Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
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Tuesday, 1st September 2015
Al-Shabab attack an African Union base in Somalia.
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Tuesday, 1st December 2015
Transparency International release report on perceptions of corruption in Africa.
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Tuesday, 19th May 2015
UN reports of children being targeted for rape and murder in South Sudan.
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Tuesday, 19th May 2015
Today: Another day of protests in Burundi against the president's third term bid.
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Tuesday, 19th July 2016
South Sudan responds angrily to AU plans for a protection force
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Tuesday, 19th January 2016
Kenya's president vows to defeat al-Shabaab after last week's deadly attack.
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Tuesday, 19th April 2016
Over two hundred arrested in Zambia following looting and rioting targeting Rwandans
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Tuesday, 18th of October 2016
鈥淒r Machar has no place in South Sudan鈥檚 politics,鈥� presidential spokesperson says.
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Tuesday, 17th November 2015
Russia admits bomb downed plane in Egypt
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Tuesday, 17th May 2016
In Zimbabwe: The pastor behind #thisflag. Plus the challenge of living with hypertension.
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Tuesday, 16th June 2015
An Egyptian court confirms the death sentence against former President Mohamed Morsi.
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Tuesday, 16th February 2016
Uganda's presidential election candidates enter their final day of campaigning.
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Tuesday, 16th August 2016
Did UN peacekeepers in South Sudan fail to respond to an attack on aid workers?
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Tuesday, 15th of November 2016
Egypt鈥檚 highest court overturns a death sentence on deposed President Mohammed Morsi
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Tuesday, 15th March 2016
Nigeria's NNPC stands accused of failing to hand over $16bn dollars to the treasury.
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Tuesday, 14th July 2015
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is one step closer to standing for a 3rd term.
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Tuesday, 13th September 2016
Zambia's President Edgar Lungu is sworn in. Meet Phiona Mutesi, the star of Queen Katwe
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Tuesday, 13th October 2015
An armed group in Libya abducts hundreds of Tunisian workers.
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Tuesday, 13th December 2016
West African leaders in Gambia to persuade Yahya Jammeh to step down.
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Tuesday, 12th May 2015
More protests as Burundi's president refuses to delay elections. We hear from one of a...
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Tuesday, 12th July 2016
Will the ceasefire hold in South Sudan?
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Tuesday, 12th January 2016
Kenya's Deputy President Ruto appears before the ICC to ask them to dismiss the charges
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Tuesday, 12th April 2016
As the IMF points to a global economic slowdown - how will this affect Africa?
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Tuesday, 11th October 2016.
After months of bloody protests, Ethiopia now wants to reform the electoral system.
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Tuesday, 11th August 2015
A deadly blast at a market in the city of Maiduguri.
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Tuesday, 11th April 2017
African migrants sold in Libya 'slave markets'.
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Tuesday, 10th May 2016
Warnings of a global medical emergency - if a yellow fever vaccine shortage is not met.
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Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Ethiopia's Prime Minister replaces key members of his cabinet
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Tuesday 8th September 2015
Sierra Leone suffers another setback in the fight against Ebola.
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Tuesday 8th November
America decides - Clinton or Trump; but how much do the US elections matter to Africans?
