Focus on Africa

A podcast by BBC World Service

559 Episodes

  1. Gender: A long journey to equality

    Published: 7/20/2023
  2. Schools in Kenya close over cost-of-living demonstrations

    Published: 7/19/2023
  3. Twitter’s Ghanaian staff without severance pay

    Published: 7/18/2023
  4. Call for investigation into Darfur atrocities

    Published: 7/17/2023
  5. Opposition boycotts new Sierra Leone parliament

    Published: 7/14/2023
  6. Is banning protests in Kenya unconstitutional?

    Published: 7/13/2023
  7. Iran's president begins Africa tour

    Published: 7/12/2023
  8. Senegal: What's driving migrants to leave?

    Published: 7/11/2023
  9. AU troops to leave Somalia by December

    Published: 7/10/2023
  10. The Russian schools ready to teach Swahili

    Published: 7/7/2023
  11. South Sudan unveils first-ever election plans

    Published: 7/6/2023
  12. Kenya lifts ban on tree cutting

    Published: 7/5/2023
  13. Senegal’s president won't seek third term

    Published: 7/4/2023
  14. Kenya widens access to sex offenders registry

    Published: 7/3/2023
  15. Mali: UN peacekeeping mandate to expire

    Published: 6/30/2023
  16. Huge inflation ahead of Zimbabwe’s election

    Published: 6/29/2023
  17. Championing African feminism

    Published: 6/28/2023
  18. Who leads Wagner in Africa now?

    Published: 6/27/2023
  19. How Sudan's clans endanger Sahel security

    Published: 6/26/2023
  20. The gangs terrorising Mogadishu

    Published: 6/23/2023

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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.