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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Missing Kenyan human rights activist found dead

    Caroline Mwatha was a leading campaigner against extra-judicial killings by the police

  2. Priceless African art could be returning to the continent.

    The British Museum and the French government are working with Nigerian officials

  3. Nigeria: Ogoni widow testifies against Shell in The Hague

    Shell is accused of being complicit in the executions of nine Ogoni men in 1995

  4. 11/02/2019 GMT

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

  5. The African Union pledges focus on refugees and IDPs

    AU summit closes in Addis Ababa with refugees and IDPs in spotlight

  6. UN official blasts Buhari over top judge's suspension

    UN warns that independence of judiciary in Nigeria is under threat

  7. 10/02/2019 GMT

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

  8. 09/02/2019 GMT

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

  9. Nigeria Extends Voter Card Collection

    Nigeria's electoral commission extends the deadline for voters to collect identity cards

  10. Uganda Police Release BBC Journalists

    The journalists were investigating the illegal pharmaceuticals drugs trade

  11. CAR Agreement Calls For Truth Commission

    Central African Republic peace deal calls for Truth Commission within 90 days

  12. US cuts back military aid to Cameroon amidst allegations that the military carried out human rights violations

    The State Department says it has credible evidence

  13. Nigeria Elections: The area by the Lagoon where the community feels abandoned

    A young man speaks out on the level of poverty and deprivation in the area

  14. Sierra Leone is battling a 'silent epidemic' of sexual and gender based violence

    Recorded cases of sexual and gender-based violence almost doubled last year

  15. Ugandan woman broke the law to be circumcised

    Sylvia Yeko says she felt proud on the day she was circumcised

  16. South Africa whistleblower 'arrested for corruption'

    The arrests follow allegations of the illegal awarding of tenders

  17. Today is the United Nation's International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

    Highlighting the effects of female genital mutilation on girls around the world

  18. The African Union has responded to a petition of sexual harrassment levied against it by 37 female staff members

    The women complained of abuse in the AU's administrative departments

  19. The government of the Central African Republic have signed a peace deal with 14 rebel groups

    This is the 7th peace accord reached in the past six years

  20. 2019 Komla Dumor Award Launch

    The BBC has begun its search for the next young talented African journalist

  21. "Somebody who can galvanise four women from different cultures under the same roof can run a plural society like Nigeria"

    Alhaji Buba Galadima – former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari

  22. Ghana's government responds to the imposition of visa restrictions on officials travelling to the USA

    US say that Ghana had failed to cooperate in the deportation of 7,000 of it's citizens

  23. Pastor's supporters turn up at his fraud court appearance 'speaking in tongues'

    He claims to have cured people of HIV, and appeared to walk on water on social media.

  24. 03/02/2019 GMT

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

  25. 02/02/2019 GMT

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

  26. Gbagbo's conditional release

    These conditions may include returning him to The Hague in the event of a retrial

  27. US imposes visa restrictions on Ghana over deportee row

    The sanctions could be expanded to include other categories if the issue is unresolved

  28. Gbagbo allies - including six ministers return home

    Is this the start of a new chapter in the country?

  29. Cameroon opposition leader Maurice Kamto 'charged with insurrection'

    Mr Kamto says he won last year's presidential election in Cameroon

  30. Nigeria's presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar offers option of amnesty for those who return stolen money

    Says it costs more money to prosecute or recover loot stashed around the world

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