
Tusse - from child refugee to Swedish pop star
We interview Congolese-born artist Tusse, who represents Sweden on Eurovision 2021
Congolese-born artist Tousin Chiza, aka Tusse, represents Sweden during the 2021 Eurovision contest. He tells Focus on Africa some of the happy memories he has kept from the time he lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and that behind his new song 'Voices' there's a message of hope and strength;
Urgent humanitarian intervention is needed in Madagascar as millions are facing hunger due to devastating famine. We speak to Tamara Leger, the Madagascar Advisor at Amnesty International;
Africa has so far registered some of the lowest numbers of Covid-19 infections globally. But a study from the prominent scientific paper The Lancet, has found that those who do get critically ill from the virus are more likely to die from it. We discuss the findings with the Chief Research Scientist and founding Director of the Makerere University Lung Institute, Dr Bruce Kirenga.
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- Fri 21 May 202119:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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