Focus on Africa
Two essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Nkechi Ogbonna. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
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Episodes (1908)
Why does insurgency persist in Nigeria?
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Tension on Guinea and Sierra Leone border
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Why is gender violence "widespread" in Namibia?
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BBC Investigation reveals who shot at Kenyan protestors
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Why did South Africa reverse a VAT increase?
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'Ethiopians are one shock away from catastrophe'
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A cocktail of long jail terms for Tunisian opposition leaders
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Haiti: A growing challenge for Kenyan officers?
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What was Pope Francis's relationship with Africa?
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Humanitarians working in Sudan speak
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Sudan’s rebel forces declare rival government
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Kidnappings increase in South Africa
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Will Africa benefit from rising gold prices?
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RSF takeover Zamzam camp in Darfur
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Rwanda asks UK to extradite genocide suspects
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Former Gambian soldier trialled in the US
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Can Tanzania benefit from US-China tariff wars ?
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US cancels visas for South Sudanese nationals
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Who is Trump's envoy to Africa?
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How will new US tariffs affect Lesotho?
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Will Trump's tariffs hurt Africa?
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A conversation with AfDB president, Akinwumi Adesina
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Somalia offers US control of port
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Stranded: Exposing the UK’s immigration scammers
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Is South Sudan edging back to civil war?
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Sudan's army retake Khartoum
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Is Rwanda planning to attack Burundi ?
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Is Chad aiding Sudanese rebels?
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Why has a river in Zambia 'died'?
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Why did Kenya exit IMF programme?
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Jihadist attacks intensify near Somali capital
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DR Congo and Rwanda call for ceasefire
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Angola refuses entry to African opposition leaders
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Tigray: Why have fears of war emerged?
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Why is far-right French leader Marine Le Pen in Chad?
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Nigeria: What's it like for female politicians?
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What’s causing insecurity in South Sudan?
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What's Sudan's case against the UAE?
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Mozambique: New deal does not include main opposition
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Sudan: "The war has destroyed the spirit of Ramadan"
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Will a west African single currency work?
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Algeria and France in diplomatic row
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Why did Ecowas leave Guinea Bissau?
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Can South Africa be peacemaker in Ukraine?
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Deadly explosions hit M23 rally in eastern DRC
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The ship keeping Africa connected
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Why did fishermen clash on the Ethiopia-Kenya border?
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DR Congo proposes deal to the West
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Nigeria's ex-military leader regrets cancelling election
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Sierra Leone: Who is Hawa Hunt and why was she arrested?
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