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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Zambia: Final farewell to founding father.

    President Kenneth Kaunda has been laid to rest in capital, Lusaka.

  2. Nigeria: What are authorities doing to stop spate of abductions?

    Gunmen abducted more than one hundred students in the northern state of Kaduna on Monday

  3. Jacob Zuma's spokesman speaks to Focus

    Mzwanele Manyi on the fate of the former president

  4. Protests in Ghana over 'insecurity'

    Concerns over insecurity prompt protests in Ghana's capital, Accra

  5. Egypt condemns Ethiopia over Blue Nile dam

    Egypt accuses Ethiopia of filling the GERD Blue Nile dam

  6. Sierra Leone reimposes curfew as Covid-19 cases rise

    The country is experiencing a third wave of coronavirus infections

  7. TPLF announces demands for Tigray ceasefire

    The TPLF have recently regained control of key areas of the Tigray region

  8. Nigeria: More than 180 abducted in Kaduna raid

    More than 1,000 students have been seized for ransom in Nigeria since December.

  9. Ethiopia: UN Security Council to hold talks on situation in northern Tigray.

    Aid agencies say hundreds of thousands of people are facing famine

  10. Zambia: Memorial held for first president Kenneth Kaunda

    Mr Kaunda died last month, aged 97, after suffering from pneumonia.

  11. WHO says new and faster spreading variants fuelling Covid-19 third wave

    The Delta Covid-19 variant, has been detected in 16 African countries.

  12. Killings continue in Eswatini

    Protests die down, but killings continue in Eswatini

  13. Burundian rights defender freed

    The release of Germain Rukuki greeted by rights groups

  14. Eswatini on the brink

    Tensions remain high in Eswatini

  15. Zuma supporters regard jail term as ’unjust’

    South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma was given 15 months for contempt of court

  16. Tigray conflict: Rebel forces dismiss claim of tactical withdrawal from Mekelle

    Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed has insisted the army’s withdrawal was a tactical move

  17. Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

    Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed defends withdrawal from Tigrayan capital, Mekelle

  18. Ethiopia: TPLF says it will continue fighting in self-defence

    TPLF says it is now in charge of Tigray region and will act to defend local people

  19. Nigeria arrests Biafra separatist leader

    Nnamdi Kanu was arrested and extradited to Nigeria earlier this week

  20. Anti-monarchy protests in Eswatini

    Government forces use force to break anti-monarchy protests

  21. Ethiopian government declares ceasefire in the Tigray region

    The federal government has accepted a ceasefire according to the state broadcaster, EBC.

  22. South Africa: Tougher restrictions imposed to curb spread of coronavirus

    President Ramaphosa says current measures are not enough to cope with impact of Covid-19

  23. Eswatini: Police intervene at protest against monarchy

    The protestors want the right to vote for their own prime minister

  24. Namibia tightens Covid restrictions after surge in infection rate

    Namibia recorded its highest-ever daily number of Covid deaths on Wednesday

  25. Burkina Faso attackers identified as mostly young people

    Burkina Faso says children aged 12 to 14 were involved in an armed attack on a village

  26. Child soldiers carried out Burkina Faso massacre, says government

    More than 100 people were killed in the raid on a village in northeast Burkina Faso

  27. Congolese musician Tresor raises funds to help volcano victims

    Tresor Riziki has joined with UNHCR to help people left homeless by Mount Nyiragongo

  28. Ethiopia army: Combatants not civilians targeted in airstrike

    Ethiopia has denied that civilians were targeted or killed in Tuesday’s airstrike

  29. Ethiopia army denies targeting civilians in airstrike

    Dozens of people were reportedly killed or injured when the Tigray town of Togoga was hit

  30. Economic woes ahead of Zambia’s election

    Zambians go to the polls in August, with the economy a concern for voters

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