Podcast
Focus on Africa
Episodes — page 25
- Food poisoning cases rise in South Africa
South Africa's health department say they've begun 'intense' investigations into alleged food poisioning cases especially amongst children. In a recent case six children all under…
- What Kenyan youth make of deputy president's sacking
There was drama in Kenyan politics this week which ended with the impeachment of deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. Young people voted in big numbers during the general elections i…
- Nigerian fuel tanker crash kills 153 people
An explosion from an overturned fuel tanker in northern Nigeria has killed more than 150 people, including several children. Many others were injured and taken to hospital. Officia…
- Fears of food insecurity in northern Nigeria
On World Food Day we consider how changing weather patterns due to climate change are worsening Nigeria's food insecurity. BBC journalist Mohanad Hashim's emotional return to the c…
- What's the dispute between Equatorial Guinea and Gabon?
Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have asked the International Court of Justice to help settle a dispute. They are both laying claim to oil rich Islands not far from their coastlines. Bu…
- Africa’s deadliest migration route
Why would a migrant embark on a journey on Africa's deadliest migration route? A French-Cameroonian writer on trial in Paris for contesting the 1994 genocide in Rwanda-we find out…
- Why Eritrea hosted leaders from Egypt and Somalia
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea, countries which all have strained relations with Ethiopia, have been meeting in the Eritrean capital, Asmara. Can Eritrea help de-escalet…
- 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 th…
- 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Burkina Faso has allegedly withdrawn all its diplomats from Ivory Coast, worsening ties between the neighbours.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…
- 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 th…
- 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 s…
- 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 betting And…
- 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 ab…
- Lebanon conflict: A reporter’s witness account.
Lebanon conflict: As Israel continues to attack, we learn the plight of foreigners stranded there We assess the state of security in Mali following last month's deadly attack in th…
- 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'l…
- Devastating impact of cocaine on Cape Verde
BBC Africa Eye investigates how some sailors were tricked into smuggling cocaine to Cape Verde. We’ll also meet the rap artist and former cocaine addict who is helping addicts Why…
- Inside the Sudan war with the Sudanese army
The leader of the Sudanese army has told UN General Assembly in New York, that a peace deal depends on the paramilitary Rapid Support Force laying down their arms. The army has als…
- Kenya: ‘excessive force’ used during protests
Kenyan police are alleged to have used unlawful force during protests in June. How African countries benefit from having satellites in space And Ethiopia finally launches a stock…
- Why is galamsey such a big deal in Ghana?
A coalition of civil society organizations, labor unions, media outlets and religious leaders in Ghana have intensified pressure on the government to act decisively against illegal…
- Why the opposition in Tanzania is concerned by abductions?
The Tanzanian opposition is concerned by abductions in the country they suggest are meant to cower the opposition. The Zimbabwe plans to cull at least 200 elephants. The meat will…
