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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. France rejects reports of airstrike on Mali wedding

    France denies reports its airstrike killed wedding party guests in a Mali's Mopti town.

  2. Uproar over attacks on journalists in Somalia

    There’s been an uproar over continued attacks on journalists in Somalia.

  3. Ethiopia government pledge to restore historic Tigray mosque

    Ethiopia has promised to restore a historic mosque destroyed during fighting in Tigray.

  4. Nigeria launches public works programme to create jobs

    The programme aims to create 774 000 jobs.

  5. CAR’s Touadéra re-elected president.

    Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera re-elected for a new term.

  6. Egypt: Prosecutors probe hospital Covid-19 deaths

    Officials have denied claims patients died due to a lack of oxygen

  7. Niger: More than 100 killed by suspected jihadists

    President Issoufou called the atrocities cowardly and barbaric

  8. Kenya: Children go back to school

    The pandemic forced schools to close last March

  9. Focus listeners from across the continent share their hopes and aspirations for 2021

    The coronavirus pandemic has been an unprecedented challenge across the world

  10. African free trade bloc launches

    The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a new continent-wide free trade pact

  11. What next for Sudan’s Darfur region as UN-AU mission ends?

    The UNAMID mission was deployed to Darfur in 2007 to help end the conflict

  12. Nigeria: parents protests about their missing children

    The protests took place in Kano

  13. End of year review

    We reflect on the year 2020

  14. Guinea to begin administering 60 doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine

    The country has only ordered around 60 doses

  15. Mozambique: powerful tropical storm Chalane makes landfall near Beira

    Beira is home to Mozambique's second-largest port

  16. When will South Africa begin Covid-19 vaccinations?

    We hear from participants of a trial underway in Soweto South Africa

  17. When will South Africa begin Covid-19 vaccinations?

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

  18. What is behind Nigeria’s surge in new cases?

    The figure of cases in Nigeria stands at nearly 85,000 cases

  19. Egypt: Could ‘experimental marriages’ reduce divorce numbers?

    An Egyptian lawyer thinks he may have the solution to securing ever-lasting unions

  20. The experience of a South African nurse during Covid-19 crisis

    A nurse from Gauteng tells how Covid-19 is overstretching South Africa's hospitals

  21. South Africa strengthens Covid-19 regulations

    He said the new regulations were aimed at minimising the risk of super-spreader events

  22. Uganda: Journalists walk out of army presser over attacks on media

    On Sunday, three journalists were injured

  23. Covid: South Africa passes one million infections as cases surge

    South Africa is seeing a steady increase in cases driven by the new coronavirus variant

  24. Focus on Africa End of the Year Special

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

  25. Malawi sees a rise in coronavirus cases

    The government has introduced new measures to curb the spread of the virus

  26. Ghana: Police ban opposition party demonstrations

    The NDC had planned daily protests against recent election results

  27. Zambia: Shots fired as security forces break up opposition gathering

    A crowd had gathered to show support for opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema

  28. Uganda: Police detain prominent human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo

    Opiyo is the head of Chapter Four Uganda which has been critical of the government

  29. CAR: UN retakes town of Bambari from rebels

    The United Nations says the town has been retaken after rebels seized it on Tuesday

  30. Countries impose travel ban to and from South Africa

    Travel to South Africa is restricted after in a resurgence in Covid-19 cases

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