Focus on Africa Episodes Episode guide
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21 Boys dead following circumcision ritual
In South Africa, 21 teenage boys lost their lives after a ritual circumcision
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2020 Review: How has Africa handled the big challenges?
African specialists look back at the past year and express their hopes for 2021
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14 rebel groups from the Central African Republic have signed a peace deal with the government
The CAR descended into civil war following a coup in March 2013
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12 killed in Nigeria's Plateau state
As unknown assailants open fire on unsuspecting locals
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100 dead in Nigeria's worst flood
Over 100 dead and thousands displaced in Nigeria's worst flood in a decade.
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"No to Torture" - Museveni
Uganda's President Museveni warns his security forces against using torture.
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‘Terrorist explosion’ rocks Tunisia capital
A woman detonated an explosive belt in a central area of the Tunisian capital
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‘Sex for grades’: Undercover report expose sexual harassment
Following a year long investigation of two of the top universities in Nigeria and Ghana
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‘Senior IS figure’ killed in US Somalia raid
The US military says it killed Bilal al-Sudani and 10 associates
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‘Please see our humanity’ A transwoman on her fight for safety and dignity
Marking International Transgender Day: We hear from a transwoman who fled Nigeria
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‘Ogoni Nine’ widows lose case against oil giant Shell
A Dutch court found that Shell was not complicit in the deaths of Nigerian activists
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‘I saw the Ukrainian military convoy’
A Ghanaian student in Ukraine shares his experience of the day of the Russian invasion
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'Western approach to Covid-19, not applicable here'
Tanzanian Speaker of Parliament
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'stowaway' body falls off a plane
The body of an individual is believed to have fallen from the landing gear of a plane
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'Queen Of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies
The legendary singer announced last year she was retiring from music.
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'Mass Rape' In South Sudan
A medical charity sees a rise in attacks on women and girls in northern South Sudan.
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'Historic' day as DR Congo joins East Africa trade bloc
A virtual summit was held to welcome DR Congo as the EAC's seventh member
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'Gun battle' leaves four dead in Cameroon
Ambazonia separatists are blamed for a bold attack in the Anglophone city of Bamenda
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'Bandits' kill 23 in volatile northern Nigerian state
Armed gangs attacked Kaduna State in north-western Nigeria
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'African governments ought to pressure G7 and G20 for debt relief'
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala - Chairperson Global Alliance for Vaccinations & Immunisations
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'3,000' killed in DR Congo violence
The Catholic Church says 3,000 people have been killed in the Kasai region since August