The 2 Best Africa Today Podcast Episodes
1) Cameroon conflict 'world's most-neglected crisis'
Cameroon's three displacement crises have been rated as the most-neglected in the world for the second year running, by the Norwegian Refugee Council. A day after the death of Burundi’s President Pie...Show More
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AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Will the coronavirus crisis have an impact on Malaria response?
Malaria is still one of the biggest killers on the continent and the World Health Organisation warned earlier this year that the usual number of annual cases could double in 2020 if preventative measu...Show More
Will the coronavirus crisis have an impact on Malaria response?
27:25 | May 26th, 2020
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Covid-19 and Malaria. Some important information in regards to what could happen in Africa
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Why Maasai leaders want luxury camp removed
Kenya’s Maasai Mara Game Reserve is at the centre of a legal battle over a new Marriott Ritz-Carlton luxury safari lodge. Why are Maasai leaders calling for the camp to be removed?Also in the podcast,...Show More
4) Guinea-Bissau: General sworn in after coup
A military general has been sworn in as Guinea-Bissau's transitional president following the 15th coup in the country. Why is the country prone to coups?BBC speaks to families of missing students in N...Show More
5) Mali settles gold mine dispute
The Malian government and Canadian mining firm Barrick have ended their two year tax dispute and have agreed a multi-million dollar settlement. So what does the agreement involve?Why did a volcano in ...Show More
6) Guinea- Bissau: Rivals claim victory over election
In Guinea-Bissau, rivals Embalo and Dias claim victory in a tense presidential election as official results remain pending.In Nigeria, separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has been sentenced to four life ter...Show More
7) Selling body parts for 'rituals' in Sierra Leone
A BBC Africa Eye documentary has exposed the practice of selling body parts for magic rituals in Sierra Leone. We speak to the reporter who went back to the town where an 11-year-old boy was murdered...Show More
8) Gender-based violence declared a national crisis in South Africa
South Africa's president declares gender-based violence and femicide a national crisis after planned protests A campaign to encourage us to donate our bodies to medical science And Audrey Brown bi...Show More
9) Amhara conflict: Thousands of reports of rape and assault
A special BBC investigation has collated data which shows there have been thousands of reports of rape between July 2023 and May 2025, in the conflict between militias and Ethiopian government forces ...Show More
10) Did Kenyan authorities use technology to silence Gen Z protestors?
Amnesty International alleges that the Kenyan government used digital tools to suppress Gen Z organised demonstrations Has the rift between Senegalese President Faye and Prime Minister Sonko widened...Show More