Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
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A Peace Deal For South Sudan
The two men at the centre of South Sudan's troubles agree to a ceasefire
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A New President For Sierra Leone
Julius Maada Bio of the SLPP party is elected president with a narrow majority.
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A new hope against Malaria?
Malawi is the first country to trial a new anti-Malaria vaccine on a large scale
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A New Chapter For Eritrea and Djibouti?
After years of tension Eritrea and Djibouti are speaking peace to each other
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A multi-million dollar pledge for Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis. Will it be enough?
A pledge of over six hundred million US dollars for Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis
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A Million People Displaced By Violence In DRC
Most internally displaced persons in DR Congo moved due to increasing violence.
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A military coup in Sudan
Coup leaders dissolve the Sovereign Council and impose a state of emergency.
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A major attack on ATMIS forces in Somalia
Al Shabab claim responsibility for an attack on ATMIS forces in Somalia
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A long road to rehabilitation for 82 Chibok girls released on Sunday.
Their families ask why Nigeria's government has yet to allow them to see their daughters
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A landmark deal for Libya. How will it work?
Armed groups have agreed to leave Libya's capital, Tripoli
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A Kenyan MP demands the removal of the chief justice
A Kenyan MP demands the removal of the chief justice and musicians fight for their money.
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A Jihadi group in Mali claims responsibility for Friday's attack in Burkina Faso
A Jihadi group in Mali claims responsibility for attack in Burkina Faso
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A former warlord associated with crimes against humanity in Liberia arrested in Paris
Kunti K is said to have commanded a militia fighting Charles Taylor's insurgency
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A Dutch timber trader is convicted of complicity in Liberian war crimes
Guus Kouwenhoven is jailed for 19 years over illegal weapon deals in Liberia.
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A damning report on Tunisia's police response during attack
A damning verdict on the response by Tunisia's police to the attack that killed 38
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A court in Angola orders the seizure of assets and bank accounts belonging to Isabel Dos Santos
She's the daughter of the ex-president and often described as Africa's richest woman
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50,000 civilians to help Burkina Faso fight Islamist militants
Burkina Faso embarks on a massive recruitment of civilians in the fight against militants
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49 people killed in deadly attack on two mosques in New Zealand
At least twenty were wounded in the shootings in Christchurch.
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400 people stranded off Malta
Fears grow over the fate of hundreds of migrants stranded on a vessel destined for Europe
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3rd anniversary of Chibok abductions
Calls to help Chibok schoolgirls now facing stigmatisation despite escaping Boko Haram
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30 years since Liberia's civil war
Over a quarter of a million people lost their lives
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22 Kenyans rescued from trafficking in Laos
Kenya says it has rescued its citizens and two others from human traffickers in Laos
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21 Boys dead following circumcision ritual
In South Africa, 21 teenage boys lost their lives after a ritual circumcision
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2020 Review: How has Africa handled the big challenges?
African specialists look back at the past year and express their hopes for 2021
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14 rebel groups from the Central African Republic have signed a peace deal with the government
The CAR descended into civil war following a coup in March 2013
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12 killed in Nigeria's Plateau state
As unknown assailants open fire on unsuspecting locals
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100 dead in Nigeria's worst flood
Over 100 dead and thousands displaced in Nigeria's worst flood in a decade.
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"No to Torture" - Museveni
Uganda's President Museveni warns his security forces against using torture.
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‘Terrorist explosion’ rocks Tunisia capital
A woman detonated an explosive belt in a central area of the Tunisian capital
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‘Sex for grades’: Undercover report expose sexual harassment
Following a year long investigation of two of the top universities in Nigeria and Ghana