Focus on Africa Folgen

A court in Uganda has sentenced Thomas Kwoyelo, a former senior commander of the rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army, to 40 years in prison for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement and torture. Victoria Nyanjura was 14 years old when she was abducted by the group from her school in Northern Uganda. She was forced to work for the group and was repeatedly raped. Victoria shares her thoughts on the sentencing and recounts her experience at the hands of the LRA.Also a review of this year's BRICS summit, as Ethiopia and Egypt join the blocAnd why does asthma, a chronic lung condition, remain undiagnosed in children on the continent?Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Patricia Whitehorne, Sunita Nahar, Daniel Dadzie and Joseph Keen in London Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Alice Muthengi and Andre Lombard

The crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region's education system shows little sign of ending two years after the civil warHow crippling national debt in Africa is curbing development under discussion at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington DCPlus the challenge of catching breast cancer early in sub Saharan AfricaPresenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Charles Gitonga, Amie Liebowitz, Patricia Whitehorne and Paul Bakibinga Technical Producer: Francesca Dunne Editors:. Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

Russia's embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battle ground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Is Russia part of a proxy war in Sudan?Kenya's all women SWAT squad heads to Haiti And will the junta in Gabon step aside once a new constitution is adopted?Presenter: Audrey Brown Producers: Sunita Nahar, Joseph Keen, Alphonso Daniels and Nyasha Michelle in London Technical Producer: Francesca Dunn Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi