Africa News Tonight - VOA Africa

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Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics and the African diaspora.

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Africa News Tonight - January 31, 2025

Jan 31 2025 24 mins  
Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine show featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics, and the African diaspora.

Africa News Tonight: Diplomatic tensions rise over DRC conflict, President Kagame lashes out at South Africa, crews search for crash victims - January 30, 2025

Jan 30 2025 24 mins  
Diplomatic tensions are rising in African capitals, as efforts to end the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continue. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has lashed out at South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, after Ramaphosa accused Rwanda of backing the M23 rebels behind the escalating crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week. In Washington, crews ar

Africa News Tonight: World seeks end to DRC conflict, some Goma areas are calm, aid groups concerned about Trump funding plans - January 29, 2025

Jan 29 2025 24 mins  
The world continues to seek a way to halt the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, even as there are reports the M23 rebels are moving south beyond Goma. A reporter in Goma, the largest city in the eastern DRC, reports many areas are relatively calm. The Trump administration has ordered a three-month pause on almost all foreign development assistance pending a revi

Expert who negotiated previous peace deals fears wider, regional conflict from DR Congo fighting - January 29, 2025

Jan 29 2025 4 mins  
The UN says hundreds of people have been wounded and bodies are lying in the streets of Goma after the M23 rebel group advanced on the eastern DRC city. Paul Nantulya, research associate with the Africa Center for Strategic Studies tells VOA's Carol Van Dam that to understand the social and political origins of M23, one has to go back to the first and second Congo wars and even the

Africa News Tonight: M23 attempts to reassure Goma residents, UN warns of humanitarian crisis in DRC, Egypt 14 years after January uprising - January 28, 2025

Jan 28 2025 24 mins  
Fighting continues in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but in the parts where M23 rebels have control, they are telling residents that they are not bad people and are there to liberate them. United Nations agencies warn fierce fighting between M23 rebels and Democratic Republic of Congo troops in and around the eastern city of Goma is creating a protection crisis of huge p

Africa News Tonight: People flee Goma as M23 moves in, DRC fighting worsens humanitarian crisis, South Africa expects warm ties with US - January 27, 2025

Jan 27 2025 24 mins  
Amid fighting between M23 rebels and government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, some organizations are relocating staff because they no longer feel safe. The M23 says it has taken control of Goma – the largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east, and aid workers say hundreds of thousands of Congolese fled the city over the weekend. South Africa�

Refugees International: nearly a half million flee Goma fighting - January 27, 2025

Jan 27 2025 3 mins  
The rebel group M23 has been engaged in heavy clashes with government forces Monday trying to take control of Goma - the largest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s east. Refugees International senior advocate Abdullahi Halakhe tells VOA’s Carol Van Dam that nearly a half million Congolese have fled the city and he expects that number to grow.

Africa News Tonight: UN warns about DRC civilians as M23 advances, BRICS looks to build status, facing the challenge of lab-grown diamonds - January 24, 2025

Jan 24 2025 24 mins  
UN agencies warn the surging violence in eastern DRC and the risk of an imminent attack by the M23 armed group on Goma will have a catastrophic impact on hundreds of thousands of civilians. BRICS — which stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, along with 6 new members — is a grouping of emerging economies hoping to increase their sway in the global order. Seve

Africa News Tonight: Kenya works to block mpox spread, Nigeria moves closer to BRICS, China seeks to build support in Africa for its goals - January 23, 2025

Jan 23 2025 24 mins  
As mpox cases continue to spread across Africa, Kenyan health officials say they have implemented a raft of preparedness and response measures to swiftly detect and halt the viral disease’s advances. Nigerian authorities say the nation’s new partnership status with the BRICS bloc could unlock critical opportunities in trade, investment and agriculture. A new study by the Africa

Africa News Tonight: Africa looks ahead at new Trump term, Gabon voter registration underway, concerns remain about Gaza ceasefire - January 22, 2025

Jan 22 2025 24 mins  
As President Donald Trump starts his new term, African analysts weigh in on what governing for the second term-president may feel like for the continent compared with his first term. Citizens in Gabon are being encouraged to register to vote ahead of presidential elections scheduled for August. The Gaza ceasefire agreement includes the release of hostages Hamas holds in return for