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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Cameroon president Biya turns 90

    Paul Biya has been in power since 1982

  2. Eritrean president says US backed TPLF

    President Afwerki says Washington aided the Tigrayan rebels during the recent war

  3. Ethiopian government meets church leaders

    The Orthodox Church has been in turmoil for weeks

  4. Ethiopian Orthodox Church in turmoil

    We take a deep dive into the split in the church

  5. Social media restricted in Ethiopia

    It follows violent protests over issues in the Orthodox Church

  6. South Africa's President Ramaphosa addresses the nation

    The country has been struggling with power cuts and high unemployment

  7. Eritrean president denies allegations of atrocities

    Isaias Afwerki dismisses allegations of war crimes committed in Ethiopia's Tigray region

  8. Eritrea's president dismisses war crime allegations

    He made a rare public appearance before international media while on a visit to Nairobi

  9. South Africa aid workers join efforts to help earthquake victims

    South Africa’s Gift of the Givers join efforts to help earthquake victims in Syria

  10. Three people killed in anti-UN protests in DR Congo

    The protesters were killed in an attack on a UN convoy in eastern D R of Congo

  11. Protesters killed in attack on UN convoy in DR Congo

    Three protesters were killed in an attack on a UN convoy in eastern D R of Congo

  12. Clashes break out in disputed Las Anod

    At least 35 people have been killed in Somaliland's contested town

  13. Turkey earthquake: African communities in Gaziantep seek shelter

    We have been hearing accounts from Africans living in Turkey affected by the earthquake

  14. African families in Turkey seek refuge after earthquake

    Sherif from Togo spoke to us from a shelter in Gaziantep

  15. Ghanaian students in Turkey affected by earthquake

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has hit southern Turkey and northern Syria

  16. Africans in Turkey recount earthquake

    A 7.8 earthquake has hit parts of Turkey and Syria

  17. Russia’s Foreign Minister to visit Mali

    The visit is aimed at boosting defence and security ties

  18. Several arrested after Cameroon journalist killed

    Prominent journalist, Martinez Zogo, was killed in January 2023

  19. Former Kenyan policeman sentenced to death for murder

    Kenya has not carried out the death penalty since the 1980s

  20. Pope Francis arrives in South Sudan

    It is the second leg of his latest visit to the continent

  21. Nigerian communities take Shell to court

    They say the company is responsible for pollution of their land and environment

  22. Nigeria Electoral Commission respond to ballot attack

    Gunmen attacked an electoral office in Anambra state

  23. Gunmen attack election office ahead of Nigeria vote

    Nearly 800 ballot boxes were destroyed in an election office in Anambra

  24. Pemba ethnic group recognised in Kenya

    The community will now get full citizenship rights

  25. One million attend Kinshasa mass

    It marks the second day of Pope Francis’s visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo

  26. Shells hit Mogadishu ahead of security summit

    Four mortar shells reportedly hit areas close to the presidential palace

  27. Nigeria elections: Atiku Abubakar making sixth presidential bid

    Atiku Abubakar is one of the opposition candidates in next month’s presidential elections

  28. Hundreds greet Pope Francis on arrival in DR Congo

    Pope Francis has landed in Kinshasa ahead of his two-nation visit to the continent

  29. Pope Francis lands in DR Congo

    Pope Francis lands in Kinshasa ahead of his two-nation visit to the continent

  30. Insecurity forces civilians to flee Burkina Faso

    Communities in northern Ghana have been receiving thousands of refugees

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