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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Rebels vow to fight on until blockade ends

    The war between federal forces and the Tigray rebels is nearly nine months old

  2. Gambia’s High Court rules on overseas voters case

    The Supreme Court had initially backed plaintiffs who took the government to court

  3. 30/07/2021 GMT

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

  4. Diplomatic push to get food aid into Tigray

    Ethiopia’s government denies that it deliberately blocked aid

  5. President Kenyatta: “We produce more nurses than we can absorb”

    The president talks about the new deal allowing Kenyan nurses to work in the UK

  6. Burundi to receive Covid-19 vaccines

    Burundi will receive Covid-19 vaccines despite initial scepticism

  7. 29/07/2021 GMT

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

  8. Tunisia president says billions stolen during Ben Ali era

    President Kaïs Saïed said billions were stolen from the state coffers

  9. Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian call for more protection

    Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian hold demonstrations highlighting insecurity in camps

  10. Nigeria: Charges against Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky dismissed

    The Islamic Movement of Nigeria leader and his wife were accused of inciting violence

  11. 28/07/2021 GMT

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

  12. The aftermath of the looting and chaos in Durban

    The city saw the worst of recent violence which led to 300 deaths in South Africa

  13. Tanzania’s president leads Covid-19 vaccine drive

    Samia Suluhu Hassan received the vaccine herself on Wednesday

  14. Heavy fighting reported near Ethiopia's border with Somalia

    Fighting reported on the outskirts of Garba Isse town, Ethiopia

  15. 27/07/2021 GMT

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

  16. Lawyer for Nigeria's pro-separatist leader speaks to Focus

    Lawyers to Nigeria’s pro-Biafra leader say they have launched a continental legal action

  17. Another deadly tragedy off the Libyan coast

    Migrants drown after the boat sinks off the coast of Libyan coast

  18. Ethiopian Meron Hadero wins AKO Caine Prize

    Meron Hadero is the first Ethiopian author to win the prestigious Caine Prize

  19. 26/07/2021 GMT

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

  20. Tunisia’s president accused of staging a coup

    President Kais Saied sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament after protests

  21. Political turmoil unfolds in Tunisia

    Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has sacked the prime minister after violent Covid protests

  22. The Olympics gets underway in Tokyo

    Focus has a front row seat at the Games in Tokyo

  23. 23/07/2021 GMT

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

  24. 23/07/2021 GMT

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

  25. The Olympics gets underway in Tokyo

    The Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Olympics begins in Japan

  26. The Olympics gets underway in Tokyo

    The 2020 Opening Ceremony of the Olympics begins in Japan

  27. Ethiopia-Tigray fighting spreads to Afar state

    Thousands have been displaced as Tigray conflict spreads to neighbouring Afar

  28. Ethiopia-Tigray: thousands flee as fighting spreads to neighbouring state

    More than 50,000 people have been displaced by fighting in Ethiopia's Afar region

  29. Madagascar 'foils plot to kill president'

    Madagascar says it has thwarted a suspected plot to kill President Andry Rajoelina

  30. South Africa to start producing Covid-19 vaccines

    The move could significantly increase the availability of doses across the continent

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