The Senegalese government has signed a peace deal with rebels from the southern region of Casamance. Will it hold this time?Also, warnings of a hike in the price of rice. Can African countries step up to the plate production-wise?Plus, will Kenyans get leaders that tackle corruption this time around?And our resident presidents discuss Zimbabwe's new Chinese-built parliament, and they're not impressed!
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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 05.08.2022Has Senegal finally resolved the Casamance question?
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Folge vom 04.08.2022Outrage in South Africa over gang rapes of womenAngry mobs on the rampage in a South African township, following the vicious gang rape of a group of women in the town of Krugersdorp last week.And it's fifty years since Asians were forced to flee Uganda's Idi Amin and settle in Britain.
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Folge vom 02.08.2022DRC reviews MONUSCO peacekeepers' presencePresident Etienne Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo is reassessing when MONUSCO peacekeepers should leave the country. We hear from his spokesman.Also, with news of the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, survivors of the 1998 bombing of the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam express disappointment at receiving no compensation like American victims.Plus Somalia's new cabinet includes a former Al Shabab leader.Those stories and more in this podcast.
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Folge vom 29.07.2022North Kivu governor on attacks on UN peacekeepersFollowing attacks on UN peacekeeping bases this week in the DRC, the governor of North Kivu province, attempts to address the issue.And, Ethiopia's government calls for talks without any pre-conditions with the Tigrayan rebels in a bid to end the bloody civil war.Those stories and more in this podcast.