Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
-
South Sudan: Riek Machar returns after two years in exile
South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar returns to Juba.
-
South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar returns to Juba
Riek Machar returns to South Sudan two years after he fled.
-
Riek Machar returns to South Sudan to seal peace deal
South Sudanese opposition leader Riek Machar returns to Juba two years after he fled.
-
A leading South African criminal lawyer is gunned down in Cape Town
Pete Mihalik was shot dead while dropping his two children at school.
-
Top criminal lawyer shot dead in South Africa
Police say they are searching for a suspect who shot Pete Mihalik dead in his car.
-
Members of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria march again
They are demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
-
Can a new campaign bring former Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh to face justice?
A campaign called #Jammeh2Justice has been launched by human rights lawyer Reed Brody.
-
A suicide bomber blows herself up in the heart of the Tunisian capital
Several people were injured when a woman blew herself up in Tunis.
-
'Woman blows herself up' in Tunis
A woman has blown herself up in the centre of Tunisia's capital, according to state radio
-
28/10/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
-
27/10/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
-
The new migration route to the US being taken by Africans
Some Africans have joined the migrant caravan travelling from Central America to the US.
-
UNHCR: Expulsions from Angola put thousands of Congolese at risk back in the DRC
UNHCR warns that Angola's deportation of DRC migrants has left them very insecure.
-
UNHCR: Congolese diamond deportees 'need help'
UNHCR warns that Angola's deportation of DRC migrants has left them very insecure
-
Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia's first female president
Sahle-Work Zewde promised to focus on gender equality and promoting peace.
-
Ethiopian parliament chooses first female president
Sahle-Work Zewde promised to focus on gender equality and promoting peace.
-
Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia's first female president
She is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa's only female head of state.
-
South Africa's new finance minister delivers his first budget statement
Mr Mboweni said South Africa could not afford to continue borrowing at its current rate.
-
Finance Minister Mboweni assesses the state of South Africa's economy
South Africa's new finance minister delivers his first budget statement.
-
South Africa's new finance minister delivers his first budget statement
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers his maiden budget statement.
-
Where does Paul Biya's re-election leave Cameroonians as the separatist struggle gets more violent?
The elections took place as violence increased in the Anglophone region.
-
Where does Paul Biya's re-election leave Cameroonians as the separatist struggle gets more violent?
The elections took place as violence increased in the Anglophone region.
-
Where does Paul Biya's re-election leave Cameroonians as the separatist struggle gets more violent?
The elections took place as violence increased in the Anglophone region.
-
Cameroon: President Biya wins seventh term with 71.3% of the vote
Paul Biya, 85, is re-elected in polls marred by low turnout and separatist violence.
-
Cameroon: President Biya is re-elected with 71.3% of the vote
Paul Biya, 85, is re-elected in polls marred by low turnout and separatist violence.
-
Cameroon's President Paul Biya wins seventh term
Mr Biya, at 85 Africa's oldest head of state, was re-elected with 71.3% of the vote.
-
21/10/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
-
20/10/2018 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
-
Tanzania's missing billionaire taken in car from 'a neighbouring country'
Mohammed Dewji was taken by masked gunmen in Dar es Salaam on Thursday last week.
-
A civil society view ahead of long-delayed elections in the DRC
We speak to an activist from DR Congo's pro-democracy and civil society movement Filimbi.