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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Southern African leaders hold talks on Mozambique insurgency

    Six regional leaders met in Maputo to discuss the deadly attacks in northern Mozambique

  2. Kenyans take to Twitter to express anger at IMF loans

    #StopLoaningKenya posts, criticising the government and IMF, are abuzz on the social site

  3. Ethiopia accused of ‘intransigence’ over Nile dam

    The latest round of talks on the dam between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan end in deadlock

  4. Sudan and Ethiopia 'trade accusations over Nile dam'

    Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia fail to agree over the Nile dam after days of talks

  5. Tanzania’s President charts a new course

    Reviews of Covid-19 response and foreign policy are announced, and media bans lifted

  6. Rwandan weddings shutdown over Covid-19

    At least three weddings were found to have breached coronavirus rules

  7. Sudan: West Darfur state of emergency declared

    The region has seen increased violence and killings since UN peacekeepers left

  8. Namibia: Meet one of Africa’s youngest MPs

    Less than a quarter of Africa’s 12,000 parliamentarians are women

  9. Nigeria: Gunmen attack prison, allowing inmates to escape

    Armed men attacked a prison in the city of Owerri, Imo State

  10. Mozambique: Army retakes Palma from militants

    Insurgents had overrun the town for several days

  11. Niger inaugurates new president after failed coup

    Mohamed Bazoum is sworn in as new president.

  12. Niger has peaceful transfer of power

    Mohamed Bazoum becomes the first elected leader to follow another since independence.

  13. Niger: Mohamed Bazoum sworn in as president.

    Niger has had its first democratic transfer of power as Mohamed Bazoum is sworn in

  14. Derek Chauvin trial brings racism back into focus

    Larry Madowo has been speaking to activists in Minneapolis in the United States

  15. Doctors in Nigeria begin indefinite strike

    The doctors' union wants outstanding salaries paid

  16. Liberia: President Weah imposes curfew in Maryland after riots

    Days of violent protests culminated in a 90-inmate prison break

  17. Former Ivorian president acquitted by the ICC

    Laurent Gbagbo acquitted by the ICC in The Hague

  18. The ICC upholds the acquittal of Laurent Gbagbo

    Laurent Gbagbo has been acquitted by the ICC in The Hague

  19. Laurent Gbagbo acquitted again

    Laurent Gbagbo has been acquitted by the ICC

  20. DR Congo: ICC upholds conviction of Bosco Ntaganda.

    The ICC upholds war crimes conviction against Congolese rebel leader, Bosco Ntaganda.

  21. Tanzania: Authorities say 45 people died in a stampede at Magufuli tribute

    The stampede occurred when thousands of citizens tried to get into into a stadium

  22. Mozambique: Palma town remains deserted following militant attacks

    Government say they are working hard to get things back to normal in the northern town

  23. Mozambique: Hundreds flee violent attacks in Palma

    Dozens killed after clashes between the government and Islamist insurgents.

  24. Mozambique: Dozens killed after militant assault on Palma

    Militants have been battling the Mozambican army around Palma for days

  25. Sudanese authorities and rebel group sign deal separating state and religion

    “No religion shall be imposed on anyone”, the document states.

  26. Ethiopia: Eritrea “will withdraw troops” from Tigray

    PM Abiy Ahmed has been in Asmara to discuss a withdrawal plan

  27. Kenya: New Covid-19 lockdown measures imposed

    Travel into and out of five counties, including Nairobi, has been banned

  28. Concern over fate of Eritrean refugees in Tigray

    The UN says it has accessed two camps which have been destroyed

  29. Ghanaian girls create robots

    Girls from Ghana create robots for fun and learning

  30. The campaign mounts to return looted bronzes

    Calls for the return of Nigeria's looted Benin bronzes

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