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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Ghana starts Covid-19 vaccination programme

    Ghana has started a mass Covid-19 vaccination programme

  2. DRC researchers make findings that could lead to HIV cure

    Four percent of people living with HIV in DRC were able to naturally control the virus

  3. Kidnapped Nigerian school girls released

    Hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria have been released

  4. Uganda: Students begin their exams

    A partial lockdown is still in place but a phased reopening of schools began last year

  5. Ghana: President Akufo-Addo receives first Covax jab

    The Covax programme aims to provide free vaccines to the world's poorer countries.

  6. Ivory Coast: Covid-19 vaccine rollout begins

    Healthcare workers will be first to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

  7. Morocco: Set to legalise cannabis production for medical use

    A draft bill before parliament sets out plans for production, transportation and sale.

  8. Ethiopia: Rights group accuses Eritrean troops of killing civilians

    Amnesty says civilians were killed by Eritrean troops in the town of Aksum last year

  9. Nigeria: Hundreds feared missing after gunmen raid school

    Police confirm the abduction of around 300 girls from their school in Zamfara state.

  10. Niger navigates its post-election future

    Niger navigates its future in the aftermath of the first democratic transfer of power

  11. Tanzania's Professor Hulda Swai wins prestigious science award.

    Tanzania's Professor Hulda Swai wins African Union Award for her work in science

  12. The Gambia holds Jammeh era migrant massacre hearings.

    The Gambia holds hearings on the massacre of West African migrants during Jammeh’s rule

  13. South Africa: New budget presented amidst high unemployment

    The country’s economy shrank by more than 7% last year

  14. World’s first COVAX vaccines arrive in Ghana

    600,000 Covid-19 doses landed in Accra on Wednesday

  15. Nigeria: Boko Haram mortar attack hits Maiduguri

    10 people were killed in the attack in Borno State’s capital

  16. Mohamed Bazoum declared winner of Niger election

    It is Niger's first transition from one democratically elected leader to another

  17. Ethiopian peacekeepers refuse to leave South Sudan

    The Ethiopian peacekeepers, of Tigrayan ethinicity, say they fear persecution

  18. Nigeria's Covid infection rate 'higher than thought'

    An antibodies survey in Nigeria suggests Covid infections are higher than that recorded

  19. Ugandan politician Bobi Wine withdraws election challenge

    The Ugandan opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, alleges the Supreme Court is biased

  20. Bobi Wine withdraws Ugandan election petition

    Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, alleges that the Supreme Court is biased

  21. Italian ambassador to DR Congo killed in UN convoy attack

    Luca Attanasio died after the UN convoy came under fire near Goma, a statement said

  22. Somalia: UN expresses concern over clashes

    The UN calls for "calm and restraint by all parties involved" and urges dialogue.

  23. Niger: Preparations are underway for presidential run-off

    The ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum will face former president Mahamane Ousmane

  24. Somalia: Gunfire in Mogadishu amid election protests

    The UN says it’s “deeply concerned” about clashes between opposition and security forces.

  25. What is the impact on the continent of the unregulated trade in marine products?

    Researchers have found an increase in trade in products, such as seahorses and fish maws.

  26. South Africa begins its Covid-19 vaccine programme

    The vaccine from Johnson and Johnson was favoured over the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

  27. Zanzibar vice-president laid to rest

    Seif Sharif Hamad’s funeral took place at his home village in Pemba Island

  28. Zanzibar’s First Vice-President Seif Sharif Hamad has died.

    Mr Hamad was a senior member of the opposition ACT Wazalendo party

  29. Hotel Rwanda 'hero' Paul Rusesabagina goes on trial in Kigali

    Mr Rusesabagina is accused of several crimes, including terrorism, and kidnapping

  30. Nigeria: Boys missing after gunmen raid school

    Around 27 children were kidnapped from the school in Niger state, according to officials.

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