hello i'm christine wonderwall come to africa it's good to have your company in many parts of africa women and girls all still subjected to the harmful practices female genital mutilation if g.m. has no health benefits and in many cases causes severe problems the world health organization says it's a violation of the human rights of girls and women today is the international day off. tolerance for if the m.l. correspondent flora she brings us this report from a town in nigeria where some activists are working to end the practice which is deeply rooted in the culture there. akpap. a small village in nigeria scrushy of our state's female genital mutilation ev g.m. is still a major part of the culture here almost every girl has been circumcised bessie was a quarter before she became a midwife at the local hospital she says she doesn't want to try to show that ain't even some men who are not married if you don't move somehow knows that when the it was down to use that vision any girl that refuses to be caught is considered fealty people in the community refused to associate with her it's

hello i'm christine wonderwall come to the news africa it's good to have you along it's been 6 months since abdullah doc was sworn in as sudan's prime minister and protests have persisted in how. there's been no less have to be economic hardships that sparked demonstrations 2 years ago bread is expensive and people spend hours lining up to bias as well as of the basic needs. long queues for just a few liters of petrol fuel is in short supply like so many other than cities in sudan the country is at a standstill. these i don't know if i have to stand here from morning till noon i don't have time to make enough money to support my family. as the economy continues to shrink inflation grows there's a lack of bridge medicine jobs and prospects in sudan the military remains only present which is why protests continue to this day. last year schools of people were killed in violent demonstrations but after months of protests longtime dictator omar al bashir was ultimately toppled and a power sharing deal between the military rulers and the opposition was achieved the new prime minister abdull

hello i'm christine wonderwall come to africa it's good to have your company ugandan students are making an urgent appeal to their governments to evacuate them for all they're among the 85000 africans living in the chinese province that is the epicenter off the virus outbreak the virus is reported to have infected around 45000 people the number of deaths in china is over 1100 countries like morocco and libya have evacuated their citizens but many sub-saharan african governments have failed to do the same. and i'm joined now by thomas kunz he's a medical student in will hon thomas has been urging the ugandan government to evacuate him and 67 of the ugandans stranded in hi thomas welcome to news africa what is your current situation and how is it taking its toll. well the current situation here is. it's the streets are empty shops are closed restaurants are closed it's hard to get supplies the few stores that are still open have anything in them so truly terrifying some is just letting actual twitter feeds eat you've expressed some real frustration they look at some of the stuff that you'v