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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Challenging the Burundi elections results

    Opposition candidates have until this afternoon to challenge the results

  2. How is Sudan coping with the Covid-19 crisis?

    The country has one of the highest rates of death from COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa

  3. Fifty trafficked Nigerian women rescued from Lebanon

    They have been placed in quarantine as a precaution against coronavirus

  4. Will the coronavirus crisis have impact on Malaria response?

    The WHO has warned that the usual number of annual cases could double in 2020

  5. Africa Day online charity concert

    The event aims at raising money for people in need across the continent

  6. Former rebel leader Ndayishimiye wins Burundi presidential poll

    Evariste Ndayishimiye was a rebel leader alongside Pierre Nkurunziza

  7. Burundi election: ruling party's presidential candidate set to be declared winner

    Evariste Ndayishimiye won 68% of the vote

  8. Why is Coronavirus affecting so many of South Sudan's top politicians?

    Ten ministers in South Sudan reported to have contracted coronavirus

  9. Guinean music star Mory Kanté dies aged 70

    Mory Kanté was of one West Africa's best-known musicians

  10. Ten South Sudan ministers test positive for Covid-19

    Information Minister Michael Makuei says his colleagues are in self-isolation

  11. South Sudan clashes

    Jonglei State clashes leave hundreds dead or injured

  12. World Bank approves $500 million fund to fight locusts

    Locusts continue to threaten food security in East Africa.

  13. Libyan conflict: Haftar's forces retreat for Ramadan

    Russia and Turkey back an immediate ceasefire

  14. Locusts threaten food security in East Africa

    The UN classifies the locust situation in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya as “dangerous”

  15. Kenya/ Tanzania border tensions

    Kenya has stopped Tanzanian truck drivers from entering the country

  16. Lesotho's new prime minister sworn in

    Thomas Thabane hands over power to newly appointed Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro

  17. Lesotho prime minister leaves office amid murder case

    Thomas Thabane has now formally resigned

  18. "Corruption in The Gambia undermining the response to the pandemic"

    The comments were made by The Gambia's Health Minister

  19. Thomas Thabane resigns as Lesotho prime minister

    Finance Minister Moeketsi Majoro is expected to be sworn in as Mr Thabane's replacement

  20. How was Félicien Kabuga tracked down?

    Félicien Kabuga, a suspects of the Rwandan genocide, was arrested near Paris

  21. Ghana WW2 veteran sets out on Covid-19 fundraiser

    Private Joseph Hammond hopes to raise money for frontline workers across Africa

  22. Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide survivors happy with arrest

    He was arrested near Paris, where he had been living under a false identity

  23. Ethiopia’s government faces criticism over its democratic process

    The delay of the country's parliamentary elections may have an impact on the opposition

  24. Sierra Leone: growing anger over healthworker working conditions

    The conditions of the quarantine facilities are "dire"

  25. Global leaders call for free coronavirus vaccine

    An open letter is calling for all Covid-19 vaccines be distributed fairly

  26. South Africa's coronavirus lockdown

    The lockdown has been in effect in over a month

  27. Sudan clashes leaves 29 dead

    The violence took place this week in Kadugli

  28. Burundi orders WHO officials to leave country

    The WHO's Africa regional head, confirmed the news at a virtual press briefing

  29. Lesotho is the last African nation to record Covid-19

    The country has confirmed its first case of coronavirus

  30. How is Coronavirus affecting mental health?

    We focus on workers who have been laid off because of the pandemic

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