Podcast Episodes

Fears of food insecurity in northern Nigeria

On World Food Day we consider how changing weather patterns due to climate change are worsening Nigeria's food insecurity.

BBC journalist Mohanad Hashim's emotional return to the city of his birth, Om…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

What's the dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?

Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have asked the International Court of Justice to help settle a dispute. They are both laying claim to oil rich Islands not far from their coastlines. But who owns the is…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Africa’s deadliest migration route

Why would a migrant embark on a journey on Africa's deadliest migration route?

A French-Cameroonian writer on trial in Paris for contesting the 1994 genocide in Rwanda-we find out why

And how excess sa…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Why Eritrea hosted leaders from Egypt and Somalia

The leaders of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea, countries which all have strained relations with Ethiopia, have been meeting in the Eritrean capital, Asmara. Can Eritrea help de-escalete tension between …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Zimbabwe in major land ownership shift

Zimbabwe announces a major shift in its land tenure. Black farmers will get titles for land seized from white farmers but can only sell to "indigenous Zimbabweans"

What's behind the rare flooding in t…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast's rocky relationship

Burkina Faso has allegedly withdrawn all its diplomats from Ivory Coast, worsening ties between the neighbours. The relationship has been rocky of late and earlier this year their ministers of defen…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Ethiopia's first female president leaves office?

Ethiopia's first female head of state replaced - meanwhile clashes continue in the Amhara region.

How the relationship between Israel and African states has evolved a year since the Israel-Gaza war

An…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Will Mozambicans in Cabo Delgado vote?

Mozambicans will vote for a new president this week, who many hope will bring peace to a country that has faced a jihadist insurgency in the north for almost seven years. How are security challenges …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Chagos Islands: What next after UK hand over?

Britain agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius but what follows next?

Why the Islamic police in Kano northern Nigeria  is cracking down on sports betting

And why are parents send…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Kenya's Deputy President faces impeachment

Kenya's Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, who calls himself the “truthful man”, is facing impeachment. Before he was elected as a member of parliament in 2017 little was known about the man, who w…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago