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As Tanzania gears up for elections on 29 October, we hear from two young people about the issues that matter to them and whether youth concerns have been featured in the electoral campaigns.How a young Senegalese footballer's dream of joining a professional club ended in tragedy ...  Show more

A BBC investigation uncovers dozens of social accounts using stolen identities of Somali and Muslim influencers and posting political propaganda content. We hear more about what was uncovered and who might be behind this widespread operation.Chad’s parliament has overwhelmingly a ...  Show more

 Difficile pour nos confrères maliens, nigériens, burkinabè et guinéens de faire leur travail de journalistes sans appréhension et contraintes. Dernier accroc à la liberté de la presse en date : au Niger, le ministère de l’Intérieur, de la Sécurité publique et de l’Administration ...  Show more

A number of Ghanaian journalists and influencers have been arrested in recent years – with several recent high-profile cases. Critics say freedom of speech is under serious threat.It wasn’t always this way. In 2018, Ghana was ranked the top country in Africa for press freedom by ...  Show more

A report on the circumstances surrounding the December arrest of the head of Malawi’s anti-corruption bureau Martha Chizuma has been released. We dissect its findings, and hear about the reaction in the country. Plus, two militant attacks in Mali this week have killed at least se ...  Show more

L’Afrique a connu, au cours des dix-huit derniers mois, une vague de coups d’État : au Mali, au Burkina Faso, en Guinée, au Soudan et plus récemment au Niger et au Gabon. Une vague que le président français Emmanuel Macron a qualifié « d’épidémie » à l’occasion de son discours ...