Schedule update: BBC Africa Debate: Is corruption Africa’s biggest Killer? (3/27)

Please note the following schedule change for the broadcast of the BBC Africa Debate: Is corruption Africa’s biggest Killer?, due to air next Sunday, March 27 at 07:06 EDT.

BBC Africa Debate: Is corruption Africa’s biggest Killer?
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According to Transparency International’s latest report 75 million Africans paid a bribe in 2015. Most of the Africans surveyed feel corruption is getting worse. Are some African leaders and institutions pathologically corrupt? Or is this just a negative stereotype?

In Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the arrest of his predecessor’s security adviser for allegedly stealing $2 billion dedicated to the fight against Boko Haram. Whilst in South Africa investigations into the $23 million upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home using state money have resulted in him being asked to repay some of the money.

However, Tanzania’s new president John Magufuli has declared war on corruption, calling his judiciary corrupt, firing many – including the head of the anti-corruption body – saying “I’m worried that even the people I’m firing because of corruption will easily secure freedom despite watertight evidence against them”.

This month BBC Africa Debate travels to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to ask: is corruption Africa’s biggest killer? Or is it just an unfair stereotype? And what can the continent do to stamp out corruption?

Presented by Zuhura Yunus and Owen Bennett-Jones

First aired: Friday, March 25
Broadcast window: March 25 – 31, 2016
Number of episodes: 1
Program duration: 49 minutes 30 seconds (23 minutes & 26 minutes 30 seconds) or 59 minutes including the News Bulletins, billboards & promos
Download www.bbc.co.uk/partners availability: from Fri 25 March 20:30 GMT for 7 days

BBC broadcast times:
APM | Sun 07:06 EDT (11:06 GMT)