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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Presidents Buhari and Macron hold talks in Abuja

    Security concerns among key issues discussed by the leaders of Nigeria and France

  2. Presidential complex attacked in Sudan

    Fighting intensifies again in Sudan as the presidential complex is attacked

  3. President Tshisekedi of the DRC pardons political prisoners

    Amongst the 700 set for release are three prominent political prisoners

  4. President Trump confronts President Ramaphosa

    US President Donald Trump confronts South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa

  5. President Omar al-Bashir Defiant After Three Weeks Of Protests

    Police shot protesters in the capital Khartoum, after Bashir addressed supporters rally.

  6. President of the Ghana Football Association under investigation

    Police question the President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantekyi.

  7. President Of Ethiopia's Somali Region Resigns

    Abdi Mohamud Omar resigns as president of Ethiopia's Somali region

  8. President Museveni's son's tweets raise eyebrows

    Tweets from the son of Uganda's president spark cross-border controversy with Kenya

  9. President Muhammadu Buhari returns to Nigeria after weeks on medical leave

    After a long absence and amid speculation about his health President Buhari returned home

  10. President Mugabe Makes Surprise Public Appearance

    Mr Mugabe makes his first public appearance in Harare whilst talks continue.

  11. President Johnson Sirleaf speaks out after secret recording by Gambia's Yahya Jammeh

    Yahya Jammeh recorded a telephone conversation with Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

  12. President Buhari Visits Boko Haram Frontline

    Nigeria's leader visits the country's northeast after a series of deadly attacks

  13. President Bashir Ignores Major Protests In Sudan

    Demonstrators took to the streets of Khartoum calling on President Bashir to step down.

  14. Pregnant women freed from Nigerian ‘baby factories’

    The women, aged between 15 and 28 years, were found in different locations in Lagos

  15. Post election violence in Benin

    Police clash with protesters following controversial election

  16. Port Sudan: Explosions in Sudan's de facto capital

    Multiple explosions have been heard in Sudan's de facto capital, Port Sudan

  17. Port Sudan protests disrupt oil supplies

    Sudan government has found an agreement partially ending disruptions in Port Sudan

  18. Pope Leo XIV begins Africa visit

    Pope Leo XIV lands in Algeria to begin his first papal visit to Africa

  19. Pope Francis meets Coptic pope on Egypt visit

    Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has met his counterpart from the Coptic church

  20. Pope Francis makes historic visit to South Sudan

    Pope Francis makes an impassioned plea for an end to the violence in South Sudan

  21. Pope Francis arrives in Kinshasa

    The Democratic Republic of Congo has Africa’s largest Catholic population

  22. Polls close in Kenya's general elections

    22 million people have cast their ballots in elections for Kenya's next president

  23. Police commissioner guilty of DRC activist murder

    Floribert Chebeya’s killing in 2010 sparked national outrage

  24. Pledges of financial and business support for Africa from Washington

    The latest details from the US/Africa Summit as Washington pledges billions of Dollars

  25. Plans by the Kenyan authorities to tap mobile networks

    Plans by the Kenyan government to tap mobile phones ahead of elections.

  26. Places of worship reopen in Kenya

    The government announced last week that churches and mosques can reopen

  27. Pit Latrines in South Africa

    Efforts to remove pit toilets at South African schools after death of a child

  28. Pirates hijack an oil tanker off Somalia's coast, the first such attack in five years

    Since 2012, pirates have steered clear of commercial vessels. So why now?

  29. Piracy returns to Somalia coast

    Pakistani and Iranian fishermen speak to BBC on fears of being kidnapped.

  30. People smuggling between Eritrea and Kenya

    What methods are used by people smugglers via a new route to beat police patrols?

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