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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Sudan: Darfur protesters hold sit-ins

    People in Nertiti have been protesting for several days

  2. Can renaming fairness products stop colourism?

    An estimated 40% of women from the continent have used lightening creams

  3. Fuse ODG: “We need to change how we’re protesting”

    Artist Fuse ODG talks about the global anti-racist protests

  4. Hachalu Hundessa: Ethiopia singer buried amid ethnic unrest

    The burial took place earlier today

  5. Ethiopian troops deployed amid protests over singer's killing

    50 people have died since violent protests erupted over the death of Hachalu Hundessa

  6. The Nigerian hairdresser turned musician

    Gloria Johnson who's stage name Gee-Jay is a hairdresser and a musician

  7. Fifty killed in protests over Ethiopian singer’s shooting

    The federal police has also said that one police officer was killed during the unrest

  8. DRC celebrates its 60th independence anniversary

    The Democratic Republic of Congo gained indepence in 1960

  9. Nigerian writer Innocent Chizaram Ilo wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize

    His story is called When a Woman Renounces Motherhood

  10. Protesters in Sudan demand political reform

    Security forces have been deployed in cities across the country

  11. 29/06/2020 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  12. 29/06/2020 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  13. 29/06/2020 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  14. Nollywood looks for silver lining after pandemic

    More than 2,000 films are produced annually

  15. Prominent Pastor TD Jakes about coronavirus and faith

    Pastor TD Jakes shares his view about the pandemic and the role of faith

  16. Donors pledge $1.8 billion to Sudan

    Sudan's Finance Minister Ibrahim Elbadawi explains how the money will be distributed

  17. Ammara Brown: using my voice to speak out on painful memories

    Her powerful song Tichichema talks about domestic violence

  18. Locusts plague engulfs northern Kenya

    Millions of locusts are devouring their body weight in vegetation every day in Kenya

  19. DR Congo's deadliest Ebola outbreak declared over

    2,280 people died since the outbreak began in August 2018

  20. Zambia's health minister arrested for corruption

    Chitalu Chilufya has been health minister for nearly four years

  21. Nigeria police rescue workers 'locked in rice factory'

    The men slept inside the warehouse for about three months and were not allowed out

  22. Malawi awaits results from historic re-run election

    The results may not be declared for several days

  23. Malawi presidential election: Polls close in historic re-run

    Voters are choosing between President Peter Mutharika and Lazarus Chakwera

  24. South Africa starts first Covid-19 vaccine trial

    The first doses of the vaccine are being administered in Johannesburg this week

  25. Malawi: presidential election re-run vote underway

    Malawians are voting again after months of controversy

  26. Cameroon to start reconstruction in the regions ravaged by conflict

    The conflict in the Anglophone regions has been raging for four years

  27. Sierra Leone: protests over the murder and rape of 5 year old Kadija

    According to an autopsy report she died as a result of rape

  28. Malawi election: six million eligible to vote Tuesday

    There were massive irregularities during last year’s election

  29. 19/06/2020 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  30. South Sudan parties reach power-sharing deal on states

    There are concerns humanitarian services won't hold up under fighting in Jonglei state

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