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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Morocco gears up for pivotal elections

    About 18m Moroccans are expected to cast their votes in Morocco's 8 September election

  2. Guinea coup: What will be the regional impact?

    The ouster of Guinea’s President Alpha Condé is the third coup in Africa this year

  3. Guinea coup leader consolidates takeover

    Col Mamady Doumbouya has installed army officers to oversee Guinea’s eight regions

  4. Guinea opposition party member emboldended by coup

    Self-exiled opposition party member Mamoudou Nagnalen Barry says he's ready to come back

  5. The Gambia President Adama Barrow agrees coalition with Yahya Jammeh's party

    The decision has come before findings of an inquiry into Jammeh-era abuses are published

  6. Guinea coup leader says the situation is under control

    Guinea's President Alpha Condé remains in detention following Sunday's coup

  7. 03/09/2021 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  8. 03/09/2021 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  9. 03/09/2021 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  10. Why women need to talk more about sex

    Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah talks about her latest book 'The Sex Lives of African Women'

  11. Detained Rwandan hip-hop star Jay Polly dies

    The artist was detained in April after holding a party in breach of Covid regulations

  12. Gunman behind deadly Tanzania attack was 'terrorist'

    Police officers and a guard were shot dead in the attack

  13. 01/09/2021 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  14. 01/09/2021 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  15. 01/09/2021 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  16. Uganda arrests suspects amid a spate of killings

    The victims are aged between 50-80 years

  17. Nigeria military contradicts advice to take up arms

    Calls for civilians to take up arms have been causing controversy

  18. South Africa warning over new Covid variant

    The NICD says C.1.2v has the potential to be a variant of concern

  19. Why is Zambia's president replacing army and police chiefs?

    The president said the new security chiefs “must have the interest of the people"

  20. Tens of thousands registered missing in Africa

    Nigeria accounts for more than half of the total number of missing persons in Africa

  21. The Zambian president replaces army and police chiefs

    The president said the new security chiefs “must have the interest of the people"

  22. South Africa’s unemployment rate hits record high

    South Africa has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world at nearly 45 per cent

  23. Nigerian schoolchildren released after weeks of captivity

    Bandits release several children seized from an Islamic school in Niger state in May

  24. Gunmen free kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren

    Dozens of children were abducted from an Islamic School in Niger state in May

  25. Kenyan's letters to her daughter wins BBC podcast prize

    Production on Namulanta Kombo's podcasts is to begin next month

  26. Ethnic clashes in Ethiopia's Oromia region kill 200

    More than 200 people have been killed following fighting in western Ethiopia

  27. Ex-Chad leader Hissène Habré is laid to rest in Senegal

    Hissène Habré was president of Chad from from 1982 to 1990

  28. 25/08/2021 GMT

    Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

  29. Tanzania shootings

    Several dead in shootings in Dar es Salaam

  30. Afghans arrive in Uganda

    Refugees arrive in Uganda after fleeing Afghanistan

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