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Oct 27, 2025 · 33 min
Tanzanian elections: What issues are young people concerned about?
Tanzanians head to the polls on 29 October to elect their next president
Oct 23, 2025 · 32 min
Focus on Africa: Hundreds of stolen social media identities used to spread propaganda
Stolen photos of Somali and Muslim influencers are used to push political propaganda
Oct 21, 2025 · 29 min
Focus on Africa Can DRC be declared ebola free?
The last ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is on the road to recovery
Oct 15, 2025 · 32 min
Focus on Africa: What led to the downfall of Madagascar's president
The military seizes power in Madagascar after President Andry Rajoelina flees
Oct 13, 2025 · 38 min
Focus on Africa: Militants' blockade paralyses Mali-Senegal trade corridor
The blockade by the JNIM group has sparked fuel shortages in Mali's capital city, Bamako
Oct 3, 2025 · 27 min
Focus on Africa: Can Botswana continue to depend on its diamond industry?
Demand for Botswana's diamonds has fallen due to a decline in the global market
Sep 12, 2025 · 35 min
Focus on Africa: Who is Uganda's Joseph Kony?
The ICC hears pre-trial war crime charges against the Ugandan warlord
Sep 9, 2025 · 31 min
Focus on Africa: Ethiopia opens huge dam despite outside opposition
Egypt and Sudan have been opposed to the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Sep 5, 2025 · 32 min
Focus on Africa: Is the jailing of a former Zambian minister a watershed moment?
Zambia's former foreign minister Joseph Malanji and a co-accused get prison terms
Sep 3, 2025 · 30 min
Focus on Africa: Sudan landslide: Race to find survivors
The UN says at least 370 people have died after a landslide in Sudan’s Darfur region
Sep 1, 2025 · 32 min
Focus on Africa: South Africa building fire: What happened to survivors?
More than 70 people died in the Usindiso building in central Johannesburg in 2023
Aug 28, 2025 · 28 min
Focus on Africa: Mauritania accused of widespread abuses against migrants
Human Rights Watch allege EU deal fuelling Mauritania's abuse of African migrants
Aug 26, 2025 · 30 min
Focus on Africa: Kenya's starvation cult: New bodies found
Fears a Kenya mass starvation cult is still active after new bodies found
Aug 22, 2025 · 32 min
Focus on Africa: Exploring Africa-Japan trade ties
A Japan-Africa summit proposes stronger economic collaboration
Aug 20, 2025 · 27 min
Focus on Africa: Increased concerns over missing Ethiopia journalists
At least two journalists disappear in Ethiopia raising concerns over media freedom
Aug 15, 2025 · 33 min
Focus on Africa: Nigeria negotiates $346m arms deal with US
The US weapons sale to Nigeria likely to include munitions, precision bombs and rockets
Aug 11, 2025 · 32 min
Focus on Africa: Activists block foreigners from South African hospitals
Dozens of anti-migrant groups in South Africa have reportedly blocked healthcare services
Jul 31, 2025 · 31 min
Focus on Africa: What is fuelling Angola's fuel protests?
Several people have died across Angola after widespread protests against fuel prices
Jul 25, 2025 · 34 min
Focus on Africa: Who are the CAR commanders jailed for war crimes?
The ICC jails two members of a militia in the Central African Republic for war crimes
Jul 23, 2025 · 29 min
How has Goma changed under M23 fighters?
M23 took control of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, six months ago

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