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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Malawi election case in court

    Two opposition parties are challenging President Peter Mutharika's re-election

  2. Mass arrest of foreigners in South Africa

    At least 600 foreign nationals were arrested by police on Wednesday

  3. Rokia Traore on bringing change to Mali

    The Malian songwriter thinks music and art can bring about positive change

  4. Kenya MP expelled from parliament for carrying baby

    MP Zulekha Hassan was forcefully told to leave despite 'emergency'

  5. Nigeria on verge of being polio-free

    If no new cases are declared by August 21st, Nigeria will be declared free of the disease

  6. Morgan Heritage on Jamaica independence day

    The reggae stars on strengthening the "cultural trade" between Jamaica and the continent

  7. Bobi Wine charged with 'annoying the president'

    Uganda's MP Bobi Wine faces charges of treason and of 'ridiculing' President Museveni

  8. Gambia to release Jammeh's regime hitmen

    Outraged Gambians oppose the decision to free the self-confessed assassins

  9. Ola Onabulé explores society’s power imbalance through jazz

    The celebrated British-Nigerian jazz artist discusses his latest album called "Pointless"

  10. Libya conflict: Dozens killed in drone attack

    Supporters of a rebel general claim responsibility but deny targeting civilians

  11. Detained Nigeria Shia leader to be freed

    Supporters of Ibrahim el-Zakzaky have staged weeks of protests to demand his release

  12. 04/08/2019 GMT

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

  13. 03/08/2019 GMT

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

  14. 'Zimbabwe's economy will shrink further' says finance minister

    Since June prices of basic goods and services have more than doubled

  15. Ugandan academic Stella Nyanzi bares breasts in protest at jail sentence

    She's been sentenced to eighteen months in jail for criticising President Museveni online

  16. Sierra Leone: Massive flooding hits Freetown

    The country has been experiencing heavy rain which intensified over the past week

  17. Uganda's Stella Nyanzi found guilty of harassment

    The controversial academic had been charged with cyber harassment of President Museveni

  18. New Mozambique peace deal signed

    President Nyusi and RENAMO leader Ossufo Momade sign the accord on opposition territory

  19. Confusion over Rwanda-DRC Ebola border closure

    Rwanda closes and then reopens part of its border with DRC

  20. NBA Chief: African leaders should invest in sport

    Masai Ujiri thinks sport can be a major revenue and employment generator for Africa

  21. DRC: Ebola keeps spreading in Goma

    A second person dies of Ebola in one of DR Congo's most connected cities

  22. Cameroon's separatists on hunger strike

    Detained leaders of Cameroon's Anglophone separatist movement have begun a hunger strike

  23. The joy of Malawi's folk music

    The Madalitso Band are currently touring Europe

  24. Boko Haram: Ten years on

    Ten years ago the founder of the Nigerian Islamist group was killed by the Police

  25. DRC new government deal

    President Tshisekedi and former leader Kabila agree to form a coalition government

  26. High School students shot dead in Sudan

    Their deaths have sparked calls for a countrywide protests

  27. Ethiopia 'breaks' tree-planting record

    More than 200 million trees have been planted in one day to tackle climate change

  28. Nigeria bans Shia Muslim group

    The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has described it as a "huge joke"

  29. 28/07/2019 GMT

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

  30. 27/07/2019 GMT

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

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