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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Togo's first ever Olympic medallist

    Kayaker Benjamin Boukpeti won bronze at Beijing 2008

  2. Ghana’s new voter register

    The electoral commission has been tasked to compile a new voter registration system

  3. Zimbabwe president's speech stokes fears of repression

    The Hashtag #ZimbabweanLivesMatter is trending globally in solidarity

  4. Tanzanian miner makes new multi-million dollar sale

    Saniniu Laizer will spend the money on a new school and clinic

  5. Sierra Leone: the book about teenage pregnancy

    Eunice Naffie Mustapha has written a book to help young women navigate teenage pregnancy

  6. Zimbabwe’s doctors strike

    Zimbabwe is facing a health crisis

  7. Reparations protest: 'We have to rebel against the status quo'

    Esther Stanford-Xosei is part of a campaign group in the UK

  8. How is Covid-19 impacting a banana plantation in Ghana?

    Last year, Ghana exported 90,000 tonnes of bananas to Europe

  9. Zimbabwe anti-government protests

    There's a heavy security presence on the streets

  10. Rinyu: Cameroon’s up-and-coming singer

    She says she wants to make it through her talent alone

  11. Zimbabwe agrees more compensation for white farmers

    They will be compensated for farm infrastructure and improvements, not the land itself

  12. African children among worst-hit by lead poisoning

    A new report says that a third of the world’s children are poisoned by lead

  13. How cycling is empowering Tunisian women

    Some of the women were not given the opportunity when they were younger

  14. Mali prime minister visits popular opposition imam

    The movement Mahmoud Dicko is part of has managed to get thousands of people to protest

  15. Tanzania ex-leader Mkapa’s funeral

    Mr Mkapa died on Friday after he had a cardiac arrest

  16. How Covid-19 hit a South African cookie company

    Khayelitsha Cookies had to change its business model when the pandemic struck

  17. How to prevent mother-to-child hepatitis transmission

    July 28th is World Hepatitis Day

  18. Tanzania's Tundu Lissu: ‘Back where I belong’

    Lissu is a member of Tanzania's Chadema opposition party

  19. West African leaders hold talks on Mali crisis

    Tens of thousands of Malians have called for the president to step down

  20. AKO Caine Prize: Irenosen Okojie wins with story of Grace Jones impersonator

    Her winning short story is called "Grace Jones"

  21. Assassination attempt survivor Tundu Lissu returns to Tanzania

    Lissu is a member of Tanzania's Chadema opposition party

  22. Caine Prize 2020: British-Nigerian author Irenosen Okojie

    "Grace Jones" by writer Irenosen Okojie was among the shortlisted stories

  23. Uganda records first Covid-19 death

    A 34-year-old woman has died

  24. Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa dies at 81

    He is survived by a widow Anna and two sons

  25. Bahjat the Libyan rising star

    Bahjat talks about what inspired him to write songs

  26. Caine Prize 2020: Rwandan-born Namibian writer Rémy Ngamije

    "Neighbourhood watch" by Rémy Ngamije is among the five shortlisted stories

  27. West African leaders head to Mali to mediate crisis

    12 people have been killed in violent clashes between protesters and police

  28. Caine Prize 2020: Nigerian writer Chikodili Emelumadu

    "What to do when Your child brings home a Mami Wata" is one of the shortlisted stories

  29. Kenya’s flower industry in full bloom

    There has been a rebound of over 80% in sales

  30. Madagascar: tensions over Covid-19 crisis management

    There are over 7,500 coronavirus cases in Madagascar

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