# Africa Today: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-10-27, Africa Today has 515,000 subscribers, 41,104,235 total views, and 673 videos. It ranks #148,498 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Africa Today](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Africa Today is “Algeria Breaks 53 Years of Silence: The Real Reason Its Troops Entered Niger”, a long-form video published Oct 27, 2026.
- These are Africa Today’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between Jul 25, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026 (48 long-form videos).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 59,483. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Rwanda Owns a Piece of Kenya Now” (336,032 views, Sep 9, 2026). Least viewed: “Algeria Breaks 53 Years of Silence: The Real Reason Its Troops Entered Niger” (7,148 views, Oct 27, 2026).
- Median length: 13:22 for 48 long-form videos.
- In this sample, Africa Today’s consecutive uploads were a median of 2 days apart (shortest gap 2 days, longest 2 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Oct 28, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Algeria Breaks 53 Years of Silence: The Real Reason Its Troops Entered Niger](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/benhoJEW9c0/) | 2026-10-27 | Long-form | 7,148 | 12:33 | 2.23x |
| [France Is €3.6 Trillion in Debt. Now Africa Wants a Bigger Cut](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/nW7VG51SlAs/) | 2026-10-25 | Long-form | 42,052 | 13:18 | 1.07x |
| [Algeria vs. The Sahel: How the Relationship Just Changed Overnight](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/hc2k8Q2tmw4/) | 2026-10-23 | Long-form | 73,425 | 11:14 | 1.59x |
| [The End of Privatisation? Traoré’s New Law Rattles the Status Quo](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/HMq1K86fi2o/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 54,091 | 13:31 | 1.11x |
| [The Obamas and IShowSpeed Just Did Something Extraordinary With African History](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/WlJqjveMMJQ/) | 2026-10-20 | Long-form | 33,317 | 12:28 | - |
| [What Does Rwanda Really Want in Congo?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/Qr6RUKVt61o/) | 2026-10-17 | Long-form | 55,303 | 14:58 | 1.09x |
| [From President to Rebel: The Real Reason Behind Kabila's Move](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/7eIV44dO9tg/) | 2026-10-15 | Long-form | 93,019 | 14:01 | 1.98x |
| [Why Everyone Is Talking About This African Presidential Candidate](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/HLcKq91qWew/) | 2026-10-13 | Long-form | 51,033 | 11:55 | 1.08x |
| [The Man Who Bribed His Way to the Top: Wicknell Chivayo Explained](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/7EiTQ1IKI54/) | 2026-10-11 | Long-form | 63,162 | 11:29 | 1.29x |
| [‘Suspend Us If You Want': Burkina Faso's Traore Fights FIFA Over Football Reform](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/LCkPFlO3nZc/) | 2026-10-09 | Long-form | 43,784 | 11:34 | - |
| [Why Africa Kept the Borders Europe Drew in 1964](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/iDyvIiIyc3c/) | 2026-10-07 | Long-form | 24,846 | 13:13 | - |
| [Why Ibrahim Traoré Is the Most Watched Leader in Africa Right Now](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/s-Jn81tHC3Q/) | 2026-10-05 | Long-form | 55,660 | 13:13 | - |
| [The US Just Changed Its Mind About Eritrea, Right as Ethiopia Breaks Down](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/hoRJ_iavhmU/) | 2026-10-03 | Long-form | 90,054 | 12:49 | 1.14x |
| [Why Only One African Country Has a Gold Refinery the World Fully Trusts](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/en1b2_kKsMY/) | 2026-10-01 | Long-form | 23,135 | 17:05 | - |
| [Kenya Just Exposed Africa’s Biggest Problem: The Truth About Free Movement](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/NHGzcZCqtUE/) | 2026-09-29 | Long-form | 37,955 | 13:26 | - |
| [Niger Just Changed the Rules of the Uranium Game](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/oRWbjB_kPIs/) | 2026-09-27 | Long-form | 26,497 | 11:39 | - |
| [Ethiopia's New War Is Spreading: Abiy Accuses Eritrea as Egypt Enters the Crisis](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/SCKWzxY-sko/) | 2026-09-25 | Long-form | 78,562 | 12:54 | - |
| [Something Just Changed at the UN](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/Sbb3AuU7q14/) | 2026-09-23 | Long-form | 110,643 | 14:20 | 0.89x |
| [OPEC's Biggest Threat Is Not Who You Think](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/TtJJ6lS4hKE/) | 2026-09-21 | Long-form | 53,727 | 14:20 | - |
| [Russia Hits Back at the EU in Ghana, But the Real Fight Is Bigger](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/LwSLLFzGK-I/) | 2026-09-19 | Long-form | 100,331 | 16:16 | 0.53x |
| [BRICS Summit 2026: No Currency, and Africa Moved First](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/5wqi4RIfIVA/) | 2026-09-17 | Long-form | 82,697 | 14:15 | - |
| [Traore's Biggest Move Yet? Burkina Faso Starts Military Manufacturing Complex](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/SKCVViPBVxk/) | 2026-09-15 | Long-form | 134,302 | 14:58 | 0.6x |
| [Traoré Found the Problem Nobody Wanted Africa to See](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/wTWw4DyNTuA/) | 2026-09-13 | Long-form | 334,885 | 15:57 | 1.5x |
| [Why Africa is Finally Building Its Own Weapons](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/FJxyzvlVAOM/) | 2026-09-11 | Long-form | 115,260 | 15:42 | 0.73x |
| [Rwanda Owns a Piece of Kenya Now](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/KDJzughbhR8/) | 2026-09-09 | Long-form | 336,032 | 12:06 | 2.26x |
| [Traoré’s Surprise Move Could Change West Africa](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/8AErnXYc_KM/) | 2026-09-07 | Long-form | 310,201 | 16:56 | 3.49x |
| [Why Did America Stand Alone Against Africa?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/j3lyfMLOdC8/) | 2026-09-05 | Long-form | 246,637 | 16:12 | 3.08x |
| [The Captain's Call Log: Was Niger's Coup Plot Bigger Than We Thought?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/i4l_va3FWG8/) | 2026-09-03 | Long-form | 97,251 | 17:42 | 1.47x |
| [The AES Called Algeria an Enemy. Then Algeria Sent Fighter Jets.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/IeRuMMP6AyE/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 257,002 | 17:53 | 4.55x |
| [Why Did Niger’s Own Soldiers Turn Against Tiani?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/SBl46d9hLDw/) | 2026-08-30 | Long-form | 199,760 | 15:59 | 3.54x |
| [The AES Just Built What ECOWAS Never Expected](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/c8on9xFXbxw/) | 2026-08-28 | Long-form | 64,403 | 14:55 | 1.16x |
| [The Company Helping Decide the Price of African Money](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/SvtXheFf3_g/) | 2026-08-26 | Long-form | 13,297 | 15:20 | - |
| [Traoré Just Ended the Business That Made Africa Poor](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/w6A9snEj_3E/) | 2026-08-24 | Long-form | 39,837 | 10:28 | - |
| [Namibia Just Changed the China–Africa Game](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/xHkBW67cDYw/) | 2026-08-22 | Long-form | 80,502 | 13:02 | 1.86x |
| [What Egypt Didn't See Coming: Ethiopia's Master Plan](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/0uchr8eLHSM/) | 2026-08-20 | Long-form | 79,889 | 14:28 | 1.84x |
| [Mali's War Was Bigger Than We Thought](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/0OkWxM4d_nI/) | 2026-08-18 | Long-form | 38,291 | 12:40 | - |
| [The More Burkina Faso Builds, the More Pressure It Faces](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/rJMQ07eqmnI/) | 2026-08-16 | Long-form | 48,468 | 12:51 | 1.14x |
| [Who Is Really Turning Africans Against Each Other?](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/zlh3SqCgQF0/) | 2026-08-14 | Long-form | 17,896 | 11:50 | - |
| [They Said Foreigners Took the Jobs. Then Unemployment Rose](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/-PDTH3mSiCs/) | 2026-08-12 | Long-form | 123,269 | 15:11 | 2.63x |
| [Why Algeria Just Armed the AES](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/5YWC3CWXjaI/) | 2026-08-10 | Long-form | 181,074 | 13:26 | 3.86x |
| [ECOWAS Just Drew a Red Line Around the Sahel—Here’s Why](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/YpN6vDlUnOI/) | 2026-08-08 | Long-form | 32,674 | 10:12 | - |
| [How Mali Just Exposed Nigeria’s Biggest Security Illusion](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/JF2NneFNzPc/) | 2026-08-06 | Long-form | 35,726 | 14:50 | - |
| [Everyone missed what Morocco just did to Spain](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/V9IvHsQS1BY/) | 2026-08-04 | Long-form | 34,951 | 13:40 | - |
| [Everyone Missed What Egypt Just Did](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/Xi1z1jriTlE/) | 2026-08-02 | Long-form | 197,152 | 12:52 | 2.63x |
| [Turkey Just Changed The War In Mali](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/8oFMH5m9pTU/) | 2026-07-31 | Long-form | 94,053 | 10:34 | 1.73x |
| [Why Gabon Wants Proof Before the World Bank Deal](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/j2HKlmY3BLc/) | 2026-07-29 | Long-form | 24,265 | 10:24 | - |
| [How Africa Built a Way to Trade Without the Dollar](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/4mBd7LQ7K6I/) | 2026-07-27 | Long-form | 38,108 | 10:41 | - |
| [The Eco Was Never the Story](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@africatoday1/videos/UZifCAdvHpY/) | 2026-07-25 | Long-form | 55,804 | 11:50 | 1.02x |

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