this is state of the news africa on the show today the school suspensions in subsaharan africa they're taking a toll and mostly on the end of privileged will meet winnie she was going to write to school leaving exams this yet but kenya has canceled the 2020 academic yet so how off she and the school children are getting by. and the cranes and

pursuit of peace in mani how fall and the politicians come in resolving the country's crisis. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company schools and possibly sub-saharan africa remain closed because of this spike and coronavirus cases this is further crippling already fragile it occasions systems on the continent now whether or not a child comes from a window family has proven to make a big difference in accessing lending during the lockdowns we'll talk to people in south africa about that in a moment but 1st this report from kenya on how volunteer is all stepping in for the state. housework and chores and not imagine to last months of high school right now would be crunch time in the lead up to the final exams but then

came the corona pandemic and a few weeks ago the kenyan government announced that school through the main closed until january next year. something. to save money for college and then study journalism or law. but for the moment all that is on hold and starting at home isn't easy. when i want to study it's noisy outside by the time i go out and tell them to keep quiet no longer need to study and then i think the t.v. is right over there just watch t.v. . for the past week however when he has an addition to the daily routine for 2 hours and running a short walk away from home. a local initiative between us so my project is where healy for we're studying offers online classes to students in their final year of primary or high school cyril pito channel

a community developer who comes from this neighborhood partnered with several n.g.o.s and local volunteers to start the program they rented a small room and sourced a native phones laptops and tablets. we're phosphoric all of the telling of that has come on he's. currently been going to that we're using. to more than 5 got it all together 30 students take turns starting here for a few hours each day now online classes are offered through professional teachers via partner ngo. when he's class for the day it's chemistry it's quieter than at home but when you're used to studying from a textbook or in class it takes some getting used to. his. school is better than online because in school you have a teacher and can ask them things that you don't understand it's only learning is hard because we can only watch. it. but the children have lost almost an entire

year of school comes with more problems than most people had bargained for especially in poorer communities like here in the robin neighborhood of missouri it's difficult for parents to support them. when you're just like right now they used to getting involved in crime they have pocket money you know when they're in school the parents give the money and they're in a safe space now they steal things and run away and the girls are just loitering around. for the younger kids at night so my team has organized a meal program an alternative to school lunch with food cooked by an uptown restaurant this not only lifts the financial burden for the parents but also keeps the kids from going to the street in search of food. himself grew up in this area and he wants the children to have the same opportunities that kids in other parts. i believe that product or opportunity because people offered me an opportunity to go to school offered me a. good college and so he doesn't need

a mark of training or 2 to do the same dose of creating opportunities for generation that would be a week but you know hopes that he will soon be able to help even more students and even though when he and her fellow students will have to repeat that process next year they won't have forgotten everything they learnt. so that's kenya we're going to go to south africa now and get the perspective from that country my guest today is stacey for she's an author and education activist she's based in johannesburg stacey is 13 and joins me from home welcome to date of the u.s. africa stacey so we've just seen a report on the experiences some school children having in kenya tell us about the experience school children a heavy in the country where you are south africa. in south africa well no thank you for having me on this is in there is this huge gap in between the good news and the privileged myself i am very grateful and fortunate of this group

of children were able to learn from online the online and learning experience have one because you have access to online fast form and live crosses but other than a whole lot of teacher didn't communication that's a drop the way this is fond of your old new online forms and it as an extremely challenging it is hard to retrain i'll bring you i owe more than a years of actually going full or so a lot of it have been troubling and i pray for my future ample i felt that write me like this on line with reading rather x. . yeah i guess you speak for a lot of young people as they say when you say that but just to pick up on something that you you alluded to as you started out we also camp about one of the most unequal countries in the world if not the most on a full that would be south africa how do you see that play out at the moment even

at a personal level. yes so out of her low level in the recent you need then seeing that the government once sent the public schools to link stuff through now and send it later in the summer and this all of the suggestion has a lot of truth to the 2 groups the purpose and other services my thought coming from the service background i'm now starting to dislike or not really like that i have the privilege to be doing online schooling and i think you'll farm for myself as well as the public was that extension and i have friends when they feel resentment or government i'm. also on a personal level it is your side and i can see that they have you in my friends is that i don't really like it although i do understand the government they are putting the help of the nation for. rights and one of the things that you why as

stacy i mean you're an accomplished oliseh and you've got to told he's done quite a bit but you're also a and that's it for each occasion that's predominantly what you do tell us what you want to achieve with that activism. so in the act then i am an activist for here's c.n.n. to you then children what i was sent to you to get my voice heard by those made a decision that will influence my self and my focus is a lot of youth days are great the gov and i are not doing the black will that got the we are losing the impact we can make so my goal cards other people like myself who have the past to have this will that they need will say i want to cards and. be for those who are not able and i have a child act in the space where i was maybe dominated by you know the older people i

want to show them that a child was equally as impactful as someone who's older which is why i enjoy this act that i was. right that stacy for in johannesburg thank you so much stacey for filling us in on the situation in south africa way fullest inequality is for the dividing the gap between the rich and the plus when it comes to education thank you stacey and she said. opposition activists in mali are demanding the resignation of president abraham. they accuse them of corruption and failing to end at the hardest insurgency much of the current tension stems from a decision by the constitutional court in april to end now some of the results of the parliamentary elections one of the people driving be opposition preacher or appear to offer a fig leaf recently but it is and clear if others will follow his lead. crowds

gathering of the mosque in mali's capital bamako the neighborhood is a stronghold of a saudi trained in nam. because he's a figurehead of the opposition but last friday at the country marked the muslim holiday after. he had these conciliatory words. writing that god willing the marmion people are know how to have the necessary resources to drive out the demons of division and discord in our country and that hearts come together so that we can have a stable in mali in peace and tranquility. our efforts to resolve this crisis in the country have so far failed this includes a proposal by west african leaders for unity government and the reelection of some disputed seats in the parliament. passed

the following measures to be taken in relation to the institutional issues that follow the immediate dissolution of 31 members of the parliament whose elections are contests it including the president of the parliament. the president of parliament. this idea was immediately rejected by the deputies in question. absolutely not resigning because i was elected my commune and the constitutional court. did it stop i think that the results are there the whole it's so there but can anyone who disputes it go and review those votes. when it was asked to step aside of our own accord it doesn't suit us doesn't suit us because it's not legal and on top of that all political parties have spoken out. even if this looks like a deadlock things are starting to move slowly at the maximum demand appears to be

no longer on the table. i believe that we can find a solution without going as far as the resignation of the president from this a lot of things that can be done and if people understand each other then the reasons why become find a solution to this crisis. the next phase of the show if the young leaders of the opposition movement will follows dicko sleet. if anyone out there is feeding doc right now as the pandemic rages on then you might want to take a closer look at this man than i wrote the native james my and why he has long been famed for his in his neighborhood for his colorful suits them color coordinated accessories now his outlandish outfits also include ordinated was. james sais he dresses this way just to be different. as one person is that he seems to know how to look on the bright side of life and i think

i can keep up with him that's it for now here on news africa i just check out our web site africa dot com. today will leave you with these pictures of some of the people who are also trying to make the most. of its time. if. full of surprises moved up. to sunset one thing in the footsteps of the great. concerns. the fleet street. for

a time you wanted. to marry much alive. good guy to dispose of in germany. recognizing where exactly. it was fun having learned a lot of our sculpture history in there. detail travel extremely worth a visit. welcome to arts and culture a big announcement about disney's move comes as the movie industry struggles to get back on its feet the new live action remake seemed to be the film that could get people back to the cinema but now disney has other plans that story coming up and film festivals go on line to cope with the coronavirus pandemic one festival is

even accepting movies that aren't yet finished. and the rolling stones fleetwood mac. and the record tycoon who helped establish them in mainland europe. first though it's the story of a girl who disguises herself as a boy to battle in her father's stead disney's live action remake of its animated film move on it is one of the few real blockbusters this year but even it is now going straight to streaming disney made the announcement as it revealed quarterly revenue losses of almost $5000000000.00 no one is now heading home cinemas and smartphone screens the september. in disney's live action movie moulin faces a new enemy which transforms into a falcon.