Chibok schools reopen for exams
High school students in Chibok, Nigeria are allowed to sit exams six years after the kidnapping of 200 schoolgirls spawned the global #BringBackOurGirls movement.
The local government area of Chibok, in Borno State, Nigeria, became infamously well known to the world after two hundred schoolgirls were kidnapped from a local school in 2014. Six years later now, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) has started conducting school exams in Chibok once again. Is this a sign of improved security in the area? We ask Dr. Allen Manasseh, spokesperson for Chibok.
How researching outer space can help to solve problems with farming on earth. We interview Dr. Catherine Nakalembe, a researcher at NASA and among the winners of the 2020 Africa Food Prize.
Fifty-eight people have been killed in two separate attacks in Ituri province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mathias Gillman from MONUSCO, the UN Mission deployed in the region, tells us what's behind a spike in attacks that in recent months has left hundreds of civilians dead.
Podcast
-
![]()
Focus on Africa
Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the news from Africa.
