June 16, 2014
Uganda: Cultivating the Seeds of Education in Uganda
From the age of four until I graduated at eighteen I was lucky enough to attend the International School of Uganda, a beautiful school perched on the edge of a hill overlooking… Read more »
June 13, 2014
Africa: Reaffirming Pride, Place of African Languages
From governments elevating local languages in classrooms, to internet-users chatting in their mother tongues, Africa's indigenous languages are on the up. Read more »
June 11, 2014
Africa: If GM Is the Answer, It Is Only the Answer Partly, Sometimes, Maybe
Is it true that Africa has "no choice" but to embrace genetically-modified crops? Read more »
June 10, 2014
Africa: Refugees - the Untouchables of Our Time
Europe may express sympathy with African asylum seekers in word, but this is often contradicted by their actions in deed. Read more »
June 05, 2014
South Africa: The Campaign and Commission to Change Khayelitsha Policing
The Commission of Inquiry into Khayelitsha Policing is now drafting recommendations, but it will be civil society once again that has to ensure they are implemented. Read more »
South Africa: Tune Me What - Under the Covers
This week's show was inspired by a new version of Johannes Kerkorrel's song 'Liefde' performed by his former band mates in Die Gereformeerede Blues Band, with Arno Carsten of the… Read more »
June 04, 2014
Kenya: Touching Tales of Coming Out Queer in Kenya
In the style of intimate confession, Invisible, a collection of personal stories, swirls around themes of first kisses, plotting co-workers, family rejection and acceptance. Read more »
June 03, 2014
Malawi: Joyce Banda Never Existed
Banda was considered by much of the West to be a new kind of African leader, but Malawians knew otherwise and made their feelings clear at the polls. Read more »
Uganda: Get Rich or Die Trying - the Chinese Herbal Medicine "Death Sentence" in Uganda
200,000 Ugandans have signed up to a company believing it will cure all their illnesses and help them make a fortune. But it is more likely to do the opposite. Read more »
May 30, 2014
Africa: In the Joint for a Joint - the Human Cost of Tunisia's Repressive Drugs Law
Under Law 52, thousands of young Tunisians have been thrown into jail for minor drug use charges, jeopardising their lives and futures. Read more »
Rwanda: Kigali Y' Izahabu
From the porch steps to the record store, Rwandan trio The Good Ones deliver an intimate acoustic album proving the remedial powers of music. Read more »
May 29, 2014
South Africa: Tune Me What - Her Hand Around Our Hearts
This week Tune Me What? introduces a new spot - one we hope to repeat from time to time - in which we take a look mid-show at an iconic South African album. The first album to be… Read more »
May 28, 2014
Africa: Making Money Pay, Direct Cash Transfers in Kenya
According to proponents, direct cash transfers not only cut out admin costs and losses to corruption. They are also more empowering and effective. Read more »
May 27, 2014
Kenya: When the Grass Is Greener - Maasai in Kenya Swap a Nomadic Existence for Farming
The Maasai have led semi-nomadic pastoral lives for generations, but now some are settling down - and all thanks to a type of grass. Read more »
May 23, 2014
Tanzania: Treating the Physical and Emotional Wounds of Obstetric Fistula
A hospital providing free fistula repair operations is slowly but steadily reaching and treating more and more women across Tanzania. Read more »
Kenya: Life and Land - the Ogiek Fight for Their Rights
A Kenyan court has ruled that the Ogiek's 'access' to the Mau Forest must be protected. But claims over the group's 'rights' to the land fell on deaf ears. Read more »
May 22, 2014
Nigeria: Boko Haram - President Jonathan Plays the Al-Qaeda Card
By telling the world that he is fighting al-Qaeda, Jonathan is trying to paint his government - which has failed to combat Boko Haram - as an unlikely hero in a global war. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Beware the Fetish
The new album by the Kinshasa-based collective, Kasai Allstars, descends into a fantastical world of heart-thumping, drum-whacking frenzy. Read more »
May 21, 2014
Libya: Who's Fighting Whom and Why?
Over the last few days, competing militias have clashed in Benghazi and Tripoli underlining the deep tensions within the General National Congress. Read more »
Africa: 'Sudan and South Sudan's Bitter and Incomplete Divorce'
James Copnall's exploration of 'Sudan and South Sudan's Bitter and Incomplete Divorce' is at its best when it is telling human stories of courage and tragedy. Read more »
South Africa: Tune Me What - Two Cats!
Tune Me What? Two Cats! Read more »
May 20, 2014
South Sudan: Peace Is Possible
South Sudan can achieve peace but it must first confront its many unresolved issues head-on rather than sweep them under the carpet. Read more »
Somalia: Let Somaliland Decide Its Fate
23 years after Somaliland declared independence, it is time for the rest of the world to accept that full sovereignty is the only viable solution. Read more »
May 19, 2014
Congo-Kinshasa: The Little Art House in Eastern Congo
In the midst of regional uncertainty, Mapendo Sumuni's colourful store in Goma is giving Congolese artists reason to celebrate and express themselves. Read more »
May 16, 2014
Nigeria: Was the Nigerian Military Complicit in the Chibok Abductions?
Experts on Boko Haram suggest that the kidnap of over 200 schoolgirls in northern Nigeria could not have been carried out without some degree of police or military cooperation. Read more »