Hello im christine one bill welcome to news africa its good to have you along if you hope is 1st if a satellite has been launched into space the launch makes ethiopia the 11th african country to have a special light in space egypt was 1st in 1908 not Prime Minister made is credited with starting the Satellite Program 3 years ago while he was minister for taking on the. This rocket may have lifted off from shannon she northern china but its rivera preparations were felt half way around the world for some countries space travel is about thrusting their power for smaller nations just hitching a ride is a sign of progress. To cause for celebration in ethiopia where they were up early to watch the countries for satellite sail into space. Yet on a. Satellite r. S. S. One which is currently launching from china will be a foundation for our historic journey to prosperity. It is a landmark achievement for the countrys Space Program even if china paid most of the price tag the satellite will gather vast amounts of data to use for weather forecasting and crop monitoring officials hope it will save millions of dollars a year for others you cant put a price on the price on the sea look. Ive heard around 20 ethiopians have participated in the launching of the satellite 15 men and 5 women. In the near future i believe ethiopians will do better in the Space Program thats my hope. In all african countries have launched more than 40 satellite the one final frontier remains launching a rocket from african soil. He is going to the ethiopian capital at his way of visit his fire from the Ethiopian Space Science Society is standing by while comes the deeds of the Africa Business so this is an exciting day for ethiopia finally you have the set of life launched how are you feeling there might excite and weve been looking forward to this day. Ok so just give us a sense of how significant this is for ethiopia visa. Well for a start that for a very long time the space used to be imagined i would say like a privilege where only in developed countries could use but slow the time these show that. Still space could benefit developing countries such as ethiopia and its one of the way that we show this Space Technology the cation use a Space Shuttle program ok so it is one of these days that we and we get to understand how with can get a shot it benefits our development. Ok so what is the satellite actually going to do and hows it going to benefit ethiopia. So for stars to give a very Good Platform for our engineer to hear and learn about sex and i Technology Development and the 2nd is since includes. Satellite. Is expected to measure environment and the whizzer that could hold for a better and cards for a planning stage ok give us a sense off how it works i mean youre obviously going to be manning the team in ethiopia just give us a sense of what the operations would be like the people who work on this project what will they be doing so basically like we have this ground gone d station her dogs are back to where it was a center and this is. The scientists there will receive the data and and give it give the data to the possible stakeholders that could use that could benefit out of this data such as and culture the weather d minister and such ok so we know that china paid most of the bill for this project how will it be benefiting from it. So as it is a really Good Opportunity for developing countries like theyre so good. To work on such let our jobs at the point we have to start and then somehow it is ours and. Right ok so i guess last me this is the 8th satellite to be launched by an african country this see if you can very quickly what does this mean for africas space sector well its obviously a change thats. 8 is a small number were yet to have a lot of to our compilation the years to prom but its the progress of this by the time so there is a question use it for its africa thats wants to tell lies and develop a Satellite Technology ok that is a to spy and at this ep of a thank you thank you. For now the un has extended a peacekeeping mission in the d r c by and that the year the mission as school is one of the most expensive in history costing over a 1000000000. 00 every year now the decision to extend the Mission Comes as people in the d. R. See call for the troops to leave the country. Victims of a massacre these people were attacked early december in their villages and essent kong what exactly happened is and clear but officials blame a notorious Militia Group for the atrocities and socalled allied Democratic Forces for more than 2 decades the islamist rooted militia has been seeking to destabilize the government of d. S. E. The people of been the live on the frontline of this militia violence. Their anger has also turned against the un they say the organization should be doing more to protect them. Before the un have done nothing for us here. But minister says it is not deployed to wage a war its mission is twofold to protect civilians and stabilize d. S. E. State institutions despite the protests the un has poor along its mandate for another year but they also outlined an exit strategy. The 3 members of the likud members of those that would have the council welcomed the request for the last year to work with the the government to develop benchmarks that would be met for the successful and responsibly hand over. To the d. R. S. The government it is vital got in this regard the woodrow of models bill used on the positive evolution of the situation on the ground and a successful meeting of goals benchmarks in preparation for this hand over the Security Council agreed to a proposition by the d. S. E. Government. We did if we got his elite group the idea of focusing the new troops in 6 provinces where the presence of forces is deemed necessary is in line with the governments request to concentrate in the provinces where the threat level is very high and to reduce the presence of troops in the areas where the threat is no longer significant. It is in this context that the president of the republic has called for a reconfiguration of muskoka which favors a qualitative resizing of troops which will have to be fewer but better equipped for asymmetrical warfare. There he is to strengthen the un troops in crisis areas in the hope that this will make the mission more effective and less controversial in the future. South africa produced about 40 percent of the worlds gold until the end of the 20th century the country produces much. Of the off terrific still being felt by people who live close to form a mine site such as india has fit there some residents are struggling with Severe Health problems. Until recently south africa produced 40 percent of the worlds gold much of it came from johannesburg and turned the city into the countrys economic engine room but it came at a cost old abandoned bines now pose a health threat. 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Its night. That the fetus being affected mining activity exploded during the early 1900 gold bull but there were a few environmental laws requiring companies to clean up or make mining sites safe today no one seems to want to take responsibility for the waste left behind. And that is it for now from africa as always you can catch all our stories on our Website Facebook page were always interested to know what you think about the stories we cover here. And africa and the stories that you think we should be covering now today will leave you with pictures are up and now and musicians this musical style has evolved since its origins in the 16th century now with the pharmacists are not only entertainment but they also say it should be very therapeutic ill see you next time i bought a. New record with. The james holmes. True for. More than for. Mine. Be our fighters one for Strong Families to become farmers or engineers every one of. 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