Four Kenyan women living with HIV have won a legal battle over being sterilised without their informed consent. In this special edition of Focus on Africa for World Aids Day, we delve into the impact of HIV/ AIDS on the African Continent.
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Two essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the news from Africa. Hosted by Nkechi Ogbonna.
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Folge vom 01.12.2023World AIDS day: What is it like to live with the condition for 30 years?
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Folge vom 30.11.2023Why COP28 matters to AfricaThe Loss and Damage Fund is on everyone's lips as COP28 gets underway in Dubai. We'll have a look at what it is, and why it's important to the continent.Also, why is Boko Haram still a major security threat in Nigeria, years after it first emerged?And following on from a conference in South Africa, organised by the African Union and UN Women, we'll ask what is positive masculinity?
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Folge vom 29.11.2023Thousands of children reportedly trapped in historic city of TimbuktuMore than 136,000 people, including an estimated 74,000 children are trapped in the historic northern Mali city of Timbuktu, according to the NGO Save the Children. This follows a siege by the al-Qaeda linked jihadistsHow did Zambia get into so much debt and how it plans to get out of it?And we meet Abdullahi Mire - winner of a top UN award for promoting education for refugee children.
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Folge vom 28.11.2023How safe are South Africa's mines?Eleven miners have been killed at a platinum mine in South Africa, despite earlier concerns about safety. The country has some of the deepest platinum and gold mining shafts in the world and accidents are a regular occurrance. So, how safe are the mines in South Africa? Also, coup leaders in Niger have overturned an eight-year-old law criminalising migrant smuggling in the country. What will its impact be? And an opera celebrating the life and times of gay rights and anti-apartheid activist Simon Tseko Nkoli.