Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
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Somalia has a new President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo
Somalia has a new President. S. Africa deploys army ahead of State of Nation address
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Somalia Grants Fishing Licences To China
Tuna fishing licences granted to Chinese fishing boats off Somali coast
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Somalia Floods 鈥淭icking Time-Bomb鈥 For Disease
Norwegian agency warns of threat of diseases like cholera and malaria in Somalia.
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Somalia finally swears in new MPs
A new parliament is finally formed in the Somali capital Mogadishu
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Somalia condemns Ethiopia-Somaliland port deal
Somaliland鈥檚 decision to give Ethiopia access to the sea sparks fury in Somalia
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Somalia cancels UAE agreements over sovereignty
Somalia ends UAE deals, including ports and defence, citing sovereignty concerns
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Somali president promises to defeat al-Shabab in two years
President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed says al-Shabab can be defeated.
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Somali president hits back at PM on envoy's expulsion
Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble declared the African Union envoy 鈥榩ersona non grata鈥
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Somali President calls for arms' embargo end to defeat al-Shabab
Farmajo warns the battle against al-Shabab could continue for a decade.
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Somali president announces major shake-up to security services
Al-Shabab fighters offered amnesty as new Somali president declares war
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Somali parliamentarians prepare for presidential vote
The process follows numerous setbacks.
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Somali military commander killed in al-Shabab attack
The militants attacked an army base north of Mogadishu
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Somali fighters in Kenya spark fears
An incursion of Somali paramilitaries from Jubaland region sparks fear in Kenya
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Somali families turn to social media to find fate of dear ones
How young Somalians are turning to social media to connect families
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Soldiers in Uganda Caught on Tape Assaulting a Journalist
Ugandan soldiers assault journalist; a year of 麻豆社 Pidgin; Wenger gets award from Weah
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Social distancing in Africa's most populous city
Lagos introduces new measures aimed at contrasting the spread of the Covid19 disease
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Sixty-five Nigerian Shia Muslims arraigned in several courts in Abuja
The arrests come after three days of protests and violent clashes with police
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Sixty killed in dynamite blast at gold mine
Dozens more injured in Burkina Faso after sticks of dynamite in a market blew up
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Six African nations to get mRNA vaccine technology
The new African hub will help the continent acquire self-reliance against Covid
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Situation in Sudan 100 days since fight started
A hundred days since fighting broke out between Sudan鈥檚 army and the Rapid Support Forces
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Sierra Leonean women stranded in Lebanon
They say they've escaped abusive employers, but don't have the funds to return home
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Sierra Leone鈥檚 loitering laws declared discriminatory
Why did the ECOWAS Court declare Sierra Leone鈥檚 loitering laws discriminatory?
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Sierra Leone's response to mudslide's victims questioned
Plan includes making victims pay for their houses.
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Sierra Leone's IMF Loan Payments Suspended
Transfers suspended as government broke disbursement conditions
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Sierra Leone's Former President Accused Of Plundering Public Resources
Report claims former president Koroma oversaw stealing of Sierra Leone's wealth
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Sierra Leone: Who is Hawa Hunt and why was she arrested?
A social media influencer is in jail in Freetown for allegdly making insults
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Sierra Leone: protests over the murder and rape of 5 year old Kadija
According to an autopsy report she died as a result of rape
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Sierra Leone: 30-year anniversary of the start of brutal civil war
Sierra Leone鈥檚 civil war lasted 10 years with 50,000 deaths and two million displaced
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Sierra Leone votes for new president
In the capital, Freetown, long queues could be seen at polling stations even before dawn.
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Sierra Leone steps up fight against kush
Sierra Leone announces a special court and task force to combat the illegal drug, kush