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BBC World Service


Three 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 Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.


Focus on Africa

Botswana's president Duma Boko, has declared a public health emergency as the country faces a shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment.

Africa's defence chiefs discuss collective strategies and joint responses to insecurity in the continent. 

And why is the northern Nigerian state of Kano losing its famous yellow buses?

Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Priya Sippy and Stefania Okereke in London with Ayuba Iliya in Lagos
Technical producer: Jonathan Greer
Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga
Editors: Maryam Abdallah, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

Why has Botswana declared a national health emergency?

There are fears that the mass starvation cult in Kenya is still active after the discovery of new bodies in fresh graves near the site of the Shakahola forest massacre. So far, eleven people have been arrested in connection with these new exhumations. We hear from a Rapid Response Officer, working with a human rights organisation, who has been helping people track down missing relatives.

Why are African students ending up on the battlefields of Ukraine after applying to study in Russia?

And France returns the remains of a Malagasy king who was beheaded during the colonial era. 

Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Sunita Nahar, Alfonso Daniels, Tanya Hines, and Nyasha Michelle in London. Charles Gitonga in Nairobi
Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne 
Technical Producer: Pat Sissons
Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

Kenya's starvation cult: New bodies found

UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2024. Most in Gaza but dozens also in Sudan, South Sudan, and Nigeria 

Why is sub-Saharan Africa facing a shortage of child eye doctors? We meet one of the only paediatric opthalmologists in Burkina Faso 

And we meet Gelda Waterboer the Namibian teacher who has gone viral with a classroom song about sexual consent 

Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Priya Sippy, Stefania Okereke, Yvette Twagiramariya and Alfonso Daniels in London with Ayuba Iliya in Lagos
Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga
Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris 
Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi.

UN: Record number of aid workers killed in 2024

Japan has pledged to work more closely with African countries at global summit on economic development. How can Africa benefit from stronger ties with Japan?

The former prime minister of Chad is facing a 20-year prison term after being convicted of hate speech, xenophobia and having incited a massacre. Who is Succès Masra and what sparked the intercommunal violence that led to the charges against him?

And did you know there are four distinct species of the African giraffe? We find out why that discovery is important for conservation.

Presenter: Charles Gitonga
Producers: Tom Kavanagh, Sunita Nahar, Nyasha Michelle and Stefania Okereke
Technical Producer: Pat Sissons
Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne
Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

Exploring Africa-Japan trade ties

Uganda agrees a deal with the United States to take in failed asylum seekers provided they are not minors or people with criminal records

How does Zambia plan to tackle a gold rush that turned violent?

And why are gulper sharks under threat off the coast of Somalia’s Puntland state

Presenter Audrey Brown
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Stefania Okereke and Priya Sippy in London. Charles Gitonga in Nairobi.
Technical producer: Philip Bull
Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga
Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi are our editors. I'm Audrey Brown. We'll talk again next time.

Uganda to take deported migrants from USA

Two prominent journalists in Ethiopia, Abdulsemed Mohammed and Yonas Amare, have been missing for more than a week after being abducted by what reports say, were men wearing masks and military uniforms. There has been no news about their whereabouts but their disappearances have raised concerns about a crackdown on media freedom in the country. 

Aid agencies warn that a surge in the number of people with the respiratory illness diphtheria is becoming 'the most urgent and dangerous threat' to public health in Somalia. Why are cases of the disease increasing?

And how the conflict on the ground in Sudan is affecting migratory birds in the sky.

Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Tom Kavanagh and Nyasha Michelle in London. Richard Kagoe in Nairobi
Technical Producer: Francesca Dunne 
Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne
Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

Increased concerns over missing Ethiopia journalists

M23 rebels say they will not return to peace talks in Doha unless the DRC government agrees to its demands. Are the talks dead in the water?

Could climate change be creating child brides in Malawi?

And we learn about the role of matrilineal leadership in everyday Ghana.

Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Priya Sippy and Stefania Okereke in London
Technical Producer: Francesca Dunne
Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga
Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi.

DRC M23 miss peace deal deadline

South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa has launched a national dialogue called “uniting voices, shaping the nation". It's an ambitious plan to confront its most pressing challenges and unite a nation still wrestling with the legacy of apartheid, deep inequality, and mounting political tension. Critics say it's been rushed. So, will it work? 

Also, the Ugandan ex-military men arrested for allegedly wanting to fight in the Russian-Ukraine conflict

And the African Union backs a campaign to end the use of a 16th-century map in favour of one that more accurately displays the size of the continent. We'll hear from someone campaigning for change.

Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Tom Kavanagh, Mark Wilberforce and Nyasha Michelle in London. Charles Gitonga and Jewel Kiriungi in Nairobi.
Technical Producer: Pat Sissons
Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Maryam Abdalla and Reza Asadi

Can South Africa's national dialogue help solve its problems?

The US government has approved a $346m arms deal with Nigeria which would include munitions, precision bombs and precision rockets. What is behind the change in a decade-long US policy about selling certain kinds of weapons to Nigeria?

The mining of gold has been a key factor of Sudan's economy, and now it is a major source of funding of the two-year civil war. We look back at its history in Sudan, and how the war is driving demand.

And one year on since Ghana's parliament passed its landmark Affirmative Action (Gender Equality) Act, which was hailed as a victory for women's rights, how have things changed?

Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Tom Kavanagh, Nyasha Michelle and Stefania Okereke in London. Charles Gitonga in Nairobi
Technical Producer: Philip Bull
Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

Nigeria negotiates $346m arms deal with US

There's been outrage in The Gambia following the death of a one-month-old baby girl. Reports suggest she was a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM). Although FGM is outlawed in the country, it's a deeply rooted cultural practice that authorities are battling. Three women have been arrested in connection with the incident.

Also, France's president Emmanuel Macron acknowledges France used "repressive violence" against Cameroonians during and after colonial rule.

And how did a Martian meteorite from Niger end up at an auction?

Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Makuochi Okafor in Lagos. Bella Hassan and Tom Kavanagh in London
Technical Producer: Gabriel O'Regan
Senior Journalist: Yvette Twagiramariya
Editors: Alice Muthengi and Maryam Abdalla

The Gambia: Why was a baby girl cut?

An underage girl has been placed under police protection in Ghana after it emerged she had been married to a 63-year-old traditional high priest. There was public outrage after footage of the customary wedding went viral. The office of the priest defended the marriage, saying it was only ceremonial. What's going on?

Also we hear a moving conversation between two Rwandans, 30 years after the genocide

And we visit London's first ever Nigerian Michelin star restaurant!

Presenter: Richard Kagoe
Producers: Charles Gitonga, Susan Gachuhi, Patricia Whitehorne, Nyasha Michelle
Compliance: Karnie Sharp
Editor: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

Is Ghana allowing child marriages?

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