Fired. For business. Sixty minutes on g w. Six make. Raring to read. If there is any erotic its remember you have to find it between the lines. Of literature hundred german streets. You know. This is v. W. News africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes well the press freedom day you meet african janitors to say constitution me guarantee press freedom potts the reporting can be difficult and even death you. Can think of that because you never know what you are not come up with that you want to Say Something you afraid. Also coming up in the show the trauma of cannon one week after the cycle it was on the we take a look at how people are dealing with the aftermath. And eat my good you know your Welcome To The Show and thanks for your time its World Press Freedom day by press freedom remains a challenge All Around The World across africa its no different while some countries meet positive streitz many generalists still sense it repressed on sanctioned out of fifty four countries the press Freedom Index has classify the situation in twenty six states as eat up bad scene here in dakar orange or very bad as seen in red today we take a closer look at two of these countries zimbabwe and nigeria in nigeria the
constitution guarantees freedom of the press but especially in conflict ridden areas like the north east which is the stronghold of boko haram reporting its difficult my colleague funny for a shot travelled to borno state where she met two dedicated journalist working on the constraints. Heavy Military Presence in many parts of my degree the capital of borno state in nigeria often its news. About Terror Attacks that dominates Peoples Daily lives today its positive excitement. President bihari is about to arrive blessing to know well cover it shes a Television Correspondent here and her office is this car on a normal the kind of come around begin to feel the military alone a day like this when you have the president and i mean you can get through with almost anything now shes rushing to school the hard ones to commission the
president s convoy is passing by a Billboard PicturingMalala Yousafzai a symbol of education for girls exactly what Islamist Terror Group wants to fight. The War On Terror only i wish i was less since reports usually reboard around the military the hardest and the militarys operations to fight them at home blessing the mother of a one year old is relieved today she doesnt have to comp through footage of yet another explosion she must only added haris visit but just how far can she push the envelope with the government this is so special. But how it will always be questioned i mean no matter how you know science you know the story you are doing is you know you have to write though why you are doing a story that makes a very have you know. Stories especially especially for you initiates on your own
blessings job usually involves many constraints in Terms Of Press Freedom Nigeria is currently ranked One Hundred Twenty s. By Reporters Without Borders thats one hundred twentieth One Hundred Eighty countries despite the governments official obligation to protect the freedom of the press but as Human Rights Organizations point out the reality on the ground is different jonell is a subject of violence and they are denied access to information. This is. With my car in january his Newspaper Office was raided by the military it was in this article that got him in trouble a story about an operation against. Why the office berated just because we carried the reports that reporters should be free were all still called us were all were all shareholders in the Enterprise Quote where bt with the raid made only stronger and even more committed but in order for change to happen in
nigeria biharis priorities must also include press freedom he said us issued be on his Priority List because we are total of democracy the president the only portent instrument this society uses to check excesses iniquities injustices i will fairness committed by any of these arms of government with my beliefs the limits for the press are rooted in the countrys military past he says nigeria must live up to its commitment that the country is ruled by the constitution and not by decrees another country that made promises to improve its Media Policies as im bob but even after the mugabe era journalists are still harassed on the president and on gaga just recently riot Police Tear Gassed two six three each at zimbabwes leading online News Platform offices authorities pursued while the Platforms Journalists would be taking pictures of
a clash between police and Street Vendors in Central Harare a Journalist Lovejoy was likely injured by teargas canister he told did of you the challenges in working as a journalist in zimbabwe. Each and every time you want to Say Something you have prayed here to think of the consequences of what you write and what youre going to be posting special for me to. Know yet organise look in what theyre what theyre going to do to so. Many. Operate for. Joining me now from zimbabwe is our correspondent was shot near to. Welcome to the show so youre a journalist in zimbabwe how is it like for you working in your country. It is a difficult situation in zimbabwe those things have kind of changed i think the
saying that we have propagated now is the more things change the more they remain the same theres been promises in terms of changing laws in zimbabwe from a personal Point Of View i see they use are we but these no commitment if you look at the environment that we work we in. The difficult part is that accessing information is a very difficult situation specially in terms of Government Institution because of the existing laws personally i have gone through difficult times we have. Had some times where you are asked or even beaten up by the police just put doing your way so it remains a very difficult situation to work in zimbabwe but we hope for the better what does the brought up to see about africas performance in the. Index rankings what do you
see generally. Yeah i think freedom of the press you know africa remains a very contentious issue if you look at their latest report by Reporters Without Borders there are very few countries safe for your book you know Fossil Garner south africa and. The cities victory. But there rest between the difficulty and very serious situations if you look in the north of africa egypt libya countries like. India reached they remain is sports so it is a very difficult situation for africa we are still being ranked law because of some of the violations that you see that us do happening in other african countries
privileged Missionary Reporting from zimbabwe thank you. Mozambique is struggling to deal with the aftermath of Cycling Kenneth the storm hit a week ago destroying homes on roads many people see if you are yet to receive help and i increasingly frustrated about the governments lack of action our correspondent chris sent us this report from one of the west affected areas. Has felt somewhat traumatised ever since. Rev it just is when. I mean. When the storm came everything was still ok. The bullet in my house was still standing. But then it rained for hours on end as you see in the van so when my house collapsed. It likely packed a few things and. Many people in the village
lost everything and in the time since the cyclon hit they have lost all power. Luis takes us to see the only means of transportation that is left in his village. The Rickety Old Boss only starts after a long time and wanted to finally gets going it only runs for ten minutes since cyclon canot the road and says here. And the next town is an hour away by foot. We want our streets back so that we can drive to the city like we used to so were asking the government to finally help out. But the government seems to get going as slowly as the bus at least one good thing has
happened workers from a Chinese Company appear in the afternoon and attempts to repair things but they seem to reach their limits soon the message destruction cant be repaired quickly at the moment the water level here is rather low but this can change very fast sometimes its just raining for a few hours very strong and then the water goes up again threatening the communities around. Even in parts of the Provincial Capital Pemba the water level is still heidi meteorologist mariannes in the know observes the weather from the station shes optimistic but cant give an all clear signal yet the on. This ship will likely continue to rain over the next few days. But probably only lightly. We dont think that the rain in this region will be as strong as it was in the last few days. In the village of
mara kinney continues to waited to hope that the government will soon come to help. He hopes for a new house for electricity for the streets to be repaired but most of all he hopes for better weather. Now this is where mandela was incarcerated for over eighteen yes now a drawing of this sell by the late South African President was sold in new york for more than one hundred Twelve Thousand dollars the wax still crayon drawings shows the door of Nelson Mandelas prison cell on Robben Island a powerful symbol of hope on resilience the drawing is one of more than twenty words he made in Two Thousand And two when dealing with his experiences in prison and while the few that he kept until his death. Thats it for now from africa you can catch all our stories on our web site on the
facebook page we leave you now with more words created by the lead Nelson Mandela have a great weekend. From africa the world. Closely. Carefully to the soon. To be. Discovered and. The. Subsequent. Documentary. Welcome to news from the world of arts and culture the whistleblower Chelsea Manning has a Documentary Film all about her thats just how its well well be talking about that also coming up. Works by stars of the Congolese Art Scene On Show in