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Focus on Africa Episodes

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    Why are cyber attacks in Africa increasing?

    Kenya and Nigeria are top targets, says cyber security report

  2. Why are Congolese refugees protesting in Rwanda?

    Congolese nationals who live in refugee camps in Rwanda have been protesting

  3. Why are changes to Somalia's constitution causing concern?

    Somalia's parliament approves several constitutional changes

  4. Why are African workers being prevented from leaving Lebanon?

    Israel and Lebanon-based group Hezbollah have traded fire since October’s Hamas attack.

  5. Why Algeria's President is not a uniting figure

    Algeria's incumbent President Abdelmajid Tebboune is re-elected amid low voter turn out.

  6. Why African countries are saying no to the death penalty

    Zimbabwe becomes the latest country to begin proceedings to scrap the death penalty

  7. Why a university protest got female students arrested in South Sudan?

    Female students at the University of Juba said they were beaten by police

  8. WHO: Omicron covid variant should be a ‘wake up call’

    The head of the World Health Organization warns Omicron poses a global risk

  9. WHO Warns Infants In Some African Countries Were Not Vaccinated

    More than half of infants born in six African countries were not immunized.

  10. Who leads Wagner in Africa now?

    Wagner boss Prigozhin is sent to Belarus, so who is leading his troops in Africa?

  11. Who is Uganda's Joseph Kony?

    The ICC hears pre-trial war crime charges against the leader of the militant LRA

  12. Who is Trump's envoy to Africa?

    USA and the DR Congo are on the path towards a minerals deal says Trump's Africa envoy

  13. Who is Malawi's old next President?

    The 85-year-old former President Peter Mutharika has made a come back

  14. Who is Madagascar’s new military leader?

    Col Randrianirina is sworn in as new president of Madagascar after a military takeover

  15. Who is in charge in Somalia?

    Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's four-year term ended on May 15. What next?

  16. Who is going to win the Nigerian presidential election?

    One day to the big day, the electoral commission says it is ready

  17. Who is fighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara region?

    Renewed fighting in Ethiopia’s Amhara region between military and local militiamen

  18. Who is behind the border attack in Benin?

    Benin forces suffer heavy losses in an attack near the border with Niger and Burkina Faso

  19. Who is behind the abduction of youths in Kenya?

    Kenyan President Ruto seems to acknowledge the abductions and promises government action

  20. Who is behind a church attack in DR Congo?

    More than 40 people were attacked during a vigil in the town of Komanda, DRC

  21. Who is "in charge" of Africa's AI?

    New report argues that AI self-sufficiency will be impossible for most African countries

  22. WHO in emergency meeting over Ebola

    They decide it is not a global threat

  23. WHO elects new head

    World Health Organization elects former Ethiopian Health Minister as new head

  24. WHO declares Coronavirus a global health emergency

    Raises concerns over countries with weaker health systems

  25. WHO declares Cape Verde malaria-free

    For first time in 50 years a sub-Saharan African nation is declared malaria-free.

  26. Who are the victims of enforced disappearances?

    Africa has one of the highest number of missing people and enforced disappearances

  27. Who are the miners trapped inside a closed mine in South Africa?

    South African authorities cut off supplies to force illegal miners to leave the mineshaft

  28. Who are the men behind an attempted coup in DR Congo ?

    The Democratic Republic of Congo says it has quashed an attempted coup

  29. Who are the CAR commanders jailed for war crimes?

    The ICC jails two members of a militia in the Central African Republic for war crimes

  30. Who are the Azawad Liberation Front in Mali?

    Azawad separatists are behind recent attacks and takeover of several towns. Who are they?

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