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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Botswana elections: The final day of campaigning

    We hear more in the lead up to Botswana’s election

  2. Calm returns to Guinea after protests claim nine lives

    Following demonstrations over proposals for President Alpha Conde to go for a third term.

  3. Putin accuses the West of 'blackmailing' Africa

    He says Russia can offer help to Africa without the conditions attached by the West

  4. Johannesburg's black mayor resigns in race row

    Following his party's re-admission of a white politician who praised colonialism

  5. 20/10/2019 GMT

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

  6. 19/10/2019 GMT

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

  7. 18/10/2019 GMT

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

  8. 18/10/2019 GMT

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

  9. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda seeks a sixth term

    He came into power in 1986 after a guerrilla war that toppled Milton Obote

  10. Explosive testimony at the Gambia's TRRC

    Edward Singhateh was once vice chairman of Yahya Jammeh's military junta

  11. Mozambique election observers complain of restrictions

    Many local election observers were denied accreditation

  12. Former Jammeh deputy testifies in the Gambia

    Edward Singhateh was once vice chairman of Yahya Jammeh's military junta

  13. Rwanda receives more Libyan refugees

    Hundreds of vulnerable people from Libyan detention camps are transferred to Rwanda

  14. Tensions rise in Guinea

    Eight opposition leaders go on trial in Guinea, accused of organising protests

  15. Nigeria's informal 'prisons'

    Life in Northern Nigeria's informal correctional facilities.

  16. The Rwandan cyclist on a mission to travel the world

    Raising money to provide bicycles for children travelling to school

  17. Polls officially closed in Mozambique

    Amid complaints of ballot-stuffing by two main opposition parties

  18. 'Tortured' and shackled pupils freed from Nigerian Islamic school

    Police say the victims were subjected to "inhumane and degrading treatment"

  19. Sudan government and regional leaders meet for peace talks in Juba

    Sudan’s ruling council and rebel leaders hope to end the country’s multiple conflicts

  20. South Africa's President Ramaphosa talks on corruption probes, state capture and xenophobia

    Mr Ramaphosa says a decade of corruption is likely to have cost South Africa billions

  21. Activists opposing President Conto seeking a third term arrested

    The Guinea opposition has called for demonstrations against President Alpha Conde

  22. 13/10/2019 GMT

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

  23. 12/10/2019 GMT

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

  24. What is International Day of the Girl Child?

    We hear more about the day highlighting the needs and challenges faced by young girls

  25. Tunisians head to the polls on Sunday

    Tunisians head to the polls on Sunday for the presidential elections

  26. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace Prize

    Abiy Ahmed was awarded the prize for his efforts

  27. The Zimbabwean psychiatrist who created the ‘Friendship Bench’

    A technique has been pioneered to support those with mental health issues

  28. Congolese refugees begin return from Angola to Kasai region

    Fighting amongst armed groups has lessened and security conditions have improved

  29. World Mental Health Day and its relationship with Africa

    How does Africa examine the issue of mental health?

  30. Malawi policeman stoned to death by protestors

    A wave of protests over the May poll has gripped Malawi since

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