Hunger in Mali nearly tripled in just one year - a podcast by BBC World Service

Aid organisations in Mali say conflict, droughts and Covid-19 have pushed more than 1.2 million people into a food crisis. Political parties in Sierra Leone are angry at the World Bank's decision to hold funds and call for a boycott of the upcoming census. Nigerian internet cable company MainOne is acquired by a US business. And on Tanzania's sixtieth independence anniversary, we celebrate one of the country's many contributions: the affirming of the Kiswahili language.

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