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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Muslim cleric shot dead after Uganda bombings

    Security operations have been launched since the explosions in the heart of Kampala

  2. New Kenyan law allows easier integration of refugees

    The new law comes just six months before a planned shutdown of refugee camps

  3. The psychological impact of Kampala's blast

    A Kampala resident tells how the bomb blasts affected her job and her mind

  4. Do conservation efforts endanger the lives of indigenous communities?

    A Kenyan organisation has been accused of displacing indigenous communities

  5. Sudan Foreign Minister reports Police brutalities

    Minister Mariam Al-Mahdi says the Police in Sudan has been lashing young protesters

  6. Activists feel vindicated by Lekki killings report

    The country was rocked by anti-police brutality protests for two weeks last October

  7. Uganda blasts: Six killed including three attackers

    Among them are two police officers

  8. Suicide bombers target Uganda's capital Kampala

    People have been left traumatised by the blasts

  9. What did Africa get out of COP26?

    Did the global summit on climate change do enough to help Africa?

  10. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's ex-ruler, to stand for president

    Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has registered as a candidate for Libya's presidential election

  11. The son of Libya's Muammar Gaddafi makes presidential bid

    Saif al-Islam Gaddafi has registered as a candidate for Libya's presidential election

  12. Tunisia: MP jailed for sexual harassment in a landmark case

    The MP faces a year in prison for sexually harassing a schoolgirl.

  13. Sudan: Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announces new ruling council

    General al-Burhan also names himself as the leader of the council.

  14. COP26: Leaders announce latest draft agreement as summit enters final day

    COP26 President Alok Sharma warns of a "monumental challenge" ahead

  15. Sierra Leone's Auditor General is fired

    Lara Taylor-Pearce and the agency she leads will be subject to an 'investigation'

  16. 'Exceptional' Sierra Leonean student wins $100,000 award

    Jeremiah Thoronka was awarded the 2021 Global Student Prize for his clean-energy project

  17. South Africa's last apartheid president dies at 85

    FW de Klerk, also a key figure in the transition to democracy, had been fighting cancer.

  18. South Africa corruption whistleblower: 'My life was in danger'

    Athol Williams says he had to flee the country after testifying at the corruption inquiry

  19. Ethiopia’s Tigray war: The head of Ethiopia's Somali state aligns with army

    Mustefe Omer, head of the Somali region, is confident Tigrayan fighters can be stopped

  20. Ethiopia' Somali region aligns with the Ethiopian army

    Mustefe Omer, head of Ethiopia's Somali region defends his support of government forces

  21. The UN accuses Ethiopia of detaining its staff

    The UN is warning that Ethiopia is at risk of descending into civil war

  22. Sierra Leone tanker explosion: Survivors try to rebuild lives

    115 people have died in the tanker explosion in Sierra Leone's capital

  23. Niger school children's burials take place

    Many classrooms in Niger are made of straw and wood

  24. Ethiopia: 'we'll keep on marching'- TPLF

    A spokesman for the TPLF has said its forces would keep advancing towards the capital

  25. Sierra Leone tanker explosion: Mass burial in Freetown

    They will be buried in the same cemetery as victims of the 2017 landslide

  26. Ethiopia leader calls for unity amid conflict

    It has been a year since the conflict started in the north

  27. ‘The south of Madagascar is suffering from climate change’

    Madagascar’s environment minister talks to Focus on Africa

  28. Ethiopia: Government reacts to opposition alliance

    Nine factions including the TPLF join forces against the government

  29. South Africa: ANC dips below 50% in local elections

    Recorded voter turnout was the lowest in South African history

  30. Ethiopia TPLF spokesperson: 'We will potentially enter the capital'

    Getachew Reda says entering Addis Ababa is not about 'seizing power.'

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