EPISODE · Aug 25, 2025 · 35 MIN
UN: Record number of aid workers killed in 2024
from Focus on Africa · host BBC World Service
UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2024. Most in Gaza but dozens also in Sudan, South Sudan, and Nigeria Why is sub-Saharan Africa facing a shortage of child eye doctors? We meet one of the only paediatric opthalmologists in Burkina Faso And we meet Gelda Waterboer the Namibian teacher who has gone viral with a classroom song about sexual consent Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Priya Sippy, Stefania Okereke, Yvette Twagiramariya and Alfonso Daniels in London with Ayuba Iliya in Lagos Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi.
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UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2024. Most in Gaza but dozens also in Sudan, South Sudan, and Nigeria Why is sub-Saharan Africa facing a shortage of child eye doctors? We meet one of the only paediatric opthalmologists in Burkina Faso And we meet Gelda Waterboer the Namibian teacher who has gone viral with a classroom song about sexual consent Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Priya Sippy, Stefania Okereke, Yvette Twagiramariya and Alfonso Daniels in London with Ayuba Iliya in Lagos Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi.
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