AfricaLink
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AfricaLink on Air - 08 March 2024 – Story of the Week: The plight of trafficked women
More and more women in Africa are asserting their rights and calling for an end to exploitation. In Cameroon, they have gone to the streets to demand better treatment for themselves and girls. In Nigeria, one survivor of sex trafficking to Dubai has gone to court to fight her case.
Africalink on Air - 07 March 2024
Ghana sees influx of Togolese fleeing jihadis+++Cameroon chief helps CAR refugees+++Chad on the brink before elections
Africalink on Air - 06 March 2024
DRC refugees in Rwanda protest against discrimination +++ Rwanda against SADC deployment in DRC +++ Senegal protest over election date +++ The Tanzanian woman who quit her job to sell coffins +++ 13th African Games in Ghana
Africalink on Air - 05 March 2024
Gambia debates repealing the anti-FGM law+++Boko Haram ex-fighters threaten society+++Sierra Leone to compensate student shot by police during peaceful protest
Africalink on Air - 04 March 2024 - MP3-Stereo
German minister warns of Russian influence in West Africa +++ Security situation in the Sahel region deteriorating +++ Rwanda probes sexual abuse allegations during Tour de Rwanda +++ A wellness center for adolescents in Cameroon
AfricaLink Story of The Week: ICC compensates Uganda victims
AfricaLink Story of The Week: ICC compensates Uganda victims
AfricaLink 29.02.2024 - 16:00 UTC - MP3-Stereo
'Heartbroken' Paul Pogba to appeal four-year doping ban +++US 'deeply troubled' by Ghana's anti-LGBTQ legislation+++Victims of Cameroon's separatist conflict speak to DW
AfricaLink on Air - 28 February 2024
Nigeria's union workers end strike, give government 14-day ultimatum+++Kenyans decry shortage of condoms+++Who are Burundi's RED-Tabara rebels?
AfricaLink on Air - 27 February 2024
Who will win South Africa’s 2024 election? +++ Analysis: South Africa election campaigns ramp up +++ Portrait: Duduzane Zuma +++ Showbiz
AfricaLink on Air - 26 February 2024
West African bloc ECOWAS lifts sanctions against Guinea, Mali, and Niger+++Guinea capital Conakry grinds to a halt as general strike begins++South Africa's political parties launch campaigns
DW AfricaLink — Story of the Week — Why are Africa's currencies underperforming?
Nigeria's naira has declined by a whopping 38% to the US dollar while Ghana's cedi, the Kenya's shilling and the West African CFA franc have also lost value. Why are African currencies performing so poorly on the world market? And, does the performance of a currency tell the whole story…
AfricaLink on Air — 22 February 2024
Malawi's immigration services paralyzed by cyber-attack disruptions+++Guinea junta restricts internet access to curb unrest+++Turkey to provide maritime security support to Somalia
The 77 Percent — Young people react to energy crisis in Africa
Did you know that a 2021 study shows that an estimated 600 million Africans lack access to electricity? On this week's 77 Percent Show, we asked young people how they cope when the power goes off. Listen to this interesting debate!
AfricaLink on Air - 21 February 2024
DR Congo conflict escalates +++ US accuses Rwanda of involvement in Congo conflict +++ Can you speak your mother tongue? +++ Cameroonians react after President Biya tells them not to migrate
AfricaLink on Air — 20 February 2024
Nigerians brace for electricity subsidy removal+++Guinea junta freezes accounts of dissolved government members+++Malawi begins offering education to female inmates
AfricaLink 19 February 2024
Eastern DRC residents scramble for safety as conflict intensifies+++African leaders condemn Israel's offensive in Gaza
AU Summit: Can African leaders tackle the continent's challenges?
The AU has had a rough start to 2024 amid worsening regional violence and democratic backsliding among members.
AfricaLink on Air - 15 February 2024
Ethiopia gears up for AU summit amid conflict in Amhara region +++ Why does AU with its headquarters in Addis Ababa ignore the conflict in Ethiopia? +++The migration dilemma +++Potrait of a cervical cancer survivor in Zambia +++ Showbiz
AfricaLink on Air - 14 February 2024
Fighting in eastern DRC takes its toll on children +++ South Africa deploys 2900 troops to eastern DRC +++ Nigerians ditching the depriciating naira for foreign currency +++ Guinea's labour unions plan to protest over rising cost of living
Africa's debt management controversy
More African countries are likely to join Chad, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Ghana in seeking to restructure their debt under the G20 “Common Framework for Debt Treatments,” according to the United Nations. However, many young people in debt-ridden African nations feel their leaders have mishandled finances to their detriment. #77Percent #DWAfrica