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BBC World Service
Focus on Africa
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Two essential stories to round off your working day. Explaining the big topics and news from Africa, the people behind them, plus an African perspective on global stories. Hosted by Nkechi Ogbonna. Five days a week, ready by late afternoon, Monday to Friday.
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Is this show right for you?
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
B1 23%B2 77%
- 77% of the episodes are B2.
- 163 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 105 episodes with a full transcript.
Episodes(1,000)
B122 minMozambique rehabilitates militants in peace effortOct 22, 2026Subtitles
B222 minWhat you need to know as Ebola reaches NigeriaOct 21, 2026Subtitles
B222 minKenyan cult leader guilty of 191 murdersOct 20, 2026Subtitles
B222 minFuel prices increase across AfricaOct 19, 2026Subtitles
B222 minThe cost of a toxic workplaceOct 16, 2026Subtitles
B222 minCan Africa's drivers afford Formula 1 dreams?Oct 15, 2026Subtitles
B222 minHow Kabila's rebel coalition impacts DRC peace effortsOct 14, 2026Subtitles
B222 minDjibouti shipwreck survivors recount ordealOct 13, 2026Subtitles
B222 minNobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay speaks to the BBCOct 12, 2026Subtitles
B122 minIs remote working really the dream?Oct 9, 2026Subtitles
B222 minSearch operations continue after Nigeria plane crashOct 8, 2026Subtitles
B222 minEbola reaches Kenya. What's the response?Oct 7, 2026Subtitles
B222 minBurkina Faso opens landmark gold refineryOct 6, 2026Subtitles
B222 minEthiopia conflict stirs regional tensionsOct 5, 2026Subtitles
B222 minWhere are Eritrea’s missing political prisoners?Oct 2, 2026Subtitles
B222 minWho is Morocco's first woman prime minister?Oct 1, 2026Subtitles
B222 minNigeria's Dangote Kenya refinery breaks groundSep 30, 2026Subtitles
B222 minSouth Africa reels from spate of mass shootingsSep 29, 2026Subtitles
B222 minEthiopia accuses Sudan, Eritrea of backing armed groupsSep 28, 2026Subtitles
B222 minJAPA: Does migrating pay off?Sep 25, 2026Subtitles
B222 minEthiopia Tigray fighting sparks fears of new warSep 24, 2026Subtitles
B222 minChad faces growing Sudan refugee burdenSep 23, 2026Subtitles
B222 minNigeria probes the deaths of miners in custodySep 22, 2026Subtitles
B222 minGambia in crisis as blackouts persistSep 21, 2026Subtitles
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Is this show right for you?
B2
B2 · Upper-intermediate
Comfortable if you already follow TV news
B1 23%B2 77%
- 77% of the episodes are B2.
- 163 words a minute: natural, fairly fast speech.
- 105 episodes with a full transcript.
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