economic situation is patchy bangui like a lot of these capital cities major cities in africa is growing fast and population economically grew two percent last year which is not bad. and but the rest of the country with it's appalling communications the agricultural situation now going to have to export much. calling into a situation of subsistence agriculture. that's where the discontent seems to be coming from and it's also a country where there is there is a lot of local loyalty to the big town as it spread across the country it's not very difficult to stir up dissidents if that's what you want to do. ok one is independent journalist thank you for your thoughts today here in r.t. . well as twenty twelve draws to a close we continue to look at the events that shaped it today on these teams recall the launch of it in the sun just across exclusively on r.t. you can expound they gave voice to prominent figures shunned by the mainstream media when he was still under house arrest in london. it was right on the new year's eve when i went to london to see june to discuss the news so. i am tru

mine and that they obviously want it to be to remain an asset to the economic situation is is patchy bangui is it is like a lot of these capital cities major cities in africa is growing fast in population economically to two percent last year which is not a healthy. and but the rest of the country will exit polling communications to the agricultural situation now going to have to export much. and they're falling into a situation of subsistence agriculture so. it's that's where the discontent seems to be coming from and it's also a country where there is there is a lot of local loyalty to the big town as it spread across the country it's not very difficult to stir up dissidents if that's what you want to do. well russia says the next generation of spacecraft design is ready it's pretty rebranding a new space ship capable of flying to the international space station beyond the way to the. web site. also online a russian family sues a british comedy fracture bentley for failing to live up to its claims of the luxury of two defective claimed the life of one man. afghanistan says it has lost ove

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