Focus on Africa celebrates its 60th birthday

This year, Focus on Africa Radio is celebrating its 60th birthday; we hear from Ebrima Jallow one of our loyal listeners.

After days of heavy fighting in northern Mozambique, there are reports that rebels, linked to the so-called Islamic State group, have captured a key port.

Namibia's President Hage Geingob has said the offer for reparations made by Germany for mass killings in its then colony was "not acceptable". German troops killed tens of thousands of Herero and Nama people between 1904 to 1908 in response to an anti-colonial uprising.

(Photo: Ebrima Jallow. Credit: Courtesy of Ebrima Jallow)