Focus on Africa

BBC

Two 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 Nkechi Ogbonna. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to...

Episodes

Could President Ramaphosa be impeached?

What came out of the Africa–France summit?

Botswana President backs Africa-France relations

Introducing: World of Secrets Searching for Soldier Dad

'Why I can't stop bleaching my skin'

Is Ethiopia involved in Sudan war?

Hantavirus: what you should know

What Eswatini risks by standing with Taiwan

Sudanese journalists win World Press Freedom Prize

'Is diaspora written on my forehead'

Uganda sovereignty bill: protection or policing?

South Africans debate the migrant question

What’s driving the coordinated attacks across Mali?

Tanzania’s report on election violence sparks debate

Why more men are getting paternity tests

Madagascar: Gen Z arrests fuel doubts over military rule

What does the Morocco–Nigeria gas pipeline involve?

Controversy over US deportees in DR Congo

Kenyan children in search for British soldier dads

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