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Ethiopia unrest: 'Very slow but steady' progress

The African Union Special Envoy, Olusegun Obasanjo, says progress in the talks between TPLF fighters and the Ethiopian government is progressing 'very slowly but steadily'

The African Union Special Envoy, Olusegun Obasanjo, tells us that progress in the talks between TPLF fighters and the Ethiopian government is progressing 'very slowly but steadily'.

Also in the programme: The spokesperson of the military junta in Guinea Aminata Jalloh says leaders will not bow to the UN's request to lift a ban on political protests; In Nigeria, a ban on commercial motorcycles locally known as Okada begins today, the Commissioner of Transportation Dr Fredrick Oladehinde tells us how the government plans to enforce the rule. And in Uganda, the illegal scrap metal trade is costing the economy millions of dollars, Peter Mwangangi reports from Uganda's capital, Kampala.

(Photo: Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo attends the 25th Annual Africa Oil Week in Cape Town, South Africa on November 6, 2019. Credit: Xabiso Mkhabela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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