Africa Daily Podcast
One question to wake up to every weekday morning. One story from Africa, for Africa. Alan Kasujja takes a deep dive into the news shaping the continent. Ready by early morning, five days a week, Monday to Friday.
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Can Africa win at gaming?
Yesterday
Two enthusiasts tell us about the prospects for gaming in Africa
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What exactly do Islamic State linked militants want from Mozambique?
Thursday
Human Rights Watch says children are being used by insurgents in Mozambique
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How did one man escape the besieged city of El Fasher?
Wednesday
Filmmaker Mohammed Zakaria had stayed behind to document what was happening there
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How has Brenda Biya’s kiss on Instagram impacted Cameroon?
Tuesday
The president’s daughter posted a photo of herself kissing another woman
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Why are some elderly people being accused of being witches and attacked in Kenya?
Monday
"You leave your witchcraft or we will kill you”
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Why did one woman make it her mission to travel through Africa on a motorbike?
Last Friday
Udoh Ebaide Joy travelled solo across the continent, from east to west
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Why are nuclear power plans proving controversial in Africa?
Thu 4 Jul 2024
18 African countries want to develop nuclear power stations but face fierce opposition
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How has Gorongosa National Park recovered from Mozambique’s Civil War?
Wed 3 Jul 2024
Many animal populations were wiped out – while local people had no schools or hospitals
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Can South Africa’s government of national unity really work?
Tue 2 Jul 2024
South Africa’s cabinet ministers will officially take up their posts today
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Why does Africa perform poorly in mathematics?
Mon 1 Jul 2024
A leading African mathematician says “we have lost the purpose of mathematics”
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Is Zimbabwe’s government clamping down on dissent?
Fri 28 Jun 2024
Opposition activists say they have been arrested unjustly and harassed by the police
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How did Kenya's Gen Z protests stop the finance bill?
Thu 27 Jun 2024
After protests spread across Kenya, President Ruto agreed not to sign the bill into law
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What will it take to end music-related killings in Lesotho?
Wed 26 Jun 2024
The Lesotho government has introduced new measures to end violence among Famo musicians
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Why are some parents in Nigeria using harmful skin lightening products on their children?
Tue 25 Jun 2024
The owner of a skin care business says she gets requests from mums for these creams
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Are liberation movements still relevant in Africa?
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Africa's oldest liberation party, the ANC, recently lost its parliamentary majority
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How did three Americans end up on trial for a coup attempt in the DRC?
Fri 21 Jun 2024
More than 50 people are being tried for what the army are calling an attempted coup
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Could power ships be the jolt Africa needs to help overcome its energy challenges?
Thu 20 Jun 2024
These ships function as floating power plants to countries with electricity shortages
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Is Africa doing enough to get women involved in science?
Wed 19 Jun 2024
There’s general consensus that women are underrepresented in Africa’s science sector
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Haiti: Will Ruto’s faith diplomacy work where politics have failed?
Tue 18 Jun 2024
President Ruto has asked evangelical pastors to support the deployment of Kenyan police
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What has been the lasting impact of Zambia's 1993 football squad plane crash?
Mon 17 Jun 2024
18 members of Zambia's promising football squad died - almost the entire team
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Why do workers in Nigeria feel so strongly about raising the minimum wage?
Fri 14 Jun 2024
Unions want a new national minimum wage in the midst of the cost of living crisis
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Why are lions roaming Nairobi's residential streets?
Thu 13 Jun 2024
There have been a series of sightings of carnivores near the city’s national park
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What will the death of Malawi’s VP Saulos Chilima mean for politics there?
Wed 12 Jun 2024
He was flying to an engagement when his plane disappeared from airport radars on Monday
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Is Nigeria's national anthem change an important shift in culture or a political distraction?
Tue 11 Jun 2024
President Tinubu signed a bill into law to reintroduce the anthem "Nigeria, We Hail Thee"
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Are dowries putting too much pressure on men and women in South Sudan?
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Cash or cows are typically given to a woman’s family before a marriage is agreed
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Why are Ghana’s foreign scholarship students struggling financially?
Fri 7 Jun 2024
Students are protesting after waiting nearly a year for their promised stipends
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Where to from here for South Africa after the elections?
Thu 6 Jun 2024
The ruling ANC lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since 1994
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Why hasn’t Africa got stricter cigarette laws?
Wed 5 Jun 2024
The World Health Organisation says the tobacco industry is actively targeting teenagers
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What are the hopes of one of Mozambique’s most famous authors for his country?
Tue 4 Jun 2024
Mia Couto talks politics, being an African ‘white guy’ and the insecurity in the north
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Has Africa’s response to drug and alcohol abuse been effective?
Mon 3 Jun 2024
The UN says it expects the number of people using drugs in Africa to rise 40% by 2030