Focus on Africa

A podcast by BBC World Service

566 Episodes

  1. What is behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso?

    Published: 8/27/2024
  2. Why are the Maasai in Tanzania contesting relocation from a heritage site?

    Published: 8/26/2024
  3. Wagner: Have Russian operations in Africa changed?

    Published: 8/23/2024
  4. Why are fatal boat accidents so common in DR Congo?

    Published: 8/22/2024
  5. Why are African workers being prevented from leaving Lebanon?

    Published: 8/21/2024
  6. How a sexual assualt viral video outraged Tanzania

    Published: 8/20/2024
  7. Why is Cape Town evicting homeless people from the city centre?

    Published: 8/19/2024
  8. Why does a Chinese company want to seize Nigeria's assets?

    Published: 8/16/2024
  9. Can Africa tackle the Mpox public health emergency?

    Published: 8/15/2024
  10. Uganda's LRA trial: Who is Thomas Kwoyelo?

    Published: 8/14/2024
  11. Why are politicians being arrested in Tunisia?

    Published: 8/13/2024
  12. Did the 'tuna bond' scandal change Mozambique?

    Published: 8/12/2024
  13. What can the Sudan ceasefire talks in Geneva achieve?

    Published: 8/9/2024
  14. How fake medicines could be contributing to the deaths of over half a million Africans

    Published: 8/8/2024
  15. Why has Mali cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine?

    Published: 8/7/2024
  16. What's behind the violent protests in the UK?

    Published: 8/6/2024
  17. Will protests in Somalia against Al-Shabab militants bring change?

    Published: 8/5/2024
  18. Why is Algeria's Imane Khelif at the centre of controversy at the Paris Olympics?

    Published: 8/2/2024
  19. Why have Kenyan authorities ordered the cull of over a million crows?

    Published: 8/1/2024
  20. Why were members of Uganda’s opposition party deported from Kenya?

    Published: 7/31/2024

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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.