After the fall of the berlin november 9th. News africa coming up on the program impunity in south sudan promised the International Releases the downing reports on the civil war. 400000 dead in the ongoing conflict. Users of human rights a new one being brought to account also coming out. Morris come to his feet from. Conciliation by the regime. To the struggle will continue. On to the street
truck driver was working in south africa. These people. Youre welcome to the show the civil war in south sudan erupted in 2013 just a year and a half after the country gained independence since then its thought more than 400000 people have been killed it countless number have been raped tortured or disappeared and millions of people displaced but few perpetrators of violence have been prosecuted now. There are reports documenting what it calls of the south sudanese governments to deliver justice although both government and Opposition Forces of committed crime. Im this is says they have a new lead
prosecute these cases itself ok save deputy director from is the international east africa on the great lakes thank you. now come route in the position lead up morris come to has vowed to continue the fight against president paul b.-a the strong who s led the country for nearly 4 decades comes who was released from prison on the weekend of conciliation by the be irie jean he told his supporters that his the gratian did not mean the end of the struggle. you are. free at last morris come to is greeted by hendrix of supporters living with cameron s opposition leader spent 9 months in jail facing charges of insurrection that somewhat alongside him 102 other members of his party the cameron renascence movement were released on
a meets investigations for cicutto as on courts like independence on blankets immunity has been granted to suspects of crimes i m misty is calling on the african union to set up its own tribunal to investigate crimes in south sudan from on this save dangle joins us from our studio in nairobi he s deputy director for amnesty international east africa the horn on the great lakes hello steve thanks for your time now south sudan s government says your report s findings does not correspond with the reality in the country what do you say to that well thanks for having me that is really something that can expect them to say but we ve reached out to them officially sure giving them details of our findings 2 months ago we reached out for the a judicial review to the office of the president and they did not get up to us on
saturday. to find out if i didn t go to jail so that elections could be stolen no i want to change that and fight for the happiness of all our children when i went to prison because i said no to the war in the north west they change their minds in fact it s shocking we don t need any of that side of their release comes as a surprise move by paul bia the president in power for the past 37 years is aiming to strike a more conciliatory tone towards the opposition after a week of dialogue to from a national reconciliation but for many this goodwill gesture doesn t go far enough they should be general amnesty to each and every one so that we can start on a clean slate this culminating with d the end of the dialogue it could really show that government has good faith and then we can skin the how they can implement some of the order recommendations can tell and he supporters say they re ready to
cameroon s veteran president paul bia has been sworn in for a seventh term following elections marred by violence and allegations of fraud bia was ruled the majority french has ruled excuse me the majority for speaking west african nation for thirty five years he s rolled out session for some troubled regions where the english speaking minority is calling for independence and on the eve of his inauguration seventy nine school students were kidnapped in the angle of phone northwest region the government is blaming separatists. this footage purportedly shows the dozens of students kidnapped it was released by the perpetrators. it was taken to an school last night and again on the loose. last evening and in. one member of the separatist group who is filming the