Focus on Africa

Three essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the news from Africa. Hosted by Audrey Brown. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.

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What Kenyan youth make of deputy president's sacking
Kenyan senators voted to remove the deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, from office
26 mins18 Oct 2024
Nigerian fuel tanker crash kills 153 people
More than a 150 people have been killed after a fuel tanker exploded in Nigeria
31 mins17 Oct 2024
Fears of food insecurity in northern Nigeria
How climate change is affecting food production in northeastern Nigeria
32 mins16 Oct 2024
What's the dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon ask the International Court of Justice to settle a dispute
31 mins15 Oct 2024
Africa’s deadliest migration route
Why are migrants ready to take deadly crossing between West Africa and Canary Islands
29 mins14 Oct 2024
Why Eritrea hosted leaders from Egypt and Somalia
Leaders from Egypt and Somalia have met in Eritrea over tensions in the Horn of Africa
31 mins11 Oct 2024
Zimbabwe in major land ownership shift
Zimbabwean government to give black farmers titles for land seized from white farmers
27 mins10 Oct 2024
Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast's rocky relationship
What's going on between between Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast?
31 mins09 Oct 2024
Ethiopia's first female president leaves office?
Ethiopia’s first female president resigns as conflict intensifies in the Amhara region
32 mins08 Oct 2024
Will Mozambicans in Cabo Delgado vote?
Mozambicans prepare to elect a new president but voting in Cabo Delgado is not guaranteed
30 mins07 Oct 2024
Chagos Islands: What next after UK hand over?
What will change following the handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius by UK?
31 mins04 Oct 2024
Kenya's Deputy President faces impeachment
Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is facing impeachment proceedings
35 mins03 Oct 2024
Lebanon conflict: A reporter’s witness account.
As the Middle East crisis escalates how is the chaos of war affecting foreigners?
27 mins02 Oct 2024
DR Congo appeals to the UN
We'll hear from the DR Congo's newly appointed Foreign Minister
28 mins01 Oct 2024
Devastating impact of cocaine on Cape Verde
BBC Africa Eye: How some sailors were tricked into smuggling cocaine to Cape Verde
31 mins30 Sep 2024
Inside the Sudan war with the Sudanese army
Sudan's army launches a major offensive to retake capital Khartoum
31 mins27 Sep 2024
Kenya: ‘excessive force’ used during protests
Kenyan police accused of using excessive force during protests earlier this year
31 mins26 Sep 2024
Why is galamsey such a big deal in Ghana?
At least 44 people were injured during a protest against illegal mining, in Ghana
34 mins25 Sep 2024
Why the opposition in Tanzania is concerned by abductions?
Tanzanian opposition leaders temporarily arrested in bid to stop anti-abduction protest
29 mins24 Sep 2024
What the gender equity bill means for women in Ghana
Women in Ghana demand implementation of a gender equity bill signed by the president
33 mins23 Sep 2024
Why Nigeria risks floods from waters released by Cameroon
Eleven states in Nigeria put on flood alert as Cameroon releases dam water
31 mins20 Sep 2024
The abduction of children in South Sudan
Why are over one thousand children still missing in Pibor, South Sudan?
30 mins19 Sep 2024
Why is Ghana's opposition demanding a voters roll audit ?
Members of Ghana’s main opposition party protest nationwide for voter register audit
28 mins18 Sep 2024
Will Kenya’s labour deal with Germany work?
Kenya has struck a deal for skilled and semi-skilled workers to seek jobs in Germany
33 mins17 Sep 2024
Why did Senegal's president dissolve parliament?
Senegal’s President Faye recently dissolved the opposition dominated National Assembly
31 mins16 Sep 2024
City of Maiduguri submerged in heaviest flooding
Thousands displaced in northeastern Nigeria after a colllapsed dam caused severe flooding
32 mins13 Sep 2024
Kenya airports: Who is Adani group?
Kenyan airport workers have protested takeover bid by India’s Adani Group
31 mins12 Sep 2024
Reflections a year since floods in Derna
A year ago, two dams burst near the city of Derna in Libya, killing thousands of people.
36 mins11 Sep 2024
Is laxity behind schools fires in Kenya?
At least 21 children died in a fire at a boarding school in central Kenya last week.
30 mins10 Sep 2024
Why Algeria's President is not a uniting figure
Algeria's incumbent President Abdelmajid Tebboune is re-elected amid low voter turn out.
31 mins09 Sep 2024