BBC News AfricaIn February 2020, a shocking video began to circulate on Chinese social media. A group of African children are being instructed, by a voice off-camera, to chant phrases in Chinese. The kids repeat the words with smiles and enthusiasm — but they don’t understand that what they’re being told to say is “I am a black monster and my IQ is low.” The clip ignited outrage in China and beyond.
But no-one ever answered the crucial questions: Why was this filmed? Where was it shot? Who made it?
These questions send #BBCAfricaEye and #BBCEyeInvestigations reporters Runako Celina and Henry Mhango on a journey into a Chinese video-making industry that exploits vulnerable children across the continent.
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CREDITS: Investigated and Reported by Runako Celina and Henry Mhango Filmed, Produced and Directed by Chiara Francavilla Assistant Producer - Runako Celina Executive Producer - Dan Adamson Open Source Investigators - Aliaume Leroy and Edward Tian Film Editor - Matthew Bradley Motion Design - Emile Costard Camera - Godfrey Badebye Additional camera - Jake Tacchi, Michael Jenkins, Kevin Okai, Lameck Luhanga Online Editor - Chris Stott Dubbing Mixer- Jez Spencer Colour Grader - Boyd Nagle Reversioning Producer - Anna Payton Digital Producer - Suzanne Vanhooymissen Social Media Producer - Anusha Kumar Impact Producer - Courtney Bembridge Production Managers - Simon Frost and Helen Swindells Production Coordinators - Maxwell Murrain, Charlotte Fraser, Emily Dubois, Neil Williams, Negin Vaziri Digital Technician - David Smith Production Support - Lonjezo Blake Translators - Adrian Mvula, Alefa Bisiyere, Clifford Munthali, Florence Phiri, Steven Mkandawire, Towera Moyo, Yang Siong Sim Archive - SVT- Sveriges Television AB, Kobina Ackon aka Wode Maya Original Music - Madalitso Band Drivers - Blessings Emmanuel Bonface and Hillary Mwagomba BBC Africa Eye Editor - Tom Watson Head of Investigations - Marc Perkins
Racism for Sale - BBC Africa Eye documentaryBBC News Africa2022-06-12 | In February 2020, a shocking video began to circulate on Chinese social media. A group of African children are being instructed, by a voice off-camera, to chant phrases in Chinese. The kids repeat the words with smiles and enthusiasm — but they don’t understand that what they’re being told to say is “I am a black monster and my IQ is low.” The clip ignited outrage in China and beyond.
But no-one ever answered the crucial questions: Why was this filmed? Where was it shot? Who made it?
These questions send #BBCAfricaEye and #BBCEyeInvestigations reporters Runako Celina and Henry Mhango on a journey into a Chinese video-making industry that exploits vulnerable children across the continent.
*** 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.
You can check out all #BBCAfricaEye investigations here: bit.ly/bbcafricaeye
CREDITS: Investigated and Reported by Runako Celina and Henry Mhango Filmed, Produced and Directed by Chiara Francavilla Assistant Producer - Runako Celina Executive Producer - Dan Adamson Open Source Investigators - Aliaume Leroy and Edward Tian Film Editor - Matthew Bradley Motion Design - Emile Costard Camera - Godfrey Badebye Additional camera - Jake Tacchi, Michael Jenkins, Kevin Okai, Lameck Luhanga Online Editor - Chris Stott Dubbing Mixer- Jez Spencer Colour Grader - Boyd Nagle Reversioning Producer - Anna Payton Digital Producer - Suzanne Vanhooymissen Social Media Producer - Anusha Kumar Impact Producer - Courtney Bembridge Production Managers - Simon Frost and Helen Swindells Production Coordinators - Maxwell Murrain, Charlotte Fraser, Emily Dubois, Neil Williams, Negin Vaziri Digital Technician - David Smith Production Support - Lonjezo Blake Translators - Adrian Mvula, Alefa Bisiyere, Clifford Munthali, Florence Phiri, Steven Mkandawire, Towera Moyo, Yang Siong Sim Archive - SVT- Sveriges Television AB, Kobina Ackon aka Wode Maya Original Music - Madalitso Band Drivers - Blessings Emmanuel Bonface and Hillary Mwagomba BBC Africa Eye Editor - Tom Watson Head of Investigations - Marc Perkins
*** Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaWhy are fuel tanker explosions so common in Nigeria I Focus on Africa PodcastBBC News Africa2024-10-18 | An explosion from an overturned fuel tanker in northern Nigeria has killed more than 150 people, including several children. Many others were injured and taken to hospital. Officials say, the death toll could rise. Fuel tanker accidents are not uncommon in Nigeria, so why does this keep happening?
Also the International Criminal Court says it's renewing investigations into alleged war crimes in DR Congo
And how an online post showing the lack of care of infrastructure in Johannesburg has sparked a debate in South Africa!
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00:00 Intro 00:51 Why are fuel tanker explosions so common in Nigeria? 09:38 Why is the International Criminal Court renewing investigations into alleged war crimes in DR Congo? 19:41 How a page on X sparked a debate in South Africa.
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaWhat led to Kenya’s deputy presidents impeachment? - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-10-17 | Kenya has witnessed its first-ever impeachment proceedings against a deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, who faced serious allegations that saw him permanently barred from holding public office. The accusations included corruption, undermining the authority of the president, and inciting ethnic divisions - all of which he denies. The BBC’s Jewel Kiriungi takes a closer look at how events unfolded.
Filmed and edited by Anthony Irungu Produced by Clare Muthinji Executive producer: Princess Irede Abumere
BBC journalist Mohanad Hashim's emotional return to the city of his birth, Omdurman in Sudan, 18 months after the war started
And efforts to save the Yaaku language which is at risk of extinction in Kenya.
00:00 Intro 01:01 How is climate change affecting food production and farming in Nigeria? 07:56 BBC reporter: 'They ransacked my home and left my town in ruins'. 15:22 How to save a language at risk of extinction
Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
Severe rainfall in September over the Moroccan Sahara has left the desert sand dunes inundated.
Some areas of southeastern Morocco saw more than a year’s worth of rainfall in just two days.
According to experts the area is not usually affected by rainfall from the Inter Tropical Front, which usually affects the Malian and Mauritanian Sahara.
The capital, Khartoum, was where the fighting started all those months ago and in recent weeks intense clashes have returned.
The BBC’s Mohanad Hashim returns to Sudan for the first time since the war began, to find what has been left of his childhood neighbourhood in Omdurman.
A French-Cameroonian writer on trial in Paris for contesting the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
And how excess salt in soil is affecting farming communities in Africa.
00:00 Intro 01:22 What's it like to embark on Africa’s deadliest migration route (Africa Eye). 11:02 Who is Charles Onana and why is he so controversial? 21:09 How Ghanaian farmers are coping with land which is not growing their crops?
Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
Some of the topics include: 00:00 Intro 01:02 Lord Ray Collins on his trip to Ethiopia 01:43 Tackling sexual violence in Sudan 02:34 Funding for Sudan 03:25 Lord Ray Collins on the Agnes Wanjiru 05:31 How can the UK stay relevant amidst investment from Russia and China?
Father-of-two Mouhamed has never been to sea, but he is about to take what is fast becoming the deadliest migrant journey in the world: the Atlantic crossing from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands.
Facing days, even weeks, on the open ocean, this year more than 70,000 irregular migrants and refugees are expected to attempt this perilous journey, many of them in overcrowded wooden boats.
From Senegal, Mouhamed will have to survive the treacherous crossing with little more than a handful of biscuits and a few bottles of water, all to achieve his dream of making it to the southern border of Europe. For all those who make it to the Canaries, there will be thousands who die trying. It’s a tragedy unfolding in real time, buried under world headlines.
In this hard-hitting investigation, #BBCAfricaEye reporter Mame Cheikh Mbaye takes viewers into the secretive world of migrants hoping to escape conflict and extreme poverty in Senegal and neighbouring countries, and what they hope will be a brighter future in Europe.
Mame Cheikh follows Mouhamed as he prepares himself for a journey that, one way or another, will alter the trajectory of his life forever. Negotiating with the criminals organising the crossing, getting ready without alerting police suspicion, before finally receiving the call from his smuggler to head to a secret hideout in preparation for a midnight departure. Mouhamed’s story intimately captures his journey, the viewer is with him throughout, including when he is in an open boat en route to the Canary Islands.
Mame Cheikh also talks to the families who have lost loved ones while attempting the crossing, secures rare access to the smugglers organising the migrant boats and meets with the Spanish authorities who are on the front line disrupting the criminal networks involved in this deadly trade. Throughout the film, he explores some of the motivations which are driving tens of thousands onto the boats in search of what they think could be a better life… only for many to perish, turning the Atlantic Ocean into a mass grave.
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#Senegal #CanaryIslands #Migrants #Documentary #Refugees #Refugee #Migrantes #Canarias #AfricaNews #BBCAfricaWhere the blind are in charge - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-10-10 | Across Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 100 million live with some form of sight loss. In Uganda alone, more than 3 million are affected. Those in rural areas often struggle to receive adequate eye care. The BBC’s Agnes Penda visited a community of blind and visually impaired people in eastern Uganda who came together to support one another. They say that, united, their disability became their source of strength.
Most survivors of sexual violence in the conflict-ridden area of Goma are treated in displacement camps near, where populations continue to swell amid ongoing clashes between rival groups. The female survivors who walk into health facilities bring stones as a way to "share" the ordeal they faced, while bypassing stigmas around it. The BBC’s Mercy Juma visited Goma and spoke with some of the survivors.
🎞️ Filmed and edited by Anthony Irungu.
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafrica3 key issues shaping Mozambique elections I BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-10-09 | Mozambique goes to the polls on Wednesday 9th October to elect a successor to President Filipe Nyusi. His tenure has been marked by an Islamic insurgency in Cabo Delgado, which began just two years into his presidency and has nearly overshadowed his time in office. There are four candidates vying for the presidency and whoever wins will inherit this ongoing conflict alongside pressing economic challenges. Can the next leader turn things around? We break down the key issues shaping the Mozambican election this year.
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaWe insist on the departure of Rwandan troops from DRC I BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-10-06 | A Congolese regional court will begin hearing a case filed by the DRC government against Rwanda over crimes linked to the security crisis in its eastern region. It accuses Rwanda of deploying troops inside its territory. BBC's Waihiga Mwaura spoke to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner; about the impasse on the peace negations between the two nations being mediated by Angola.
#theresekayikwambainte #focusonafrica #bbcafrica
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaIs Tunisia losing its grip on democracy? - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-10-04 | Tunisians are set to elect a new president on October 6th, but the arrest and disqualification of several political opponents of incumbent President Kais Saied have sparked concerns about the legitimacy of the election. In recent years, and especially over the past weeks, Saied has consolidated his hold on power, raising fears that the country could be heading towards its first undemocratic election since the Arab Spring.
Award-winning Cape Verdean rapper Ga DaLomba investigates ‘Highway 10’. This drug trafficking route is named after the 10th parallel North, the circle of latitude which charts the shortest sea-faring route across the Atlantic from South America to Africa.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, at least fifty tonnes of cocaine crosses West Africa every year with most arriving via Highway 10, but around 30% of the drugs are sold during transit.
As a result, Cape Verde has become known as a ‘motorway service station’ for traffickers, with Europe’s 11 billion dollar cocaine market often the final destination.
Ga DaLomba, himself a recovering cocaine addict, meets dealers and law enforcement officers in Cape Verde who have all witnessed a massive influx of cocaine, with the number of addicts also increasing.
Ga then searches for an alleged drug trafficker, a British man known as ‘Fox’, who Brazilian police believe used ‘Highway 10’ to transport one tonne of cocaine...and is yet to face justice. Ga’s search for ‘Fox’ takes him to Norwich in the UK where the allegations are put to him.
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#CapeVerde #Brasil #CaboVerde #Documentary #GaDaLomba #Praia #WestAfrica #BrazilNews #Brazil #BBCAfrica #AfricaNews #FindingMrFox #MaritimeSecurity #DocumentariesBlack Arsenal: The relationship between Arsenal and ‘black culture’ I BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-09-27 | University professor and author Clive Chijioke Nwonka has written a book called ‘Black Arsenal’. The book has testimonies from all around the world, looking at how Arsenal Football Club have brought together its black fanbase, but also how they’ve appreciated black culture. As a British-Nigerian Clive told us how Arsenal is becoming the ‘kit for Africa’. But what African superstar hooked him and many other Africans into the club?
#arsenal #blackarsenal #arsenalfc
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Produced and edited by Ameer Ahmed Reporter Thomas Naadi
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaWhy did Egypt-Somali alliance spark an alarm in Ethiopia? BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-09-21 | A military alliance between Somalia and Egypt is ruffling feathers in the fragile Horn of Africa, upsetting Ethiopia in particular - and there are worries the fallout could become more than a war of words. In this video, BBC Africa’s Esther Kahumbi explains the context behind the current tensions and what has led to this point.
#egyptnews #somalianews #ethiopianewsWhy is Turkey extending its influence in Somalia? BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-09-19 | Turkey has been trying to act as a mediator in the ongoing row between Somalia and Ethiopia. The escalating tensions in the Horn of Africa are as a result of a maritime deal that also affects Egypt. Turkey has been a long-time partner of Somalia but has also been investing in the country for more than a decade. A new naval deal signed this year deepened the ties between the two countries. This explainer looks at their relationship and why Turkey is keen to establish itself in the region.
In the hope of raising awareness of their collective situation, he was given unprecedented access to a world of danger, drug addiction and even death.
Activists estimate that there are more than 20,000 women engaged in sex work in Sierra Leone - a situation fuelled by high unemployment, a crippling cost-of-living crisis, and the lingering trauma of the country’s ten-year civil war.
Over the course of four years, Tyson documented the perils sex workers are forced to navigate daily, from extreme violence and disease to the crippling effects of ‘kush’ - a powerful street drug that has wreaked havoc among the youth of Sierra Leone.
Worse still is the threat from human traffickers, who have lured countless women into sexual slavery abroad, either by force or with false promises of better jobs.
*** 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.
#SierraLeone #SGBV #Trafficking #Documentary #WomensRights #AfricaNews #BBCEye #Kush #Addiction #BBC100WomenSingeli: The Worlds Most Frenetic Beat - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-09-14 | Singeli is Africa’s fastest music beat. With speeds of over 300 beats per minute, Singeli has become the sound of the streets and clubs of Tanzania. Initially an underground genre played in the informal settlements of Dar Es Saalam, Singeli is now a favourite among revellers and one of the sounds used by the late president John Magufuli in his campaigns and public appearances. It’s gaining popularity in neighbouring East African countries and the world at large.
Filmed by: Nicholaus Mtenga and Gloria Achieng Produced by: Macharia Maina, Gloria Achieng Edited by: Gloria Achieng and Macharia Maina Directed by: Macharia Maina Graphics by: George Wafula Production coordinator: Seema Quraishy Executive producers: Leone Ouedraogo, Marko Zoric and Bonney Tunya
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaNigeria fuel tanker crash leaves deadly trail - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-09-09 | #Shorts: At least 48 people have been killed in the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the country's disaster agency said. The collision caused an explosion which engulfed both vehicles. Footage from the scene shortly after the incident shows the two vehicles, which have been entirely burnt out, as well as a number of dead cattle.
BBC World Service Senior Correspondent Nawal Al-Maghafi has gained rare access to the city of Port Sudan and a key border area in neighbouring Chad where refugees are still flowing out as aid agencies desperately try to get aid in.
Chidimma Adetshina, who was a finalist in the Miss South Africa beauty contest, sparked criticism as despite being a South African citizen, her father is Nigerian and her mother has Mozambican roots.
She quit the contest last month - the day after the home affairs department announced that her mother may have committed "identity theft" to become a South African national.
Ms Adetshina was then invited to enter Miss Universe Nigeria - which she won - but said she had been "suppressing her emotions" throughout.
Filmed by Adekola Olawale Interview by Helen Oyibo
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaMpox: Why is is difficult to distribute vaccines in DRC? BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-09-05 | A new strain of the mpox virus is quickly spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the epicentre of the crisis, which accounts for over 18,000 suspected cases and more than 629 deaths this year. However, DRC is still desperately awaiting vaccines to slow down transmission. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that $135 million is needed to fight mpox. Prof Espoir Bwenge, Catholic University of Bukavu, is involved in the response plan in South Kivu, a region that has been grappling with security and disinformation challenges. He explains why controlling the outbreak in DRC is uniquely challenging.
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaMpox: Children bearing the brunt - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-08-26 | With mpox being declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization because of its rapid spread, all eyes have been on the Democratic Republic of Congo, which accounts for nearly all of this year’s recorded cases and more than 450 deaths.
In visits to treatment centres in the east of the country, the BBC has found children are worst affected by the illness, which can be deadly.
Reporter: Simi Jolaoso Producer: Gladys Kigo Editor: Ayo Bello
#mpoxoutbreak #mpoxvirus #mpox
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Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaThe Paralympic table tennis love story - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-08-23 | Christiana and Kayode Alabi are Africa’s top ranked table tennis players. The Nigerian couple's love story began during a national camp. Christiana moved to Lagos to be with Kayode. Both had polio as children which led them both to have disabilities. "It’s not easy to be physically-challenged in this country (Nigera)," says Kayode. But, as Christiana adds, "due to this sport I’m not always shy the way I was before. I can speak publicly".
#2024Paralympics #2024ParisParalympics
🎤 Emmanuel Akindubuwa
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🎤 André Lombard 🎥 Chris Parkinson 🎞️ Rajni Boddington
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaMiss SA Mia le Roux: No-one deserves to be bullied - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-08-21 | Mia le Roux became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss South Africa. "It wasn't just me that won that night, but anyone who has felt different," she told the BBC. The pageant was a divisive one which saw one finalist withdraw after being trolled over her Nigerian heritage. The winner displayed solidarity towards Chidimma Adetshina, her former rival.
🎤 Esther Kahumbi 🎥 🎞️ Ameer Ahmed
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaMozambiques secret rainforest in the sky - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-08-17 | Mabu, the largest rainforest in southern Africa, remained off-limits for years due to the civil war that plagued Mozambique. Scientists have found there dozens of species which don't exist anywhere else in the world. The BBC's environment correspondent followed them on a journey to the area. The specialists now hope that their many findings will lead to a rare happy ending story when it comes to preservation.
🎤 Jonah Fisher 🎥 Tony Jolliffe 🎞️ Holly Stimson Executive Producer: Sarah Dias
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaMeet the man behind Arsenals Pan-African kit - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-08-16 | It’s the start of the new English Premier League season, which means new teams, new players and also new kits. This season, Arsenal FC have a kit that was designed by Sierra Leone born designer Foday Dumbuya, a Gunner who also sought to provide an African touch to the jersey he created.
🎤 Mark Wilberforce 🎥 🎞️ Ameer Ahmed
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaChidimma Adetshina: How Miss SA sparked a nationality row - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-08-09 | This year’s Miss South Africa beauty contest has turned into one of the biggest rows in the country. Chidimma Adetshinacha ended up giving up on the contest amid a massive backlash over her participation and claims about her nationality, age and where she was born. So what exactly is this story all about?
🎤 Danai Nesta Kupemba 🎥 Aaron Akinyemi 🎞️ Gloria Achieng
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaUK riots: Theres no hope to stay here at all - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-08-07 | Originally from Sudan, Mohammed Idris has made Belfast, in Northern Ireland, his home for over ten years. After his café was set on fire in the recent wave of anti-immigrant violence that has hit the UK, it all changed for him. He now faces a dilemma, he no longer feels safe in his own community, but also cannot return to his home country, as it's facing a brutal war.
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaThe small country with the worlds highest suicide rate - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-08-06 | Lesotho, a small nation in Southern Africa, is know as the "kingdom in the sky", for its high altitutde and natural beauty. It is also at the peak of a grim statistic: a suicide rate ten times the global average - that's nine suicides per 100,000 people. The country with a population of 2,3 million has only one psychiatric unit. The reasons for the tragic tally vary, ranging from unemployment to sexual violence. A local NGO, @helplesotho, is trying to change the game by holding therapy sessions in several locations.
🎤 : André Lombard 🎥 : Chris Parkinson 🎞️ : Marina Daras
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaImane Khelif: Whats behind the gender controversy? - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-08-02 | A boxing result at the Paris 2024 Olympic games has gone way beyond the ring. The victory of Algeria's Imane Khelif against Italian opponent Angela Carini in a 46-secound bout has sparked a row about gender and sports, as the Algerian fighter had been ruled out previously of tournaments for failing in gender tests.
#africanews #Sudan #RSFSouth Sudans Khaman Maluach: From refugee to next big thing - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-07-30 | 🇸🇸🏀 17-year-old Khaman Maluach fled South Sudan and grew up in Uganda as a refugee. Now he is making history competing for South Sudan’s basketball squad in #Paris2024. Maluach is expected to be one of the hottest players for the NBA Draft next year. Find out more about the 7ft 2in (2.18m) teenager’s story.
🎤 Kelvin Kimathi 🎥 Jeff Sauke 🎞️ Gem O’Reilly
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaOn the days I find food, the babies can eat - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-07-29 | In northern Nigeria, 4.4 million children under five are acutely malnourished – that’s more than double last year’s figure according to the World Food Programme. Families are grappling with high food inflation and banditry, and many can no longer afford to feed their children like they used to. The BBC’s Madina Maishanu went to the main city of Katsina state to find out more.
Reporter: Madina Maishanu Filmed and edited by: Ifiokabasi Ettang Produced by: Ifiokabasi Ettang, Madina Maishanu, Ellen Tsang
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaHow do you teach a class with more than 100 children? - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-07-28 | Zambia made primary and secondary education free in 2021. Since then, two million children have returned to school, but now classes are overcrowded, with some hosting more than 150 students. Children sometimes have to sit on the floor, due to the lack of tables and chairs for them.
By Laillah Mohammed and Marco Oriunto.
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaThe marathon king who changed the Olympics forever - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-07-25 | From serving Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia to becoming a marathon legend, Abebe Bikila made history as the first black African man to win an Olympic gold medal. He was also the first athlete to defend a marathon Olympic title. After years running at the top of his game, he suffered life changing injuries leaving him unable to walk. But he picked himself up and competed and won in competitions for disabled athletes. World famous while he was alive, he has inspired generations of athletes, but his incredible story has been forgotten by many outside of his home country.
In the late 1980s, private security guard Louis van Schoor fatally shot dozens people in the South African city of East London. All of his victims were black. The youngest was just 12 years old.
It is a bloodbath that places Van Schoor among the most prolific killers in history. He was caught and arrested in 1991. But with many of his shootings signed off by local police as ‘justifiable homicides,’ he would receive a shockingly light sentence - serving only 12 years in jail. Decades have past, but the relatives of his victims have never found closure.
How many people did Van Schoor really kill? And who else was involved?
It's been thirty years since the white supremacist apartheid regime crumbled. The unresolved trauma of this time has cast a long shadow across a nation.
In piecing together the story of Van Schoor, this #BBCAfricaEye investigation exposes the disturbed past and racial injustices of South Africa itself.
*** 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.
Head of Longform and Investigations - Liz Gibbons Editor, Africa Eye - Tom Watson Directed and Filmed by - Charlie Northcott Co-Directed and Produced by - Isa-Lee Jacobson Executive Producer - Monica Garnsey Film Editor - Nick Cortés Creative Consultant - Peter Murimi Production Manager - Simon Frost Production Coordinator - Sarah Clarke Post Production: Coda Post Production Social Media Producer - Anusha Kumar Re-versioning Producer - Anna Payton Researchers - Zuko Blauw, Vuyani Simani, Nokwezi Ganya, Sipho Somyaii Additional Filming - Richard Kruger Composer - Anna Papadimitriou Additional Music - Weronika Grazyna Kijewska, Singalakha Njova Translators - Marlene Mvumbi, Lundi Njemla, Melissa-Lee Rootman Archive - Associated Press, Eastern Cape Archives, Records Department, Eastern Cape High Court, Reuters, Getty Images, Pond 5, SABC News Archives
#Documentary #SouthAfrica #Apartheid #RacialJustice #SouthAfricaNews #BBCAfrica #PoliceBrutalityThe charity that made-up stories of trafficked African children - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-07-19 | People around the world are being duped into donating money to fictional rescue centres for trafficked children in Africa. This is according to a BBC investigation into the charity, Project Rescue Children. Started by former UK police officer Adam Whittington, it’s raised thousands of pounds from sponsors globally. It claims its mission is to save children from trafficking and abuse however the BBC’s File on 4 has uncovered evidence of false and misleading social media posts and claims of rescue centre construction. Project Rescue Children rejects the BBC’s findings and says its work has benefitted hundreds of children worldwide.
#prc #gambianews #kenyanews
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaEnzo Fernandez: Why is the Argentina footballer at the centre of a racism row? - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-07-17 | Chelsea and Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez is at the centre of a racism row after just winning the Copa América tournament. Fernandez and some other Argentinian teammates filmed themselves singing a chant that mocks the French football team players whose parents are of African descent. Warning: contains language that some might find offensive.
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaMasterclass: Non-Fiction/Reportage - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-07-16 | BBC East Africa Correspondent Mercy Juma and BBC Monitoring's Africa Specialist Beverly Ochieng delve into techniques they've used to make sense of some of the biggest events in the region, how best to characterise people and the emotional weight of their narratives while remaining factual and authoritative to audiences.
Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: bbc.com/africa Facebook: facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica Twitter: twitter.com/bbcafrica Instagram: instagram.com/bbcafricaMy FGM reconstruction surgery journey - BBC AfricaBBC News Africa2024-07-10 | Almost 230 million girls and women around the world have undergone some form of female genital mutilation. Over half of them are in Africa. FGM is the partial or total removal of the external female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Shamsa Sharaawe, or Shamsa Araweelo as she is known on TikTok, underwent reconstructive surgery in Europe to repair the damage done to her as a child in Somalia. She spoke to us about her experience.
#fgm #fgmsurgery #fgmstory
Producer: Bushra Mohammed Cameraman and editor: Ameer Ahmed Executive producer: Beryl Munoko
At least one elderly person loses their life every week in the name of witchcraft along Kenya’s stunning Kilifi coast.
Violent attacks on supposed witches occur across swathes of Africa and beyond, but the estimated 70 deaths reported here every year are about much more than fear of the supernatural.
Meeting victims, relatives and even perpetrators, #BBCAfricaEye investigates the real motives fuelling these brutal incidents and the impunity that often enables them, revealing that many elderly victims are targeted not by strangers, but the very people who should be protecting them - their own families.
*** 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.
🎧 Listen to the podcast "Assignment: Cry Witch, Take My Land, Take My Life" on the BBC World Service here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j8nfmn
*** Credits: HEAD OF LONGFORM AND INVESTIGATIONS - Liz Gibbons AFRICA EYE EDITOR - Tom Watson DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Nicola Milne PRODUCER - Kassim Mohamed REPORTER - Njeri Mwangi CINEMATOGRAPHER - Simon Mwai FILM EDITOR - Timothy Moss FIXER - Gary Alphonce PRODUCTION COORDINATOR - Abigail Knight PRODUCTION MANAGER - Simon Frost IMPACT TEAM - Tom Donkin, Tamasin Ford, Anusha Kumar, Paul Organe, Gabriele Shaw, Mark Shea, Emaan Warraich REVERSIONING PRODUCER - Anna Payton DUBBING MIXER - Jez Spencer COLOURIST - Boyd Nagle ONLINE EDITOR - Chris Stott DRONE CAMERA - Yusuf Bamkuu ADDITIONAL CAMERA - Godfrey Bardey ADDITIONAL RESEARCH - Izzy Fleming BURIAL CEREMONY MUSICIANS - Tambala Dakacha Group TRANSLATION - Tina Robi ARCHIVE - "Witches" Burnt in Kenya. NTD News, KTN News Kenya, AP Archive, Voice of America, VOA WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO: Metakilili Cultural Resource and Rescue Centre, Magarini Cultural Centre