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Africa Daily

Africa Daily has now come to an end. But do listen to Focus on Africa for all the big stories and for the African perspective on major global news. Hosted by Audrey Brown and ready by late afternoon every weekday. Search for Focus on Africa, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

Africa Daily has now come to an end. But do listen to Focus on Africa for all the big stories and for the African perspective on major global news. Hosted by Audrey Brown and ready by late afternoon every weekday. Search for Focus on Africa, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

 

#1142

Tanzanian elections: What issues are young people concerned about?

As Tanzania gears up for elections on 29 October, we hear from two young people about the ... more

27 Oct 2025

33 MINS

33:44

27 Oct 2025


#1141

Focus on Africa: Hundreds of stolen social media identities used to spread propaganda

A BBC investigation uncovers dozens of social accounts using stolen identities of Somali a... more

23 Oct 2025

32 MINS

32:11

23 Oct 2025


#1140

Focus on Africa Can DRC be declared ebola free?

The last ebola patient in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been released from a tr... more

21 Oct 2025

29 MINS

29:59

21 Oct 2025


#1139

Focus on Africa: What led to the downfall of Madagascar's president

An elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar from President Andry Rajoeli... more

15 Oct 2025

32 MINS

32:11

15 Oct 2025


#1138

Focus on Africa: Militants' blockade paralyses Mali-Senegal trade corridor

Mali's military government is reportedly engaged in talks with the militant group Jamaat N... more

13 Oct 2025

38 MINS

38:20

13 Oct 2025


#1137

Focus on Africa: Can Botswana continue to depend on its diamond industry?

In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Waihiga Mwaura, Botswana's President Duma Boko, o... more

03 Oct 2025

27 MINS

27:30

03 Oct 2025


#1136

Focus on Africa: Who is Uganda's Joseph Kony?

The International Criminal Court concludes hearings into war crime charges against the Uga... more

12 Sep 2025

35 MINS

35:33

12 Sep 2025


#1135

Focus on Africa: Ethiopia opens huge dam despite outside opposition

Ethiopia opens Africa's largest hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile river deepening a rift ... more

09 Sep 2025

31 MINS

31:49

09 Sep 2025


#1134

Focus on Africa: Is the jailing of a former Zambian minister a watershed moment?

Zambia's former Foreign Minister Joseph Malanji has been sentenced to four years in prison... more

05 Sep 2025

32 MINS

32:50

05 Sep 2025


#1133

Focus on Africa: Sudan landslide: Race to find survivors

A landslide that followed days of heavy rain, has killed hundreds of people in the remote ... more

03 Sep 2025

30 MINS

30:22

03 Sep 2025


#1132

Focus on Africa: South Africa building fire: What happened to survivors?

Two years on from the devastating fire at an abandoned building in Johannesburg that was o... more

01 Sep 2025

32 MINS

32:07

01 Sep 2025


#1131

Focus on Africa: Mauritania accused of widespread abuses against migrants

A new Human Rights Watch report says the EU's and Spain’s outsourcing of migration control... more

28 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:25

28 Aug 2025


#1130

Focus on Africa: Kenya's starvation cult: New bodies found

There are fears that the mass starvation cult in Kenya is still active after the discovery... more

26 Aug 2025

30 MINS

30:02

26 Aug 2025


#1129

Focus on Africa: Exploring Africa-Japan trade ties

Japan has pledged to work more closely with African countries at global summit on economic... more

22 Aug 2025

32 MINS

32:03

22 Aug 2025


#1128

Focus on Africa: Increased concerns over missing Ethiopia journalists

Two prominent journalists in Ethiopia, Abdulsemed Mohammed and Yonas Amare, have been miss... more

20 Aug 2025

27 MINS

27:44

20 Aug 2025


#1127

Focus on Africa: Nigeria negotiates $346m arms deal with US

The US government has approved a $346m arms deal with Nigeria which would include munition... more

15 Aug 2025

33 MINS

33:14

15 Aug 2025


#1126

Focus on Africa: Activists block foreigners from South African hospitals

Doctors Without Borders and other NGOs have raised concerns about anti-migrant groups prev... more

11 Aug 2025

32 MINS

32:50

11 Aug 2025


#1125

Focus on Africa: What is fuelling Angola's fuel protests?

What began as a three-day strike by taxi drivers against rising petrol prices in Angola, h... more

31 Jul 2025

31 MINS

31:17

31 Jul 2025


#1124

Focus on Africa: Who are the CAR commanders jailed for war crimes?

This week the International Criminal Court sentenced two commanders of a civilian militia ... more

25 Jul 2025

34 MINS

34:00

25 Jul 2025


#1123

How has Goma changed under M23 fighters?

The city of Goma in the conflict-hit east of the Democratic Republic of Congo was seized b... more

23 Jul 2025

29 MINS

29:28

23 Jul 2025


#1122

Focus on Africa: Why Burkina Faso discarded its Electoral Commission

Burkina Faso's military rulers have disbanded the country's electoral commission calling i... more

21 Jul 2025

32 MINS

32:59

21 Jul 2025


#1121

Focus on Africa: Cameroon's president seeks re-election at age 92

Cameroon's Paul Biya has the distinction of being 'the world's oldest sitting president' a... more

17 Jul 2025

33 MINS

33:19

17 Jul 2025