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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Madagascar: Gen Z arrests fuel doubts over military rule

Madagascar: Gen Z arrests fuel doubts over military rule

In Madagascar, the arrest of Gen Z protesters is fuelling growing doubts about the military leadership that emerged after the 2025 uprising, as young activists question whether anything has truly chan...

23 Huhti 23min

What does the Morocco–Nigeria gas pipeline involve?

What does the Morocco–Nigeria gas pipeline involve?

A major gas pipeline is being planned from Nigeria to Morocco, running along the Atlantic coast through countries including Ghana and Senegal, before potentially linking up to Europe. The $25 billion ...

22 Huhti 22min

Controversy over US deportees in DR Congo

Controversy over US deportees in DR Congo

More than a dozen deportees from the US, reportedly from South America, have arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the beginning of April, the DRC government announced a deal with the US...

21 Huhti 22min

Kenyan children in search for British soldier dads

Kenyan children in search for British soldier dads

BBC Africa Eye follows Kenyans at the centre of a groundbreaking legal battle to track down their British soldier fathers using novel DNA methods. Nanyuki, Kenya, is home to one of Britain’s largest o...

20 Huhti 22min

ADHD and me

ADHD and me

Across the globe, diagnoses of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are on the rise, including in Africa. An estimated 7% of children and adolescents on the continent are living with the co...

17 Huhti 22min

Electric vehicles - fixing Africa's fuel crisis?

Electric vehicles - fixing Africa's fuel crisis?

Kenya is the latest African country to increase fuel prices citing the US-Israel war with Iran. While announcing one of the steepest pump price increments in recent times, the government reduced Value...

16 Huhti 22min

Sudan war three years on

Sudan war three years on

It's three years today, April 15, since the war in Sudan erupted triggered by a power struggle between the army and paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces - RSF. The fighting has led to a partitioni...

15 Huhti 22min

Charmain and the Ghanaian prophet

Charmain and the Ghanaian prophet

A BBC Disclosure investigation has uncovered significant questions about what happened at the hotel where Charmain Spiers died. In 2015, Charmain's body was discovered in a hotel room, and her death w...

14 Huhti 22min

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