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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Sudan: Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announces new ruling council

    General al-Burhan also names himself as the leader of the council.

  2. COP26: Leaders announce latest draft agreement as summit enters final day

    COP26 President Alok Sharma warns of a "monumental challenge" ahead

  3. Sierra Leone's Auditor General is fired

    Lara Taylor-Pearce and the agency she leads will be subject to an 'investigation'

  4. 'Exceptional' Sierra Leonean student wins $100,000 award

    Jeremiah Thoronka was awarded the 2021 Global Student Prize for his clean-energy project

  5. South Africa's last apartheid president dies at 85

    FW de Klerk, also a key figure in the transition to democracy, had been fighting cancer.

  6. South Africa corruption whistleblower: 'My life was in danger'

    Athol Williams says he had to flee the country after testifying at the corruption inquiry

  7. Ethiopia’s Tigray war: The head of Ethiopia's Somali state aligns with army

    Mustefe Omer, head of the Somali region, is confident Tigrayan fighters can be stopped

  8. Ethiopia' Somali region aligns with the Ethiopian army

    Mustefe Omer, head of Ethiopia's Somali region defends his support of government forces

  9. The UN accuses Ethiopia of detaining its staff

    The UN is warning that Ethiopia is at risk of descending into civil war

  10. Sierra Leone tanker explosion: Survivors try to rebuild lives

    115 people have died in the tanker explosion in Sierra Leone's capital

  11. Niger school children's burials take place

    Many classrooms in Niger are made of straw and wood

  12. Ethiopia: 'we'll keep on marching'- TPLF

    A spokesman for the TPLF has said its forces would keep advancing towards the capital

  13. Sierra Leone tanker explosion: Mass burial in Freetown

    They will be buried in the same cemetery as victims of the 2017 landslide

  14. Ethiopia leader calls for unity amid conflict

    It has been a year since the conflict started in the north

  15. ‘The south of Madagascar is suffering from climate change’

    Madagascar’s environment minister talks to Focus on Africa

  16. Ethiopia: Government reacts to opposition alliance

    Nine factions including the TPLF join forces against the government

  17. South Africa: ANC dips below 50% in local elections

    Recorded voter turnout was the lowest in South African history

  18. Ethiopia TPLF spokesperson: 'We will potentially enter the capital'

    Getachew Reda says entering Addis Ababa is not about 'seizing power.'

  19. Booker Prize Winner: 'Critics tell me I have no sense of humour'

    South African writer Damon Galgut wins the 2021 Booker prize with the novel 'The Promise'

  20. Ethiopia: Will TPLF forces reach Addis Ababa?

    The Ethiopian government and TPLF forces in Tigray have been at war for one year

  21. A joint UN and Ethiopian human rights group report condemns all sides in the Tigray conflict

    A UN/Ethiopian human rights report says all sides in Tigray guilty of human rights abuses

  22. UN: 'All parties to the Tigray conflict have committed violations'

    UN says all sides guilty of brutal human rights abuses in the conflict in Ethiopia

  23. UN report critical of all sides in Ethiopia conflict

    The United Nations accuses all sides of human rights abuses in the conflict in Ethiopia

  24. TPLF forces advance on Ethiopian capital

    A state of emergency has been announced in Ethiopia as TPLF forces near Addis Ababa

  25. Ethiopia under state of emergency

    State of emergency has been declared in Ethiopia

  26. COP26 day 3: High anticipation for Africa

    High anticipation for African countries at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow

  27. Africa comes to COP26, but is it yet another talking shop?

    The COP26 climate change summit begins in Glasgow, Scotland

  28. What can Africa really achieve at the COP26 climate change summit?

    The climate Summit, COP26 has started in the Scottish city of Glasgow

  29. Africa at COP26

    The climate change summit gets underway in the Scottish city of Glasgow

  30. Kenyan community poisoned by lead still waiting for compensation

    Twelve million was awarded in compensation but the government is still appealing the case

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