Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
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Sudan army wants elections in 'nine months'
Sudan's army scraps an agreement with protesters and calls for elections in nine months
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Ebola spreading faster in DRC
Ebola spreading three times as fast in the DRC as total number of cases hits 2000
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Sudan's army scraps agreement with protesters
Sudan's army scraps an agreement with protesters and calls for elections in nine months
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Sudan protests: Prosecutors set up committee to investigate violence
Doctors in Sudan now say at least thirty people were killed
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Oil company BP involved in ten billion dollar payment to businessman involved in suspicious energy deal
Documents revealed that BP will also pay billions of dollars in royalties.
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Sudan: security forces attack protest camp in Khartoum
At least twelve people are reported dead
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02/06/2019 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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01/06/2019 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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Scientists find a new way to prevent malaria
Researchers from the US used fungus and a toxin from an Australian spider's venom
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Police in Sierra Leone fire teargas at headquarters of main opposition party
A protest by Sierra Leone’s main opposition APC party has ended in violence
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Uganda bans the sale of alcohol sachets
At a time when alcohol abuse is becoming a growing concern in Africa
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South Africa make history in ministerial appointment
Over half of the appointees are women
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How Sudan's doctors ousted Omar al-Bashir
And the hefty price they paid for their heroics
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Africa Free Trade Area has been ratified
23 countries have now signed the agreement, meaning it takes effect
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Nigeria: Are more young people now in elective office?
Maryam Laushi is a founding member of the"not too young to run" movement
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Sierra Leone to resume logging
Timber export is a highly profitable business for the country
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Buhari sworn in as Nigerian president
Now in his second term, Buhari faces old challenges including security and unemployment
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Today is World Menstrual Hygiene day
Girls in certain parts of the world miss school because they can't afford pads
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Tension in Botswana between the president and his predecessor
The former president Ian Khama described his successor as "drunk on power"
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Malawi President Peter Mutharika sworn in
He said it was now time to heal the country following a highly divisive election
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Why can dreadlocks or tattoos lead to police arrest in Nigeria?
Many of those arrested are young Nigerians trying to build careers in the performing arts
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Malawi president re-elected after court battle
Malawi's President Peter Mutharika has been narrowly elected to a second term in office
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Deadly attack on Catholic Church in Burkino Faso
Four people have been killed in the attack the government blamed on Islamist militants
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26/05/2019 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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25/05/2019 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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The Zimbabwean woman redefining disability
Sinikiwe Kademaunga was born with no hands and no knees - and dwarfism
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The pioneering Tanzanian scientist saving cassava
Charles Kayuki is working to help farmers defeat viruses that threaten the crop
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Kenya's gay sex ruling divides opinion
The Kenyan High Court has rejected a challenge to laws criminalising homosexuality
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It is now illegal to offer money to street children in Uganda
It is now illegal to offer money, food, or donations to street children in Uganda
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'Black vest' protesters at Paris airport want legal status for migrants
'Black vest' protesters at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport want legal status for migrants
