Against the odds, Ethiopia's space program shoots for the stars

High above the crowded streets of Addis Ababa, among fields where farmers lead oxen dragging wooden ploughs, sits Ethiopia's space program.

Perched on the top of the 3,200-meter high Mount Entoto, two metal domes house telescopes, each a meter in diameter.

Operational for only a few months, the specialized equipment - the first in eastern Africa - has propelled Ethiopia into an elite club of African countries to have embarked on a space programme.