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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. 03/11/2019 GMT

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

  2. 02/11/2019 GMT

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

  3. Domestic workers sold on Instagram

    Slave markets found on Instagram and other apps, a BBC investigation finds

  4. South Sudan floods displace hundreds of thousands

    President Salva Kiir declared a state of emergency due to the floods on Wednesday

  5. Nigeria police raid a new illegal detention centre

    A Christian pastor is alleged to having run the detention centre

  6. Cameroon's Biya offers money to landslide beraved families

    Forty people are known to have died after heavy rains triggered a landslide on Monday

  7. Kenyan prisoners attain Law degrees

    African Prisons Project helps inmates understanding the law better through education

  8. Cameroon's search for landslide survivors continues

    40 people are known to have died after heavy rains triggered a landslide on Monday

  9. Zimbabweans await the re-introduction of their currency

    Release of new bank notes aims to tackle cash shortages and illegal trade of US dollars

  10. Bristol University appoints History of Slavery professor

    Professor Olivette Otele is also the UK's first black female history professor

  11. WhatsApp sues Israeli firm over phone hacking claims

    The Facebook-owned mobile messaging service has filed a lawsuit against Israel's NSO Group

  12. Kenya discusses tougher punishment for 'deadbeat' parents

    Senator Irungu Kang'ata wants stiffer punishment for parents who don't support their kids

  13. Boeing CEO gives evidence to US Congress

    Boeing is behind two malfunctioning planes that killed hundreds in two separated crashes

  14. Somali entrepeneur tops list of influential black Britons

    Ismail Ahmed is the CEO of digital cash transfer service WorldRemit

  15. Rights groups denounce Tanzania's lack of freedom of expression

    Rights groups say new laws passed since Magufuli came into power restrict media

  16. Water shortages hit South Africa's capital Pretoria

    Dam levels plummet by as much as 60% triggering water shortages across the country

  17. Uganda students keep tension high over fees hike

    Makerere University students plan another protest over new tuition fee policy

  18. 27/10/2019 GMT

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

  19. 26/10/2019 GMT

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

  20. Zimbabweans march in protest against EU and US sanctions

    Demonstrators say the sanctions have ruined the country's economy.

  21. Botswana: Incumbent sees off opposition challenge

    As President Masisi's party secures the most seats in parliament

  22. Authorities in Sierra Leone have warned against eating pork

    Following the deaths of an unprecedented number of pigs in the capital Freetown

  23. Four journalists jailed in Burundi for trying to cover insecurity in the country

    This is just the latest incident involving journalists

  24. Nigerian ‘serial killer’ pleads guilty to killing nine women

    The man in question pled guilty to killing the women in Port Harcourt

  25. Guinea: political tensions continue over President Alpha Conde

    We hear from Conakry – where the opposition are again on the streets

  26. Tanzania's top court scraps girl marriages

    Tanzanian court annuls law which allows families to marry off girls as young as fifteen

  27. South Africa's official opposition leader resigns

    The Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has stepped down

  28. Russia seeks to strengthen relations with Africa

    The first ever Russia-Africa summit begins in Sochi, Russia

  29. Rwandan music star arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol

    This comes amid Rwanda's year-long campaign to boost road safety and crack down

  30. Guinea: five organisers of protests sentenced

    The opposition and civil society leaders initiated a wave of protests last week

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