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.
Episodes to download
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Opposition wins election in Botswana
Friday
Botswana rejects the political party that has governed for nearly 60 years
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Sudan rape victims die by suicide
Thursday
Women have taken their own lives in Sudan's Gezira state after being raped.
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Can Chad crackdown on Islamist militants?
Wednesday
Chad's president orders a mission to track down militants after an attack on an army base
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Sudan activists accuse RSF of massacre
Tuesday
Pro democracy activists said more than 100 people have been killed in Sudan
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Will Mozambique's election results be overturned?
Last Monday
The opposition in Mozambique files a lawsuit demanding a recount of the elections
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LRA Thomas Kwoyelo sentenced : A victim's testimony
Fri 25 Oct 2024
A Ugandan court has sentenced a former rebel group commander to 40 years in prison
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Ethiopia's Tigray region's education system crisis
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Tigray education bureau says 14000 teachers missing two years after civil war ended
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Sudan's proxy war
Wed 23 Oct 2024
Russia investigates reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur
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Kenya returns refugees to Turkey?
Tue 22 Oct 2024
Four refugees returned to Turkey from Kenya at the request of the Turkish government
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Food poisoning cases rise in South Africa
Mon 21 Oct 2024
South Africa's health department begins investigating food poisoning incidents
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What Kenyan youth make of deputy president's sacking
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Kenyan senators voted to remove the deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, from office
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Nigerian fuel tanker crash kills 153 people
Thu 17 Oct 2024
More than a 150 people have been killed after a fuel tanker exploded in Nigeria
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Fears of food insecurity in northern Nigeria
Wed 16 Oct 2024
How climate change is affecting food production in northeastern Nigeria
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What's the dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?
Tue 15 Oct 2024
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon ask the International Court of Justice to settle a dispute
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Africa’s deadliest migration route
Mon 14 Oct 2024
Why are migrants ready to take deadly crossing between West Africa and Canary Islands
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Why Eritrea hosted leaders from Egypt and Somalia
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Leaders from Egypt and Somalia have met in Eritrea over tensions in the Horn of Africa
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Zimbabwe in major land ownership shift
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Zimbabwean government to give black farmers titles for land seized from white farmers
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Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast's rocky relationship
Wed 9 Oct 2024
What's going on between between Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast?
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Ethiopia's first female president leaves office?
Tue 8 Oct 2024
Ethiopia’s first female president resigns as conflict intensifies in the Amhara region
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Will Mozambicans in Cabo Delgado vote?
Mon 7 Oct 2024
Mozambicans prepare to elect a new president but voting in Cabo Delgado is not guaranteed
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Chagos Islands: What next after UK hand over?
Fri 4 Oct 2024
What will change following the handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius by UK?
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Kenya's Deputy President faces impeachment
Thu 3 Oct 2024
Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is facing impeachment proceedings
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Lebanon conflict: A reporter’s witness account.
Wed 2 Oct 2024
As the Middle East crisis escalates how is the chaos of war affecting foreigners?
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DR Congo appeals to the UN
Tue 1 Oct 2024
We'll hear from the DR Congo's newly appointed Foreign Minister
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Devastating impact of cocaine on Cape Verde
Mon 30 Sep 2024
BBC Africa Eye: How some sailors were tricked into smuggling cocaine to Cape Verde
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Inside the Sudan war with the Sudanese army
Fri 27 Sep 2024
Sudan's army launches a major offensive to retake capital Khartoum
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Kenya: ‘excessive force’ used during protests
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Kenyan police accused of using excessive force during protests earlier this year
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Why is galamsey such a big deal in Ghana?
Wed 25 Sep 2024
At least 44 people were injured during a protest against illegal mining, in Ghana
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Why the opposition in Tanzania is concerned by abductions?
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Tanzanian opposition leaders temporarily arrested in bid to stop anti-abduction protest
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What the gender equity bill means for women in Ghana
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Women in Ghana demand implementation of a gender equity bill signed by the president
