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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Police commissioner guilty of DRC activist murder

    Floribert Chebeya’s killing in 2010 sparked national outrage

  2. Pledges of financial and business support for Africa from Washington

    The latest details from the US/Africa Summit as Washington pledges billions of Dollars

  3. Plans by the Kenyan authorities to tap mobile networks

    Plans by the Kenyan government to tap mobile phones ahead of elections.

  4. Places of worship reopen in Kenya

    The government announced last week that churches and mosques can reopen

  5. Pit Latrines in South Africa

    Efforts to remove pit toilets at South African schools after death of a child

  6. Pirates hijack an oil tanker off Somalia's coast, the first such attack in five years

    Since 2012, pirates have steered clear of commercial vessels. So why now?

  7. Piracy returns to Somalia coast

    Pakistani and Iranian fishermen speak to BBC on fears of being kidnapped.

  8. People smuggling between Eritrea and Kenya

    What methods are used by people smugglers via a new route to beat police patrols?

  9. People in war-torn Sudan need more help

    The BBC's Lyse Doucet says the situation in Sudan is worse than before

  10. People In Somaliland Cast Votes In Presidential Election

    People cast votes in Somaliland presidential election

  11. Paul Biya Wins Another Term, Where Next For Cameroon?

    As President Biya starts his seventh term what next for Anglophone Cameroonians?

  12. Parliament extends state of emergency in Ethiopia

    Ethiopia's parliament unanimously approved extension by four more months to curb protests

  13. Pan-African Malaria Summit Held in Senegal

    Africa accounts for over 90 per cent of global malaria cases around the world.

  14. Pan-African lawyers file complaint against Ethiopia

    The group accused the Government of massive human rights violations in Tigray

  15. Over forty people die trying to cross the Sahara Desert

    Tens of thousands of people take this route each year in search of life in Europe

  16. Over a million displaced in Sudan conflict

    Heavy fighting in Khartoum as UN says the conflict has displaced over a million people

  17. Over 35 people have drowned in the Red Sea after trying to reach Yemen from Djibouti

    They were on two boats - one of which has yet to be retrieved.

  18. Outrage in South Africa over gang rapes of women

    Mobs on the rampage in the town of Krugersdorp in South Africa after gang rapes of women

  19. Outrage at Pregnancy Tests for Kenyan Schoolgirls

    Teachers in Kenya's Narok County say pregnancy and FGM tests for pupils are demeaning

  20. Outgoing ICC Prosecutor denies bias against Africa leaders

    Fatou Bensouda says ICC was not biased against African leaders

  21. Outbreak of ethnic violence in western Ethiopia

    Dozens of civilians were killed in the attacks in Ethiopia’s Oromia region.

  22. Opposition wins election in Botswana

    Botswana rejects the political party that has governed for nearly 60 years

  23. Opposition supporters stage anti-impunity rally in Ghana

    Protesters led by NDC supporters took to the streets against corruption and insecurity

  24. Opposition rejects Ghana General Elections results

    Ghana’s President Nana Akufo Addo was re-elected by a slim margin

  25. Opposition parties in Zimbabwe protest changes to elections

    Former Democratic Republic of Congo Vice-President Bemba additional one year in Jail.

  26. Opposition parties in Zimbabwe protest changes to elections

    The government plans to take over purchase of biometric voter registration kits.

  27. Opposition parties call for fresh Nigeria elections

    Three opposition parties allege vote-rigging in Nigeria’s election and call for a re-run

  28. Opposition boycotts new Sierra Leone parliament

    The APC is refusing to participate in government, alleging fraud in June’s elections

  29. One year since Burkina Faso’s latest coup

    Security challenges persist in Burkina Faso, a year on from the country’s latest coup

  30. One year anniversary of the Focus on Africa Podcast

    It's one year since we launched the Focus on Africa Podcast.

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