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Angola recently refused entry to opposition leaders from across Africa.
Why is South Africa's ambassador to the United States 'no longer welcome’?
And Nigeria is projected to witness an obesity explosion in the next 30 years-why?
Presenter : Audrey Brown Producers: Frenny Jowi, Yvette Twagiramariya and Blessing Aderogba Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Technical Producer: Pat Sissons Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, according to regional experts and officials. The warnings stem from fresh instability in Ethiopia's Tigray region, where a civil war from 2020-2022 resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. What's behind the recent tension?
Also, why is there a rise in the number of women being imprisoned?
And we consider the legacy of the internationally acclaimed South African playwright, Athol Fugard.
Presenter: Audrey Brown Technical Producer: Craig Kingham Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Stefania Okereke and Patricia Whitehorne Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
Martha Stewart revolutionised home entertaining with her recipes, home decor and TV shows, becoming one of the world's most successful women in business. Known as the ultimate homemaker and the "original lifestyle influencer", she's also the USA’s first ever self-made female billionaire. But while the entrepreneur made her fortune as a domestic goddess, Martha Stewart is no trad wife. It took more than crafts and cookbooks to make her fortune. And then it all came crashing down.
BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng are back with a new season of Good Bad Billionaire. In this episode, they're exploring the life of Martha Stewart, charting the lifestyle mogul’s career, from her influence over millions of American homes, to her time in prison, and her ultimate comeback – as a star of social media and the subject of a Netflix documentary, all with Snoop Dogg at her side. Then they decide if they think she’s good, bad, or just another billionaire.
Good Bad Billionaire is the podcast exploring the lives of the super-rich and famous, tracking their wealth, philanthropy, business ethics and success. There are leaders who made their money in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street and in high street fashion. From iconic celebrities and CEOs to titans of technology, the podcast unravels tales of fortune, power, economics, ambition and moral responsibility before inviting you to make up your own mind: are they good, bad or just another billionaire?
We hear how an off-road wheelchair Zack built for Cambry when they started dating reopened her world and changed hundreds of lives. Also: life lessons from a singing grandad and a young climber; and King Charles turns DJ.
CrowdScience listener Alina is in a relationship with a polyamorous partner and is very happy with this arrangement, which got her thinking – why is monogamy so often the norm in human societies?
Presenter Caroline Steel goes on an anthropological odyssey to figure out where this drive to find a single partner - and stick with them - comes from.
What can science tell us about how human relationships developed, and whether having one or many partners is more 'natural'?
Evolutionary biologist Kit Opie of the University of Bristol joins us at London Zoo to help us understand the mating systems of our closest primate relatives.
To find out how polygamy developed in some parts of the world we speak to anthropologist Katie Starkweather of the University of Illinois Chicago.
And we learn about the chemistry of bonding from Sarah Blumenthal at Emory University, who explains how the brains of prairie voles may give us clue about the neurochemicals which shape human relationships.
Presenter: Caroline Steel Producers: Priya Sippy, Ben Motley and Imaan Moin Editor: Cathy Edwards Production Co-ordinator: Ishmael Soriano Studio Manager: Steve Greenwood
(Image: Dancing wedding cake figurines Credit: Peter Dazeley via Getty Images)
France's far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, is visiting Chad this weekend where she will meet President Mahamat Déby. It's her second visit following a meeting with Déby's late father, President Idriss Déby, in 2017. Why is the French opposition leader back in Chad?
Also, why do some African parents choose to send their children back home to Africa for school?
And the blind football coach in Tanzania, who thinks anything is possible if you love the game!
Presenter: Audrey Brown Technical Producer: Craig Kingham Producers: Joseph Keen and Alfonso Daniels Senior Journalist: Sunita Nahar Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
It’s the month of Ramadan, when Muslims across the world fast between dawn and sunset in the belief that it will bring them closer to Allah. And this has inspired the Unexpected Elements team to turn their attention to all things fast.
First, we explore the latest research around intermittent fasting.
Next, we contemplate a new way to relax by harnessing the time-distorting power of black holes.
We then find out why deserts in South Africa are spreading at an alarming rate.
Plus, we’re joined by Dr Claire Lee, a particle physicist who works with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. She explains how she and her colleagues accelerate particles to phenomenal speeds, how they detect these particles when they collide, and what this can tell us about the origins of the universe.
That, plus many more Unexpected Elements.
Presenters: Marnie Chesterton, with Tristan Ahtone and Leonie Joubert. Producers: William Hornbrook, with Alice Lipscombe-Southwell, Harrison Lewis, Debbie Kilbride and Noa Dowling.
Five years after the WHO pandemic announcement, an H5N1 call to arms from global health leaders. Also, the oldest western European face is found, the oldest impact crater possibly identified, and strange radio signals from space maybe explained.
Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Alex Mansfield Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth
(Image: US To Boost Egg Imports As Prices Soar On Bird Flu. Credit: Bloomberg via Getty).
Last week Nigerian lawmakers suspended senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months after she alleged being sexually harassed by the senate president, Godswill Akpabio. He strongly denies the allegations. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has now made an impassioned plea at the UN, calling for better treatment of women in politics. What's it like for women in politics in Nigeria?
Also what's the controversial story behind the JesusMinistries hashtag in Kenya?
And whilst the world grapples with democracy in decline, we'll look at how this is playing out on the continent
Presenter: Audrey Brown Technical Producer: Philip Bull Producers: Charles Gitonga in Nairobi, Blessing Aderogba in Lagos and Yvette Twagiramariya, Sunita Nahar, Bella Hassan and Stefania Okereke in London Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
South Sudan’s unity government, led by President Salva Kiir with former rebel leader, Riek Machar as First Vice President, is facing mounting tensions, and clashes between forces allied to the president and first vice president are threatening a fragile power-sharing agreement. Could the young nation be heading towards a new civil war?
For the first time in 17 years, Libya is calling on foreign companies to explore oil in its territory. But will investors be forthcoming?
And why South Africa's apartheid reparations fund remains largely unspent, 30 years after it was set up to compensate victims of gross human rights violations.
Presenter: Charles Gitonga Technical Producer: Craig Kingham Producers: Sunita Nahar in London. Frenny Jowi in Nairobi and Blessing Aderogba in Lagos Senior Journalist: Patricia Whitehorne Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi