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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Countries impose travel ban to and from South Africa

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

  2. Liberia: Present and past presidents clash over Christmas ‘opulence’

    Liberia's President Weah and his predecessor Ellen Johnson Sirleaf clash over festivities

  3. Nigeria implements tougher Covid-19 restrictions

    Nigerian authorities announce new Covid-19 measures to curb a second wave

  4. Tensions rising in CAR ahead of election

    Rebels have advanced near the capital

  5. Rebels in CAR take control of towns near capital

    Unrest comes ahead of presidential election

  6. Rebels take control of towns near CAR capital

    The UN peacekeepers' spokesman details the unrest

  7. Zamfara governor says he negotiated the release of the Katsina kidnapped boys

    Boko Haram direct involvement in the kidnapping is still unclear

  8. DR Congo's new anti-COVID19 measures begin tonight

    They include curfews, school closures, and bans on public gatherings

  9. Nigerians celebrate the release of abducted schoolboys from Katsina

    Circumstances around the release of 344 schoolboys abducted one week ago remain unclear

  10. Tunisia marks 10 years since the Arab Spring

    The protests began after street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight

  11. Lusaka’s mayor to hold open wedding despite Covid-19

    Miles Sampa tells Focus on Africa people are desperate to attend

  12. Nigeria: Video released purporting to show kidnapped boys

    Boko Haram has said it was responsible for the mass abduction

  13. South African epidemiologist wins award for 'standing up for science'

    He said providing scientific advice in the midst of the pandemic proved a difficult task

  14. Sudan: Peacekeepers leave Darfur marking end of conflict

    Fragile peace-deal promises to end a conflict that's cost hundreds of thousands of lives

  15. Katsina students kidnapping: Schools in northern Nigeria closed

    It follows Friday's attack on a school in Kankara claimed by Boko Haram

  16. Uganda: Doctors worry Covid-19 could overwhelm hospitals

    The country has seen an increase in cases in recent weeks

  17. Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya

    Somalia has accused Kenya of violating its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

  18. Nigeria: Boko Haram say they abducted schoolboys

    Hundreds of students were taken in the north-western state of Katsina.

  19. Cameroon: Another traditional ruler killed

    Ambazonia separatists have been blamed for the latest atrocity

  20. Ethiopia: New administration starts work in Tigray

    The TPLF was forced out of regional capital Mekelle two weeks ago

  21. Nigeria: Fears for kidnapped children

    Hundreds of boys are still missing in Katsina State

  22. Ghana: The NDC accuse the military of interfering in the election

    The main opposition has rejected Monday's election result.

  23. Polisario Front unhappy with Morocco-Israel relations

    The group said it was a "dangerous setback".

  24. Ghana’s main opposition rejects election result.

    The NDC also accuse the military of interfering in the election

  25. Morocco and Israel agree to normalise relations

    Morocco is the fourth state to make such a deal with Israel since August.

  26. Kenya to pay compensation for several sexual violence survivors

    The judge ruled that the state had violated their rights when it failed to investigate.

  27. Zimbabwe: Imported vehicles from Japan to be checked for radiation

    The move is to protect against the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster of 2011

  28. Ghana: President Nano Akufo-Addo wins re-election

    Akufo-Addo secures just over 51 percent of the vote, the Electoral Commission says

  29. Ghana heading for a hung parliament?

    Votes for Monday's presidential and parliamentary poll are still being counted

  30. Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on two-day visit to Kenya

    He will meet President Uhuru Kenyatta in Moyale, a border town in north-eastern Kenya.

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