ALC Pan-African Radio

Leonie Mills, a fellow at the ALC from Ghana looks at Rwanda's history; how the country has been able to avoid new conflicts and how President Kagame emerged. Audio Clip: Open Society Foundations & FRANCE 24 English

Fakhrriyyah Abdallah, a fellow at the ALC, speaks about Neem foundation, and how they are supporting peace efforts through psychosocial support in the North East of Nigeria. Audio Clip: BBC News Africa & Neem Foundation

Halima Ahmed, a peace, security and development early-career women fellow at the ALC from Kenya, looks at Police Brutality and Inequality in Nairobi, Kenya during the Covid-19 pandemic. Audio Clip: Global News

Abdullahi Rage a fellow at the ALC, traces Abiy's rise to power and examines how he is handling the highly controversial war in Tigray. Audio Clip: Al Jazeera & CGTN Africa

Susanne Mbise, a fellow at the ALC gives a glimpse to the journey of women’s representation in political leadership in Tanzania.

South Africa, like most countries across the globe, continues to criminalize sex work under the Sexual Offences Act drafted during the apartheid period. Sex workers therefore continue to be insecure and at risk of encountering violence and harassment by both the police and clients. Let alone stigma when they seek public healthcare services. Not to mention, how the Covid-19 pandemic has worsened th...

PI Africa was launched in Nairobi in December 2019, the first of four regional hubs of Protection International, a Brussels-based organisation that supports human rights defenders. Susan Muriungi, Regional Director of PI Africa, talks about how this will help in ensuring more timely interventions where threats exist.

Dr Albert Mbiatem from Cameroon, who recently co-authored a book, Whose Peace Are We Building? Leadership for Peace in Africa, with Youssef Mahmoud, tells Desmond Davies how the project evolved. He also spoke about the current state of leadership in Africa.

Mounira Chaieb is a former BBC Arabic Service Journalist, Freelance writer and mentor at The African Leadership Centre.

Tunde Zack-Williams, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Central Lancashire in the UK, has been, for the last 50 years, at the forefront of reshaping African Studies on the continent and in the West. He shares his experiences with Talking Africa. Image: ASAUK (African Studies Association UK)

UN peacekeeping has been beset with conflicting expectations and outcomes. Youssef Mahmoud, who headed two peacekeeping operations in Africa, gives an insight to the lessons he learnt during his stints at the helm of bringing peace and stability to intra-state conflicts.

Why is there no comprehensive sexual harassment policy in the AU? Varaidzo Mupunga a fellow from the African Leadership Centre discusses the #METOO! Movement in the African Union and unpacks findings of the High Level Committee set up to investigate allegations of sexual harassment and assault in the AU.

The flare up in Tigray on November 4, 2020 took many by surprise. But Dr Hibist Kassa, Senior Researcher at the Institute of African Alternatives in Cape Town, says the telltale signs have been there since the overthrow of the Derg regime in 1991.

In this Magazine Programme, our Editor and Presenter, Mounira Chaieb speaks to Larbi Touaf Professor of English and Comparative Literature at ‬Mohammed Premier University, Oujda, Morocco and Dr. Marwa Maziad an international relations and Middle East media and politics expert. In this edition we look at why certain North African Countries have been showing a keen Economic interest in Countries Sou...

For this Talking Africa programme Professor Toyin Falola of the University of Texas at Austin discusses the US election and governance in Africa. Image:https://bit.ly/33lOois

October marks black history month in UK, which was first celebrated in 1987. The events undertaken throughout the month are intended to highlight the contribution and achievements of people of African descent. It’s also an opportunity to raise awareness about issues people of African descent go through such as racism, discrimination and how to challenge those issues. Over the years, the Africa Lea...

For the second part of the Discussion Programme our Editor Desmond Davies engages with our Women and Early-Career Fellows, Chimwemwe Fabiano (MALAWI) Tabitha Mwangi (KNYA). Ikran Abdullahi (KENYA) and Margaret LoWilla Nyoka (SOUTH SUDANESE)on their Fellowship journey and how Covid-19 has affected their Studies.

For this Talking Africa programme Desmond Davies speaks to Professor Cheryl Hendricks, Executive Director of the Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council. The interview discusses South Africa's relations with the Continent.

In this Discussion Programme our Editor Desmond Davies engages with our MSc Security, Leadership and Development Fellows, Ivy NYAWIRA (Kenya),Essa NJIE (The Gambia) and Ibrahim MACHINA (Nigeria) on their Fellowship journey and how Covid-19 has affected their Studies.

For this Talking Africa programme Desmond Davies speaks to Mr. Kojo Yankah, the Former Government Minister in Ghana and Founder of Pan African World Heritage Museum which was Launched virtually in September 21 and will be based in Ghana. The interview discusses Black culture and the need for Africans to tell their own story.

Dr. Peter Kofi Da Costa who passed away on 18 August 2019 was Vice-Chair of ALC’s Board of Trustees as well as mentor at the Centre. Dr. Da Costa was instrumental in shaping the strategic direction of ALC’s knowledge transfer agenda and projection of ALC voice to a broader constituency of actors. He steered the Centre’s effort to improve data and research communication so as to upscale the impact...

In this Magazine Programme, our Editor and Presenter, Mounira Chaieb interviewed four African artists: Boitumelo;Tumy Motsoatsoe - Head of Programs, Business and Arts, BASA South Africa, Makhtar Fall AKA Xumman - Musician, Broadcaster, Valerie Asiimwe Amani - Artist and Ahmed  El Attar -Theatre Director, Playwright and cultural manager who are using different forms of Arts from Music, Fashion Acti...

Diana Russell in her book the ‘politics of woman killing’ defines femicide as the killing of women by men because they are women. Russell argues that while men are murdered more frequently than women, they are rarely murdered simply because they are men. South Africa has experienced the worst of Gender Based Violence in what has been termed by the nation a Femicide crisis with more cases being rep...

For many, it is easier to perceive women in their non-threatening domestic roles. Nonetheless, they often defy expectations to fight in the front lines for the rights and freedoms of their people. In the recent Sudanese uprising in 2019, women took to the streets to protest against the President Omar al-Bashir government. A government that for many decades was oppressive. However, the recent upris...

In May 1991 Somaliland a country that is located in the North eastern part of Somalia seceded as a self-declared state from Somalia. However, it is yet to gain international recognition from the United Nations. Somaliland faced civil war under the Somali president Siad Barre whose aim was to unite the greater Somalia. During the war, 95 % of the infrastructure and institutions were destroyed. Many...