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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Malawi's anaesthetic supply crisis

    Women in labour wards are suffering enormous pain because of a lack of anaesthetic

  2. Morocco jails professor over sex-for-grade scandal

    Students at Hassan I University complained of sexual harassment

  3. Nigeria lifts Twitter ban

    Millions of Nigerians are able to access Twitter freely again

  4. Concerns over Cameroon security during AFCON

    A senator has been shot dead in Bemenda

  5. Bomb blast in Mogadishu kills 10

    Part of a school was destroyed in the attack

  6. Prominent senator gunned down in Cameroon

    Senator Henry Kemende was seized from his car and shot in the chest in Bamenda city

  7. Ethiopia carries out deadly airstrikes in Tigray

    New drone strikes have killed at least 17 in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, say aid workers

  8. Ethiopia carries out deadly airstrikes in Tigray

    New drone strikes have killed at least 17 in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, say aid workers

  9. South African Parliament fire suspect faces terrorism charge

    South Africa state prosecutors have added a charge of terrorism against Zandile Mafe

  10. Uganda schools reopen after two years of Covid lockdown

    Ugandan students and schoolchildren return to classes after Covid restrictions are lifted

  11. 10/01/2022 GMT

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

  12. 10/01/2022 GMT

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

  13. Ethiopia to free jailed opposition leaders

    PM Abiy Ahmed announced the release of prisoners on Christmas Day in Ethiopia

  14. AFCON 2021 Special Edition

    The wait is almost over. Cameroon is ready to host the greatest football show in Africa

  15. Mali confirms Russian soldiers' deployment in Timbuktu

    Russian mercenary involvement follows the French troops' departure in December

  16. What the KFC chips fiasco says about Kenya farming

    Journalist Waihiga Mwaura reflects on why Kenya imports food it grows at home

  17. Tanzania Assembly speaker resigns

    The resignation of Job Ndugai comes after he criticised President Suluhu's loan policy

  18. Nigeria classifies bandits as terrorist groups

    Terrorism charges carry heavier punishments and allow harsher sentences

  19. SA whistleblower: ‘I feel I made a meaningful contribution’

    Atol Williams who spoke at the inquiry on state capture, gives his reaction to the report

  20. First tranche of South Africa’s State Capture report is out

    The first part of the Zondo corruption report has been sent to President Cyril Ramaphosa

  21. South Africa’s president receives Part 1 of State Capture report

    The first part of the Zondo corruption report has been sent to President Cyril Ramaphosa

  22. 04/01/2022 GMT

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

  23. Kenyan anger over KFC chip shortage

    Many Kenyans are angry that KFC appears unwilling to buy from local growers

  24. SA parliament fire suspect 'had explosives'

    Zandile Christmas Mafe was arrested in the parliamentary complex, police say

  25. South Africa parliament fire flares up again

    Authorities had warned the fire could reignite

  26. Liberia: arrest ordered for opposition leader Alexander B. Cummings

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

  27. Sudan: Prime Minister Hamdok resigns after more mass protests

    Over the weekend at least two people were shot dead by security forces

  28. Namibia's first Oscar submission

    'The White Line' is the first movie submitted for the Oscar by Namibia

  29. Malawi arrests Minister of Land over corruption allegations

    The arrest is part of a wider drive to root out corruption in the country

  30. Sudan's Thursday protests 'one of the bloodiest'

    Thousands of protesters reached the presidential palace on Thursday, says journalist

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