Focus on Africa Folgen

The fuel prices emergency is hitting households across the continent, from Egypt to Tanzania, Uganda to Nigeria and South Africa. The airline industry has also been affected. So what can governments do?Also, in Somalia, dozens of candidates have registered for the presidential race in six days. We hear who's challenging the incumbent, Farmajo.Plus, how South African singer, Nomfundo Moh, has made it big in the world of music.

There's been a major attack on an ATMIS forces base in Somalia. Al Shabab militants have claimed responsibility, and there are fears about the death toll.The UN Secretary General speaks after visiting camps in Nigeria's Borno state housing hundreds of thousands of victims displaced by Boko Haram and Islamist insurgent attacks. Meanwhile,  one NGO decries the closure of camps which have left IDPs in unsafe and vulnerable conditions.Mali's military leader announces they're cutting ties with France accusing the French of flagrant security violations.Plus, how 16 months of civil war in Tigray in northern Ethiopia and turbulence in other regions have affected press freedom in the country.

A  damning report alleges that ex South African President Jacob Zuma put interests of his corrupt associates ahead of those of his country.Also, why have a group of Turkish nationals who've been running a high performing high school in Liberia been expelled from the country?And Kenya bids farewell to its third president Mwai Kibaki at a State funeral in Nairobi.