Im christine want to welcome to news africa when guinea is president on day 1st one poly in 2010 many hoped the country had turned a new leaf hed come in off to a quarter century of terri and roll now there are demonstrations to stop condos plans to change the constitution a change which would allow him to seek a 3rd term the opposition says at least 5 people have been killed as Security Forces crackdown protests have taken place in the capital conakry the 2nd city in the bay as well as in cities across the country. And both. Kiryas industries of conakry. Violence as demonstrations turned deadly a monday. Police opened fire to disperse thousands of opposition supporters gathered in the capital and across the country to protest president fact on this beat to extend his time in office. Today we came out against the regime of president condy and his combat thats why we asked all canadians to come out today to say no to what his government is doing no to dictatorship no to constitutional and no to a 3rd term constitutional not. This 2nd and final term expires next year but hes refusing to rule out running again the 81 year old president has its government to draft a new constitution that could have the chance to seek a 3rd term Security Forces have stopped Opposition Leaders from leaving their homes Civil Society leaders where detained over the weekend and others are arrested while protesting they say the crackdown wants to target them that it is a Great Success a Great Success as you may have noticed never before has a demonstration paralyzed the capital city cannot create this much. And can actually remains paralyzed with the opposition promising that they want to keep their protests. Now joined by. The chief of staff and spokesperson of the heat off again a in opposition and former prime minister. Welcome to do every african d. S. O. You mobilize people to come out what is the way forward. The people of in a responded massively to the 2nd issue riccis a National Front for the defense of the constitution called to protest against the constitution or could it tell and the plain assassination of our democracy its important to mention the people a movie lighting event a new change in the goal to choose shown also cause is to grant a certain date to us to come to and restart up to defend our constitution including return limitation and democratic and generation. And that the president think he needs a modern constitution surely theres nothing wrong with that. Well which provisions of the current constitution are in conflict with modernity and cannot be amended by refuge and this is a crucial question to x. Because we have a constitution which is comparable to that of knowledge of silly go down on book enough us to those who has the most important question is why is he proposing it on the eve of e. C. Cant and last time when he had 9 years to do so we have a lot of Economic Issues to deal with in the country riccis the 1st one in 10 of his silos is saddams secret sort of my nose. And that your party the you d. F. T. Helped found the Civil SocietyGroup Organizing the protests just give us a sense of what the Political Landscape looks like or what could a political compromise with president condy potentially look like is that possible. The current political situation is good is correct for lack of separation of powers because institutions are subregion a 2 are secondary reconstitution and lows of the republic of kentucky violet teed rican mention exist before decision of that ministration and the sailors and mighty violation of human right of the river to provision of critical freedom including the right to demonstrate and more importantly the impunity because we have no idea that underage people are measured in cannot feed warm a gallop by result in the investigation and refer to tell you what you would like it we are talking about a pretty good compromise once we look for what 3 acts for the bollard to do is to return to other names on this new constitution in order to obtain a 3rd term to finalize very local elections to restyle the freedom to demonstrate which as been saying since july 2002 of an ice free and transparent punishment for reelection on the basis of the realities to each consensual louis biding time to because thats important really need some smoove transition in africa we dont want but can was in this country thats why the people of good is moving large country remain mobilized until theres a satisfaction all the watch we are looking for. Nadia naaman in conakry shes the spokesperson for ghana an Opposition Leader thank you country christina. Women in south africa have been osc in the question and i mixed x. Because theres been a recent surge in murders and crimes sexual crimes against women in the country now in the capsule pretoria while then 1000 policemen and women demonstrated against gender based violence some held up signs that read it hurts us s Police Officers to pick up bodies off women children and vulnerable groups on a daily basis. Now youre about to meet one woman whos a rape survivor and this is now raising her voice for others. The way we all acknowledge school to spock on the 20th of july 19th 18 i was gang raped at the spark and my friend killed 3 months before my 16th birthday this happened to me. Im Caroline Peters im a im 54 years old im a famous nurse im agenda ective us you know and im a human rights campaigner even when my dog is the place of days i would get up and go and run and i saw the benefit they planning for me at the same time i was city municipality upgrades to the spock and remember this is a book that ive never set foot there since when the time when i was right. And i say to my daughter were going to reclaim that space never again is ninetys going to be a negative thing for me its going to be something positive were going to birth Something Big from so that is our number this was founded it was about the reclaiming the space bringing their positivity that arning gave me to other women in our community. For me with a club it was more than just a running club it was a social space we women get to be the way we talk to each other you know when we go out to the. And our we say to the women speak to the one next to you you know when we go out we dont know what shes what shes going through for the day. Has been so much happening over the last weeks that im physically emotionally sick and train because of whats happening in our country so you have nanae that kills thats killed in a post office for goodness like in the post office. Then you have jesse is killed in a flecked with a grandfather right been killed and i want to say they put him killed its not just kill theyve been violated in all forms every 26 seconds is a woman that right in south africa look even in countries where there is a war. With rape is used as a tool of war is a that many rapes we need to as so society could live to valley and raise our voices and say its not ok what needs to change the system of apartheid if we do not go back to the total mom that our communities faced if we do not speak about the elephant in the room for me about what happened to my father as a as an older man no black man from way way he week a moment abused my mother because he was abused at these will play a place of work and nobody speaks about that that we actually suffer from generational tilma when are we going to teach our boys how to respect our goals our young our young men to the young women how do we change that for me we can do all this work with women we can tell them you dont take those and and we empower them back to what needs to be done with boys and young men and men we need men to stop abusing women we need promote programs for them the in the into dying to empower women so we bowled more. We build more shelters but when are we going to change the mindsets of those people whom we need to say too many to not the we need maybe to say to other men its not oakley we need men we need men to stand up and say brother it is not ok elmos want to say is our government c. D. s about changing our police are not same zip ties to digital system is not up to standard so justice even i think nothing is working for women you know so we need immediate action and i am glad that we are at a stage of a revolt there is a revolution and therefore our president have to respond to this. President is not clearly set out a path forward for how are we going to engineer based violence and not just about 50 actually given a budget towards the well weve got the basic rule of law is weve got the best x. Weve got legislation is the its about the implementation of the legislation so we can have all the basic laws everything while however when theres no badgett to implement the same its all just paper i want to hold government accountable i want to hold our place and then settle them up those accountable for what he said in parliament so my opies that all this ends im hopeful and im pretty full what makes make it up daily is to see that my sister to see that my daughters are safe to see that my granddaughter is safe you know so i love another day just to make sure theyre my sisters ok. That was caroline peaches from cape town and that is it for now from the deadly news africa as always you can catch all story on our facebook case today will leave you with pictures of women in south africa collectively raising their voices and saying its not ok the next stop fighting. Birth. Home of species. A home worth saving. 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Frank said singh is best known internationally for his Science Fiction novel the swarm where nature starts punishing humanity for its misdeeds 1st published 15 years ago it now seems rather prophetic when you look at the Current Situation with Climate Change however right now frank said singh has put down the pan picked up the guitar and has a music project called taxi galaxy tell me why after this. Function thing seen in his element on stage in front of an audience he likes to entertain but also to shake people up in 2009 the author presented his thriller limit its a mix of Science Fiction crime story and science like his most popular novel the swarm published in 2004 the bestseller about a threat from the depths of the ocean has been translated into 27 languages and made its author who study Communication Studies a very rich man. But chatting has still clung to a lifelong dream since the age of fish