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Is illegal mining threatening Ghana’s clean water supply?

Today Alan Kasujja sits down with Ghanaian artist, Israel Derrick Epeti, to discuss the environmental disaster that’s caused by illegal mining. Mercury is being used to extract gold by miners digging on a massive scale in forests and farms across the west African country. The 26- ...  Show more

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Is illegal mining threatening Ghana’s clean water supply?

Today Alan Kasujja sits down with Ghanaian artist, Israel Derrick Epeti, to discuss the environmental disaster that’s caused by illegal mining. Mercury is being used to extract gold by miners digging on a massive scale in forests and farms across the west African country. The 26- ...  Show more

Is dementia care and research given enough resources in Africa?

“The stigmatisation extends to the fact that in some cultures, there’s a presumption that if an elderly person is talking bizarrely or behaving unusually, they’re suspected of being witches or wizards or something like that.”Three and a half million people are currently estimated ...  Show more

Should we eat more indigenous African grains?

“We sit on some of the best grains in the world… things that can grow in really tough environments and give you harvests several times a year.”Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson was born in Ethiopia but was adopted by a Swedish couple and taken to Sweden as a small child after his ...  Show more

How did a blind musician break barriers in Nigeria’s music industry?

"I started out life not being acutely aware of being blind. I was more aware of what I could do as opposed to the reality of being blind and the accompanying limitations."Nigerian musician Cobhams Asuquo has produced for some of Africa’s biggest stars and become a celebrated musi ...  Show more

Why have Mozambique’s politics got so deadly?

The killing of two high-ranking members of the Podemos political party in Mozambique has sent shock waves through the country. Elvino Dias and Paul Guambe were murdered in a hail of bullets in the capital Maputo in the early hours of the 19th of October. The leader of the Podemos ...  Show more