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Last updated: 03 December, 2007 - Published 11:51 GMT


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Interviews and archives

Big interviews are all in a day's work for Focus on Africa. We have archived some of our favourites here for you to enjoy again.

President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda explains to the BBC's Julian Marshall why hosting the Commonwealth summit is good for his country.

Click to listen to the interview (26th November 2007)

Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika tells Sarah Grainger that his former ally Bakili Muluzi cannot stand for another term of office.

Click to listen to the interview (26th November 2007)

Three days after breaking a ceasefire with DR Congo government forces, rebel General Laurent Nkunda calls for a new one. He tells Lewis Machipisa why.

Click to listen to the interview (11th October 2007)

Lord's Resistance Army spokesman, Godfey Ayo tells Caroline Karobia why the group is threatening to resume fighting if Uganda's ultimatums for it to leave eastern DRCongo do not stop.

Click to listen to the interview (13th September 2007)

UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflicts, Radhika Coomaraswamy talks to James Copnall about the problem of child soldiers on her visit to Ivory Coast.

Click to listen to the interview (10th September 2007)

At the G8 summit in Germany Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua spoke to Uduak Amimo about the challenges facing the AU, tackling corruption and his expectations of the G8.

Click to listen to the interview (8th June 2007)

The West doesn't want Zimbabwe chairing the Commission on Sustainable Development and calls on Africa to put up an alternative. Laura Trevelyan spoke to UN ambassador Boniface Chidyausiku.

Click to listen to the interview (11th May 2007)

Thousands were displaced from Mogadishu by violence as the government and Ethiopian troops took on Islamic Courts insurgents. Prime Minister Ghedi told Damian Zane his side now has control.

Click to listen to the interview (1st May 2007)

Newly-elected president of Nigeria Umaru Musa Yar'Adua gives Jamilah Tangaza reaction to his poll win and counters opposition criticism of the flawed election.

Click to listen to the interview part 1 (26th April 2007)

The new president looks ahead and acknowledges the challenges that confront his administration.

Click to listen to the interview part 2 (26th April 2007)

Somalia is in the grip of the worst violence for 16 years as Islamic insurgents battle the forces of the TNG. Minister Ismail Mohamoud Hurre gives the government view to Josphat Makori.

Click to listen to the interview (26th April 2007)

The 2007 Nigerian elections were widely condemned as fraudulent by observers on the ground. Outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo urges Jamilah Tangaza to see the bigger picture.

Click to listen to the interview (24th April 2007)

Around 4,000 AU peace troops are going to Somalia amidst insurgents' threats of suicide missions against them. Martin Plaut asked Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf about the situation.

Click to listen to the interview (22nd February 2007)

Nigeria's appeal court has prevented President Obasanjo from forcing vice-president Atiku from his post because he has changed political party. Peter Okwoche got reaction from VP Atiku Abubakar.

Click to listen to the interview part 1 (20th February 2007)

And Bilkisu Labaran Ohyoma asked Atiku Abubakar how he would describe his relationship with President Obasanjo?

Click to listen to the interview part 2 (20th February 2007)

A year after his election, Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete answers questions from Joseph Warungu about his first twelve months in office and the power that runs the state house.

Click to listen to the interview (17th January 2007)

Tanzanian foreign minister Asha-Rose Migiro has been named by the new UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon as his deputy. Hassan Arouni asks how she feels about her new appointment.

Click to listen to the interview (7th January 2007)

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