Focus on Africa Podcast
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.
Episodes to download
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Inside the Sudan war with the Sudanese army
Fri 27 Sep 2024
Sudan's army launches a major offensive to retake capital Khartoum
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Kenya: 鈥榚xcessive force鈥� used during protests
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Kenyan police accused of using excessive force during protests earlier this year
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Why is galamsey such a big deal in Ghana?
Wed 25 Sep 2024
At least 44 people were injured during a protest against illegal mining, in Ghana
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Why the opposition in Tanzania is concerned by abductions?
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Tanzanian opposition leaders temporarily arrested in bid to stop anti-abduction protest
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What the gender equity bill means for women in Ghana
Mon 23 Sep 2024
Women in Ghana demand implementation of a gender equity bill signed by the president
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Why Nigeria risks floods from waters released by Cameroon
Fri 20 Sep 2024
Eleven states in Nigeria put on flood alert as Cameroon releases dam water
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The abduction of children in South Sudan
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Why are over one thousand children still missing in Pibor, South Sudan?
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Why is Ghana's opposition demanding a voters roll audit ?
Wed 18 Sep 2024
Members of Ghana鈥檚 main opposition party protest nationwide for voter register audit
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Will Kenya鈥檚 labour deal with Germany work?
Tue 17 Sep 2024
Kenya has struck a deal for skilled and semi-skilled workers to seek jobs in Germany
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Why did Senegal's president dissolve parliament?
Mon 16 Sep 2024
Senegal鈥檚 President Faye recently dissolved the opposition dominated National Assembly
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City of Maiduguri submerged in heaviest flooding
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Thousands displaced in northeastern Nigeria after a colllapsed dam caused severe flooding
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Kenya airports: Who is Adani group?
Thu 12 Sep 2024
Kenyan airport workers have protested takeover bid by India鈥檚 Adani Group
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Reflections a year since floods in Derna
Wed 11 Sep 2024
A year ago, two dams burst near the city of Derna in Libya, killing thousands of people.
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Is laxity behind 聽schools fires in Kenya?
Tue 10 Sep 2024
At least 21 children died in a fire at a boarding school in central Kenya last week.
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Why Algeria's President is not a uniting figure
Mon 9 Sep 2024
Algeria's incumbent President Abdelmajid Tebboune is re-elected amid low voter turn out.
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South Africa's ANC party denies allegations of murders.
Fri 6 Sep 2024
ANC party denies allegations of killing human rights activists in South Africa.
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The death of Rebecca Cheptegei
Thu 5 Sep 2024
Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies after being doused in petrol and set on fire
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Dozens killed in DR Congo jailbreak
Wed 4 Sep 2024
Attempted jail break from largest prison in DR Congo鈥檚 capital causes 129 deaths,
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Have Chinese satellites benefitted Africa?
Tue 3 Sep 2024
Has China's mission to win African hearts via satellite TV worked?
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Tensions rise between Ethiopia, Egypt and Somalia
Mon 2 Sep 2024
Ethiopia grows concerned over a military pact between Egypt and Somalia
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Who are the victims of enforced disappearances?
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Africa has one of the highest number of missing people and enforced disappearances
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Why is Spain's PM in West Africa?
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is on a second visit this year to West Africa
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Drought causing hunger in southern Africa
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Millions of people in southern Africa are suffering the effects of a drought
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What is behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso?
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Around 200 people were killed and many more injured in the Burkinabe town of Barsalogho
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Why are the Maasai in Tanzania contesting relocation from a heritage site?
Mon 26 Aug 2024
The authorities in Tanzania want the Maasai to move from the Ngorongoro conservation area
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Wagner: Have Russian operations in Africa changed?
Fri 23 Aug 2024
A year after Yevgeny Prigozhin's death, what is the impact on Afro-Russia relations?
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Why are fatal boat accidents so common in DR Congo?
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Over 200 people are feared dead after a river boat capsized in DR Congo
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Why are African workers being prevented from leaving Lebanon?
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Israel and Lebanon-based group Hezbollah have traded fire since October鈥檚 Hamas attack.
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How a sexual assualt viral video outraged Tanzania
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Tanzania removes a police commander after she linked a sexual assualt victim to sex work.
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Why is Cape Town evicting homeless people from the city centre?
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Cape Town relocates dozens of homeless people from the streets to transitional shelters
