Kenya prepares for satellite launch
Kenya's government has described it as a "landmark" satellite launch.
Kenya is preparing to launch its first-ever earth observation satellite in what the government has described as a "landmark" achievement. Nation-1, or Taifa-1 in Swahili, is scheduled to be launched next week aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
An update on the East African Community forces overseeing the withdrawal of M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
And a deal to allow South Africa's KhoiSan to be paid a steady income from the sale of rooibus herbal tea.
(Picture: SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch. Credit: Getty Images)
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