As the defence partnership between countries in the Sahel and the US and France ends, there's curiosity about which West African country will offer a base for French and US troops. Why is it important for these forces to have a base in West Africa?
Also we revist the plight of migrants in Libya, after 107 people, including women and children are freed from captivity.
And Audrey chats to ‘The Queen of Afrobeat'....singer-songwriter and actress, Tiwa Savage!
Zimbabwe in major land ownership shift
Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast's rocky relationship
Ethiopia's first female president leaves office?
Will Mozambicans in Cabo Delgado vote?
Chagos Islands: What next after UK hand over?
Kenya's Deputy President faces impeachment
Lebanon conflict: A reporter’s witness account.
DR Congo appeals to the UN
Devastating impact of cocaine on Cape Verde
Inside the Sudan war with the Sudanese army
Kenya: ‘excessive force’ used during protests
Why is galamsey such a big deal in Ghana?
Why the opposition in Tanzania is concerned by abductions?
What the gender equity bill means for women in Ghana
Why Nigeria risks floods from waters released by Cameroon
The abduction of children in South Sudan
Why is Ghana's opposition demanding a voters roll audit ?
Will Kenya’s labour deal with Germany work?
Why did Senegal's president dissolve parliament?
City of Maiduguri submerged in heaviest flooding
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