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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Growing number of Africans are trying to reach the US

    They are trying to reach the US through South America

  2. Growing frustration in South Africa over daily blackouts

    South Africa's scheduled power cuts have been ramped up to protect supplies

  3. Growing anger over Nigeria's sacked teachers

    Nigeria's sacked teachers cause outrage and a look at Sudan's spectacular pyramids

  4. Ground breaking results for HIV prevention

    New injection given once every 8 weeks better at preventing HIV than one-a-day-pill

  5. Grenade blasts hit homes of Uganda opposition MP's

    The MP's were opposed to ruling party's plan to scrap presidential age limit

  6. Greece boat disaster: Nine men charged

    Greece boat disaster: Nine Egyptian men plead not guilty to people smuggling offences

  7. Government and separatists talk in Cameroon for the first time

    At least 3,000 people have died and hundreds of thousands displaced in the conflict

  8. Gory scenes in Nigeria's Zamfara State

    As bandits 'slit throats and kill children'

  9. Google announces $1bn investment in Africa

    Google’s $1bn pledge is the biggest investment by the US tech company in Africa

  10. Goodbye to plastic? Kenya bans plastic bags

    Kenya introduces tough laws penalising the production, use or sale of plastic bags

  11. Good news for former smokers

    As scientists say the lungs can heal itself from damage caused by smoking

  12. Global leaders call for free coronavirus vaccine

    African leaders join call for a free coronavirus vaccine

  13. Global Initiative flags West Africa for cocaine trade

    Report says West Africa is a key trafficking route for cocaine destined for Europe

  14. Global concern over the spread of dengue fever

    What is dengue fever and why is it spreading around the world?

  15. Global alert over cough syrups

    The WHO issues worldwide warning about cough syrups from India linked to child deaths

  16. Gigantomastia: Living with my oversized breasts

    More women in Africa are seeking breast reduction procedures.

  17. Ghanians have been voting in Presidential and Parliamentary elections

    More than 17 million people are eligible to vote.

  18. Ghanaians lured into football job scam

    Several young Ghanaians were trafficked to Nigeria under a fraudulent recruitment scheme

  19. Ghanaian town in mourning after teenagers drown

    Several bodies have been retrieved after the tragedy at Apam town

  20. Ghanaian shoe seller vows to bring The Gambia's Yahya Jammeh to justice

    He wants to bring The Gambia's former leader to justice over the murder of 55 migrants

  21. Ghana’s special clinic for cleft lip patients

    A new centre to treat cleft lip condition in West Africa

  22. Ghana’s main opposition still challenges election results

    Ghana’s NDC party chairman says the party has“not lost the elections”

  23. Ghana's government respond to America's visa ban

    Following a row reported last week where US officials say Ghana had failed to cooperate

  24. Ghana's Football Chief Speaks Out

    Ghana’s former football chief says he took money but not for corrupt purposes.

  25. Ghana's First Lady Rejects Salary Offer Amidst Criticism

    Ghana's first and second ladies to renounce salary offer and pay back past allowances

  26. Ghana: Why are children dying in boarding schools?

    Between May 2023 and February 2024, six students died in Ghana boarding schools

  27. Ghana: resurgence of violence in Bawku

    Soldiers deployed to Bawku, in Ghana’s Upper East Region, after attacks on two schools

  28. Ghana: Defeated Mahama rejects ‘fictionalised’ election result

    Ghana's opposition presidential candidate John Mahama refuses to concede

  29. Ghana publishes sexuality education guidelines

    The curriculum, aimed at 4 to 24-year-old students, has sparked controversy

  30. Ghana passes controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill

    Ghana's parliament passes a bill that further restricts the rights of LGBTQ people.

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