Focus on Africa

A podcast by BBC World Service

634 Episodes

  1. What can the Sudan ceasefire talks in Geneva achieve?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 7/31/2024
  9. What Ethiopia floating its currency means.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 7/15/2024

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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.