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How can music unite a nation?

Music played a significant role in the fight against apartheid in South Africa

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How has Somalia got rid of its debts?

Debt accounted for 64% of Somalia鈥檚 GDP 5 years ago. Now that鈥檚 down to 6%

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How are DRCongo鈥檚 elections being viewed by people there?

Nearly 40 million voters will be heading to the polls to cast their ballots this week

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Is Liberia鈥檚 court system failing the victims of sexual violence?

鈥淵ou have thousands of cases and you have one judge... The families they just get tired鈥�

• 17 mins

Is enough being done to preserve traditional Igbo musical instruments in Nigeria?

The Ubo-aka is one of the oldest musical instruments in Africa

• 18 mins

Egypt: What are al-Sisi鈥檚 priorities after his re-election?

Abdul Fattah al-Sisi won a third term in office with just under 90% of the vote

• 18 mins

Why climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Everest and more?

Saray Khumalo became the first black African woman to summit Mt. Everest in 2019

• 17 mins

How do you cope with suddenly losing your sight?

Dating, socialising and completing tasks that used to be simple become a challenge

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Why is access to medicine such a challenge for many Africans?

100,000s of Africans die each year due to fake or substandard medicines

• 21 mins

What does it take to become the next big African star in athletics?

Sprinter Letsile Tebogo took the athletics world by storm in the 2023 World Championships

• 17 mins

What events shook Africa in 2023?

Alan Kasujja discusses the big stories of the last year with 大象传媒 reporters

• 32 mins

What does 2024 hold for the continent of Africa?

Alan Kasujja discusses what the big stories are likely to be for Africa in 2024

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What can African architecture teach the world about sustainability?

The Sharjah Architecture Triennial focusses on lessons learnt in areas of scarcity

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What鈥檚 parenting like after a traumatic childhood?

Peter Mutabazi was a street kid in Uganda, he鈥檚 now a single dad who鈥檚 fostered 38 kids

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What drives the Toronto Raptor鈥檚 Masai Ujiri?

He鈥檚 the first African-born president of a professional sports franchise in North America

• 18 mins

Why is Somalia so concerned about a sea port agreement?

Somalia calls the deal allowing Ethiopia to use a Somaliland port 鈥榓n act of aggression鈥�

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Why are women winning at STEM in Africa?

Women represent almost 50% of students studying STEM subjects in African universities

• 21 mins

Can the world wean itself off plastics?

Africa鈥檚 negotiators have argued for stricter rules on the production of plastic

• 16 mins

Sudan: Why has RSF leader Hemedti decided to visit African leaders?

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo has been to Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Rwanda and Kenya

• 22 mins

Can South Africa鈥檚 court case against Israel stop the war in Gaza?

On the 7th of October 2023 Hamas militants and other Palestinian factions attacked Israel

• 22 mins

Introducing World Football at AFCON

The drama, the excitement and the big talking points 鈥� every match day

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How is Ivory Coast preparing for the AFCON tournament?

Ivory Coast spent over a billion dollars on stadia and other infrastructure

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How a Guinean student鈥檚 epic bike journey inspired megastar, Will Smith

Mamadou Barry travelled thousands of kilometres by bike to reach the Al-Azhar university

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Could hairdressers be the answer to helping African women with their mental health?

鈥淭his issue of stress, I think it starts with the hair鈥�

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Why is Sierra Leone鈥檚 former president facing treason charges?

Ernest Bai Koroma is due to appear in court in the capital Freetown on Wednesday

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Why is cholera proving so hard to control in Africa?

Last year cholera swept across Southern Africa 鈥� now Zambia is struggling to contain it

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What can people in the DRC expect from their new government?

Felix Tshisekedi will be sworn in for his second term as president this weekend

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How are the Red Sea attacks affecting Africa?

Houthis fighters claim to be targeting ships owned by countries supporting Israel

• 18 mins

Can the conflict in eastern DR Congo be stopped?

President Tshisekedi wants UN peacekeepers to withdraw 25 years after their mission began

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What is it like to work in a morgue?

Filinda Wakuthi Kamau is a mortician and and uses TikTok to educate about her work

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