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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Malawi awaits results from historic re-run election

    The results may not be declared for several days

  2. Malawi presidential election: Polls close in historic re-run

    Voters are choosing between President Peter Mutharika and Lazarus Chakwera

  3. South Africa starts first Covid-19 vaccine trial

    The first doses of the vaccine are being administered in Johannesburg this week

  4. Malawi: presidential election re-run vote underway

    Malawians are voting again after months of controversy

  5. Cameroon to start reconstruction in the regions ravaged by conflict

    The conflict in the Anglophone regions has been raging for four years

  6. Sierra Leone: protests over the murder and rape of 5 year old Kadija

    According to an autopsy report she died as a result of rape

  7. Malawi election: six million eligible to vote Tuesday

    There were massive irregularities during last year’s election

  8. 19/06/2020 GMT

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

  9. South Sudan parties reach power-sharing deal on states

    There are concerns humanitarian services won't hold up under fighting in Jonglei state

  10. Nigeria edges towards wild polio-free status

    Nigeria was the last country on the continent to have a case of wild polio

  11. South Africa mixed response to the coronavirus outbreak

    South Africa is currently grappling with the biggest outbreak of the continent

  12. The South African company producing antibodies from alpaca

    South African biotech company Afrobodies is developing the technology

  13. Burundi’s new president Evariste Ndayishimiye is sworn in

    He was backed by his predecessor, Pierre Nkurunziza, who died last week

  14. First Horn of Africa LGBT Pride parade held online

    Faris Gezahegn is part of a group of East African LGBT activists

  15. The Kenyan doctor helping pregnant women give birth safely

    Dr Kariuki has been helping women access healthcare over the phone

  16. Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug

    It’s being called a major breakthrough in the fight against Covid-19

  17. Mozambique: thousands of refugees fleeing Cabo Delgado

    Islamist militants have been blamed for regular attacks in northern Mozambique.

  18. Cameroon: the impact of the coronavirus on religious communities

    We speak to Reverend Bernardine Nsom, a Roman Catholic priest from Bamenda Cameroon

  19. Uganda bans mass campaign rallies ahead of elections

    Pop star Bobi Wine is seen as a threat to President Museveni's rule

  20. Malawi government wants Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda to retire

    The government argues that he had accumulated so many leave days

  21. Malawi courts stop forced retirement of chief justice

    Malawi's Courts have told the government to stop interfering with the judiciary

  22. Calls to end insecurity in Northern Nigeria

    Killings in the country continue on a daily basis

  23. African swine fever 'decimating' Nigerian pigs

    The highly contagious haemorrhagic viral disease was detected in February, farmers say

  24. Mother and daughter doctors graduate together

    Dr. Cynthia Kudji and her daughter Dr. Jasmine Kudj attended medical school together

  25. Eight mass graved found in Libya

    The mass graves were found in the Libyan hilltop town of Tarhouna

  26. Nigeria's 36 states declare state of emergency against rape

    There has been a rise in sexual assaults and violence against women in the country

  27. Up to 100 people have been killed in northern Nigeria

    The attacks are the latest in a deadly cycle of violence in the country

  28. Who will take over Burundi's government?

    According to the constitution the president of the national assembly is to step in

  29. The band from São Tomé getting global recognition

    Calema's latest album is top of the charts in Portugal

  30. Burundi: What comes next after the death of President Nkurunziza

    Pierre Nkurunziza died yesterday at the age of 55

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