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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Osun festival – an age-old devotion to the Yoruba river goddess

    The 700-year-old pilgrimage in southwestern Nigeria is attended by locals and tourists

  2. Nigerian Shia leader leaves India without treatment

    Sheikh al-Zakzaky returns home to Nigeria - four days after he left for treatment abroad

  3. Security crackdown in Zimbabwe

    Tensions heighten in Zimbabwe ahead of planned political protests

  4. Freetown floods, again

    Torrential rains leave several dead in Sierra Leone's capital.

  5. A major breakthrough in TB treatment?

    Could a new TB treatment save thousands of lives?

  6. Ghanaian actor Lydia Forson on feminism, body image and outdated beauty standards

    Award-winning actor Lydia Forson is also a writer and producer

  7. Ethiopia: Sex work ban planned for Addis Ababa

    The proposed law will also affect beggars to promote proper accommodation off the streets

  8. Tanzanian government sends psychologists to Morogoro after explosion

    More than eighty people died and dozens of others are in hospital

  9. Ebola one step closer to eradication

    Top Ebola researchers say a new treatment can cure symptoms in just an hour

  10. Zimbabwe's inflation edging 200%

    A year after the election of President Mnangagwa, Zimbabweans suffer soaring food prices

  11. A new Ebola treatment cures over 90% of infections

    Top Ebola researchers say the new cure is effective when symptoms are treated early

  12. DJ Arafat: Top Ivory Coast singer dies in road accident

    He was known as the "king" of coupé-décalé dance music, popular in French-speaking Africa

  13. What's life like for African migrants on the Greek island of Samos?

    Medical student Yemi Sawyerr volunteered to help tackle the migrant crisis in Samos

  14. Tanzania: Three days of national mourning end after fuel tanker explosion

    The deadly fuel tanker explosion took place in Morogoro in eastern Tanzania

  15. 11/08/2019 GMT

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

  16. 10/08/2019 GMT

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

  17. Ethiopia: Government says 2020 elections will hold

    The ruling EPRDF made the announcement today in Addis Ababa

  18. Extreme contraception in Kenya

    As girls as young as ten are put on pills

  19. Nigerian police Twitter outburst over army ambush

    Asks why their men were shot at close range despite identifying as police officers

  20. Malawi opposition challenge election result

    After weeks of protests, the opposition's election petition is heard in court

  21. Malawi election case in court

    Two opposition parties are challenging President Peter Mutharika's re-election

  22. Mass arrest of foreigners in South Africa

    At least 600 foreign nationals were arrested by police on Wednesday

  23. Rokia Traore on bringing change to Mali

    The Malian songwriter thinks music and art can bring about positive change

  24. Kenya MP expelled from parliament for carrying baby

    MP Zulekha Hassan was forcefully told to leave despite 'emergency'

  25. Nigeria on verge of being polio-free

    If no new cases are declared by August 21st, Nigeria will be declared free of the disease

  26. Morgan Heritage on Jamaica independence day

    The reggae stars on strengthening the "cultural trade" between Jamaica and the continent

  27. Bobi Wine charged with 'annoying the president'

    Uganda's MP Bobi Wine faces charges of treason and of 'ridiculing' President Museveni

  28. Gambia to release Jammeh's regime hitmen

    Outraged Gambians oppose the decision to free the self-confessed assassins

  29. Ola Onabulé explores society’s power imbalance through jazz

    The celebrated British-Nigerian jazz artist discusses his latest album called "Pointless"

  30. Libya conflict: Dozens killed in drone attack

    Supporters of a rebel general claim responsibility but deny targeting civilians

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