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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. DJ Rita Ray's top picks of African songs of 2019

    Our resident DJ with a round-up of the hits of 2019 and what's coming up next year.

  2. Files reveal UK's resistance to impose sanctions on Nigeria after death of Ken Saro-Wiwa.

    Newly declassified files shed light on why UK Government rejected calls for oil sanctions

  3. A court in Angola orders the seizure of assets and bank accounts belonging to Isabel Dos Santos

    She’s the daughter of the ex-president, and often described as Africa’s richest woman.

  4. Sudan sentences 29 to death for teacher's killing in custody

    The 29 intelligence agents were convicted of torturing a detained protester to death

  5. A doctor tells how Somalis are coping after Mogadishu attack

    Somalis are still feeling traumatised after a bomb attack in the capital, Mogadishu

  6. Sudan court hands out death penalty for killing of protester

    Twenty-nine security officers are sentenced to death by a Sudan court

  7. 29/12/2019 GMT

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

  8. 28/12/2019 GMT

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

  9. Anti-FGM campaigners in Sierra Leone hail breakthrough in initiations of young women

    The ceremonies normally include female circumcision but for the first time did not

  10. Violent clashes in the Central African Republic

    Local traders in Bangui clashed with militia over three days this week

  11. Seychelles plans to save the world's coral reefs

    This is set to be the first ever large scale restoration project.

  12. The Great Green Wall of Africa

    Malian-French singer Inna Modja says she's excited to be part of the planting project

  13. Zimbabwe hit with with cash shortages and power cuts over the festive season.

    High inflation imposed under President Emmerson Mnangagwa leave people struggling daily

  14. Christmas is marked as a public holiday in Sudan

    For the first time in nine years Christmas is marked as a public holiday in Sudan.

  15. Focus on Africa: End Of Year Quiz 2019

    Veronique Edwards and guests unpick the news stories that made headlines in 2019

  16. Focus on Africa: End Of Year Quiz 2019

    Veronique Edwards and guests unpick the news stories that made headlines in 2019

  17. 24/12/2019 GMT

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

  18. 24/12/2019 GMT

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

  19. Somalia's locust invasion threatens farmers with starvation

    Somali farmers have been urging their government and the international community

  20. Algeria's military chief Ahmed Gaid Salah dies

    Three days of mourning have been announced after the sudden death of Gen Salah

  21. Sudan launches investigation into crimes committed in Darfur

    In Sudan the general attorney will begin investigating crimes against humanity

  22. 22/12/2019 GMT

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

  23. 21/12/2019 GMT

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

  24. Guinea president announces referendum that could keep him in power

    Opposition politicians in Guinea have criticised Alpha Condé's announcement

  25. Seeking clarity on Nigeria’s sex work law

    In Nigeria,sixteen women were arrested after their homes were raided

  26. eSwatini opposition leaders and activists targeted in police raids

    Police in have arrested the head of the country's largest opposition party

  27. Cameroon discusses special status for Anglophone regions

    Leaders and supporters of the self-declared Ambazonia republic have rejected it,

  28. Algeria inaugurates a new president amidst protests

    Former prime minister, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, is sworn in as the country's new president.

  29. Malawi Police accused of rape and sexual assault

    Malawi Human Rights Commission says the police assaulted women over political protests

  30. 18/12/2019 GMT

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

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