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up these streets artist in harare zimbabwe are helping to create awareness for the public over 90. pandemic as cases rise across africa. i am eddie micah jr welcome to the program in cameroon fighting between the military and english speaking separatists has killed more than 3000 people on display just hundreds of thousands more it's been nearly a year since the country started you national dialogue to address the crisis bought on the ground not much has changed did of uganda screws of access to the frontline of the fighting report up plays a young traveled with cameroon government soldiers battling separatists in the angry phone areas in the west which the west affected by the conflict. commerce and
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the forces already interviewed in you formed this suspect it'll be a high dose for the country and reform sympathies militias sympathies incomers english speaking regions was too quick to break away state they call. the often use abundant properties like these come. cameroon soldiers recovery day insurgency started as a street protest. but we're not in a state of crisis where new situation what we have to restore law and order men around brown those who have just gone astray. this is a corner at once very lively town now in regions fighting between supporters and the army has forced inhabitants to flee it's been like this for 3 years nothing in a tone is functional not even hospitals. so just sit
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and civilians are also for us you should controversies here so we just did the militias for everything. as time has passed we've noticed the conflict has progressed. the separatists have launched a campaign against the population they carry out kidnappings and ask for ransom. demand on one song. for the current army has been accused of committing serious human rights abuses against the local population allegations it has repeatedly denied however so just a film bunny villages and attacking civilians meanwhile hundreds of sympathies fighters have left the movement citing financial mismanagement from their leaders have brought. this moment to sip it is fighting for 3 years he has not joined a government and misty program now with some of us have realized everything we were told about the separatist movement was
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a lie the leaders use us to make money for them that's why i started fighting. we leave you know we don't know because for now we have to immediately be. yet another town diverse that by fighting along this route everyone has fled. and their military be security is always tight the commander tells us super just have their own comes just a few kilometers away. all the army a setup barracks like these across under a full time rune attacks on secession is still take place but obviously as they are walking have to contact is a tux. the army shows weapons including explosives we just see was seized from the separatists in another town does hospital was blown to the ground so just. for the act at least for patients died on debates.
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and the local population is living in fear because i have the impression that the separatists are living alongside them. but efforts are being made. i can live in an atmosphere free of. commuters go up and see the planning to rebuild down to 4 regions nevertheless it's still unclear how this will happen when we continue fighting and destruction in the area. joining me now is a did a new report out please a young who sent that report from cameroon. when you were in separatist territory what were civilians telling you about how they've been affected by the fighting. first of all it was so we didn't see lots of civilians with the few that was just able to carry out because they live in fear they can go to churches they can't go
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to the fields because they have caught in the crossfire. and now he has a thing just like the separatists cameroon's army has been accused of committing serious human rights abuses so we can't really say that the military are the good guys and separatists not a bad guys can we. maybe we did you call for us to identify who's the who gun was the bottom guy the media tells us that we have it here to protect the people and to support the city and here to fight for the people there in reality the people on the ground soften the brunt of these fine and good sides fault in human rights abuses called into human rights groups. so why are the separatists and they speak in regions so eager to create a brick away state. goes back to the history of cameroon cameroon was treated was i mean you said by 2 cypriot
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colonial powers the french and of british and the outlook for regions where we are concentrating our thought was i mean the south by the british style and the whole show is different from that of the french speaking region also the end of the regions have much more resources including pitch rule robots and to feel as though they do not enjoy these resources just the more reason why most of these people climb want to separate and control this turkey as their own country and to control of their resources busybody. briefly before you go come in started a national dialogue nearly a year ago to resolve the conflict in yangon a foreign areas is it making a difference at all. 11 months down the line since cameron held a national dialogue to discuss the crisis marsh has not changed on the ground there are still kidnappings killings in the indian villages and people here do not really
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expect much to happen even after a year most of past. prado unfortunately plays a young reporter in cameroon thank you. more than 50 percent of africa ask overnight in cases in south africa the country also has the highest number of hiv positive people in the wild so africa has made great progress in reducing the number of deaths from hiv aids over the last 10 years but now many feared a covert and demick call to wipe out these gains sources redirected underproduction on the import of underage of virals is hindered by the lock down the evening large numbers of south africans at risk. it was an april the 47 year old. started to panic. that was when her doctor in johannesburg ran out of the
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government funded a hiv drugs that are keeping her alive. she was forced to take drastic action i think for 2 months. only one that i was supposed to use to. end if i don't lose both of them. is it because. i couldn't get sick. in the end syria was able to get the medication she needed because the charity came to her aid but health professionals are worried about the disruption to the manufacture of antiretrovirals because of the lockdown and also other problems covert poses for hiv patients issues within the supplier link people not being able to get in areas we are anticipating and we're very concerned that we're going to see more people being sick with opportunistic infections in south africa we worry particularly around t.v. as we all have to be in our country and. in the town of
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in the north east the dutch aid group is making sure patients get the medication they need here the drugs are not in short supply. but many patients are reluctant to go to crowded local clinics because they fear they could contract coronavirus the group is also making home visits explaining why it is crucial to keep on taking a off ease. this is not just a problem in places such as this. every day some urban areas say there's been a 25 percent drop in the number of patients coming in for hiv treatment because they're afraid of getting covert 19. now with over a 1000000 over 1000 cases least 23000 that's across africa many on a continent creating awareness of the pandemic and zimbabwe people are being encouraged to wear face masks on stage to street. in the capital harare.
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where they must keep your distance. it's going to never. uses paint brushes to help stop the pandemic we live in high density suburbs and before coronavirus things are already hard to see but it was already hard for us and the general population especially the. graffitti to utilize the star power of zimbabwe's celebrities including soccer players in musicians. so why not have. them also all be part of. the point. now sporting face masks
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zimbabwe dance or music i call winkie thinks it is a good idea to ask to prevent the transmission of koran a virus he's using social media to age people to follow groups going to flights to to the corner to fight. the fight you might not be infected but one. that's all spring into action. wearing a mosque and also encouraging people to do the same thing i think it will help make us more situation that's going on. the actually receive financial support from sponsors. now they're helping out in the pandemic and out those to stay afloat during the crisis we're going to paint our way this murals you see bubs is pulling
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off and the graffiti is bringing that miss it directly to the people in the townships that run these to spread the paintings across the country. and the. stories there's a did you dot com slash africa or facebook twitter stacey armed. to the point that strong opinions clear positions of international perspective such . comfort to 3 of us in germany over the north stream gas pipeline linking germany with russia to boil over the americans say it's plundering to putin frightening drastic action find out more want to the point. to the point.
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