Podcast Episodes

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 g…

2 years ago

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, Asma…

2 years ago

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 "indigenou…

2 years ago

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Burkina Faso has allegedly withdrawn all its diplomats from Ivory Coast, worsening ties between the neighbours.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 l…

2 years ago

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 stat…

2 years ago

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 fo…

2 years ago

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 crack…

2 years ago

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 parlia…

2 years ago

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 la…

2 years, 1 month ago

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 interna…

2 years, 1 month ago