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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. The European Union's plan to deepen ties with Africa

    The proposal involves a "continent-to-continent" free trade agreement.

  2. Europe seeks alliance with 'twin' Africa

    The European Commission's president plans a big trade boost with Africa.

  3. Zambia refutes reports of China taking over its public assets due to debt

    Zambia's information minister tells the BBC the stories are untrue.

  4. Zimbabwe declares health emergency after cholera deaths

    Officials in Zimbabwe have declared a health emergency in the capital, Harare.

  5. Joy as Ethiopia-Eritrea border reopens

    Jubilation as key border crossings between Ethiopia and Eritrea reopen after 20 years.

  6. Kofi Annan's Body Has Arrived In Accra

    The former UN Secretary General's funeral is due to be held on Thursday

  7. Fathoming People Trafficking In Nigeria

    We hear from the UN special rapporteur on trafficking in persons, who's there

  8. Kofi Annan's Remains Due In Ghana

    The former UN Secretary General's funeral is due to be held on Thursday

  9. 09/09/2018 GMT

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

  10. 08/09/2018 GMT

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

  11. Women in Cameroon march to call for peace

    The protest took place as the conflict between separatists and the army continues.

  12. A 'militant commander' during Liberia's first civil war is arrested in Paris

    He is suspected of committing severe crimes in the course of the war.

  13. France arrests Liberian 'militant commander'

    He is suspected of torture, murder, slavery, the use of child soldiers and cannibalism.

  14. Djibouti: 'new chapter' in relations with neigbouring Eritrea

    The foreign ministers of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia visit Djibouti.

  15. Anger as Italy arrests Tunisian fishermen on suspicion of smuggling migrants

    Supporters of the fishermen say their colleagues were simply aiding a boat in distress.

  16. South Sudan soldiers jailed for rape and murder

    A military court has sentenced 10 soldiers to jail terms ranging from seven years to life

  17. Cameroon separatists preventing education

    Yesterday some children who turned up for school were abducted briefly by fighters.

  18. UN human rights investigators accuse top Burundian officials of hate speech

    The UN Commission of Inquiry says the government commits crimes against humanity

  19. Cameroon - A teacher's lament as anglophone separatists prevent children from going to school

    Some children who turned up for school were abducted and their headmaster beaten.

  20. Amnesty: Hundreds tortured by South Sudan government

    AI says hundreds of people have been tortured by the South Sudanese authorities.

  21. DR Congo court blocks Jean-Pierre Bemba

    The highest court bars the opposition leader from running in the presidential election.

  22. Promise to boost African exports at Beijing summit

    Political leaders 'agree' to increase exports of manufactured goods to China

  23. 03/09/2018 GMT

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

  24. Fury In Kenya Over New Fuel Prices

    The introduction of 16% VAT on petroleum products is beginning to take effect in Kenya

  25. Critics Warn Of Chinese Debt Traps

    China has offered an additional $60 billion of financing for Africa at Beijing summit

  26. 02/09/2018 GMT

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

  27. 01/09/2018 GMT

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

  28. The Ugandan mp Bobi Wine is free to seek medical treatment abroad

    He was stopped from leaving the country yesterday and taken to a hospital by the police

  29. Tanzania faces environmentalist criticism over its plans to build a mega-hydropower plant

    The pant would be inside one of the largest wildlife parks on the continent

  30. Nigerians frustrated in rush to beat the voter registration deadline today

    Electoral authority, INEC, under pressure to meet registration demand

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