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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Mariam Sankara: ‘I’m in a hurry to know the truth’

    The widow of Thomas Sankara on the opening of the trial in Burkina Faso into his killing

  2. Sierra Leone dropped from UK travel restriction list

    The UK government has removed dozens of countries from its Covid travel red list

  3. How 'fast fashion' is turning Ghana into a waste dumping ground

    The quality of clothing imports has deteriorated so much that nearly half goes to waste

  4. Nigerian authorities rescue over 200 abduction victims in a week

    Zamfara and Sokoto State's authorities say among the rescued are nursing mothers and kids

  5. Germany's First Black woman MP 'very honoured' to be elected

    Eritrean-born Awet Tesfaiesus reacts to being elected MP of Germany's Bundestag

  6. Archbishop Desmond Tutu at 90

    A look at the life and anti-apartheid struggle of Archbishop Tutu, who turns ninety today

  7. Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel for literature

    The 73-year-old Tanzanian reacts to being awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for literature

  8. Google to invest $1 billion in Africa

    Google is to invest in Africa to fund projects to support start-ups

  9. Children's Malaria vaccine to be rolled out

    WHO announces the roll out of the Malaria vaccine for children in Africa

  10. Ethiopia's PM names new Cabinet

    Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia reshuffles his Cabinet

  11. First day for Chad's Transitional Council

    The temporary government was set up following the death of President Idris Deby

  12. Pandora Papers: 'We have secrets of more African leaders than ever'

    Huge documents' leak exposes more African leaders involved in offshore financial deals

  13. Sickle Cell treatment unveiled in UK

    Sickle Cell affects blood cells and can cause organs failure and intense pain

  14. UN finds violations in Libya

    UN mission concludes crimes against humanity in Libya

  15. The Kenyatta family named in Pandora Papers

    Uhuru Kenyatta and his family linked to secret bank accounts

  16. The Pandora Papers: The African connection

    Secret bank accounts and ties to Uhuru Kenyatta and his family

  17. Guinea: Military leader sworn in and promises not to stand for election

    Colonel Mamady Doumbouya becomes president of the transitional government

  18. Guinea: Coup leader sworn in as president

    Colonel Mamady Doumbouya becomes Africa's second-youngest head of state

  19. Nigeria: President agrees to lift Twitter ban

    President Buhari says the national ban on Twitter can be lifted with certain conditions

  20. Somalia's new public oxygen plant

    Somalia gets a new oxygen supply plant for its public healthcare

  21. A new breath of life for Somalia

    Somalia gets its first new public oxygen supply plant

  22. A new public oxygen plant for Somalia

    Somalia gets its first public oxygen plant

  23. Tunisia's Najla Bouden asked to form new government

    Najla Bouden set to become Tunisia's next prime minister

  24. Tunisia to get a new female prime minister

    The engineer, Najla Bouden, tasked with forming a new government

  25. Tunisia to have first woman PM

    Tunisia's president has asked Najla Bouden to form a new government

  26. WHO apologies over sexual abuse scandal

    Sexual abuse allegations levelled against WHO personnel in DRC

  27. Kenya Defence Minister bids for Commonwealth post

    Monica Juma has been nominated for the role of Secretary-General of the Commonwealth

  28. Guinea junta unveils new political roadmap

    A new 81-members interim parliament with at least 30 per cent women will be set up

  29. Sudan’s energy minister: ‘Oil exports have resumed’

    Protests by the Beja community had blocked two oil pipelines

  30. Sudan: Oil blockade ended after government talks

    Demonstrators from the Beja community blocked two pipelines

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