currently, more people than ever on the news world wide in search of a better life. as a committed a national, it's not a for condense type. okay. the still nanda donation one back to the gun. find out about rubinez story. in some migraines, reliable news for migrant. wherever they may be. this is d w. news, africa coming up on the program, the wounds of war. and if the o, p with sexual violence used as a weapon of war, we hear the harrowing testimony of a 16 year old girl who was raped, she says, fine ethiopian soldier. also coming up, taking matters into her own hands. one woman in northern garner has chosen what

seemed there as a man's trade bricklaying here how she's building her future. and that of her family plus special honors in the german capital berlin, a one woman's efforts in fighting against discrimination. we speak to her right here at dw d as africa and blow by blow, how a box and cape bird is helping other women stand up for themselves. ah, i've told me or lady boy, it's good to have you with us. the war in northern is yoga, has been one of the deadliest conflicts in recent times. the african union envoy, lucia abbas on joey said as many as 600000 people may have been killed in the 2 years of fighting between if you'll be in troops and to the ground forces you em,

investigators say rape and sexual violence were used as weapons of war and essentially mounted to war crimes will cease, fire agreed, more and more stories of the atrocities i merging the 2nd of november 2022. just a few hours before the warranty gray was declared over a war. the devastated millions of people's lives. but for had us, the worst was yet to come. on that day, the 16 year old was at home with her mother near the town of ad. we're in t cray. when it's your pin soldier demanded to be let in. for her protection, we have changed her name. i never had any entered the house alone. he carried a stick with him. there was another soldier with the gun waiting outside. he tried to take me to the bush, but i refused. he told me he had a knife and a hand gun. then he beat me with the stick or forget all around. she started

screaming. neighbors tried to save her, but the soldiers threatened them. well, i mean they hadn't had, i was crying and begging him, leave me alone. i am only 14 years old. but he gagged me? well, he asked me for my age. i told him i was 14, but he said you are a liar. you have breasts. the hall and my mother started crying to, i don't know where she still has nightmares of what happened next. over the course of several hours, he raped her multiple times. the attack left her bleeding heavily. she managed to get some basic care at a nearby hospital, but desperately needs psychological care to. she says, she also feels anger. what bar hiker, they should be held accountable. they should be held accountable, not only for me, but for all the victims of rape. cut that into gross capital michela. this

doctor and hospital director has been struggling to provide care for patients. like how does for the past 2 years. we don't have any medication is emergency medication . if they don't have any 20 medications, we can only provide 10 or 20 percent of the medication this. these patients need. he had hopes that things would quickly change after your peers, government, and the to ground forces signed the peace deal in november. it's been almost 4 months since the agreement has been fined, and i would expect these things to be, to be provided and patient. they cannot wait their day in every day and they're having for many complications, every day. preventables deaths, people who make it here adjust the tip of the iceberg because only few can afford the transport cause. they were so overwhelmed at nearby either referral hospital that he had to open a new unit to treat the victims of sexual violence. there were so many gun grips

there were so many for a month for alice inserted into the or jenny italia without exaggeration of literally quite writing some of the stories. and it's really worrisome to see the span of kid has a medical, the 3rd of the same time of the initiatives. and as any human being they have treated over 500 rape cases here since the beginning of the war. he says, the victim, say perpetrators. ethiopian and retreat and soldiers as well as local militia. and the nurses at either referral hospital have confirmed that they saw numerous cases of sexual violence. well, after the war was declared over and dw news africa reached out to these european government communication service will comment, but they did not respond to our request. we are now joined by terry could get our to director of the job in human rights commission.

welcome to the dublin is africa and now we just had in our report from had us. she says she still has might miss following her ordeal and she's angry. what is being done to help survive as like her? thank you. told me we happened to read commission with with issue about 20 class reports, including the one with the you. when you read the commission that joined in but sufficient, give us a commission since the fact of the war that's covering the period up to the time when it took national defense forces we through from, from that to dr. region. and we have documented several incidents of violation of abuses of human human rights who monetary law and refugee law. and we've indicated that some of these incidents constitutes crimes against humanity and even war

crime. the central and gender based violence cases like the story patrick, story of how does are some of the ad that's the noted having be news does. so did grades and human eyes the victims and that the link up constitutes work or crime. but i would also like to say that the victims include men and boys, some persons with disabilities and people who are targeted because they had family members 15 part in either side of the of the conflict. or is this the main investigation going into each of these? like, for example, had us talking about being ripped by an if you can, soldier you the main, you know, the main source when it comes to these, these final reports. well,

certainly we have talked to about $260.00 men victims, families of victims. witnesses and sources and other sources, but in our reports constitute the most comprehensive documentation of these humorous nations. but the, we certainly by no means claim to be the, the, on the sources. but to me about what happens next. and these as this has, this has been the subject of our work since the since the end of the peace agreement, the signing of the piece, every once in, in november and even earlier with terry adults. about 13 consultations in the war affected the areas and we've listened to the victims like us and

try to understand and gather information about what they want. we start to about $700.00 people, the men and women, and indicated what they would like to see going forward. what justice for them if you will be, as always insisted that he wants to carry out this investigation on its own without invest, without intervention from, from outside. but we've seen the un human rights chief essentially say this has to be carried out by an independent body. which way do you see it going? how independent are these? these probes going on? the there is the using un humorous council has established the international committee of experts on, on the few who have been given abroad mondays to carry out investigations and to collaborate with institutions in the region and the country clipping and humorous commission. now the international committee itself has seen

several changes of leadership but in general, we were very happy to note that they have well come to the transition process. so i'm just now just as process and welcome the opportunity to offer support to this process. there will be an interactive dialogue that will that council and i'm trying to on march and the international committee of experts will be presenting of an oral updates at this session. so we will, we look forward to further insights on, on the next steps regarding that mandates and where it's at the, at the, at the center session. ok, try catch you, director of the opium human rights commission. thank you for speaking to us. thank

you as well. thank you for having the world in ghana like in many parts of the world, some jobs are seen as gender specific, like bricklaying or vehicle repair. those are considered men's jobs while tailoring or hairdressing would be for women. although as max also reports from time away in the north of the country, not everyone agrees with those norms. briette by briggs i, she's determined to lay the foundations for her future. a lone woman bricklayer in the midst of a team of men. she is building a war for the client. she purposefully chose brit leon. as a courier, i decided it was my way, which is different from i. there's no way that's why i saw this big city in kylie

breaking into building hasn't been easy. human brick, leah's occlusive, 0 percent in often gonna even have family and friends were hostile. hey, job near la costa and marriage as we talk she gets emotional. i nearly before because of this work for now i have an icon of what for them? i paid yes. goofy, now my i run is slow waking, are able to feed them in a patriarchal society like dana asia is fighting in literally fight. the idea of women been confined to the kitchen and child bearing. the reason is, indigenous communities to on is. i don't, i shes courier, brooklyn business is a tre, blazing effort. so then i won't go like this,

engaging herself in this construction. where is very motivated and it's, it's a $1000.00 doubt. if i'm so many girls invest themselves or bring their suffering to dis, constructions, is that able to keep a lot and improve their lives. despite the challenges she faces becoming a brittle ear has proven to be life changing. why her? because of this week, i'm able to save money and able to buy blood for myself and i'm planning the future . i'm planning to build a house in it. one day i can't tell is story. i shall, once she is pyre and a young women so that you can start building your own stories. here in germany, the annual berlin women's award is handed to female personalities, described as having shown particular commitment and pioneering work on behalf of

women and for gender equality. this year's recipient is the social entrepreneur amal, abbas. she has been recognized for her efforts over the decades. fighting on behalf of women against discrimination miss abbas is of sudanese descent and the 1st woman of african heritage to receive the award. here's an impression of some of the miles work and the projects she's been involved in. hi, i'm a foreign but he can graduate from the crate onto my 15th. i went to revision for the lady investigation told me you are not ukrainian so you can go back to the course of my passport and you couldn't read this property otherwise try to call the police. i don't agree, par, comply with hard. ringback ringback i believe we need a lawyer in order to proceed from there. we can also deal with life and son.

yeah, because we have a lot of people here. we can give one can help. yeah. okay. yeah, but it's good to just don't get to know because you know, to trust you to come here trying to get people you put them to help you. i think it's important that this tories of what happened get told because we can have a political campaign and play me all right. if all of us are in silence, i don't it's not my routing to be like the only class that was

from our organization office, the 24 hours service. so people work and shift because also at 2 am and at 3 am people stand in front of the street. sometimes the children sometimes is wor, injuries. a big part of my identity is how the world see me and how the world treat depending on what are present in the world. the chiefs my reality the way and i really, really for me, i feel german specifically with whatever other communities this is for me extreme. he'll a seek with less hesitation with less worry how is it gonna be accepted? what i'm saying, or what is gonna be broadband. me like am i gonna get hers?

you know, and i'm glad to say amal abbas joins me here in studio. welcome to d, w. news africa and congratulations on the award and on all your work or your chief mints that you've had so far you've been recognized as having worked to fight for quality since the 19 ninety's. why is this issue so close to your heart? i grew up in dresden in germany, m and t m b r from their kindergarten onwards. i've been facing discrimination and, and yeah, racism am so yet it's, it's something that i've been through live through. and in that sense, i understand the pain and difficulties associated with it for my own life. i. and with that you've, you've started to advocate for black women in germany,

told me about that that, that struggle. what are the main challenges that you're having to, to, to fight i think, and the fact that and throughout my life in germany there has been a tendency to man. yeah, not take the impact of racism serious. and for many years there was a tendency to kind of think, it's not that bad or even to kind of tell people that, you know, you imagine it or you're over sensitive. and the structural nature of the problem has many, many times been denied. because also there was no colonial a german colonial history being taught in schools. and many people are completely mis informed and, and have still this notion of superiority. that they walk around race from those

colonial times. and whereby had the real nature of the black culture arts or history is, is, sin, is phil, as an unknown facts to many people in this country. and among the people you've advocated for black people who had to flee from ukraine during the war. what challenges of they faced here and, and how they coping? and yet their situation is still appalling because i am the 1st and well not the 1st, but there was an appalling discrimination on the borders of even reaching white ukrainians that were allowed to go through. and black people who were asked to pay astronomical sums or were denied the journey. that's happening right now. there is people are also with permanent residency ukraine. people live there for more than

10 years who want to flee and are denied entry to poland and 2 neighboring states, hungary, and am slovakia. and, and, and, you know, that's something that, that's absolutely wrong because all people are affected by war should have a chance to flee and should then also be granted the same protection. we have our ticket 24 and therefore it's not acceptable. why they are so many places in this country that are pushing people into asylum cases that have absolutely no chance my to go 24. we signed this treaty as a, as a country and, and exactly and, and that, that does allow people to have this temporary protection. and it's not

understandable why we've had the 1st person being deported to nigeria. and when you look at medical students that are badly needed in this country, and people with teaching qualifications that we need, we have a shortage of 80000 teachers. we have a problem with racism in our schools. give people a chance, find ruth's roots to make sure they can contribute to, to this society. and these causes have led to us like the you quinn. we're talking about lead to the formation of the tubman network, which your part of can you tell us more about this, this network? what exactly work do you do? the tab my network is the coalition of black organizations and individuals that kind of came together around the 28th of february in order to say, we feel like we need to put our heads together and to support our

brothers and sisters who were at that time be literally freezing to death in the cold nights. and we've house to date about 4000 people. and i'm telling you it's not enough. we do need more hosts. we do know it more people that spend their time supporting people. and there is food shortages, ferris, or help with translation going to the various different or bureaucratic hurt roles. and so there is, there were, there are acute needs yet when, when you want to gather together with 300 families and where do we go? where do we go, where i can be sure that and the kind of racist remarks um, because we, we come together are not being repeated and

a trauma doesn't continue. crash, i am, all of us will have to leave it there. but congratulations once again on your achievement and thank you for speaking to us. thank you as well. ah, to cape bird malware, boxen is still a very male dominated sport. but a young champion, vanessa suarez, has set out to change that she is pulling no punches and winning metals, though fighting stigma and prejudice is still her toughest opponent getting into boxing per vanessa. whereas in the ring for her hardest fight against prejudice, he began 10 years ago when she was still at school. her hope was that by taking up her gloves, she would be able to defend herself against abuse. she was suffering in the school

yards while i met her as a girl. i had a horrible time at school when i was bullied. a lot of me, when i saw my brother in law boxing, i thought i'd maybe if i learned boxing that my classmates would start treating me badly. boxing changed everything. she says it transformed her from a bullied girl into a confident young woman. walks morning, a read when i started boxing my self esteem hit at an all time high, low leeway, and its not come down since walked in for me. boxing everything its life, it must cavendish boxing more than smaller than needed them from taking so many heads of aller interviews. trauma kinda, nothing can shake me of won't yours. you can neither one see go my love after a year and a half practicing boxing as an amateur, vanessa suarez began taking part in local, regional and finally national competitions. in 2015,

she was runner up in cape fair days women's boxing championship. in the 52 kilogram klaus, her korea translated into a fist full of metals vision, and vanessa only stopped competing when she had her 1st child. but even so she didn't abandon the sport. now she teaches boxing to women, hoping to instill them with the strength she fails by that. okay, but i started training women because i was often a victim of gender based violence performance. i want to put a stop to violence against women in one we, women are being killed and we've been through a lot of that. i think that if a woman learns a way to defend herself when she will know how to deal with a blow from her husband and affairs, i just say mother, say what you why it's got a bang yet. it's a daily struggle. but every day, vanessa suarez is knocking the remaining mic, his mo, out of cape verde,

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