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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Detained Nigeria Shia leader to be freed

    Supporters of Ibrahim el-Zakzaky have staged weeks of protests to demand his release

  2. 04/08/2019 GMT

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

  3. 03/08/2019 GMT

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

  4. 'Zimbabwe's economy will shrink further' says finance minister

    Since June prices of basic goods and services have more than doubled

  5. Ugandan academic Stella Nyanzi bares breasts in protest at jail sentence

    She's been sentenced to eighteen months in jail for criticising President Museveni online

  6. Sierra Leone: Massive flooding hits Freetown

    The country has been experiencing heavy rain which intensified over the past week

  7. Uganda's Stella Nyanzi found guilty of harassment

    The controversial academic had been charged with cyber harassment of President Museveni

  8. New Mozambique peace deal signed

    President Nyusi and RENAMO leader Ossufo Momade sign the accord on opposition territory

  9. Confusion over Rwanda-DRC Ebola border closure

    Rwanda closes and then reopens part of its border with DRC

  10. NBA Chief: African leaders should invest in sport

    Masai Ujiri thinks sport can be a major revenue and employment generator for Africa

  11. DRC: Ebola keeps spreading in Goma

    A second person dies of Ebola in one of DR Congo's most connected cities

  12. Cameroon's separatists on hunger strike

    Detained leaders of Cameroon's Anglophone separatist movement have begun a hunger strike

  13. The joy of Malawi's folk music

    The Madalitso Band are currently touring Europe

  14. Boko Haram: Ten years on

    Ten years ago the founder of the Nigerian Islamist group was killed by the Police

  15. DRC new government deal

    President Tshisekedi and former leader Kabila agree to form a coalition government

  16. High School students shot dead in Sudan

    Their deaths have sparked calls for a countrywide protests

  17. Ethiopia 'breaks' tree-planting record

    More than 200 million trees have been planted in one day to tackle climate change

  18. Nigeria bans Shia Muslim group

    The Islamic Movement in Nigeria has described it as a "huge joke"

  19. 28/07/2019 GMT

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

  20. 27/07/2019 GMT

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

  21. Fifa bans former Sierra Leone FA official

    For violating the organisation's Code of Ethics

  22. Kenya to include 'intersex' on its census form

    As part of efforts to gather data on the number of intersex people in the country

  23. Tanzania's $3bn hydro plant construction begins

    President Magufuli is expected to lay the foundation stone today

  24. UNHCR say the number of confirmed deaths on Libya to Europe route has risen since start of the year

    Crossings to Europe usually peak in summer when the seas are calmer

  25. Shipwreck off Libya could be deadliest in the Mediterranean so far this year

    Migrants often make the journey from Libya to Europe in overcrowded boats

  26. Up to 150 people feared dead in shipwreck off Libya

    Another 150 were rescued and being returned to Libya

  27. Bomber detonates at Mogadishu's mayor office

    At least four people died and the mayor was taken to hospital for injuries

  28. Bobi Wine to run for president

    The Ugandan pop-star has officialised his candidacy for the 2021 presidential election

  29. New Ebola vaccine causes controversy in DRC

    The experimental vaccine is produced by pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson

  30. Cameroon prisoners riot

    Parts of Kondengui maximum security prison in Yaoundé have gone up in flames.

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