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Wednesday 8 February RNW - NEWS, ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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Bridges With Africa

Bridges with Africa is RNW's radio programme linking Africans in Africa and Africans in the diaspora. Every week we bring you interviews, feature stories and African music. From culture and business to...
JuJu is Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara (seen right)

Radio Show: Radio show - Western rock guitar meets West African violin (3 February)

This week in Bridges with Africa: Violence flares as Senegal’s incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade is allowed to run for a third term as president. How can African economies survive in the global economic crisis? ‘Mr Hotel Rwa...

Elecrion posters with the picture of Uhuru Kenyatta

Radio Show: Radio show - Leading Kenyan politicians to stand trial (27 January)

This week in Bridges with Africa: Trouble in Kenya as the International Criminal Court presses ahead with the prosecution of four of the country’s leading politicians.  How to get around town the ‘green’ way - the...

A woman and child walk to find water in Ethiopia

Radio Show: Radio show - Land grabs in Ethiopia (20 January)

This week in Bridges with Africa: Thousands of Ethiopians are forced off their land to make way for foreign investors. Singer Femi Kuti warns Nigeria’s ruling class. The Dutch government intends to improve sanitation and water supp...

Somali khat dealer

Radio Show: Radio Show - Somalis in Netherlands split over plans to ban qat (13 January)

This week in Bridges with Africa: Somalis in the Netherlands are split over Dutch plans to ban the mild narcotic, qat. Is South Africa’s liberation movement any good at government? And finally, we have a special report on the ANC,...

Waayaha Cusub

Radio Show: Radio show - Rappers take on al-Shabaab (6 January)

This week in Bridges With Africa: World music star Youssou N’Dour takes on Senegal’s veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade in next month’s presidential election. South Africa nominates Presdent Zuma’s ex-wife for the pres...

Nigerian chief of Defence speaks to state house correspondents in Abuja

Radio Show: Radio Show - Fears of a sectarian war in Nigeria (30 December)

This week in Bridges with Africa, fears of a sectarian war in Nigeria, aid agencies scale back their work in Africa's largest refugee camp and our end of year music special. Listen to the show: [media:audio...

Looking back and ahead

Radio Show: Radio show - Looking back and ahead

This week in Bridges With Africa: A look back at some of the stories that made headlines this year across the continent, and a look ahead to what 2012 might bring. The uprisings in Tunisia and Libya. Election violence in Ivory Coast, pre...

Refugees in Sudan

Radio Show: Radio show - Thousands of refugees flee Sudan conflict (16 December)

This week in Bridges with Africa, thousands of refugees flee the conflict at the Sudanese border, our second part report on being gay in South Africa, the Five Guitars play the African Blues and much more!...

Election billboard in eastern Congo

Radio Show: Radio show - Election fraud in Congo? (9 December)

This week In Bridges With Africa: Election fraud in the Democratic Republic of Congo? We hear from Congolese citizens in Goma, eastern DRC, and Kris Berwouts, director of the European Network for Central Africa. Bert Koenders, the new UN...

A poster with a picture of Laurent Gbagbo

Radio Show: Radio show - Gbagbo to stand trial (2 December)

This week In Bridges With Africa: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has arrived at the International Criminal Court to stand trial for crimes against humanity. In Mali, three tourists were taken hostage and killed a fourth. A g...

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