between ethiopia and eritrea and peace on the african continent as a whole head is ethiopia's 1st prime minister hailing from the euro more group ethiopia's largest ethnic group and we are watching these live pictures ceremony ending in oslo will have much more here on al-jazeera in just a few minutes after this very short break to stay with this. has been reading persistently in french guyana in the last 48 hours or so $135.00 in the beaches in the capital there's been a fair amount in what are really fairly dry bits of brazil as well but the line that takes your eyes down towards rio and sao paolo lies a bit there's not been a lot of rain in either rio also apart of recently bit more is in the forecast overy or self and certainly inland a lot of course go through northern paragraph i believe you're up towards ecuador this is good seas no rain and it's staying in much the same place for the next 2 days across the caribbean and towards central america the land bridge there's a good old breeze now which means the clouds partly up against the coast of nicaragua or costa rica and to some d

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 countries could use but so the time does show that. it's still space could benefit developing countries such as. and it's one of the ways that we show this space technology the cation use especially so in this satellite program ok so it is one of the ways that we 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 how's it going to benefit ethiopia. so for starts to give a very good platform for our in generic to. 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 you're 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

is ethiopia's reputation changing before its very eyes a country once known in the west for conflict and hunger is now home to this year's nobel peace prize given to its prime minister. is also in the middle of a series of economic reforms which the government hopes can attract some much needed international investment. making jeans here is nonstop conveyor belt work sewing machines and workers packed tightly across the factory floor not in asia as you would expect this is ethiopia one of the world's poorest countries the government has opened 7 industrial parks like this one to foreign investors 5 more a planned it's an attempt to follow in the footsteps of asian tigers like south korea taiwan and china which began their economic miracles with textiles. president is also targeting education especially for girls and women he's already made headway modernizing the public health system embracing pluralism he's also ended bans on opposition parties ministers and civil servants have been fired. as an anchor of stability for the region. many years supporting economic and financial reforms

the primary aim that was mentioned during the announcement by the minutes ago was that ethiopia would be able to use or it will be able to provide ethiopia smartly just the same services and you know to quote cross border traits targeting small and medium sized enterprises. this is very important you know the target are small and medium sized enterprises and that was the government's business policy to halt this morning and medium sized enterprises and it's also and it's helping them to penetrate the markets in china by facilitating the markets was in the virus you know in china for their products. this does not address the very fact and the very fact of the row that the small and medium sized enterprises in ethiopia are struggling to produce quality products that it can be exported to the rest of the warrant however it also can't penetrate their market in china right so it doesn't address the core problem of small and medium sized businesses in ethiopia in terms of quality but it will help them to to to open the door to new markets but is there a downside to the fact that it is ali b

but ethiopia has been fighting to break that vicious cycle. it has restored one and a half million hectares. one half million hectares of degraded land. so how has ethiopia done this and what can the rest of the world learn from its example? 100 years ago, trees covered one third of ethiopia. now it is less than 5%. and without trees, there is nothing to protect the soil from drought, wind and burst of rain which all become more intense with climate change. when the soil goes, very little grows. but people are breaking this vicious circle. this one is the african olive. does it bear fruit? yes, it does grow olives. sarah tewolde—berhanis an expert at restoring degraded land. this is her tree nursery at mek‘ele university in northern ethiopia. some 30 or 40 years ago data shows that droughts were occurring every ten years. now they are every five years. so we need to prepare, as a community, as a society to be able to function in drought years and one of the best ways to do that is to restore the environments and restore the environments we

hello and welcome to the show i am sam is a than well ever since independence from ethiopia 26 years ago eritrea is been ruled by president half what he dismisses rights groups alleging is regime is one of the world's most tightly controlled where opposition parties are banned and the judiciary isn't independent thousands of eritreans leave every year mainly to escape rights abuses as well as and force them lengthy military service and footballers to defecting while playing abroad for the 2nd time this year 7 went missing after their final game at a recent regional tournament in uganda's capital kampala 5 fled their hotel in uganda in the middle of a regional tournament in october in 201510 players refused to return home after a world cup qualifier in botswana 15 players and the team doctor disappeared in uganda in 2012 and were granted asylum a year later and in 2009 the entire team failed to return home from a tournament in kenya. anniston international says a turning point for human rights violations in eritrea was when the government campaign of repression started in 2001 amnesty

i am now known to my people ok like i am known to my people in ethiopia and i am i'm blessed by being part of a community of ethiopians in ethiopia and throughout the world you know my father was a pilot for ethiopian airlines my mom works for the un in new york of sisters and brothers all over the world but but but the true family is of people who stop me in the street in new york in washington d.c. especially washington d.c. but in nairobi all all over the world who are ethiopians who can look at me and say it's you lemon. lemon my name in am herrick lemon it means the question of why and it reminds me most of all this and it's this is the most important thing that my entire life and finding my family and of ethiopia in general and put of me it's that i am not defined by my. books by the incredible ability to heal you. so when i meet a theo peons i. i am helium and so it's a joyous occasion my story may have seemed to you but i've always followed the lights always followed what i believed to be the truth even when isolated and having nobody to support me and so now i get to be the e

but ethiopia has been fighting to break that vicious cycle. it has restored one and a half million hectares. one half million hectares of degraded land. so how has ethiopia done this and what can the rest of the world learn from its example? 100 years ago, trees covered one third of ethiopia. now it is less than 5%. and without trees, there is nothing to protect the soil from drought, wind and burst of rain which all become more intense with climate change. when the soil goes, very little grows. but people are breaking this vicious circle. this one is the african olive. does it bear fruit? yes, it does grow olives. sarah tewolde—berhanis an expert at restoring degraded land. this is her tree nursery at mek‘ele university in northern ethiopia. some 30 or 40 years ago data shows that droughts were occurring every ten years. now they are every five years. so we need to prepare, as a community, as a society to be able to function in drought years and one of the best ways to do that is to restore the environments and restore the environments we

but then so are other parties in ethiopia, and i sometimes worry that we are dealing with ethiopia, given our interest, i'm talking purely about interest here, with a degree of kid gloves which does a disservice to ethiopia but also to our own interest. i think it's time to be fairly open, pretty direct, open and -- in private discussions. this is not for public lecturing. this is a country that is so important, if the dam breaks all the discussions about the horn of africa are moot. it's as simple as that. this is not yugoslavia which imploded. ethiopia straddles every other country around it. it will be infected by that. that's the core strategic question, and there again i think we owe it to ourselves, and also to the ethiopians and the region, more stability in the region. perhaps to be more active, more vocal in just convey how we see things. >> debt. now you're asking someone who can barely keep his own checkbook in order. [laughter] >> forgive the sheer simplicity of the way i put it. 20 years ago was the famous jubilee campaign to eliminate debt and everything, and an awful lot of

but then so our other parties in ethiopia and i sometimes worry that we are dealing with the ethiopia giving our interests. purely about interests with a degree of gloves that does this disservice to ethiopia but also our own interests. i think it's time to be fairly open direct. but this is a country that is so important. if the dam breaks all the discussions are mute, it's as simple as that. this is not yugoslavia that imploded. ethiopia straddles every other country around it. it will be infected by that that is the core strategic question and there are again i think we owe it to ourselves and also to the ethiopian and the stability of the region i think to be a little more active, more vocal in just conveying how we see things. >> that now you're asking someone who can barely keep his own checkbook in order to look what i know is this and forgive the sheer simplicity of the way i put it. 20 years ago was the famous campaign to illuminate dead and everything in a lot of that was done. now we find ourselves with alarmingly high debt ratios to gdp ratios and we have to work out how w

justin rowlatt, bbc news, northern ethiopia. the number of people in the uk attending church regularly on sundays continues to fall, but congregations at mid—week evensong services in cathedrals are increasing. researchers are now trying to understand what is attracting a new following to the ancient service. 0ur religion editor, martin bashir, reports. the buildings are ancient, the service designed more than 600 years ago. but it seems we can't get enough of choral evensong. amazing, really. yeah. what's so special about it? i think the building, i think the music, i think the message behind it all. it's just something you can't get anywhere else. i think we all lead busy lives, and that pause gives you time to think about things beyond that hustle and bustle, that can take over all too often in our lives. the service takes place at 5:00pm on weekdays in all anglican cathedrals, and lasts 45 minutes. it includes readings from the bible, hymns and prayers, and there is no sermon. the number attending choral evensong is going

justin rowlatt, bbc news, northern ethiopia. afghan airline kam air has paid tribute to japanese doctor, tetsu nakamura, who was shot dead by an unknown gunman in afghanistan last week. portraits of the 73 year—old, who dedicated his life to helping refugees, have been painted on the tails of several aeroplanes. it was part of a ceremony that took place at kabul airport, and was attended by afghanistan's president, ashraf ghani. american puppeteer caroll spinney has died at the age of 85. he was famous for playing big bird and oscar the grouch on the children's tv show sesame street, entertaining and educating millions of children around the world for nearly 50 years. he voiced the characters from the show‘s beginning in 1969 until he retired last year. the number of people in the uk attending church regularly on sundays continues to fall, but congregations at midweek evensong services in cathedrals are increasing. researchers are now trying to understand what is attracting a new following to the ancient service. our religio

dear people of ethiopia and eritrea. i would like to bow down and humbly thank you . because you chose compassion cruelty. peace not conflict love. forgiveness after fighting embracing and not pushing each other all. the division had gone beyond geopolitics families had been separated against their will and only reunited after the peace agreement was signed. extended the message of reconciliation to sudan do not pass trouble between the military and the opposition there. at home he attempted to overturn the. promoting free speech pardoning thousands of political prisoners and decriminalizing dissident organizations his nobel peace prize award has not surprised many. one of the important things he did is to reconcile us with our brothers the people of every tree that even if some people argue that he doesn't deserve the price i don't agree. this country as an ethiopian and as an african i feel happy that you won the prize . but he seems passive about the uprisings in some parts of the country they have not been controlled as quickly as one would expect that's where his

it is ethiopia's 1st prime minister hailing from the aroma group which is ethiopia's largest ethnic group which spearheaded no mass on by government protests that forces predecessor i am dishonest to step down but he's coming to power hasn't really reduced yet the tensions in ethiopia as we've seen recently why is that you think. you're absolutely right that b. i made a came to power on the call the struggle of 2 or more people particularly the or more use called the kate moss who paid very dearly to bring about this change since coming to power he tried to reach out to the different actors in the country but the divisions are just too deep house been around for all that this century and it's very difficult for anyone to be able to bring these actors together in such a short period of time. so i think the country is going to struggle it is important the prime minister listens to all activists to all stakeholders on all sides but i think solving it europe is internal fractures mending the issues that were to depart exult of you know the terrible governance of the last several decades that

justin rowlatt, bbc news, ethiopia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. for more background and the latest developments on the ongoing united nations climate change conference in spain, please log onto our website. that is bbc .com/ news. still to come on the programme: as russia faces a fresh ban on competing in international sports for doping offences — we'll tell you why the problem runs deeper than sport. also on the programme: ripe for the picking — the fate of a multi thousand dollar artwork. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil and the flowers have been piling up. the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philipp

july 16th 2018 the unthinkable ethiopia's prime minister on eritrean soil. the move shocked even his own officials abby ament on the left reached across the divide and soon signed a peace deal with eritrea as president he says of worki restoring ties between both countries if you and eritrea are like estranged siblings they used to be one nation before eritrea's independence in 1903. between 10082000 before it over their shared border. it's estimated 80000 people were killed the war was followed by a standoff that lasted 2 decades. suddenly those barriers were broken with abby calling for unity. 08 your. dear people of ethiopia and eritrea. i would like to bow down and humbly thank you . because you chose compassion not cruelty. peace not conflict love. forgiveness after fighting embracing and not pushing each other all. the way along with. the division had gone beyond geopolitics families had been separated against their will and only reunited after the peace agreement was signed. abby ahmed extended the message of reconciliation to sudan during a power str

it doesn't mean ethiopia has been put fully back into peace. that is a message we need to do things differently if we really want to achieve these in the country.y. amy: what does that mean you will be had of the reconciliation commission? >> the reconciliation commission as part of a transition of justice, as you know, and it was formed last february, the beginning of february. so the government has appointed 41 of the cochairs. with this concept, we're supposed to serve four main purposes. the first is to investigate what has happened in the past. the second is to recommend and also recognize victims who have from the past. the third is making sure common truth is createded. and making sure those kind of conflicts do not recur again. andcommission is very new the conciliation process - -we are undertakining a number of upions to make sure we open for receiving complaints from the citizens. academy? is the >> it is my own private initiative. i went to private school because children were not allowed to go to regular school. now the education p

welcome to the program obstat grant the relationship between ethiopia and eritrea could be summed up in 2 woods war and peace for 2 year war over a disputed border region 20 years ago at least 100000 people were killed a tense military standoff followed but last year things changed his new prime minister met agreed to accept an international ruling that sided with they were trapped on the border dispute then he launched a peace initiative with the eritrean leader. that resulted in diplomatic relations being restored on tuesday i'll be ahmed received the nobel peace prize for his efforts but some of questioned that decision not least because the owner was not extended to president. working we'll bring in our guests in just a moment 1st though he is out diplomatic editor joins by. this was recognition of a man who's only been in office for 20 months prime minister ahmed ali praised for changing ethiopia in that time releasing fantasies of political prisoners and putting the country on a more open policy but the committee that gives the award was determined to make one thing clear to th

strength to strength but a lot remains to be done because foreign investors are mainly attracted to ethiopia by the incredibly cheap wages their companies say they are in breaking the law and support efforts for a minimum living wage in the country but in the meantime despite setting up shiny new textile factories they are profiting from very low wages some workers earn as little as one euro per day. the ethiopian economy is booming and with this the country's textile industry industrial parks boast flagship factories their clean and well lists but i things really as good as they look one of the big pulls for foreign companies are the low wages in bangladesh the minimum wage is around $85.00 euros per month while in ethiopia it's just $23.00 euros. is that enough to live on back in june german television reported on the lives of textile workers here. is accompanied them to their homes tiny huts in a slum. the women wanted to remain anonymous. they worked in 2 different factories making clothes for h. and m. among others then a week ago we visited the women again and asked if anything had cha

uganda for example has taken so many subsidies for fiji's and ethiopia i was recently in ethiopia a week ago with my nonprofit the united and foundation to keep menstrual pratt's to the refugee camp here where it was very easy for me to access the refugees because they realize that you were right then and now you're returning though i would say that the only reason africa it's mainly refugees is by not preventing conflict so now i'm all individuals and these factors are absolutely i must ask you this we are running out of time to very quickly you are at the summit about refugees in geneva what's been said there that's most relevant to africa quickly if you can. so there are just so many events happening and a lot of them i i was not able to go to this morning in the main plenary that you thought the end defeated prime minister to him and to speak about what is obvious do weigh in their refugees into gratian in their community where ethiopia smell one of those countries to allow refugees to work. but they are so many other relief agencies are in the swarm that are focusing on african refu

ethiopia's president collects his nobel peace prize and. the country's poorest workers are still waiting for reforms of level laws we have an exclusive for from the front lines of the extremely low wage economy and its. lack of electricity threatens the forests in the democratic republic of the congo. also a global trade emergency the world trade organization system collapses in disarray after u.s. pressure. it's its top. this is business africa. as well. but 1st we go to south africa where heavy rainfall has triggered widespread flooding whole neighborhoods have been submerged and the country's how utility eskom introduced rolling power cuts to relieve the national grid that has forced many mines to shut down posing a threat to the export sector it's a major blow to the country's already slowing economy contracted in the last quarter. since taking power in 2018 of the opium prime minister that implemented sweeping political reforms that won him praise and the nobel peace prize which he collected today ethiopia's economy also goes from stre

they are they say backing a study for a legal minimum wage in ethiopia. one woman says there has been a positive development. and they've changed one thing over time is now voluntary students can now attend that cools it university that's good. there's not much else to celebrate day they tell us that the work is pressurised and intimidation and insults a commonplace. we're going to hear the big table of someone who is working to improve the conditions that you saw there that reports zaga months from the european center for constitutional and human rights it's good to have you on the program the german government wants to see corporations adhere to human rights human rights codes voluntarily. that hasn't happened so far does that surprise you no it doesn't surprise me and that's the narrative since $78990.00 s. that companies should be good corporate citizens and you know do their social research respond to their social responsibility. of companies that are mainly driven by the shareholder value won't do shouldn't have won't have an interest in human right

christians laid their mark on ethiopia before the year 400. they found the ancient stone welcomed the bite of a chisel. the churches were carved around the year 1200 by people called the zagwe. their king, lalibela, is said to have traveled the 1,600 miles to jerusalem. legend has it, when he returned and jerusalem fell to the islamic conquest, lalibela ordered a new home for christianity. >> fasil giorghis: and he came back with an ambitious idea, a vision of creating an african jerusalem, a black jerusalem, here in the highlands of ethiopia. >> pelley: fasil giorghis is an ethiopian architect and historian who walked us through the rock of ages. >> giorghis: well, there are three groups of churches, and each group is interconnected within itself. >> pelley: we're sitting in saint mary's church. >> giorghis: yes. >> pelley: how was it built? >> giorghis: well, it was built starting from outside. they formed the shape. and then they start digging or excavating downwards. >> pelley: so they dug essentially a trench around the whole perimeter. >