UAE firm DP World has signed a deal with Tanzania to manage two thirds of Dar-es-Salaam port for the next 30 years. The issue has provoked protests in Tanzania. The UAE is the fourth-largest investor in Africa, after China, Europe and the US. The opposition criticised the deal when details first emerged in July, saying it violated Tanzania's constitution.Will the war between Israel and Hamas affect relations between Israel and its newest African ally Morocco?And we meet the Kenyan designer from the slums who dressed Beyoncé and Bruno Mars.
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Folge vom 24.10.2023UAE firm to manage Tanzania’s main port
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Folge vom 23.10.2023Sierra Leone opposition ends parliament boycottSierra Leone’s APC opposition party has ended its boycott of parliament. The action had begun after June's presidential election, which the party decried as fraudulent. The All People’s Congress has now agreed to take up its seats in parliament.We hear from a Nigerian pilgrim who escaped from Israel after the conflict there flared up earlier this month.Plus Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Mr Eazi talks to us about his latest collaborative offer.
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Folge vom 20.10.2023Has Africa gained from China's infrastructure plans?As China marks the tenth anniversary of its Belt and Road initiative in Beijing, we look at benefits for African countries. What are the continent's losses and gains from working with China?Also Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed has again said, his country needs its own seaport. Ethiopia is landlocked. So what would he need to do, to make that possible and at what cost?And how Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum went from running in borrowed shoes...to breaking world records.
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Folge vom 19.10.2023Why did Mozambique's opposition call for protests?Mozambique's opposition staged demonstrations nationwide to denounce fraud in local elections. The vote is seen as an indicator of what to expect in next year’s presidential election in the country that is rich in natural gas. The history behind South Africa's complex and complicated relationship between Israel and Palestine Plus, we meet the Ghanaian woman, Valarie Labi, who makes locally produced e-bikes to ease transport for women entrepreneurs in the north