Georja CALVIN-SMITH

Despite this week’s Oval Office turbulence, on the other side of the pond, Pretoria is drawing closer to Paris. South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile tells Georja Calvin-Smith that while relations with the US are well and welcome, Africa’s powerhouse […]

If you can measure it, you can manage it. One of Kenya’s metrology heavyweights speaks to Georja about how there is might in monitoring. There were no African signatories when 17 countries came together150 years ago to set measurement standards

Join Georja Calvin-Smith for a weekly look at stories from across the continent. This week she’s joined by journalist, Michaela Wrong to discuss some of the historical relationships between DR Congo and its neighbours that have fed into the current

Angola says that it convinced all combatants in DR Congo’s conflict to come to the table on March 18th for direct peace talks. Luanda has been trying to mediate a ceasefire as M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, have advanced through

Luanda announced its plan to get Kinshasa and the M23 militia leaders around a table in the Angolan capital in the near future not long after Congolese president Felix Tshisekedi met with his Angolan counterpart on Tuesday to discuss the

In this week’s Across Africa: at least 11 people have been killed and dozens injured in explosions at a rally called by M23 rebels in the captrued eastern congolese city of Bukavu, Ghana’s defence capabilities are being boosted by a €50

An imam and religious scholar who inspired many with his reconciliation of faith and sexuality is gunned down in South Africa. Police are still searching for Muhsin Hendricks’ killer. Source link Georja CALVIN-SMITH

In tonight’s edition, the popular Kantomanto market in Accra loses over a hundred shops to fire in an early morning blaze. Also, we hear from some of the Chadian voters who still worry that a homegrown national solution to a deepening security

In tonight’s edition, the French military base in Abidjan will be handed back to Côte d’Ivoire in January. Also, Zimbabwe’s blueberry sector is thriving. And Young artists in Benin are breathing new life into vodun traditions. Source link Georja CALVIN-SMITH

  In tonight’s edition, a fierce debate has emerged in Tunisia over how to repatriate fighters who joined extremist groups in Syria and their children. Also, a new animal park in Gabon that used to be frequented only by ousted president