Africa Today
By BBC World Service
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Podcast Description
African news and analysis from the BBC's Focus on Africa and Network Africa programmes; the Africa Today podcast contains the day's top stories from the continent - available to download Monday to Friday from 1630 GMT.
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Africa: Thursday, 23 Feb 12 | Fifty world leaders gather in London for the Somali conference but can this really end two decades of conflict and chaos? Senegal elections this weekend - what are the issues for young voters? And South Sudan, with the oil taps turned off, looks for new sources of income. | 23 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Wednesday, 22 Feb 12 | Ahead of key talks on Somalia, a strategic town falls to pro-government forces and the prime minister gives his vision for the future. The head of a Chinese oil company expelled from South Sudan. And Liberian churches trying to tempt the young away from night clubs. | 22 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Tuesday, 21 Feb 12 | Nigeria's former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, arriving in Senegal to help defuse pre-election tension. Ahead of the London Conference on Somalia - the US declares its interest. Three diplomats from the Democratic Republic of Congo seek asylum in the UK. What does the ambassador have to say about it? And rebels in Sudan's Darfur province released 49 African peacekeepers and three people they suspected of being Sudanese security agents. | 21 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Monday, 20 Feb 12 | A Darfur rebel group says it has taken some peacekeepers hostage. An opposition coalition movement in Senegal calls for more protests ahead of the presidential election. Uganda's President Museveni suggests being in office for a long time has its advantages. Five African countries are listed for failing to meet anti-money laundering measures - what is the problem? And in our African Dream series, we speak to South African restaurant entrepreneur Portia de Smidt. | 20 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Friday, 17 Feb 12 | Libyans mark one year since the start of the revolution, but where to now? The European Union lifts some sanctions on Zimbabwe. Hundreds of women protest in mini-skirts in South Africa. And Didier Drogba on why it is too personal to talk about that penalty miss in the Africa Cup of Nations final. | 17 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Thursday, 16 Feb 12 | A daring jail break in central Nigeria: nearly 200 prisoners escape. Two cabinet ministers in Uganda resign over allegations of corruption. Kenya's central bank governor under pressure from lawmakers to resign. Why? And we speak to Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela. | 16 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Wednesday, 15 Feb 12 | A scramble to avert a food crisis in the Sahel region. African refugees allegedly held hostage and tortured in the Sinai Desert. China signs two major rail projects in Africa. And we meet Baloji, the Belgian based musician born in DR Congo. | 15 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Tuesday, 14 Feb 12 | A bomb disposal expert blown up on a busy city street in northern Nigeria. A muslim cleric goes on trial in Kenya on terrorism charges. Cyclone Giovana hits Madagascar causing death and destruction. A memorial service for the Zambian footballers who died in 1993. And are women expecting a box of chocolates for Valentine's day in Ivory Coast? | 14 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Monday, 13 Feb 12 | Zambia celebrates as its football heroes return home. In Nigeria, poverty is on the rise despite the economic growth. Al Shabab stage a protest against next week's international conference on Somalia. And major changes on the horizon for Tanzania's ruling party. | 13 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Friday, 10 Feb 12 | The prime suspect in Nigeria's Christmas day church bombings has been re-arrested. Kenya's electoral commission wants the coalition government dissolved, for an election date to be set. Why? In Senegal, President Wade says the people should decide how long he can carry on as head of state. And we visit a huge cement factory near Lagos, Nigeria. | 10 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Thursday, 09 Feb 12 | The Tuareg rebellion in Mali spurs the exodus of thousands of people fleeing for their life. The British are taking a growing interest in Somalia. But why now? And we meet N'Kashh, an albino rapper from the Democratic Republic of Congo. | 9 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Wednesday, 08 Feb 12 | The world is warned that it is race against time to avert hunger in the Sahel region. A new regional authority is launched as part of the peace process in Darfur. Somaliland agrees to attend a peace conference on Somalia - so will it help? And we speak to Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango. | 8 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Tuesday, 07 Feb 12 | Military targets attacked in multiple bomb blasts in Kaduna, northern Nigeria. The new Tuareg rebellion in Mali: what should the government do? How the police is trying to control traffic in the Somali capital? And is the English writer Charles Dickens still relevant to Africa? | 7 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Monday, 06 Feb 12 | The government of Somalia starts to evict thousands of squatters from public buildings - where will the displaced go? Street vendors fight police in Malawi. There is a gold rush in Burundi. And the South African musician that claims to have returned from the dead. | 6 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Friday, 03 Feb 12 | Carnage at a peace meeting in South Sudan. More violent protests in Egypt following deadly soccer riots. And famine is ended in Somalia - says the UN - so should people go back to their homes? | 3 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Thursday, 02 Feb 12 | 74 die in Egypt football riot. Tuareg fighting escalates in Mali. And a new campaign to clean up Algeria's beaches. | 2 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Wednesday, 01 Feb 12 | Christmas Day bomb victims buried in Nigeria. Tuareg refugees flee clashes in Mali. And Olusegun Obasanjo cautions sit-tight leaders. | 1 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Tuesday, 31 Jan 12 | Protests in Senegal, gay rights in Liberia and a Kenyan oil spill. | 31 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Monday, 30 Jan 12 | The opposition in Senegal are adamant that they will rally against President Wade's re-election bid. Jean Ping remains chairman of the African Union after indecision in a vote to elect a new head. And concern in Kenya over the funding for HIV programmes. | 30 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Friday, 27 Jan 12 | The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan in face-to-face oil crisis talks. Mali say al-Qaeda in the Maghreb are behind new Tuareg rebel attacks. And should gospel singers spread their soulful message in nightclubs? | 27 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Thursday, 26 Jan 12 | Kenya's finance minister resigns more than three days after he is told he has a case to answer in the International Criminal Court. Another African Union meeting on Somalia but will more Burundian troops make any difference? And the Nigerian central bank governor's blunt take on the country's economy. | 26 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Africa: Wednesday, 25 Jan 12 | Egyptians mark a year since the start of the uprising that removed their president. Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara jets into France. And can the Africa Cup of nations rehabilitate Equatorial Guinea's image? | 25 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Excellent podcast
Wonderful podcast from the BBC, which provides news from Africa that is usually ignored by the mainstream news programmes.
Good
I have recently discovered this podcast
and i like it thus far.There not many podcasts that focus on Africa and this one does fill that gap.Its looking good.
Good
Best news out of africa
