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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. African perspectives on the US election

    Comparisons with the stereotype of an election in Africa

  2. HIV 鈥渂reakthrough鈥� developed in South African lab

    Scientists at Wits University have been working on a revolutionary PrEP injection

  3. AU calls for Tigray ceasefire

    Sudan says 3,000 refugees have crossed the border

  4. Africa CDC director: What a Covid-19 vaccine could mean

    John Nkengasong speaks to Focus on Africa鈥檚 Bola Mosuro

  5. Fighting continues in Ethiopia's Tigray region

    Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has replaced the head of the army

  6. What would a potential coronavirus vaccine mean for Africa?

    Drug firm Pfizer says tests show its experimental vaccine is 90% effective

  7. Ivorian government to sue opposition leaders

    They are being sued for 鈥渟edition鈥�

  8. ICC opens case over Kenyan poll violence

    Paul Gicheru appeared via video link from the court's detention centre in The Hague

  9. Ethiopian PM said he 'tried to avoid' Tigray war

    The PM announced a military operation against the Tigray region on Wednesday

  10. The Gambian entrepreneur producing his own chocolate

    Fady Hocheimy taught himself how to make chocolate

  11. Tanzania's president sworn in after disputed poll

    Mr Magufuli won 84% of the vote, in a poll rejected by the opposition as fraudulent

  12. Tigray crisis: Why are there fears of civil war in Ethiopia

    The Tigray election held in defiance of the federal government heightened tensions

  13. Talking race and the 2020 US election

    Leonardo and Zweli founded what's said to be the country's first Zimbabwean restaurant

  14. Bars and clubs to close as Kenya goes into lockdown again

    The coronavirus death toll in Kenya has now surpassed 1,000

  15. Ethiopian PM declares state of emergency in Tigray

    Abiy Ahmed has accused Tigray's local government of attacking federal troops

  16. Liberia's money shortage

    There has been no official explanation for the shortage of Liberian Dollars

  17. Allegations of police brutality in Nigeria's Rivers State

    Focus on Africa speaks to Ken Henshaw from the local NGO We the People

  18. Ivory Coast: President Alassane Ouattara re-elected with 94% of the vote

    Many opposition figures boycotted the vote as the incumbent ran for a third term

  19. Ethiopia 'takes action' after Oromia civilians killed

    Resident said dozens had been rounded up and killed, houses burned and livestock stolen

  20. 'Fear and anxiety' marred Ivory Coast poll 鈥� observers

    The opposition boycotted the election because President Ouattara is seeking a third term

  21. Tanzania elections: Opposition leader Freeman Mbowe arrested

    The Chadema party allege that ballot boxes were tampered with during Wednesday's election

  22. Ghana activists push government to rescue maids from Lebanon

    The Middle East is a popular destination for some African women who seek work as maids

  23. 18 year prison sentence for Westgate Mall attackers

    At least 67 people died in the assault by al-Shabab militants

  24. Tanzania's ruling party wins 99% of seats so far

    There are 264 constituencies in total

  25. Hundreds arrested in Angolan protests are due to face mass trial

    At least 100 people have been arrested following violent anti-government protests

  26. Zanzibar elects new president

    Hussein Mwinyi is the son of a former president from the same political party

  27. Tanzanian opposition 'won't accept poll results'

    There have been concerns over the credibility of the election results

  28. Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala favourite to become head of WTO

    If appointed Dr Okonjo-Iweala will be the first African and first woman to hold the role.

  29. WHO says 鈥榙ramatic rise鈥� in coronavirus cases in Kenya

    The World Health Organisation say the country reported 4,594 new cases in the past week.

  30. Tanzanians vote in presidential election

    Around 29 million people are registered to vote in presidential and parliamentary polls

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