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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Corruption a huge embarrassment - top Kenyan judge

    Kenya's first female Chief Justice, says it is taking too long to tackle corruption.

  2. Kenya declares drought a national disaster

    At least two million Kenyans are affected

  3. Guinea coup leaders free prisoners

    Coup leaders in Guinea free 79 people among which political prisoners

  4. Morocco elections suffer low turnout

    Regional and legislative polls are being held in Morocco

  5. Gambia President Barrow 'Power hungry' over alliance with Yahya Jammeh's party

    Gambia Official resigns over the announcement of an alliance with Yahya Jammeh's party

  6. Morocco gears up for pivotal elections

    About 18m Moroccans are expected to cast their votes in Morocco's 8 September election

  7. Guinea coup: What will be the regional impact?

    The ouster of Guinea’s President Alpha Condé is the third coup in Africa this year

  8. Guinea coup leader consolidates takeover

    Col Mamady Doumbouya has installed army officers to oversee Guinea’s eight regions

  9. Guinea opposition party member emboldended by coup

    Self-exiled opposition party member Mamoudou Nagnalen Barry says he's ready to come back

  10. The Gambia President Adama Barrow agrees coalition with Yahya Jammeh's party

    The decision has come before findings of an inquiry into Jammeh-era abuses are published

  11. Guinea coup leader says the situation is under control

    Guinea's President Alpha Condé remains in detention following Sunday's coup

  12. 03/09/2021 GMT

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

  13. 03/09/2021 GMT

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

  14. 03/09/2021 GMT

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

  15. Why women need to talk more about sex

    Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah talks about her latest book 'The Sex Lives of African Women'

  16. Detained Rwandan hip-hop star Jay Polly dies

    The artist was detained in April after holding a party in breach of Covid regulations

  17. Gunman behind deadly Tanzania attack was 'terrorist'

    Police officers and a guard were shot dead in the attack

  18. 01/09/2021 GMT

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

  19. 01/09/2021 GMT

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

  20. 01/09/2021 GMT

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

  21. Uganda arrests suspects amid a spate of killings

    The victims are aged between 50-80 years

  22. Nigeria military contradicts advice to take up arms

    Calls for civilians to take up arms have been causing controversy

  23. South Africa warning over new Covid variant

    The NICD says C.1.2v has the potential to be a variant of concern

  24. Why is Zambia's president replacing army and police chiefs?

    The president said the new security chiefs “must have the interest of the people"

  25. Tens of thousands registered missing in Africa

    Nigeria accounts for more than half of the total number of missing persons in Africa

  26. The Zambian president replaces army and police chiefs

    The president said the new security chiefs “must have the interest of the people"

  27. South Africa’s unemployment rate hits record high

    South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world at nearly 45 per cent

  28. Nigerian schoolchildren released after weeks of captivity

    Bandits release several children seized from an Islamic school in Niger state in May

  29. Gunmen free kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren

    Dozens of children were abducted from an Islamic School in Niger state in May

  30. Kenyan's letters to her daughter wins BBC podcast prize

    Production on Namulanta Kombo's podcasts is to begin next month

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