i'm christine wonderwall come to the news africa i'm glad you choose indian kenya's high court has unanimously refused to strike down laws which criminalize gay 6 in a packed courtroom the 3 justices justify their decision say the petition has had failed to prove that the provisions are discriminatory now kenyan l g b t activist brought the case all doing that the kenyan constitution forbids discrimination directed at all in directly against any person on any ground law dates back to the british colonial era and makes homosexual acts punishable with up to 14 inches in prison now one of those the petition is is l g b t activists. she joins me now from nairobi welcome to day w f rococo we are you a presence in that courtroom just your reaction to the decision today. ok hello christine. i'll creative's disappointed about the decision that was made today in the courtroom. the hearing we're having was about basically security as well g p t q you know community and in our society. we live under constant threat if not actual violence of owens and there are court ruling if it went our way would have b

i'm christine wonderwall come to me is africa i'm fat here today in malawi is president is seeking a 2nd 5 year term as the country votes in a general election on tuesday the 78 year old is up against 6 other candidates including his vice president. who is 32 years younger than him but opposition leader lazarus chalk winner is seen as having the best chance against the incumbent in an election where the economy and corruption are the main issues with a population of about $20000000.00 is one of the poorest countries in the world it's also one of the youngest 70 percent of people are below. the age of $33.00 and crash but together this report about the tactics candidates have fused to appeal to the youth. fans are waiting in anticipation to see what new surprises in store vice president and u.t.m. candy did sell last cheney must past election campaign release have become known for their creativity at the age of 46 he's the youngest of the 3 major candidates and he wants to use that to his advantage this push ups on stage impress many of his young supporters in the capital city of new

i'm christine wonderwall come to deeds every news africa i'm glad you're in we begin in south africa where president settled on the poll says a new cabinet has been sworn in stemming corruption and mismanagement that has cost the country hundreds of millions as a key tossed for this cabinet it's a major issue also facing the ruling a.n.c. whose election win this month was the weakest in its $25.00 he is in power. has this report now from the legislative capital. the cabinet announcement received mixed reactions here in south africa president was praised for the gender equality 50 percent of the ministers are women he was also praised for reducing the number of ministers from 36 to 28 although at the same time he increased the number of deputy minister the president also decided to leave some controversial party members out of the cabinet like the former minister of woman who is accused of mismanaging government funds but at the same time the president said that those who were left out of the cabinet will be able to help the government in other rules and this to many south africans do

i'm christine wonderwall comes to news africa i'm glad you are 2 did which one has an if to ban on elephant hunting the government says there are too many elephants and farm will struggle to keep them out of the fields with each crops and can kill people now and then vote because one has the largest innocent population in africa conservationists say it's home to 130000 in offense but the government says that number is much higher the ban on in effect hunting was introduced in the southern african country of $24.00 teeth by then president in comma a keen environmentalist but many of its one is innocence roam across borders into the movie and zimbabwe all 4 countries have called for a global ban on elephant ivory trade to be rich and that. my 1st day has written on elephant poaching and the ivory trade in africa keith some of will from the university of kent in england joins me now welcome to the africa professor do you think his government has made the right call here. i think it has for a number of reasons the 1st is that had it not decided to lift the ban on hunting i think it would've fac

i'm christine wonderwall come to d.w. news africa i'm glad you're tuned in a fresh round of talks between protesters and the military started today in sudan's capital hard to it's just over a month since omar al bashir was ousted and there are no signs the military rule is all ready to hand over to a civilian government but protesters remain defiant they are still camped outside of the army's headquarters in far too much and have vowed to stay there until their demands are mixed. now one of those protesters is a mother whose son is one of the 60 people who died in the uprising she told. karim that she'll keep demonstrating until she gets justice for him sheriff fights back to when she cooks white beans with rice that was her son his favorite dish. died in clashes during saddam's uprising sheriff misses him terribly. i mean. i can't eat this i can only prepare it for others but it's really hard for me. all i can say is make god be with us. this is their last family photo together babbitt was sheriff of only son his sister'

i'm christine wonderwall come to africa i'm glad you are today and we begin in malawi way people there has been declared the winner of last week's general election but the release of the results had been postponed and that wasn't definitely off to the opposition flag irregularities in the vote now the tight contest it's incumbent on the deep from the d.p.p. he is on the left in the cap against his own defeats. the newly formed u.t.m. and lazarus off the main opposition the m.p.c. now it was the n.p.c. that initially got support or the barring the electoral commission from releasing the results. that is often ordered a recount from some polling districts to to allege voter making now among the allegations are that correctional fluid or typical was found on some of the ballot papers that typically sofa should be a red flag it should be an indication of a normally and it should be a wake up call to the molecule commission that somebody is trying to play some games so we went to court seeking their intervention because you know if the court is independent in this matter they listen to us a

i'm christine wonderwall comes to news africa i'm glad. it's a decision that could reshape the world. of this month's south africa run cost us mania loss to a case at the cost of objects ration for sport she was appealing rules intended to stop female athletes with high to stall strength navels from competing in women's track races now on monday south africa's athletics federation said it would challenge this latest decision but samantha is far from being the only affected run kenya's moderate one boy has also faced questions about her friend devils she has often raced against a man and now worries who officiates korea could be brought to a premature end. for most athletes it doesn't get much better than winning an olympic medal margaret boy took bronze in the 800 meters behind south africa's superstar when it comes to somalia at the 2016 rio games but one boy's success has caused an wanted scrutiny bringing questions about her gender and her very identity . we have no room to leave well we know this is the high time we are feeling that be

i'm christine wonderwall come to the news africa i'm glad you are too did we begin in sudan where protests have called for a general strike the. talks with the military to install a civilian government in the transition period collapse protesters were again camped outside the ministry headquarters of the 2 chanting revolutionary snow gets . i'm going to sleep on the side is escalating things step by step civil disobedience and strike action the moment of no deal to the sudanese people should go around the city don't. pose no more pressure on the military council to give the full authority i don't mean to diminish the crowded. that is a quote we demand a civilian lead also routine and we needed to soon as possible we are against delaying the transition to a civilian lead author is he. was recently in sudan reporting there she joins me now to make sense of the latest developments and thank you for coming in so last week we were sold the ministry and the places leaders have reached an agreement and that announcement was imminent now we're being told that the talks have faulted what happened s

i'm christine wonderwall come to the news africa i'm glad you're chewing day and we begin in mozambique in the port city of beirut away all fours he's hope to raise the money needed to rebuild infrastructure destroyed off to 2 storms a 2 day donor conference launched in beirut today with expertise from international organizations the private sixer and civil society in attendance they're hoping to raise about $3000000000.00. it die and can it smashed into walls and beacon march and april hitting the center and the north of the country just 6 weeks of cost more than 2000000 people were affected and about 650 died now the funds will be soon rebuild infrastructure and support social needs and economic protection in a fixity areas. weeks after the cycle on and really norse house is still barely habitable. the family have moved all their possessions into the only undamaged room that's also where they now sleep. you know we'll never forget the day the storm hit. i was just there i didn't go anywhere because that was so wailing they couldn't come out so they leave. going out that was a very ver

i'm christine wonderwall come to the news africa i'm glad your chin a 48 hour nationwide strike is under way in sudan with citizens demanding a civilian government off to a military coup last month the sudanese professionals association which spearheaded the process that led the army to. urge people to show up at work on tuesday and wednesday but abstain from any activity. in parts of the capital khartoum shops and businesses closed offices were left empty as people across sudan took to the streets to express their discontent with the transitional military government hundreds of flights were canceled thousands left stranded as airport workers walked out. many pank staff also stopped work. but today the people of sudan demand their rights we want to civilian lead authority a democratic state a country where rights and 2 teams are respected for all citizens we are also here out of respect for the dead this is the least we can do for them. one protest leader says negotiations with the military have stalled and there's no alternative except to scale up the protests. we only have civil measur

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