Now in its twentieth successful year, BBC Focus on Africa Magazine is published quarterly by the BBC World Service. The magazine enjoys an excellent reputation as it is seen to represent the high quality associated with the BBC name. Using a network of correspondents over the continent, it reflects the unbiased, informative and invaluable reporting of the BBC.

Each edition is full of feature articles, news reports and photographs covering the continent’s latest political, economic, social, cultural and sporting developments and providing a unique picture of Africa today.

In the trial issue DR Congo is put under scrutiny - might there be another international war?, Joseph Warungu speculates on whether Africa can claim Barack Obama as its own and Rebecca Wearn reports on the Zimbabwe women forced to desperate measures across the border.

The issue also asks with the recession beginning to bite, is this an end to the free market?; Ofeibea Quist-Arcton recalls the recent death of South African legend Miriam Makeba and Wanyama wa Chebusiri interviews Reverend Stephen Mburu, a pastor at the Kiambaa church near Eldoret in western Kenya who was attacked and left to die after violence following polls a year ago.