TALKING AFRICA PODCAST Famine in Tigray: ‘I have never documented anything as relentless & systematic as what we’re seeing’ If the fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray does not stabilise soon, its people will face starvation and more devastation than the famine that nearly ... destroyed them in the 1980s, says a report just published by the World Peace Foundation.
TALKING AFRICA PODCAST Nigeria’s mass atrocities: How did we get here & how do we get out? Kidnappings, clashes between farmers/herders, criminal gangs. government complicity....how did Nigeria get to this point? And what can be done ... to stop the cycle?
TALKING AFRICA PODCAST Niger’s ‘African Apocalypse’: ‘This is deep history that still hasn’t been acknowledged’ Elements of African history can be pieced together from the different European conquests, the local responses to them and the scars left ... behind.
talking africa podcast Bad roads block Liberian cocoa farmers from AfCFTA promise Getting cocoa to market on Liberia’s treacherous roads is no joke. Like Liberia, many African countries hoping to take advantage of the African ... Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will require heavy investment in basic road infrastructure. In this episode of Talking Africa, we follow cocoa beans from harvest to coast.
Talking Africa podcast Biden says ‘America is Back’. What does that mean for Africa? President Joe Biden has made much of the return of the United States into the concert of nations; rejoining the World Health Organisation, rejoining ... the Paris Climate accord, and withdrawing the threat to exit the World Trade Organisation.
TALKING AFRICA PODCAST Egypt’s January 25 revolution: ‘There was no plan B’ January 25 2020 marks the ten year anniversary of Egypt’s revolution in 2011. It put in motion an end to the 29-year rule of Hosni Mubarak. ... But looking back to the start of those unprecedented protests, was it all in naught or did some good come out of it?
Talking Africa podcast Nigeria – The Making Of A Nation, from Jihad to Amalgamation Nigeria's turbulent and hamstrung history has plenty to tell us about the current malaise. And, as says writer Maya Angelou, "If you don't know ... where you have come from, you don't know where you are going."
TALKING AFRICA PODCAST Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines: violence, criminals and chaos A surge of attacks linked to Zimbabwe's growing artisanal mining sector, has killed hundreds of miners. ...
talking Africa podcast Nigeria’s Toyin Sanni on investing without a safety net This week, the Talking Africa's stream is taken over: Ohenaba Ama Nti Osei speaks to leading Nigerian banker and CEO, Toyin Sanni. ...
Talking Africa podcast Côte d’Ivoire: What happens now Ouattara has his third term? The opposition in Côte d'Ivoire, after boycotting the polls, are trying to set up their own transitional government. Ouattara meanwhile is pressing ... with preparations for his third term.