BBC Africa
Why are young French Africans moving back to Africa? Focus On Africa Podcast
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- Why are young French Africans moving back to Africa? Focus On Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 22:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The leading opposition party in Mozambique files a lawsuit demanding a recount of this month's election results because of alleged irregularities, and deposits three hundred kilos of documents at the country's highest court.
Also, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, visits Morocco; we take a look at relations between the two countries, and why young French Africans are leaving France to move back to Africa.
00:01 Intro
00:54 How did Mozambique get to the point of street protests?
07:56 Why have France and Morocco been at loggerheads for years?
15:24 Why are France's young Africans leaving the country for Africa?
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- The Homecoming: Born in France but searching for a future in Africa - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 47:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Amid a backdrop of rising nationalism, police violence, and social tensions in France, some young French people of African descent are turning to the continent in search of, what they say, is a better life.
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#BBCAfricaEye's The Homecoming explores this 'reverse migration', following their journeys to Senegal - the opposite route their parents made decades earlier.
Whilst capturing the challenges they face in building a new life away from what they know, this film explores themes of belonging, identity, and the evolving relationship between Africa and its diaspora, offering a fresh perspective on migration and cross-cultural ties.
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Africa Eye brings you original, investigative journalism revealing secrets and rooting out injustice in the world’s most complex and exciting continent. Nothing stays hidden forever.
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- 'We need to talk about asthma' - Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 22:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A court in Uganda has sentenced Thomas Kwoyelo, a former senior commander of the rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army, to 40 years in prison for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement and torture. Victoria Nyanjura was 14 years old when she was abducted by the group from her school in Northern Uganda. She was forced to work for the group and was repeatedly raped. Victoria shares her thoughts on the sentencing and recounts her experience at the hands of the LRA.
Also a review of this year's BRICS summit, as Ethiopia and Egypt join the bloc.
And why does asthma, a chronic lung condition, remain undiagnosed in children on the continent?
00:01 Intro
01:25 What it was like to be abducted by the LRA
09:44 What does the membership of BRICS mean for African countries?
14:48 We need to talk about asthma
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- Where have Tigray's teachers gone? Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 22:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region's education system shows little sign of ending two years after the civil war.
How crippling national debt in Africa is curbing development under discussion at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington DC
Plus the challenge of catching breast cancer early in sub Saharan Africa.
00:00 Intro
00:51 Where have Tigray's teachers gone?
08:09 How can African countries deal with crippling debt?
15:25 How can we achieve fewer cancer deaths in Africa?
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- Trapped in Lebanon: "I feel like I am nobody" I BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In the wake of Israeli bombings in Lebanon, many African migrant workers have been left abandoned by their employers, struggling to survive on their own. In this video, Amina and Fatima from Sierra Leone share their harrowing experiences. Fortunately, there is help at hand. Nigerian pastor Joseph Abolade and his family are using their church in Beirut to provide food and temporary shelter for members of the migrant community who come from countries including Kenya, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Ghana.
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- Idris Elba: 'I'm going to live in Africa to tell our stories' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:50
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In an exclusive interview to the BBC's Thomas Naadi, the star of 'The Wire' and 'Luther' shares his plans to create a movie studio in Africa and to invest in the thriving film industry in the continent. The actor of Ghanaian and Sierra Leonean descent who has played Nelson Mandela on the big screen says that African culture ''has oftentimes been told back to Africans out from outsiders". The interview was granted when Idris Elba attended the Africa Cinema Summit, held in Accra, Ghana.
🎤 Interview by: Thomas Naadi
🎬 Produced by: Favour Nunoo
🎥 Filmed by: Ernest Ansah
🎞️ Edited by: Hajar Chaffag
#idriselba #africancinema #bbcafrica
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- Why is Kenya sending an all women SWAT squad to Haiti? Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 22:57
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Russia's embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battle ground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Kenya's all women SWAT squad heads to Haiti
And will the junta in Gabon step aside once a new constitution is adopted?
00:00 Intro
01:18 Is Russia part of a proxy war in Sudan?
09:31 Kenya is sending an all-female Swat squad to Haiti. Why?
16:33 Will the junta in Gabon step aside once a new constitution is adopted?
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- Why did Kenya return refugees to Turkey? Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 29:44
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Kenyan government says it deported four Turkish refugees back home. The UN's refugee agency is not pleased
Egypt officially declared 'malaria-free' by the World Health Organization (WHO) after a 100-year long effort.
And why Botswana has never borrowed money from the IMF
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- Why is Mozambique planting around 200 million mangroves? Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 22:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- South Africa's health department say they've begun 'intense' investigations into alleged food poisoning cases especially amongst children. In a recent case six children all under the age of 10 died in Soweto, after allegedly eating food that was poisoned. We hear from a journalist covering the story.
Also why South Africa's relationship with Taiwan is tense - and what sort of relationship does the island share with the rest of the continent?
And why is Mozambique planting around 200 million mangroves?
00:01 Intro
00:45 Why are so many recent cases of food poisoning in South Africa?
08:17 Why is South Africa's relationship with Taiwan tense?
16:06 Mozambique is planting nearly 200 million mangroves. Why?
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- 'I'm a farmer and I lost everything to drought and floods' I BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Mema Fwa lost her entire yield this season. Rabiu Musa cannot pay back his $2,000 (£1,500) loan because of a failed harvest.
Climate change is wreaking havoc on farmers in northern and eastern Nigeria, contributing to growing food insecurity for millions this year, says the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.
Reporter: Azeezat Olaoluwa
Producers: Yusuf Akinpelu and Ellen Tsang
Filmed and edited: Gift Ufuoma
#climatechangeimpact #nigeriaeconomy #bbcfocusonafrica
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- What Kenyan youth make of deputy president's sacking I Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 22:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- There was drama in Kenyan politics this week which ended with the impeachment of deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. Young people voted in big numbers during the general elections in 2022. Two youths share their views on the matter.
Why has the government of Ivory Coast has dissolved all student unions?
And how Al-Shabaab militia in Mogadishu are making life difficult for business owners with CCTV cameras on their premises.
00:00 Intro
00:51 What Kenyan youth make of deputy president's sacking
11:49 Why has the Ivory Coast government dissolved all student unions?
19:21 Why are shop owners removing CCTV cameras in Mogadishu?
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- Why are fuel tanker explosions so common in Nigeria I Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 22:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- An explosion from an overturned fuel tanker in northern Nigeria has killed more than 150 people, including several children. Many others were injured and taken to hospital. Officials say, the death toll could rise. Fuel tanker accidents are not uncommon in Nigeria, so why does this keep happening?
Also the International Criminal Court says it's renewing investigations into alleged war crimes in DR Congo
And how an online post showing the lack of care of infrastructure in Johannesburg has sparked a debate in South Africa!
#Focusonafricapodcast #FocusonafricaThepodcast
00:00 Intro
00:51 Why are fuel tanker explosions so common in Nigeria?
09:38 Why is the International Criminal Court renewing investigations into alleged war crimes in DR Congo?
19:41 How a page on X sparked a debate in South Africa.
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- What led to Kenya’s deputy president's impeachment? BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Kenya has witnessed its first-ever impeachment proceedings against a deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, who faced serious allegations that saw him permanently barred from holding public office. The accusations included corruption, undermining the authority of the president, and inciting ethnic divisions - all of which he denies. The BBC’s Jewel Kiriungi takes a closer look at how events unfolded.
Filmed and edited by Anthony Irungu
Produced by Clare Muthinji
Executive producer: Princess Irede Abumere
#kenyanews #impeachment #rigathigacghagua
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- How do you save a dying language I Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 22:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- On World Food Day (16/10), BBC Focus On Africa Podcast consider how changing weather patterns due to climate change are worsening Nigeria's food insecurity.
BBC journalist Mohanad Hashim's emotional return to the city of his birth, Omdurman in Sudan, 18 months after the war started
And efforts to save the Yaaku language which is at risk of extinction in Kenya.
00:00 Intro
01:01 How is climate change affecting food production and farming in Nigeria?
07:56 BBC reporter: 'They ransacked my home and left my town in ruins'.
15:22 How to save a language at risk of extinction
Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
#focusonafrica #podcasting #africanews
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- Why is the Sahara desert under water? - BBC Africa #shorts
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Parts of the Sahara desert have flooded for the first time in decades.
Severe rainfall in September over the Moroccan Sahara has left the desert sand dunes inundated.
Some areas of southeastern Morocco saw more than a year’s worth of rainfall in just two days.
According to experts the area is not usually affected by rainfall from the Inter Tropical Front, which usually affects the Malian and Mauritanian Sahara.
#Morocco #SaharaDesert #BBCAfrica
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- 'They ransacked my home and left my town in ruins' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 9:38
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Sudan is experiencing the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with millions displaced and many facing famine, as a result of the civil war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia that erupted in April last year.
The capital, Khartoum, was where the fighting started all those months ago and in recent weeks intense clashes have returned.
The BBC’s Mohanad Hashim returns to Sudan for the first time since the war began, to find what has been left of his childhood neighbourhood in Omdurman.
Filmed and edited by Hassan Lali
Produced by Ed Habershon
#sudanwar #sudandocumentary #sudanbbc
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- What's it like to embark on Africa’s deadliest migration route I Focus on Africa Podcast
- Runtime
- 29:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Why would a migrant embark on a journey on Africa's deadliest migration route?
A French-Cameroonian writer on trial in Paris for contesting the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
And how excess salt in soil is affecting farming communities in Africa.
00:00 Intro
01:22 What's it like to embark on Africa’s deadliest migration route (Africa Eye).
11:02 Who is Charles Onana and why is he so controversial?
21:09 How Ghanaian farmers are coping with land which is not growing their crops?
Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
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- Murderers of Agnes Wanjiru should be 'held to account' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 6:36
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Rukia Bulle, the winner of this year's Komla Dumor award, speaks to Lord Ray Collins, the new UK Minister for Africa.
Some of the topics include:
00:00 Intro
01:02 Lord Ray Collins on his trip to Ethiopia
01:43 Tackling sexual violence in Sudan
02:34 Funding for Sudan
03:25 Lord Ray Collins on the Agnes Wanjiru
05:31 How can the UK stay relevant amidst investment from Russia and China?
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- Dark Waters: Africa's deadliest migration route - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 52:50
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- BBC Africa Eye investigates what is fast becoming the world’s deadliest migration route: the perilous Atlantic crossing from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands.
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Father-of-two Mouhamed has never been to sea, but he is about to take what is fast becoming the deadliest migrant journey in the world: the Atlantic crossing from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands.
Facing days, even weeks, on the open ocean, this year more than 70,000 irregular migrants and refugees are expected to attempt this perilous journey, many of them in overcrowded wooden boats.
From Senegal, Mouhamed will have to survive the treacherous crossing with little more than a handful of biscuits and a few bottles of water, all to achieve his dream of making it to the southern border of Europe. For all those who make it to the Canaries, there will be thousands who die trying. It’s ...
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- The 'village' where the blind are in charge - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Across Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 100 million live with some form of sight loss. In Uganda alone, more than 3 million are affected. Those in rural areas often struggle to receive adequate eye care. The BBC’s Agnes Penda visited a community of blind and visually impaired people in eastern Uganda who came together to support one another. They say that, united, their disability became their source of strength.
🎤: Agnes Penda
🎥: Njoroge Muigai, Hasham Cheema
🎞️: Ellen Tsang
Producer: Hasham Cheema
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- The rape survivors using stones to call for help - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:01
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it's estimated that there were 25,000 victims of sexual violence in 2023 alone — an average of two people every hour.
Most survivors of sexual violence in the conflict-ridden area of Goma are treated in displacement camps near, where populations continue to swell amid ongoing clashes between rival groups. The female survivors who walk into health facilities bring stones as a way to "share" the ordeal they faced, while bypassing stigmas around it.
The BBC’s Mercy Juma visited Goma and spoke with some of the survivors.
🎞️ Filmed and edited by Anthony Irungu.
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- 3 key issues shaping Mozambique elections I BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:51
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Mozambique goes to the polls on Wednesday 9th October to elect a successor to President Filipe Nyusi. His tenure has been marked by an Islamic insurgency in Cabo Delgado, which began just two years into his presidency and has nearly overshadowed his time in office. There are four candidates vying for the presidency and whoever wins will inherit this ongoing conflict alongside pressing economic challenges. Can the next leader turn things around? We break down the key issues shaping the Mozambican election this year.
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- 'We insist on the departure of Rwandan troops from DRC' I BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:36
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A Congolese regional court will begin hearing a case filed by the DRC government against Rwanda over crimes linked to the security crisis in its eastern region. It accuses Rwanda of deploying troops inside its territory. BBC's Waihiga Mwaura spoke to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner; about the impasse on the peace negations between the two nations being mediated by Angola.
#theresekayikwambainte #focusonafrica #bbcafrica
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- Is Tunisia losing its grip on democracy? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 7:23
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Tunisians are set to elect a new president on October 6th, but the arrest and disqualification of several political opponents of incumbent President Kais Saied have sparked concerns about the legitimacy of the election. In recent years, and especially over the past weeks, Saied has consolidated his hold on power, raising fears that the country could be heading towards its first undemocratic election since the Arab Spring.
Produced and edited by Marina Daras
#tunisia #tunisie #africanews
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- Sudan War: The story so far (Explained) - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- As the war in Sudan continues unabated and the humanitarian crisis escalates we look at how the war started and what has happened so far.
#sudannews #sudanwar #sudanconflict
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- Finding Mr Fox: Inside West Africa’s drug trafficking highway - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 47:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- BBC Africa Eye crosses continents to track down ‘Fox’, the alleged mastermind of an international drug trafficking operation.
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Award-winning Cape Verdean rapper Ga DaLomba investigates ‘Highway 10’. This drug trafficking route is named after the 10th parallel North, the circle of latitude which charts the shortest sea-faring route across the Atlantic from South America to Africa.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, at least fifty tonnes of cocaine crosses West Africa every year with most arriving via Highway 10, but around 30% of the drugs are sold during transit.
As a result, Cape Verde has become known as a ‘motorway service station’ for traffickers, with Europe’s 11 billion dollar cocaine market often the final destination.
Ga DaLomba, himself a recovering cocaine addict, meets dealers and law enforcem...
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- Black Arsenal: The relationship between Arsenal and ‘black culture’ I BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- University professor and author Clive Chijioke Nwonka has written a book called ‘Black Arsenal’. The book has testimonies from all around the world, looking at how Arsenal Football Club have brought together its black fanbase, but also how they’ve appreciated black culture. As a British-Nigerian Clive told us how Arsenal is becoming the ‘kit for Africa’. But what African superstar hooked him and many other Africans into the club?
#arsenal #blackarsenal #arsenalfc
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- Could a watermelon stew help beat a bitter crisis? BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Ghana’s cost of living crisis continues, despite a slight slowdown in inflation to around 22% in June, thanks to a $3 billion IMF-supported program.
The cost of food items like tomatoes, are still rising.
Dr. Akosuah, a food content creator, shares her tomato substitutes for stew—do they taste good? BBC's Thomas Naadi weighs in.
Produced and edited by Ameer Ahmed
Reporter Thomas Naadi
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- Why did Egypt-Somali alliance spark an alarm in Ethiopia? BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:25
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A military alliance between Somalia and Egypt is ruffling feathers in the fragile Horn of Africa, upsetting Ethiopia in particular - and there are worries the fallout could become more than a war of words. In this video, BBC Africa’s Esther Kahumbi explains the context behind the current tensions and what has led to this point.
#egyptnews #somalianews #ethiopianews
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- Why is Turkey extending its influence in Somalia? BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Turkey has been trying to act as a mediator in the ongoing row between Somalia and Ethiopia. The escalating tensions in the Horn of Africa are as a result of a maritime deal that also affects Egypt. Turkey has been a long-time partner of Somalia but has also been investing in the country for more than a decade. A new naval deal signed this year deepened the ties between the two countries. This explainer looks at their relationship and why Turkey is keen to establish itself in the region.
#turkeysomalia #turkeynews #somalianews
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- Sex Workers: Lives in the Shadows - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 51:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- For many years, filmmaker Tyson Conteh has followed the lives of sex workers in his hometown of Makeni, in Sierra Leone.
In the hope of raising awareness of their collective situation, he was given unprecedented access to a world of danger, drug addiction and even death.
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Activists estimate that there are more than 20,000 women engaged in sex work in Sierra Leone - a situation fuelled by high unemployment, a crippling cost-of-living crisis, and the lingering trauma of the country’s ten-year civil war.
Over the course of four years, Tyson documented the perils sex workers are forced to navigate daily, from extreme violence and disease to the crippling effects of ‘kush’ - a powerful street drug that has wreaked havoc among the youth of Sierra Leone.
Worse still is the threat from human traffickers, who have lured countless women into s...
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- Singeli: The World's Most Frenetic Beat - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 10:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Singeli is Africa’s fastest music beat. With speeds of over 300 beats per minute, Singeli has become the sound of the streets and clubs of Tanzania. Initially an underground genre played in the informal settlements of Dar Es Saalam, Singeli is now a favourite among revellers and one of the sounds used by the late president John Magufuli in his campaigns and public appearances. It’s gaining popularity in neighbouring East African countries and the world at large.
Filmed by: Nicholaus Mtenga and Gloria Achieng
Produced by: Macharia Maina, Gloria Achieng
Edited by: Gloria Achieng and Macharia Maina
Directed by: Macharia Maina
Graphics by: George Wafula
Production coordinator: Seema Quraishy
Executive producers: Leone Ouedraogo, Marko Zoric and Bonney Tunya
#singeli_beat #singelibeat #tanzanianews
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- Title
- I Built 100 Wells in 1 Year: This Is What I Learned - BBC News
- Runtime
- 24:34
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- For a year, community volunteer Junior Diahkaté travelled across Senegal, in west Africa, building wells for remote communities. Now he’s completed his 100th, providing access to clean water and transforming lives.
Filmed, produced and directed by Pierre-Luc Roy
#sénégal #senegaltvnews #Junior Diahkaté
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- Title
- Nigeria fuel tanker crash leaves deadly trail - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- #Shorts: At least 48 people have been killed in the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the country's disaster agency said. The collision caused an explosion which engulfed both vehicles. Footage from the scene shortly after the incident shows the two vehicles, which have been entirely burnt out, as well as a number of dead cattle.
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- Title
- Life in Sudan after a year of war - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:38
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The BBC has seen first-hand the desperate conditions civilians in Sudan are enduring as the civil war that has lasted more than 500 days shows no signs of ending. Millions have been displaced and aid agencies are warning the hunger crisis is of historic proportions.
BBC World Service Senior Correspondent Nawal Al-Maghafi has gained rare access to the city of Port Sudan and a key border area in neighbouring Chad where refugees are still flowing out as aid agencies desperately try to get aid in.
#sudan #rsf #sudannews
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- Title
- 'I've been suppressing my emotions' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 9:02
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A beauty queen who received xenophobic abuse in South Africa and became the subject of a government investigation has told the BBC she will be seeking therapy because of the saga.
Chidimma Adetshina, who was a finalist in the Miss South Africa beauty contest, sparked criticism as despite being a South African citizen, her father is Nigerian and her mother has Mozambican roots.
She quit the contest last month - the day after the home affairs department announced that her mother may have committed "identity theft" to become a South African national.
Ms Adetshina was then invited to enter Miss Universe Nigeria - which she won - but said she had been "suppressing her emotions" throughout.
#ChidimmaAdetshina #missuniverse #missuniversenigeria
🎥 Filmed by Adekola Olawale
🎤 Interview by Helen Oyibo
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- Title
- Mpox: Why is it difficult to distribute vaccines in the DRC? BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A new strain of the mpox virus is quickly spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the epicentre of the crisis, which accounts for over 18,000 suspected cases and more than 629 deaths this year. However, DRC is still desperately awaiting vaccines to slow down transmission. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that $135 million is needed to fight mpox. Prof Espoir Bwenge, Catholic University of Bukavu, is involved in the response plan in South Kivu, a region that has been grappling with security and disinformation challenges. He explains why controlling the outbreak in DRC is uniquely challenging.
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- Title
- Mpox: Children bearing the brunt - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:01
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- With mpox being declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization because of its rapid spread, all eyes have been on the Democratic Republic of Congo, which accounts for nearly all of this year’s recorded cases and more than 450 deaths.
In visits to treatment centres in the east of the country, the BBC has found children are worst affected by the illness, which can be deadly.
Reporter: Simi Jolaoso
Producer: Gladys Kigo
Editor: Ayo Bello
#mpoxoutbreak #mpoxvirus #mpox
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- Title
- What's it like to get Mpox? BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Burundi has seen a rise in cases of the mpox virus. But how can one of the world's poorest nations tackle the spread of the virus when it has only one testing laboratory, insufficient testing kits, and virtually no vaccines? The BBC's Mercy Juma went on the ground and, visited hospitals and spoke to doctors and patients.
#mpoxoutbreak #mpoxvirus
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- Title
- The Paralympic table tennis love story - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:11
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Christiana and Kayode Alabi are Africa’s top ranked table tennis players. The Nigerian couple's love story began during a national camp. Christiana moved to Lagos to be with Kayode. Both had polio as children which led them both to have disabilities. "It’s not easy to be physically-challenged in this country (Nigera)," says Kayode. But, as Christiana adds, "due to this sport I’m not always shy the way I was before. I can speak publicly".
#2024Paralympics #2024ParisParalympics
🎤 Emmanuel Akindubuwa
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- Title
- Lesotho: 'The water has worms, but we drink it' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Small Lesotho has something neighbouring South Africa lacks - water, and plenty of it. Since a deal signed in 1986, the country has been making US$ 200 million a year by selling water that turns up in South African taps, while many of its own citizens nowadays don't have access to safe drinking water – including those who live in the shadow of its dams.
🎤 André Lombard
🎥 Chris Parkinson
🎞️ Rajni Boddington
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- Title
- Miss SA Mia le Roux: 'No-one deserves to be bullied' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Mia le Roux became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss South Africa. "It wasn't just me that won that night, but anyone who has felt different," she told the BBC. The pageant was a divisive one which saw one finalist withdraw after being trolled over her Nigerian heritage. The winner displayed solidarity towards Chidimma Adetshina, her former rival.
🎤 Esther Kahumbi
🎥 🎞️ Ameer Ahmed
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- Title
- Mozambique's secret rainforest in the sky - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 20:55
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Mabu, the largest rainforest in southern Africa, remained off-limits for years due to the civil war that plagued Mozambique. Scientists have found there dozens of species which don't exist anywhere else in the world. The BBC's environment correspondent followed them on a journey to the area. The specialists now hope that their many findings will lead to a rare happy ending story when it comes to preservation.
🎤 Jonah Fisher
🎥 Tony Jolliffe
🎞️ Holly Stimson
Executive Producer: Sarah Dias
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- Title
- Meet the man behind Arsenal's 'Pan-African kit' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:48
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- It’s the start of the new English Premier League season, which means new teams, new players and also new kits. This season, Arsenal FC have a kit that was designed by Sierra Leone born designer Foday Dumbuya, a Gunner who also sought to provide an African touch to the jersey he created.
🎤 Mark Wilberforce
🎥 🎞️ Ameer Ahmed
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- Title
- Chidimma Adetshina: How Miss SA sparked a nationality row - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- This year’s Miss South Africa beauty contest has turned into one of the biggest rows in the country. Chidimma Adetshinacha ended up giving up on the contest amid a massive backlash over her participation and claims about her nationality, age and where she was born. So what exactly is this story all about?
🎤 Danai Nesta Kupemba
🎥 Aaron Akinyemi
🎞️ Gloria Achieng
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- Title
- UK riots: 'There's no hope to stay here at all' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Originally from Sudan, Mohammed Idris has made Belfast, in Northern Ireland, his home for over ten years. After his café was set on fire in the recent wave of anti-immigrant violence that has hit the UK, it all changed for him. He now faces a dilemma, he no longer feels safe in his own community, but also cannot return to his home country, as it's facing a brutal war.
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- Title
- The small country with the world's highest suicide rate - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Lesotho, a small nation in Southern Africa, is know as the "kingdom in the sky", for its high altitutde and natural beauty. It is also at the peak of a grim statistic: a suicide rate ten times the global average - that's nine suicides per 100,000 people. The country with a population of 2,3 million has only one psychiatric unit. The reasons for the tragic tally vary, ranging from unemployment to sexual violence. A local NGO, @helplesotho, is trying to change the game by holding therapy sessions in several locations.
🎤 : André Lombard
🎥 : Chris Parkinson
🎞️ : Marina Daras
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- Title
- Imane Khelif: What's behind the gender controversy? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A boxing result at the Paris 2024 Olympic games has gone way beyond the ring. The victory of Algeria's Imane Khelif against Italian opponent Angela Carini in a 46-secound bout has sparked a row about gender and sports, as the Algerian fighter had been ruled out previously of tournaments for failing in gender tests.
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- Title
- The moment Sudan’s military leader survives drone attack
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A drone hit a base hosting Sudan's militarly leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, according to an army spokesman. The army’s representative blamed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which the army has been battling for control of the country.
#africanews #Sudan #RSF
- Title
- South Sudan's Khaman Maluach: From refugee to 'next big thing' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- 🇸🇸🏀 17-year-old Khaman Maluach fled South Sudan and grew up in Uganda as a refugee.
Now he is making history competing for South Sudan’s basketball squad in #Paris2024.
Maluach is expected to be one of the hottest players for the NBA Draft next year.
Find out more about the 7ft 2in (2.18m) teenager’s story.
🎤 Kelvin Kimathi
🎥 Jeff Sauke
🎞️ Gem O’Reilly
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