turning back into the history of slavery. i think we will truly be making progress when we all accept the history of slavery as all of our history. our documentary series slavery routs starts march 9th on d w. this is state of the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes high drama in uganda and i had to make imprisoned often salzman the president has been free staring at the wrote a poem saying uganda would have been better off if its president died while his mother gave birth to him. and we meet the people leading the movement that's to monte political freedom and told this as the country prepares for a general election on saturday.

hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company a 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 longtime leader one time she described him as a pair of talks in $28.00 c. and she was arrested and charged with cyber harassment today's verdict was met with cheers but dramatic scenes outside the course. even before the judgment was read out stella 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 no no outside to chance continued and demands for run source follow up oh god. oh. why was i in prison because i wrote a poem. because i expressed my. interest. and i remember is that why i wasn't present the victorious mood soon tang volatile the crowd confronting the police after they thought she was being rearrested collapsed amid the strong are supporters carrying her away. as officers sought to take her back to

prison. and the tug of war over a famous firebrand. only halted by a round of warning shots. but i think that we don't live in the end the authorities won and insisted on taking young sea back to prison to collect our belongings our supporters insisted on joining along for the ride. is going to kampala where reporter is standing by hygiene is so in that courts today what was it like. the court was fully partner in still and as was coming out indoors a lot of people wanted to be there when this big decision was going to be made but

as soon as the decision was made soon as the judge said the phrase she went out to address the priest and there was a very huge it came from the bar ground that some of. us thought that the police wanted to. take a bark to prison so that she would during this this is what caused the. couple of gunshots they were forcing her into one of the vines she had collapsed a couple of minutes after exerting court and what started as a very calm situation ended up to be a little bit violent. we really can't. yes she does and this is the 2nd time she 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 that prison chairman 7 is a little bit distant from this case but at least notice supporters. of. the

supporters of. our cues prison have any of using the law to go against the people. they think. that is why when she won the case today it was more like everyone in the opposition has won because they thought 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 opponents. jenas we saw there was tons of support full in the courts but just how much support does she have and in society. i should say a lot of support especially among educated ugandans who can read into. it . it is also important to bear in mind in

a very conservative society and some moralists i read a really slow to embrace this unique way of activists and so on one side 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's going to choose this so she has a big following with to the people who who understand but the more. bracing especially with a strong language. all right that's. thank you. told those president fiery 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. curates we're not of 3. we want from 6 in the morning to 10 at night over 40000 so you. all have families we all know your 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 live i'm 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 you 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. he said law doesn't serve anything but because the people are miserable there will be the togolese want to get a lives and we have an oppressive regime. that a risk people. being confined to a real chief didn't stop him from being at the forefront of demonstrations calling for presidential term limits until 2102019 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. we want to limit his mandate and we want to the election with

2 rounds but the limit doesn't apply to him if i can genius because the president is still in office he's got to. know me and southern togo are predominantly and. while 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 you see 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 will chase him away if he wears a t. shirt and protests on his 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 see. on all a democracy and the construction in english welcome to the africa louis powell has been in the hands of one family in total for 5 decades what do you mean when you say a democracy and a construction. well defect is that total has been lured from $960.00 treat by a family that is called messing the defender 1st of all and then dead less 38 years after he was he saw

a date in 258 and then it was. during peak in year so nobody's looking for change and that change we may be. underpinned by the opposite bias he's. an impure or jump to 5 or so the son of the 1st president of the country when you want him to. and not a lot is that is hanging on on this particular election it comes off dramatic reforms to the country's constitution do you think that this he makes in 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 pat the elections in which you have to be teased at the national assembly to have

a day can also observers during the process we send it to anderson and the 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 everything has been done even with you have to book the rules of democratization in western africa and they quickly if you can add at louis in your opinion what needs to be what needs to happen in total fulfilled they have to be real change. is the involvement of the act was they also know the need involvement of the media because when you look at how to change have been seen again for example it was a matter of involvement of the political biases of this since it is the safety. of the media so everyone needs to feel that it is a national issue full of the only people who have the will to see and they make

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word published in the. rico is in germany to learn german why not learn with him simple online on your mobile and free to suffer from d w z e learning course nikos fake 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 is being overshadowed by this terrible event in the city of how now if frank for us a suspected far right extremist carried out an attack on to hook a boss whether kin 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 ego levitt who self as being the subject of right wing extremism in the past 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 palomas blogs and media will come later just one of many reactions but if we do move all now to the film festival i'll be talking to all man david levitz who's down a heart of the festival in a minute but 1st of all it's the 70th edition of the belly nala it's under new management.