come to the place where we reflect on society aren't. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines. africa coming up on the program taking on. blocking him on twitter also coming up. germany's president visits refugees in northern kenya where food is expensive. and. to break down in conservative trouble.

i. welcome to the program the 1st hearing has taken place in the lawsuit brought by a ugandan student who is suing. me for blocking him on twitter the student. discovered he had been blogged here a threat to the head of state edict on twitter he is unable to view. on the president account in his lawsuits. by leads his right to participate in public office. ugandan government spokesman. who was also named in the lawsuit said that free speech should involve civility

recall and we demand a minimum of decorum to the president of the person. who is from a live in member with the millions of ugandans who he lets there is nothing that even if it. doesn't encourage insulated behavior well joining me now is the ugandan man the syrian president with 74 blocking him on twitter. thanks a lot for your time now why exactly do you have a problem with being blocked by was 70 on twitter. thank you so much for. this talk show made by some being if we don't like the president of course he blocked you on twitter. for justice because i don't know the reasons why he hid all you know government fountain of all of the commander in chief while source my opinion is 100 years is using.

it for him to make usually so irate or to seek justice because you never give me if we're hearing now and i'm always wondering what the day may be you know that really the president. maybe we ought to answer these options. ok now some may argue why make a big deal out of it as you were just blocked on twitter what's the big deal. yes actually done that was based in the us you know that we've lost you know it at connection with our leaders. home. aero social media has made it you know it global village because we can't easily iraq without leaders so the easiest way for me to say this information from my lead this was a social media and that's basically twitter so when the president blocks me it and

it means that he's denying me access city formation in general and frankly into my for the most each and israel also. which is unconstitutional and have to use it until it just so the ugandan government is arguing that you can still access the information online so the fact that you've been blocked doesn't really matter what you say to that i want to say that there is based on the u.s. courts and with real time information because if you look at other platforms like facebook the president does not post instantly the way updates us on twitter so i can not get is the information we can watch it brings also that i can tell him what he does the elf to. uganda. and platform so as they hear all you know about on the on that he has to teach us equally as ugandans because we

tell him that you know it's about you know who done it and has more than less it was sort of this. my rights then it's violating my constitutional rights and have i been to court and to just say ok fast sharing has happened what exactly do you hope to achieve with your lawsuit. basically looked at about 45 because my justice has been delayed. that justice is late at night for hearing was supposed to just get a last year. and judge you know him for the hearing and now i was lucky that he was able to come and. listen to my theories but of course i wanted to 1st of all get to declare issue from court. telling the entire

country that. there isn't blocking equal they also one that gives an order to the president of the additionally the court. injunction to present so that doesn't locally future ok and also i wonder. because in the future media we have to know that only does a court of law. make our leaders accountable. speaking that to hillary ugandan must a student at harvard university. german president frank. last 3 days on a state visit in kenya that he visited there kakuma refugee complicating kenya's hot dry northwest getting enough to eat to their house always been tough and the influx of refugees has made it even more difficult. arrival in kakuma kenya's

2nd biggest refugees head home and it was the last stop in kenya for german president franklin before heading to sudan the arid region in the far north of kenya hosts over 190000 refugees mainly from south sudan but also from somalia ethiopia and burundi each time i appraise kenyans and the local to kind of people for their work posting refugees we are done for. v.k. in your money kenya is handling the situation deserves respect funding and. me because specially when you consider that the local people here in northern kenya are themselves juggling to make ends meet at finding in the attic of the lung and do the better you wouldn't do this and that's no longer given what they've suffered long periods of drought over the past years commons which is reduced the crops need to be good to get people off the water as a scarcity of food is a major challenge shared by both the to kind of communities and the refugees.

within the camp pilot projects like the school garden i supposed to help in the. idea is to teach students about farming in the harsh climate as well as about the nutritional values of different crops. to pupils of the selected schools train and when the. kids will be get to speak you can use the school of what. the school also has an entry of from that school lunch program. for many of the $1000.00 plus students here it's their main meal of the day. refugees at kakuma say the 8 simply isn't enough. rita from south sudan receives 11000 kenyan shillings or 100 euros a month for herself and her 8 children. making a living. and she so when you go for show people to show you fine example for me

when i'm. looking point 850. people for somebody. $1800.00 and something. that's already of i don't know when the end of the day when the bios settings. you know when you're being at small things we have numbers of my own you are selecting this kind of might be able. to make matters worse food sold at the markets here is more expensive than the national average because it's so scarce the kenyan government u.n.h.c.r. and the world food program are training various projects to help the refugees to earn an income and become less reliant on 8 so far the success is limited for steinmeyer it is clear that this region is still struggling to provide basic food security and that both germany and the international community still have a role to play here. the west african country of togo is

generally a conservative and as one of the know was wrong in the world when it comes to gender equality on women's rights but if female pins are is breaking down the barriers with her way of life artwork in a country where women have little say in both public lives and in the home. married off early serving their husband that could have been crystal flood both story as it is for so many women in tow but she decided otherwise and became an artist she only recently married at the age of 34 into a good it's considered late but always said she was married to her 1st husband could wait. these out. into a good woman is the painter as that soon. as bizarre even my mom says that on the people who smoke and do drugs like i do. with a crystal hopes to empower other talk with these women her paintings depict their

sufferings in a society dominated by men. no but this woman's done a half piece in the hurts when you get married and you are confronted with domestic violence you hide your face your feelings you pretend that everything is all right but inside you destroyed that many women will become ill doing this. a special day for crystal it's the 1st time she's displaying her work alongside artists in the togolese capital such exhibitions are rare in no major artists struggle to find spaces where they can showcase their work. to museums and galleries across the country and the women who are presenting their work today receiving the opportunity to be seen how we make in the past women were put down and men were a seen as being above them now people see that women can do the same things as men we are exhibiting together that's

a big change and i say bravo. to do. crystals paintings resonate with women's visitors self and encouraged to speak up. i want to be accepted as someone who can go. you can work and he can be valued by our values should be recognized. back in her studio christo focuses on her next piece with each painting she wants to drive home a message that if we men will govern this country i have this hope there is. hope for the future of africa cristela wants to see women rise in prominence in togo and she's determined to play her part with each brush stroke. call lasted for an hour from didn't use africa you can catch that story a lot of us from today's show on our website and facebook page for. you know what

this year's carnival celebrations. sungmin bellow in cape wrath see you next time i think. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one to his shadow and a few newspapers one official information as a journalist i have worked on the streets of many cantrips and their problems are all the same or do social inequality

a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption who can afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans on the scene or microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is jenny paris and i work a day domini. welcome to arts and culture we are of course going to be at the boleyn international film festival today and amongst other things looking at this. an extraordinary film about a family of exe and we'll be talking to the director of the film.

and the world famous old masters picture gallery in dresden is reopening after 7 years of renovations 6. but we begin of the balance and every year there is a golden baffle a lifetime achievement award to someone in the film business this year it goes to the british actress helen mirren who's made over 60 films from playing a gangster small opposite bob hoskins in the long good friday to that memorable oscar winning performance in the queen and she is in my mind one of the greatest living actresses around us i wonder what experts on this subject thinks film critics rocks is downtown at the festival snow are a little biased but how do you rate the measure and as an actress.

yeah i mean how do i rate or as an actress my lord she's obviously the queen you know won the oscar for the queen but i put her about that i put her as that as an empress of british that above all.