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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Kenyan blogger held without charge in Qatar

    Malcolm Bidali wrote about labour rights and working conditions of migrants

  2. President Uhuru Kenyatta declares Lamu Port open

    Kenya’s Lamu Port will provide a new transport corridor and major hub for cargo

  3. Kenya’s Lamu seaport opens for business

    The huge project is part of the Lamu Port–South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport corridor

  4. Exiled former Ivory Coast PM goes on trial

    Former rebel leader and prime minister of Ivory Coast Guillaume Soro goes on trial

  5. Namibia issues travel documents to gay couple's children

    Namibia issue emergency travel documents to the twin daughters of a gay couple

  6. Malawi destroys expired Covid-19 drugs

    Health authorities in Malawi burnt thousands of expired coronavirus vaccines

  7. African leaders discuss finances in Paris

    France is hosting a summit on financing African economies

  8. Kenya warning on Covid-19 vaccine shortage

    Only around one million of a total order of over three million have been delivered

  9. France-Africa summit kicks off

    Leaders from across the continent are in Paris

  10. Zimbabwe government appeal judgement against Chief Justice

    The appeal is against a High Court ruling stopping extension of Chief Justice’s tenure

  11. Mali’s workers go on nationwide strike.

    Members of Mali's main workers union start a five-day strike to press for better pay

  12. Ethiopia postpones June 5 election

    Ethiopia postpones national elections over logistical and security concerns

  13. Can Egypt mediate between Israel and the Palestinians?

    Egypt is the only state other than Israel to share a border with the Gaza Strip

  14. Kenya: BBI ‘is not dead’ says former task force member

    A former member of Kenya's Building Bridges Initiative task force condemns court ruling

  15. Kenya’s High Court blocks president’s constitutional changes

    The court rules President Kenyatta’s Building Bridges Initiative is unconstitutional

  16. Zambia election campaign begins

    Presidential and parliamentary elections will take place in August

  17. Nigeria: $18 million 'paid to kidnappers'

    A risk analysis company estimates ransom payments total $18 million in 10 years

  18. Fall in remittance payments hits Africa

    Total remittance money sent to Africa fell by 12.5% in 2020

  19. Aid workers accused of abuse in DRC

    The World Health Organisation is amongst the agencies in the spotlight

  20. Zimbabwe considers patriotism law

    The proposed legislation would criminalise what the government calls 'anti-patriotism'

  21. Uganda’s President Museveni begins sixth term

    The inauguration follows disputed elections which the opposition claims to have won

  22. Cameroon transgender women jailed

    The women were found guilty of attempted homosexuality

  23. Nigeria re-introduces Covid-19 lockdowns

    Nigeria has reintroduced Covid-19 lockdowns across all of its thirty-six states

  24. Dozens arrested ahead of Museveni inauguration

    Dozens of people have been arrested ahead of President Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration

  25. Kenyan pupils get Covid-delayed results

    Secondary school exam results usually come out in December

  26. Ethiopian peacekeepers refuse to return home

    More than 100 peacekeepers have applied for asylum in Sudan

  27. South Sudan: President Kiir dissolves parliament

    It paves the way for 550 members to be appointed from different parties

  28. Calls to lift COVID-19 vaccine patents grow louder

    The United States shifts its stance on the patenting of coronavirus vaccines

  29. Ethiopia goes to the polls next month

    Parliamentary elections planned in Ethiopia

  30. School kidnappings spread to southern Nigeria

    Kidnapping of school children in Nigeria, this time in the south

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