Sudan: Abyei, refugees in their own country

In Sudan, north and south continue to clash causing one hundred thousand to flee the border town of Abeyei. Uganda had long been seen as a sucess story in the fight against AIDS. But thirty years after the disease first broke, AIDS in Uganda is back on the rise. And we'll take a look at some of the best preserved cave paintings in Africa, over five thousand years old.

THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Genie Godula

Presenter

01/04/2010 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Kenya: witenesses in danger

For two years now, the potential key witnesses of the violence and human rights defenders claim that they have been threatened and intimidated. Stéphanie Braquehais our correspondent in Nairobi has met some of them.

25/03/2010 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

President Wade marks 10 years in power

In this edition: Senegalese President Wade celebrates a decade in power; tensions rise in Sudan ahead of next month's elections as President Omar Al-Bashir threatens to expel foreign election monitors; South Africa marks 50 years since the Sharpeville massacre; and Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour releases a new album celebrating the relationship between reggae and Africa.

19/03/2010 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Mend rebels strike again in Nigeria

In this edition: more unrest in Nigeria as bombers target an amnesty programme for the troubled Niger Delta; Jacob Zuma's polygamous lifestyle provokes protest in South Africa; and when modern slide guitar meets the Malian harp-lute...a taste of the West African blues.

11/03/2010 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

A contested election in Togo

In this edition: Faure Gnassingbe is re-elected as president of Togo, but the opposition cries foul; Muslim-Christian violence brings horror to Nigeria as over a hundred are killed in clashes near the central city of Jos; and a new short film on French cinema screens condemns the treatment of illegal workers.

04/03/2010 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Togo: a high-stakes election

In this edition: Togo picks a new leader, a test of democratic progress for the tiny West African nation notorious for post-election violence; Rwanda welcomes the arrest by French police of Agathe Habyarimana - the widow of Rwanda's assassinated former president is wanted as one of the alleged masterminds of the 1994 genocide; and a look at just how well prepared South Africa is to host the world's biggest sporting event.

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