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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Cameroon: Boko Haram kills 14 in overnight attack

    The atrocity took place in Mozogo in the Far North Region

  2. Concerns grow for people stranded at the South Africa-Zimbabwe border

    Thousands of Zimbabweans have been trying to return to South Africa

  3. Africa reacts to mayhem at the US Capitol

    Kenyan satirist Patrick Gathara gives his thoughts on the chaos

  4. South Africa: New Covid strain believed to be driving infections

    The country recorded its highest single-day death count on Wednesday

  5. At least twenty people killed in DRC attack

    At least 20 people have been killed in a massacre near Beni in the eastern DRC.

  6. France rejects reports of airstrike on Mali wedding

    France denies reports its airstrike killed wedding party guests in a Mali's Mopti town.

  7. Uproar over attacks on journalists in Somalia

    There’s been an uproar over continued attacks on journalists in Somalia.

  8. Ethiopia government pledge to restore historic Tigray mosque

    Ethiopia has promised to restore a historic mosque destroyed during fighting in Tigray.

  9. Nigeria launches public works programme to create jobs

    The programme aims to create 774 000 jobs.

  10. CAR’s Touadéra re-elected president.

    Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera re-elected for a new term.

  11. Egypt: Prosecutors probe hospital Covid-19 deaths

    Officials have denied claims patients died due to a lack of oxygen

  12. Niger: More than 100 killed by suspected jihadists

    President Issoufou called the atrocities cowardly and barbaric

  13. Kenya: Children go back to school

    The pandemic forced schools to close last March

  14. Focus listeners from across the continent share their hopes and aspirations for 2021

    The coronavirus pandemic has been an unprecedented challenge across the world

  15. African free trade bloc launches

    The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a new continent-wide free trade pact

  16. What next for Sudan’s Darfur region as UN-AU mission ends?

    The UNAMID mission was deployed to Darfur in 2007 to help end the conflict

  17. Nigeria: parents protests about their missing children

    The protests took place in Kano

  18. End of year review

    We reflect on the year 2020

  19. Guinea to begin administering 60 doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine

    The country has only ordered around 60 doses

  20. Mozambique: powerful tropical storm Chalane makes landfall near Beira

    Beira is home to Mozambique's second-largest port

  21. When will South Africa begin Covid-19 vaccinations?

    We hear from participants of a trial underway in Soweto South Africa

  22. When will South Africa begin Covid-19 vaccinations?

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

  23. What is behind Nigeria’s surge in new cases?

    The figure of cases in Nigeria stands at nearly 85,000 cases

  24. Egypt: Could ‘experimental marriages’ reduce divorce numbers?

    An Egyptian lawyer thinks he may have the solution to securing ever-lasting unions

  25. The experience of a South African nurse during Covid-19 crisis

    A nurse from Gauteng tells how Covid-19 is overstretching South Africa's hospitals

  26. South Africa strengthens Covid-19 regulations

    He said the new regulations were aimed at minimising the risk of super-spreader events

  27. Uganda: Journalists walk out of army presser over attacks on media

    On Sunday, three journalists were injured

  28. Covid: South Africa passes one million infections as cases surge

    South Africa is seeing a steady increase in cases driven by the new coronavirus variant

  29. Focus on Africa End of the Year Special

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

  30. Malawi sees a rise in coronavirus cases

    The government has introduced new measures to curb the spread of the virus

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