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How do you right the wrongs of slavery and colonial rule – and should reparations be about more than just money? These are questions which have been gathering steam over recent years as many countries in Africa and beyond increase their calls for a reckoning on the historical injustices inflicted upon them by western powers. BBC Africa has done a fascinating deep dive into the divisive idea of reparations and found that financial restitution isn’t the only form of compensation that’s needed to start healing wounds. Produced and edited by Sandrine Lungumbu Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Despite outcry from activists and survivors, The Gambia’s parliament advanced a bill to decriminalise female genital mutilation on 18 March. The move has reignited a contentious debate surrounding religious and cultural practices and bodily autonomy. If the bill is passed, the country could become the first to reverse a ban on FGM. #TheGambia #FGM #FemaleGenitalMutilation Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Senegal is an example of democracy in an unstable region. But over the past few years, the country was rocked by widespread protests. Can these tensions threaten the peace in the county? The BBC’s Mayeni Jones explains. #senegalese #sénégal #senegal Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has refused to apologise to the people of his country for the deaths and political uncertainty that followed the decision to postpone elections last month. In an interview with the BBC’s Waihiga Mwaura, the outgoing president confirmed that he will be leaving the presidential office on 2 April regardless of the election result. Senegalese voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new head of state. #mackysall #mackysallinterview #mackysallbbc Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

The Gambian parliament will debate today a bill that seeks to reverse a ban on female genital mutilation (FGM). If the legislators agree to consider it, the bill will be taken through a committee for further scrutiny. FGM was criminalised in The Gambia in 2015, but some seek to overturn the ban, claiming it violates religious freedom and cultural practices. The BBC’s Esther Ogola explains. #BBCAfrica #FGM #TheGambia #FemaleGenitalMutilation

#BBCAfricaEye investigates the trafficking of Malawian women to Oman - many of whom, enticed by offers of domestic work, find themselves trapped in servitude. 🎥 Watch the full documentary here: https://youtu.be/fJTh4Gdn_B8 #Shorts

BBC Africa Eye investigates the plight of Malawian women lured to Oman with offers of domestic work, only to be trapped in a cycle of exploitation, with little hope of escape. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Through WhatsApp voice notes, videos, and texts, this documentary reveals their abusive ordeals, and exposes the tactics of agents that traffic and then abandon them. The investigation also examines the poverty and desperation that leads young people to seek opportunities in the Middle East, and the weak justice system that often allows their employers to abuse them with impunity. Intimate testimonies reveal widespread accounts of sexual and physical abuse, or worse, of African workers - and the film follows the work of an extraordinary network of women working across three continents fighting to bring them home, often against impossible odds. *** 🎥 Watch this documentary in SWAHILI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QeZA0eZkfg and in FRENCH here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89r0LMqW38Q 🎧 LISTEN to 'The Documentary: Trapped in Oman' from @BBCWorldService and #BBCAfricaEye here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6q7y 🗞 READ about this investigation here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-68565425 Africa Eye brings you original, investigative journalism revealing secrets and rooting out injustice in the world’s most complex and exciting continent. Nothing stays hidden forever. 🎞️ Check out all #BBCAfricaEye investigations here: https://bit.ly/bbcafricaeye *** Credits: Head of Longform – LIZ GIBBONS Africa Eye Editor – TOM WATSON Director and Executive Producer – NICOLA MILNE Film Editor – FINLAY MILNE Investigative Producer – KASSIM MOHAMED Reporter – FLORENCE PHIRI Archive – VOICE OF AFRICA, VOA, NEWS CENTRAL AFRICA Additional Camera – ROBERT MBETEWA Additional Translation – SUSAN MATIYA Online Editor – CHRIS STOTT Colourist – BOYD NAGLE Dubbing Mixer – JEZ SPENCER Reversioning Producer and Film Research – ANNA PAYTON Digital Producer – TAMASIN FORD Impact Producer – ADELLE KALAKOUTI Social Media Producer – ANUSHA KUMAR Production Coordinator – ABIGAIL KNIGHT Production Manager – SIMON FROST Camera - Malawi – PETER MAZUNDA Camera - USA – DEREK ELLIS Camera - Greece – VANIA TURNER Fixer – HENRY MHANGO *** Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #Malawi #Oman #DomesticWorker #Migrants #MigrantLabour #WomensRights #MiddleEast

Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and the presidential candidate he is backing in this month's delayed election, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, have been released from prison. Sonko’s release followed an amnesty announced by President Macky Sall. The politician was in prison for plotting an insurrection and undermining state security, among other charges. #Senegal #OusmaneSonko #BassirouDiomayeFaye #MackySall

Despite the political turmoil in Senegal and postponement of the presidential elections, a elementary school in Dakar has gone ahead and held its very own vote. The children presented a full program to their classmates and even gave interviews to the press. A true exercise in democracy. #senegal #senegalnews #sénégal Produced by Leone Ouedraogo and Khadidiatou Cisse Filmed and edited by Ousseynou Ndiaye Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Ongoing attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea are delaying the arrival of goods to the Kenyan port of Mombasa – and pushing up prices of consumables, like dates, which are customarily used to break fast in the Holy Month of Ramadan. It could be that for many Muslims in the region the sweet fruits are just out of financial reach for the festivities. The BBC’s Peter Mwangangi has been to Kenya’s port city of Mombasa to find out more about the impact of the Red Sea attacks, two months on. #ramadan #ramadandate #dates Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

🎥 Watch the documentary "Mayor on the Front Line: Democracy in Crisis" from #BBCAfricaEye here: https://youtu.be/8_fwvmKNCNo Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

The much-anticipated boxing match between MMA superstar Francis Ngannou and former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, already attracting a surge in online search traffic. Ahead of the clash, we visited Ngannou’s hometown of Batié in Cameroon to find out more about this “champion of champions”, discovering that he used to be a sand miner and likes to give his fellow miners a hand whenever he returns home. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Since being elected in 2018, Freetown mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr has won international plaudits for her commitment to fighting the myriad challenges facing the capital of Sierra Leone, one of Africa’s poorest countries. But during her bid for re-election for a second term, she finds herself on the front line of a democratic crisis. As election season ramps up, her campaign faces intimidation, violence and international concerns over the integrity of the election process. Mayor on the Front Line follows Aki-Sawyerr as she confronts the hard realities of politics in a country still scarred by the horrors of a bloody civil war. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica With unique access to Aki-Sawyerr, her team and family, this film offers unique insight into not only the highs and lows of Sierra Leonean politics, but also the personal cost of a life in political limelight. Filmed over the course of a year, this #BBCAfricaEye documentary follows Aki-Sawyerr through the toughest period of her political career as she fights to win a second term in the midst of one of Sierra Leone’s most fiercely contested elections. 📰 READ more: "Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr - the tree-planting mayor of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown" ➡ https://bbc.in/3T0lgWU 🎧 LISTEN to the #AfricaDaily podcast: "How tough is it being Freetown’s opposition mayor?" here ➡ https://bbc.in/49zq8cH *** Africa Eye brings you original, investigative journalism revealing secrets and rooting out injustice in the world’s most complex and exciting continent. Nothing stays hidden forever. 🎞️ Check out all #BBCAfricaEye investigations here: https://bit.ly/bbcafricaeye Credits: Produced, Directed and Filmed by PAUL MYLES and CHRIS WALTER Editor – DANNY COLLINS Producer – ABDUL SAMBA BRIMA Production Manager – JILLIAN VAIZEY Music – 19 SOUND, ARTISTS FOR PEACE SIERRA LEONE Additional Camera – IBRAHIM S. KAMARA Drone Footage – MICHAEL DUFF and IBRAHIM S. KAMARA Archive – AYV TV, AFP TV, BBC NEWS, BBC WORLD SERVICE, GATES FOUNDATION With thanks to FREETOWN MEDIA CENTRE Post Production Facility – ROUNDTABLE POST PRODUCTION Colourist – PAUL KOREN Online Editor – JOE HEATH Re-Recording Mixer – DAN WEINBERG Dialogue and Sound Editor – ANDREW HARRIS Conform Artist – TOM STOW Head of Workflow – EMMA CORBETT Post Producer – LAKSHYA UPADHYAYA Post Production Coordinator – GEORGIA REILLY For the BBC: Online Editor – CHRIS STOTT Reversioning Producer – ANNA PAYTON Digital Producer – TAMASIN FORD Impact Producer – ADELLE KALAKOUTI Social Media Producer – ANUSHA KUMAR Production Coordinator – SARAH CLARKE Production Manager – SIMON FROST Executive Producers – PETER MURIMI, NICOLA MILNE Head of Longform – LIZ GIBBONS Africa Eye Editor – TOM WATSON *** Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #SierraLeone #Democracy #Freetown #WomenInPolitics #WomenInLeadership #Documentary #CimateChange #BBC100Women #AfricaNews #BBCAfrica

Meet the brains behind the new Disney series set in a sci-fi Nigeria, that has a certain 'Wakanda' feel. A 2018 BBC interview propelled the pan-African creative team of @Kugalimedia into a collaboration with Disney. The result? “Iwájú,” a six-episode animated series set a Lagos of the future. As the series premieres, the filmmakers share their journey, the challenges of bridging tradition and progress, and the potential of “Iwájú” to empower African voices and bring about global understanding. #Iwaju #iwajudisney #iwajuanimation Produced by: Todah Opeyemi Filmed and edited by: Joshua Akinyemi Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Ghana’s parliament has passed a controversial bill that clamps down on the rights of LGBTQ+ people. In this story we listen to several people terrified of what might befall them if and when it happens. #ghananews #lgbtq Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

As the 10-month civil war rages on, nearly half a million Sudanese civilians are now legally registered as refugees with the UNHRC in Egypt. Many of them had to resort to being smuggled across the border. BBC Arabic obtained exclusive footage of people making the perilous journey – and spoke to some of the refugees and asylum seekers who say their ordeal is not over yet. #sudanwar #sudannews #egyptnews Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Would @ckay_yo give up his fame or his fortune? What irritates him the most? And what makes CKay an angry anxious man? We put Nigerian superstar Ckay through the TIA Interrogation process, with a series of dilemma questions. Filmed by: Okechukwu Omeire Reporter: Makuochi Okafor Producer: Buki Bakare #ckay #TIAInterrogation #afrobeats Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

When twin sisters Marieme and Ndeye were born conjoined, doctors didn’t expect them to live more than a few days. Seven years onwards, their father Ibrahima says that, as time went by, both their family and the doctors that treated them realised that "we are going to deal with warriors''. The sisters were allowed to remain in the UK for medical care. Their mother is in Senegal to look after the rest of the children. Produced by Lucy Owen and Rick Hartley for BBC Wales. Edited by Ellen Tsang. #Twins #ConjoinedTwins #MariemeNdeye Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Here is a powerful first-person account of a group of school children in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, who described how they are grappling with the severe food shortage in an area still recovering from a prolonged civil war. Children and young people have been particularly affected and hundreds of them have been forced to drop out of school and forage for food to feed their families. #tigraynews #tigray #hunger Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Dambe is an ancient Hausa martial art, practiced in northern Nigeria for centuries. It's popularity is growing and online videos of the fights have gathered millions of views worldwide. Produced and edited by Marco Oriunto and Marco Oriunto Filmed by Ifiokabasi Ettang and Joshua Akinyemi #dambeboxing #nigerianewtoday #mmanews Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

Could You Be Loved, Three Little Birds and Redemption Song were the soundtrack for music fans around the world. With a new film being released about Bob Marley, the man behind the music, a new generation will be introduced to his soulful reggae tones. But how much do you know about the faith that defined him, Rastafarianism? Here's everything you need to know about the iconic singer. Produced and edited by Nadeem Shad #bobmarleyreggae #rastafari #bobmarley Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

If you thought #AFCON2023 celebrations were over, think again! 🥅 ⚽️ 🎉 🇨🇮 Ivorians are still celebrating their third Afcon trophy, having matched Nigeria's 🇳🇬 record of three titles. The mood is jubilant in the streets of #Abidjan, as large crowds welcome home their national team. 🏆 #Afcon #AfconChampions #TheElephants #IvoryCoast #Football #Afcon2023 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya in which hundreds of people allegedly died from starvation has been charged with 191 counts of murder. Paul Mackenzie and 29 others pleaded not guilty before a court in the coastal town of Malindi. More than 400 bodies, including those of children, were exhumed from shallow graves on a piece of land thought to be owned by the controversial preacher. He was earlier charged with committing acts of terror, child cruelty and torture, charges he denied. He is already serving a 1-year sentence for producing and distributing films – that’s videos of his controversial sermons - without license. #paulmackenzie #shakahola #kenyacult Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/

“The president cannot extend his term of office, not even by one day”. These were the words of Senegal's president, Macky Sall before his election in 2012, but has he gone back on his word? Senegal is in political turmoil since its leader postponed the February 2024 elections, with critics saying the move is just another way for Mr Sall to cling onto power. #sénégal #mackysall #senegal Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/