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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Controversy over President Buhari's Eid message to Nigerians

    Many say his voice lacked strength and wonder about his health

  2. Construction of Tanzania's $3bn hydro plant begins

    The 2,115 megawatts hydroelectric dam is expected to produce 5,920GWh of power

  3. Congolese Gynecologist Dr Mukwege Wins Nobel Peace Prize

    Denis Mukwege won for his work helping women victims of sexual violence in the DRC.

  4. Confusion over Rwanda-DRC Ebola border closure

    Rwanda closes and then reopens part of its border with DRC

  5. Confusion over Kenya’s new visa-free policy for visitors

    Kenya’s shift to a visa-free regime for visitors has come into force, but is it working?

  6. Confusion Ahead Of Kenya Election

    Legal challenge against Kenya's presidential election fails as judges absent from court

  7. Condoms for 12-year-olds in 'safer sex' drive in South Africa

    12-year-olds to get condoms in South Africa's latest 'safer sex' drive

  8. Concerns over police-enforced brutality and disappearances in Kenya

    Concerns about the rise in police brutality and disappearances in Kenya

  9. Concern over Covid complacency taking hold in Africa

    Covid cases are on the rise in parts of Africa while vaccine take-up is still low

  10. Concern In South Africa Over Teenage Pregnancies

    Recent statistics from South Africa concern those trying to reduce teenage pregnancies

  11. Concern and tension mounts in Cameroon

    Concern and tension mounts in Cameroon and ANC leaders discuss President Zuma's future

  12. Compensation for Uganda families over childbirth deaths

    The court awarded $84,000 in damages to two families of women who died

  13. Comoros’ president bids for a fourth term in forthcoming election

    Presidential elections are due to be held in the Comoros on 14 January

  14. Commonwealth Meeting Tackles Legacy Of Colonial Rules

    UK Prime Minister Theresa May "deeply regrets" colonial anti-gay rules.

  15. Colonialism remarks put pressure on Western Cape premier, Helen Zille

    Colonialism remarks put pressure on Western Cape premier, Helen Zille

  16. Collapsed rubbish dump kills at least 17 in Mozambique

    Heavy rains result in a rubbish dump collapsing outside the Mozambican capital, Maputo.

  17. Climate change: 15 truck drivers die on Egypt-Sudan border

    At least 15 Egyptian truck drivers stuck at Sudan border have died from heat stroke

  18. Climate Change Strikes in Africa

    African children and activists protest the dangers of climate change around the world

  19. Clashes resume in North eastern Somalia over a mountainous disputed territory

    Somali clashes, Breastfeeding rights in Kenya, Liberia's problem with anti retrovirals

  20. Clashes in Ghana after protesters die

    Police investigations following the deaths of two protesters in Ghana

  21. Clashes between police and Tanzania's Maasai

    Clashes between police and the Maasai community in Tanzania

  22. Clashes at South Africa anti-illegal immigrant march

    Hundreds march in South Africa's capital Pretoria against illegal immigrants

  23. Claims and counterclaims over Mali airstrike

    France says strike was on jihadist militants and rejects reports a wedding was hit

  24. City of Maiduguri submerged in heaviest flooding

    Thousands displaced in northeastern Nigeria after a colllapsed dam caused severe flooding

  25. Church Says DR Congo Polls Produced A 'Clear Winner'

    Catholic bishops say that data they have seen reveal a clear presidential winner

  26. Christmas is marked as a public holiday in Sudan

    For the first time in nine years Christmas is marked as a public holiday in Sudan.

  27. Christmas Day Quiz - part one

    The first part of 1996's Christmas Day quiz

  28. Christmas Day Quiz - part two

    Christmas Day quiz 1996 - part two

  29. Cholera: is disinformation causing deaths in Southern Africa?

    Disinformation on cholera reportedly led to Mozambique ferry disaster.

  30. China Foreign Minister travels to East Africa

    China Foreign Minister Wang Yi begins his four-day visit to the Horn from Eritrea

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