Podcast Episodes

Burundi orders WHO officials to leave the country

Burundi has ordered four key staff members of the World Health Organisation to leave the country. Clashes in Sudan’s South Kordofan region leave at least 26 dead. Our listeners share their exper…

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

Lesotho records first coronavirus case

Lesotho today became the last country on the African continent to record a coronavirus case. Cameroon's Julie Owono talks about her appointment to the board overseeing Facebook content. Malawian …

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

Zambia closes Tanzania border as COVID-19 cases surge

Zambia has acted quickly to close the border with Tanzania after a surge in Covid-19 cases near the national boundary. Sierra Leone grapples with a spate of violence in areas supportive of the main…

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

Malawi Supreme Court upholds Presidential poll nullification

Malawi’s Supreme Court has upheld the invalidation of last year's presidential election results and ruled that Peter Mutharika was not duly elected.

Political tensions are rising in Ethiopia over the …

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

Madagascar conducts mass Covid-19 tests.

Madagascar is conducting mass coronavirus tests in its worst hit area and more on its Covid-Organics.

Why are schools being vandalised during coronavirus lockdown in South Africa?

And the we hear from,…

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

African countries lift coronavirus restrictions

Some African countries among them Nigeria, South Africa and Rwanda have started relaxing coronavirus measures but some of their citizens see it as an ill-advised move.

Tanzania President John Magufuli…

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

South Africa government outlines plan for COVID19 recovery

The South Africa government has outlined a stimulus package to aid the country's recovery from the effects of coronavirus

The South African-Ghanaian entrepreneur helping light up Sierra Leone

East Afri…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Thousands arrested in Morocco for Covid19 violations

Police in Morocco have arrested more than fifty thousand people for violating coronavirus emergency measures

African nurses and doctors on how they are dealing with coronavirus on the frontline of the…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

Cameroon government admits military involvement in civilian deaths

The Cameroonian government has admitted the involvement of its military in the death of civilians last February

How the coronavirus pandemic has given the planet a lifeline

Kenya government hunts a gr…

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago

How a dip in global oil demand is affecting African countries

A dip in oil demand around the world is having big effect on Africa's countries big producers Nigeria and Angola.

We hear from a hand washing expert who is on a mission to save lives and she also has …

Published on 5 years, 8 months ago