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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Monday, 10th October 2016

    Ethiopia accuses Egypt and Eritrea of involvement in the on-going unrest.

  2. Monday, 10th August 2015

    The doctors strike in Ghana enters its second week.

  3. Monday demonstrations in Kenya

    Weekly opposition protests in Kenya called by Riyla Odinga

  4. Monday 28th September 2015

    Landmark jail sentences for Rwandan rebel leaders for war crimes committed in the DRC.

  5. Monday 26th October 2015

    Ivory Coast awaits results of the presidential election

  6. Monday 21st November 2016

    Supreme court judge on trial for corruption in Nigeria + the pesticide pastor

  7. Monday 21 March

    The ICC gives its long-awaited verdict in the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba - guilty

  8. Monday 20th June

    Nigeria's Naira plummets after currency devaluation.

  9. Monday 16th November 2015

    Kenya beefs up security after Paris attacks, and rejects AFRISOM smuggling accusations.

  10. Monday 14th September 2015

    Tourists killed in Egypt and trouble in Ghana's judiciary.

  11. Monday 14th September 2015

    Tourists killed in Egypt and trouble in Ghana's judiciary.

  12. Mobile tariff hike approved in Nigeria.

    Nigeria's telecoms regulator has approved a 50 % mobile tariff hike by operators

  13. Mnangagwa elected President of Zimbabwe

    A narrow majority grants seat to incumbent president. Opponent Chamisa rejects results.

  14. Missing Kenyan human rights activist found dead

    Caroline Mwatha had been missing for a week

  15. Minneapolis protests: what is the impact on the African diaspora?

    People are protesting the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man

  16. Miners trapped for three weeks in Burkina Faso

    The wife of one of the eight mineworkers speaks of her ordeal

  17. Millions face hunger in Somalia

    Low rainfall and destructive locusts leave Somalis facing acute hunger

  18. Millions affected by floods in Malawi

    Floods caused by Cyclone Freddy have affected about five million people in Malawi

  19. Military led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have quit Ecowas, what effect will it have?

    Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, to leave Ecowas ,how will it affect these countries?

  20. Military deployed to quell eSwatini school protests

    Transport workers have now joined the student demonstrations

  21. Military Chiefs Escape Attack in Cameroon

    Cameroon's military brass escape attack; UN embargo on South Sudan; Bio, 100 days

  22. Militants' blockade paralyses Mali-Senegal trade corridor

    The blockade by the JNIM group has sparked fuel shortages in Mali's capital city, Bamako

  23. Militants attack Maiduguri airport

    The attack took place just before President Muhammadu Buhari was due to land

  24. Militant Islamists Storm Somali Military Base

    Al-Shabab says it killed 27 soldiers while the government says it killed 87 militants

  25. Militant attacks increase in Mali

    Jihadist fighters launch a series of attacks across numerous towns in Mali

  26. Migration watchdog reports spike in number of young girls trafficked from Africa to Europe

    Dramatic rise in the number of young women trafficked from Africa via Libya

  27. Migrants centre hit by airstrikes in Libya

    Forty-four migrants were killed after an airstrike hit a detention centre in Libya

  28. Migrant Crisis Dominates EU-Africa Summit

    Slave trade outrage prompts urgent talks at the EU-AU summit in Ivory Coast

  29. Mental health sufferers chained up in Ghana

    "prayer camps" chain up mental health sufferers looking for help in Ghana

  30. Melinda Gates on vaccine hesitancy

    Melinda Gates says, “we want to know that whatever we put in our bodies is safe”

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