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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. 19/05/2019 GMT

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

  2. 18/05/2019 GMT

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

  3. Social media get-rich-quick scam exposed

    Loom Money Nigeria targets young people, operating on Facebook pages and WhatsApp groups

  4. German museum to return Portuguese Stone Cross to Namibia

    The 15th century monument was taken during the colonial era

  5. Facebook bans "inauthentic" accounts targeting Africa

    Facebook alleges an Israeli firm was behind fake accounts targeting elections in Africa

  6. Sudanese protesters urged to remove barricades as talks stall

    Opposition calls for removal of barricades but some protesters are not ready to listen.

  7. Sudanese opposition calls for more protests tonight

    More protests planned after army suspended talks with the Freedom and Change forces

  8. Sudan's talks suspended until barricades are removed

    Sudanese Pro-democracy leaders order barricades brought down in Khartoum.

  9. What's the political mood amongst Malawians ahead of the elections?

    Campaigns are taking place across the country ahead of next week's elections

  10. Death reported in Sudan protest

    Sudanese activists report one person killed and three injured in on-going demonstrations

  11. Malawi: Why are conservationists complaining about mosquito nets?

    Our Malawi pre-elections coverage takes us to the central Salima region

  12. Sudan protests turn deadly

    Six protesters die after security services suppress a sit-in outside the Military HQ

  13. Somalia cancels exams

    Secondary school exams are cancelled and postponed following a leak of test papers

  14. Six Protesters Killed in Sudan

    Six protesters die after security services suppress a sit-in outside the Military HQ

  15. Sierra Leone: Former president, Ernest Bai Koroma says he feels unsafe

    The government says it is much ado about nothing

  16. Ethiopia arrests hundreds in Shisha dens

    Police say it's an attempt to tackle rising crime

  17. Dozens of state officials in Kenya arrested in anti-graft swoop

    Billed as the biggest anti-corruption operation in the country

  18. 12/05/2019 GMT

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

  19. 11/05/2019 GMT

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

  20. Kenyan aviation authorities re-impose stopovers for flights from Somalia

    All flights from Mogadishu to Nairobi will now stop over at Wajir

  21. Hundreds of Nigerian child soldiers have been freed

    The UN says they will take part in reintegration programmes

  22. Internally displaced people at a record high

    More people around the world are displaced within their own countries than ever before

  23. South African election: ANC leads as votes counts

    But anger over the economy and corruption may have eroded its appeal

  24. Nigeria: Centuries old kingdom broken up by state government

    Authorities say this is to move traditional institutions closer to the people

  25. South Africa: ANC leads presidential elections as votes are counted

    Results from 38% of the districts show the ruling party winning by about 56%

  26. South Africa polls close

    Over twenty seven million of people have registered to vote in the general elections

  27. Sudan's military rulers push for Sharia law

    The army currently in power want Islamic law to be the base of any new legislation

  28. South Africa Votes

    Over twenty six millions South Africans registered to vote

  29. Botswana discusses elephants culling

    Four major African countries meet in Botswana asking to re-open the ivory trade

  30. South Africans get ready to vote

    Twenty six million South Africans are eligible to vote for the 8th May elections

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