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Focus on Africa Episodes

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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

  2. Somali president promises to defeat al-Shabab in two years

    President Mohamed Abdullahi "Farmajo" Mohamed says al-Shabab can be defeated.

  3. 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�

  4. Somali President calls for arms' embargo end to defeat al-Shabab

    Farmajo warns the battle against al-Shabab could continue for a decade.

  5. Somali president announces major shake-up to security services

    Al-Shabab fighters offered amnesty as new Somali president declares war

  6. Somali parliamentarians prepare for presidential vote

    The process follows numerous setbacks.

  7. Somali military commander killed in al-Shabab attack

    The militants attacked an army base north of Mogadishu

  8. Somali families turn to social media to find fate of dear ones

    How young Somalians are turning to social media to connect families

  9. Soldiers in Uganda Caught on Tape Assaulting a Journalist

    Ugandan soldiers assault journalist; a year of 大象传媒 Pidgin; Wenger gets award from Weah

  10. Social distancing in Africa's most populous city

    Lagos introduces new measures aimed at contrasting the spread of the Covid19 disease

  11. Sixty-five Nigerian Shia Muslims arraigned in several courts in Abuja

    The arrests come after three days of protests and violent clashes with police

  12. Sixty killed in dynamite blast at gold mine

    Dozens more injured in Burkina Faso after sticks of dynamite in a market blew up

  13. Six African nations to get mRNA vaccine technology

    The new African hub will help the continent acquire self-reliance against Covid

  14. 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

  15. Sierra Leonean women stranded in Lebanon

    They say they've escaped abusive employers, but don't have the funds to return home

  16. Sierra Leone鈥檚 loitering laws declared discriminatory

    Why did the ECOWAS Court declare Sierra Leone鈥檚 loitering laws discriminatory?

  17. Sierra Leone's response to mudslide's victims questioned

    Plan includes making victims pay for their houses.

  18. Sierra Leone's IMF Loan Payments Suspended

    Transfers suspended as government broke disbursement conditions

  19. Sierra Leone's Former President Accused Of Plundering Public Resources

    Report claims former president Koroma oversaw stealing of Sierra Leone's wealth

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Sierra Leone votes for new president

    In the capital, Freetown, long queues could be seen at polling stations even before dawn.

  23. Sierra Leone prepares for election run-off

    The country will choose a new president on March 31st

  24. Sierra Leone opposition ends parliament boycott

    Sierra Leone's APC opposition party has finally agreed to take its seats in parliament

  25. Sierra Leone is battling with a 'silent epidemic' of sexual and gender based violence

    Police say the cases of sexual violence has almost doubled in one year

  26. Sierra Leone imposes curfew following protests

    About 130 people have been arrested after anti-government protests in Sierra Leone

  27. Sierra Leone has banned child marriage

    Sierra Leone's parliament this week approved a law banning child marriage

  28. Sierra Leone gives power to the people in a small village

    Bathurst, on the outskirts of the capital Freetown, gets electricity for the first time

  29. Sierra Leone gears up for general elections

    Sierra Leone to hold its fifth election since the end of a brutal civil war in 2002

  30. Sierra Leone facing a youth drug crisis

    Sierra Leone declares an emergency over drug abuse amongst young people

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