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Why is there snow and drought at the same time in Southern Africa?
19 mins; September 26, 2024
Is democracy under threat in Tanzania?
19 mins; September 25, 2024
Can Nigeria’s youth revive weaving traditions?
17 mins; September 24, 2024
Why are people with albinism still being attacked and mutilated?
22 mins; September 23, 2024
How is the Mpox outbreak disrupting business in Africa?
16 mins; September 22, 2024
What is it like to grow up with HIV?
21 mins; September 19, 2024
Are South Africa’s power cuts now a thing of the past?
22 mins; September 18, 2024
Is China helping Africa realise its potential?
19 mins; September 17, 2024
Can the rest of Africa learn from Kenya’s school meals scheme?
17 mins; September 16, 2024
Should drought stricken African countries resort to wildlife for food?
19 mins; September 15, 2024
Why is gender based violence so prevalent amongst women athletes?
17 mins; September 12, 2024
Why does ‘the Beast’ think education is key?
22 mins; September 11, 2024
How civil war turned basketball stars into refugees
21 mins; September 10, 2024
What is the ‘African Initiative’?
21 mins; September 09, 2024
How are survivors of the Derna flood coping?
19 mins; September 08, 2024
Why are there tensions in the Horn of Africa?
19 mins; September 05, 2024
Will next month’s election in Tunisia be free and fair?
19 mins; September 04, 2024
Can African countries stop coastal erosion?
20 mins; September 03, 2024
Was the collapse of the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala avoidable?
20 mins; September 02, 2024
What should be done to support Africa’s farmers?
18 mins; September 01, 2024
What impact could Burkina Faso massacre have on military regime?
16 mins; August 29, 2024
Why are some South Africans opposed to anti-immigrant campaigns?
22 mins; August 28, 2024
What are the challenges Paralympians face?
19 mins; August 27, 2024
Is nationalism fuelling racist attacks against African migrants?
20 mins; August 26, 2024
How important is space travel for Africa?
18 mins; August 25, 2024
Who’s speaking up for African nations in the global battle against climate change?
18 mins; August 22, 2024
Why are farmers struggling to feed Africa?
14 mins; August 21, 2024
Can South Africa’s new e-hailing service succeed against Uber?
19 mins; August 20, 2024
Are Senegal’s new government fulfilling their election pledges?
19 mins; August 19, 2024
How are Africans in the UK feeling after the anti-immigrant riots?
19 mins; August 18, 2024
What’s the legacy of Caf’s Issa Hayatou?
18 mins; August 15, 2024
Will Eswatini’s king and pro-democracy activists ever find common ground?
19 mins; August 15, 2024
Why has Mpox been declared a public health emergency?
20 mins; August 13, 2024
Why is testing for diseases so hard to access in Africa?
21 mins; August 12, 2024
Why are more women in Africa choosing long term contraceptive methods?
17 mins; August 11, 2024
What’s behind the protests in Africa this week?
18 mins; August 08, 2024
Why is a South African model with Nigerian roots being targeted?
21 mins; August 07, 2024
How can Lagos become more climate resilient?
15 mins; August 06, 2024
Is South Sudan ready for elections this year?
17 mins; August 05, 2024
How easy is it to be a female surfer in Africa?
19 mins; August 04, 2024
Is it the end of the road for former South African president Jacob Zuma?
20 mins; August 01, 2024
Where do Africa’s Gen Z's turn to for help with mental health challenges?
19 mins; July 31, 2024
Why has an ambush in central Somalia raised concerns over weapon security?
19 mins; July 30, 2024
Should African countries claim players who were born in Europe?
17 mins; July 29, 2024
Why did a luxury watch manufacturer face ridicule on his road to success?
16 mins; July 28, 2024
What can Africa expect from the Paris Olympics?
20 mins; July 25, 2024
Why are millions at risk of starvation in Tigray?
14 mins; July 24, 2024
How is Botswana building its first space satellite?
15 mins; July 23, 2024
Lenacapavir: could new HIV drug help end the pandemic?
20 mins; July 22, 2024
An apartheid era mass killer tells his story- what can South Africa learn from the past?
21 mins; July 21, 2024
What will it take for Africa to beat HIV/Aids?
22 mins; July 18, 2024
Is a bucket initiative the answer to South Africa’s housing crisis?
17 mins; July 17, 2024
How are women in Tanzania breaking the poverty cycle?
15 mins; July 16, 2024
Can Sierra Leone enforce its child marriage law?
21 mins; July 15, 2024
Why is the British army being investigated for alleged abuses in Kenya?
21 mins; July 14, 2024
Can Africa win at gaming?
18 mins; July 11, 2024
What exactly do Islamic State linked militants want from Mozambique?
18 mins; July 10, 2024
How did one man escape the besieged city of El Fasher?
19 mins; July 09, 2024
How has Brenda Biya’s kiss on Instagram impacted Cameroon?
20 mins; July 08, 2024
Why are some elderly people being accused of being witches and attacked in Kenya?
21 mins; July 07, 2024
Why did one woman make it her mission to travel through Africa on a motorbike?
14 mins; July 04, 2024
Why are nuclear power plans proving controversial in Africa?
20 mins; July 03, 2024
How has Gorongosa National Park recovered from Mozambique’s Civil War?
19 mins; July 02, 2024
Can South Africa’s government of national unity really work?
21 mins; July 01, 2024
Why does Africa perform poorly in mathematics?
16 mins; June 30, 2024
Is Zimbabwe’s government clamping down on dissent?
20 mins; June 27, 2024
How did Kenya's Gen Z protests stop the finance bill?
22 mins; June 26, 2024
What will it take to end music-related killings in Lesotho?
17 mins; June 25, 2024
Why are some parents in Nigeria using harmful skin lightening products on their children?
19 mins; June 24, 2024
Are liberation movements still relevant in Africa?
19 mins; June 23, 2024
How did three Americans end up on trial for a coup attempt in the DRC?
14 mins; June 20, 2024
Could power ships be the jolt Africa needs to help overcome its energy challenges?
14 mins; June 19, 2024
Is Africa doing enough to get women involved in science?
20 mins; June 18, 2024
Haiti: Will Ruto’s faith diplomacy work where politics have failed?
20 mins; June 17, 2024
What has been the lasting impact of Zambia's 1993 football squad plane crash?
19 mins; June 17, 2024
Why do workers in Nigeria feel so strongly about raising the minimum wage?
16 mins; June 13, 2024
Why are lions roaming Nairobi's residential streets?
20 mins; June 12, 2024
What will the death of Malawi’s VP Saulos Chilima mean for politics there?
15 mins; June 11, 2024
Is Nigeria's national anthem change an important shift in culture or a political distraction?
16 mins; June 10, 2024
Are dowries putting too much pressure on men and women in South Sudan?
20 mins; June 09, 2024
Why are Ghana’s foreign scholarship students struggling financially?
17 mins; June 06, 2024
Where to from here for South Africa after the elections?
19 mins; June 05, 2024
Why hasn’t Africa got stricter cigarette laws?
19 mins; June 04, 2024
What are the hopes of one of Mozambique’s most famous authors for his country?
19 mins; June 03, 2024
Has Africa’s response to drug and alcohol abuse been effective?
18 mins; June 02, 2024
Can digital banking transform the fortunes of Africa’s youth?
16 mins; May 30, 2024
What are the main challenges for Somali women musicians?
13 mins; May 29, 2024
How did a Kenyan Maasai woman make history in Northern Ireland?
20 mins; May 28, 2024
Are South Africans ready for Wednesday’s national election?
17 mins; May 27, 2024
How is a Kenyan school using bamboo to fight landfill air pollution?
13 mins; May 26, 2024
Why have plans for a mass wedding sparked controversy in Nigeria?
16 mins; May 23, 2024
Why has the US invited Kenya’s President Ruto on a state visit?
17 mins; May 22, 2024
Who will win South Africa’s national election next week?
23 mins; May 21, 2024
How climate-resilient are African cities?
17 mins; May 20, 2024
Can Liberia’s war crimes court bring justice to victims of its civil wars?
18 mins; May 19, 2024
Should male circumcision in Africa be a personal choice?
20 mins; May 16, 2024
Darfur: Is a massacre imminent in El Fasher?
19 mins; May 15, 2024
How has Ghana’s tough anti-LGBTQ+ bill changed life there?
19 mins; May 14, 2024
Can Cape Verde tempt its diaspora home with its digital hub plans?
20 mins; May 13, 2024
Should farmers insure themselves against climate disasters?
