Zimbabwe in major land ownership shift
Zimbabwe announces a major shift in its land tenure. Black farmers will get titles for land seized from white farmers but can only sell to "indigenous Zimbabweans"What's behind the rare flooding in th...
10 Okt 202427min
Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast's rocky relationship
Burkina Faso has allegedly withdrawn all its diplomats from Ivory Coast, worsening ties between the neighbours. The relationship has been rocky of late and earlier this year their ministers of defenc...
9 Okt 202431min
Ethiopia's first female president leaves office?
Ethiopia's first female head of state replaced - meanwhile clashes continue in the Amhara region.How the relationship between Israel and African states has evolved a year since the Israel-Gaza war And...
8 Okt 202432min
Will Mozambicans in Cabo Delgado vote?
Mozambicans will vote for a new president this week, who many hope will bring peace to a country that has faced a jihadist insurgency in the north for almost seven years. How are security challenges i...
7 Okt 202430min
Chagos Islands: What next after UK hand over?
Britain agrees to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius but what follows next?Why the Islamic police in Kano northern Nigeria is cracking down on sports bettingAnd why are parents sendi...
4 Okt 202431min
Kenya's Deputy President faces impeachment
Kenya's Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, who calls himself the “truthful man”, is facing impeachment. Before he was elected as a member of parliament in 2017 little was known about the man, who wo...
3 Okt 202435min
Lebanon conflict: A reporter’s witness account.
Lebanon conflict: As Israel continues to attack, we learn the plight of foreigners stranded thereWe assess the state of security in Mali following last month's deadly attack in the capital, BamakoAnd ...
2 Okt 202427min
DR Congo appeals to the UN
The newly appointed Foreign Minister of the DR Congo, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, tells Focus on Africa, the crisis faced in her country is an international not a regional one. We'll get the details fr...
1 Okt 202428min
