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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Tanzanian Speaker of Parliament: 'Western approaches to Covid-19 not applicable here'

    Job Ndugai says that strategies applied in the West may not be suitable for Africa.

  2. Ethiopia postpones election over coronavirus

    A new schedule is expected to be announced once the pandemic is over

  3. Uganda's President Museveni impose nationwide lockdown

    As the country confirms 33 cases of coronavirus

  4. Nigeria: Lagos lockdown over Covid-19

    But keeping everyone indoors could pose a different problem

  5. Coronavirus lessons from president who led Ebola fight

    Liberia's ex-leader says the world must conquer its fear to deal with Covid-19

  6. Coronavirus: WHO expert answers your questions

    Dr Michel Yao is the Emergency Response Programme Officer at the WHO

  7. Zimbabweans begin life under virus lockdown

    Many healthcare workers are refusing to work due to a shortage of protective equipment

  8. Home-schooling children via radio and television in the age of Covid-19

    Tips from a Kenyan doctor who has successfully home-schooled her daughter

  9. Coronavirus: Ghana’s president grants amnesty to over 800 prisoners

    The move aims to decongest Ghana’s prisons during the coronavirus outbreak

  10. Tunisian factory chooses lockdown to produce protective gear against Covid-19

    150 workers secluded themselves in the factory as a ‘patriotic gesture’

  11. Major African lending bank offers $3 billion to struggling governments

    The bank is offering the package to governments feeling the economic pinch of coronavirus

  12. Cameroon rebels declare coronavirus ceasefire

    A separatist militia in Cameroon is to down its weapons for a fortnight

  13. South Africans prepare for 3-week lockdown due to Covid-19

    South Africa prepares to go into a 21-day nationwide lockdown because of the coronavirus

  14. Somalia to save billions of US dollars in debt relief

    World Bank and IMF say Somalia had taken the necessary steps to qualify for debt relief

  15. Lagos to shut businesses over Covid19 pandemic

    Lagos announces the closure of open markets, restaurants, and courts

  16. Boko Haram kills 92 Chadian soldiers

    Chad President says it's the deadliest attack in the past five years

  17. Tokyo 2020: Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed

    The event will now take place "no later than summer 2021"

  18. African saxophone legend - Manu Dibango dies of Covid-19

    He is one of the first global stars to die from Covid-19

  19. 64 dead stowaways found in Mozambique

    Authorities suspect the victims died of asphyxiation

  20. Coronavirus: SA President announces three-week lockdown

    Cyril Ramaphosa says the country must do everything in its means to stop coronavirus

  21. Ghana legalises use of medicinal cannabis

    The bill allows growth and consumption of medicinal cannabis

  22. Mozambique jihadists seize key town in Cabo Delgado

    This is the first time Mozambican jihadists have attacked a major town

  23. 22/03/2020 GMT

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

  24. 21/03/2020 GMT

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

  25. Coronavirus: Ugandan government forces people to pay for their own quarantine

    Controversy as government imposes quarantines on travellers from 'high risk’ areas

  26. Tunisia to go into coronavirus lockdown

    Tunisia in lockdown to fight the spread of coronavirus, the president has announced

  27. Guinea to suffer internet blackouts ahead of vote

    The country’s internet and phone services are set to be disrupted ahead of two key polls

  28. Sierra Leone: President speaks on preparedness for Covid-19

    The country's government has been preparing for an eventual arrival of the deadly virus

  29. Catherine Hamlin: Grief in Ethiopia as trailblazing doctor dies

    The celebrated gynaecologist and Ethiopian national hero, has died aged 96.

  30. Malawi's main opposition parties join forces to take on government

    Tens of thousands of people gathered to witness the signing of an alliance

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