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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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
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What the gender equity bill means for women in Ghana
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Women in Ghana demand implementation of a gender equity bill signed by the president
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Why Nigeria risks floods from waters released by Cameroon
Fri 20 Sep 2024
Eleven states in Nigeria put on flood alert as Cameroon releases dam water
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The abduction of children in South Sudan
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Why are over one thousand children still missing in Pibor, South Sudan?
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Why is Ghana's opposition demanding a voters roll audit ?
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Members of Ghana’s main opposition party protest nationwide for voter register audit
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Will Kenya’s labour deal with Germany work?
Tue 17 Sep 2024
Kenya has struck a deal for skilled and semi-skilled workers to seek jobs in Germany
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Why did Senegal's president dissolve parliament?
Mon 16 Sep 2024
Senegal’s President Faye recently dissolved the opposition dominated National Assembly
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City of Maiduguri submerged in heaviest flooding
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Thousands displaced in northeastern Nigeria after a colllapsed dam caused severe flooding
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Kenya airports: Who is Adani group?
Thu 12 Sep 2024
Kenyan airport workers have protested takeover bid by India’s Adani Group
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Reflections a year since floods in Derna
Wed 11 Sep 2024
A year ago, two dams burst near the city of Derna in Libya, killing thousands of people.
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Is laxity behind schools fires in Kenya?
Tue 10 Sep 2024
At least 21 children died in a fire at a boarding school in central Kenya last week.
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Why Algeria's President is not a uniting figure
Mon 9 Sep 2024
Algeria's incumbent President Abdelmajid Tebboune is re-elected amid low voter turn out.
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South Africa's ANC party denies allegations of murders.
Fri 6 Sep 2024
ANC party denies allegations of killing human rights activists in South Africa.
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The death of Rebecca Cheptegei
Thu 5 Sep 2024
Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being doused in petrol and set on fire
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Dozens killed in DR Congo jailbreak
Wed 4 Sep 2024
Attempted jail break from largest prison in DR Congo’s capital causes 129 deaths,
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Have Chinese satellites benefitted Africa?
Tue 3 Sep 2024
Has China's mission to win African hearts via satellite TV worked?
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Tensions rise between Ethiopia, Egypt and Somalia
Mon 2 Sep 2024
Ethiopia grows concerned over a military pact between Egypt and Somalia
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Who are the victims of enforced disappearances?
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Africa has one of the highest number of missing people and enforced disappearances
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Why is Spain's PM in West Africa?
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is on a second visit this year to West Africa
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Drought causing hunger in southern Africa
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Millions of people in southern Africa are suffering the effects of a drought
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What is behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso?
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Around 200 people were killed and many more injured in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho
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Why are the Maasai in Tanzania contesting relocation from a heritage site?
Mon 26 Aug 2024
The authorities in Tanzania want the Maasai to move from the Ngorongoro conservation area
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Wagner: Have Russian operations in Africa changed?
Fri 23 Aug 2024
A year after Yevgeny Prigozhin's death, what is the impact on Afro-Russia relations?
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Why are fatal boat accidents so common in DR Congo?
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Over 200 people are feared dead after a river boat capsized in DR Congo
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Why are African workers being prevented from leaving Lebanon?
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Israel and Lebanon-based group Hezbollah have traded fire since October’s Hamas attack.
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How a sexual assualt viral video outraged Tanzania
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Tanzania removes a police commander after she linked a sexual assualt victim to sex work.
Resident Presidents
Presidents Olushambles and Kibarkingmad's satirical take on the news
