Me close nor know that there were cause i dont think. Its great to have you with us on the show now just a week ago investigative journalist i recover and bare out was arrested by police in tanzania since then his new go team that he should be charged or released on bail but authorities that the opposite has now been charged with offenses so serious that hes not eligible for bail outs all this is how we got here. Why did the Police Arrest eric at his home in Dar Es Salaam a week ago tons and the end officials responded to that question with a key a statement he had not been answering their questions they set. The police force mandate to arrest all detain anyone several times we respectfully ask him to report to the Police Station but he seemed to be ignoring our son through the mandate we have we have decided to arrest him for failure to obey you have police order not digital phone you can not know of that seat is a different one cab and you are stands accused of assisting a criminal record tax evasion and Money Laundering his fellow tens in the end zone. There are the reasons behind the rest of the prize winning journalist. The whatever the police force wants to risk you for anything they need to clearly explain to you the reasons for your arrest and also the police need to inform your neighbors and family about your arrest this is something which our police force did not do when arresting cop and their own. Local media reported that continuous 80 year old mother has pleaded with authorities to use his son human rights organizations say his detention is to get enough press freedom in tanzania. Im joined now by more from the committee to protect journalists shes the c. P. G. Is representative for Subsaharan Africa and joins us now from nairobi welcome to the program so i 1st come in there are allegedly filled to report to the police then the question his citizenship and now he has been charged with organized crime and financial offenses have you presented any credible evidence. So since last monday weve a lot of a lot of mixed messages coming from the authorities about why exactly theyve be erected governor and use that they initially claimed that they were investigating that the 2 men shipman tried to clean that he had refused to respond to 20 someones how about what sources indicate that there was no such when the sentence will have been there yet the day he was worked quite and the prosecuted charged him with a comical crime we have not seen the evidence of what crimes they say he has committed so that have yet to come. And in addition to that we must note that the crimes for which it is charged particularly Money Laundering is not an offense for which you can get bail in tanzania so there is a plurality of carbon there are remain in jail for the generation of the trial but we have not seen that the government is evidence that the government is basing their charges on ok what about the yes im sorry to cut you there what about his Legal Counsel what are they saying his Legal Counsel has come out quite vocally about whats happening with carbons iraq throughout all of this he has a strong team got his put together by a quotation of human rights defendants yesterday we saw one of his lawyers coming out and publicly stating that for the past one week have been there has actually not been interrogated for the charges which the auto teams have now brought forward so the law if that he was a little bit confused about where these charges were coming from the lawyer was also categorical in stating that he believes that cabin darrows history of journalism is what has brought him here in other words that these charges might be in right that these charges might be in retaliation for his critical so so is this simply another attack on press freedom in tanzania or is there more to it. I would object to the use of go wide simply just because every single talker seen on press freedom in tanzania is great news and is concerned its all in its own. Having said that we have seen a history old press freedom attack sometimes and you know what the last few years. Have included media shutdowns and suspension they used all restrictive legislation and it was still quite full on says what happens to a john the mr disappeared in trying to maintain as only one so in a wave go cases very unique. Point 0 you were going to cotton a very wide impact in the caribbean attacks on the press and attacks on them to encounter media ok thanks for the question that will keep you from the committee to protect journalists thanks for your time. Lets head to south sudan now a country which has only existed for a. T. s making its the well to youngest country but since becoming independent in 2011 a young nation has seen 5 years of fighting that was supposed to come to an end when the warring parties in the countrys truckie peace deal in september last year the talks by rebels in the south continue attempts of their agreements have yet to be met south sudan is still waiting for a unity government. Get still early when the convoy leaves the safety of the base the un peacekeepers are here to help stabilize south sudan ravaged by years of brutal civil war. But as the convoy heads from the capital juba to the southern town of jay the road is littered with evidence of violent lawlessness burned out cars scattered clothing discarded boots despite a cease fire between the government on the rebels armed groups harassed and robbed the civilians in the area local government officials are powerless to intervene. To get the. Just. To see because i think this is the most lose the. Conflict that broke out in 2013 pitted president salva kiir against then Vice President react. The war killed as many as 400000 people over 4000000 people have been displaced half of them fled to neighboring countries such as uganda or sudan the deal struck last year has halted major hostilities according to the un refugees are beginning to trickle back across the border the positive thing is that coming back. We see movement back into the villages but religious still have many many houses of the city recruited. But only a lasting peace will allow south sudan to put violence and destruction behind it im not. We need this peace to prevail especially as we women are the ones suffering carrying children by yet cooking for children we have nice schools for children we are left with nothing. With the Peace Process stalling it might be some time before the people here can begin to rebuild their lives. Now lets talk about fashion precisely about to fashion stories about. It 21 year old fashionista down from kenya had collection includes incorporates in braille and tactile design in the fabric to make it easy for visually impaired president s to appreciates that designs most importantly she aims to help create an all Inclusive Society through fashion reports are you that the money sets more lights on her work. Its a Fashion Design studio like you havent seen here the creators are engineers and tech gurus make a space in kenyas capital nairobi is the Incubation Lab where angelo engineer who conceived of and created he see a fashion brand that rematch in style for the blind and visually impaired i started thinking how brave skilled my writing skills they gave us he would apply within with community so i say broke down and people had interacted with i remembered my interaction with a restraining pad and the question that came up for me is how did they get upgrades what i love but especially. The 1st challenge was to make the collection as censorious possible the design is tactile and includes phrases in braille then theres the bags inspired by gun whole stoves so how does it work how. Do you know how can they should you just so time you did that could just like to just get real. I was. When you. Was so its really slow gets to the idea. That with that just to tell you ok so it be like that right now so the bags are designed to make it harder to steal from the blind and visually impaired who are often victims of pickpocketing in the citys. Finally all tags feature a q. R. Code that can be read on any smartphone to give a detailed description of the items. Real pretty well lets see with our eyes or with our. The on or collection ultimately gives angelas clients more independence when it comes to their fashion choices and choice is in short supply for the blind and visually impaired in kenya with buzzing cities designed by and for able bodied people doing the simplest tasks like crossing the road can prove difficult for the blind. Im curious though how much of a difference the collection makes for the intended clients so angela takes us to the Kenya Society for the blind where dennis will try one of the t. Shirts. This is ok. Then he flips the t. Shirt over and discovers the braille print. He says has never felt real so big and thats because hes never felt it on close the t. Shirt is obviously special. Nor that. No matter how small. The form because there were around that concert as well we are. Back at the lab angela is working with engineers to include more advanced Assistive Technology in her work she hopes that one day majority of her colleagues will be visually impaired persons a she seeks inclusion all around. Africa you can catch all our stories on our website on seems to change some of the. Kairos ground edition you see. Its. If you ever have to cover up a murder best way is to make an accident raring to. Never read a book like this. Mr jermyn street small simply in superior the change in the people making it possible for people in africa. Fantastic right. As they set out to save the environment. And learn from one another. And Work Together for a teacher. In south. Africa w. Hello welcome to the news from the world of arts and culture well take a look back at the career of the novelist Toni Morrison who died on monday night also coming up the worlds a nicer place in my beautiful balloon goes the pop song youll see thats true at a huge Balloon Festival in france. And a revolutionary new app thats changing the way out is created and experienced. The american novelist Toni Morrison who died on monday night aged 88 is of course best remembered for her book beloved it won her so many fans and so many accolades to morrison once said we die that may be the meaning of life but we do language that may be the measure of our lives wise words a look back now at her extraordinary life greg maddux solution. A technical in Toni Morrisons career the 1st africanamerican nobel literature laureate receiving the president ial award of freedom from americas 1st africanamerican president barack obama in 2012. Surpassed the success was started with obstacles that she overcame with defiance inspired by her grandfather
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