Waves. Im christine one girl welcome to news africa im glad youre two did nigerias president mohamed is seeking a second to in the country election this weekend when he took office and twenty fifteen he made corruption a priority taking steps like improving transparency in government deals now reports to agree on krishna its a Public Servant who said bihari is missing encouraged him to become a whistleblower but as youll see in the next report that cost of. The fight against corruption features large in Nigerian Newspapers its also a huge part of aaron casss life the Civil Servant walks for a supervisory body in the police force two years ago he watched his boss embezzle funds earmarked for advanced training the experience turned him into a whistleblower. I was encouraged because the new system that was common in the government a promise to fight corruption. I was encouraged was we have to speak out at some point i mean everybodys afraid of saying something that we. Really need some that is happening who is going to speak out. To step to see if we are going to have a government that is going to fight corruption head on and i blew the whistle i dont think theyll have issues with them but that wasnt to be because it was first threatened then himself reported to police on charges of corruption for two days he was remanded in custody then he lost his job you know be suspended me for a walk and they didnt follow it perceive yourself suspension i mean there was no power no there was no queda got into office and given that i was a special Service Point out that president. Has taken huge steps to weed out corruption but say he still has a long way to go they are concerned that not enough people are convicted for their crimes and that the Justice System itself is steeped in corruption the i. I was i would be. You know. We have been trying to do a little to go we went there to learn and did their bit in the prison. Government introduced a whistle blower policy that should protect us. And even give them up to five percent of the funds that the states recovered because of their help according to the government within a few months the state already managed to recover more than one point five billion euros but Anti Corruption activist. Roger says the concept was never officially made by parliament his organisation lend support to arun casa and was able to return to work after three years but that wasnt things to the government or local authorities had to go to court to get his job back. What that tells you is that the government is interested in. Policy to the extent that he brings in the money. It doesnt care about what eventually happens after that is actually discouraging that that possibly but of the reasons why people dont see the need to risk their lives coming forward with some. Information or reverend kasem i have his job back but he was never we wanted for his whistleblowing work he also lost three years of salary his boss on the other hand is quietly enjoying his retirement and was never brought to justice for his crime are you satisfied with the effectiveness of the policies are you disappointed its fifty fifty. Should protect you do more. To do more to encourage us so that. This. Really really sucks it. Despite the ordeal casa doesnt regret a thing he to do the same thing today he says its the only way forward for his country. Well thats a rating. Ok so our next story is really concrete given enough attention the second deadliest outbreak of ebola in history is. Aging in the democratic republic of congo experts are warning more people may die and worse that the outbreak may never be brought under control now thats because since the virus broke out last august it continues to spread the number of new cases doubled in january now more than five hundred people have died so far well talk to an organization in the capital kinshasa but first this report from binny one of the affected areas. Charleston calif and is lucky to be a life past november he was being treated for a disease that claimed the life of his wife and their five year old daughter now hes free of the virus and extremely grateful. Now i want to thank all the doctors in the abode of Treatment Center over hygiene asuka at the treatment room clean psychologists who gave us advice on the disease and psychological support to bring us back to life. And all the others who are part of the Response Team helping us full providing food for all of us i want to thank them. Foulston is one of two hundred seventy seven people who survived the latest outbreak of ebola according to figures from Congress HealthMinistry Officials in the country say an experimental vaccine given to more than seventy thousand people has helped stop new cases. Believe the epidemic is well under control in the original hot spots in one kenya and benny. The biggest one i believe that the spread of the epidemic in major cities has been prevented. But the full scientific impact of the vaccine and therapeutic drugs isnt yet known and aid organizations working in congo theres more work ahead to save the children says some communities still dont take the disease seriously enough women and children at greater risk than adults of dying from the virus make up a worrying number of cases. Have occurred is in kinshasa that they kept on the democratic republic of congo shes with save the children and she joins me now i have the fence full full coming on today weve been talking about how difficult its been to contain this particular outbreak of ebola explain to us why that is the case. Reason is its taking place in an area of great insecurity is being insecure many of the many different groups. Its also an area of knowledge Population Movement people moved with. An across the board as trade with uganda and yet breaks taking place in some areas and he intend to put all of those things together it makes it much harder to contain it it your statement one of the things you said was that its paramount to convince communities that ebola is an urgent and real concern why arent people convinced of that already. The party because im very worried about the security thats being best in boma as theyre worried about it and then theyve got other humanitarian issues so it is still is the top of the list and this is where we are. So we need to enlist the help of the community really have better engagement on it. And that is of course raising awareness and i guess yeah peaceful just about the work that youre doing with children. So raising awareness is one of the most important things that we can do with the Community Need with groups of young people and even with children children great messengers they can go and talk to their families what we found was. Going is quite to boo in some households where weve been working with children once we did the Community Awareness with the whole family then everybody was much older people want to talk about it and i need to get people talking about it to do more about it all right had to my last question. Is this outbreak this latest outbreak getting enough attention from the florey. Do you feel that enough is being done. It is getting a lot of attention but it could do with getting more attention its not going to give you as much attention this outbreak in west africa did i mean one of the reasons is its still contained within the seed which is great and long may it stay that way but it does it does need more attention the government and. Ours will be doing an amazing job to try to contain it but its not yet ok thank you and the team for the work that youre doing out in the democratic republic of congo thats where the intention. Im safe the children thank you. Thank you. We go down south now to south africa which is one of surfing global hot spots but its not just the professionals who want to ride some of the best ways the locals do to now one school in cape town is helping to break down barriers for surfing enthusiastic with physical and mental disabilities. A feeling Pamela Hansford thought shed never get back watching her riding the waves with a smile on her face its hard to believe the seventy five year old suffered a broken neck a year ago a terrifying collision with a freak wave on the shores of cape town left her tetraplegic but now with the help of volunteers shes enjoying the waves once again and three of the ward i could feel. Its really special pamela is one of many disabled surfers getting a helping hand from the surf in poor areas a school which aims to get people with disabilities into the water. Kids are welcome to while parents can learn how to take care of them out in the surf. We felt like we were flying it was amazing they showed us how to handle him in the war how to actually hold the so forth and how to surf behind him and it was an amazing experience. Making surfing possible and practical for disabled people is a growing trend across south africa pretty soon theyll be no excuses not to hit the way. And that is it from news africa for now you can catch all our stories on our website and Facebook Page because of all of that sophie will leave you with images of people Catching Planes in south africa told next time. Lets dive into the arts world and take a closer look at modern culture from. Time to be a pulse of culture on the dumping. Earth. Home to humans of species a home worth saving. Those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like to use the term climate news to Green Energy Solutions and reforestation. The Community Interactive content teaching the next generation about Environmental Protection and were determined to build something here for the next Generation Global ideas the multimedia environment series on t. W. Hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture im Robert Merrill were looking at the following topics today. Along with altering films the birth in the also highlights up and coming acting talent with its european shooting stars awards well meet two of this years faces to watch. Well also meet up and coming young soprano as a tries to make him name for herself and stop soap opera. But we begin with the american photographer Cindy Sherman shes this years winner of the prestigious maxed spectrum prize which recognizes outstanding performances in the artistic field sherman is considered one of the most important and influential artists of her generation throughout her career she has explored identity and the nature of representation in society especially of women. Cindy sherman has been photographing herself since the one nine hundred seventy s. But her works are not self portraits in the classic sense of an artist taking a look at their authentic self instead sherman takes on different personas in her own imagine scenarios critiquing gender and identity. In this series for instance she portrays women in their fiftys trying to reconstitute their last year