How 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.
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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 17.10.2022Africa and the global financial crisis
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Folge vom 12.10.2022Both sides in Ethiopia conflict accused of crimes on civiliansAtrocities continue in northern Ethiopia - both sides accused of crimes against civilians.Also, the first known ebola death in Kampala during the current outbreak: We speak to an expert about what the authorities should be doing to control it.And we hear from a young Focus on Africa listener - aged 12 - who's creating computer games.Those stories and much more in this podcast presented by Hassan Arouni.
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Folge vom 06.10.2022Global alert over cough syrupsThe World Health Organisation issues a global alert warning that four cough syrups manufactured in India could be linked to the deaths of dozens of children in The Gambia. We hear from the director of Health Services.Also, why does the insurgency in Northern Mozambique continue five years on?Plus, the prestigious Makrere University is 100 years old.More on those and other stories in this podcast with Paul Bakibinga.
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Folge vom 04.10.2022President Museveni's son's tweets raise eyebrowsIn today's podcast:Ugandans' tongues are wagging after a day which saw the President's son first demoted and then promoted to full General after a series of bizarre tweets that threatened to cause a diplomatic rift with neighboring Kenya.Also, a $100 million dollar cocaine haul has been seized in Liberia by the Drugs Enforcement Agency, and a number of arrests made after a tip-off from the Americans, and it seems to point to a global syndicate.Plus, thirteen women who'd been abducted from between three weeks to six months are rescued from their captors in Zambia.Those stories and more in this podcast with Bola Mosuro.