Focus on Africa
Two essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Nkechi Ogbonna. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
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Episodes (1919)
Is Ethiopia involved in Sudan war?
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Hantavirus: what you should know
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What Eswatini risks by standing with Taiwan
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Sudanese journalists win World Press Freedom Prize
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'Is diaspora written on my forehead?'
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Uganda sovereignty bill: protection or policing?
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South Africans debate the migrant question
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What’s driving the coordinated attacks across Mali?
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Tanzania’s report on election violence sparks debate
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Why more men are getting paternity tests
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Madagascar: Gen Z arrests fuel doubts over military rule
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What does the Morocco–Nigeria gas pipeline involve?
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Controversy over US deportees in DR Congo
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Kenyan children in search for British soldier dads
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ADHD and me
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Electric vehicles - fixing Africa's fuel crisis?
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Sudan war three years on
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Charmain and the Ghanaian prophet
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Pope Leo XIV begins Africa visit
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Sudan war: 'Music saved my life'
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Benin to elect new president
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US-Iran ceasefire and Africa
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Artemis II: Africa on the space frontier
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Life on the Autism Spectrum
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'My divorce glow-up'
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African countries coping in fuel crisis
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South Africa protests after Nigerian 'king' installed
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Sexual violence part of 'everyday life' in Sudan
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What UN vote on slavery reparations means
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Are Gen Z investing for vibes?
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Kenya downplays fuel shortage fears amid Iran war
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Africans in Minnesota challenge deportation threat
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Controversy regarding Nigeria's Ozoro fertility festival
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Tunisian activist jailed for eight years
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Rise in BBLs among young women
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Deadly blasts hit north-eastern Nigerian city
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Senegal stripped, Morocco awarded title
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Rise in White South Africans Returning Home
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Africa Eye: Somali soldiers fighting IS
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African domestic workers stranded in Lebanon
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Senegal doubles penalty for same-sex relationships
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Algeria revises law on French colonialism
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Africans caught up in Middle East war
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Women’s Month: Leadership and Africa’s Economy
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Afro-Iranian community grapples with new war
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US‑Israel war with Iran hits oil in Africa
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US sanctions Rwandan army
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US health deal sparks debate in Africa
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What's the Impact of US-Israel-Iran War on Africa
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'Owning my infertility story'
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