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Fighting Cape Town's crime with street art
The Cape Flats area is notorious for gangsters and crime, but one man aims to change that with open-air galleries.
Kakuma, a town of refugees
South Sudanese student and refugee Nancy Nakeny takes us around Kakuma and Kalobeyei, her home for 7 years.
Eco Africa - The Environment Magazine
South Africa’s illegal abalone trade and why tree hugging is good for the soul and the environment.
AfricaLink on Air — 18 April 2024
Malaria vaccine conspiracy theories +++ A Guinean Muslim cleric stirs controversy for leading prayers Mandingo
What it Means to be a Fighter
Could you be a fighter? With kickboxing pros like Jibrin Inuwa Baba, we look at what it means to fight your corner.
Deadly cholera outbreak hits southern Africa
Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi are at the epicenter of a deadly cholera outbreak in southern Africa.
Should Africa ditch underperforming currencies?
African currencies continue to slump against major global currencies.
Nigeria rolls out world's first full shot against meningitis
Nigeria has rolled out the world's first vaccine against all strains of meningitis.
Turning trash into cash in Uganda
In Uganda, refugees are using a mobile app to collect plastic waste and earn a living.
Explainer: Tools and tactics to track disinformation
Code for Africa's Allan Cheboi shows tools and strategies you can use to track misinformation campaigns.
Decarbonizing farming in Senegal
A microcredit system helps farmers in Senegal ditch diesel for solar, cutting costs and pollution.
Nigeria's Chibok girls: What happened in April 2014?
Ten years ago, 276 schoolgirls were abducted from Chibok in northeastern Nigeria. The kidnappings still resonate today.
Mali widens crackdown on politics, media
The ruling junta has imposed bans on the activities of political parties and media coverage of political life.
South Africa: Zuma's MK party surges amid ANC struggles
Will South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma run for president on behalf of a new political organization?
Afrimaxx - Modern African Lifestyle
Fighting to be a female chef, custom sneakers, and a new arts center in Zambia.
South African chef revives Indian cuisine in Johannesburg
Jessica Munisamy fought hard for her place as a female chef, defying expectations. Now she is cooking up in Johannesburg
DW News Africa with Tomi Oladipo, April 11, 2024
DW News Africa investigates Kush, the drug that is killing West African youth. We visit a drug den in Liberia and take you to Sierra Leone, where the president has declared a national emergency. Plus: People in Southern Africa are facing hunger as extreme weather hits communities across Africa. What are the effects on rural farmers in Zimbabwe?
Eco Africa - The Environment Magazine
Preserving the environment and growing green livelihoods—a mix of high-tech and low-tech empowers people and communities
AfricaLink on Air — 10 April 2024
Muslims in Africa celebrate end of Ramadan +++ How Sudanese refugees in Uganda are celebrating Eid
Is corporal punishment an effective way to discipline kids?
Listen to how the discussion went down in Ghana and Malawi.
Congo: SADC soldier deaths underline concerns over mission
The deaths of Tanzanian soldiers raise questions about the ability of SADC's mission to defeat M23 rebels in DR Congo.
The 77 Percent - Long Street Debate: Equality in Liberia
Should women be left alone to run the house and raise the kids? We asked young Liberians how they handle gender roles.
Nigerian businesses outraged by electricity tariff increase
Nigeria's government says the rise will only affect 1.5 million consumers, mostly manufacturers — but analysts disagree.
South Africa: Court rules Jacob Zuma can run in election
The ban on the former president's candidacy for the newly formed MK party has been lifted despite a criminal conviction.
Explainer: Tools and tactics to track disinformation
Code for Africa's Allan Cheboi dives into the tools and strategies you can use to track misinformation campaigns.
Africa's fight against urban air pollution
Cities are growing rapidly in Africa, but many countries lack effective technologies to measure air pollution.
Afrimaxx - Modern African Lifestyle
This time, presenter Palesa Tembe is in a mountain bike race with South African trail running champion Thabang Madiba.
On a road trip through South Africa: Route 62
This final leg of the tour takes us down the iconic Route 62, all the way up to the sandy dunes of Cape Town.
Reopened Nigeria-Niger border promises trade
Trade has resumed through the Niger-Nigeria border — and a Chinese-funded railway promises to further boost the economy.
AfricaLink on Air — 04 April 2024
South African parties commit to peaceful campaigns ahead of elections+++Nigerians, Nigeriens cheer border reopening
DW News Africa with Christine Mhundwa, April 4, 2024
In a special edition of the show, we look at the Rwanda genocide, as the country marks 30 years since that start of the 100-day massacre in which 800 thousand people were slaughtered. We meet some of those who survived and look at the colonial roots of the killings which shocked the world.
How PesaCheck tackles misinformation with fact checking
PesaCheck's Doreen Wainainah explains how Africa's largest fact-checking organization tackles misinformation.
Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine
Ghana tackles pollution with citizen science and Kenyan scientists wage fungal warfare against witchweed.
Sierra Leone declares drug abuse 'national emergency'
Sierra Leone's president has outlined plans to combat the devastating polydrug kush that is popular with young people.
Standing up to Cyberbullying
Lawyer Emma Sadleir has noticed cyberbulling victims are getting younger, and perpetrators are harder to catch.
South Africa speaker resigns amid corruption probe
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is accused of soliciting bribes during her time as defense minister.
Abiy Ahmed: Unrealistic expectations of hope?
Were the aspirations of Ethiopia's prime minister unrealistic in a dysfunctional multi-ethnic system?
Skin bleaching: The risks behind the beauty craze
Marketed as the answer to 'fairer' and smoother skin, DW takes a look at the harmful effects of skin bleaching.
The 77 Percent - The Magazine for Africa's Youth
In this week's show, we find out how young people are burning to change Africa’s political landscape.
Ghana's dumsor crisis: blackouts plague homes and businesses
As Ghanaians suffer power cuts known as "dumsor," many wonder if the entire country will face rolling power outages.
Checking facts and building trust in Burkina Faso
DW Akademie and Fasocheck believe fact checking stories that impact people’s everyday lives and livelihoods is critical.
Rwanda: From colonialism to genocide
A DW documentary traces the arc from German colonial rule to the genocide in Rwanda.
Scientific racism's roots in colonization
Anthropologists used Germany's colonial conquest in Africa to promulgate racist theory, and create racial hierarchies.
Ghana: Students to receive laptops in digital initiative
Ghana has launched an initiative to provide tablets to students in public high schools.
Will Senegal's Diomaye deliver?
Senegal's President-elect Diomaye Faye has pledged to radically change Senegal, but can he deliver?
When colonial Germany committed genocide in Namibia
Between 1904 and 1908, German colonial authorities committed genocide of Ovaherero and Nama people in Namibia.
Somalia: Puntland pulls recognition of federal government
Plans to amend the African nation's constitution were rejected by Puntland, a semi-autonomous state in the northeast.
Community health volunteers: Rural Africa's unsung heroes
In areas where public services are spread thin, community health volunteers can make all the difference.
A new era for Senegal after the election?
Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, has proposed a radical change of the political system.
Keeping the tradition of ostrich farming alive
Ostrich feathers from South African farms are in high demand. But animal rights activists criticize their production.
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