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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Libya caught up in Corona pandemic and war

    Concerns over the spread of coronavirus in war torn Libya.

  2. COVID pandemic is pushing Africa's economies into recession

    The World Bank predicts the pandemic will lead to the worst recession in decades

  3. Botswana Parliament in quarantine

    MPs have been put in quarantine after a visiting health worker tested positive for COVID

  4. Locusts are back in east Africa

    COVID 19 logistic challenges delay delivery of pesticides that stop the insects

  5. Sierra Leone ends three-day Covid lockdown

    Sierra Leoneans were back on the streets today as 3-days lockdown ended

  6. Gambians take up push up challenge

    To keep fit at home during the lockdown, Gambians have been streaming push up workouts

  7. Kenya COVID financial help in doubt as Parliament cancels sitting

    Parliament suspends sittings due to travel ban measures announced by President Kenyatta

  8. Kenya lockdown chaos

    Chaos for some Kenyans as President Kenyatta rushes through travel bans

  9. Guinea President to enact new constitution despite criticism

    Critics say it's a pretext for the president to seek a third term in office

  10. South Africa health workers take government to court

    Nurses and Doctors in Johannesburg protest lack of protective equipment to fight Covid19

  11. Inside the collapse of an African construction giant

    Spencon was once one of the largest construction firms in East Africa

  12. Uganda's academic Stella Nyanzi on life in lockdown

    The academic recently spent time in prison after fiercely criticising President Museveni

  13. Ivory Coast protesters destroy coronavirus testing centre

    Residents said it was being built too close to their homes.

  14. South Africa to roll out mobile covid-19 testing

    The mobile units are expected to reach remote areas as well as urban centres

  15. Coronavirus: how important is contact tracing?

    We hear about lessons learned during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.

  16. South Africa rolls out mobile testing units and drive-through testing centres

    In a ruthless but efficient fight against coronavirus

  17. Morocco praised for response to the Coronavirus

    Despite having the worst outbreak of COVID19 on the continent

  18. 'African governments need to pressure G7 and G20 for debt relief': Ngozi Okonjo Iweala

    So that money meant to service these debts can be used for supplies

  19. Rwanda extends coronavirus lockdown by two weeks

    Police have been deployed to enforce the restrictions

  20. Using nutrition to stay healthy during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Dr. Adelaide Onyango of the World Health Organisation shares her expertise

  21. South Sudan: ICRC working to sensitise prison inmates about Covid-19

    The country currently has no reported cases of the novel coronavirus

  22. Tanzanian Speaker of Parliament: 'Western approaches to Covid-19 not applicable here'

    Job Ndugai says that strategies applied in the West may not be suitable for Africa.

  23. Ethiopia postpones election over coronavirus

    A new schedule is expected to be announced once the pandemic is over

  24. Uganda's President Museveni impose nationwide lockdown

    As the country confirms 33 cases of coronavirus

  25. Nigeria: Lagos lockdown over Covid-19

    But keeping everyone indoors could pose a different problem

  26. Coronavirus lessons from president who led Ebola fight

    Liberia's ex-leader says the world must conquer its fear to deal with Covid-19

  27. Coronavirus: WHO expert answers your questions

    Dr Michel Yao is the Emergency Response Programme Officer at the WHO

  28. Zimbabweans begin life under virus lockdown

    Many healthcare workers are refusing to work due to a shortage of protective equipment

  29. Home-schooling children via radio and television in the age of Covid-19

    Tips from a Kenyan doctor who has successfully home-schooled her daughter

  30. Coronavirus: Ghana’s president grants amnesty to over 800 prisoners

    The move aims to decongest Ghana’s prisons during the coronavirus outbreak

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