News from africa the world your link to exceptional stories and discussions anyone will come to see their views advocating programming from funny to me as if easy to wow with safety deputed come smash africa join us on facebook t. W. Africa. Set a goal is on the cusp of an Energy Revolution it aims to get about a 3rd of its power from renewable sources in the next few years and is poised with west africas largest with the conquest of the grid but the state isnt turning its back on oil. And germanys Economic Council trims its woes full cost of insists german Economic Policy doesnt need to be reinvented. And interests all in place to business spoilt for choice. Senegal has it all lots of sun wind and the oil but what will be the right mix the governments Just Announced a new round of licensing for 3 offshore blocks as the country prepares to tap its rich reserves to boost revenues well get to that in a moment 1st its lofty goals to produce a sizable chunk of its energy needs from renewab
By east german Border Guards either from the towers around me or from patrol boats on the river behind me and now behind me you can see these lit up blue posts these are mark the border itself which of this part of the city was directly in the river and 10 people died just here trying to cross from communist east berlin into the west in total over a 1000 people died trying to escape east germany and so its really no wonder that in 1909 when the border opened people came down to the wall with. Picks with hammers and they wanted to just get rid of the wall and the only reason that this stretch of the wall survived is down to the efforts of a group of artists. The east time gallery was started in february 990. 00. Were invited to paint and original potion of the wool but then the initiative was designed to help east german autists he would suddenly been left without an income but in those exciting days of the full mccomas state opening up came from the life of the world. When berlin was d
Eastern german city of the one thing that hasnt changed there is the construction of cars a tradition dating back to 9904 its where the iconic truck was produced in the days of communist east germany. Took over the company in 1900 modernize the plant now its really engineering the business one small to make electric cars joining a revolution of a different type the green push towards a mobility something good for the planet this time as opposed to the trouble which is germans waited years to get their hands on and despite conjuring up feelings of nostalgia really did stick. This 2 stroke engine belongs to a church and its a car you would have seen all over the east german roads 30 years ago and said trickles that its a very practical vehicle when so good you could repair pretty much everything yourself from the belts and the commission coils to spark plugs you could access everything and fix it fast this was the 1st car i had as a student. These days you can find the socalled troubles
Standing right now is not always an outdoor cinema this was what was known as the death strip and 30 years ago if id been standing here i would have been shot dead by east german Border Guards either from the towers around me or from patrol boats on the river behind me now behind me you can see these lit up blue posts these mark the border itself which of this part of the city was directly in the river and 10 people died just here trying to cross from communist east berlin into the west in total over a 1000 people died trying to escape east germany and so its really no wonder that in 1909 when the border opened people came down to the wall with. Picks with hammers and they wanted to just get rid of the wall and the only reason that this stretch of the wall survived is down to the efforts of a group of artists. The east time gallery was started in february 919. 00. Were invited to paint and original potion of the wool but then the initiative was designed to help east german tastes he wo
The military calls on protesters to stop blocking roads and bridges in baghdad as their harsh crackdown continues plus this week marks 30 years since the physical barrier separating east and west germany came down the line wall may be history but how united is the nation today we take a look at some of the differences that persist decades after the fall of the wall. Thats when youre so mourning subway commute means fending off groping of men women in japan are saying time is. Following terry march and good to have you with us the president of chile has proposed a minimum wage increase in a bid to calm tensions amid the countrys worst on rest in decades protests started last month span. Marked by a hike in subway fares and then widened into a Mass Movement against inequality president Sebastian Pinera also wants congress to approve other measures but will it be enough to convince angry citizens to give up their protests. The demonstrators clash with police in santiago unappeased by the