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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. 04/01/2020 GMT

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

  2. Suspected Boko Haram attack in Cameroon

    Fifty bodies many decapitated found on the shores of Lake Chad

  3. Turkey's Parliament approves deployment of troops to Libya

    Greece, Israel and Cyprus call Turkey's plans to deploy 'dangerous escalation'

  4. Fifty bodies found after suspected Boko Haram attack in Cameroon

    The bodies many decapitated were found on the shores of Lake Chad

  5. The sounds of famo music from Lesotho

    Famo music was played by shepherds in the remote mountains

  6. Zambia wrestling with devastating drought

    Experts say dramatic shifts in weather patterns are to blame

  7. Libya awaits Turkish parliament’s decision over troop deployment bill

    Turkey's parliament votes on sending troops to Libya, as the conflict there intensifies.

  8. Guinea-Bissau elects Umaro Sissoco Embaló as new president

    Former Prime Minister Umaro Sissoco Embaló is elected president of Guinea Bissau

  9. Ghana says it wants to adopt new currency Eco

    Ghana says it wants to adopt the Eco, a new Euro-pegged currency

  10. Umaro Sissoco Embaló elected president of Guinea Bissau

    The electoral commission announced the victory of the former PM Umaro Sissoco Embaló

  11. DJ Rita Ray's top picks of African songs of 2019

    Our resident DJ with a round-up of the hits of 2019 and what's coming up next year.

  12. Files reveal UK's resistance to impose sanctions on Nigeria after death of Ken Saro-Wiwa.

    Newly declassified files shed light on why UK Government rejected calls for oil sanctions

  13. A court in Angola orders the seizure of assets and bank accounts belonging to Isabel Dos Santos

    She’s the daughter of the ex-president, and often described as Africa’s richest woman.

  14. Sudan sentences 29 to death for teacher's killing in custody

    The 29 intelligence agents were convicted of torturing a detained protester to death

  15. A doctor tells how Somalis are coping after Mogadishu attack

    Somalis are still feeling traumatised after a bomb attack in the capital, Mogadishu

  16. Sudan court hands out death penalty for killing of protester

    Twenty-nine security officers are sentenced to death by a Sudan court

  17. 29/12/2019 GMT

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

  18. 28/12/2019 GMT

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

  19. Anti-FGM campaigners in Sierra Leone hail breakthrough in initiations of young women

    The ceremonies normally include female circumcision but for the first time did not

  20. Violent clashes in the Central African Republic

    Local traders in Bangui clashed with militia over three days this week

  21. Seychelles plans to save the world's coral reefs

    This is set to be the first ever large scale restoration project.

  22. The Great Green Wall of Africa

    Malian-French singer Inna Modja says she's excited to be part of the planting project

  23. Zimbabwe hit with with cash shortages and power cuts over the festive season.

    High inflation imposed under President Emmerson Mnangagwa leave people struggling daily

  24. Christmas is marked as a public holiday in Sudan

    For the first time in nine years Christmas is marked as a public holiday in Sudan.

  25. Focus on Africa: End Of Year Quiz 2019

    Veronique Edwards and guests unpick the news stories that made headlines in 2019

  26. Focus on Africa: End Of Year Quiz 2019

    Veronique Edwards and guests unpick the news stories that made headlines in 2019

  27. 24/12/2019 GMT

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

  28. 24/12/2019 GMT

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

  29. Somalia's locust invasion threatens farmers with starvation

    Somali farmers have been urging their government and the international community

  30. Algeria's military chief Ahmed Gaid Salah dies

    Three days of mourning have been announced after the sudden death of Gen Salah

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