Focus on Africa Podcast
Three 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 Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
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Rwandan former combatants resettle in the country
Tue 24 May 2022
Rwandan ex-combatants and their families are allowed to resettle in the country
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Hopes are fading fast for trapped miners in Burkina Faso
Tue 17 May 2022
Frustration and despair as hope of finding miners alive ebb away
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Africa in the grip of a fuel crisis
Mon 9 May 2022
What can African governments do to weather the storm of the fuel crisis?
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A major attack on ATMIS forces in Somalia
Tue 3 May 2022
Al Shabab claim responsibility for an attack on ATMIS forces in Somalia
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Report alleges Zuma put self-interest over country
Fri 29 Apr 2022
A report into 'state capture' in South Africa makes serious allegations against Zuma
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Concerns over police-enforced brutality and disappearances in Kenya
Wed 27 Apr 2022
Concerns about the rise in police brutality and disappearances in Kenya
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Angola suspends salaries of striking doctors
Fri 1 Apr 2022
Angola suspends salaries of striking doctors
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'Historic' day as DR Congo joins East Africa trade bloc
Tue 29 Mar 2022
A virtual summit was held to welcome DR Congo as the EAC's seventh member
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Malawi ramps up polio vaccination after outbreak
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Polio usually affects children under five
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Is Ethiopia to blame for deaths of MSF staff in Tigray?
Fri 18 Mar 2022
Were Ethiopian government forces responsible for the deaths of MSF workers in Tigray?
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South Africa asked to mediate in Ukraine war - Ramaphosa
Fri 11 Mar 2022
Mr Ramaphosa did not say who had made the approach
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Kenya's 'boda-bodas' taxis are ordered to re-register
Tue 8 Mar 2022
Kenya's president orders crackdown on motorbike taxis after a woman was attacked
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Ukraine: Why did Eritrea vote against UN resolution?
Mon 7 Mar 2022
Eritrea was one of only five countries to vote against a UN resolution condemning Russia
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African nationals still trapped in Ukraine
Tue 1 Mar 2022
The UN says two-thirds of a million refugees have fled Ukraine
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Trial of Kenyan lawyer begins at the ICC
Tue 15 Feb 2022
Paul Gicheru denies corruptly influencing witnesses in William Ruto's case
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Former Sudanese ruling council member arrested
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Mohamed al-Faki Suleiman was picked up near his home, his relatives said
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Zimbabwe: teachers suspended for pay strike take legal action
Fri 11 Feb 2022
The education minister said the teachers would be suspended without pay for three months
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Uganda investigating novelist's torture allegations
Thu 10 Feb 2022
Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija won a prestigious prize last year
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Covid: South Africa makes its own version of Moderna vaccine
Fri 4 Feb 2022
Africa currently has the lowest uptake of Covid vaccines in the world
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Mali coup 'contagious' in region says chair of Ecowas
Thu 3 Feb 2022
An Ecowas meeting was called in response to last month's coup in Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso suspended from Ecowas - sources
Fri 28 Jan 2022
The people are slowly coming to terms with military government in Burkina Faso
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Ghana explosion: at least 13 dead after huge blast near mining town
Fri 21 Jan 2022
Rescue and recovery operations continue
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Many feared dead after huge explosion in Ghana
Thu 20 Jan 2022
Videos show many destroyed buildings and scattered debris near Bogoso
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South Africa opens a new Covid vaccine plant
Wed 19 Jan 2022
A new Covid vaccine plant opens in Cape Town, South Africa
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The TPLF calls for a ceasefire in the Ethiopia conflict
Mon 20 Dec 2021
The leader of the TPLF calls for a ceasefire in the Ethiopia conflict
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Benin opposition leader in court on terror charges
Fri 10 Dec 2021
The former justice minister has been detained for more than eight months
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US Senator says civil war could see Ethiopia break apart
Tue 7 Dec 2021
US senator says only dialogue could bring an end to the civil war
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Nigerian diplomat accuses UK of 'travel apartheid'
Mon 6 Dec 2021
Nigeria has been placed on the UK's travel red list
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Covid: South Africa new cases double in 24 hours as Omicron spreads
Thu 2 Dec 2021
South Africa's president urges everyone to get vaccinated
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Omicron variant present in Nigeria health body says
Wed 1 Dec 2021
The Nigerian health body says contact tracing is underway
