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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Strike action grounds SA’s flagship airline

    The employees are protesting job and pay cuts

  2. An Ivorian artist makes history

    Joana Choumali is the first African to win the Prix Pictet for photography

  3. What is behind South Africa’s high diabetes rate?

    More than 4 million adults in South Africa are diabetic, says a new report

  4. Diabetes cases soar in South Africa

    The number of adults with diabetes has soared to 4.5 million, says report

  5. Musician Blick Bassy on Cameroon's troubles

    The Cameroonian musician says how the independence struggle inspired his latest album

  6. South Africa Airways faces major strike

    The walk out is in response to job cuts announced by the national carrier

  7. Cameroon's Biya calls for special status in anglophone region

    President Paul Biya made the remarks during a peace conference in France

  8. Mombasa hospital incident: fire breaks out at hospital in Kenya's second largest city

    Journalist Margret Matunda on the ground tells us more

  9. First Zimbabwe dollar notes issued in a decade

    Zimbabwe's central bank hopes the new notes will ease a severe cash shortage

  10. What is World Pneumonia Day?

    The day aims to raise awareness about the deadly disease.

  11. Springbok rugby celebrations reach Cape Town

    South Africa's rugby team concludes country-wide celebrative tour

  12. The Gambia files genocide case against Myanmar

    The Gambia files a lawsuit at the ICJ, against Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims

  13. Nigeria's problem with mental health treatment

    Nigerian mental health workers say more trained specialists are needed

  14. 10/11/2019 GMT

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

  15. 09/11/2019 GMT

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

  16. More doctors are sacked in Zimbabwe

    Zimbabwean authorities have now dismissed more than 200 doctors for striking

  17. Locusts on the rampage in Ethiopia

    Government efforts to control the infestation have so far not been effective

  18. A locust attack wreaks havoc in Ethiopia

    The infestation which has affected farms, is causing serious damage to staple crops

  19. South Sudan delays unity government

    Leaders have agreed to delay government formation by 100 days

  20. Burkina Faso shooting kills 38 people

    Unidentified gunmen attacked a mining company convoy Semafo

  21. DR Congo 'Terminator' gets 30 years jail sentence

    Former rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda sentenced for war crimes and crimes against humanity

  22. Fears some of the inmates in Nigeria's torture schools have learning disability

    Authorities have recently started raiding the so called rehabilitation centres

  23. UN official urges tolerance in Malawi after hijab row

    The Anglican Church, which runs M’manga school, had stopped students from wearing hijabs.

  24. US hosts talks to resolve dam dispute

    Once completed, the $4bn (£3bn) dam will be the biggest on the continent

  25. South Africa's rugby World Cup squad arrives to a hero's welcome

    The Springboks return home in batches over two days, starting Tuesday

  26. Nollywood's Lionheart disqualifies from Oscar race

    The Academy dropped the film "for having too much dialogue in English"

  27. Malian President pleads with citizens to back army against jihadists

    Calls for international solidarity

  28. Nigeria's Maritime Workers Union on 3-day shutdown

    Workers in Port Harcourt say they are tired of the constant threats of pirates

  29. Uganda Police fire tear gas and arrest journalists

    The journalists have been reporting on students demonstrations in Kampala

  30. Nigerian army investigates suspect abuse video

    A social media video shows men dressed in army fatigue beating and killing a suspect

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