Zambia Soccer Success Tinged with Poignancy

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Farayi Mungazi about how the current team is dealing with the memory of the 1993 tragedy that killed the then team in a plane crash.

Slideshow: Gabon’s Eco-Tourism Efforts Stumble

A decade ago Gabon established more than a dozen new national parks. But the story of one big tourism investor shows the difficulty of actually getting the tourism dollars flowing.

Africa Primed for Soccer Cup

Gabon and its tiny neighbor, Equatorial Guinea are co-hosting the Africa Cup of Nations.

Slideshow: A Gabonese Lake with Legend of the Dwarves

A pristine freshwater lake that is famous for its clear blue water and for the dwarves that, according to the local legend, protect the lake.

Commemorating the beginning of WW2

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This week’s podcast explores clashing interpretations of what went wrong in 1939. We talk to Holocaust survivors too. And Marco Werman has a musical footnote to our coverage of the history and politics of the African country of Gabon.

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West-central Africa

A country in west-central Africa is in our sights for today’s Geo Quiz. Voters in this African country went to the polls on Sunday. They were electing a new president…

Omar Bongo of Gabon

Africa’s longest-serving leader — Omar Bongo of Gabon — died this week. Anchor Marco Werman looks at the leaders who now move up on the list of longest reign over a country. Listen

Gabon’s Omar Bongo

Africa’s longest-serving leader died this week. Omar Bongo ruled for more than four decades and the small country of Gabon must now figure out how to go on without him. He’s credited with Gabon’s relatively stability and yet tainted by all-too-familiar allegations of corruption and abuse. Listen