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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Uganda announces early school closure over Ebola fears

    Uganda’s education minister says eight pupils have died from Ebola and 23 cases confirmed

  2. Uganda Airlines flies again

    Uganda's national airline restores its services after eighteen years

  3. UAE firm to manage Tanzania’s main port

    Emirati firm DP World has signed a deal to manage Dar-es-Salaam port for 30 years

  4. Two jailed over Kenyan shopping mall attack

    The men were sentenced to 33 and 18 years for their part in Nairobi’s Westgate mall siege

  5. Two days of high-level talks begin at CHOGM

    Commonwealth heads of state and government begin two days of talks in the Kigali

  6. Twitter’s Ghanaian staff without severance pay

    Former employees say Twitter has gone silent on all negotiations regarding payment.

  7. Twin bombings in Tunisia

    In Tunisia - two suicide bombings and concerns over the health of the president.

  8. Tutankhamun's tomb: crediting the Egyptians who helped discover it

    A UK exhibition highlights Egyptian contribution to the discovery of Tutankhamon's tomb

  9. Turning plastic bottles into face masks

    A South African company finds a way to put used discarded bottles to good use

  10. Tunisian factory in self-isolation to produce Covid-19 protective gear

    150 factory workers chose self-isolation to produce protective gear against the virus

  11. Tunisian activist jailed for eight years

    Prominent Tunisian activist Saadia Mosbah has been sentenced to ​eight years in prison

  12. Tunisia's president tasks a woman to form new government

    Engineer Najla Bouden has been tasked with forming a new government

  13. Tunisia's president strengthens own executive powers

    President Kais Saied announced he will rule by decree and suspend MPs salaries

  14. Tunisia's president sacks 57 judges

    President Kais Saied accused the judges of corruption and protecting terrorists

  15. Tunisia's judges locked out of their offices

    President Kais Saied has dissolved Tunisia's top legal body on Sunday

  16. Tunisia's former president dies in exile

    The ousted ex-President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali died in Saudi Arabia, aged 83

  17. Tunisia suicide bomber detonates near US embassy

    A suicide bomber blew himself up near the US embassy in Tunis

  18. Tunisia prominent critic released from prison

    Tunisian government frees Ahmed Souab, a lawyer who's been serving a five-year jail term

  19. Tunisia President takes over control of the country

    President Saied has sacked the Prime Minister, several ministers and suspended parliament

  20. Tunisia gets a new draft constitution

    A committee hand-picked by the President completes a new draft constitution for Tunisia

  21. Tunisia brought to a standstill by national strike

    The UGTT union called for the public sector strike to protest President Saied’s policies.

  22. Tunisia Arrests Hundreds Over Anti-Austerity Protests

    Hundreds more people arrested after a third night of protests

  23. Tundu Lissu: ‘It feels awesome to be home’

    We speak to the Tanzanian opposition leader as he returns from exile

  24. Tundu Lissu returns to Tanzania

    Tanzanian opposition leader, Tundu Lissu returns home from self-imposed exile in Belgium

  25. Tuesday,18th August 2015

    More than half a million children with disabilities in South Africa aren't in school

  26. Tuesday,15th December 2015

    World trade talks in Nairobi, protests in Ethiopia and still no peace in South Sudan.

  27. Tuesday, October 20th 2015

    Trouble in Congo Brazzaville over another presidential term.

  28. Tuesday, 9th June 2015

    Why migrant surge + Cape to Cairo free trade prospects

  29. Tuesday, 9th February 2016

    South Africa's Zuma makes U-turn over Nkandla revamp money

  30. Tuesday, 9th August 2016

    The latest on the Zambian elections with 48 hours to go

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