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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Rice prices expected to increase

    A reduction in rice planting and heatwaves in Asia could push prices up in Africa

  2. Senegal seals Casamance peace deal

    Rebels in the southern Casamance province have accepted the call to lay down arms

  3. South Africa witnesses fresh violence in the wake of rape case

    Homes in the township of Kagiso thought to belong to illegal miners were set alight

  4. South Sudan to extend transitional government's mandate

    Leaders say they still need to address "challenges" in implementing the peace agreement

  5. Special coverage: 50 years since the expulsion of Ugandan Asians

    In 1972, Uganda's former President Idi Amin decided to expel thousands of Asians

  6. Ethiopia conflict with Tigray nearing an end?

    Possible talks to end the conflict between Ethiopia and Tigray

  7. Deaths in Sierra Leone in two boating accidents

    Over a dozen killed in separate boating accidents in Sierra Leone

  8. UN: Humanitarian crisis in the DRC

    The United Nations says fighting in eastern DRC is fuelling a humanitarian crisis

  9. Reaction to killing of al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri

    President Biden said al-Zawahiri was behind the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa

  10. New Somali cabinet announced

    A former al-Shabab deputy has been named religion minister

  11. DRC government wants quick UN troop pull-out

    UN peacekeeping troops killed civilians during protests last week

  12. Anger over the killing of a Nigerian migrant in Italy

    A Nigerian migrant is murdered in Italy as onlookers watch and fail to intervene

  13. The UN admits to killing civilians in the DRC

    The United Nations killed civilians in the border town of Kasindi in the DRC

  14. Doctors on strike in Sierra Leone

    Doctors begin nationwide strike in Sierra Leone to demand better working conditions

  15. Ethiopia ready for talks with TPLF without ‘preconditions’

    Ethiopia says it is ready for talks with Tigrayan rebels in a bid to the end civil war

  16. Extra troops deployed to Goma, North Kivu governor says

    The governor of North Kivu sends more troops to Goma to help quell attacks on UN bases

  17. North Kivu governor addresses attacks on UN in DR Congo

    The North Kivu province governor issues statement after attacks on UN bases in Goma

  18. Kenya: Ruto running mate ordered to surrender cash

    Rigathi Gachagua failed to explain where cash worth $1.6m came from

  19. Malawians protest rising cost of living

    Similar protests have recently taken place in several African countries

  20. DRC: UN peacekeepers accused of shooting civilians

    At least 16 protesters and four UN troops have been killed during violent protests

  21. Angola unearths largest rare diamond in 300 years

    Miners in Angola have named the rare, pure pink diamond The Lulo Rose

  22. Anti-UN attacks in DR Congo may be 'war crimes'

    The head of the UN describes attacks on DRC peacekeepers as a possible war crime

  23. Violent anti-UN protests in DR Congo continue

    Several people have been killed and scores injured in anti-UN protests in the DRC

  24. Anti-UN protests in DR Congo turn deadly

    Civilians and UN peacekeepers are reported to have been killed in Goma and Butembo

  25. At least five die in anti-UN protests in DR Congo

    Demonstrations against the UN peacekeeping force have taken place in Butembo and Goma

  26. Russia’s foreign minister meets the Ugandan president

    Uganda is the latest stop on Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s Africa tour

  27. SA starts process to extradite Gupta brothers

    Atul and Rajesh Gupta deny charges of fraud and money laundering

  28. Russia’s foreign minister on charm offensive in Africa

    Russia's Sergei Lavrov is visiting Egypt, Congo-Brazzaville, Uganda and Ethiopia

  29. Russia’s foreign minister begins four-nation African tour

    Russia's Sergei Lavrov is visiting Egypt, Congo-Brazzaville, Uganda and Ethiopia

  30. Deal signed to release Ukraine grain exports

    Negotiations backed by the UN have been taking place in Turkey

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