Africa Daily Podcast
Africa Daily has now come to an end. But do listen to Focus on Africa for all the big stories and for the African perspective on major global news. Hosted by Audrey Brown and ready by late afternoon every weekday. Search for Focus on Africa, wherever you get your ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ podcasts.
Episodes to download
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Focus on Africa: Who is Uganda's Joseph Kony?
Last Friday
The ICC hears pre-trial war crime charges against the Ugandan warlord
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Focus on Africa: Ethiopia opens huge dam despite outside opposition
Tue 9 Sep 2025
Egypt and Sudan have been opposed to the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
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Focus on Africa: Is the jailing of a former Zambian minister a watershed moment?
Fri 5 Sep 2025
Zambia's former foreign minister Joseph Malanji and a co-accused get prison terms
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Focus on Africa: Sudan landslide: Race to find survivors
Wed 3 Sep 2025
The UN says at least 370 people have died after a landslide in Sudan’s Darfur region
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Focus on Africa: South Africa building fire: What happened to survivors?
Mon 1 Sep 2025
More than 70 people died in the Usindiso building in central Johannesburg in 2023
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Focus on Africa: Mauritania accused of widespread abuses against migrants
Thu 28 Aug 2025
Human Rights Watch allege EU deal fuelling Mauritania's abuse of African migrants
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Focus on Africa: Kenya's starvation cult: New bodies found
Tue 26 Aug 2025
Fears a Kenya mass starvation cult is still active after new bodies found
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Focus on Africa: Exploring Africa-Japan trade ties
Fri 22 Aug 2025
A Japan-Africa summit proposes stronger economic collaboration
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Focus on Africa: Increased concerns over missing Ethiopia journalists
Wed 20 Aug 2025
At least two journalists disappear in Ethiopia raising concerns over media freedom
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Focus on Africa: Nigeria negotiates $346m arms deal with US
Fri 15 Aug 2025
The US weapons sale to Nigeria likely to include munitions, precision bombs and rockets
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Focus on Africa: Activists block foreigners from South African hospitals
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Dozens of anti-migrant groups in South Africa have reportedly blocked healthcare services
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Focus on Africa: What is fuelling Angola's fuel protests?
Thu 31 Jul 2025
Several people have died across Angola after widespread protests against fuel prices
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Focus on Africa: Who are the CAR commanders jailed for war crimes?
Fri 25 Jul 2025
The ICC jails two members of a militia in the Central African Republic for war crimes
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How has Goma changed under M23 fighters?
Wed 23 Jul 2025
M23 took control of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, six months ago
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Focus on Africa: Why Burkina Faso discarded its Electoral Commission
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Burkina Faso's military rulers say the interior ministry will handle future elections
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Focus on Africa: Cameroon's president seeks re-election at age 92
Thu 17 Jul 2025
The world's oldest head of state, Paul Biya, is aiming to extend his 43 years in power
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Focus on Africa: Ghanaians lured into football job scam
Wed 9 Jul 2025
Several young Ghanaians were trafficked to Nigeria under a fraudulent recruitment scheme
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Focus on Africa: Why has polio re-emerged in Angola?
Tue 1 Jul 2025
Angola was certified polio-free in 2015 but is now facing a new outbreak of the disease
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Focus on Africa: Russia's Wagner Group leaves Mali
Tue 10 Jun 2025
Russia says the paramilitary group Wagner has accomplished its mission in Mali
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Focus on Africa: South Africa's human trafficking problem
Fri 30 May 2025
The case of the missing 6-year-old Joshlin Smith exposes human trafficking in South Africa
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Focus on Africa: US halts international student visa applications
Thu 29 May 2025
US embassies to stop appointments for student visas. How is Africa affected?
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Focus on Africa: African leaders attend Russia's Security Summit
Wed 28 May 2025
Over forty African countries attend Russia's International Security Summit in Moscow
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Focus on Africa: Uganda suspends German military co-operation
Tue 27 May 2025
Uganda's army recently announced the suspension of military cooperation with Germany
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Sudan’s displaced footballers’ winning streak in Mauritania
Fri 23 May 2025
Al Hilal Omdurman is now assured of finishing top of a league 5000km from their home.
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Why do so many children go missing in South Africa?
Thu 22 May 2025
The disappearance of children in South Africa has been described as a crisis
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Can chess help children displaced by conflict to rebuild their lives?
Wed 21 May 2025
Over 3 million people have been displaced in Nigeria and more than half are kids
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What’s the future of nursing in Africa?
Tue 20 May 2025
Two nurses who are redefining the role and leading the way
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What do the deaths of three young girls reveal about gender based violence in Namibia?
Mon 19 May 2025
The girls were killed in separate but eerily similar circumstances in Okahandja
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Is Joseph Kabila about to lose his immunity from prosecution?
Fri 16 May 2025
On Thursday the Senate in the DRC began to examine an indictment request against Kabila