ahead we go live to joplin who are also coming up it's a centuries old crop that mainly grows in ethiopia tests as western celebrities hoped could be the next door you know a. welcome to do business africa want to. jones in berlin the to have you with us and we're starting in nigeria where last month the president mohammad. was sworn in for a 2nd term in office it was a narrow election election win that took place against a backdrop of economic uncertainty among the biggest challenges he's facing is slowing growth the nigerian economy is projected to grow by just over 2 percent this year that's well below forecast for many other african countries obstacles to growth include poor infrastructure frequent power outages and corruption and unsurprisingly those kinds of problems are doing little to spur investment in 2018 nigeria attracted far less foreign investment than egypt south africa ghana or ethiopia but it's not all doom and gloom area is africa's biggest oil producer currently producing some $1900000.00 barrels a day so what's holding nigeria back and where does president hari have to

this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes there's tension in ethiopia after assassinations and the regional coup attempt at the weekend means all hard times for prime minister mate so how secure is news government and what does this mean for his reform agenda. ahead mauritania's new president mohammed. said today's presidential election paves the way for the 1st peaceful handover of power since the country gained independence from france 60 years ago. then both go deep into the. pave national park where the vigilance of the group of ranges has cut poaching levels of forest innocence. i'm christine window i'll come to the news africa i'm glad you have today and we begin in ethiopia where tensions are high off to the deaths of senior political figures over the weekend as it stands a governor his top aide and an attorney general killed in what the government says was an attempted regional coup the officials from the north eastern states which is home to ethiopia's 2nd largest ethnic group in the capital addis ababa ethiopia is military chief was also shot dead by his bodyguard

now ethiopia's government says it's back in control of the northeastern state of m. harra after a failed rebellion 4 people including the country's army chief of staff were killed in the attempt a power grab that has led by a high ranking military official holding has more from. ethiopia's army chief of staff general sahara mckown and seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm hard region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in behind dog one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been s

i'm christine window i'll come to the news africa i'm glad you did we begin in ethiopia where tensions are high off to the deaths of senior political figures over the weekend as it stands a governor his top aide and an attorney general killed in what the government says was an attempted regional coup now the officials from the north eastern states which is home to ethiopia's 2nd largest ethnic group in the capital addis ababa if you up. military chief was also shot dead by his bodyguard the government said his killing was connected to those. in an announcement to the nation prime minister made safe security forces were in full control of m r state. you wanting. the people of ethiopia don't believe in son saying killing and claiming power by spilling the blood of their brothers and sisters on especially. american that. they believe power should be obtained only through democratic means unity and sacrifice that. young man has played don't accept totalitarian regimes and that they've shown that through a common struggle or coach as we've built on the moccasin past years they have rejected

this could present major opportunities for ethiopia's to growers and exporters but the industry faceshurdles including complex supply chains involving many small operators we can market structure and high transport costs there's also been little opportunity for farmers to adopt new technologies and agro nomic practices which could dramatically increase yields. drops of business africa here on d w for me in the team and as always thanks for keeping us company. to the max channel. the mind of stood. with exclusive access to a must see concerning our culture you're a. curious minds. do it yourself networkers move so subscribers don't miss out. this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes in landmark ruling on a reason to celebrate one assassin was 6 years no longer a crime so how about the last time the l.g.b. t.-i act. also coming out of a crowded under-funded we go inside a huge prison in nigeria to meet the inmates with little hope for who to chop by the mob trying to prepare them for life.

to the people of ethiopia don't believe in silencing killing and claiming power by spilling the blood of their brothers and sisters on especially. american that. they believe power should be obtained only through democratic means unity and sacrifice that. young man and his they don't accept totalitarian regimes and that they've shown that through a common struggle or coach as we've built out of ocracy in past years they have rejected these efforts to silence people with a unified voice and under siege. and across the whole market so what do these developments mean for the country we've invited william davison senior ethiopia analyst at crisis group to give us some context william was. a correspondent for 7 years and he's joining us now from brussels welcome to d.w. africa william would you say if the opiah isn't a political crisis. yes there's certainly an element of crisis about this and it's also a moment of great political opportunity and that shouldn't be forgotten but it's clear from recent events the shocking events on saturday the 2 assassinations and that there is an element o

welcome to ethiopia. have a seat.o meet you and find out a bit more about ethiopia and what is going on in addis. likewise, i really wanted to meet you, when we contacted. we recently had change in government so it was not an election but by popular demand a new government has come up to power. it is a new government, a young leader, a kind of visionary. the people's man. the first time most people would have heard about ethiopia would have been 1985, the band aid and live aid, the famine. but there is more than that, what's more to ethiopia? that image stayed in people's minds and shuttered everything else. when the famine was over and we were back to safe times, nobody was reporting on that. like, if you take the farming side, ethiopia is the fifth—largest country in the world with the number of livestock. it is not as depicted. ok, mike, where are we going? now we are going to the headquarters of the african union. so there, we are going to see a statue, a new statute that was just inaugurated and it is a statue of

but we decided to live permanently and forever in ethiopia.ut we don't really get reconditioned after so many years. we just got, the other day, id card, to stay legally, you know, for five years. but with a lot of conditions. it's not so easy. to live as rasta people in ethiopia. so you're still considered as foreigners? yeah. we're now in a local tricycle. you have a favourite football team? i like liverpool. mo salah. mo salah! yeah! cool my mum is pretty special. very special, amazing. she's the most important person in my life. she supports my travels. she encourages me, she helps me with my maps, she helps me research. i can do most things on the internet with a speech software. but one thing i cannot do is book flights. the websites are impossible for all air companies. so she books flights for me. she is my rock that i stand on. she is the reason i can do this. without her, i'd be nothing. we've just landed in lalibela, one of the major tourist cities in the north of ethiopia. i knew that when i came to ethiopia, that one of the places

the people of ethiopia have proved that it's possible to remove dictators with unified and democratic struggles in past years the people of ethiopia have with a unified voice showed that they will not accept governments that have the attitude of dictatorship. he said a high ranking military official general hossam a new sygate was behind the attacks and that he had used what he called mercenaries might despite. himself because. it so happens that the guy who is accused of looting the cool. that he was in prison when he came to power for the school he was he tried at them to the 2009 and he was in prison so. security in the region trust him maybe in his in his loyalty there was an assassination attempt against the prime minister himself exactly a year ago 2 months after he came to power a grenade was thrown into a crowd to a large rally for more than 100 people were hurt ethiopians had braced for a government crackdown which had been the norm during previous governments but it never came i think the government in the. remarkable. it was an assassination attempt against the prime minist

ethiopia as army chief of staff general sahara mckown and seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm heart region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in but had thought one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. one don't want to sin as in manhattan the people of ethiopia

sudan's military dismisses ethiopia's proposal to break the political deadlock. or stop he would be in the kingdom of saudi arabia the united arab emirates secretary of state is on his way to meet gulf allies to discuss their strategy against iran. and how the u.s. and the philippines are trying to win the battle against plastic pollution brick by brick. and began with a major political blow for the president of turkey. party has lost control of the city of istanbul and a rerun of the mayoral election had campaigned hard to extend his party's 25 year role in the commercial capital the opposition narrowly won the 1st vote health in march before the ruling party forced a rerun over claims of fraud so let's take a look at the results with nearly all the votes counted from the opposition c.h.p. is clearly won with 54 percent all the at parties and. 45 percent. reports from istanbul. for the 1st time since. the main opposition c.s.p. candidate. has been elected by. of the city in a controversial run that has polarized the nation the 49 year old was relatively our no b

and of course as you say since taking office he has undertaken some important reforms in ethiopia you see this could 10 now as possibly slowing down those reforms that's my big fear this will be a warning to him and he's going to have to focus very much more on some of the domestic politics and that's going to really i think divert his attention from some of the very good things that he's been trying to achieve in terms of encouraging more political pluralism improving relations with the neighbors i mean he has recognized every trafford example as a very good example of eritrea and ethiopia having a reproach mont so this will divert some of that intention and ethiopia is a super strategic country for the horn of africa and even farther neighbors i mean we've had this evening on your show about sudan for example and the mediation efforts that you see i'm taking a step back from that off the wall i do think it will be much more a domestic agenda now and so some of those international efforts ethiopia has very progressive been involved and may now be cut back when you say focusing on dom

well businesses in ethiopia were quite quite upset you know because of the internet access in ethiopia is pleased that 37 percent we are also looking at the fact that if you be hosts and international organizations because it's home to the african union and so by extension of course there are so many services that would be affected and so businesses were saying that you know the government needs to come up with better ways to linage the students cheating or come up with better mechanisms to lead me to students shooting because this is hurting their businesses the figure is being pleased between paul a $1000000.17 new $1000000.00 a day lost just because of the internet shut down and these internet and outages started a little 10th of june all the way into the 19th of june i was in added suburb or between the 17th and 1000 on june and i could actually tell the internet during the day was really bad and when we came back in the nights when it was business so i have actually closed shop. one of the long term effects on these there of these decisions in the country and one of the fastest ri

and ethiopia is government says it's back in control of the northeastern states about a hora after a failed rebellion the military chief and that leaves are. among the 4 people killed. now iran says there is no going back from its decision to withdraw from parts of the 2015 nuclear deal unless european signatories intervene against u.s. sanctions tehran has accused european powers of not shielding it from economic pressure it comes as donald trump sends 2 top officials to the middle east for diplomatic talks before leaving secretary of states mike compare said washington is ready to hold talks with iran. i'm heading out today are or stop will be in the kingdom of saudi arabia the united arab emirates 2 great allies in the challenge that iran presents and will be talking with them but out to make sure that we are all the key to realign and how we can go about it global coalition coalition not only drop the call to date but in asia and europe that understands this challenge as it is repaired to push back against the world's largest expansion. we're prepared to negotiate with no precond

the military dismisses ethiopia's proposal to break the political deadlock. protestors in the czech republic rallied to demand that the prime minister step down and what's being called the country's largest demonstrations since the fall of communism. one. my grandmother. or great is you know. we're not seeing. we're right along with fleeing for their lives to violence forces them to leave behind loved ones they may never see again. now for the 1st time in 25 years the mayor of takis largest city will not be from the ruling ak party the opposition candidate won the rerun vote to dealing a major blow to president recip type he'd campaigned hard to extend his party's role in the commercial capital the opposition narrowly won the 1st election in march before the ruling party forced a rerun of the claims of fraud now with nearly all votes counted. from the opposition c.h.p. has won with 54 percent while the ak party has been is that 45 percent. reports from istanbul. they stumbled changes hands for the 1st time since 1994 the main opposition c.s.p. candidate. has

you want to get ahmed joining us from atlanta to talk ethiopia thank you for your time. thank. still ahead of you on this news hour. as brazilian police get tough on crime the poor and the innocent they get caught in the crossfire and we'll take you to india where a vital source of food is turning to dust as years of drought cripples villages sports news and after a rare setback we'll find out what possible south steph curry has to say about the future of his team. hello again to welcome back across we are talking about dry conditions for many areas now we do have a few thunderstorms up here towards turkey but those have actually been decreasing as we have gone through the weekend to though we are looking at very warm temperatures across much of iraq baghdad at $46.00 degrees here on monday as we go towards tuesday it could even go up to about $47.00 degrees there kuwait city 47 degrees but we are talking drier now we had been seems to me minute the across the gulf those values are now going down here in doha as well humanity is going down and by monday we do expect to see atte

today touted as the youngest pioneer in ethiopia's fast emerging tech scene so her focus is on training women in ai she does this at i called labs which is one of the ai labs involved in developing the famous humanoid robot sophia who is over here on my right give her a round of applause. mock. the german philosopher and bestselling author says that it's precisely human imperfection that will be our greatest strength and our stupidity makes us clever. raghav r k k is a multi-disciplinary artist from india he's also a curator and co-founder of 641 that's a collective that focuses on ai's place in the realm of contemporary art welcome all the way from india. karen calmer here to my left ales from london and calls herself a storyteller of the future but her work has been exhibited worldwide and as an immersive filmmaker she wants to raise viewers' awareness such that they can survive the radical technological changes that are to come. and last but not least togo farland thinks that we all need to get up to speed on ai because machines are already deeply deeply involved in our human culture

ethiopia's army chief of staff general sahara mckown and seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm heart region the message this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in behind dog one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. one don't want to soon as. the people of ethiopia have proved

i would have to give up we have received 2 separate proposals to study from ethiopia and another one from the african union but what we've agreed with both the i you and ethiopia is one combine proposal to be presented to us and to narrow gaps between points of view john tennessee after director at freedom house a non-governmental body he says the military appears to be stalling for time. i would characterize this as classic sudanese delay tactics and we've seen this before from the previous regime trying to play mediators off against each other trying to buy time trying to have these sort of circular conversations that ultimately end up going nowhere i think that's what they're doing here i think e.d.o.t. is probably about as good amongst the regional countries of a mediator as you could hope for but they don't have the leverage on their own they need the employees of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and probably united states as well to really change the calculations of the military in particular and it's very much remains to be seen whether those countries are going to engage in a more

now at just 20 she's one of the pioneering women in ethiopia's booming i.t. industry in the valley in at a suburb. she's the head of the startup i called labs where she researches artificial intelligence develops creative robots and cooperates closely with the global singularity national i r network. one spectacular success sophia a humanoid robot human facial expressions facial recognition technology and the ability to hold a conversation. to be a role model especially for girls. she's convinced that anyone. she works very hard training young people all over the country program has reached more than 20000 students in the last 3 years. the solve the competition ethiopia's young generation present this software based solutions for the nation's problems they meet with investors and learn how to interpret their visions for international markets. a c c anyone can code. a desirable outcome. yes we believe that there is a huge gender gap specially in the in the tech sector so in order to do that we need to address these girls before they have some sense of what the

there is on her estate it is one of 9 or thomas regions in ethiopia people reported hearing gunfire in the state capital which is around 500 kilometers north of. the u.s. embassy also issued warnings for after reports of gunfire so a challenge for prime minister ahmed here is home to around 100000000 people but also more than 80 ethnic groups and various communities are developing their own states under the federal system tensions between some of ethiopia's ethnic groups of fuel violence for decades but it's increased this year and hundreds of people have been killed in attacks and last year nearly 3000000 people were displaced internally now that number is the highest number believe it or not in the world it is more than syria yemen somalia and afghanistan combined this update now from about with. 4 government officials have been shot and killed in ethiopia and the attempted coup 2 of them were involved and 2 of them were here in addison mackinnon was one of them he was the chief of staff and most notably the head of the military here in ethiopia we have information that he was actual

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 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 tha

ethiopia's army chief of staff general sahara mckown and seen here in august of last year he was shot and killed by his bodyguard inside his home in addison abba the general was in the process of responding to reports of a coup in the northern i'm hard region the message of this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation. it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in behind a lot one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. under much. as in the people of ethiopia have proved that it

so this is out there these are the top stories and ethiopia's military says it's back in full control of a northern state after the killing of a regional leader in the head of the country's military chief mcmullen was shot dead by his bodyguard in the capital addis ababa ethiopia is head of intelligence called for calm. as in light of these attacks ethiopian people should remain calm and i want to take this opportunity to assure people there is nothing within the military to worry about and lastly this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with the investigation as iran's foreign minister says he's negotiating monetary treaties that would allow the country to bypass u.s. sanctions tehran is reportedly in talks with china india and russia and dozens of other nations to ditch the dollar in trade transac

it began on saturday night nearly 500 kilometers away in before dark one of ethiopia's 9 autonomous areas witnesses reported hearing gunfire the reagents president had been shot and killed in his office along with his aide this was the crisis general mckiernan was responding to back in the capital when he was killed prime minister i'll be ahmed appeared on television to condemn the attacks and urged calm. to much . as. the people of ethiopia have proved that it's possible to remove dictators with a unified and democratic struggles in past years the people of its european have with a unified voice showed that they will not accept governments that have the attitude of dictatorship. he said a high ranking military official general some a new it's a gate was behind the attacks and that he had used what he called mercenaries might tend to spark. to himself because. it so happens that the guy who is accused of looting the cool. well being that he was in prison when i became to po-r. for an island school he was he tried at them to the 2009 and he was in prison so. security in the region trust hi

the man responsible for the coup attempt in northern ethiopia over the weekend. is dead we just spoke to the prime minister's press secretary she said that the government was trying to capture him and in that process he was shot and killed on monday the coup attempt happened on saturday she said that the prime minister is very much still in control of the government she said that there is a unity both within the government and within the military we know that the division between ethnic lines was a concern and something that the intelligence chief of the military said was the purpose of this coup but the press secretary has confirmed that that is not the case that the government and the military are united we asked her also about prime minister of meds interests and ongoing negotiations with trying to find a solution in neighboring sudan she said despite the domestic turbulence of the week and that the international negotiations to find a solution for sudan's government are ongoing we also asked her about the internet when it would come back on it's been shut dow

ethiopia's president second—hand man was shot dead.in, the conservative leadership candidate jeremy hunt says his rival borisjohnson must be ‘prepared to answer difficult questions' if he's to become the next prime minister. the foreign secretary said someone who wanted that role should answer questions on everything but that he wouldn't comment on mrjohnson's personal life. on friday police were called to the flat he shares with his partner, after reports of a row. borisjohnson's team say he ought to bejudged on his policies not his private life. here's our chief political correspondent vicki young. if you want to be prime minister, you had to face some tough questions. borisjohnson you had to face some tough questions. boris johnson is you had to face some tough questions. borisjohnson is refusing to talk about his private life and police visit after a row with his girlfriend it is under pressure to give more details about his policies for government too. and peter today, his leadership rivaljeremy hunt says what happens in peoples p

so the military has dismissed a plan for a transitional government put forward by ethiopia's lead it prime minister abu ahmed has been leading the mediation efforts but sudan's military says his plan already backed by the opposition defense from the african union initiative but george hamon is the africa director at freedom house that's a non-governmental body he says the military is stalling for time. i would characterize this as classic sudanese delay tactics and we've seen this before from the previous regime trying to play mediators are against each other trying to buy time trying to have these sort of circular conversations that ultimately end up going nowhere i think that's what they're doing here i think ethiopia is probably about as good amongst the regional countries of a mediator as you could hope for but they don't have the leverage on their own they need the influence of saudi arabia and the us and probably united states as well to really change the calculations of the military in particular and it's very much remains to be seen whether those countries are going to engage

and on the clock in the hall the top stories here on al-jazeera and ethiopia's military says it is back in full control of the northern states after the killing of its political leader and the head of the country's military prime minister abbott says the move to take over i'm horace states was led by a high ranking military official military chief mckinnon was killed at his home in the capital addis ababa shot dead by his bodyguard appeared to on television late on saturday night dressed in army fatigues. when he was head of intelligence addressed the nation and called for calm. in light of these attacks ethiopian people should remain calm and i want to take this opportunity to assure people there is nothing within the military to worry about and lastly this attack was against the people and the government and all of its armed forces this was also an attack against an entire country everyone in the military and the public should strongly oppose this attack and those who are behind this will be brought to justice and i call on everyone including those in the military to cooperate with th

as well as the army chief of ethiopia bringing more details as we get them as tension between the u.s. and iran builds in the gulf iraq is watching developments closely it's worried about the threat to its all exports and how its economy could suffer reports. these tankers are being loaded with iraqi crude oil it's being pumped from iraq's biggest of shore platform in waters close to the maritime borders of kuwait and iraq oil experts in iraq are increasingly concerned about how rising tension between the u.s. and iran could affect the country's economy that's already struggling to recover after decades of war and political instability. iraq must avoid getting involved in any conflict in the region we don't want to be embroiled in other countries of payors we are focused on trying to secure our country's economy. the u.s. sent warships including an aircraft carrier and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf region. it's also sent around $2500.00 additional soldiers a patriot missile system and surveillance planes iraq exports around $3500000.00 barrels of oil a day much of it from platforms li

turmoil in ethiopia has. been killed the head of the military and the regional leader. summary of this is the world news from al-jazeera counting is underway and it samples a merrill election rerun after matches paul won by the opposition was scrapped because of irregularities also iran reveals plans to bypass the delta and american sanctions while the u.s. keeps up the rhetoric against iran and an offensive begins in democratic republic of congo to battle militias that are forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. so you hear these militaries trying to reassure the country after its chief of staff was shot dead in the capital and an attempt was made to seize power in a northern state prime minister says the move to take over was led by a high ranking military official there the country's military chief conan was killed at his home in addis ababa shot along with another general by his bodyguard elsewhere the leader of the imho region was also killed in a gun attack on his office along with an aide and attorney general was also reported to have been wounde

back with the headlines for you here on al-jazeera and sudan's opposition has accepted ethiopia's prime minister as a mediator in the political deadlock with the military. trying to kick start negotiations as protesters continue to call for civilian rule for violent crackdown on demonstrations. protesters rallied in liberia's capital to voice their anger over rising prices and corruption queues president george way of mishandling the economy in the u.s. congress is pushing back on president trump's move to fast track the sale of american weapons to saudi arabia a new york times report says the u.s. could give riyad access to technology to produce its power and high tech bombs. the u.n. says at least 4000000 people have now left venezuela because of its worsening economic and political crises well that 7 100000 of them left since the end of 2015 the un's described the figure as alarming and says urgent help is still needed to host them and other countries particularly in latin america more with asean human i latin america editor in santiago. the u.n. high commission for refugees numbers