Focus on Africa

Focus on Africa

Two 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 Nkechi Ogbonna. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.

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Tanzanian elections: What issues are young people concerned about?

Tanzanian elections: What issues are young people concerned about?

As Tanzania gears up for elections on 29 October, we hear from two young people about the issues that matter to them and whether youth concerns have been featured in the electoral campaigns.How a youn...

27 Loka 202533min

The landmark event in Manchester that changed Africa

The landmark event in Manchester that changed Africa

We mark the 80th anniversary of the Fifth Pan-African Congress- a landmark event in Manchester, England that changed Africa Why people with albinism in Tanzania face rising fear ahead of electionsThe ...

24 Loka 202534min

Hundreds of stolen social media identities used to spread propaganda

Hundreds of stolen social media identities used to spread propaganda

A BBC investigation uncovers dozens of social accounts using stolen identities of Somali and Muslim influencers and posting political propaganda content. We hear more about what was uncovered and who ...

23 Loka 202532min

Drone attack on Sudan's Khartoum Airport

Drone attack on Sudan's Khartoum Airport

Sudan war: Can Khartoum airport reopen just hours after a drone attack?   15 years after Boko Haram militancy started, why does a jihadist threat still remain in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state   I...

22 Loka 202528min

Can DRC be declared ebola free?

Can DRC be declared ebola free?

The last ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been released from a treatment centre in Kasai province. Can the country now be declared free of this latest outbreak?What is behind ...

21 Loka 202529min

Who is Madagascar’s new military leader?

Who is Madagascar’s new military leader?

Can Madagascar's new president, Col Randrianirina, deliver change demanded by Gen Z Mada?Are West Africa’s illicit economies fueling the region’s wars and causing instability ?And a look at plans by t...

20 Loka 202532min

Raila Odinga's influence beyond Kenya

Raila Odinga's influence beyond Kenya

Kenya's opposition leader, and former prime minister, Raila Odinga, has died suddenly at the age of eighty. We explore his legacy in Kenya and the rest of Africa.The world's largest producer of cobalt...

17 Loka 202535min

Nigeria's presidential pardons spark controversy

Nigeria's presidential pardons spark controversy

Nigeria's president Bola Tinubu pardons many individuals-some posthumously. How were the decisions arrived at?   Why are marriages and births declining in Tunisia?   And are journalists in Tanzania ex...

16 Loka 202534min

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