This week: Have the DRC and Rwanda really buried the hatchet? A potential medical breakthrough for those living with HIV, but will it reach the medicines reach those who need it? And banned over a bra in a Nigerian university. Episode 57: References/further reading: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr795jjrnnlo https://www.npr.org/sections/goats…

This week: More protests in Kenya over police brutality. The lights could go on in the DRC. Counting the cost of extreme weather in South Africa. And trying to avoid malaria and missiles in Djibouti. Episode 56: References/further reading: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/12/police-fire-tear-gas-on-crowds-protesting-kenya-bloggers-death-in-pol…

This week: Trump shuts the door on Africa . . . again. Horror flooding in Nigeria. Cameroon falls under the radar. And why is Tanzania getting all heated about X? Episode 55: References/further reading: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvm2j32pvmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnVCXxw9Auk https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/zambias-former-pr…

This week: Africa and the world mourns Ngugi wa Thiongo. What's going on in Ghana's embassies? Introducing Africa's new 'super banker'. And the menace deep in the earth splitting Africa in two. Episode 54: References/further reading: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/29/acclaimed-kenyan-writer-and-dissident-ngugi-wa-thiongo-dies-at-87 https://w…

This week: Ramaphosa rallies in the Oval Office, as Team SA takes on Trump. Britain gives back the Chagos islands - sort of. Kabila under the cosh. And mosquitoes could be in line for anti-malarials. Episode 53: References/further reading: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cpqe7rp388vt https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/22/high-court-judge-bl…

This week: White Afrikaners arrive in the United States - what's the reaction back home? The Bongos start a new life in Launda. Remembering the extraordinary Koyo Kouoh. And what generative AI could really mean for the continent. Episode 52: References/further reading: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce82e67p8p2o https://www.france24.com/en/afr…

This week: The international courts rule against Sudan in its beef with the UAE. Ghana's new president sacks his top justice. Zambia and Zimbabwe try again to get the water - and electricity - flowing. And how female bonobos are bossing it against the boys. Episode 51: References/further reading: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may/05/sudan-fa…

This week: The US makes sure Rwanda and the DRC shake hands - what's the price tag? South Africa sets up an inquiry into apartheid-era crimes. Nigeria wants to be back in the index. And Ivory Coast puts on the paint. Episode 50: References/further reading: https://www.dw.com/en/doubts-arise-about-planned-drc-rwanda-peace-agreement/a-72395252 https:…

This week: Africa remembers Pope Francis - but what lies ahead? The continent wades in on the tariff game. Ivory Coast gets tough on Thiam. And Africa reaches for the stars. Episode 49: References/further reading: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/23/how-pope-francis-redefined-the-churchs-ties-with-africa https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/…

This week: Trump's tariffs - how exposed is Africa really? South Sudan's spat with Washington. And money for AI in Africa, but where's the power? Episode 48: References/further reading: https://www.semafor.com/vertical/africa https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9281ljxj0o https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2025/4/8/devastation-after-deadl…

This week: Trumped by US trade tariffs, what has Lesotho done wrong? The shell that was once Khartoum as the RSF clears out. South Africa's unity government not so united afterall. And Ghana floats a new age of power-generation. Episode 47: References/further reading: https://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/15418/the-trump-tariffs-on-2-april…

This week: Deep trouble for South Sudan's fragile peace as the vice-president is arrested. What could the end of US funding for global vaccines mean? And Namibia's first female president boldly puts the country on a new track. Episode 46: References/further reading: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q1jppzp4no https://www.reuters.com/world/afri…

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