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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Booker Prize Winner: 'Critics tell me I have no sense of humour'

    South African writer Damon Galgut wins the 2021 Booker prize with the novel 'The Promise'

  2. Ethiopia: Will TPLF forces reach Addis Ababa?

    The Ethiopian government and TPLF forces in Tigray have been at war for one year

  3. A joint UN and Ethiopian human rights group report condemns all sides in the Tigray conflict

    A UN/Ethiopian human rights report says all sides in Tigray guilty of human rights abuses

  4. UN: 'All parties to the Tigray conflict have committed violations'

    UN says all sides guilty of brutal human rights abuses in the conflict in Ethiopia

  5. UN report critical of all sides in Ethiopia conflict

    The United Nations accuses all sides of human rights abuses in the conflict in Ethiopia

  6. TPLF forces advance on Ethiopian capital

    A state of emergency has been announced in Ethiopia as TPLF forces near Addis Ababa

  7. Ethiopia under state of emergency

    State of emergency has been declared in Ethiopia

  8. COP26 day 3: High anticipation for Africa

    High anticipation for African countries at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow

  9. Africa comes to COP26, but is it yet another talking shop?

    The COP26 climate change summit begins in Glasgow, Scotland

  10. What can Africa really achieve at the COP26 climate change summit?

    The climate Summit, COP26 has started in the Scottish city of Glasgow

  11. Africa at COP26

    The climate change summit gets underway in the Scottish city of Glasgow

  12. Kenyan community poisoned by lead still waiting for compensation

    Twelve million was awarded in compensation but the government is still appealing the case

  13. 'Defiant' Sudanese prepare for Saturday's 'million-march'

    Sudan civic organisations and private citizens plan massive protests against the coup

  14. Sudan Ambassador tells coup leaders to 'Stop this nonsense'

    The Sudanese ambassador to the US believes al-Burhan's government is 'illegitimate.'

  15. Kenya nurses fail English test for UK jobs

    Kenya’s health minister said only 10 out of 300 health workers who applied, passed

  16. UN envoy: Sanctions against Zimbabwe should be lifted

    The UN's Alena Douhan says coercive measures against Zimbabwe have harmed ordinary people

  17. UN envoy calls for an end to Mugabe-era sanctions on Zimbabwe

    A UN human rights envoy says the 20-year-long sanctions have harmed ordinary citizens

  18. Libya’s foreign minister hopes for fair elections

    Najla El-Mangoush spoke to the BBC’s Orla Guerin

  19. Cambridge University returns Benin Bronze to Nigeria

    Cambridge becomes the first British institution to return a Bronze

  20. Sudan: Doctors go on strike

    The AU has suspended Sudan after Monday’s coup

  21. Sudan coup: The day after

    Protests continue in Sudan, a day after the military seized power in a coup

  22. Military crackdown and protests in Sudan

    Protests continue in Sudan as the military crackdown leaves 7 dead

  23. Sudan coup: Protests continue

    Demonstrations continue in Sudan in the aftermath of the military takeover

  24. The aftermath of Sudan's coup

    There's been worldwide condemnation of the coup in Sudan

  25. Worldwide condemnation of Sudan coup

    There's been a military coup in Sudan: A state of emergency has been imposed

  26. A military coup in Sudan

    Coup leaders dissolve the Sovereign Council and impose a state of emergency

  27. Protests in Eswatini

    The Eswatini government on protests in the country

  28. Mekele bombed

    Ethiopia's army says it was targeting rebels in Tigray's main city

  29. Bombings in Tigray

    Ethiopian army says it is targeting rebel headquarters

  30. Nurses fired on during eSwatini protests

    The Democratic Nurses Union says 30 people were injured

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