{"podcast":{"title":"Eye on Africa","slug":"eye-on-africa-3737193","podcast_index_feed_id":3737193,"rss_url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-africa/podcast","website_url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-africa/","image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/bfad3f3c-7beb-11ef-b7c3-005056a90284/w:1400/p:1x1/EN-LE%20JOURNAL%20DE%20L%27AFRIQUE_1-1-1.jpg","author":"FRANCE 24 English","episode_count":24,"summary":"Join Georja Calvin-Smith for news, voices and stories from across Africa and the Maghreb, with FRANCE 24’s correspondents and our guests on set. From Monday to Friday at 9:45pm Paris time.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T08:17:49.683030+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eye-on-africa-3737193"},"episode":{"title":"Mali's Goïta appoints himself defence minister","slug":"mali-s-go-ta-appoints-himself-defence-minister","published_at":"2026-05-04T20:38:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eye-on-africa-3737193/mali-s-go-ta-appoints-himself-defence-minister","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eye-on-africa-3737193","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/assimi-goita-appoints-himself-defence-minister?GJlXzGgqHj","audio_url":"https://audio.audiomeans.fr/pfx/b035a7c4-de15-11ef-9e7b-cfc4fb0c91f4/vod-france24.akamaized.net/en/vod/2026/05/04/DN194393-A-01-20260428_8000.mp4?guid=88f8bad8-47f6-11f1-9df6-8b4667131f27&source=GJlXzGgqHj","summary":"In tonight's programme: Mali's junta leader Assimi Goïta appoints himself defence minister after the killing of his predecessor in a wave of attacks. Also, about 150 people are still stranded in isolation on a ship off Cape Verde's coast. Plus with the 2026 Venice Biennale fast approaching, Senegal is turning gold into a powerful artistic statement. We speak to astrophysicist and artist Caroline Gueye.","meta_description":"In tonight's programme: Mali's junta leader Assimi Goïta appoints himself defence minister after the killing of his predecessor in a wave of attacks. Also…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":681,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/eye-on-africa-3737193/episodes/mali-s-go-ta-appoints-himself-defence-minister/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eye-on-africa-3737193/mali-s-go-ta-appoints-himself-defence-minister.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}