hard to surprise to so with what possible really want to talk to people who follow along the way, myra's and critics alike now as the world's most powerful woman shake her legacy. join us from this is africa on the program today. the escalating conflict in the horn of africa, ethiopia, and federal troops nearing victory as they pass, riddled with forces loyal to the but are they fighting alongside eritrean forces? and if so, why is there a traitor involving itself in this conflict? and celebrating a legend, nigerian novelist, you know, a champion would have turned 90 years old. today will be taking a page out of one of his best selling books.

hello, i'm kristie wonder it's good to have your company. various african and european governments are pressing ethiopia behind the scenes to start negotiations with the local rulers of to grice state for a 2nd week now ethiopian federal troops are backing forces loyal to the t.p.n. . if i decide it will achieve victory any day from now neighboring era tray is now also say to be involved in the conflict. we'll be talking more about that after this report. the. that's the simple demand of these every train refugees in the t. grind capital of they know well as they floated before in the late ninety's, more than 70000,

people died in the border war between with european every tree or they say, what pains the most is that this war now is a war between people who speak the same language and share the same culture. they wanted to stop, but neither the yoking government nor to drive want to duck down. if we don't fight to defend, which is what should be done, they will record us and destroy us as a people. we have information that they have decided to and reserved lee fight us. those who attacked and drive will not just attack him and return home. we will retaliate, he was in the fighting is having serious effects for the entire region to grab, a admitted it's forces fired rockets at neighboring eritrea's capital asmara. it says eritrean military divisions are fighting alongside the earth. european government troops, the fighting in northern ethiopia drive region has led to thousands fleeing to neighboring sudan. but here in this remote wasteland of eastern sudan authorities

are struggling to build shelters. here alone, $25000.00 refugees arrived within a few days. they're exhausted, hungry and scared. a bomb jaimie from the every train direction and in the tech from the direction of the earth, european federal government in the city. a lot of people died there and i came on foot. i fled from there. i was afraid of the bombs and the strikes. a lot of buildings were blown up. aid organizations are preparing for many more refugees. the can state broadcasters showing images of towns. it says, the european military has, quote liberated. but i'm now joined by samuel get to cheer. he's a freelance journalist and joining us from the ethiopian capital, addis ababa, welcome once more to data is africa. same deal at the beginning of this conflict.

prime minister abby after came on record basically saying that this conflict was an internal matter that why is every trade and now being called into this? well, to understand what's happening, you have to be aware that i was part of ethiopia. they got their independence in the early ninety's in their been out war since $98.00. it was a t.p. and the government started the war with vice versa. and they've been at it since 2018. and that's when the prime minister to into our own became prime minister, and then suddenly decided to try to bring peace and engage with him and bring some sort of an engagement good enough for him to be awarded the nobel peace price last year. ok, samuel?

so the t p i live has accused eritrea of getting involved if this end in this conflict. this is something that has been disputed, denied by s. mara. but what can you tell us about that? because we've also seen the t.p.n. if say that they have attacked eritrea. has there been a response to that from the eritrean side? keeps denying that it's getting involved in this internal conflicts as the prime minister said. you've been prime minister. but even, you know, if you're here, she keeps denying that t.p.o. left clearly understands this war to be not just with i.b.m. and government in 97 up, but with a smile. there she out. and that's why they're there. what it means if they can, some of the action they've taken, including sending missiles to us mara and damaging airports. that's my international airport idea. and it's accusations going back and forth that's being

denied strongly by the government of ethiopia. and i do so any event that the eritreans do get involved, assuming that they aren't involved assisting the ethiopian troops. if that was the case,, could one say that this would be the beginning of the end for that c.p.l., if having to defend itself against the ethiopian federal troops in addition to that, eritrea troops. i mean, it depends on who you ask or how you look at the situation, but it'll be really tough for that t.p.o. left to fight with ethiopian one, say the ethiopian government, and then try to defend themselves with whatever force comes out of eritrea. you have to be aware that it's a great mission is host of, well than $200000.00 eritrean refugees. and there's a strong bond. there's

a strong connection between the 2 people. but it's just, it will be really, really difficult for the team p.l.f. government. or, you know, even then the prime minister of ethiopia has really appointed. he has a point to somebody else to be the interim government in mclean. so it will be really tough to how to fight for the government too great, which they no longer exist in the books of the government of ethiopia and quitely, they can and also fight for their freedom cover the same time. it would be a tough act to forward. ok, you did mention that that the community of eritrean refugees, that number is about 2000. what is their situation at samuel very quickly? you know, the most basic information we're receiving is from this international from the un,

which has called for some kind of thought were crimes investigation with what's happening into iraq. are we hearing from the people that have actually gone to sudan and they're telling us that there are so many people out there in limbo when that couldn't even get the most basic support. some of them are too young to have the work and some work. some are all the older people could be their most basic thing we know is people are dying and the people of south think that are the most the poorest at this game. what is the status of the ethiopian government's offensive and to cry? after all, this is what started this conflict from the side of the viewer and the moment if, said from day one that it was t.p.n., the government engaged with them at the beginning of attacking a military strikes. and that has been story that has been told from day one, and the t.p.n. of government just admitted a few days ago saying they were the ones who really started the conflicts. but the

2 run government insists. conflict is ongoing. and based on they haven't said a debt a date and the ugandan president, there was a commission that the ugandan president will, could get involved in to bring a cease fire. everything can go in denied insania afaik news. so that's where we are right now. all right, that's samuel get speaking to us from edges of a thank you, sam. if you've read any of chinua achebe's writings, then you'll get why he is passing still leaves a big hole in the tree chap and a big fan of his work and would have left to know his take on life and politics in africa. today. my colleague is also a big fan of his work, and here she is now reflecting on a chip is 1st novel, things fall apart. morphia, it was feared by all its me because it was powerful in war and in magic. and its

priests and medicine men were feared in all the surrounding country. its most portents war medicine was as old as the clan itself. nobody knew how. but on one point there was general agreement. the active in that made scene had been an all woman with one leg. in fact, the medicine itself was called a guideline for all women. and that's a quote from things fall apart. this was his 1st novel, although this is in your edition. what it was 1st published in 195862 years ago is still widely read in manger and around the ward. through this book actually be a was able to ease and pave the way for many of our rights as he once said, the popularity of things fall apart in my also sightsee can be explained simply. this was the 1st time we were able to see ourselves as also most elite vigils

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a concentration camp, which was actually written at the beginning of the war. but 1st, all this week we will be featuring people who've been exiled from their home country and their lives. here in germany, the chinese writer and filmmaker joe ching, was imprisoned after being involved in the democracy movement in china, back in 99. now he lives in exile here in berlin, watching his home country from a distance for the last 8 years. ringback has lived here on the outskirts of i enjoy being in the outdoors, it calms me. there's nowhere that i feel at home. i don't feel closely connected to any one place i've had in moscow in america and in beijing. now i'm here. i live everywhere and nowhere. i think it has something to do with my time in prison. since then, deep down,

i've been restless out of the country and i'm in square $989.00. tens of thousands of people peacefully demonstrate for more freedom. the chinese government brutally crushes the nascent democratic movement. judging, helped organize the demonstrations in his home city of she on. he was imprisoned for 2 years, including $51.00 days in solitary, in a dark hole in the ground. the experience has scarred him, but churching is strong. in china, he was a respected author and publisher and even in exile, reading and writing. well essentially, he even collects german that he can't yet raid. cooking is george, other great passion, what he learned as a single father. today his hosting his translator, good friend, susanna becker spend

a lot of time in the chinese exile community. he's close to the artist, ai weiwei, but unlike him, joe doesn't describe himself as a dissident. i'm just an author and a witness to history. that should be enough. china and its history of the subjects of his books and films, a history that few did to address. like in charles documentary, i don't quite recall its about the mass lynchings during the cultural revolution. fanatical students kill to it, their teachers judging, questioned the witnesses so you're saying that she would take your day to day and she don't come for the ma ma no one has ever been charged with the killings. in 2004,

children shocked the world with his investigation into china's food industry. before chinese baby started dying from contaminated milk powder, he uncovered how dangerous poisons were being added to food staples. the book was a bestseller translated into several languages. 15 years ago, i said chinese food was not safe and the way food is introduced there can result in epidemics such as songs and nobody listened. but i think that's a mistake in european policy because the food industry is in danger in itself with these imports. and with us, your show ching is working on a new documentary about china, even in exxon, he will continue to bear witness to his country's history. joining me is my

colleague scott rock from scott, has been a tax office in considerable time, but as we see that he's, he's carrying out his work, which is after all about china. but does he actually get to go to the country? he does travel there sort of under the radar because obviously it's incredibly dangerous. he could be arrested. he's even been assaulted on the street because of his criticism of the chinese government. but even here in berlin, he's not completely away from the censorship of, of beijing. i mean his film, i don't really recall, which was a bit of in the piece there that was supposed to screen at the berlin film festival last year. but it didn't take up, pulled the, as the chinese government refused to give a fishel certification, which research acquired to screen the film does feel like that. joe didn't even bother submitting it because he knew it would be rejected. why did he choose germany? why do you come to germany? yeah, i mean, he initially came here as part of a writer in exile program. he was brought, brought over and was in munich. and then he came here to berlin because there's

a large chinese dissident community here that can support them. and of course, you knew i was a way what the time was here. he's known, i way, way for, for decades. germany says have come become a safe haven for many cynics. so why do you think that is? yeah, you know, i think it has something to do with the, the history. i mean, germany has been very, very supportive of political distance really for decades now. and i think particularly now in the last number of years, maybe it's politically more welcoming than say, trump's america, or maybe britain. and i've thinking of this, it's almost that was sort of what new york was in the cold war for distant artists from eastern european europe. berlin is sort of become for just an artist from, from asia, from, from the middle east, from, from africa. what i was going to say, particularly berlin, they all seem so sort of, he was in munich, i was going to get him to go live now, i know of other distance who've ended up in germany, but they comes about. yeah, you know,

i mean obviously here these communes have been built up now. so now you have a real community of iranian dissident artists of syrian, just an artist, a chinese does there, it's here in the city and they all support each other and they also feed off of each other, different communities feed off each other. so i think for an artist being in berlin is a really a great change experience. but of course not everyone loves it here. i mean, i way, way one of the most famous just in there is to come to but when he left the city, he now you moved to england and said that german society was too racist for him so . so he obviously didn't like it that much, but most artists really love it in the city and i think it's a place where they can be free to express themselves. ok, i wonder whether i wanted to get on with the sort of in the blood. well, you can take a group that's just got rocks for, as always. thank you. long, richie, diana ross, stevie wonder. they were all signed to the legendary american music label, motown records. now a job, a musician is joining the joy dental lanie. she's a trooper later, but musically hot is in detroit by charts. motown had songs from her new album and

immediately signed her up. you think it's like traveling back in time to an era when music was made by hand and with a whole lot of soul motown. and guarantee of course, anticipate the diva, the idea was to make a solo album, not a solo album in the classical sense. one that comes as close as possible to the original sound by the value of honor to the north was of course, also very important. i wanted a particular authenticity, but i couldn't put into words as a child, joy gentle, and he was influenced by her father sold in funk records. she listened to a wreath of franklin and marvin gaye's.

the new album is not overly political. she's concerned with songs, identity, defining aspect of music that contains the power and plane of the civil rights movement. and she traces here on childhood feelings. even on thing was when i 1st started listening to music that was around the civil rights movement time or just on after my father was from south africa from johannesburg, the stronghold of apartheid. and my white german mother was never allowed to go to south africa with my father and visit the family because they were simply not legally allowed to be together at all. so there was a lot of friction in the politics of the time. that meant my parents were

a political issue. we were a political issue. political album was made in southern germany in there, and he was honest, man, i think it's particularly nice that this record is what i always say to beat cook officially was produced in interfering yes. and then ended up on motown, i think that's a very interesting, quite funny and remarkable leak. jilani german record company took the recordings to los angeles and played them for the motown passes. the rest is history. joy did allow me has become the 1st german motown artist, an album with a lot of passion that yourself belonged to stop the german writer who was jewish and also have left wing views, not unsurprisingly fled 930,

germany. and then she ending up in mexico. it was here, she completed her novel, the southern cross about 7 people escaping from a concentration camp, which was made into a movie join the war, starring spencer tracy, david leavitt's as more see no evil hear no evil after world war 2. a lot of people here in germany claimed they had no idea what the nazis were up to. really the 7th cross is one of the books that shows us how much people in nazi germany could have known early on author and as a goes was jewish and a communist and fleeing for her life. when she started writing the book in 1938,, the book came out during world war 2, 1st in the u.s., then in mexico, where she was living in exile after the war. and i lived in this building in east berlin, like her biography of the 7th cross is an escape story. it's about 7 concentration

camp inmates who break free and the commander of the camp. that was to capture them . he puts up 7, crosses for their 7 bodies, one by 16 of the crosses are filled. we won't have to wait much longer for the subject, for he is on his way to. the national socialist state relentlessly prosecutes. anyone who commits an offense against the national community, it protects that which is worth protecting. it punishes those who deserve punishment. it destroys that which should be destroyed. there is no asylum in our country anymore for fugitive criminals. our people are healthy, it shakes off the diseased, it kills the insane. but the 7th, as a young communist named georg, appears to make it to safety with the help of his friends and comrades. the 7th cross stays empty. message is that together, people could prevail against the nazis. the 7th cross is

a novel against dictatorship in every form. and it's also a thrilling read. that's just one of the books in all series, 100. gemma must reads. you can find them on our website at d, w dot com as well as also culture stores that sell for the beach

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this is a breakthrough in the hunt for a conference 19 vaccine. experimental vaccine has a success rate. 95 percent. this hot on the heels of a similar result from a market growth in the program. the e.u. passed for a new crisis. poland and hungary rescue package of poe's measures e.u.

funding to respect the rule of law from flying travel chaos, research to say they've successfully technology to stop the identify drug trouble. i'm welcome to the program. we begin with another promising breakthrough in the race for a vaccine against covered 19 following a large scale trial. the u.s. pharmaceutical company mcdonough says its experimental vaccine is 94.5 percent effective. a similar to the results of another being developed by pfizer tech, but expects to have enough safety data for u.s. regulators to approve a rollout the vaccine this year. it's nearly as since china raise the alarm about

a novel current virus with the 1st class dissented in one of lou hands wet markets over 54000000 cases, and more than a 1000000 deaths related to the well to seeing it. 2nd vial of hope in the form of madonna's kovac 1000 vaccine. this woman is one of $30000.00 volunteers taking part in the vaccine trials, according to in term results as almost 95 percent effectiveness against illness. the treatment involves 2 injections and does not have to be stored in ultra called conditions. but madonna knows there's a lot of work ahead. knowing the vaccine is going to be a factor. it is great news, but we still need to complete the regulatory process, which involves completing the study, generating more safety. and then of course, we need to get busy manufacture. other vaccines will be in production to another vaccine candidate created by pfizer and biotech. also shared promising results.

both vaccines are made using what's called m r n a. a genetic code that tells cells to produce a spike protein. these cells will then fight the virus if it enters the body. but there's a huge operational task ahead. billions of dollars have to be produced, distributed and stored. and until then the world health organization is edging everyone to stay vigilant. while we continue to receive encouraging news about called good 19 vaccines and remain cautiously optimistic about the potential for new tools to start to write in the coming months. right now, we are extremely concerned by the surging cases we are seeing in some countries for now masks distancing and hand washing. are still the wilds. main defense is an epidemiologist and senior fellow at the federation of american scientists. i

asked him for his assessment of this new vaccine and what metadata means when they say it's nearly 95 percent effective, means that it's 95 percent effective 1st. so half the people who are backed out of people got a dummy up with ego. and out of the $95.00, or 90 of the cases were in placebo and only 5 were in the immunized group. and so that's how you get the 95 it's just 95 percent, which is really good because the other that scene last week profiles are, was around 90 percent. so we're getting more data that we could. this virus is vaccine. but i do want to warn, these are very preliminary results. there's 30000 people and you need to follow them for months and years. so these are just a early signals, but it's promising now how long the unity last that we have to see and how many

people will take it. that's the other concern, because you could have a 100 percent effective vaccine. if only half the people take it on half as effective group occupation. the meanwhile looks or germany's about to say stricter coronavirus restrictions as infection numbers remain stubbornly. high. chancellor merkel is holding virtual meetings with leaders of the country's 16 states to discuss next steps. partial lockdown measures were introduced 2 weeks ago before the closure of gas, restaurants, museums, and james, despite this numbers of new cases, have not dropped significantly. according to germany's public health body in new infections rose by nearly 11000 on monday. the european union is facing a fresh political crisis after poland and hungary blocked the block's new long term budget. a $1.00 trillion euro package was due to come into effect on the 1st of january and includes a 750000000000 euro coronavirus rescue deal. e.u.

leaders finalized agreement last week, but poland and hungary not objected to a new mechanism. a new mechanism that would tie funding to respect for the rule of law, which the 2 countries fear would cost them billions. brussels accuses poland and hungary, of eroding judicial independence. and media freedoms. so what are the likely ramifications for the e.u.? i asked d.-w. correspondent barbara vaile in brussels. normal negotiating is over and it has never happened before at this point in time that the e.u. budget had been vetoed. there was always a lot ahead going and going back and forth back after the summit and after the european parliament has said, ok, we agree on this or that package that was it done deal, but this time now the both countries are now sort of really sticking in putting a stick into the spokes at the very last moment. what happens now is that they can be found technical work around the european budget can just continue on the basis

of last year for a while. and the corona recovery fund can buy a complicated procedure made into a different type of contract that only 25 european governments agree upon. but all this is going to take time and create a major headache. everybody is really angry about those 2 and on thursday we will see what happens because there's going to be a virtual summit of the european leaders. and they might very well sort of gang up on hungary and on poland and say, do not do this unless we will really tell you what will happen next year in other issues. if you block this now, aves, lin, brussels, we'll take a look down at some of the other stories making news around the world. more than 1200 migrants arrived in the canary islands over the weekend. well sources say more than 40 wooden boats made the journey from western africa. the spanish islands have seen a surge in migrant crossings. this year 17000 arrived since january azerbaijan's

agreed, a 10 day extension for army need to withdraw from the disputed district. this follows a peace deal that ended 6 weeks of fighting of the nagorno-karabakh region. residents of the caliber job district account a mass exodus ahead of the initials deadline on sunday. central america is braced for i don't the devastating storm eric and i will turn intensified into the maximum category 5. he said to hit in nicaragua and honduras of ours is a warning of catastrophic winds of 260 kilometers an hour and life threatening storm surges. peru's been plunged into political crisis following the resignation of its interim president manuel merino agreed to step down after of the 5 days in office. he faced an ultimatum from calling ras, following a deadly police crackdown against protesters. he's departure is being welcomed by

many peruvians after days of anti-government demonstrations. elation on the streets of the capital. has people power retards to pose a medic political crisis? it was possible, the chanted after the entering president resigned. euphoric protesters swarmed de w.'s reporter on the ground but still plenty of anger here following deadly clashes on saturday night when the he did not resign the people to come out, marino was never president. he never represented me. he waited for people to be killed before he quit. yet manuel merino resigned less than a week into the general futile assembly. when i went to announce to all the country that i tend of my irrevocable resignation of the post of the presidency of the

republic, i call for the peace and unity of all peruvians. my commitment is to peru to italy during his departure came after the own going on, race turned deadly on saturday. riot police and demonstrators treated tear gas, fireworks rubber, bullets and rocks. 2 people died after being shot. politicians join calls for the interim president to go mr. marino and his government have to resign. meanwhile, the impeached former president who was ousted by congress last week, hit out at his phones. it can't be congress which has put us in this political crisis that has power lies peru for 5 days with death. he will give us a solution which is selecting another pass and that they want

legislators gathered late on sunday, but where on able to agree on a new president outside protesters kept watch as their country battered by corporate 19 and facing economic collapse, went to bed without a leader few years has seen an increase in the number of people flying drones close to airports. this can cause travel chaos if runways are forced to close. not to mention the danger of flying a drone close to approaching aircraft. german researchers looking into ways to stop this experiments using radar technology of shown some success. drones flying over frankfurt airport. but they don't signify danger. unlike the center team from germany's air traffic control are doing a primary system check to find out how drones can be located. we fly missions with different drone types. some are very,

very small. they range from 250 grams to 2.5 kilos and have different flight characteristics and speeds. it's easy to see what the system recognizes. drones sighted at airports often bring operations to a standstill. for example, 2 years ago here at london's gatwick airport. drones were repeatedly cited over a period of a few days. this resulted in 140000 passengers being grounded. the worst case scenario would be a drone colliding with a civilian aircraft and causing a plane to crash. that's why flying drones me on airport is a criminal offense. the punishment is up to 10 years in prison. around 500 drones have been sighted it. german airports over the past 5 years. most of them in frankfurt. there are many drone sightings every year, but last year in 2019. there were 7 sightings categorized as concrete dangers.

that's when the federal police come into play. this year we had 6 incidents where the german air traffic control actually had to suspend takeoff and landing permission. connelly key says team has now spent 3 months experimenting at airports in munich and frankfurt, infrared, and radar technology were used and the experiments were successful. drones and other flying objects can be identified and located. there's a radio signal between the remote control unit and the drone and detection technology can source this. so we can determine not only the position of the drone, but that of the controller too. by taking advantage of this technology, most drone pilots can be quickly located and arrested. these results have been forwarded to the federal ministry of transport and like he's has done her job. could line of sports, talk of a 2nd breakthrough vaccine against a covered 98,

the president of the international olympic committee. thomas bath says he's confident the spectators will be able to attend next year's tokyo some games. they met with japan's prime minister during a 2 day visit to the country to discuss antivirus measures. julian picks as the says that if the vaccine is widely available before next july, the i.o.c. will strongly encourage fans to be vaccinated, but won't mandate it. or makes us even more confident that if the next year a reasonable number of spectators in the stadium or the spirit, it's time to remind you of our top story this hour. there's been another promising breakthrough in the hunt for a couple of 19 vaccines. u.s. drugs may cut down that says it's experimental vaccine. a success rate of maybe 90

percent conceptual up to date will feel all be out in the meantime. of course, there's always the website that's t.w. dot com. i'm going to start rails against coca plants to turn it up despite coming from a poor family to become president and challenges america does seem credible

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nairobi's, growing population is bringing a growing that waste problem with it. but apparently, garbage eating fly larvae, good places to be a business i robot in berlin. welcome to the program. u.s., biotech company says it has developed a covered $1000.00 about c., and that has proven almost 95 percent effective. has been developed using messenger r.n.a. technology, which is the same method used by germany's body on tech company announce the success of its vaccine last week and is working to mass produce suits with us. pharma giant pfizer. other companies have also recently published optimistic data is based in cambridge, massachusetts has delivery deals with the e.u. and other governments already lined up well on tuesday. the use expected to confirm an order for doses of a potential vaccine being developed by germany's cure all back. but for now, it's pfizer biotech who appear to be winning the race to get to market is more from

our financial correspondent in frankfurt. chelsea delaney. both of these companies now are saying they could potentially apply for regulatory approval of their drug candidates, potentially. and the coming weeks, that means we could maybe see a candidate vaccine candidate approved by the end of the year. of course, there are still lot of distribution challenges, a lot of production challenges that mean we likely won't see this ship needed to a large part of the population for several more months. but it is obviously the very 1st step to getting the global economy back on track. chelsea delaney that it covers nearly a 3rd of the entire global economy. the regional comprehensive economic partnership just signed by 15 asia pacific countries will create the world's biggest free trade area, asset. see pay whatever you call it. the deal is impact or go far beyond the countries taking part. nearly

a decade in the making. the regional comprehensive economic partnership or c.v. is historic. many in asia hope it will help speed up recovery from the shocks of the coronavirus pandemic. by lowering tariffs, exports of member countries are expected to grow by more than 10 percent by 2025. according to international think tanks signifies that i rage and which has been the most economically dynamic region of the world in recent decades is still committed to openness and to try and that we will use that as a platform and a springboard for recovery in the post covidien era. a notable absence is india isn't wanted to join too, but withdrew over concerns. its local industries will be devastated by cheaper chinese manufactured goods, as well as political tensions with china. china is already looking beyond your c.e.p.t. deal to bring asia's 3 most technologically advanced. countries even closer together

. chandeliers, for the level of integration and stage of economic development in china, japan and south korea are relatively high. so the next step is our 3 countries will try and reach an ore c.e.p.t. plus free trade agreement based on the orsi e.p.a. agreement. e.p.t. how the thought of some aussie according to the american peterson institute for international economics, china will be the biggest winner of the free trade agreement. a common criticism is that china is too dominant within the or c b. i will be able to call the shots on important trading terms from japan to new zealand. despair became much stronger when india pulled out. so that's the impact for the countries involved in our sea and the e.u. . but what are africa which has its own major free trade area?

let's put that question to our correspondent in kenya's capital nairobi joy during barrow. thanks a lot for joining us. can you tell us what does all seeping mean fafnir can countries? well, growth is not really much that africa can't be our agreement right now, except that it's going to increase free trade for the 15 countries that have signed that. and so little africa that has also been looking at the african continent to treat trade area. the lessons that it could pick from the economic integration and use that as well to expand treated within the continent because africa easily the largest continent. but it doesn't really trade much with the itself. and each africa treat only accounts for 16.6 percent of its exports being below countries. and so seeing their regional comprehensive economic issues being signed

by the ships of the countries could be also an eye opener for african countries. this is all about trading with your neighbors. so is there anything to be learnt from before the african nations looking to trade more with countries in their own region? right, absolutely. and sot because africa itself is just about a 2.5, trillion g.d.p. economy. you don't make sense that treats more with itself looking at the poultry 16.6 percent into africa treat. we can only hope that from 2021 as many african countries to recover protocol in 19th and emic effects that it will also seek to integrate and make stronger some of the trade agreements that it has for a long time neglected both across the regional blocks and also the into regional blocks that we have seen from both the not the south east and west,

and central africa as well. so we're hoping that this could be a chance for africa to also and look at its wealth markets like nigeria, which is the largest economy at the moment. speaking of nigeria, we had just last week that they have signed up to africa's own free trade area of the african continental free trade agreement. that any kind of force last year that is improving us access for now it's really had to tell how much blood has come out of the african continent of free trade area. because it only took effect in may of last year. and when it was ratified, it was only or when it took effect, it was only $24.00 countries that have ratified it. and so at the end, the pandemic happened and not much can be said about the success that it's so far. but what can be said is what it is likely to achieve if it is fully implemented with all countries comment and to think within or amongst themselves. and so when

you look at a country like nigeria, it's also important to note that pete had taken its time in ratifying this agreement because it was a freedom of how much trade would stifle the school of law, the manufacturing economy, money factoring industry. and so are there those risks, but it is an important agreement to take africa for edge in the future. harder in barrow in nairobi, thanks for joining us now to some of the other global business stories making the news. saudi arabia, state oil, producer, says it will sell dollar denominated bonds to boost its finances during the current slump in global demand for crude. the range between 3 and 50 years around players. net profit for the 1st 9 months of the year to what almost 50 percent of australian airline quantas is marking its 100th birthday mark the occasion with a low level flight passed at sydney harbor bridge. the 100 minute flight flew

a 100 employees, as well as frequent flyers. qantas has struggled during the pandemic grounding the bulk of its fleet, and cutting 30 percent of its workforce nairobi's, growing population is bringing with it a growing waste problem. however, a sustainable solution has been found involving rubbish, eating markets, meat, the small flies who perform a big task, can't get enough of them. these are the black soldier flies and when you see their butts, they seem down like this. this means that they're laying eggs. so each female lays between $400.00 to $800.00 eggs every month. each gram of egg is 30000, new black soldier flights. and they're helping get a handle on kenya's demand fill sites. in east africa, we don't really have waste management systems in place yet. so this gives us an

opportunity to do it's green from the beginning. so for evil to take all they're going to quit and convert it into high value protein and 1st lies are with 4500000 residents. nairobi produces more than 3000 tonnes of rubbish each day. almost 2 thirds of it are organic waste. time at schubas, black soldier flies keep these levels in check. it works like this. caesar and sort of hatched and they've come out of the tree after a 5 day old's, we incubate them in the wastes, where they start to take. this is now day 0 from the 0. we go to day 4. as you can see, they really like what's moments from day 4, we have the 8th, they're starting to get a bit dark brown in their faces. and on day 10, they're a nice caramel color and ready for harvesting 90 percent of this is harvested in this turn. into feed mill, 10 percent is continuing the process to become flies again. the leftovers from the

process that turned into animal feed and compost soon instead to process it will be producing 40 tons of animal feed a month. it's a win win situation, especially as it reduces nairobi's reliance on imported animal phrase. studied agriculture at university, but nothing to do with insects. this is all accidental. so we started looking at alternatives for soya and fish meal and we came across insects. and what would usually be considered pests have proved to be highly useful creatures and investment and even providers of work. the company has more than 50 employees and rising in this food, mostly because of i think it's passion and does that fulfillment of that you get working with love these warmth and a passion that tom was share as we see the beauty within the beast. so that's what's me tell people, it's beauty with tons of potential,

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