Focus on Africa: Is the jailing of a former Zambian minister a watershed moment?
Is Zambia's president delivering on rooting out corruption? Why are TikTokkers being sent to jail in Egypt? And how the French definition of a Congolese word has sparked a debate.
Zambia's former Foreign Minister Joseph Malanji has been sentenced to four years in prison with hard labour after being convicted, along with a co-accused of corruption. President Hakainde Hichilema promised to root out corruption when he swept to power four years ago, is he now delivering on that pledge?
In Egypt, dozens of teenage TikTok influencers have been arrested in recent weeks on charges such as violating family values, indecency and money laundering. We hear more on why authorities are getting tough with digital content creators.
And the Congolese word Liboke is a new entry in a French dictionary, but why has the given definition upset people in the DRC?
Presenter: Charles Gitonga
Producers: Mark Wilberforce, Sunita Nahar and Yvette Twagiramariya in London. Ayuba Iliya was in Lagos
Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne
Technical Producer: Craig Kingham
Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
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