today's verdict was met with chit is dramatic scenes outside the course. even before the judgment was read out and nancy had a glint in her eye it was standing room only as uganda's most formidable feminist

enjoyed her 1st day out of prison in more than a year she scribbled notes as the george where his very unsure appreciation when he ruled she'd been wrongfully convicted or supporters were more enthusiastic. there was. outside the chance continued and demands for run shorts followed. up. with the. first. one was a result because i rocked up. yes. i mean i remember is that why i wasn't the victorious mood soon tongue volatile the crowd confronting the police after they thought she was being rearrested she collapsed amid the scrum for supporters carrying her away. as officers sought to

take her back to prison. issued. under tug of war over a feminist firebrand. only halted by a round of warning shots. if not most but even if we don't do it. in the end the authorities won and insisted on taking down c. back to prison to collect top belongings are supporters insisted on joining along for the ride. is going to compile the way a reporter is standing by hi julia so you live in that course today what was it like. the court was fully parked when still and as was coming i think there was a lot of people wanting to be there when this big decision was going to be made but

as soon as the decision was made so and as the judge sits there freeze she went out to address the priest and there was a very huge commotion it came from above ground that some of. us thought that the police wanted to really. take a bark to prison so that she wanted her during this this is what caused the. couple of gunshots they were forcing her into one of the vines. a couple of minutes after existing court and what started as a very calm situation ended up to be a little bit violent yeah we saw that really coming. yes this is the 2nd time he has been in prison for writing about the president is this also maybe about a personal vendetta being carried out by the president. on one side someone might think that they might because one might say the prison chairman 7 is a little bit distant from this but at least not his supporters. the supporters of.

our cues prison jurymen 70 of using the law to go against the people. and they think. that is why when she won the case today it was more like everyone in the opposition has won because they felt that this is a victory that they have to share and celebrate together they think. they have won multiple cases and the president should know that you can't use the courts of law to go against his open it's. genius we saw there was tons of support full in the courts but just how much public support debts he had and in society. i should say he has a lot of support especially among. read and interpret. it to you it is also important to bear in mind that your gun is large in

a very conservative society and some moralists really slow to embrace his unique way of activism so on one side she has very many supporters those who believe and can actually interpret what she says but. she sees that not everyone. to go against injustice what she calls in just the she says she. so she has a big following with to the people whose who can understand her but the more a little bit slower in a bracing especially with a strong language. all right that's serious. thank you. told those president s.c.b. looks set to claim a 4th term in office he's family have been in power for more than 5 decades on saturday the country of 8000000 goes to the polls and many are trying to claw back some of their power. charged emotions at this

newspaper stand in the run up to the elections. the face of president nothing be on the front page is enough to set off this crowd. there's nothing you know there's corruption there's no security we're not of 300. we want to go from 6 in the morning to 10 at night over 40000 so you. all have families we're only children that's not enough that's about 60 dollars each month to go is one of the world's poorest countries half of all told police and even less than $2.00 a day the president promises prosperity for all even though 6 other candidates are running there are hardly any billboards of them due to lack of funds protests are not welcome you are free to walk around here all day as long as you don't plan to demonstrate that's because the government when you hear that court tells the right

of the. world and their government building. the government says it's for security reasons to him is just an attempt to suppress dissent for because a coup is part of a movement that demands political freedom. and that. this law doesn't serve anything but because the people are miserable there will you for the togolese want to get a life since we have an oppressive regime that we feel that a respectful. being confined to a real cheap didn't stop him from being at the forefront of demonstrations calling for a presidential term limits until 28 in 2019 the government was forced to amend the constitution a 2 term limit but the clock was reset for nothing be his previous terms in office don't count would. we want to limit his mandate and we want an election with

2 rounds but the limit doesn't apply to him in the fight continues because the president is still in office. you know me and southern togo are predominantly anti nesting be well in the north where the president is from voters largely support him members of this rally say thinks have been improving. 10 years ago it was like it is today yes we do prisoners doing something good. is a political scientist he worries about electoral irregularities and that growing frustration among the opposition could turn violent. what we don't want to become so desperate they become radical. international opinion must take this into account. just because this generation doesn't act violently doesn't mean they want next week. for he wants to remain

peaceful and creative he says no one of the chasing away if he wears a t. shirt and protests on the side road it's his way of pushing forward in the hope of sparking organized protests that will challenge the status quo. my next guest today is hereby you know he has written a book tie so it will. all a democracy and construction in english welcome to africa louis powell has been in the hands of one family in total for 5 decades what do you mean when you say togo a democracy and the construction. well the fact is that total has been lured from 960 tree by a family that is called yessing big defender 1st of all and then dead lest 38 years after he was he saw the date in $25.00 and then it was

been willing during 15 years so nobody's looking for a change and that change we maybe we understand by the opposition parties. limp you all jump to 5 or so the son of the 1st president of the country. and not a lot is that is inching on on this particular election it comes off to dramatic reforms to the country's constitution do you think that this he makes and is going to be free and fair we have heard reports about some election observers for example being bad and. the fact is do we be serious problems after. the results of the election because many opposition parties have not taken the elections in which it would have to be she's at the national assembly they haven't taken bats also you have an observer during the process and the senate

could understand and on the. organizing this election so they would say the elections have not been included so they are not for that we can be looking for it but. everything has been done even with you have 2 groups respecting the rules of democratization in western africa and they quickly if you can add to add louis in your opinion what needs to be what needs to happen in total fall for they have to be real change. when he is doing all the actos they also know the new development of the media because when you look at how to change happen in the city go for example it was a matter of involvement of the political but is this since it is the safety. of the media so everyone needs to feel that it is a national issue fall out of the only people who have the book to see and they make

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he's in germany to southern germany. why not born with him. to suffer it's simple online on your mobile and free. w z learning course. german made easy. hello and welcome to us and culture the big culture story today is of course the opening of the belly not the in film festival but this has been overshadowed by this terrible event in the city of how now near frankfurt a suspected far right extremist carried out an attack on to hook up the cli and tell from lots of different cultures now this is also being seen as an attack on our culture in germany and there was

a minute's silence before the premiere of the 1st film at the betty nada i've also been various reactions from people in the arts world including here one from the pinnace igor levitt who himself has been the subject of right wing extremism in the past he expressed a mixture of grief and rage and wrote at this moment every single one of my thoughts goes out to the victims of the terrorist attack of how now as well as their relatives i feel the deepest sorrow and speechlessness my rage at the perpetrator and those who paved the way for him in parliament blogs and media will come later on just one of many reactions but we do move on now to the.