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BBC News
06-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Africa Daily Can Africa afford school dinner programmes?
''When the bush is on fire, the chameleon must abandon the walking styles of its ancestors.'' Save the Children Fund says international aid cuts have significantly impacted school feeding programs in Africa, affecting millions of children who rely on these meals. Across the continent 86 million children benefit from subsidised programmes which make sure that even those below the poverty line can get at least one nutritious meal a day. In this episode of Africa Daily podcast Peter Musembi explores new research which suggests ways countries can fund their own programmes – and become more resilient. He speaks to Betty Kibaara who works on school feeding programmes at the Rockefeller Foundation - which also co-produced the report.
BBC News
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Africa Daily What does the death of a Somali actor tell us about clan killings?
Aano Qabiil - or Clan Vengeance - is a short film which explores the vendettas between clans which have led to many senseless deaths in Somalia. One of the actors in the film is veteran poet and songwriter, Guudey Mohamed Geedi. He plays a man who tries to intervene to stop the owner of the teashop from being killed by a rival clan. After filming finished, Guudey Mohamed Geedi went to his village outside Warsheikh, in the Middle Shabelle region, to see his family. He was shot dead outside his home by armed men. Africa Daily's Peter Musembi has been speaking to BBC Somali journalist Abdinasir Ali about how the tragedy has started a discussion about clan revenge killings.
BBC News
23-04-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Africa Daily What role does the Africa Union play in ending conflict in Sudan?
'Our goal is to... silence the guns.' One of the stated aims of the African Union is to 'promote peace, security, and stability on the continent'. With that in mind, the organisation co-hosted a conference aimed at finding an end to Sudan's war last week in London. But even as discussions continued in London, thousands of civilians in Northern Darfur were fleeing for their lives under military bombardment. And in other parts of the continent there are other equally bloody and apparently unresolvable conflicts – including in neighbouring South Sudan, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and in the Sahel region where Islamist jihadist groups are active. So how much impact can such meetings, and the organisation, actually have? For today's Africa Daily, Peter Musembi speaks to the AU's Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security Ambassador Bankole Adeoye.
BBC News
24-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Africa Daily The man bringing light to remote communities - while tackling plastic waste
'For someone seeing a light bulb for the first time, it is like a magic show from heaven. They are so happy, they are singing. That moment, it never gets old.' Six hundred million people in Africa don't have access to electricity – meaning that for many living on a continent with a median age of 19, the future is anything but bright. But it's a challenge that the winner of this year's Commonwealth Young Person of the Year prize is determined to overcome. Nigeria's Stanley Anigbogu was honoured for his innovations in transforming plastic waste into solar innovations and providing clean energy to thousands of people including refugees. For today's Africa Daily, he speaks to Peter Musembi about his goals and inspirations – including Marvel's Iron Man!
BBC News
17-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Africa Daily Why has Mogadishu become a safe haven for many Sudanese doctors?
'This is a payment of debt. Definitely we are trying our best to show our gratitude and also to stand by our brothers and the nation of Sudan.' After three decades of civil war in Somalia, the healthcare system in the country was a mess and many people had to travel to neighbouring countries for treatment - if they could afford it. And so, in 2014, a group of Somali businessmen founded the Somali-Sudanese Hospital in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to respond to the challenge. It followed years of Somali medical students going to Sudan for training – and the hospital became a place for them to use their expertise on their return. But then in 2022 war broke out in Sudan – and the hospital became a refuge for Sudanese doctors fleeing the war, thanks to that long-established relationship. The Sudanese medics are also offering crucial specialist services the hospital could not provide before. In this episode of Africa Daily, Peter Musembi talks to Prof Helmi Daoud who was the first doctor to flee to Somalia with his whole family three months after the start of the war. He also hears from Dr Abdilqadir Yusuf, the hospital's Research and Development manager on how the arrival of the Sudanese doctors has transformed services there.
