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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Somalia’s parliament prepares to choose next president

    Dozens of presidential hopefuls have announced their candidacy for Somalia’s May 15 vote

  2. Fuel crisis hitting households and industry sectors hard

    Flights are among services that have been disrupted as Africa faces worsening fuel crisis

  3. Africa’s fuel crisis

    Soaring prices mean Africa could be facing worst fuel crisis in decades, say analysts

  4. South Africa: Spike in Covid cases as fifth wave surges

    Infections have jumped from 6,000 to almost 10,000 cases a day

  5. Humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa

    Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are facing a large-scale food insecurity

  6. Freed Kenyan cleric refuses to leave jail

    Despite being acquitted of terrorism charges

  7. 05/05/2022 GMT

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

  8. Somalia to hold much-delayed elections on 15th May

    The Somali Parliament announced the election date with less than two weeks' notice

  9. Senegal tries midwives over hospital death

    A mother and her unborn child died after allegedly being denied a caesarean section

  10. United Nations chief concludes West Africa tour

    António Guterres speaks to Focus after his first visit to the continent in two years

  11. Burundi mourns soldiers killed in Somalia attack

    Burundi’s army says 10 soldiers were killed in the attack on an AU base in Somalia

  12. Al-Shabab attack on AU base in Somalia ‘a surprise’

    Several Burundi soldiers were killed in the attack on an African Union base in Somalia

  13. Russian mercenaries accused of atrocities in CAR

    Witnesses tell Human Rights Watch about summary executions and torture

  14. Rights group says Russian mercenaries operating in CAR

    Human Rights Watch say they have evidence members of the Wagner Group are in CAR

  15. UN chief visits insurgency victims in Nigeria’s Borno state

    UN Secretary General António Guterres is on a tour of West Africa

  16. ‘Not our war’: Africans leaving Ukraine recount their treatment

    Special report from the Ukraine/Poland border on the Africans who fled the Ukraine war

  17. Kenya’s president tells his deputy to resign

    President Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy William Ruto have had an ongoing tense relationship

  18. Kenya and Morocco announce wage increases

    The governments of Morocco and Kenya are increasing the minimum wage for workers

  19. State funeral for Kenya's ex-President Mwai Kibaki

    Crowds of Kenyans turned out to pay their last respects to the late President Mwai Kibaki

  20. Damning report into Jacob Zuma's presidency

    Investigators find ex-President Zuma would "do anything" for the influential Gupta family

  21. Report exposes SA ex-President Zuma’s corrupt relationships

    Investigators find ex-President Jacob Zuma would do anything for the wealthy Gupta family

  22. IMF revises down Africa's growth forecast

    The International Monetary Fund has revised its growth projection for Africa downwards

  23. Horrific testimonies emerge of South Sudan violence

    Reports from South Sudan say dozens have been beheaded following days of violence

  24. Nigeria’s senate wants ransom payers to go to jail

    Nigerian senators pass a bill seeking to impose a jail term for anyone paying a ransom

  25. Tight security as Somalia elects Speaker of the Lower House

    The Lower House election comes a day after the Speaker of Somalia's Senate was re-elected

  26. Police brutality and disappearances in Kenya

    Amnesty in Kenya says it has documented dozens of cases extrajudicial killings by police

  27. Mounting concern about police brutality in Kenya

    Cases of police brutality and enforced disappearances are rising in Kenya, says report

  28. How will Twitter change under Elon Musk?

    We host a disco with three tech experts from around the continent

  29. UK discusses new immigration rules

    The House of Lords discusses migration rules likely to impact thousands of asylum seekers

  30. 'Hundreds' of illegal oil refinery still operating in Nigeria

    Victims of a fire blast at an illegal oil refinery in Imo State are to be buried today

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