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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Kenyan police to investigate bodies dumped in a river

    Several bodies have been discovered in a river in western Kenya in recent weeks

  2. 'Gamechanger' vaccine facility opens in South Africa

    Nant SA in Cape Town, will manufacture Covid-19 vaccines aimed at preventing infection

  3. South Africa's president launches new vaccine manufacturing plant

    Nant SA, based in Cape Town, will aim to make over a billion Covid-19 vaccines by 2025

  4. Shops shut in Sudan civil disobedience campaign

    Sudan has been in crisis since the military staged a coup in October

  5. Reflections on civil war

    Sierra Leone is today marking 20 years since the end of it’s decade long civil war

  6. Sudan death toll rises to seven - medics

    More than 70 have died in protests since the October coup

  7. Dozens killed and others kidnapped in Nigeria

    A resident who escaped the killings said that 13 of his relatives were among the dead

  8. Fuel crisis in Uganda over build-up at border

    Queues of waiting trucks, as long as 70km (43 miles), have been reported

  9. Dozens killed and others kidnapped in Nigeria

    A resident who escaped the killings said that 13 of his relatives were among the dead.

  10. Tunisians demonstrate against President Saied

    The president suspended the constitution in September

  11. Recordings shine light on Ben Ali’s last days in power

    The Tunisian leader was overthrown at the start of the Arab Spring

  12. Pro-military protest in Mali

    Hundreds of people rallied in favour of the ruling junta

  13. Malawi's anaesthetic supply crisis

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

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

    Students at Hassan I University complained of sexual harassment

  15. Nigeria lifts Twitter ban

    Millions of Nigerians are able to access Twitter freely again

  16. Concerns over Cameroon security during AFCON

    A senator has been shot dead in Bemenda

  17. Bomb blast in Mogadishu kills 10

    Part of a school was destroyed in the attack

  18. Prominent senator gunned down in Cameroon

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

  19. Ethiopia carries out deadly airstrikes in Tigray

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

  20. Ethiopia carries out deadly airstrikes in Tigray

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

  21. South African Parliament fire suspect faces terrorism charge

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

  22. Uganda schools reopen after two years of Covid lockdown

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

  23. 10/01/2022 GMT

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

  24. 10/01/2022 GMT

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

  25. Ethiopia to free jailed opposition leaders

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

  26. AFCON 2021 Special Edition

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

  27. Mali confirms Russian soldiers' deployment in Timbuktu

    Russian mercenary involvement follows the French troops' departure in December

  28. What the KFC chips fiasco says about Kenya farming

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

  29. Tanzania Assembly speaker resigns

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

  30. Nigeria classifies bandits as terrorist groups

    Terrorism charges carry heavier punishments and allow harsher sentences

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