Focus on Africa BBC Podcasts

Chad's interim President Mahamat Idriss Déby has begun campaigning ahead of the country's next presidential election, which is just three weeks away. He faces nine other candidates, including the junta-appointed Prime Minister Succès Masra. President Deby has pledged to strengthen security and guarantee Chad's peace and stability. Will he keep his promises?
Also a look at Russia's growing influence in the Sahel as Russian troops arrive in Niger.
And how African youth are thinking about future investments.

France is hosting an international conference on Sudan, one year after war broke out. It says, it's seeking much needed aid and attention. Observers say the Sudan crisis has been pushed out of the global conversation due to other ongoing conflicts. Will the conference make a difference?
Why has Mali banned political activity and curtailed media freedoms?
And cartoonist and satirist Jim Spire Ssentongo on the dangers and challenges of holding authority to account.
Presenter: Richard Kagoe
Producers: Patricia Whitehorne, Yvette Twagiramariya, Bella Hassan and Paul Bakibinga
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

How the Chibok girls are getting on with their lives ten years on from when they were kidnapped
Concern over cyber-crime in Zambia following the busting of a syndicate scamming innocent people
And why African men are twice as likely to get prostate cancer than white men.

South Africa's electoral commission (IEC) has published final candidate lists for general elections. Former president Jacob Zuma is free to contest in May's poll. Should the governing ANC be worried?
We learn about the illicit organ trade in Western Kenya, with some young people selling their kidneys.
And why Ivory Coast has announced a ban on begging in the commercial capital Abidjan.
Presenter: Richard Kagoe
Producers: Charles Gitonga, Yvette Twagiramariya, Victor Sylver and Paul Bakibinga
Editor: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

Warring parties in Sudan accused of killing civilians both deliberately and indiscriminately
Calls for Tanzanian troops to be withdrawn from the Democratic Republic of Congo after three Tanzanian soldiers were killed there
And what Eid Al Fitr celebrations hold for Afro-Palestinians in the Middle East?

Mozambican officials say that disinformation on cholera recently led to a ferry disaster in which more than 90 people died. Why is it still proving to be a challenge to control outbreaks of cholera in southern Africa? What can be done?
How lack of basic hygiene in health facilities could be costing Sub-Saharan Africa billions of dollars.
Popular Nigerian celebrity Bobrisky pleads guilty to abuse of the naira. What's really at play?
Presenter: Richard Kagoe
Producers: Charles Gitonga, Bella Hassan, Yvette Twagiramariya and Paul Bakibinga
Editor: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi