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Talkabout Africa

The programme looking at the issues behind Africa's biggest headlines

World Service,524 episodes

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Violence in South Africa
The impact of violence in South Africa's townships on the children who live there
29 mins13 Nov 1993
Strikes Threatened in Nigeria
Nigeria plans strikes as petrol prices soar by 600%
29 mins13 Nov 1993
The Betrayed People of Barotseland
Zambia's Lozi people are demanding land back from their government
29 mins17 Nov 1993
South Africa as 'One Nation'
South Africa's unveils a new constitution in the run-up to the first democratic elections
29 mins24 Nov 1993
Gabon Under Omar Bongo
How Gabon's President Omar Bongo survived 25 years in power
29 mins01 Dec 1993
Banda's Return to Power
Malawi's President Banda returns to power after major brain surgery
29 mins08 Dec 1993
Smuggling Drugs into Britain
Over 400 Nigerian women have been imprisoned for smuggling drugs into Britain
29 mins15 Dec 1993
Nigeria's Annulled Elections
How Nigeria's first ever democratic election was annulled after only 11 days
29 mins16 Dec 1993
UN Failings in Somalia
How the ambush of a UN unit in Mogadishu led to all out war in Somalia
29 mins22 Dec 1993
Africa's Most Westerly Nation
How Cape Verde survives with no fresh water and tenuous links with mainland Africa
29 mins05 Jan 1994
Copper Mining in Zambia
The dangers of copper mining in the Zambian town of Mufulira
29 mins12 Jan 1994
Adventures in East Africa
Presenter Audrey Brown visits East Africa for the first time
29 mins19 Jan 1994
'A Great Railway from South Africa to Egypt'
Colonialist Cecil Rhodes planned to build a railway across Africa
29 mins26 Jan 1994
Matabeleland Tribalism in Zimbabwe
The people of Matabeleland accuse Zimbabwe's government of neglect
33 mins02 Feb 1994
Is Tribalism a Bad Thing?
Why new African nation states need to address tribalism
29 mins09 Feb 1994
Ethiopia's First Democratic Constitution
Will Ethiopia's first democratic constitution be acceptable to the country's people?
29 mins15 Feb 1994
Border Dispute Divides Chad and Libya
Libya lays claim to the Aouzou Strip—a desert area in northern Chad
29 mins23 Feb 1994
Killing the 'Afghan Sword' in Algeria
Algeria's military government kills Mourad Si Ahmed - the leader of insurgent group GIA
29 mins02 Mar 1994
Working Women in South Africa
How men react to the rise of the female bread-winner in Durban, South Africa
30 mins09 Mar 1994
Mali's Failing Economy
The turbulent economies of French-speaking Africa following the CFA Franc's devaluation
29 mins16 Mar 1994
France's Control Over the CFA Franc
Why the CFA Franc was created in French-speaking Africa
30 mins23 Mar 1994
Foreign Visitors to Africa
Is tourism good or bad for Africa?
29 mins30 Mar 1994
Rwandan Plane Crash Crisis
Genocide in Rwanda as two presidents are killed in a plane crash
29 mins06 Apr 1994
What Makes an African, African?
The difficultly in defining who an African is
29 mins13 Apr 1994
Urban Warfare in Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo elections spark conflict in Brazzaville
29 mins20 Apr 1994
Euphoria and Despair in South African
Reactions to the first ever post-apartheid elections in South Africa
29 mins29 Apr 1994
President Chiluba on Zambia's Economy
Is Zambian President Frederick Chiluba saving or destroying his country?
29 mins04 May 1994
Malawi's General Election
The long road from one party state to multi-party democracy
29 mins11 May 1994
Tuareg Spirit of Independence
Tuareg nomads of Sahara seeking a state of their own
29 mins18 May 1994
Returning to Africa from Europe
The problems facing Africans who want to return home after living in Europe.
29 mins25 May 1994