Africa Today Podcast
News and analysis from the BBC's Focus on Africa. The Africa Today podcast is published from Monday to Friday. It contains the day's top African stories.
Episodes to download
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Kenya: the final countdown
Today
Kenya election preparations, tech innovation to tackle FGM, Zuma to face secret ballot.
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Rwandans choose their president
Friday
As votes are cast in Rwanda, who will come out as victorious?
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Kenya: Autopsy shows woman found with electoral commission IT head was strangled
Thursday
The autopsy of the woman found along with dead Kenyan electoral official Chris Msando
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Male Rape Under-Reported in South Sudan Conflict
Last Wednesday
Activists say social and cultural taboos prevent people from coming forward
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Demands are made in Kenya for a thorough investigation into the mysterious murder of top election official, Chris Msando
Last Tuesday
Protesters demand a swift inquiry into the murder of a Kenya election commission official
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Top Kenyan Election Official 'Found Dead'
Last Monday
Kenya's electoral commission IT manager Chris Msando has been found dead.
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South Africa Set To Make Signing An Official Language
Fri 28 Jul 2017
Constitution review committee recommends that signing should become an official language
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Reactions as France announces a plan to vet asylum-seekers in Libya
Thu 27 Jul 2017
French plan to vet asylum applications in Libya to help stem EU migration crisis
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Libya's rival governments commit to a ceasefire
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Libya asks for Italian naval support to tackle human trafficking
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Tuesday, 25th July 2017
Tue 25 Jul 2017
What now for Africans working illegally in Saudi Arabia after deadline to leave expired
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What Africa is doing right to triumph over HIV
Mon 24 Jul 2017
Researchers hopeful HIV patients may soon be able to take long-acting injections
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Migration watchdog reports spike in number of young girls trafficked from Africa to Europe
Fri 21 Jul 2017
Dramatic rise in the number of young women trafficked from Africa via Libya
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Africa Cup of Nations expands to 24 teams
Thu 20 Jul 2017
From 2019 the Africa Cup of Nations will be contested by 24 teams instead of 16
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Harsher sentences for those who rape children in Zimbabwe
Wed 19 Jul 2017
60 year sentences for those who rape children under the age of 12 in Zimbabwe
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WHO Warns Infants In Some African Countries Were Not Vaccinated
Tue 18 Jul 2017
More than half of infants born in six African countries were not immunized.
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Kenya orders inspections of all hotels and food outlets to thwart a cholera outbreak
Mon 17 Jul 2017
Kenya fights a cholera outbreak by ordering inspections of all food outlets and hotels
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Cameroon gendarmes accused of killing 97 Nigerians over fishing levy
Fri 14 Jul 2017
A new road in Kenya translates into economic benefits on the border with Ethiopia
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Gambia seeking to be first sub-saharan African country to win war on malaria
Thu 13 Jul 2017
Could Gambia be the first in sub-saharan Africa to win the war against malaria?
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Nigeria's President Is Recovering In London, What Impact Does His Absence Have On His Country?
Wed 12 Jul 2017
Nigeria's acting head of state, Yemi Osinbajo, says President Buhari is recovering.
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UN Think Tank Urges Banks To Combat Illegal Human Trafficking
Tue 11 Jul 2017
UN Think Tank calls for squeeze on multi-billion dollars generated by human traffickers.
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Kenya bombs Boni forest to flush out Al Shabaab raiders after gruesome murders
Mon 10 Jul 2017
Kenya bombs Boni forest to flush out Al Shabaab raiders after gruesome murders
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Kenya Election Watch 6
Wed 5 Jul 2017
The importance of the country's youth and what they're looking for
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Kenya Election Watch 3
Wed 14 Jun 2017
This week we look at electricity prices – are they really higher in Kenya than elsewhere?
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Kenya Election Watch 2: Campaign funding, integrity and the price of maize
Wed 7 Jun 2017
It’s back – our special podcast series dissecting the issues at play in Kenya’s elections
