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Focus on Africa Episodes

  1. Togo: Pastors keen to reopen churches after easing of coronavirus restrictions

    A group of pastors are calling on the authorities to let them reopen their churches.

  2. Nigeria: Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution has begun.

    The panel will investigate human rights abuses by SARS members

  3. Zanzibar presidential candidate 'arrested' as voting begins

    The main opposition party ACT Wazalendo say Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad has been detained.

  4. Seychelles opposition wins power after 43 years

    Anglican priest Wavel Ramkalawan defeated President Danny Faure

  5. Protesters march in Yaound茅 against Saturday's school shooting

    Seven children were killed in a school on Saturday

  6. Nigerian team investigating police brutality begins work

    The panel was set up by the Federal Executive Council

  7. Sudan to normalise ties with Israel

    It comes weeks after similar moves by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

  8. Nigeria: Protesters give their reaction to President Buhari speech

    The president called for an end to the #EndSARS protests across the country

  9. Libya: Rival groups sign ceasefire agreement

    'A crucial sign of hope' says UN's acting special envoy for Libya, Stephanie Williams

  10. Nigeria: President Buhari calls for an end to protests against police brutality

    He said he was pained by the loss of innocent lives and the message had been heard

  11. Nigeria: Military denies it was involved in the shooting of #EndSARS protesters

    Amnesty International say 12 people died in Tuesday's shooting in Lagos.

  12. Nigeria: Unrest continues in the wake of shootings in Lagos

    Military say they were not behind the shooting of protestors

  13. South Africa: Will plans to revive the economy succeed, after lockdown?

    President Cyril Ramaphosa聽recently announced a bold plan to revive the struggling economy

  14. Nigeria: President Buhari appeals for calm, a day after protesters were shot in Lagos.

    The #ENDSARS protestors have been calling for an end to police brutality

  15. Nigeria: Reports of military firing at SARS protestors

    Witnesses say CCTV cameras were taken down before armed men began shooting

  16. Reports of gunfire in Lagos as curfew comes into force

    The governor of Lagos State imposed a curfew on Tuesday, after weeks of protests

  17. UN humanitarian chief: 13 million people in the Sahel region need aid

    Mark Lowcock says the region is his biggest concern in terms of global crises

  18. Lagos placed under "indefinite" curfew

    State governor imposed a curfew from Tuesday afternoon after anti-Sars protests

  19. 19/10/2020 GMT

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

  20. Sudan ready to cooperate with ICC over Bashir

    A delegation led by the ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is currently in Sudan

  21. Nigeria state imposes curfew amid jailbreak

    Up to 200 prisoners break free after armed men enter facility in Benin City

  22. Tanzania border village attack 'leaves 20 dead'

    Some reports say Islamic State-linked militants carried out the attack

  23. What is keeping Nigeria鈥檚 youth on the streets?

    SARS has been accused of extrajudicial killings

  24. South Africa: Two suspected killers of white farmer attend court hearing

    White farmers say the government is failing to protect them

  25. 800,000 new jobs pledged by South Africa

    More than 1 trillion rand has also been pledged in infrastructure investment

  26. Creator of SARS supports its dissolution

    Young Nigerians say they are often targeted by rogue police officers

  27. End Sars: Nigerian army warning amid anti-police brutality protests

    Young Nigerians say they are often targeted by rogue police officers

  28. Nigerian writer J.P. Clark dies at the age of 85

    Nigerian poet and playwright J.P. Clark has died at the age of 85

  29. Bobi Wine: Police stole my presidential nomination papers

    Bobi Wine says six million signatures in support of him have gone missing

  30. Al-Shabab's 'bomb-making materials seized'

    Sulphuric acid is used to manufacture powerful explosives

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