This week: Malawi votes with an economy on its knees. More lives lost as Sudanese risk all to get to safety. Why are chameleons causing a crackdown in Zambia? And Kenyan athletes will fly high from now on.

Episode 61: References/further reading:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/16/malawi-counts-votes-after-presidential-election-amid-economic-crisis

https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250918-100-sudanese-refugees-dead-in-shipwrecks-off-libyan-coast

https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/land-and-environmental-defenders/documenting-killings-and-disappearances-of-land-and-environmental-defenders/

https://www.ewn.co.za/2025/09/18/ramaphosas-comments-about-da-run-municipalities-not-the-full-picture-former-anc-wc-spokesperson#error=login_required&state=f8414da9-f159-4242-801e-16ef5b3444e6

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr57rr9598o

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/british-army-kenya-murder-agnes-wanjiru-b2827463.html

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2025-09-18-kenyan-medalists-to-fly-business-class-after-uproar

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