18 May 2026

23 minutes

Available for over a year

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's four-year tenure came to an end on May 15th. However, a contentious constitutional amendment has extended it by a year. The country had failed to hold elections over controversy regarding electoral reforms. We hear how Somalia got here, and what is next for the country.

Also, Zimbabwe plans to return commercial farms to white farmers more than two decades after it was seized.

Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna

Producers: Keikantse Shumba, Bella Twine and Rukia Bulle

Technical Producer: David Kinyanjui

Senior Producer: Charles Gitonga

Editors: Priya Sippy and Maryam Abdalla