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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Tripple car bombing in Mogadishu kills dozens

    The Islamist militant group, Al Shabab, said it carried out the attack

  2. Tributes to one of Africa's greatest

    As saxophone legend Manu Dibango dies of Covid-19

  3. Tributes to Kenyan ex-President Mwai Kibaki

    Kenya’s former President Mwai Kibaki has died at the age of 90

  4. Tributes to a music icon Oliver Mutukudzi

    The 66 year old had been ill for quite some time and passed away this afternoon in Harare

  5. Tribute to Kobe Bryant

    Outpour of grief for the NBA legend who died in a helicopter crash

  6. Trial of Kenyan lawyer begins at the ICC

    Paul Gicheru denies corruptly influencing witnesses in William Ruto's case

  7. Travel bans and asset freezes for Guinea junta leaders

    Ecowas leaders announced sanctions almost a fortnight after Guinea's coup

  8. Trafficked to India for sex

    The illegal network that lures women for sex work

  9. TPLF condemns Abiy’s ‘path to destruction’

    TPLF’s message to the Ethiopian prime minister is that civilian lives are being lost

  10. Tourism numbers in Africa are up

    Tourism numbers in Africa are up. Zambia's President Lungu gives the police more powers

  11. Top Ugandan university investigates ‘fake’ degrees

    Uganda's Makerere University finds around 300 dubious degrees awarded in 2015

  12. Top Kenyan Election Official 'Found Dead'

    Kenya's electoral commission IT manager Chris Msando has been found dead.

  13. Top criminal lawyer shot dead in South Africa

    Police say they are searching for a suspect who shot Pete Mihalik dead in his car.

  14. Togo: Ex Defence Minister arrested

    Togo leader's sister-in-law arrested after calling for end to family dynasty rule

  15. Tinubu is Nigeria's president-elect after disputed election

    Nigeria's ruling party candidate, Bola Tinubu, wins the presidential election

  16. Tigray: Why have fears of war emerged?

    What's behind the heightened tensions in the Horn of Africa?

  17. Tigray: UN warns of ‘perfect storm’ of deprivation

    The World Health Organisation is calling for urgent humanitarian access

  18. Tigray rebels refuse to leave Unesco world heritage town

    Rebels from Ethiopia's Tigray region have rejected calls to leave Lalibela

  19. Tigray fighting continues as AU calls for ceasefire

    The UN’s head of humanitarian relief says he’s worried and horrified

  20. Tigray crisis: Tensions escalate in northern Ethiopia

    Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sends more troops to the region

  21. Thursday,17th December 2015

    High level calls for intervention in Burundi to stop a civil war starting.

  22. Thursday,15th October 2015

    The BBC reveals Uganda has purchased surveillance technology for use on the opposition

  23. Thursday, 9th July 2015

    The two men challenging Yoweri Museveni for Uganda's presidency arrested.

  24. Thursday, 8th October 2015

    The head of African football Issa Hayatou is now president of Fifa.

  25. Thursday, 8th December 2016.

    Ghana: the anxious wait for presidential and parliamentary election results

  26. Thursday, 7th May 2015

    More clashes in Burundi as the African Union boss says conditions are not conducive...

  27. Thursday, 7th July 2016

    Israel promises to let more Ethiopian Jews into the country

  28. Thursday, 7th January 2016

    A truck bomb at a police training base kills scores of recruits in Libya

  29. Thursday, 7th April 2016.

    Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir tells the BBC he will step down in four years time.

  30. Thursday, 6th of October 2016

    Somali militant group Al-Shabab attack the Kenyan border town of Mandera .

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