Podcast Episodes

Mali: Fuel tankers set ablaze

Several fuel tankers were destroyed in Mali after al Qaeda-linked insurgents, who had declared a blockade on fuel imports to the country, attacked a convoy of more than 100 vehicles. That's according…

Published on 10 hours ago

Are treason charges being weaponized in Africa?

Why is the treason charge being used against several key opposition figures in some African countries ?

We meet Elsa Owusu-Sarpong - aka Bikergirl El’- the tireless road safety campaigner from Ghana. …

Published on 1 day, 10 hours ago

Dubai: BBC investigates deaths of Ugandan women

A Ugandan woman, Monic Karungi, known online as Mona Kizz, tragically fell to her death from a Dubai high-rise in 2022. Within hours her name was trending. A grainy video of a woman jumping from a b…

Published on 2 days, 10 hours ago

Who is Uganda's Joseph Kony?

The International Criminal Court concludes hearings into war crime charges against the Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony and will decide whether he should face trial. But who is Joseph Kony and what a…

Published on 5 days, 8 hours ago

Steve Biko inquest reopens in South Africa

South Africa is to reopen an inquest into the death of anti-apartheid figure Steve Biko, who died in police custody. It will officially be registered in court on the anniversary of Biko's death, the…

Published on 6 days, 9 hours ago

Africa's climate summit: what viable solutions?

Will the second Africa climate summit produce tangible solutions to fight for climate justice?

Police abuse is widespread in Kenya a new study finds. Rights groups warn the findings expose systemic fa…

Published on 1 week ago

Ethiopia opens huge dam despite outside opposition

Ethiopia opens Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile river deepening a rift with Egypt and Sudan.

Authorities in the US have arrested two suspected leaders of the Cameroon separatists' m…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

DR Congo declares new Ebola outbreak

A new Ebola outbreak declared in the DR Congo. An emergency response has been launched

Over 10 opposition parties form coalition ahead of Ethiopia's next polls

And we experience a ride on one of Tan…

Published on 1 week, 2 days ago

Is the jailing of a former Zambian minister a watershed moment?

Zambia's former Foreign Minister Joseph Malanji has been sentenced to four years in prison with hard labour after being convicted, along with a co-accused of corruption. President Hakainde Hichilema …

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Somali fighters in Kenya spark fears

Why are fighters from Somalia's Jubaland region crossing the border into Kenya. Their presence is - causing fear and uncertainty Burkina Faso's unelected transitional parliament bans homosexual a…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago