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News and analysis from the BBC's Focus on Africa. The Africa Today podcast is published from Monday to Friday. It contains the day's top African stories.

Updated: daily
Episodes available: 30 days

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  • Niger Government Orders Niamey's Residents To Shelter From Flood Waters

    Today

    Niamey residents have been asked to seek shelter in schools with more rain forecast.

  • Goodbye to plastic? Kenya bans plastic bags

    Yesterday

    Kenya introduces tough laws penalising the production, use or sale of plastic bags

  • South Africans Guilty In ‘Coffin Assault’ Case

    Friday

    South Africans who forced man into coffin convicted of attempted murder

  • Sweet remedy to fight malaria

    Last Thursday

    The sweet insecticide that could help tackle malaria-causing mosquitoes

  • Angolans vote for a new parliament

    Last Wednesday

    Angolans vote for a new parliament after President Eduardo dos Santos' 38 years in power

  • Uganda muslim sect leader gets life sentence for terrorism. His followers say they will appeal

    Last Tuesday

    Uganda muslim sect leader gets life sentence for terrorism. Angolans prepare for polls

  • Aid Trickles In To Help Sierra Leone Mudslide Victims

    Mon 21 Aug 2017

    Aid trickles in a week after the calamitous flood and mudslide in Sierra Leone

  • Zambia's Opposition Leader Says Jails Are Death Chambers

    Fri 18 Aug 2017

    Released Zambian opposition leader says conditions in jail were "extremely dehumanising"

  • Seven days of mourning for Sierra Leone mudslide victims

    Wed 16 Aug 2017

    Nearly 400 people are confirmed dead after a mudslide and floods.

  • Emotions run high after Sierra Leone mudslide flooding disaster

    Tue 15 Aug 2017

    President Ernest Bai Koroma says entire communities have been wiped out.

  • Hundreds Feared Dead In Sierra Leone Mudslide

    Mon 14 Aug 2017

    Sierra Leone's Vice-President says hundreds of people may have died in a mudslide

  • Hundreds Feared Dead In Sierra Leone Mudslide

    Mon 14 Aug 2017

    Sierra Leone's Vice-President says hundreds of people may have died in a mudslide

  • Kenyans Continue Waiting For Presidential Election Results

    Fri 11 Aug 2017

    Kenya’s election authorities urge patience as results awaited

  • Dozens more African migrants drown near the coast of Yemen

    Thu 10 Aug 2017

    More than a hundred and fifty African migrants forced to swim ashore.

  • Kenya results hacked, opposition says

    Wed 9 Aug 2017

    Raila Odinga says poll results showing a strong lead for the president were manipulated.

  • Jacob Zuma survives no-confidence vote

    Tue 8 Aug 2017

    South Africa's president Jacob Zuma has survived a secret ballot no-confidence vote

  • Kenya: the final countdown

    Mon 7 Aug 2017

    Kenya election preparations, tech innovation to tackle FGM, Zuma to face secret ballot.

  • Rwandans choose their president

    Fri 4 Aug 2017

    As votes are cast in Rwanda, who will come out as victorious?

  • Kenya: Autopsy shows woman found with electoral commission IT head was strangled

    Thu 3 Aug 2017

    The autopsy of the woman found along with dead Kenyan electoral official Chris Msando

  • Kenya Election Watch Special

    Thu 3 Aug 2017

    Everything you need to know about the Kenyan elections

  • Male Rape Under-Reported in South Sudan Conflict

    Wed 2 Aug 2017

    Activists say social and cultural taboos prevent people from coming forward

  • Demands are made in Kenya for a thorough investigation into the mysterious murder of top election official, Chris Msando

    Tue 1 Aug 2017

    Protesters demand a swift inquiry into the murder of a Kenya election commission official

  • Top Kenyan Election Official 'Found Dead'

    Mon 31 Jul 2017

    Kenya's electoral commission IT manager Chris Msando has been found dead.

  • Kenya Election Watch 9

    Wed 26 Jul 2017

    Should Kenyans be worried about election-related violence?

  • Kenya Election Watch 8

    Wed 19 Jul 2017

    Fake news and attack ads

  • Kenya Election Watch 5

    Wed 28 Jun 2017

    How do the two main parties' manifestos match up?

  • Kenya Election Watch 4

    Wed 21 Jun 2017

    We take a look at women's involvement in the elections

  • Kenya Election Watch 3

    Wed 14 Jun 2017

    This week we look at electricity prices – are they really higher in Kenya than elsewhere?

  • Kenya Election Watch 2: Campaign funding, integrity and the price of maize

    Wed 7 Jun 2017

    It’s back – our special podcast series dissecting the issues at play in Kenya’s elections

  • Kenya Election Watch 1: Contenders, fact check, social media

    Wed 31 May 2017

    Presidential contenders assessed; police numbers checked; how parties use social media

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