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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Baaba Maal: 鈥楪ood agriculture is a response to climate change鈥�

    Senegalese music icon Baaba Maal tells Focus on Africa about his Nann-K foundation

  2. Kenya: North Rift Valley gun amnesty ends

    President Ruto gave people three days to turn in illegal firearms

  3. Nigeria extends use of old currency

    President Buhari announced a 60-day extension

  4. Protests in Southern Nigeria amid Naira crisis

    Two banks have been set on fire in Southern Nigeria amid a currency crisis

  5. Naira protests breakout in Southern Nigeria

    Protests have broken out in several cities in Southern Nigeria over a monetary crisis

  6. Banks set on fire in Nigeria amid Naira crisis

    Protests have broken out in several cities across Southern Nigeria

  7. Ivory Coast receives influx of Burkinabe refugees

    There has been an upsurge in attacks in southern Burkina Faso

  8. Kenya announces security operation against bandits

    Armed bandits in the Rift valley region have killed dozens in the past few months

  9. Severe flooding hits parts of southern Africa

    A national disaster has been declared in South Africa

  10. Protest over Ghana pension reforms

    Pensioners staged the protest at the Ministry of Finance

  11. Cameroon president Biya turns 90

    Paul Biya has been in power since 1982

  12. Eritrean president says US backed TPLF

    President Afwerki says Washington aided the Tigrayan rebels during the recent war

  13. Ethiopian government meets church leaders

    The Orthodox Church has been in turmoil for weeks

  14. Ethiopian Orthodox Church in turmoil

    We take a deep dive into the split in the church

  15. Social media restricted in Ethiopia

    It follows violent protests over issues in the Orthodox Church

  16. South Africa's President Ramaphosa addresses the nation

    The country has been struggling with power cuts and high unemployment

  17. Eritrean president denies allegations of atrocities

    Isaias Afwerki dismisses allegations of war crimes committed in Ethiopia's Tigray region

  18. Eritrea's president dismisses war crime allegations

    He made a rare public appearance before international media while on a visit to Nairobi

  19. South Africa aid workers join efforts to help earthquake victims

    South Africa鈥檚 Gift of the Givers join efforts to help earthquake victims in Syria

  20. Three people killed in anti-UN protests in DR Congo

    The protesters were killed in an attack on a UN convoy in eastern D R of Congo

  21. Protesters killed in attack on UN convoy in DR Congo

    Three protesters were killed in an attack on a UN convoy in eastern D R of Congo

  22. Clashes break out in disputed Las Anod

    At least 35 people have been killed in Somaliland's contested town

  23. Turkey earthquake: African communities in Gaziantep seek shelter

    We have been hearing accounts from Africans living in Turkey affected by the earthquake

  24. African families in Turkey seek refuge after earthquake

    Sherif from Togo spoke to us from a shelter in Gaziantep

  25. Ghanaian students in Turkey affected by earthquake

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake has hit southern Turkey and northern Syria

  26. Africans in Turkey recount earthquake

    A 7.8 earthquake has hit parts of Turkey and Syria

  27. Russia鈥檚 Foreign Minister to visit Mali

    The visit is aimed at boosting defence and security ties

  28. Several arrested after Cameroon journalist killed

    Prominent journalist, Martinez Zogo, was killed in January 2023

  29. Former Kenyan policeman sentenced to death for murder

    Kenya has not carried out the death penalty since the 1980s

  30. Pope Francis arrives in South Sudan

    It is the second leg of his latest visit to the continent

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