Oct 27, 202534 min
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...
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Africa Daily
Hosted by BBC World Service · news · EN
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Africa Daily has now come to an end. But do listen to Focus on Africa for all the big stories and for the African perspective on major global news. Hosted by Audrey Brown and ready by late afternoon every weekday. Search for Focus on Africa, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
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What is Africa Daily about?
Africa Daily has now come to an end. But do listen to Focus on Africa for all the big stories and for the African perspective on major global news. Hosted by Audrey Brown and ready by late afternoon every weekday. Search for Focus on Africa, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
Who hosts Africa Daily?
Africa Daily is hosted by BBC World Service. The show has published more than 1,000 episodes to date.
What has Africa Daily covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Tanzanian elections: What issues are young people concerned about?" (27 October 2025, 34 minutes), "Focus on Africa: Hundreds of stolen social media identities used to spread propaganda" (23 October 2025, 32 minutes), and "Focus on Africa Can DRC be declared ebola free?" (21 October 2025, 30 minutes).
How often does Africa Daily publish?
Africa Daily publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across more than 1,000 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Africa Daily?
Booking probability for Africa Daily is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Africa Daily requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Africa Daily's contact route on record: verified email.
About the host
BBC World Service hosts Africa Daily, a news podcast with more than 1,000 episodes published.
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- Oct 23, 202532 min
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...
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Focus on Africa Can DRC be declared ebola free?
Oct 21, 202530 minThe last ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been released from a treatment centre in Kasai province. Can the country now be declared free of this latest outbreak? What is behind the escalating...
- Oct 15, 202532 min
An elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar from President Andry Rajoelina following weeks of youth-led protests. Where did it all go wrong for the entrepreneur and former DJ, who first became...
- Oct 13, 202538 min
Mali's military government is reportedly engaged in talks with the militant group Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) amid an ongoing blockade which has paralysed a key trade route for fuel, food, and essential...
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- Oct 3, 202528 min
In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Waihiga Mwaura, Botswana's President Duma Boko, outlines his plan to reduce his country's reliance on the diamond industry amid falling global demand, and how he is pushing for a...
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Focus on Africa: Who is Uganda's Joseph Kony?
Sep 12, 202536 minThe International Criminal Court concludes hearings into war crime charges against the Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony and will decide whether he should face trial. But who is Joseph Kony and what are the charges...
- Sep 9, 202532 min
Ethiopia opens Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile river deepening a rift with Egypt and Sudan. Authorities in the US have arrested two suspected leaders of the Cameroon separatists' military wing. We...
- Sep 5, 202533 min
Zambia's former Foreign Minister Joseph Malanji has been sentenced to four years in prison with hard labour after being convicted, along with a co-accused of corruption. President Hakainde Hichilema promised to root out...
- Sep 3, 202530 min
A landslide that followed days of heavy rain, has killed hundreds of people in the remote Marra Mountains in western Sudan, and many survivors may still be trapped in deep valleys. How do aid agencies help people hit by...
- Sep 1, 202532 min
Two years on from the devastating fire at an abandoned building in Johannesburg that was occupied by squatters, how much has changed? We revisit the scene of one of South Africa's worst tragedies, in which more than 70...
- Aug 28, 202528 min
A new Human Rights Watch report says the EU's and Spain’s outsourcing of migration control to Mauritania has worsened abuses against asylum seekers and migrants heading for Europe, but the Mauritanian authorities reject...
- Aug 26, 202530 min
There are fears that the mass starvation cult in Kenya is still active after the discovery of new bodies in fresh graves near the site of the Shakahola forest massacre. So far, eleven people have been arrested in...
- Aug 22, 202532 min
Japan has pledged to work more closely with African countries at global summit on economic development. How can Africa benefit from stronger ties with Japan? The former prime minister of Chad is facing a 20-year prison...
- Aug 20, 202528 min
Two prominent journalists in Ethiopia, Abdulsemed Mohammed and Yonas Amare, have been missing for more than a week after being abducted by what reports say, were men wearing masks and military uniforms. There has been...
- Aug 15, 202533 min
The US government has approved a $346m arms deal with Nigeria which would include munitions, precision bombs and precision rockets. What is behind the change in a decade-long US policy about selling certain kinds of...
- Aug 11, 202533 min
Doctors Without Borders and other NGOs have raised concerns about anti-migrant groups preventing non-South Africans from accessing healthcare services. The South African government has called on all communities to...
- Jul 31, 202531 min
What began as a three-day strike by taxi drivers against rising petrol prices in Angola, has escalated into one of the most widespread and disruptive waves of protest the country has seen in recent years. What has life...
- Jul 25, 202534 min
This week the International Criminal Court sentenced two commanders of a civilian militia in the Central African Republic to a total of 27 years in prison. One of them, Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, had formerly been the...
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How has Goma changed under M23 fighters?
Jul 23, 202529 minThe city of Goma in the conflict-hit east of the Democratic Republic of Congo was seized by the M23 armed group earlier this year after intense fighting with government forces. How has the city changed after six months...
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