Podcast Episodes

The abduction of children in South Sudan

Over one thousand children are feared still missing in Pibor, South Sudan. An initiative is now underway to try and reunite abducted children with their families. Over the past few weeks, around 20…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Why is Ghana's opposition demanding a voters roll audit ?

Ahead of knife-edge December elections there are demands for an independent forensic audit of the voter register. The electoral commission says it is not needed. Why is the opposition party NDC adama…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Will Kenya’s labour deal with Germany work?

Kenya’s President Ruto has struck a labour deal with Germany, but how will the policy work, and will the skilled and semi-skilled workers arriving from Kenya be well-received?

Is Tanzania's increasin…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Why did Senegal's president dissolve parliament?

Why did Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolve the National Assembly?

Consensual same sex acts are not a crime in Ivory Coast, so why are homophobic attacks on the rise?

Plus, we meet the m…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

City of Maiduguri submerged in heaviest flooding

Devastating floods caused by a burst dam in northeastern Nigeria have submerged entire residential areas, displacing tens of thousands of people and animals. Authorities say at least thirty people h…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Kenya airports: Who is Adani group?

Why are workers at Kenya's main airports objecting to a planned deal to lease the facility to India's Adani Group for 30 years?   How Cameroon's simmering secessionist rebellion is affecting schoolin…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Reflections a year since floods in Derna

On the night of 10 September 2023, Storm Daniel unleashed torrential rain and fierce winds on Libya’s north-east region. Two dams burst near Derna, releasing a devastating flood wave that swept throu…

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Is laxity behind  schools fires in Kenya?

In recent years, there have been several incidents of fires at  boarding schools in Kenya, causing concern about  safety measures in place. Is accountability possible?

Dark days ahead as Zambia plans …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Why Algeria's President is not a uniting figure

Algeria's incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been re-elected with almost 95% of the vote. Election officials reported that less than 6 million of the country's 24 million voters turned out…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

South Africa's ANC party denies allegations of murders.

South Africa’s ruling ANC denies allegations of harassment and killing human rights activists in the country.

The Grenfell Tower fire in London report is out after seven years. 72 people, including se…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago