{"id":7660,"date":"2017-11-01T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcafricanradio.com\/?post_type=ova_audio&#038;p=7660"},"modified":"2025-03-31T14:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T14:35:57","slug":"talking-africa-interview-with-prof-abdoulaye-bathily","status":"publish","type":"ova_audio","link":"https:\/\/alcafricanradio.com\/index.php\/audio\/talking-africa-interview-with-prof-abdoulaye-bathily\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Africa Interview with Prof Abdoulaye Bathily"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7660\" class=\"elementor elementor-7660\" data-elementor-post-type=\"ova_audio\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2b1b05 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c2b1b05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fbe8ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4fbe8ce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f87f335 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-podover_elementor_heading\" data-id=\"f87f335\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;ova-move-up&quot;,&quot;_animation_tablet&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"podover_elementor_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-title\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Talking Africa Programme<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-592f42d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"592f42d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc1842d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc1842d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Despite being one of Africa&#8217;s resource-rich regions in Africa, the Central Africa Region continues to face numerous challenges of autocratic rule, political instability, conflict, poverty and multifaceted humanitarian crises. 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