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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Capturing an iconic moment in Zimbabwean history.

    Photographer Mike Hutchings was in Harare when President Robert Mugabe resigned

  2. Liberians choose president in run-off vote.

    Both Vice-President Joseph Boaki and former footballer George Weah have strong support

  3. Focus on Africa's End of Year Quiz

    Host Veronique Edwards keeps order as her guests pit their wits against each other

  4. Focus on Africa's End of Year Quiz

    Host Veronique Edwards keeps order as her guests pit their wits against each other

  5. 24/12/2017 GMT

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

  6. 23/12/2017 GMT

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

  7. Facing the Financial Pressures of the Christmas Season

    Worrying about finances can be particularly acute at this time of the year

  8. Liberia Run-Off Vote To Go Ahead

    Liberia will hold presidential run-off vote on December 26, electoral officials have said

  9. Ugandan Army Strikes Rebel Camps in DR Congo

    The Ugandan army says it attacked rebel camps in eastern DR Congo

  10. Zimbabwean President Woos Investors In South Africa

    Emmerson Mnangagwa is on his first foreign visit - what can he hope to achieve?

  11. US Threatens To Cut Funding To Countries That Oppose Recognising Jerusalem As Israel's Capital

    At the UN, members receive a warning that the US would 'take names' of those against

  12. President Mnangagwa's First Foreign Visit

    Mnangagwa goes to South Africa, one of Zimbabwe's most important trading partners

  13. Nigerian Police Crackdown On Fake Drugs

    Police in Nigeria raid a market in Lagos in the hunt for fake prescription drugs

  14. Uganda Age-Limit Bill Passes First Hurdle

    Uganda's parliament approves second reading of bill to remove the presidential age limit

  15. Kenyan Police Detain Children in Islamic School Raid

    Kenyan police raid an Islamic school, arresting preachers and holding several children

  16. 19/12/2017 GMT

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

  17. Plans for a Memorial for Mogadishu Bomb Victims

    Somali architect Omar Degan wants to help remember those who died on 14 October and after

  18. South Africa Looks to the ANC's New Leader

    South Africa begins to assess the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead

  19. Narrow Victory for Cyril Ramaphosa in the ANC Leadership Race

    The South African vice president beat Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma by fewer than 200 votes

  20. Cyril Ramaphosa Declared the New Leader of South Africa’s ANC

    The current deputy vice president of the ruling ANC beat Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

  21. ANC Leadership Contest Too Close to Call

    Votes are being counted in the election for a new leader of the African National Congress

  22. 17/12/2017 GMT

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

  23. 16/12/2017 GMT

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

  24. Mnangagwa Endorsed as Zanu-PF Candidate

    Zimbabwe's ruling party confirms President Mnangagwa as its candidate for the elections

  25. South Sudan: Four Years of Civil War

    Thousands killed and millions displaced since South Sudan plunged into civil war in 2013

  26. Zimababwe's New Leader Chairs First High-Profile Party Congress

    Emmerson Mnangagwa chairs first high-profile Zanu-PF gathering since becoming president

  27. A warning from the British to the DRC on postponing elections.

    Kenyan police and soldiers accused of raping women and girls during this year's election

  28. UK minister for Africa warns DRC not to postpone presidential polls

    Serious international reaction threatened if elections are postponed again

  29. People suffering the aftermath of conflict in Kasai talk to the BBC

    The UK warns of serious international reaction if elections are postponed again in DRC

  30. Members of a Congo Militia Given Life For Child Murder

    A court in the DRC finds a group of militia men guilty of child rape and murder

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