23 July 2025

29 minutes

Available for over a year

The city of Goma in the conflict-hit east of the Democratic Republic of Congo was seized by the M23 armed group earlier this year after intense fighting with government forces. How has the city changed after six months under the group’s control?

After retired police officers in Nigeria held demonstrations earlier this week calling for better pensions, we look at wider pension provision and ask if young Nigerians see pension planning as a secure path to protecting their retirement in the future?

And could there be a new type of diabetes that accounts for the rising number of cases among young people in Africa.

Presenter: Richard Kagoe

Producers: Tom Kavanagh, Sunita Nahar and Nyasha Michelle in London. Blessing Aderogba in Lagos

Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer

Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne

Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi