African countries feel economic pain of Ukraine war - a podcast by BBC World Service

African nations are facing soaring fuel prices and disruption to the supply of basic commodities, which are being blamed on the Ukraine war. But what lessons on resilience and independence have governments learnt from the experience of the Covid pandemic?

Plus, as the head of the World Health Organization again warns of a major humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, we get a personal account from a local aid worker of what life is like in the capital, Mekelle.And the director of a new Afro-futuristic animated film, inspired by East African cultures, hopes it will encourage greater interest in science fiction.

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