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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. 24/11/2020 GMT

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

  2. Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: UN urges protection of civilians

    The conflict has so far killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands

  3. Moroccan Ambassador on Western Sahara conflict

    There has been tension in the former demilitarised zone of Guerguerat

  4. How Ethiopians view the Tigray conflict

    The UN says it鈥檚 concerned for half a million people trapped in Mekelle

  5. New Covid-19 vaccine is 鈥渉ighly effective鈥�

    The University of Oxford and AstraZeneca announce positive trial results

  6. Ethiopia: Thousands flee fighting in Tigray

    Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gave the TPLF 72 hours to surrender

  7. Western Sahara: 鈥楳orocco should sit with us to achieve a peaceful solution to this conflict鈥�

    The Polisario Front says Morocco has broken a 29-year ceasefire, sparking a return to war

  8. Uganda minister: Police have a right to kill you

    Police in Uganda have a record of brutality

  9. Bobi Wine charged with 'acts to spread Covid-19'

    This comes after police said 37 people had died since Wednesday

  10. How a Sierra Leonian hospital decreased their birth mortality rate

    A hospital in Koidu city reduced birth mortality rate by half

  11. Bail-skipping Bushiris forfeit South Africa home

    Shepherd Bushiri has a huge following in South Africa

  12. Tear gas fired to disperse protesters in Uganda

    Bobi Wine鈥檚 supporters are calling for him to be released from police detention

  13. Ethiopia crisis: thousands continue to flee into Sudan

    Fighting has forced people in Tigray to flee over the border into Sudan

  14. Three die in Ugandan protests after Bobi Wine's arrest

    Protesters demonstrated against the arrest of Bobi Wine in Kampala's streets

  15. Fears of deaths after Bobi Wine鈥檚 arrest

    Ugandan Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi was arrested on his campaign trail

  16. Nigeria: Seun Kuti to revive the Movement of the People

    The political party was founded by his father Fela Kuti

  17. UN: 'Full-scale humanitarian crisis' unfolding in Ethiopia

    At least 27,000 people have crossed from Tigray into Sudan

  18. Ghana鈥檚 anti-corruption chief resigns unexpectedly

    Martin Amadu cited interference and a lack of freedom to do his job

  19. Nigeria: Fears that End SARS activists are being persecuted

    Activists have had bank accounts frozen and have been jailed

  20. Pastor Shepard Bushiri returns to Malawi

    The Pastor is currently on bail over fraud and corruption charges in South Africa

  21. Ethiopia: Concerns Tigray conflict could spread

    The TPLF says its forces attacked two airports in response to government air strikes

  22. At least 74 dead in shipwreck off Libya

    Those on board had been trying to reach Europe

  23. Polisario Front says Western Sahara truce is over

    Morocco says the ceasefire is intact, despite launching a military operation

  24. Ethiopia: arrest warrants out for TPLF members

    Fighting continues in Tigray, as thousands flee to Sudan

  25. AU mourns 'charismatic continental statesman'

    Ghana's former military ruler and president Jerry Rawlings has died

  26. Ghana's president declares seven days of mourning

    Ghana's former military ruler and president Jerry Rawlings has died

  27. Ghana's former president Jerry Rawlings dies aged 73

    He was seen as a champion of the poor

  28. Angolan police fire tear gas at illegal protest

    Demonstrators defied a ban on protests

  29. Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu explains why he left Tanzania

    Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu says he left for security reasons

  30. Ethiopian refugees cross into Sudan from Tigray conflict

    More soldiers have been deployed to the northern Tigray region

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