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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Kenya: Children go back to school

    The pandemic forced schools to close last March

  2. Focus listeners from across the continent share their hopes and aspirations for 2021

    The coronavirus pandemic has been an unprecedented challenge across the world

  3. African free trade bloc launches

    The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a new continent-wide free trade pact

  4. What next for Sudan’s Darfur region as UN-AU mission ends?

    The UNAMID mission was deployed to Darfur in 2007 to help end the conflict

  5. Nigeria: parents protests about their missing children

    The protests took place in Kano

  6. End of year review

    We reflect on the year 2020

  7. Guinea to begin administering 60 doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine

    The country has only ordered around 60 doses

  8. Mozambique: powerful tropical storm Chalane makes landfall near Beira

    Beira is home to Mozambique's second-largest port

  9. When will South Africa begin Covid-19 vaccinations?

    We hear from participants of a trial underway in Soweto South Africa

  10. When will South Africa begin Covid-19 vaccinations?

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

  11. What is behind Nigeria’s surge in new cases?

    The figure of cases in Nigeria stands at nearly 85,000 cases

  12. Egypt: Could ‘experimental marriages’ reduce divorce numbers?

    An Egyptian lawyer thinks he may have the solution to securing ever-lasting unions

  13. The experience of a South African nurse during Covid-19 crisis

    A nurse from Gauteng tells how Covid-19 is overstretching South Africa's hospitals

  14. South Africa strengthens Covid-19 regulations

    He said the new regulations were aimed at minimising the risk of super-spreader events

  15. Uganda: Journalists walk out of army presser over attacks on media

    On Sunday, three journalists were injured

  16. Covid: South Africa passes one million infections as cases surge

    South Africa is seeing a steady increase in cases driven by the new coronavirus variant

  17. Focus on Africa End of the Year Special

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

  18. Malawi sees a rise in coronavirus cases

    The government has introduced new measures to curb the spread of the virus

  19. Ghana: Police ban opposition party demonstrations

    The NDC had planned daily protests against recent election results

  20. Zambia: Shots fired as security forces break up opposition gathering

    A crowd had gathered to show support for opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema

  21. Uganda: Police detain prominent human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo

    Opiyo is the head of Chapter Four Uganda which has been critical of the government

  22. CAR: UN retakes town of Bambari from rebels

    The United Nations says the town has been retaken after rebels seized it on Tuesday

  23. Countries impose travel ban to and from South Africa

    Travel to South Africa is restricted after in a resurgence in Covid-19 cases

  24. Liberia: Present and past presidents clash over Christmas ‘opulence’

    Liberia's President Weah and his predecessor Ellen Johnson Sirleaf clash over festivities

  25. Nigeria implements tougher Covid-19 restrictions

    Nigerian authorities announce new Covid-19 measures to curb a second wave

  26. Tensions rising in CAR ahead of election

    Rebels have advanced near the capital

  27. Rebels in CAR take control of towns near capital

    Unrest comes ahead of presidential election

  28. Rebels take control of towns near CAR capital

    The UN peacekeepers' spokesman details the unrest

  29. Zamfara governor says he negotiated the release of the Katsina kidnapped boys

    Boko Haram direct involvement in the kidnapping is still unclear

  30. DR Congo's new anti-COVID19 measures begin tonight

    They include curfews, school closures, and bans on public gatherings

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