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  • What exactly is 'the ick'?
    A new study has categorized the (wildly different) stuff that makes men and women get instantly and permanently disgusted by a romantic partner. And it's not always the 'icky' person's fault.
    30 min
  • What does Africa stand to win or lose over Trump's fall-out with the ICC?
    The ICC pledged to continue its work after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on it this month, saying the court had issued "baseless arrest warrants, targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu." But what ensues when a global leader takes aim at the ICC, and what impact could this have on Africa? We explore all this with legal expert Chris Kamau Waweru and DW's Andrew Wasike.
    26 min
  • Mission 300: Electricity to millions in Africa by 2030
    A plan launched by the World Bank and the African Development Bank last year seeks to provide 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa with sustainable electricity by 2030. Dubbed Mission 300, there are doubts that this can be achieved in five years. To find out more, we're being joined by public sector policy analyst Paternus Niyegira and DW Correspondent Naomi Achieng, both based in Tanzania.
    27 min
  • Why are Kenyans opposing carbon offset projects?
    A Kenyan court has dealt a blow to a major flagship carbon offset project, and it's seen as a landmark ruling. The project was used by Meta, Netflix, British Airways and other multinational corporations, but had long been opposed to by Indigenous activists. Josey Mahachi talks to Dr. Mordecai Ogada, Kenyan writer and ecologist and Daniel Plafker, DW journalist based in Kenya.
    25 min
  • Why Africa's regional blocs are failing to resolve crises
    Following an East African Community (EAC) meeting on the escalating DRC conflict, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary summit. SADC is committed to peace after at least 16 troops were killed in clashes with M23 fighters. Why are regional blocs like EAC and SADC struggling to restore stability in Africa?
    26 min
  • Inside Europe 6 February 2025
    Protests in Serbia and elections in Kosovo, the worst mass shooting in Swedish history, and Jens Stoltenberg’s surprise return to Norwegian politics. In the second half: we take a long-form look at migrant experience in Finland, find out how to access Polish nature reserves in a wheelchair, and revel in the squelchy sounds of Scotland’s UNESCO World Heritage peat bog!
    55 min
  • Making the Lake Chad basin safer and viable for dwellers
    The Lake Chad basin is located in Northern Central Africa and covers almost 8% of the continent and spreads over seven countries. Despite the potential the area holds, in recent decades insecurity, climate resilience, food insecurity, socioeconomic crisis among others have plagued dwellers there.
    25 min
  • Ending the Fulani and indigenes feud in Ghana
    There is growing tension between the Fulanis in Ghana and local communities they live in, across the country. The Fulanis, an ethnic group of people live in West Africa, Central Africa and South Sudan. There have been clashes, murders and counter killings among them and indigenous people for years now. The conflict doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon.
    27 min

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