Podcast Episodes

Can Mozambique’s political leaders unite the country?

Can Mozambique’s newly sworn in President Daniel Chapo and the main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, put their differences aside for the benefit of the country’s future?

The United Nations estima…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Nigeria approves Shell's exit from Niger Delta

Nigeria approves Shell's watershed exit from oil-rich Niger Delta-but activists are not pleased.

Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan receives an early nomination for being the ruling party's presidential c…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

The tragic story of Samantha Pendo

Why has the case against the Kenyan police officers allegedly involved in the death of six-month old Samantha Pendo been delayed yet again? Seven years on, her parents are still seeking justice after…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

Why Mali seized gold from a mining giant.

Canadian mining giant Barrick halted its operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks worth $245 million.

What's the story behind the Nigerian words added to the Oxford English dictionar…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

What next for Mozambique?

Mozambique’s new president, Daniel Chapo, has been sworn in, after winning a violently disputed election held in October last year. Many people have been killed in clashes with the police and the opp…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Bodies retrieved from South African mine

Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from an abandoned South African gold mine

How Russia is expanding its partnership in Africa's nuclear sector

And ice hockey gains popularity in Kenya.

Presenter: Au…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenyan court rules suicide criminalisation unconstitutional

Kenya's high court has struck down a law that criminalised the act of attempting suicide. We hear from one of the petitioners who brought the challenge, on why the judge's ruling is important.

Also in…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

MSF suspends activities in Khartoum hospital.

Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) pulls out of the largest free hospital in Sudan’s capital Khartoum.

Fears over a cargo of explosive fertiliser in a harbour in Ivory Coast

And who are th…

Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Who is behind the border attack in Benin?

Benin forces have suffered heavy losses in an attack which the military chief described as 'a heavy blow'. The assault happened at one of Benin's most well-equipped military positions. So who was be…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is Johannesburg facing a water crisis?

What can be done to tackle a water crisis in South Africa's largest city Johannesburg?

Can Somalia's army tackle jihadists when peacekeeping forces withdraw? After space debris landed in a Kenyan vill…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago