Focus on Africa

Dakar's time of reckoning. Following days of violent protests triggered by the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, the city counts its victims.Also in the pod: Does ChatGPT speak your langu...

6 Kesä 202323min

Many postgraduate students, including those from Africa, will lose the right to bring their families with the recent UK Immigration rules change. Audrey Brown unpacks the effects on prospective studen...

5 Kesä 202325min

Sudan what next after the US imposes sanctions on the waring factions?Also, the latest from the political crisis in Senegal.Plus, the Gambia's economic crisis, a warning of debt distress.And our Resid...

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A verdict against Senegalese opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, has been announced.  What impact would it have on his aspirations for higher office?And the controversial 'patriot' clause makes its ...

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Sudan's war has not let up and no ceasefire is apparent and as fighting intensifies, people are desperately trying to flee... Foreign embassies are evacuating their citizens and those Sudanese who can...

24 Huhti 202325min

Intense fighting has continued in Sudan, casting doubt over whether the rival military factions will commit to a 24-hour the humanitarian truce. We hear from the vice-president of the Doctors’ Union o...

18 Huhti 202328min

We focus on Sudan where fighting has rocked the capital and other cities since Saturday, in bloody clashes which have left nearly 100 dead.The forces of General Fatah Al Burhan, commander in chief of ...

17 Huhti 202324min

Fears over the fate of 400 people stranded off the coast of Malta after they fled from Libya.Also, thousands of Ethiopians take part in huge protests in Gonder, Betchena and Gojam in Amhara to denounc...

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