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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. ECOWAS discusses presidents' controversial 'Third terms'

    The West Africa body meets to discuss some of the region's most pressing problems

  2. Guinea President retires 42 generals

    Freshly sworn-in President Doumbouya has retired 42 generals in first signs of change

  3. Eswatini students clash with government forces

    The Student Union demands the release of students detained following protests

  4. Ethiopia war: TPLF 'committed to the negotiating table'

    Ethiopian government launches an all-out attack in Tigray, TPLF forces say

  5. ICJ rules on Kenya-Somalia sea border dispute

    The International Court rules to share the contested sea area between Kenya and Somalia.

  6. Ethiopian troops launch all-out assault say rebels

    Tigrayan forces in northern Ethiopia say federal troops have launched a new offensive

  7. Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Army launches new offensive

    Tigray forces in northern Ethiopia say the federal government has launched new offensive

  8. Mariam Sankara: ‘I’m in a hurry to know the truth’

    The widow of Thomas Sankara on the opening of the trial in Burkina Faso into his killing

  9. Sierra Leone dropped from UK travel restriction list

    The UK government has removed dozens of countries from its Covid travel red list

  10. How 'fast fashion' is turning Ghana into a waste dumping ground

    The quality of clothing imports has deteriorated so much that nearly half goes to waste

  11. Nigerian authorities rescue over 200 abduction victims in a week

    Zamfara and Sokoto State's authorities say among the rescued are nursing mothers and kids

  12. Germany's First Black woman MP 'very honoured' to be elected

    Eritrean-born Awet Tesfaiesus reacts to being elected MP of Germany's Bundestag

  13. Archbishop Desmond Tutu at 90

    A look at the life and anti-apartheid struggle of Archbishop Tutu, who turns ninety today

  14. Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel for literature

    The 73-year-old Tanzanian reacts to being awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for literature

  15. Google to invest $1 billion in Africa

    Google is to invest in Africa to fund projects to support start-ups

  16. Children's Malaria vaccine to be rolled out

    WHO announces the roll out of the Malaria vaccine for children in Africa

  17. Ethiopia's PM names new Cabinet

    Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia reshuffles his Cabinet

  18. First day for Chad's Transitional Council

    The temporary government was set up following the death of President Idris Deby

  19. Pandora Papers: 'We have secrets of more African leaders than ever'

    Huge documents' leak exposes more African leaders involved in offshore financial deals

  20. Sickle Cell treatment unveiled in UK

    Sickle Cell affects blood cells and can cause organs failure and intense pain

  21. UN finds violations in Libya

    UN mission concludes crimes against humanity in Libya

  22. The Kenyatta family named in Pandora Papers

    Uhuru Kenyatta and his family linked to secret bank accounts

  23. The Pandora Papers: The African connection

    Secret bank accounts and ties to Uhuru Kenyatta and his family

  24. Guinea: Military leader sworn in and promises not to stand for election

    Colonel Mamady Doumbouya becomes president of the transitional government

  25. Guinea: Coup leader sworn in as president

    Colonel Mamady Doumbouya becomes Africa's second-youngest head of state

  26. Nigeria: President agrees to lift Twitter ban

    President Buhari says the national ban on Twitter can be lifted with certain conditions

  27. Somalia's new public oxygen plant

    Somalia gets a new oxygen supply plant for its public healthcare

  28. A new breath of life for Somalia

    Somalia gets its first new public oxygen supply plant

  29. A new public oxygen plant for Somalia

    Somalia gets its first public oxygen plant

  30. Tunisia's Najla Bouden asked to form new government

    Najla Bouden set to become Tunisia's next prime minister

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