Focus on Africa Podcast
Two essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the news from Africa. Hosted by Nkechi Ogbonna.
Episodes to download
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Piracy returns to Somalia coast
Mon 4 Nov 2024
Pakistani and Iranian fishermen speak to BBC on fears of being kidnapped.
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Opposition wins election in Botswana
Fri 1 Nov 2024
Botswana rejects the political party that has governed for nearly 60 years
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Sudan rape victims die by suicide
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Women have taken their own lives in Sudan's Gezira state after being raped.
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Can Chad crackdown on Islamist militants?
Wed 30 Oct 2024
Chad's president orders a mission to track down militants after an attack on an army base
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Sudan activists accuse RSF of massacre
Tue 29 Oct 2024
Pro democracy activists said more than 100 people have been killed in Sudan
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Will Mozambique's election results be overturned?
Mon 28 Oct 2024
The opposition in Mozambique files a lawsuit demanding a recount of the elections
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LRA Thomas Kwoyelo sentenced : A victim's testimony
Fri 25 Oct 2024
A Ugandan court has sentenced a former rebel group commander to 40 years in prison
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Ethiopia's Tigray region's education system crisis
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Tigray education bureau says 14000 teachers missing two years after civil war ended
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Sudan's proxy war
Wed 23 Oct 2024
Russia investigates reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur
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Kenya returns refugees to Turkey?
Tue 22 Oct 2024
Four refugees returned to Turkey from Kenya at the request of the Turkish government
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Food poisoning cases rise in South Africa
Mon 21 Oct 2024
South Africa's health department begins investigating food poisoning incidents
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What Kenyan youth make of deputy president's sacking
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Kenyan senators voted to remove the deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, from office
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Nigerian fuel tanker crash kills 153 people
Thu 17 Oct 2024
More than a 150 people have been killed after a fuel tanker exploded in Nigeria
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Fears of food insecurity in northern Nigeria
Wed 16 Oct 2024
How climate change is affecting food production in northeastern Nigeria
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What's the dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?
Tue 15 Oct 2024
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon ask the International Court of Justice to settle a dispute
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Africa’s deadliest migration route
Mon 14 Oct 2024
Why are migrants ready to take deadly crossing between West Africa and Canary Islands
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Why Eritrea hosted leaders from Egypt and Somalia
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Leaders from Egypt and Somalia have met in Eritrea over tensions in the Horn of Africa
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Zimbabwe in major land ownership shift
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Zimbabwean government to give black farmers titles for land seized from white farmers
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Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast's rocky relationship
Wed 9 Oct 2024
What's going on between between Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast?
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Ethiopia's first female president leaves office?
Tue 8 Oct 2024
Ethiopia’s first female president resigns as conflict intensifies in the Amhara region
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Will Mozambicans in Cabo Delgado vote?
Mon 7 Oct 2024
Mozambicans prepare to elect a new president but voting in Cabo Delgado is not guaranteed
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Chagos Islands: What next after UK hand over?
Fri 4 Oct 2024
What will change following the handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius by UK?
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Kenya's Deputy President faces impeachment
Thu 3 Oct 2024
Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is facing impeachment proceedings
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Lebanon conflict: A reporter’s witness account.
Wed 2 Oct 2024
As the Middle East crisis escalates how is the chaos of war affecting foreigners?
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DR Congo appeals to the UN
Tue 1 Oct 2024
We'll hear from the DR Congo's newly appointed Foreign Minister
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Devastating impact of cocaine on Cape Verde
Mon 30 Sep 2024
BBC Africa Eye: How some sailors were tricked into smuggling cocaine to Cape Verde
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Inside the Sudan war with the Sudanese army
Fri 27 Sep 2024
Sudan's army launches a major offensive to retake capital Khartoum
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Kenya: ‘excessive force’ used during protests
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Kenyan police accused of using excessive force during protests earlier this year
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Why is galamsey such a big deal in Ghana?
Wed 25 Sep 2024
At least 44 people were injured during a protest against illegal mining, in Ghana
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Why the opposition in Tanzania is concerned by abductions?
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Tanzanian opposition leaders temporarily arrested in bid to stop anti-abduction protest
Resident Presidents
Presidents Olushambles and Kibarkingmad's satirical take on the news
