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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Zimbabwe considers patriotism law

    The proposed legislation would criminalise what the government calls 'anti-patriotism'

  2. Uganda’s President Museveni begins sixth term

    The inauguration follows disputed elections which the opposition claims to have won

  3. Cameroon transgender women jailed

    The women were found guilty of attempted homosexuality

  4. Nigeria re-introduces Covid-19 lockdowns

    Nigeria has reintroduced Covid-19 lockdowns across all of its thirty-six states

  5. Dozens arrested ahead of Museveni inauguration

    Dozens of people have been arrested ahead of President Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration

  6. Kenyan pupils get Covid-delayed results

    Secondary school exam results usually come out in December

  7. Ethiopian peacekeepers refuse to return home

    More than 100 peacekeepers have applied for asylum in Sudan

  8. South Sudan: President Kiir dissolves parliament

    It paves the way for 550 members to be appointed from different parties

  9. Calls to lift COVID-19 vaccine patents grow louder

    The United States shifts its stance on the patenting of coronavirus vaccines

  10. Ethiopia goes to the polls next month

    Parliamentary elections planned in Ethiopia

  11. School kidnappings spread to southern Nigeria

    Kidnapping of school children in Nigeria, this time in the south

  12. Malawi orders foreigners into refugee camp

    Some of those told to move to Dzaleka have spent years in Malawi

  13. Uganda: LRA commander jailed

    Dominic Ongwen was sentenced to 25 years’ jail at the ICC

  14. Will blockchain revolutionise education in Ethiopia?

    Ethiopia’s Education Minister Getahun Mekuriya talks to Focus on Africa

  15. MSF warns of hunger in Madagascar

    The medical charity have set up mobile clinics in the south of the country

  16. Tanzania’s president stuns Kenyan parliament

    President Samia Suluhu Hassan is visiting her northern neighbour

  17. South Africans pay respects to Zulu queen

    Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu's coffin was taken to the royal palace in KwaZulu-Natal

  18. DRC place violence hit provinces under military rule

    DRC president Felix Tshisekedi place violence hit Ituri and Kivu under military rule

  19. Parents of abducted Nigerian students demand rescue action

    The students were abducted from a college in Kaduna last month.

  20. Uganda passes sexual offences law

    The law criminalises sexual harassment, child prostitution and sexual exploitation

  21. Ebola: DRC declares the end of the latest outbreak

    Six people in total died during the outbreak in North Kivu province

  22. Reviewing a turbulent week in Somalia

    President Farmajo had tried to extend his term by 2 years before backing down

  23. Chad: Military council names transitional government

    Opposition figures have criticised it as a continuation of President Déby’s legacy

  24. 30/04/2021 GMT

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

  25. 30/04/2021 GMT

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

  26. 30/04/2021 GMT

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

  27. South Africa’s president testifies on state capture

    President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared at the Zondo Commission for a second day

  28. Chad: Fresh fighting in Kanem province

    The army is still fighting rebels following the death of President Idriss Deby

  29. Ethiopia: Clashes along Amhara-Tigray border

    Local authorities have been fighting gunmen aligned to the TPLF

  30. Malawi: Supreme Court rules that the death penalty is unconstitutional.

    Supreme Court outlaws death penalty and orders re-sentencing of convicts facing execution

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