South African judge awarded Nobel Peace Prize
In tonight's programme, South African judge and human rights champion Navi Pillay has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Also in Kenya heal...
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20 of 139 episodesCourt of Arbitration for Sport hears Senegal's appeal over AFCON title
Ten months after the explosive AFCON final, Senegal and Morocco are still fighting over the title, this time at sport's highest court. A ver...
Africa joins the data centre backlash
In tonight's edition: Witnesses say Eritrean troops have moved into Ethiopia's Tigray region, but Asmara rejects the reports. Also, the Afri...
Kenya reports its first-ever Ebola death
In tonight's edition: Kenya records its first Ebola death after a man travelled there from the DR Congo via Uganda. Also, Comoros is tighten...
Ethiopia again demands access to the Red Sea
In tonight's edition: Ethiopia's leader Abiy Ahmed secures another term in office, but his country is sliding back into conflict. Also, seve...
Ethiopian army pushes back Tigrayan rebels
Ethiopia and Eritrea have severed ties and with tensions spreading across the region, the African Union is urging all sides to show restrain...
Ethiopia and Eritrea break diplomatic ties over conflict
In tonight's edition: Ethiopia and Eritrea break diplomatic ties, accusing each other of stoking internal conflicts. Also, Nigeria rolls out...
Ethiopian AI expert, Timnit Gebru, wins 'alternative Nobel'
In tonight's edition: Africa's richest man breaks ground on a $16 billion oil refinery in Kenya. Also, at universities across Cameroon, prog...
Ugandan coronation comes under social media scrutiny
In tonight's edition: Uganda's new king of Tooro is crowned before thousands of people. Also, Africa's richest man cautions the continent ag...
Ethiopian forces claim to have retaken key Tigray town
In tonight's edition: Ethiopia's army says it's seized a key city in the northern region of Tigray amidst escalating conflict with local reb...
Telecoms disruption raises fears as heavy fighting strikes Ethiopia
First, fighting continues between Ethiopian forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front as fears of a regional spillover continue to mou...
Tigray rebels in 'full-blown' war with government
In tonight's edition: Tigrayans in northern Ethiopia start panic-buying supplies in the rush to stock up amid fears that months of tensions...
Tigray rebels seize airports
In tonight's edition: TPLF fighters take over the airport in Tigray amid escalating conflict with federal troops. But first, concerns about...
US refusing to give Sudan's de facto leader visa for UN
In tonight's edition: The United States is withholding a visa for Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ahead of his scheduled UN appea...
Ethiopia's main armed groups form anti-government alliance
In tonight's edition: A coalition of opposition groups band together in the hope of ousting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Also, we sp...
Uproar in Nigeria’s Niger state after 37 people die in custody
In tonight’s programme: An investigation is underway into the death in custody of 37 people accused of illegal mining in Nigeria. Also, Tuni...
Serial killer suspicions in South Africa
In tonight's edition: the body of a ninth woman is found in Johannesburg as South African police start investigating a potential femicidal s...
Encouraging signs in DR Congo Ebola fight
In tonight's edition: there are signs of a welcome slowdown in DR Congo's Ebola outbreak. Also, about 20,000 Ethiopian university students i...
Russian war, African recruits
In this edition: thousands of Africans have found themselves in Ukraine fighting or working on behalf of the Kremlin. We speak to a journali...
Nigerian oil refinery Dangote aims to raise 1.6 billion dollars
In tonight's edition: Nigeria's Dangote refinery opens itself to public ownership with plans to raise $1.6 billion dollars from retail inves...