Years impacted one girl go tories and. Im christine one while come to africa its good to have your company today well hear from women who have been banished from society in gaza hundreds of elderly women accused of witchcraft have been forced to flee their communities to seek safety now such cases are common in the northern part of the country which has a distinctly different culture to the south. Travel to. And spoke to women who are living in a camp there. Its one of the women seeking refuge in this camp her neighbor accused of using witchcraft to destroy her business. And on able to prove her innocence in diana was nearly lynched the scars from those who are a constant reminder of that ordeal. I was abused years ago but i still want my abuses brought to justice to terror and they cause me so much pain and if theyre not punished very soon all elderly women in my village will face a similar fate and get banished. To indiana struggles to survive on her own. But shes not alone. She too arrived here just weeks ago. She was attacked with a machete after being accused of using witchcraft to caused the death of someone you have village. When i was attacked with a machete i even thought i was dead i couldnt breathe my head aches and i feel pain all over my body now i really enjoy pain and i really wish i was dead but here i am still alive now. More than 100 edley women who live in this camp have similar stories of abuse and humiliation some have lived here for more than 3 decades in terrible conditions some say lets a group of volunteers from the projects and initiatives set up by the Presbyterian Church in ghana. The team tries to support in these women with the daily needs. That. Make you. d extraction. To keep. The belief in witchcraft exists in many societies but attacks on man accused of witchcraft endemic in the north. Who claims he exercises evil spirits says the womens is to blame. The recent lynching of a 90 year old woman accused of witchcraft has reignited calls for the practice to end groups such as Amnesty International want the rights of headley women better protected. By the state these women are protected by the law and given this is the need we will not. Be using them as they are now at them. But for now this is home to women like these with no power to change their lives. Im now joined by dean. He is the author of the reports you just saw hello isaac got it wouldnt be the only place in africa with superstition can cost people their lives but just how big is the problem in. This has been taking place for 100 years on the hope was that this could have been coming down. Taking a nosedive but that is not it keys and its not about the northern part of the country where this is really and demi you have about 6 comes how soon housing women every day continue to be our buz and have to flee their communities to see refuge in some of these cons. Situation is that there were not seeing in the trained were having an increasing day by day and many of the women become invulnerable to these archives and we saw that in your report it was it was only women essentially elderly women at that why is that the case why is it that mostly women are accused people. So during my visit to the northern part of the country and talking to people who have been involved in rescuing some of these women the understanding is that its probably women do not have much voice especially in the northern part of the country not only the northern part i should see across the country in many communities where men do not have a voice in the northern part of the country is quite serious and the women convert to defend themselves and many of them. Even avoid our plots or run away from some of these people who perpetrate these crimes because no one hears them because they have no voice and that is why r. P. Is the people who are prone to these are tox i think i mean this is this is a very difficult problem to solve in that you can change peoples ideology you can expect a government for example that but what is the view in god that that the authorities could do a better job. Seen women like we saw in your report because the help they were getting is from volunteers and not necessarily the states yes that is the view that the government can protect these women better by prosecuting people who carry out these crimes if the are not prosecuted they are not arrested and prosecuted or punish them boarding to continue to do that is one thing the government has to work on to ensure that women are better protected isaac and i know that youll report it came across that the women actually feel safe in these camps because theyre scared to go back to their Communities Just in general from the time that you spent with them of they ok with the idea that they potentially have to spend the rest of their lives away from from from their families isolated i can almost say in these camps many of them i interacted with rather loved to go back to yahoo maps and live with their families and live in communities where the where they were born and where they grew and lived their lives by the cannot be guaranteed see if you dont believe that he can be granted safety because this has been going on for many many years and i would have preferred to live with the car and flee because they believe that they have better protected in protected and also. Provided for them even to not to live what i do wish they believe that yes the 5 day all in leave that come in they believe that when you go back to your communities do not be talked ones directing to go home. Talking to us from accra thank you. Our next report is from zimbabwe away on the usually care about 2000000. 00 tourists would visit the country to see the Worlds Largest waterfall the Victoria Falls the border closures that have come with covered 19 restrictions have meant there are no Foreign Tourists coming in to see the war in water is that as dangerous privilege reports businesses that rely on those visitors are now drowning. Victoria falls is it full flow but the few around to witness its glory there once bustling resort town nearby is a shadow of its usual self. A virus he has brought to business to extend. It this talk company helicopters authentic or in 15 minute intervals to fly over the falls now the aircraft are parked on the ground. Well the Tourism Industry has been worst affected is a fairly gutted all tolls are closed or activities are closed the employees are not on the pedals and. Suppliers of was to the industry also affected unemployment has risen and. Healthy has deteriorated everything is actually been granted a halt for businesses like at and curio dealers in 1000 feels like a death sentence or struggling to put food on the family table. Sometimes it native if you sleep you go to sleep you think oh for how am i going to feed my family and how our tomorrow were going to eat because we had to print it would cost more than 2000000. 00 visitors come to Victoria Falls and usually but numbers this year have dropped drastically that income generated by foreign visitors to the country normally some 1000000000. 00 euros. Estimated to go down by 85 percent. Victoria oh laurie is it is calling for change martin showing off yes but seriously if you people are coming in to witness this locos are now trickling in there are you all feeling of there but the local industry is feeling the pinch of quote be nice to you but it is now time to restructure the way forward to the future. Their hope now is that Domestic Tourism can help compensate the losses until International Travel resumes it is going to be a very tough people. But what good has come out of 19 is that every just a nation has come back to 0 were all starting from ground 0 so this means that there is an opportunity for decisions about how to correctly. But economists say Domestic Tourism is a dead end given disposable income to operators need to redesign packages currently geared towards international. What the government could do in my view is to put it. In the tourism sector. Which could be tax related there should forget about this sector take money from it when its in the. In the graveyard had to be buried so they need to risk it. The toryism industry here faces a tough period but there is a hope that the brighter days lie ahead with Victoria Falls is ready to shore off its splendor. Well that is it for now from africa but as always you can catch more of our stories on our website and Facebook Page now because you can go to zimbabwe right now to see that person will leave you with more video of that makeshift Victoria Falls scene extract. To. Beethoven to justice did you didnt mean to do. It is it does it out of 16. Many rubber bands of stolen beethoven. And of course the subconscious always one thing is clear. Is wildly popular. And she is sure. To sell the biggest composer this time i cant even begin to imagine a world class one player centralist on a musical journey of discovery. Without. Mr september 16th. Was beethoven black the long running rumor that the composer had african ancestors has returned well talk about why here on arts and culture and also on the show shes called captain. The deejay whos dark beats you might know from the Netflix Series unorthodox. Powerful beats to europes most powerful waterfall in switzerland where 120 filmmakers and musicians created this immersive tribute to the ryans. Welcome to arts and culture for about a century now some people have promoted the theory that the fun beethoven had black ancestors the rumor is largely based on portraits of beethoven showing a somewhat broader nose and darker complection than many northern europeans now this year marks 2 and a half centuries since beethovens birth and time for the occasion the rumor is back but its not just about beethoven its about an overdue conversation about racism in the world of classical music. Beethoven really black the debate has been cool seeing through social media of light but the theory. 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