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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. The campaign mounts to return looted bronzes

    Calls for the return of Nigeria's looted Benin bronzes

  2. Refugee camps ‘to close’ in Kenya

    Kenya orders refugee camps to close; Ghanaian girls create robots

  3. The EHRC say Eritrean soldiers killed civilians in Tigray

    The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says Eritrean soldiers killed civilians in Tigray

  4. Libya: Eastern administration hands power to new interim government

    The administration in the east has officially handed power to the new interim government

  5. Uganda: 'Election missing' begin to resurface

    Eighteen men who were believed to have been held by Uganda’s security services are freed

  6. Gambia: MPs uphold ban on skin bleaching

    Gambian lawmakers on Monday voted to uphold a ban on skin bleaching

  7. Sierra Leone: People share memories of civil war on anniversary

    Tens of thousands were killed and many more maimed during the 10-year civil war.

  8. Zanzibar pays last respects to late president

    The government announced last week that Mr Magufuli had died from a heart condition.

  9. Treating mental health problems in Nigerian languages

    A new initiative provides mental health treatment in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba

  10. Niger: Mohamed Bazoum confirmed as new president

    Constitutional Court ratifies victory, as Niger makes first peaceful power transfer

  11. Tanzania: President Magufuli’s state funeral takes place in Dodoma

    African heads of state have paid tribute to the former president, who died last week

  12. The stories of those forced to flee Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

    More than 60,000 people have fled to safety in neighbouring Sudan following the conflic

  13. Tanzania: Reaction to Samia Suluhu Hassan as new president

    Samia Suluhu Hassan made history as she was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president

  14. Tanzania swears in first female president

    Samia Suluhu Hassan makes history as she becomes the county’s first female president.

  15. Reflecting on President John Magufuli’s legacy

    His death was confirmed by Tanzania’s vice president on Wednesday

  16. 14 days of mourning for President Magufuli begin in Tanzania

    His death at 61 was announced by Vice President Hassan on Wednesday

  17. Reaction to Tanzanian president John Magufuli’s death

    14 days of national mourning have been declared

  18. Equatorial Guinea the aftermath of the deadly blast

    The country is struggling to recovery from effects of blast which killed over 100 people

  19. Kenya court upholds FGM ban

    The Kenyan High Court has has upheld a ban on female genital mutilation

  20. Niger: More than 50 killed in attacks near Mali border

    At least 58 people have been killed in attacks near Niger's border with Mali

  21. AstraZeneca jabs continue despite fears

    The head of immunisation for the WHO in Africa says the rollout should continue

  22. Libya interim government sworn in

    The administration has a mandate to lead the country to elections later this year

  23. Mozambique militants 'beheading children' says charity

    Families tell Save the Children that children as young as 11 have been targeted

  24. Nigeria abduction: Government says schoolchildren accounted for

    The authorities in Kaduna say no children are missing

  25. Ethiopian hospitals 'vandalised and looted' says MSF

    The medical charity has accused soldiers in the Tigray region of targeting the hospitals

  26. Primary schoolchildren abducted in northern Nigeria

    They were taken from a school in Kaduna, just days after another abduction in the state

  27. Zulu King Zwelithini: How will he be remembered?

    King Goodwill Zwelithini passed away in South Africa aged 72

  28. Kenya: President Kenyatta extends nationwide curfew for 60-days

    Restrictions remain in place overnight in the country after a surge in Covid-19 cases.

  29. South Africa: Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini dies aged 72

    King Zwelithini died in hospital where he was being treated for diabetes-related issues.

  30. South Africa: Large numbers of fish killed by ‘temperature shock’

    Scientists say the fish died because of a sudden drop in the sea temperature

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