Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
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Rebel group M23 expected to fully withdraw from key areas in DRC
Troops from East African Community Regional Force to take over area surrendered by rebels
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Reactions to Abiy Ahmed winning the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
We hear the key things remembered about the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
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Reactions as France announces a plan to vet asylum-seekers in Libya
French plan to vet asylum applications in Libya to help stem EU migration crisis
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Reaction to Senegal's TikTok ban
The ban follows recent protests and the dissolution of Senegal’s main opposition party
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Reaction as Derek Chauvin convicted of George Floyd’s murder
The viral video of the killing prompted racial justice protests around the world
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Rare criticism for Zimbabwe's President
Prominent Zimbabwean war veterans issue a rebuke against the country's president
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Raila Odinga's influence beyond Kenya
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga has died. What was his influence beyond Africa?
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Racheal Kundananji: What does the Zambia footballer’s transfer record fee mean?
Zambian Racheal Kundananji has shattered the pay glass ceiling in women’s football
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Queues form as Zambians vote in nationwide elections
Zambians have voted in closely contested presidential and parliamentary elections.
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Queen Elizabeth II is laid to rest after a service in London attended by over 500 heads of state and government
Queen Elizabeth is laid to rest at St George's Chapel, Windsor after a service in London
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Psychological support offered to survivors of fuel tanker explosion in Morogoro, Tanzania
More than eighty people died and dozens of others are in hospital
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Protests over rising cost of living in Sierra Leone
Demonstrations took place in Freetown and several northern towns
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Protests over alleged Kenya school rape
A top high school in Nairobi is closed after allegations a pupil was raped on Saturday
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Protests in Somaliland after president extends term
Demonstrators say President Muse Bihi Abdi should have stepped down on Sunday
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Protests in northern Ethiopia defy the state of emergency
Days after PM Hailemariam Desalegn resigned, the crisis continues.
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Protests in Nigeria continue
A former Vice President of Nigeria protests the results of recent presidential elections
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Protests in Liberia against George Weah's presidency
It's the largest since the Liberian civil war
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Protests in Kinshasa as Peace Talks Collapse
Catholic bishops have pulled out of talks between the opposition and Kabila's government
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Protests break out in Nigerian cities as naira crisis continues
Protests break out in parts of southern Nigeria as anger mounts over the scarcity of cash
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Protests against the UN continue apace in the DRC
Protests against the UN peacekeeping presence in the east of the DRC
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Protesters Killed In DRC Clashes
UN says twenty Congolese protesters were killed in DRC in clashes with security forces.
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Protesters in Togo Demand Presidential Term Limits
Thousands of opposition supporters march across Togo calling for presidential term limits
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Protesters in Sudan demand political reform
Security forces have been deployed in cities across the country
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Protesters in South Africa march against President Zuma
Thousands march in demonstrations in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria.
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Protesters clash with police in Chad
Clashes in Chad between police and protesters
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Protesters call out sexual violence in Nigeria
There is widespread outrage after several rapes and murders of young women
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Protest in Malawi against election result
Calls for the chief of the electoral commission, Jane Ansah, to step down
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Prigozhin’s presumed death: Impact for Wagner in Africa
Wagner boss Prigozhin presumed dead after Russia plane crash
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Pressure on South Africa's President Zuma to quit
Parliament postponed Thursday's State of the Nation presidential speech
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Presidents of Uganda and Rwanda agree to end dispute
The relationship between the two neighbours has been hostile over the last three years