This is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the ones who wont be silenced a beauty queen whos accused former gambian president of raping to 5 years ago is back in the country where shes encouraging victims of Sexual Violence to speak out. So i am inspired by war meant more to faded by the horrendous other stories of the new year and i think its not fair for me to be in the queue to really get it was my silence protects what he has done to me. And the n. B. A. His 1st professional Basketball League outside of North America set to kick off in africa in january well be talking to the Managing Director of n. B. A. Africa. Im kristie want to welcome to news africa im glad your chin did in Gambia Overlord investigating allegations against the former president. Hes accuses say
hes committed human rights abuses during his 22 years impala accusations he denies several women have now come forward to recount how they were sexually assaulted and abused by the former president one of his a
money has cost genevieve feels just like any child coming here she s thrilled to be at the 1st pan-african robotics competition in ghana. is it don t ask me about question because it took weeks for this group here to put this together for one main purpose which is what is a way of flooding. the participants are from across the entire continent many of them are young women this team is from between they want to reduce congestion in big african cities by repairing the nonfunctioning traffic lights by artificial intelligence finding solutions to everyday problems genevieve team is competing today but winning is not the priority she says it s about learning from other groups and their ideas so that one day her knowledge can help improve the lives of her family and of others in her community. in just
ok i ll be the 1st to say building a robot is not easy for anyone and children but a teenager in ghana who wants to build a robot that will prevent flooding in africa now genevieve a seated doco has taken her invention to the pan african robotics competition where she s competing with 200 others from 18 african countries funny such are brings us her story. 4 children packed into once more room these used to be genevieve s bedroom before she moved to boarding school now she s in a brief visit not much has changed suitcases still serve as closets the chair in dire need of repair but books there s always been lots of books here. very small. things as you know you. stop