United Nations Radio

UN and Africa - a weekly 15-minute radio programme on political, social, economic and other developments related to Africa.

Cholera patient in Zimbabwe

- A new unity government of Zimbabwe faces enormous challenges to rebuild the country's economy. Deputy Director of Physicians for Human Rights, Susannah Sirkin, discusses the current health crisis, highlighted by the outbreak of cholera in the country.

Aid workers rescue child soldiers and labourers in Africa

Children in DR Congo

- Thousands of children in Africa suffer as a result of civil wars and poverty. The UN Children's Fund and the International Organization for Migration are working in different parts of the continent to stop the use of children as soldiers or labourers. UN Radio's Patrick Maigua reports from Geneva.

Rwandan lawyer faces contempt of court charges

Remains of 1994 genocide

- A Rwandan lawyer appears before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to face charges of contempt of court. Leonidas Nshogoza is accused of trying to fabricate evidence and get false statements in support of an appeal by a former Rwandan minister serving a life sentence for his role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Producer/Presenter:Derrick Mbatha
Editor:Diane Bailey
Production Assistant:Sandra Guy
Studio Engineer:Benji Candelario