
Focus on Africa
Two essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the news from Africa. Hosted by Nkechi Ogbonna. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.

Episodes (913 available)

BBC hears how Charmain Spiers married to a Ghanaian-born preacher died in Ghana in 2015
23 mins

Pope Leo XIV lands in Algeria to begin his first papal visit to Africa
23 mins

15 April marks three years since the war in Sudan began.
23 mins

Benin heads to elect new leader this weekend as President Talon’s term draws to an end
23 mins

Could the temporary US-Iran ceasefire free up the supply of key commodities to Africa?
23 mins

NASA's Artemis II mission reignites interest in Africa's own quest to explore space
23 mins

BBC Africa Eye explores how autism remains widely misunderstood in Malawi
23 mins

As divorce rates rise across Africa, more people are embracing separation.
23 mins

African countries announce measures to keep fuel prices low with shortages anticipated
23 mins

Protests erupt in Eastern Cape over the recent installation of Nigerian community leader
23 mins
