Eyeing the stars: Ethiopia’s space programme

By Karim Lebhour, AFP Entoto (Ethiopia) (AFP) – High above the crowded streets of Addis Ababa, among fields where farmers lead oxen dragging wooden ploughs, sits Ethiopia’s space programme. Perched on the top of the 3,200-metre (10,500-foot) high Mount Entoto, two metal domes house telescopes, each a metre in diameter. Operational for only a few

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