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Millions face hunger in Niger

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We start off by taking a look at the drought gripping Niger. Millions of people are on the brink of starving to death. Guinea gets ready for the second round of the elections. We take a look at the profiles of the two candidates who have made it through. And farewell Desmond Tutu. After spending a lifetime devoted to fighting for others, the South African archbishop has announced that he'll soon be retiring.

THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Programme prepared by Laure Manent and Gregory White

08/05/2009 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Niger's president opens work on new uranium plant

In Niger, President Mamadou Tandja meets Tuareg rebels as work begins in the world's second largest uranium mine. Also in today's show: In Senegal, the president's son joins the government; and Kenyan women go on a sex strike.
01/05/2009 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

South Africa's numerous challenges

In this edition: as South Africa elects a new president, the gap between rich and poor continues to grow in Johannesburg; the difficult reintegration of child soldiers in Burundi; and a mobile clinic in the Kenyan bush funded by opera.
23/04/2009 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

DR Congo: free but corrupt elections?

In this edition: South Africans go to the polls to choose their next president; a political crisis comes to an end in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid accusations of corruption, and the survival story of a group of Madagascan slaves.
11/05/2009 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Who are the sea warlords?

Not a day goes by without the mention of Somali pirates and their growing insurgency in the Gulf of Aden. The Obama administration's plan is to freeze the pirates' assets, but first officials need to find out who and where they are.
09/04/2009 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

African women honoured

This week in Africa focuses on African women: those who are helping rebuild Rwanda, those who are fighting violence in South Africa, and a Malian singer who wrote an album about being a woman in Africa.

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