Focus on Africa

Supporting Content

• Employment solutions

  A special series on job creation in Africa

  • Solutions for decent jobs

  

• Resident Presidents

  Presidents Olushambles and Kibarkingmad's satirical take on the news

  

• Listen live

  BBC World Service Africa live broadcast

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• Africa Today Podcast

  News and analysis available to download.

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• African Football

  The players, the champions and the headline matches.

  • African Football from the BBC

  

• Resident Presidents: Malawi election

  This week, our Resident Presidents are talking about the election in Malawi

  Duration: 3:35

• Darfur: protesters decry insecurity in the region

  People have been holding peaceful protests in Nertiti

  Duration: 4:10

• Skin lightening: changing a name "doesn't make a difference"

  Dr. Anita Benson's NGO tackles colourism and skin lightening practices

  Duration: 3:12

• The Nigerian hairdresser turned musician

  Gloria Johnson who's stage name Gee-Jay is a hairdresser and a musician

  Duration: 3:00
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• How to Listen

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• Africa Debate

  Current issues that matter to Africa go under discussion with an invited audience

  Listen to debates