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, Omdurman in Sudan, 18 months after the war startedAnd efforts to save the Yaaku language which is at risk of extinction in Kenya.Presenter: Charles Gitonga
Producers: Nyasha Michelle, Patricia Whitehorne, Yvette Twagiramariya, Blessing Aderogba, Nour Abida and Paul Bakibinga
Technical Producer: Francesca Dunne
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
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Two essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Nkechi Ogbonna. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
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Folge vom 16.10.2024Fears of food insecurity in northern Nigeria
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Folge vom 15.10.2024What'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 islands and how far back does this dispute go? Also why cargo ships vare losing hundreds of containers around the Cape of Good Hope in South AfricaAnd why is the Nigerian men's football team boycotting their AFCON qualifying game against Libya? Presenter: Charles Gitonga Producers: Rob Wilson, Nyasha Michelle and Victor Sylver in London. Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
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Folge vom 14.10.2024Africa’s deadliest migration routeWhy 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 whyAnd how excess salt in soil is affecting farming communities in AfricaPresenter :Charles Gitonga Producers: Amie Liebowitz, Nyasha Michelle, Patricia Whitehorne, Yvette Twagiramariya and Susan Gachuhi Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga. Technical producer: Chris Kouzaris Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
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Folge vom 11.10.2024Why Eritrea hosted leaders from Egypt and SomaliaThe 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 its neighboursAlso an app that helps detect illnesses in people with black and brown skinAnd the Ugandan bill, seeking to restore respect for the elderly! Presenter: Charles Gitonga Producers: Rob Wilson, Yvette Twagiramariya and Victor Sylver in London. Technical Producer: Nick Randell Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard