''Newsday'' is

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's international hard news and current affairs programme. It acts as an afternoon programme for Asia, a breakfast broadcast in Europe and the UK and an overnight news programme for the Americas. It premiered on 23 July 2012. It replaced '' The World Today'' and ''Network Africa'', the programme that had a particular focus on Africa. It was expected at its launch that ''Newsday'' would have one of the largest audiences - if not the largest - of any radio programme in the world.

History

''Newsday'' was launched on 23 July 2012, replacing ''The World Today'' and ''Network Africa''. For the first three weeks, the programme was broadcast from the

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held in

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. During its first six weeks, it featured interviews with Liberian President

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, Kenyan Prime Minister

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, Malawian President

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, African Development Bank President

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, and former President of the African National Congress Youth League

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. In May 2017, the 05:00 GMT edition became a dedicated broadcast featuring news for and from Africa. It is broadcast exclusively on African partner stations. An additional edition of ''The Newsroom'' and a replay of a selected programme features on the main BBC World Service network during this time.

Social media

''Newsday'' invites listeners to comment on issues covered in the programme on social media. On

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, it uses the

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#BBCNewsday and tweets from the @bbcworldservice and @BBCAfrica Twitter profiles. On

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, it posts on the BBC World Service and BBC Africa pages. '' Newsday'' uses these social media profiles Mon-Fri, 21:00–09:00.

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History

Social media

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