429 episodes
Focus on Africa BBC Podcasts
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4.6 • 53 Ratings
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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.
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Why are there concerns of ethnic cleansing in Darfur?
Human Rights Watch says ethnic cleansing has taken place in El Geneina against the Massalit and non-Arab residents. What's the evidence?
Also, after more than three billion doses, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine won't be manufactured anymore. Why is that, and how will this affect future vaccine uptake in Africa?
And we explore attitudes to twins from Igbo Bora, a small rural community in southwest Nigeria which has an extraordinarily high number of them!
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Bella Hassan, Victor Sylver, Charles Gitonga and Rob Wilson
Senior Producer: Karnie harp
Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer
Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard -
Why have Kenyan government doctors agreed to end strike?
Kenyan government doctors have signed an agreement to return to work in a bid to end a strike that started nearly 2 months ago. However, not all the doctors' demands have been met.
Thousands of Sudanese refugees flee two UN camps in Ethiopia due to security concerns.
And South Africa initiates plans to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence.
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Charles Gitonga, Richard Kagoe, Susan Gachuhi, Rob Wilson and Paul Bakibinga
Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer
Editors : Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi -
West Africa: which country will US and French troops move to next?
As the defence partnership between countries in the Sahel and the US and France ends, there's curiosity about which West African country will offer a base for French and US troops. Why is it important for these forces to have a base in West Africa?
Also we revist the plight of migrants in Libya, after 107 people, including women and children are freed from captivity.
And Audrey chats to ‘The Queen of Afrobeat'....singer-songwriter and actress, Tiwa Savage!
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Charles Gitonga, Bella Hassan, Rob Wilson and Yvette Twagiramariya
Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer
Senior Producer: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi -
Why was Eliud Kipchoge a trolling victim?
Two time Olympic champion marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge has been speaking to the BBC about the impact of social media abuse on him and his family.
Togo's ruling party wins a parliamentary majority in legislative elections, is President Faure Gnassingbé set to extend his time in power?
And can the tropical modernism architectural style help face the challenge of climate change?
Presenter:Audrey Brown
Producers:Patricia Whitehorne, Rob Wilson,Bella Hassan, Victor Sylver and Paul Bakibinga
Technical Producer: Jonny Hall
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi -
East Africa Floods: Have governments done enough?
Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands remain displaced across east Africa. Kenya and Tanzania escaped major damage from cyclone Hidaya, over the weekend, but they remain at risk of further flooding and landslides. Have governments done enough?
Also why has the place of birth been removed from the passports of a group of people born in the Chagos Islands?
And what's going on between Wizkid and Davido?
Presenter: Daniel Dadzie
Producers: Audrey Brown, Bella Hassan and Charles Gitonga
Technical Producer: Phillip Bull
Senior Producer: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi -
Why are US soldiers leaving Chad?
The U.S. has withdrawn its troops from Chad, this follows a similar move in neighbouring Niger. The head of the US Africa Command says it was "temporary repositioning" of troops. What does he mean and how damaging is this to global security interests?
Also why is there growing concern for the safety of children in South Africa?
And cyclone Hidaya is expected to make landfall on the East African Coast, affecting mainly the already flooded countries of Tanzania and Kenya. How prepared are they?
Presenter: Richard Kagoe
Producers: Charles Gitonga, Bella Hassan, Richard Kagoe and Paul Bakibinga
Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer
Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard
Customer Reviews
A small change request
Please, more good news stories of something positive happening on the continent. At least one every episode will make a difference in someone’s life.
Podcast ending
It’s disappointing this will come to an end as I’m Inc Canada and info on the continent is informative but I do look forward to its replacement.
Please confirm the exact name of the predecessor podcast so that I may sign up as Focus On Africa (as noted in your notification at the start of each issue) is not a valid name
Good but lacking in-depth analysis
I find Bola and Audrey interview questions interesting. I’d like the podcast to go deeper on certain subjects and for example try to unpack the root causes of the expansion of terrorism in West Africa. All this in a format digestible for folks not routinely following the subject. An example of such a podcast that does this is the NYT daily. but is predictably US centric.