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this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes africa needs its population growth the continent's 2nd most populous country has found one solution is it one to follow. and increasingly being watched and money everywhere in this electronic world many are constable with that but in one township in cape town the citizens demanded more surveillance not less. to angola we meet some of the veterans who are still struggling to come to terms with the legacy of the brutal civil war. it's great to have you in we are facing a possible major challenge we said suggest that africa's population will double to
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2500000000 within the next 30 years clearly this impacts on all sectors of society food supplies employment education and the health sector if pollution good reads are not addressed and managed will be faced with huge problems now the 2nd most populous country on the continent ethiopia has taking up the challenge and a spot of addressing the issue that country has over the last 2 decades we do. see rates remarkably thanks to more local health clinics and increased access to family planning take a look. yes it's feeling really she was afraid she might be pregnant and so came to this family planning clinic to get a check up now she's getting advice about a country set of injections. my husband wants me to have a child but i'm currently undergoing medical treatment so i don't want to become pregnant at the moment i'm considering the short term 3 months contraceptive i
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decided this alone but i will discuss it with him and i'm going to believe that this is one of 7 clinics in the ethiopian capital by the mary stopes among other services it provides counseling and access to different contraceptives ethiopia's fertility rate has decreased following a national plan to reduce population growth no woman has between $4.00 and $5.00 children on average that's one child less than in 2000. launched over 25 years ago the plan aims to fight poverty while reducing stress on land resources. time. or. life. force. in cities women though have an average of $2.00 children but this rate doubles in rule areas the government employs health
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extension workers to reduce this gap other mesh is one of them she visits around 10 homes every day to inform women about their options you know about you know mccain who are nuncle many people are not so we are just different contraceptives than you so we need to go to them in person that i say. is new to this counseling she was mainly worried about the side effects of contraceptive implants and injections doesn't assume what i understood from the counseling is that the short term methods have considerably more side effects after our 1st child i will consider contraception because i want to space out the birth. business often comes to helen less for advice she has been taking the pill since the birth of her 3rd child and is convinced of the economic benefits of family planning manderson i take it to bring up my children properly and take care of my own health and i think family planning is useful for everyone. ethiopians have become much more
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comfortable using family planning methods in recent years that trend combined with a continued focus on health care and education could earn ethiopia a reputation as one of africa's demographic trailblazers. now big brother is watching you at least in cape town the city with the most c.c.t.v. cameras on the continent by the end of the month government is going to install dozens more in the inner city they are meant to care crime and help track of friend is bought as a matter of fact cape town's crime hot spots are kilometers away from where the new cameras are being installed in a township of khayelitsha critics say commerce often defunct and old. a woman is robbed in broad daylight the incident was captured on c.c.t.v. camera in cape town city center. doubt of around $650.00 devices like this
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across town. in fact cape town has more c.c.t.v. cameras than any other city in africa and the number is going up. with its new budget approved the city council says it will be investing in more cameras says the council for safety and security j.p. smith. sizeable chunk about 30000000 this year for c.c.t.v. cameras so we'll be accelerating the c.c.t.v. rollout. but not everyone's happy with the plans 40 minutes east of the city center lies one of south africa's biggest townships it's home 240-0000 people the area is one of cape town's crime hotspots. but despite that it is not set to receive any new cameras much to the strain of local community
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development leader bikini cheadle. of cape town. or from them if it's good for. surely. it's good for the. surely too good for too but does the city really only care for its affluent areas it could be a question of politics cape town is run by the da south africa's main opposition party but some of the city's warts such as a government by the a.n.c. . currently has the highest number of c.c.t.v. cameras in cape town a total of $32.00 more i need it but the city says that that is the ward council its responsibility for in years when i don't have a lot of money for c.c.t.v. the only cameras that are going another $1.00 is being paid for out of the council's water allocation budget it is a pity that in the 11 wards and not
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a single council or put a cent on the budget for c.c.t.v. . as with many issues in cape town much of the debate centers around race in the last week. because that has not met it would seem that. mr smith. however the facts suggest a more complex reality the city's list of new c.c.t.v. recipients is topped by other gang britain suburbs of the cape flats an area mostly inhabited by coloreds in cape town the murder capital of south africa it seems this always an area that is worse off. the town of crete or in central angola was a scene of heavy fighting during the countryside. war is front line between today's governing m.t.l. a fighter and the rebel group you need to the home and stronghold of rebel leader.
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70 was reburied earlier this month 17 years after he was shot dead and then decades of the ceremony was touted as the symbol of national consideration some of the war veterans are still struggling to come to terms with the legacy of that. it was once the scene of angola's fiercest fighting. no more of a ghost town haunted by the horrors of a civil war that claimed half a 1000000 lives and destroyed many more of. them. in this age of fear to my whole family tell it my father also taught it and then left with my aunt who was also injured and. it is a town covered in the wounds of war buildings standards more new meant to the past and no providing shelter to the men who wrote it domingo's called list place home.
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i was protecting this area during the war. after the war finished we were injured. and now we are without support. now we're like yes. there's no support. we are waiting for god to do something. this rebel stronghold no our children's playground but angola's civil war continues to wreak havoc for domingo's memories are hard to forget and the wait for redemption is long. life here is always like this the war is over we are at peace but there are a lot of things we don't have. you don't have money in your hands you won't be able to eat. or government is failing us to this day there are many things missing in
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our lives. while the country looks to the future and tries to bury its demons soldiers here still fighting battles of the room. now to a story for lovers of basketball 1st the night was a big night for basketball fans around the world including fans on the african continent thanks in part to this guy messiah g.v. the man of the moment aside julie is kenyan nigerian manager of a to interrupt us who just won the n.b.a. chill feat. a historic victory has no team outside the u.s. had won the competition before coming. was joint top scorer for the team with 26 points on the bills serge ibaka scored 15 points. was very humble about the win after the game. is amazing is amazing just so excited
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to be. seeing it's hard to sit down and think about everything but just the hard work and everything you put into it to be able to be here i did level it and be able to when. there is a dream is a dream and it feels amazing to be able to realize their dreams. africa make it happen that's it for now from the news africa catch all our stories on our website on face book page. pictures of the historic n.b.a. went inside where african led the fast n.b.a. championship have a great weekend and by for now. the
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