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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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