Podcast
Focus on Africa
Episodes — page 18
- Is press freedom declining in the Seychelles?
Seychelles has long featured high in world press freedom rankings, but has the expulsion of a newspaper editor dented that image? We have a response from the government As a Uganda…
- Ivory Coast: Why opposition leader removed from electoral list?
Ivory Coast's main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam has been struck off the electoral list. The judiciary has declared he is ineligible to run in October's presidential election due…
- Why does insurgency persist in Nigeria?
Nigeria has appointed Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar as its 15th commander in its fight against militant jihadist insurgency. Why is it proving difficult to tackle? Why are heal…
- Tension on Guinea and Sierra Leone border
Guinean troops have fired shots in the disputed town of Yenga, which is on the border with Sierra Leone. What's behind this unprecedented development? Also why are farmworkers in…
- Why is gender violence "widespread" in Namibia?
Why is gender based violence at a pandemic level in Namibia. How can it be reduced? We meet Botswana's Bitcoin Lady who is educating people on cryptocurrency And we meet the artist…
- BBC Investigation reveals who shot at Kenyan protestors
In June last year, dozens of young Kenyans were killed and others wounded during days of anti -government demonstrations. The protestors wanted to occupy Kenya's parliament, to urg…
- Why did South Africa reverse a VAT increase?
South Africa's finance minister drops plan to increase value-added tax (VAT), in a major climbdown to prevent the collapse of the coalition government. 10,000 illegal settlers repo…
- 'Ethiopians are one shock away from catastrophe'
In a stark warning, the head of the UN's food aid agency in Ethiopia said millions in the country are "one shock away from falling into a catastrophe". Zlatan Milišić's statement c…
- A cocktail of long jail terms for Tunisian opposition leaders
Why were Tunisian opposition figures jailed on terror and conspiracy charges ? Are new cybersecurity laws in Zambia really aimed at quashing political dissent ? And Pope Francis re…
- Haiti: A growing challenge for Kenyan officers?
Haiti is facing a ‘point of no return’, says the UN's special envoy to the country, María Isabel Salvador. She also said that Member States must increase support to Haiti’s securit…
- What was Pope Francis's relationship with Africa?
Pope Francis visited Africa multiple times and the continent has one of the fastest growing Catholic populations in the world. As tributes pour in after the announcement of his dea…
- Humanitarians working in Sudan speak
Sudan is facing the largest humanitarian crisis globally. As the country’s civil war enters its third year, the United Nations and Non-Governmental organisations say it civilians a…
- Sudan’s rebel forces declare rival government
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have declared the formation of a rival government in areas under their control, will that change the course of the civil war that is…
- Kidnappings increase in South Africa
An American pastor who was kidnapped by armed men during a church service in South Africa last week has been rescued following a "high-intensity shoot-out". Police say three people…
- Will Africa benefit from rising gold prices?
Will African gold producers benefit from a surge in prices this year? There's been a price hike after the start of a global trade war An inquest into the apartheid-era death of Nob…
- RSF takeover Zamzam camp in Darfur
The UN says more than 100 civilians, among them at least 20 children and a medical team, have been killed in a series of attacks in Sudan's western Darfur region. The attacks, on t…
- Rwanda asks UK to extradite genocide suspects
More than 30 years after the genocide in Rwanda, the country has asked Britain to extradite six suspects on UK soil. Can the suspects face trial in UK for the alleged crimes? As Ga…
- Former Gambian soldier trialled in the US
A former Gambian soldier, Michael Sang Correa, is standing trial in a US federal court in Denver, Colorado. Correa faces charges of torture and conspiracy to commit torture. Who is…
- Can Tanzania benefit from US-China tariff wars ?
With US-China tariff wars escalating- how could Tanzania benefit? Is South Sudan on the verge of a return to civil war? And why a TV dating show in Ethiopia is causing controversy.…
- US cancels visas for South Sudanese nationals
The US this week announced that it would revoke the visas of all South Sudanese passport holders. This was in reaction, to the refusal by immigration authorities at Juba internatio…
