AfricaLink on Air - 30 January 2024

DRC refugees in Rwanda protest against discrimination +++ Rwanda against SADC deployment in DRC +++ Senegal protest over election date +++ The Tanzanian woman who quit her job to sell coffins +++ 13th African Games in Ghana

Gambia debates repealing the anti-FGM law+++Boko Haram ex-fighters threaten society+++Sierra Leone to compensate student shot by police during peaceful protest

German minister warns of Russian influence in West Africa +++ Security situation in the Sahel region deteriorating +++ Rwanda probes sexual abuse allegations during Tour de Rwanda +++ A wellness center for adolescents in Cameroon

AfricaLink Story of The Week: ICC compensates Uganda victims

'Heartbroken' Paul Pogba to appeal four-year doping ban +++US 'deeply troubled' by Ghana's anti-LGBTQ legislation+++Victims of Cameroon's separatist conflict speak to DW

Nigeria's union workers end strike, give government 14-day ultimatum+++Kenyans decry shortage of condoms+++Who are Burundi's RED-Tabara rebels?

Who will win South Africa’s 2024 election? +++ Analysis: South Africa election campaigns ramp up +++ Portrait: Duduzane Zuma +++ Showbiz

West African bloc ECOWAS lifts sanctions against Guinea, Mali, and Niger+++Guinea capital Conakry grinds to a halt as general strike begins++South Africa's political parties launch campaigns

Nigeria's naira has declined by a whopping 38% to the US dollar while Ghana's cedi, the Kenya's shilling and the West African CFA franc have also lost value. Why are African currencies performing so poorly on the world market? And, does the performance of a currency tell the whole story of any country's economy?

Malawi's immigration services paralyzed by cyber-attack disruptions+++Guinea junta restricts internet access to curb unrest+++Turkey to provide maritime security support to Somalia