Focus on Africa BBC Podcasts

The United Nations received financial pledges of just over six hundred million dollars to help with Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis. It fell short of the one billion dollars the UN was seeking. Around 15 million people are in need of humanitarian aid in the country. Is the amount pledged enough and how will the funds be distributed?
Also why is gambling on the rise on the continent, attracting young people?
And why is South Africa installing the continent's biggest battery and how will it work?
Presenter: Richard Kagoe
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya and Charles Gitonga
Technical Producer: Chris Ablakwa
Senior Producer: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

The USAid Mission Director to Liberia Jim Wright has alleged that around 90% of pharmacies in the country are selling stolen medicine, donated by aid organisations. What's going on?
Cattle rustling and banditry in northern Kenya is on the increase. What can be done to prevent this from happening?
And a group of women accused of booing the Zimbabwean First Lady, Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, have been freed. We hear from the lawyer who represented them in court.
Presenter:Richard Kagoe
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Daniel Dadzie, Bella Hassan, Nyasha Michelle and Paul Bakibinga
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

Chad's interim President Mahamat Idriss Déby has begun campaigning ahead of the country's next presidential election, which is just three weeks away. He faces nine other candidates, including the junta-appointed Prime Minister Succès Masra. President Deby has pledged to strengthen security and guarantee Chad's peace and stability. Will he keep his promises?
Also a look at Russia's growing influence in the Sahel as Russian troops arrive in Niger.
And how African youth are thinking about future investments.

France is hosting an international conference on Sudan, one year after war broke out. It says, it's seeking much needed aid and attention. Observers say the Sudan crisis has been pushed out of the global conversation due to other ongoing conflicts. Will the conference make a difference?
Why has Mali banned political activity and curtailed media freedoms?
And cartoonist and satirist Jim Spire Ssentongo on the dangers and challenges of holding authority to account.
Presenter: Richard Kagoe
Producers: Patricia Whitehorne, Yvette Twagiramariya, Bella Hassan and Paul Bakibinga
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

How the Chibok girls are getting on with their lives ten years on from when they were kidnapped
Concern over cyber-crime in Zambia following the busting of a syndicate scamming innocent people
And why African men are twice as likely to get prostate cancer than white men.

South Africa's electoral commission (IEC) has published final candidate lists for general elections. Former president Jacob Zuma is free to contest in May's poll. Should the governing ANC be worried?
We learn about the illicit organ trade in Western Kenya, with some young people selling their kidneys.
And why Ivory Coast has announced a ban on begging in the commercial capital Abidjan.
Presenter: Richard Kagoe
Producers: Charles Gitonga, Yvette Twagiramariya, Victor Sylver and Paul Bakibinga
Editor: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi