Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
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Liberia's president delivers first public address since inauguration
George Weah vows to change country's citizenship laws
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Chibok Girls adapt to life after captivity
Oby Ezekwesili from the Bring Back Our Girls campaign has been speaking to them
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Kenya: Thousands Left Homeless After Fire in Lang'ata Area
The blaze engulfed homes as it raged on Sunday evening, killing at least four
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28/01/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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27/01/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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26/01/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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DR Congo's Kabila Denies Repression
He rejected charges that his forces had violently broken up pro-democracy protests.
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DR Congo's President Kabila's First Press Conference in Five Years
He stood by the timetable for delayed elections despite demands he step down.
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Nigeria starts a mass vaccination campaign against Yellow Fever
It's hoped twenty-five-million people will be immunised by this year.
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UNICEF: Condition of Millions of Children in South Sudan Worsening
A quarter of a million South Sudanese children risk dying if urgent aid is not delivered.
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ANC's Cyril Ramaphosa Tackles Corruption
Allegations against President Zuma and others are being handled by a judicial inquiry.
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Cape Town's Worsening Water Shortage
The authorities have warned that household supplies could be cut off in April.
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Should Dual Citizens be Allowed to Run a country?
Sierra Leone debates the eligibility of presidential candidate Dr Kandeh Yumkella.
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President Emmerson Mnagagwa's Investment Pitch in Davos
He is spreading the message that his country is open for business.
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Africa’s Radiology Crisis
How can the shortage of qualified radiologists across the continent be tackled?
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Is Force An Option For UN Peacekeepers In High-Risk Situations?
A former UN peacekeeper recounts his experience in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Leading Anti-Apartheid Musician, Hugh Masekela, Dies
Jazz trumpeter, Hugh Masekela, a leading figure in the struggle to end apartheid, dies
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22/01/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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Church Leaders Defend Protest Call in DR Congo
Sunday's protests left several people dead and injured.
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Liberians witness the swearing-in of George Weah
The former football legend, replaces Africa's first elected female head of state.
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21/01/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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20/01/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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Former Prime Minister Returns To Guinea Bissau
Carlos Gomes Junior Guinea Bissau's former prime minister returns to a country in crisis.
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President Mnangagwa Says Zimbabwe Ready To Improve Ties With The West
Zimbabwe keen to improve relations with the UK.
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Zimbabwe Ready To Rejoin Commonwealth
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa tells the Financial Times his country ready to improve ties with UK.
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18/01/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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18/01/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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18/01/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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Striking For The Right To Strike In Benin
Anger over a government directive to ban demonstrations by public sector workers in Benin
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Ethiopian Airlines Spreads Its Wings
Why Ethiopian Airlines is buying up 45 percent of Zambia Airways