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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Senegal tries midwives over hospital death

    A mother and her unborn child died after allegedly being denied a caesarean section

  2. United Nations chief concludes West Africa tour

    António Guterres speaks to Focus after his first visit to the continent in two years

  3. Burundi mourns soldiers killed in Somalia attack

    Burundi’s army says 10 soldiers were killed in the attack on an AU base in Somalia

  4. Al-Shabab attack on AU base in Somalia ‘a surprise’

    Several Burundi soldiers were killed in the attack on an African Union base in Somalia

  5. Russian mercenaries accused of atrocities in CAR

    Witnesses tell Human Rights Watch about summary executions and torture

  6. Rights group says Russian mercenaries operating in CAR

    Human Rights Watch say they have evidence members of the Wagner Group are in CAR

  7. UN chief visits insurgency victims in Nigeria’s Borno state

    UN Secretary General António Guterres is on a tour of West Africa

  8. ‘Not our war’: Africans leaving Ukraine recount their treatment

    Special report from the Ukraine/Poland border on the Africans who fled the Ukraine war

  9. Kenya’s president tells his deputy to resign

    President Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy William Ruto have had an ongoing tense relationship

  10. Kenya and Morocco announce wage increases

    The governments of Morocco and Kenya are increasing the minimum wage for workers

  11. State funeral for Kenya's ex-President Mwai Kibaki

    Crowds of Kenyans turned out to pay their last respects to the late President Mwai Kibaki

  12. Damning report into Jacob Zuma's presidency

    Investigators find ex-President Zuma would "do anything" for the influential Gupta family

  13. Report exposes SA ex-President Zuma’s corrupt relationships

    Investigators find ex-President Jacob Zuma would do anything for the wealthy Gupta family

  14. IMF revises down Africa's growth forecast

    The International Monetary Fund has revised its growth projection for Africa downwards

  15. Horrific testimonies emerge of South Sudan violence

    Reports from South Sudan say dozens have been beheaded following days of violence

  16. Nigeria’s senate wants ransom payers to go to jail

    Nigerian senators pass a bill seeking to impose a jail term for anyone paying a ransom

  17. Tight security as Somalia elects Speaker of the Lower House

    The Lower House election comes a day after the Speaker of Somalia's Senate was re-elected

  18. Police brutality and disappearances in Kenya

    Amnesty in Kenya says it has documented dozens of cases extrajudicial killings by police

  19. Mounting concern about police brutality in Kenya

    Cases of police brutality and enforced disappearances are rising in Kenya, says report

  20. How will Twitter change under Elon Musk?

    We host a disco with three tech experts from around the continent

  21. UK discusses new immigration rules

    The House of Lords discusses migration rules likely to impact thousands of asylum seekers

  22. 'Hundreds' of illegal oil refinery still operating in Nigeria

    Victims of a fire blast at an illegal oil refinery in Imo State are to be buried today

  23. UN calls for investigation into Darfur killings

    At least 168 people have been killed in three days of clashes

  24. Suspected Jammeh ally tried for crimes against humanity

    Bai Lowe is being tried in Germany, accused of being a member of the Junglers

  25. Nigeria: Imo state oil explosion victims buried

    At least 110 people were killed in the accident at an illegal oil refinery

  26. Alleged ex-member of Yahya Jammeh 'death-squad' to face trial

    A German court is to trial an alleged ex-member of Yahya Jammeh's 'death squad.'

  27. East African Community to deploy military in DR Congo

    EAC leaders want rebel groups to resolve grievances through political dialogue

  28. Kenya's first opposition president Mwai Kibaki dies aged 90

    A look back on the life of Kenya's third president Mwai Kibaki, who died aged 90

  29. The economic cost of the KwaZulu-Natal floods

    Close to 450 people lost their lives when heavy rains swept away roads and houses

  30. Former Botswana president summoned to court

    Ian Khama has been asked to appear on a firearms charge

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