Africa Daily Podcast
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Episodes to download
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Is the ‘African Heritage Diet’ more healthy for you?
Mon 21 Apr 2025
Researchers found quick health benefits in people who switched to traditional diets
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How are Africa’s innovators shaping the future of AI?
Fri 18 Apr 2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to generate $3 trillion for Africa by 2030
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Why are elite British boarding schools opening up in Lagos?
Thu 17 Apr 2025
Boarding schools like Charterhouse and Rugby are launching campuses in Nigeria.
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Why has Ugandan politician Bobi Wine decided to stand in Uganda’s 2026 election?
Wed 16 Apr 2025
He stood in the 2021 election, which was marred by allegations of state repression
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What’s the situation in Darfur two years after Sudan’s war broke out?
Tue 15 Apr 2025
"We’re receiving hundreds of victims from Zamzam camp… they do not belong to any military"
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Sudan: What’s changed after two years of war?
Mon 14 Apr 2025
“They came to the point of stalemate… each trying to wear down the other”
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Why aren’t there more African wildlife filmmakers?
Fri 11 Apr 2025
“We want to change the narrative." A new scheme aims to open doors for African filmmakers
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How is Lesotho responding to President Donald Trump's 50% tariff?
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Lesotho is planning to send a high level government delegation to the United States
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What is stopping women in Africa from inheriting land?
Wed 9 Apr 2025
Women own less than 10% of the land in Africa, we look at the reasons why
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Can football help women prisoners get back on their feet?
Tue 8 Apr 2025
“What I’d like is when these girls go back into society, they don’t end up back in prison”
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Is Somali piracy on the comeback?
Mon 7 Apr 2025
“A lot of people... don’t view them as pirates. I think they are defenders of the sea.”
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How much is South Africa willing to sacrifice for Palestinians?
Fri 4 Apr 2025
In 2024 South Africa took Israel to the International Court of Justice over the Gaza war
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How is Zambia dealing with lead contamination?
Thu 3 Apr 2025
For over 30 years, the town of Kabwe has struggled with toxic lead from a former mine
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What does Africa’s urban population boom mean for its major cities?
Wed 2 Apr 2025
Africa’s urban population is expected double to 1.4 billion by 2050
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Why don’t we know more about Lupus and autoimmune diseases?
Tue 1 Apr 2025
“Every day is a daily struggle. From the moment you wake up you are already fatigued”
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Why does southern Africa experience so many devastating cyclones?
Mon 31 Mar 2025
In March Cyclone Jude made its landfall over the district of Mossuril in Mozambique
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What will Kirsty Coventry’s win mean for Africa?
Fri 28 Mar 2025
Last week she was elected President the International Olympic Committee
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Why are street football tournaments a Ramadan tradition in Egypt?
Thu 27 Mar 2025
“No food, no water, throughout the day. It’s just adrenaline and passion!”
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Is Morocco’s drought changing Eid traditions?
Wed 26 Mar 2025
This year King Mohammed VI has urged Moroccans to forgo Eid sacrifices
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How did the promise of work lead Africans into scam centres in Myanmar?
Tue 25 Mar 2025
"It was hell. The worst seven months of my life. I was beaten, humiliated, electrocuted"
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The man bringing light to remote communities - while tackling plastic waste
Mon 24 Mar 2025
“For someone seeing a light bulb for the first time it is like a magic show from heaven”
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What are the challenges facing Namibia’s first female president?
Fri 21 Mar 2025
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah speaks to Africa Daily ahead of her inauguration
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Why is SADC withdrawing its troops from the DRC?
Thu 20 Mar 2025
“It could not by itself stop the advance of M23 without a strong Congolese army"
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How's Nigeria reacted to a Senator's allegations that she's been sexually harassed?
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has accused the senate’s President of sexual misconduct
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Western Sahara: what is life like for the Sahrawi refugees?
Tue 18 Mar 2025
The indigenous people have lived in camps since they were forced from their land in 1975
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Why has Mogadishu become a safe haven for many Sudanese doctors?
Mon 17 Mar 2025
Sudanese doctors fleeing war are transforming hospital services in the Somali capital
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Why is South Africa’s black economic empowerment policy so polarizing?
Fri 14 Mar 2025
During white minority rule, black South Africans were largely excluded from the economy
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How are US mass deportations impacting African immigrants?
Thu 13 Mar 2025
A cornerstone of President Trump's immigration policy is the promise of mass removals
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How did Niger eliminate river blindness?
Wed 12 Mar 2025
99% of cases of the disease are in Africa – impacting millions of people
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How is Zimbabwe responding to persistent drought-related hunger?
Tue 11 Mar 2025
About seven million Zimbabweans currently face food insecurity due to a prolonged drought