Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
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Cameroon army launches operation in North-West Region
Cameroon’s security forces have launched an operation to restore security in Bamenda.
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Cameroon army launches operation after 60 children abducted
The kidnappings took place in the South-West region
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Cameroon 'Forcibly Repatriates' Nigerians
The UN has accused Cameroon of returning more than 2,000 refugees who fled Boko Haram
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Cambridge University returns Benin bronzes
Cambridge University returns to Nigeria an artefact looted by British soldiers in 1897
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Cambridge Analytica at centre of a dispute over use of Facebook data
Questions raised about company's role in Kenya's elections.
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Calm returns to Guinea Bissau's capital after failed coup attempt
President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his cabinet were under siege for five hours
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Calls for a war crimes court in Liberia
Two civil wars have taken place in Liberia and there is still no war crimes tribunal
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Call for investigation into Darfur atrocities
Human Rights Watch wants atrocities committed in Sudan's Darfur region to be investigated
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CAF's Issa Hayatou dethroned
Change of guard at the Confederation of African football
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Business district protests banned in Kenya
The government says the measures are needed to maintain "peace and tranquility"
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Burundi’s new president Evariste Ndayishimiye is sworn in
He was backed by his predecessor, Pierre Nkurunziza, who died last week
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Burundi's President won't seek re-election
Burundi's leader to step down in 2020; An undercover football sting in Ghana and Kenya.
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Burundi's president Pierre Nkurunziza dies
A statement says he died of a heart attack
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Burundi waits for new leader
According to the constitution the president of the national assembly should step in
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Burundi Pulls Out of ICC
It is the first African state to withdraw from the Rome Statue.
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Burundi orders WHO officials to leave the country
Burundi gives World Health Organisation staffers 24 hours to leave the country.
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Burundi May elections to go ahead despite Covid-19
Campaigning for Burundi's elections begins amid concerns about the coronavirus pandemic
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Burkinabe refugees flee to neighbouring Ghana
Thousands of refugees escaping violence in Burkina Faso have fled to northern Ghana
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Burkina Faso's nuclear power plant deal with Russia
Burkina Faso's military leaders sign a deal with Russia to build a nuclear power plant
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Burkina Faso's coup leader sworn in as president
Paul-Henri Damiba vowed to uphold the constitution three weeks after seizing power
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Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré returns from exile
Burkina Faso's overthrown president, Blaise Compaoré has returned to the country
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Burkina Faso: Compaore to be tried over Sankara assassination
Blaise Compaore faces a military trial, accused of involvement in his predecessor’s murder
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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger sign defence pact
What does the ‘Sahel defence’ pact signed at the weekend really mean?
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Burkina Faso suspended from Ecowas - sources
The people are slowly coming to terms with military government in Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso shooting kills 38 people
Unidentified gunmen attacked a mining company convoy Semafo
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Burkina Faso military says it has seized power
The army cited the worsening security situation as reason for overthrowing the president
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Burkina Faso leader calls for calm after mutiny
Shots are heard in Burkina Faso's capital city amid reports of an attempted mutiny
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Burkina Faso declares two days of mourning
After 36 civilians were killed by militants
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Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast's rocky relationship
What's going on between between Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast?
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Burkina Faso ambush kills 47 people
Forty-seven soldiers and civilians were killed in an ambush by Islamist insurgents