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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Nigeria: What's behind Benue state attacks?

Nigeria: What's behind Benue state attacks?

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has ordered security agencies to bring an end to the wave of killings in Benue state. It's believed that more than 200 people were killed in attacks across various com...

19 Juni 202538min

How Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis affects education

How Cameroon's Anglophone Crisis affects education

The Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon is severely impacting education. With widespread school closures and displacement of teachers and students. Over 200,000 students are reportedly out of school.Is Chin...

18 Juni 202528min

Why did funeral plans for Zambia's ex-president Lungu cause a row?

Why did funeral plans for Zambia's ex-president Lungu cause a row?

Zambia's former president, Edgar Lungu, reportedly left instructions that his political rival and current president Hakainde Hichilema "should not come anywhere near his body". Edgar Lungu died on th...

17 Juni 202538min

South Africa’s township parents 'forced' to seek former white-only schools

South Africa’s township parents 'forced' to seek former white-only schools

Poor resources, fears of crime and gang violence in townships on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa force some parents to send children on long daily commutes to former white-only schools.  Nige...

16 Juni 202529min

Are South African troops ‘stuck’ in DRC?

Are South African troops ‘stuck’ in DRC?

The first group of South African soldiers deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrive back in the country today. South Africa sent around one thousand five hundred troops to the DRC as part o...

13 Juni 202530min

Why has Ghana’s nurse strike escalated?

Why has Ghana’s nurse strike escalated?

Hospital services in Ghana grind to a halt after a nurses' strike escalatesWhat are the implications of Afreximbank's credit rating being lowered to one notch above junkAnd will Ecowas ever realise it...

12 Juni 202530min

Kenyan blogger dies in police custody

Kenyan blogger dies in police custody

A 31-year-old blogger, Albert Ojwang, has died in police custody in Kenya. A post-mortem revealed that he was hit on the head and his death was likely to have been caused by assault. The results of ...

11 Juni 202535min

Russia's Wagner Group leaves Mali

Russia's Wagner Group leaves Mali

Russia says the paramilitary group Wagner has accomplished its mission and has left Mali, although a Russian presence remains in the West African country, through the Africa Corps. So what did the Wa...

10 Juni 202533min

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