Focus on Africa BBC Podcasts
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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 were Malawian women abused in Oman?
A BBC Africa Eye investigation uncovers how dozens of women from Malawi working in Oman, have suffered abuse. The investigation reveals how a WhatsApp group was used to rescue at least 50 of them. How and why were these women abused?
Also, how African countries can use 'soft power' for their benefit.
And why people in Botswana took to social media to criticise the 2024 Miss World contest -
Will the Rwandan elections be free and fair?
The Rwandan government says elections will be free and fair. But how democratic will they be if an opposition leader has been banned from standing?
At least sixty-two Cameroonian national football players have been suspended for lying about their age. So why does lying about your age matter?
And a young innovator in Sierra Leone designs a robot which he says will preach peace to the world. -
Health workers in Kenya go on strike
Kenya's health workers defy a labour court order and go on a nationwide strike. They are protesting the delayed employment of thousands of medical graduates.
How Egypt's galloping inflation is adversely affecting students and ordinary citizens.
And is hosting the African Games worth the price tag for Ghana which is in economic doldrums? -
Why are Congolese refugees protesting in Rwanda?
Congolese nationals who are now refugees in Rwanda have been protesting. Some of them fled the eastern DRC more than twenty years ago because of the ongoing conflict there. Why are they protesting and what are their demands?
Also, why did one adult and eight children die after eating turtle meat in Zanzibar?
And if you're interested in a career as an Afrobeats dancer, Izzy Odigie shares the secrets of the trade! -
How the recruitment of a Ugandan national to Myanmar turned into a nightmare.
A Ugandan IT specialist, who was trafficked to Myanmar, shares his personal testimony with us. Francis Kamugisha was trafficked to a scam camp in Myanmar but he managed to escape. We'll hear his compelling story.
Also, why is the main opposition party in South Africa, the Democratic Alliance, calling for international observers ahead of the country's next general election?
And good news for Ghana's film industry as the government says, it wants to offer tax incentives to film makers -
Why do child abductions keep happening in Nigeria?
Almost three hundred school children have been kidnapped in the past few days in Nigeria's Kaduna State. The recent kidnappings surpasses the abduction of almost two hundred and seventy six Chibok girls, by Boko Haram in 2014. Why do children keep getting abducted? What's going on?
Also how the ongoing Red Sea crisis is affecting Ramadan celebrations in East Africa.
And why are fans of Nigerian Afrobeat star Asake, upset with him?
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I’ve listened since 2016, I loved learning about elections and other issues effecting Africans inside Africa. Now the quality and format has completely changed. I stopped subscribing