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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Somalia bombings: death toll rises to 120

    Two car bombs exploded in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Saturday

  2. Cocoa farmers say they’re not paid a fair price

    Producers say multinational companies are blocking measures to improve farmers’ lives

  3. South Africa: Official coronation of the new Zulu king

    Some relatives refused to recognise Misuzulu ka Zwelithini

  4. Millions in Ethiopia face ‘perfect storm’ of deprivation

    The World Health Organization says millions need urgent aid

  5. Tunisian child stranded in Italy

    The four-year-old was found on a small boat after crossing the Mediterranean Sea

  6. Analysis: US warns of attacks in Nigeria and South Africa

    We speak to a security analyst about the threats in both countries

  7. Nigeria and South Africa security warnings

    Concerns have been raised over the threat of attacks in major cities

  8. Vasectomy discussed: Should more men consider it?

    We hear how some African men are now opting for vasectomy as a birth control tool

  9. Burkina Faso recruits 50,000 civilians to help fight militants

    Burkina Faso is aiming to create a Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland force

  10. Burkina Faso recruits civilians to fight jihadists

    Burkina Faso is aiming to create a Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland force

  11. Thousands march in Sudan pro-democracy protests

    It marks one year since Sudan’s military coup

  12. Sudan protests on coup anniversary

    A military coup last year halted Sudan’s democratic transition

  13. School fire kills 11 children in Uganda

    Four others are in a critical condition

  14. Kenyan elite police unit on trial

    Four Kenyan policemen are accused of murder, abductions and torture

  15. More Ebola cases confirmed in Uganda’s capital

    The country’s capital, Kampala, is on high alert

  16. Tanzania battles Kilimanjaro fires

    Emergency workers are fighting to extinguish the flames

  17. Malawi’s security minister speaks on mass graves

    Two mass graves were discovered in a northern district of Mzimba

  18. Sudan clashes: over 150 killed

    Reports say at least 150 people have been killed in violent clashes

  19. Renewed violence in Sudan’s Blue Nile

    At least 150 reportedly killed in ethnic clashes in the last two days

  20. Nigeria: #EndSARS two years on

    We look back at the wave of anti-police brutality protests

  21. Update: 50 killed at Chad protests

    Demonstrators want the military to hand power to a civilian government

  22. Chad: Several killed in protests

    Demonstrations took place after the military failed to hand over power

  23. Traders in Ghana's capital Accra close their stores

    Shop owners and businesses in Accra stopped work in cost-of-living protest

  24. Humanitarian crisis in South Sudan ‘intolerable’

    The UN Commission on Human Rights says millions of civilians are suffering in South Sudan

  25. Hospital staff and patients kidnapped in Nigeria hospital attack

    Several people, including staff and patients, were taken during the raid on Gulu Hospital

  26. Zimbabwe to address genocide

    'Gukurahundi' resulted in the death of 20,000 civilians

  27. Ethiopian army captures several towns from Tigray forces

    Shire, Alamata and Korem have been claimed by Ethiopian federal troops

  28. Ethiopian troops seize strategic city in Tigray

    The 23-month civil war continues to escalate in Ethiopia

  29. Protesters who died in Sierra Leone clashes buried

    Twenty-seven protesters were killed during cost-of-living demonstrations in August

  30. Kenya disbands feared elite police unit

    Kenya’s Special Service Unit has been accused of enforced disappearances and killings

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