Podcast Episodes

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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 3 weeks 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 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Sudan landslide: Race to find survivors

A landslide that followed days of heavy rain, has killed hundreds of people in the remote Marra Mountains in western Sudan, and trapped survivors in deep valleys. How do aid agencies help people hit …

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Barrier built around Sudan’s el-Fasher city

An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher. Researchers from Yale University say it is intended to trap people inside.

Why is there a rapidly growing deman…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago