Focus on Africa

A podcast by BBC World Service

566 Episodes

  1. What Ethiopia floating its currency means.

    Published: 7/30/2024
  2. What is the suspect South African military camp training Libyans?

    Published: 7/29/2024
  3. Will Africa shine at the Paris Olympics?

    Published: 7/26/2024
  4. Can the flow of arms into conflict-hit Sudan be stopped?

    Published: 7/25/2024
  5. Why young people in Uganda are annoyed by corruption?

    Published: 7/24/2024
  6. Why was Zambia's anti-corruption board dissolved?

    Published: 7/23/2024
  7. Why there is concern about Angola's proposed anti- vandalism law ?

    Published: 7/22/2024
  8. How can building collapses in Nigeria be prevented?

    Published: 7/19/2024
  9. Can South Africa's government of national unity really work?

    Published: 7/18/2024
  10. Could new EU environmental rules shut African crops out of European markets?

    Published: 7/17/2024
  11. Is the church in Kenya too close to the government?

    Published: 7/16/2024
  12. Can public hearings into Zimbabwe's 'genocide' of the 1980s bring healing and national unity?

    Published: 7/15/2024
  13. Does an Ecowas court ruling on police brutality on protestors in Nigeria go far enough?

    Published: 7/12/2024
  14. Unfarmed land leaves millions staring at hunger in Sudan

    Published: 7/11/2024
  15. Can Ghana afford to pay striking civil servants?

    Published: 7/10/2024
  16. Why land routes through Africa are more dangerous for migrants than Mediterranean crossings

    Published: 7/9/2024
  17. What can the breakaway confederation do without Ecowas?

    Published: 7/8/2024
  18. Can Burkina Faso's military government counter deadly jihadist attacks?

    Published: 7/5/2024
  19. Can South Sudan hold its first post-independence elections this year?

    Published: 7/4/2024
  20. Why do the British and French elections matter to Africa?

    Published: 7/3/2024

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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.