Africa's largest economy has slipped into recession for the second time in five years, registering record-breaking unemployment figures. But it's not all doom and gloom, as some analysts see the recent news of a working vaccine showing some light at the end of the tunnel.
Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has given TPLF forces deployed in the northern region of Tigray the country a seventy-two hours ultimatum to surrender, as government troops advance on the capital, Mekelle.
World football's governing body, FIFA, has banned the head of the game in Africa for five years. We find out why
Episodes
Date
Duration
Mozambique Cyclone Eloise aftermath
Thousands have been displaced and at least six people killed. It's the grim outcome of cyclone Eloise. Speaking from one of the worst...
Monday 25 January 2021
00:22:57
CAR: State of emergency declared as rebels advance
The anti-government fighters, who now control two-thirds of the country, have surrounded the capital, Bangui.
Mozambique gets prepared as...
Friday 22 January 2021
00:24:24
Biden reverses Trump's travel ban
Joe Biden flips and reverses some of the executive orders previously signed by former President Trump - including a travel ban on countries...
Thursday 21 January 2021
00:26:32
Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States
Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States together with his Vice-President Kamala Harris who made history by becoming the...
Wednesday 20 January 2021
00:27:17
Ethiopia: Alarm over Tigray hunger
As the TPLF is deregistered as a political party in Ethiopia, aid agencies are sounding the alarm that food is hard to come by in the Tigray...
Tuesday 19 January 2021
00:29:18
How billions are lost in internet shutdowns in Africa
As internet services are slowly being re-instated in Uganda after a bitterly contested election, we take a look at the economic costs of...
Monday 18 January 2021
00:24:20
Uganda: Robert Kyagulanyi alleges fraud in vote counting
Uganda's opposition presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine, is alleging fraud in the electoral process.
Vote...
Friday 15 January 2021
00:28:59
Uganda: Vote count under way in presidential election
Earlier ballot boxes had arrived late at polling stations and biometric voter verification machines failed. The chairman of Uganda's...
Thursday 14 January 2021
00:25:28
Uganda: The latest ahead of Thursday's elections after a tense campaign
On the eve of Uganda’s presidential election, we get the latest from the capital Kampala, and examine why Facebook took the decision to...
Wednesday 13 January 2021
00:25:35
UN condemns human rights abuses ahead of Uganda elections
As campaigns close in Uganda ahead of elections on Thursday, we hear a special report from our correspondent in Kampala about claims that...
Tuesday 12 January 2021
00:23:55
Facebook shuts accounts linked to Uganda's top officials
Pressure builds on Facebook as the social media platform takes down several accounts linked to President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign....
Monday 11 January 2021
00:27:44
Northern Cameroon insecurity flares up
Our correspondent Killian Ngala reports on the latest attack in the town of Mozogo, in north Cameroon, where according to the Mayor of the...
Friday 08 January 2021
00:22:57
US power handover... from the point of view of a Kenyan satirist
Kenyan journalist Patrick Gathara shares his views on a mob storming a symbol of American democracy-Capitol Hill
Covid 19 cases continue to...
Thursday 07 January 2021
00:20:23
Claims and counterclaims over Mali airstrike
There are conflicting accounts of French airstrike in Mali, which France says was on jihadist militants but witnesses claim a wedding party...
Wednesday 06 January 2021
00:30:26
Nigeria rolls out ambitious jobs plan
The government of Nigeria is launching a nationwide public works programme seeking to employ three quarters of a million people.
The...
Tuesday 05 January 2021
00:25:00
Kenyan students back in the classrooms after nearly a year
New COVID-19 measures allow Kenyan students to be back in the classrooms after months spent e-learning from home. We hear about the...
Monday 04 January 2021
00:27:54
2020 Review: How has Africa handled the big challenges?
The Covid-19 crisis has been the big story of 2020 but how has Africa handled the pandemic, and amid the serious set backs have there also...
Thursday 31 December 2020
00:39:55
When will South Africa begin Covid vaccinations?
South Africa's ministerial adviser on coronavirus vaccine development says negotiations are going on with various vaccine manufacturers but...
Wednesday 30 December 2020
00:28:41
Covid: South African hospitals under pressure
After South Africa’s president announces more than one million Covid-19 cases, a frontline nurse tells us hospitals lack the capacity to...
Tuesday 29 December 2020
00:24:08
Chad approves its first-ever asylum law
We hear from a UNHCR representative in Chad who tells us about a game-changing law recently approved in the country, that aims at providing...
Monday 28 December 2020
00:24:16
Africa Today: Highlights from 2020
From a prestigious award for standing up for science, to breaking barriers to become the highest ranking woman in the Nigerian police force,...
Friday 25 December 2020
00:38:45
Ghana’s main opposition still challenges election results
The chairman of Ghana’s NDC opposition party says ‘wrongs have been perpetuated against them” and the party will continue to fight the...
Thursday 24 December 2020
00:23:07
Uganda arrests leading human rights lawyer
Police in Uganda have arrested a prominent human rights lawyer over alleged money laundering.
The United Nations says the town of Bambari...
Wednesday 23 December 2020
00:28:29
Nigeria: Authorities announce tighter Covid-19 measures following a spike in cases.
The authorities in Nigeria hope the new measures will prevent a second wave.
Several countries have imposed a ban on travel to and from...
Tuesday 22 December 2020
00:23:33
Rebels attacks in towns near CAR capital
Rwanda has deployed what it called a "protection force" to the Central African Republic after its peacekeepers there were attacked by rebels...
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Africa's largest economy has slipped into recession for the second time in five years, registering record-breaking unemployment figures. But it's not all doom and gloom, as some analysts see the recent news of a working vaccine showing some light at the end of the tunnel.
Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has given TPLF forces deployed in the northern region of Tigray the country a seventy-two hours ultimatum to surrender, as government troops advance on the capital, Mekelle.
World football's governing body, FIFA, has banned the head of the game in Africa for five years. We find out why