Focus on Africa

Ghanaians are preparing to vote in their presidential election this Saturday. The election is being contested between vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia and former president John Mahama. What are the k...

4 Dec 202432min

Nigeria air strikes: Tudunbiri village continues to mourn dozens of deaths and cope with injuries one year later onWe look at the impact of mercury poisoning caused by illegal mining in southwestern G...

3 Dec 202430min

US President Biden is in Angola for what is likely to be the final foreign trip of his presidency. It’s his first visit to Sub- Saharan Africa and it's part of a promise the president made, during the...

2 Dec 202431min

Negotiators in the South Korean city of Busan are trying to reach the first ever a global treaty on plastic. How stress from climate change is leading to increased violence against women.And a film ma...

29 Nov 202431min

There are now 35 million people internally displaced across the continent, that's according to a recent report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. That's a threefold increase since 2009, ...

28 Nov 202432min

Militant Islamists involved in another deadly attack in Nigeria’s Borno State. Why is the army still battling these insurgencies?South Africa opposition parties seek to revive impeachment proceedings ...

27 Nov 202431min

Namibians will head to the polls on Wednesday in what is expected to be the most competitive election yet for the ruling SWAPO party, which has governed the country since independence. We'll get anal...

26 Nov 202424min

A court in Zimbabwe recently convicted dozens of opposition politicians belonging to the Citizens Coalition for Change party for holding an illegal gathering. Is the party facing a clamp down from Zan...

25 Nov 202431min