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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Mali: Talks continue in Ghana to find resolution

    Ecowas leaders want an agreement to be reached on how Mali should be governed.

  2. Mozambique: Army to investigate 'horrific killing' video

    Authorities have promised to investigate a video showing a woman being beaten and killed

  3. Mali: Ecowas leaders arrive for talks in Ghana

    The West African regional bloc want an agreement reached on how Mali should be governed

  4. The family of Mercy Baguma seek answers from UK

    She died in the UK whilst seeking asylum and was buried near her family home in Uganda..

  5. South Africa: Undertakers take strike action

    Funeral directors and funeral workers are demanding better working conditions and pay.

  6. Mali: Opposition group rejects transition deal

    Opposition coalition group M5-RFP rejects transition deal calling it a 'power grab'

  7. Ugandan scientist among Africa Food Prize winners

    A Ugandan scientist has earned a prize for helping to fight food insecurity in Africa

  8. Chibok schools reopen for exams

    Students are allowed to sit exams, six years after the kidnapping of 200 schoolgirls

  9. Fifty-eight people killed in DRC attacks

    Officials in Ituri province believe the attack was carried out by rebel group ADF

  10. Somaliland opens representative office in Taiwan

    Taiwan opened its own office in Hargeisa on 17 August

  11. The unique friendship between a conservationist and an octopus

    'My Octopus Teacher' is a nature documentary

  12. Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina’s daughter on her father’s arrest

    Paul Rusesabagina is still in detention

  13. South Africa's human rights campaigner George Bizos has died

    Prominent South African Human Rights Advocate George Bizos has died.

  14. Mozambique army accused of human rights abuses

    Amnesty International accuse Mozambique army of committing serious human rights abuses.

  15. Cameroon army launches operation in North-West Region

    Cameroon’s security forces have launched an operation to restore security in Bamenda.

  16. 08/09/2020 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  17. 08/09/2020 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  18. Niger floods: army deployed in Niamey

    Niger’s western region has been hardest hit by days of rain

  19. Nigerien scientist gets NASA post

    Dr Fadji Maina gets NASA post.

  20. South Africa protesters force closure of Clicks stores over an advert deemed racist

    South African protesters force the closure of Clicks stores over an advert deemed racist.

  21. Uganda minister face attempted murder charge over primary poll violence

    Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana is to appear in court on political violence charges.

  22. 04/09/2020 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  23. Namibia trains dogs to sniff out Coronavirus

    The Namibian says this is the first African country to use dogs to sniff out Covid-19.

  24. International flights resume in Nigeria amidst strict protocols

    As government release a set of rules for travellers

  25. 03/09/2020 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  26. Turning plastic bottles into face masks

    A South African company finds a way to put used discarded bottles to good use

  27. SA nurses hold protests despite Covid restrictions

    South African nurses and healthcare workers want better working conditions

  28. Sierra Leone village gets electricity after long wait

    Sierra Leone’s energy minister switched on power for residents of Bathurst

  29. Ethiopia faces a surge in Covid-19 cases

    Covid -19 cases rise in Ethiopia and the epicentre is the capital, Addis Ababa

  30. Kenya marks ten years of its new constitution

    The constitution, signed into law a decade ago, was intended to bring in reforms

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