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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. How Malawi Reduced Child Mortality

    A simple piece of kit has helped to reduce the death rates for twin infants

  2. Extreme Weather Hits South Africa

    Devastating fires have killed four people and forced nearly 10,000 to leave their homes

  3. 07/06/2017 GMT

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

  4. 07/06/2017 GMT

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

  5. Bald Men Targeted in Mozambique Killings

    Police say witch doctors appear to be targeting bald men in central Zambezia province

  6. What's Behind Footballers' Deaths?

    At least 24 professionals have died of heart attacks in the last five years

  7. UK Elections: What Do London's Africans Think?

    Views from African residents of London's Woolwich neighbourhood ahead of 8th May

  8. Kenya's Nurses Strike Over Pay

    Unions say workers were promised a pay increase in 2016 which never materialised

  9. Defying Geography: Morocco 'to Join ECOWAS'

    The North Africa country is set to join the West African regional bloc

  10. Ivory Coast Footballer Dies Aged 30

    Former Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote collapsed during training in China

  11. South Africa: Helen Zille Defends Colonialism Tweets

    Many want the former Democratic Alliance leader to be removed as Western Cape Premier

  12. 04/06/2017 GMT

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

  13. 03/06/2017 GMT

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

  14. Ghana's ex-President: 'Trump is Truly Misinformed'

    Mahama slams President Trump's decision to pull the US out of the global climate treaty

  15. Lesotho Votes for a New Prime Minister... Again

    It's the third such vote in five years - with results expected in the coming days

  16. What Does America's Climate U-Turn Mean for Africa?

    President Trump is pulling out of the international climate treaty ratified under Obama

  17. What Happened to Cameroon's Missing Bishop?

    Some claim Jean-Marie Benoit Balla committed suicide by jumping into a river near Yaoundé

  18. Making the Old New Again

    Sculptor Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga works with weather-beaten materials

  19. Dozens of Migrants 'Die of Thirst' in Sahara

    More than 40 people have died after their vehicle broke down in the Niger desert

  20. Billions Lost From Illegal Fishing in West Africa

    Extra wealth and around 300,000 jobs could be created if the practice ended

  21. South African Farmers Reap Bumper Harvest

    This comes a year after drought devastated the output of the country's staple food

  22. A New Railway Is Launched In Kenya

    The multi-billion-dollar Chinese investment links Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa

  23. Zimbabwe Football Legend: 'I Was Doing Juju'

    Memory Mucherahowa says his book is an "open and honest account" of his time at Dynamos

  24. Pro-Biafra Protests Lead to Shutdown in Parts of Nigeria

    Today is the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the breakaway state of Biafra

  25. South Sudan Soldiers On Trial for Rape and Murder

    Thirteen soldiers are accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering a colleague

  26. Kenyan Police 'Kill 100 Camels'

    Forces also burned houses down to quell a boundary dispute in Tana River region

  27. Sudan Doctor Wins Million-Dollar Prize

    Dr Tom Catena is the only medic serving 750,000 people in the Nuba mountains

  28. Moroccan Authorities Arrest Protest Leader

    Nasser Zefzafi has spearheaded protests on issues affecting the northern Rif region

  29. 28/05/2017 GMT

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

  30. 27/05/2017 GMT

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

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