Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
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Ethiopia: TPLF responds to unrest allegations
We speak to Getachew Reda, a spokesman for the TPLF
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Ivory Coast PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly dies
Amadou Gon Coulibaly had just returned from having treatment in France
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Inside a coronavirus ward in Lagos
The number of cases is still rising in Nigeria
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Ethiopia minster defends protest response
We speak to Zadig Abraha, Ethiopia’s minister for democratisation
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Coronavirus: Anger over US decision on foreign students' visas
A Nigerian final year IT student at the University of Texas shares his concerns
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Mozambicans flee violence in the north of the country
Islamist militants have been blamed for regular attacks in northern Mozambique
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Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed addresses parliament
He spoke about tensions following the killing of Oromo singer Hachalu Hundessa
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The coronavirus-inspired Ghanaian wax prints
GTP has been basing new designs on Covid-19 regulations
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The African payment startup that raised over $22 million
Chipper Cash is a startup that facilitates money transfers in Africa
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Government and separatists talk in Cameroon for the first time
3,000 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in the conflict
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Algeria anti-colonial fighters' skulls returned
The skulls of some of the fighters were on display in a museum in Paris
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What a township in Cape Town learned about Covid-19
Khayelitsha has been hit by the coronavirus
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Sudan: Darfur protesters hold sit-ins
People in Nertiti have been protesting for several days
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Can renaming fairness products stop colourism?
An estimated 40% of women from the continent have used lightening creams
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Fuse ODG: “We need to change how we’re protesting”
Artist Fuse ODG talks about the global anti-racist protests
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Hachalu Hundessa: Ethiopia singer buried amid ethnic unrest
The burial took place earlier today
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Ethiopian troops deployed amid protests over singer's killing
50 people have died since violent protests erupted over the death of Hachalu Hundessa
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The Nigerian hairdresser turned musician
Gloria Johnson who's stage name Gee-Jay is a hairdresser and a musician
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Fifty killed in protests over Ethiopian singer’s shooting
The federal police has also said that one police officer was killed during the unrest
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DRC celebrates its 60th independence anniversary
The Democratic Republic of Congo gained indepence in 1960
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Nigerian writer Innocent Chizaram Ilo wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize
His story is called When a Woman Renounces Motherhood
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Protesters in Sudan demand political reform
Security forces have been deployed in cities across the country
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29/06/2020 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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29/06/2020 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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29/06/2020 GMT
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
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Nollywood looks for silver lining after pandemic
More than 2,000 films are produced annually
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Prominent Pastor TD Jakes about coronavirus and faith
Pastor TD Jakes shares his view about the pandemic and the role of faith
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Donors pledge $1.8 billion to Sudan
Sudan's Finance Minister Ibrahim Elbadawi explains how the money will be distributed
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Ammara Brown: using my voice to speak out on painful memories
Her powerful song Tichichema talks about domestic violence
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Locusts plague engulfs northern Kenya
Millions of locusts are devouring their body weight in vegetation every day in Kenya