About this episode
Oct 2025
Tanzanian elections: What issues are young people concerned about?
33m 44s
Oct 2025
Focus on Africa: Hundreds of stolen social media identities used to spread propaganda
32m 11s
Oct 2025
Focus on Africa Can DRC be declared ebola free?
29m 59s
Mar 2021
The legacy of the Pope's Iraq visit
28m 2s
Jul 2021
Ten Years of South Sudanese Statehood
39m 52s
Apr 2023
La stratégie diplomatique du Pape François
50 m
Sep 2023
Youth displacement by the Sudan conflict
30m 44s
Last week, the Pope visited South Sudan alongside leaders of other Christian denominations. He told leaders there that they could not remain neutral and told bishops that they must raise their voices against the abuse of power. Thousands lined streets to see him and many of the people who made the long journey, said the Pope’s presence could lead to change. ... Show More
As Tanzania gears up for elections on 29 October, we hear from two young people about the issues that matter to them and whether youth concerns have been featured in the electoral campaigns.How a young Senegalese footballer's dream of joining a professional club ended in tragedy ... Show More
A BBC investigation uncovers dozens of social accounts using stolen identities of Somali and Muslim influencers and posting political propaganda content. We hear more about what was uncovered and who might be behind this widespread operation.Chad’s parliament has overwhelmingly a ... Show More
The last ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been released from a treatment centre in Kasai province. Can the country now be declared free of this latest outbreak?What is behind the escalating tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea over control of the Red Sea ... Show More
It's hard to overstate just how significant Pope Francis's visit to Iraq really was. Nor how remarkable it is that it actually went ahead. Iraq, despite the best efforts of the security forces, is not stable. Just days before the Pope arrived on March 5, a US civilian contractor ... Show More
<p>This week marks the tenth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, much-celebrated at the time but now eclipsed by the brutal civil war that followed. The conflict, which saw the army split along ethnic lines, killed an estimated 400,000 people and displaced a third of the c ... Show More
Le Vatican est le plus petit état du monde mais il dispose du deuxième plus grand réseau d'ambassadeurs de la planète. Son rôle de médiateur a permis, entre autres choses, de rapprocher les États-Unis et Cuba, ou d'essayer de faciliter le dialogue au Soudan du Sud. Depuis 2022, i ... Show More
<p>Thousands of people in Sudan remain displaced with many seeking shelter in schools. The impact of the war has had a devastating effect on the country's youth who now have no formal schools to attend. We'll hear how this ongoing conflict is disrupting the lives of young peopl ... Show More