Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
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Anti-government protests sweep Algeria
Thousands denounce president's bid for a fifth term
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Anti-Government Protests Erupt in English-Speaking Regions of Cameroon
Demonstrations in Buea and Bamenda called for release of detained community leaders
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Anti-coup protesters shot dead in Sudan, reports say
At least six people have been shot dead during pro-democracy protests in Khartoum
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Anti-corruption officials blocked from questioning former Sierra Leone president
Supporters of former President Bai Koroma prevent officials from entering his home
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Anti-apartheid veterans arrested after ministers held hostage
Minister for the Presidency, Defence and a deputy were held hostage on Thursday night
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Another 'torture house' discovered in Nigeria
This time in the President's hometown of Daura in Katsina State
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Angolans vote for a new parliament
Angolans vote for a new parliament after President Eduardo dos Santos' 38 years in power
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Angola's president sworn in amid tight security
Angola’s João Lourenço has been sworn in for a second term as president
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Angola's governing party ahead in vote count
Governing MPLA party is ahead after more than 90 per cent of the votes are counted
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Angola suspends salaries of striking doctors
Angola suspends salaries of striking doctors
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Angola refuses entry to African opposition leaders
Angola criticised after it denied entry to several senior African political figures.
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Anglophone Cameroon Under 48-Hour Curfew
Cameroon curfew on first anniversary of separatist declaration of "independence"
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Anglophone Cameroon seeks to go it alone
Streets patrolled by security forces following Sunday's clashes
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Anger over Angola’s crackdown on protests
At least 10 people were killed as protesters clashed with Angolan police
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Anger in Italy over Nigerian man’s killing
Alika Ogorchukwu was killed on the street in broad daylight
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Anger at the UN after DRC rebels abduct children
Several children have been abducted by a rebel group in the Congolese city, Beni
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ANC conference disrupted in South Africa
President Ramaphosa faces challenges on several fronts
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An increase in internally displaced people in Africa
A recent report says there's an increase in internally displaced people across Africa
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Amnesty for cash
Atiku Abubakar offers option of amnesty for those who return stolen money
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Amid drama - South Africa's corruption inquiry continues
Former president Jacob Zuma withdraws from a public inquiry - then returns
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Amhara: What's going on?
The ongoing fighting in Amhara is leading to an escalation in violence
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Amhara conflict: Thousands of reports of rape and assault
Women tell of sexual violence in the war between Ethiopia's army and militias in Amhara
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Ambazonian leader killed in Cameroon
'One Blood', the Ambazonian separatist leader in Cameroon has been killed
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Alleged killings by Burkina Faso's military: What does the HRW report say?
Human Rights Watch alleges the killing of more than 220 civilians by Burkina Faso's army
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Allegations of sex abuse cover-up in Kenyan women's basketball
A former player has told the BBC that abuse has plagued the sport for years
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Allegations of links between Boko Haram insurgents and political figures in Nigeria
Nigeria's army alleges that political figures were funding and supporting Boko Haram
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Allegations agains UN peacekeepers in DRC
Questions over the conduct of UN peacekeepers during protests in the DRC
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Allegations about prison conditions in Cameroon
The government refutes serious allegations about the conditions anglophone prisoners face
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Allegations about prison conditions in Cameroon
In Cameroon, allegations about the conditions Anglophone prisoners are being held in
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Algeria's powerful military chief Ahmed Gaid Salah dies
Ahmed Gaid Salah pushed ahead with presidential elections despite an opposition boycott