:00:29. > :00:39.We sent our correspondence to bring you the best stories and up across
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:00:44. > :00:50.Sexual violence in Somalia's camps. Most attacks are carried out by
:00:50. > :00:56.former militia members. And we meet the women wrestlers of
:00:56. > :01:04.Senegal, hoping to show their skills in a sport that is as big as
:01:04. > :01:09.We start in Mali, where prices of transition is under way. The first
:01:09. > :01:14.batch of French troops have left after their military campaign
:01:14. > :01:18.against Islamic insurgents. African and Malian forces are taking over.
:01:18. > :01:24.France deployed 4,000 troops there in January, amid fears that
:01:24. > :01:28.fighters were about to advance on the capital. Around 3,000 French
:01:28. > :01:35.troops will leave this year, but Paris is keeping a permanent force
:01:36. > :01:40.of 1,000 troops in the country to fight terrorism.
:01:40. > :01:44.Alone and exposed, these Malian soldiers want to show that they are
:01:44. > :01:50.in control in the streets of Timbuktu. But they advance
:01:50. > :01:56.anxiously, knowing they are the primary targets for suicide bombers.
:01:56. > :02:02.They have lethal firepower, never Tatchell, and they lack the
:02:02. > :02:08.training to face insurgents. Malian troops find themselves overwhelmed
:02:08. > :02:13.when clashes break out. TRANSLATION: We want the French to
:02:13. > :02:19.stay here. We don't have the means to defend the city and face this
:02:19. > :02:24.fight at present. But for the French, the fight is
:02:24. > :02:29.out there, in the desert. They quickly intervened in Mali to hunt
:02:29. > :02:33.Al-Qaeda and its allies, not where they may strike but where they plan
:02:33. > :02:40.their operations from. Paris believes its military task is
:02:40. > :02:45.nearly a compass. The French say they are ready to pack and go, but
:02:46. > :02:49.the surge of residual jihadi fighters continues. Only the French
:02:49. > :02:53.have the means to come to places like this.
:02:53. > :02:58.The piece of -- people of this village are all ethnic Arabs or
:02:58. > :03:07.Tuaregs. They said that militants have never come here. But it is the
:03:07. > :03:11.only outpost in an ocean of sand. So between the fear of reprisal and
:03:12. > :03:16.hurried allegations, it is hard to know.
:03:16. > :03:20.Back in Timbuktu, fear has returned. When we came here just over two
:03:20. > :03:27.months ago, we found a publisher celebrating after a traumatic
:03:27. > :03:37.occupation. -- a population. People are now even afraid to talk on
:03:37. > :03:37.
:03:37. > :03:42.camera. Until recently, the 7,000 strong
:03:42. > :03:47.regional African force was nowhere to be seen in northern Mali. Most
:03:47. > :03:51.of the troops lack both logistics and funding.
:03:51. > :03:55.TRANSLATION: Will worried because we don't think these forces, even
:03:55. > :04:01.if they come, which is not sure, will be able to do what the French
:04:01. > :04:05.have done so far. The French, deployed in Miley,
:04:05. > :04:10.argue that militants operating here have become a threat not only to
:04:10. > :04:15.the region but also to European countries. After a rapid campaign,
:04:15. > :04:21.they are now pushing for a UN peacekeeping mission to take over.
:04:21. > :04:26.Thousands of African forces are waiting for that mandate. There is,
:04:26. > :04:30.however, little faith in these troops' capacity. The prospect of a
:04:30. > :04:36.French withdrawal means that for the people of this region, are
:04:36. > :04:40.seven times lie ahead. -- uncertain times.
:04:40. > :04:44.Somalia's police and army are set to receive direct funding from the
:04:44. > :04:49.UK as part of international efforts to help the country recover from
:04:49. > :04:55.decades of war. The plans were discussed at a global summit on
:04:55. > :05:02.Somalia or held recently in London. But the funding is going to the
:05:02. > :05:06.same Somalis are -- Somali security forces who are accused of hundreds
:05:06. > :05:12.of sex attacks against civilians. The fresh sea breeze really feels
:05:12. > :05:15.like a wind of change here. But as life returns to Mogadishu, it's war
:05:15. > :05:19.scarred people are still facing huge challenges.
:05:19. > :05:23.Years of fighting and famine have left over one million people
:05:23. > :05:29.displaced. The UN says women in particular are vulnerable in these
:05:29. > :05:36.camps. They recorded 1,700 rapes last year alone. Many are thought
:05:36. > :05:41.to be carried out by the members of the security forces. 7% of the
:05:41. > :05:48.sexual violence is done by men in army uniform. This could be militia,
:05:48. > :05:52.police, soldiers. We spoke to one recent victim, who called herself
:05:52. > :05:57.an anonymous name. He came into my tent in the middle
:05:57. > :06:03.of the night. He had a gun and he threatened to shoot me if I
:06:03. > :06:08.resisted. He raped me in front of my son and nobody came to help.
:06:08. > :06:12.Like her, many women are reluctant to speak out. Apart from the stigma,
:06:12. > :06:18.there is also fear. Some who have reported their salt have been
:06:18. > :06:23.threatened. Others have even been arrested. -- for their assault.
:06:23. > :06:29.Mogadishu is becoming more liveable. No doubt about that. Until recently,
:06:29. > :06:33.a place like this would have been emptying in preparation for a long,
:06:33. > :06:38.scary night ahead. But the transition from the two decades of
:06:38. > :06:44.war is proving to be a difficult one, and it is leading some of
:06:44. > :06:48.Somalia's international backers with some unpalatable choices.
:06:48. > :06:52.Somalia's fledgling national security forces consist mostly of a
:06:52. > :06:55.patchwork of militia, groups of untrained young men who are used to
:06:55. > :07:03.the power that comes with carrying a gun but his discipline and
:07:03. > :07:07.loyalty is questionable. The EU, the US and others already trained
:07:07. > :07:11.and finance the Somali security forces as part of wider efforts to
:07:11. > :07:17.combat piracy and Al-Qaeda in the Horn of Africa. Now Britain wants
:07:17. > :07:22.to join them. Clearly, we are all shocked by the prevalence of sexual
:07:22. > :07:30.violence in this country. It seems to me in consistent that we
:07:30. > :07:37.wouldn't want to help this government move forward.
:07:37. > :07:44.This is still a fragile peace. Without international support for a
:07:44. > :07:48.for -- strong security force, Miley could -- Somalia could fall back
:07:48. > :07:52.into anarchy. In the West African country of
:07:52. > :07:58.Senegal, traditional wrestling is as big as football. However, women
:07:58. > :08:01.rarely get a chance to enter the arena. In a small village, the rice
:08:01. > :08:11.fields festival is one of the rare occasions that you can watch ladies
:08:11. > :08:11.
:08:12. > :08:16.try to bring each other to the It is a kind of fight grown-ups
:08:16. > :08:24.usually would not allow on the playground. Then again, this is no
:08:24. > :08:28.ordinary playground. Here, and the rice fields festival, it is one of
:08:28. > :08:34.the few times of the year that you see traditional female wrestling.
:08:34. > :08:43.TRANSLATION: It is not like only man can do it. The females can also
:08:43. > :08:49.do it. It is so good. People can feel it like it is a culture.
:08:49. > :08:55.are used to seeing Ladies wrestling. It is very good. Wrestling is not
:08:55. > :09:00.only for men. Girls can do it, too. Wrestling and the traditional
:09:00. > :09:05.dances that go along with it are deeply rooted in the local culture.
:09:05. > :09:11.It is also linked with a growing grass, a cornerstone in the culture
:09:11. > :09:16.of the people. -- growing crisis. This field was burn in preparation
:09:16. > :09:21.for serving at the start of the rainy season. It is usually the
:09:21. > :09:26.women who will harvest the rice, and there will be more celebrations
:09:26. > :09:32.with wrestling then. But passionate as she is for the sport, Serafina
:09:32. > :09:35.will be wrestling many times before that. At 19, she joined the
:09:35. > :09:40.national team last year and is now trained for the next African
:09:40. > :09:45.championship. TRANSLATION: At school, I used to
:09:45. > :09:52.see the other pupils Russell. Not girls, of course, and the boys. But
:09:52. > :09:56.during the break, I would put my bag down and Wressle, too.
:09:56. > :10:04.Serafina and her friends have to face prejudices about women in
:10:04. > :10:09.wrestling. Also, a lack of funding. There are too few sold -- sponsors
:10:09. > :10:14.for the gilts. We hope that in the future, sponsors will invest in the
:10:14. > :10:18.gilts for wrestling. Why not a team of wrestlers?
:10:18. > :10:24.In the meantime, during the final of the tournament, the girls get to
:10:24. > :10:28.show their special skills. For now, when investors in Senegal are still
:10:28. > :10:32.a long way from matching the popularity of their male