Police clash with protesters in Chad on the day that Mahamat Idriss Deby had promised to leave office.Also, a rural school in Uganda wins an international award as one of five unique schools in the world.And a young climate activist from Zambia spells out what developing countries should demand and get at the climate conference - COP 27.Those stories and more in this podcast presented by Hassan Arouni.
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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 23.10.2022Protesters clash with police in Chad
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Folge vom 19.10.2022UN calls for action on South SudanIn today's podcast:The UN Commission on Human Rights calls for international action to end the human suffering in South Sudan.Plus, Nigerian kidnappers target hospital patients in the northern Niger state - killing some and going of with many others.And, Zimbabwe approves the use of a long term anti-HIV injection.Those stories and more in this podcast presented by Hassan Arouni.
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Folge vom 19.10.2022Ethiopian forces capture Shire in northern TigrayIn Ethopia there are grave concerns for people in the town of Shire in the northern Tigray region after days of intense fighting.. Government forces have taken it from the Tigray People's Liberation Front and two other towns.Also in today's podcast, President Emmerson Mnanagagwa of Zimabwe has said he's launching a commission to heal wounds by talking of operation Gukurahundi where more than 20,000 were massacred in Matabeleland.. We hear from a representative of survivors.And we hear about the power of Oba Obirin - so called Female Kings not Queens in ancient Yorubaland.Those stories and more in this podcast with Bola Mosuro.
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Folge vom 17.10.2022Africa and the global financial crisisHow can Africa weather the global economic storm? We ask the IMF's top Africa director.Also, Nigerian university lecturers call off their eight-month strike, but for how long?And we remember the deadliest terror attack in Somalia's history - it happened five years ago.Those stories and more in this podcast with Hassan Arouni.