Somalia reacts to criticism over presidential extension - a podcast by BBC World Service

After alienating its own international partners by extending the presidential mandate for another two years, can Somalia face the danger of an escalating Islamist insurgency on its soil without their support? We have analysis from Professor Abdi Samatar from the University of Minnesota

Worrying signs of drug-resistant malaria parasites in Rwanda. But the experts say 'no need to panic' - just plan. We speak to Dr. Prudence Hamade from the Malaria Consortium

The US discusses the future of legislation that would enable reparations to be paid to the descendants of slaves. But financial settlements are only a part of the story. We hear from Dreisen Heath, a researcher specializing in racial justice issues based in New York

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