she was going to work on a flight to nairobi and then returned to addis ababa that day. look so happy and good with him for. in the morning she didn't even wake me up because my son and i were like oh i almost had my child and she don't want to wake us you know she just. she told me later when she called me she to call she once told me when she come back. and. it's a critical. and before she. she called me. and she told me that she wants to have lunch with me so i should pick her up and i said ok we'll do that you know it's sunday i got nothing to do so i'll do that. but she may have a. singer the conductor. a few hours after he last spoke to his wife oh you got a call from a friend asking if he had heard about a plane crash not far from the capitol. he would straight to the airport. i don't even know how to drive you know like i'm shaking. so this friend of mine he took me to the airport and we started asking people whether they know something about it or not like and nobody knows anything but everybody's crying like. then we waited for several hours and i dand of the d

she was going to work on a flight to nairobi and then returned to addis ababa that day. look so happy and we've been waiting for months on. end the morning she didn't even wake me up because my son and i were like. i almost had my child and she don't want to wake us you know she just. she told me later when she called me she to call she once told me when she come back. and. it's a critical. and before she on board. she called me. and she told me that she wants to have lunch with me so i should pick her up and i said ok we'll do that you know it's sunday i got nothing to do so i'll do that. but she wanted to come up. sooner and conduct. a few hours after he last spoke to his wife oh you got a call from a friend asking if he had heard about a plane crash not far from the capitol. he went straight to the airport. i don't even know how to drive you know like i'm shaking. so this friend of mine he took me to the airport. and we start asking people whether they know something about it or not like and nobody knows anything but everybody's crying like then we waited for several

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received positively in its europea here's how some people reacted on the streets of the capital addis ababa after the announcement. he did a lot for example releasing prisoners and granting freedom to people. i look at only one year he has brought so much change hubby is the one who made freedom of speech possible for ethiopians. he even outside of ethiopia he has a great vision for all africans he believes in peace democracy and equality he's one of the best leaders for africa right now. from on this date of use tomi oladipo joins me in the studio hello to me now how big a deal is it that prime minister won this award this is massive this is the one of the biggest on as annual honors in the world and for someone who's africa's youngest leader he's only been in office for a year and a half europe is africa's 2nd most populous country and he's coming in this time brought in a lot of political and economic reform but not just for his country there's also his regional impact we've seen his involvement in sudan for example with the political crisis that was there and he spearheaded the attempts

along with growing tourist numbers things are changing ethiopia is a good example the airport at addis ababa has been transformed into one of the continent's most important transport hubs the country has also relax its these requirements and tourists are flooding in numbers grew 50 percent last year more than any other african country. but many regions are getting a lift from the tourist been in sub-saharan africa and basement is being funneled into nearly 46000 new hotel beds and north africa there are plans for 21000 beds and investors are looking at more than just holiday makers. they want a top end to the lucrative business travel market in may this year the african continent to free trade agreement entered into force and is expected to give the combined economies a shot in the arm for south africa kenya in rwanda or 3 countries which unwell from conferences and trade fairs. tourism already accounts for 8 and a half percent of african business providing $24000000.00 jobs and there's potential for more as the continent writes the growing tourist wave. over europe or inequality in germany

eritrea neighboring eritrea we can speak to our correspondent now robyn kriel who is in the capital addis ababa he's ever since he burst onto the scene robyn his name was immediately put in the frame as being a possible recipient of the nobel peace prize and now is garcia any kind of reaction as yet. it will surprise but not shock i think a lot of if the europeans really you see primus med's picture in the backs of taxicabs you see a lot more at the national flags he really has brought that nationalistic that inclusive which the nobel peace prize laureates talked about was important for this it was important for this prize he really has brought that feeling of inclusive itsy to a number of ethiopians but they did mention the challenges as well and i'll get into that but just to go through some of the to to wrap martine some of the things that he has done the releasing of political prisoners the allowing back all of people that were seeking amnesty for their opposition politics or journalism in other countries he's a lot of love the lot of them back the opening up of prisons this real transparen

you know tried a lot of us so has been collaborating with her colleagues in addis ababa for 9 years now. the diversity of species is astounding for example that more than $9000.00 varieties of being in the collection alone size have found a seed bank here in gutters lieven is one of the largest in the world or so electing mission from south many specimens come from older strains that are no longer cultivated on working farms but that could nonetheless prove very useful. all right he's have lower heels but they can cope better with changing climatic conditions they're more robust in times of drought lack of water often turn soil acidic or leads to a build up of minerals and heavy metals these for riotous can withstand all of that better than more fragile modern seeds more than a. lot of us are has got to know the problems farmers face in ethiopia firsthand for sure using traditional methods to farm their small fields most can barely feed their families let alone create a surplus for sale they tend to plant the same crops year in year out which leads to soil degradation and ever lower yie

straight to ethiopia's capital addis ababa that where we joined i did your reporter get me can ask you a welcome maria was this expected. well prime minister abu ahmed was one of the main favorites to win the nobel previous prize this year he was already very known on the internet into international they were making peace with long time eritrea which tracks an important box actually for the nobel committee and also this year he played an important role in the sudan negotiations came to a deadlock he flew to khartoum afterwards and negotiations resumed and a peace agreement was reached in one of africa's major political crisis this year so i would say on the diplomatic scene it's not a surprise that he was elected however it is up to debate whether he will live up to the protocol in the coming years yeah so explain to us that the significance of this peace between these 2 countries. well 1st of all the peace deal allowed families that were separated for decades to reunite which was a really strong and important moment for peace people in both countries in addition of course resuming dip

country's 2 decade long war with neighboring eritrea robyn kriel reports from ethiopia's capital addis ababa nobel peace prize for 29 team to ethiopia and prime minister ahmed ali simone need to ethiopia is leader heard of his prestigious prize and with it praise from his supporters of an ethiopian we have seen dr b. has played a major role in championing social justice. and what we expect know. of the peace progress and development of the national parliament is of paramount importance sworn into office barely 18 months ago at the height of civil unrest in ethiopia and during a state of emergency the 43 year old former army intelligence officer hasn't shied away from taking tough decisions. his biggest achievement is making peace with neighboring eritrea following a 21 year long conflict on their border which began with rule in 1998 abi managed to reestablish normal relations between the 2 countries he also ordered the release from jail of his critics opposition politicians and journalists have even established a ministry of peace which includes some of the government's most notorious minist

addis ababa hosted the annual thanksgiving festivals.ng, singing and waving flags. city officials said they were expecting around 10 million people to take part. that's it, you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. iam i am lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. goodbye. after a thoroughly wet night across many parts of the uk, there could be a lot of surface water on roads this morning. greatest concerns were essential and southern scotland, northern and eastern england. with the ground saturated, the flooding issue could be a little bit worse. be prepared for some travel disruption. this is the culprit weather front which has been disruption. this is the culprit weatherfront which has been putting eastwards overnight. ahead of it, some stronger winds developing in its wake, but a lot more dry, clearer weather to the south and west later on. let's focus on the rain band for the moment. it's going to be across much of scotland. heaviest and most assistant across central and eastern areas where there will be a gusty wind. maybe t

. $32.00 kenyans were on board the boeing 737 max which crashed soon after takeoff from addis ababa boeing admitted a faulty sense contributed to the disaster the entire 737 max fleet has been grounded since the accident which followed another in indonesia a year ago boeing is paying compensation to the families of all the victims. that paid neighborhood by everybody a community neighbors watched. on how the grandchildren on holiday. says for now just glad they can finally bury their loved ones. in the budget cuts record when you rent. the book since i'm right. here. so. you just feel these. movies have been bring the drum did before. should be remembered for many things sam says she brought out the best in children she taught she was also a loving mother and grandmother to those who died with katherine sawyer al-jazeera kenya. one of the world's most celebrated ballet dancers has died aged 98. alicia longer helped to found the national ballet of cuba and the 1960 s. with then leader fidel castro president miguel diaz cannell alonso for her motorway . hello again i missed her how with the

. $32.00 kenyans were on board the boeing 737 max which crashed soon after takeoff from addis ababa boeing admitted a faulty sensor contributed to the disaster the entire 737 max fleet has been grounded since the accident which followed another in indonesia a year ago boeing is paying compensation to the families of all the victims. and the pain in this neighborhood and by everybody a community that neighbors watched. and doted on her grandchildren on holiday and the. family says for now just glad we can finally bury their loved ones. in the budget but recognize when you rent that we had to open the books since i'm to identify. feeling like that here. so what those who do need you just feel the she is the right person. you have been saying that one did before and. should be remembered for many things. brought out the best in children she taught. and grandmother who died would have. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera there are reports of sporadic fighting in northeastern syria less than a day after a temporary cease fire was announced by the u.s. and turkey plumes of

you did is visiting all the neighboring countries even nost night when he opened a unity park in addis ababa in his palace he brought all the neighboring countries presidents and prime minister said some state to to come to give an end to sort of the problem and to unify that horn of africa country he always said repeatedly said that instead of bringing the last solution for that region we should come to give that we should work together so i can see that this peace prize might have a contribution for a peace in that region thank you for so so much for your insights there that was iraq go test for. american service thanks for joining us thank you very much. and just recapping again the this year's nobel peace prize has been awarded by the nobel committee the announcement was made in oslo just a short time ago and it has been awarded to ethiopian prime minister. for his contribution to peace and international cooperation particularly his initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring irretrievable you're watching news from berlin. here in germany media reports say the man suspecte

be funny for the 1st time in more than a century the ethiopian capital addis ababa is hosting the people's thanksgiving events but it is against a backdrop of growing ethnic tensions in the country reports. as iconic mescal square has been completely blocked off for this event known as the you reach peace festival at the liberated by one of the largest ethnic groups the world more people and overnight say they're expecting hundreds of thousands of people turned out today in fact the or a more tourism board estimate it would be more than a 1000000 people as the band is forced to be about thanksgiving for the bounty the cost. 2016 though it was modified violence at the very festival about an hour away from here a stampede killed more than 50 people government says the security is very tight here today or something but joyous and thankful that the 1st time this festival has been allowed to be held here in the center of in more than a 100 years i do truly passion something special to go there and of the giving to bring every now and again the sun comes out. let's take you to the headlines now

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sammy was 2a when she boarded the flight from addis ababa in march.s answers from boeing and its regulator, the faa. the only way to re—establish trust is to share information, and i are still guarding it. to allow scrutiny. and they are still guiding it. still grounded, the 737 max has been modified to make it safer and get it back in the air, but today boeing's reputation took a battering again. tom burridge, bbc news. the us house of representatives has voted to recognise as genocide the mass killing of about 1.5 million armenians in the ottoman empire a century ago. the move is widely seen as a rebuke to turkey over its recent incursions into northern syria. i asked our north america correspondent, david willis, if this was an attempt to recognise a historical injustice or a political move. it is symbolic, as you said, historic, but largely symbolic because there is unlikely to be a similar vote in the senate. i think it highlights the growing frustration on the part of lawmakers from both parties here, democrat and republican, over the actions of

here in addis ababa prominent figures and ordinary figures are like have been sharing their views since be united in congratulating him for being the first ethiopian to win the nobel peace prize. this provides ethiopia with a significant muscle in terms of international diplomacy, and a significant responsibility to pursue peace, because it is now in the eyes of the international community. the award is for river decking —— recognition of his contribution to restore peace between ethiopia and eritrea, in that respect i think he deserves the reward and i would like to congratulate him, but when it comes to domestic politics i think abiy ahmed has a lot to do. abiy ahmed has described this as a prize for all of africa and the hopes for peace building on the confident —— continent. but the first test will see if the prize changes lives in ethiopian. in one week where we have been looking at the causes and consequences of knife crime, there is more sobering news site after two teenagers were fatally stabbed within hours of each other in london. a 15—year—old was stabbed in the afternoon and

sammy was 2a when she boarded the flight from addis ababa in march.g and its regulator, the faa. the only way to re—establish trust is to share information, and i are still guarding it. to allow scrutiny. and they are still guiding it. still grounded, the 737 max has been modified to make it safer and get it back in the air, but today boeing's reputation took a battering again. tom burridge, bbc news. boeing bosses were speaking before the senate and on wednesday they'll be grilled by a committee of the house of representatives. congressman anthony brown will be asking some of the questions. he spoke earlier to the bbc‘s laura trevelyan. thanks for being with us. so we had boeing's was today saying sorry for those crashes of the two jets and also say the company is learning and improving. what's your reaction to the testimony? first of all, i think boeing or to be sorry and apologetic, 346 men, women, and children lost their lives on two aircraft accident, year ago today, and many believe were avoidable accidents. there was a member of congress and a

sammy was 24 when she boarded the flight sammy was 24 when she boarded the flight from addis ababa ing and its regulator, the faa. the only way to re—establish trust is to share information, and i are still guarding it. still grounded, the 737 max has been modified to make it safer and get it back in the air, but today boeing's reputation took a battering again. tom burridge, bbc news. donald trump's attempts to fight off moves to impeach him have suffered a serious setback, after evidence from a senior white house official that he was so troubled by the president's phone call with his ukrainian counterpart that he reported his concerns to a superior. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman is the first serving white house official to speak to the congressional inquiry. our north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house. just how potentially damaging to the president is this testimony? i think this is serious and i think, reeta, it is getting more serious by the day. donald trump has sought to characterise what is unfolding us do nothing democrats trying to tie him down over what

dozens of pro-democracy activists have been arrested as a heavy police presence across the capital addis ababa robyn kriel has more we understand speaking to the organizers of the protests and really the head of this group about paris council who were planning this protest they said that it was to protest the assailed transition or the failing transition to democracy it's been planned for about 2 weeks they say i've known about it for about a week but we just we understand according to it is about as a police that it was actually banned this morning and then came these arrests we don't know the motivation behind these rest speaking it's going to mega organizer of the rally he told me that these arrests appeared and these are his words coordination planned and then implemented by police across as abbotts activists taken from their homes and of the streets and in prisons and prisons according to nagin our he said he's currently going from police station to police station to find out exactly why you know as i said at this rally has been planned for at least one week that i've known of the organiz

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a lot of us so has been collaborating with her colleagues in addis ababa for 9 years now. but diversity of species is astounding for example data more than $9000.00 varieties of being in the collection alone size half of the seed bank here in gutters leaving is one of the largest in the world or so leg the mission from south many specimens come from older strains that are no longer cultivated on working farms but that could nonetheless prove very useful. the items in all the righties have lower yields but they can cope better with changing climatic conditions they're more robust in times of drought lack of water often turn soil acidic or leads to a build up of minerals and heavy metals these varieties can withstand all of that better than more fragile modern seeds more than a. lot of us are has got to know the problems farmers face in ethiopia firsthand for sure using traditional methods to farm their small fields most can barely feed their families let alone create a surplus for sale they tend to plant the same crops year in year out which leads to soil degradation and ev

countries let's bring in al jazeera as robyn kriel is joining us live from if europeans capital addis ababa and i suppose it's a big day for 5 robin what's the reaction been like well during proud as a nation that was the statement issued by the prime minister's office and really you do get a sense of that pride here in ethiopia surprising to some perhaps because as if europeans everyone is very focused on the now on the fact that perhaps the economy isn't going as well as they would have liked to see they do everyone does want that instant change when you do get a rock star type leaders such as dr b. as he's affectionately known here coming into power but he's still incredibly popular seen as the person who bought the country out of those docked times that state of emergency and what some analysts have said would have been a civil war had it had anyone other than him taken over and the hard work i suppose for dr doesn't stop here robin he does face a lot of challenges going ahead just talk us through some of those. well definitely and that is the overwhelming message released by groups suc

throughout the day young men have been coming to this neighborhood in addis ababa they say they are gathering in support to show solidarity to do 100 the popular but polarizing figure mohamad owns the influential or mia media network and has emerged as a prominent activist since his return from exile in the united states last year some even credit him with galvanizing support for the protests that brought prime minister abi to power but their relationship seems to have soured yet nothing on tuesday i'll be told parliament that people with joining nationality who also own media organizations should not stir up undressed an apparent reference to muhammad who has dual u.s. and its european citizenship mohamed calls that a threat the problem is that in the parliament publicly. harshly threaten the media. expected mohamed has had official police protection since last year because of threats on his life late tuesday night he says security officials arrived at his home and told his guards to leave they refused mohammad says it was an assassination plot and he blames the prime minister's comments wit

territory the move has raised concerns of reigniting ethnic tensions robyn kriel has more from addis ababa. some traveled for days through dozens of security checkpoints for this the. a festival of thanksgiving marked by if the o.p.'s or roma community signaling the end of the rainy season coming from australia and it is a long journey 20 hours on the trip on the plane so this is really a very special moment but amid the celebrations there are concerns tensions and ethnic rivalries have heightened across the country since prime minister of the ahmed came to power in 2018 some hardliners in the orrible community believe to reach. and that includes the capital at a sabbath should full under their jurisdiction while allowing the celebration to be held back here in attics ababa for the 1st time in more than a century could be seen as an olive branch from the if you can governments. international observers worry that it could serve to incite more nationalist sentiments and further divide the o.p.'s some regional flags flew high despite calls to avoid politics during the celebrations in china. a

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robyn kriel has the latest from the ethiopian capital addis ababa. well incredible news both for its the o.p.'s and for africans although many at the o.p.'s here were quite surprised that he won that prestigious award many of them said that they're not shocked at all because he is still so incredibly popular here on the ground and if you're here rarely do you see for example a cab or a bus drive past without dr b. as he's affectionately known space on the back of it as well as that flag because he is seen as the nationalist the person who united is the o.t. who brought them through those dock times through that state of emergency and through what many analysts have said could have possibly been a civil war had he not come into power at that time but when you heard that list of achievements read by the nobel peace prize committee his peace with eritrea detente with somalia the fact that he up ended essentially the political process here and if the o.p.'s which for years was a dictatorship a commentator i spoke with yesterday said that had it not been

now calling for his supporters to reopen blocked roads after clashes with police in the capital addis ababa and 3 other major cities. now thousands of people in guinea of once again protest against the president's bid to change the law and stay in power campaign is say alpha condé should give way to a new leader and drop his plan to change the west african nations constitution to allow him to seek a 3rd term 9 people have so far been killed in 10 days of protests although his latest and stray shows were peaceful. hundreds of people are fleeing a historic town north of san francisco choo-choo a wildfire authorities have ordered the entire community of gay seville to evacuate after the kinkaid fire and sonoma county grew to more than $39.00 square kilometers the fire has brought back memories of the devastating and deadly blazes that killed 44 people in the area 2 years ago and a gallacher reports. the wallow fire began on wednesday evening by thursday the blaze found by strong offshore winds and dry conditions to 240 square kilometers the national weather service say conditions are ripe for

in every. 32 kenyans the boeing 737 max which crashed soon after takeoff from addis ababa boeing admitted a faulty sensor contributed to the disaster the entire 737 max fleet has been grounded since the accident which followed another in indonesia a year ago boeing is paying compensation to the families of all the victims. of the pain in this neighborhood and by every. community neighbors who watched. and on have grandchildren on holiday. family says for now just glad they can finally bury their loved ones. in the budget cuts record when you rant. in the book since i'm afraid. of feeling. here. so. you just feel the. person whom you have been bringing the drum did before. should be remembered for many things sam says she brought out the best in children she taught she was also a loving mother and grandmother to those who died with katherine sawyer al-jazeera kenya. now venezuela has taken a seat on the u.n. human rights council despite widespread criticism of the country's oil rights record advocacy groups and nations opposed to president nicolas muddles government had lobbied against the