Africa News Tonight - VOA Africa

Dec 11 2024 250 ep. 21 mins 106
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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: Call for world engagement in Syria, Zimbabwe journalists battle on the pitch, Nigeria focuses on gender-based violence - December 11, 2024

Dec 11 2024 24 mins  
A former U.S. ambassador to Syria says it’s important for Syria’s future for the to be international engagement, especially in supplying crucial humanitarian aid. and collaboration with regional allies to foster stability and security in Syria. In an attempt to end polarization in Zimbabwe's media, an organization is hosting sports events for journalists from the privately owne

Africa News Tonight: Mahama officially declared Ghana winner, no clear leadership in Syria, South African clothing tariffs please unions - December 10, 2024

Dec 10 2024 24 mins  
After a review of the votes from across the country, the Electoral Commission of Ghana has officially declared John Mahama, candidate for the National Democratic Congress, the winner of the 2024 presidential election. Israel has pounded Syria with dozens of airstrikes since President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia as rebel fighters advanced, and it’s unclear who will now emerge a

Africa News Tonight: NDC dominates in Ghana's election, uncertainty and celebration seen in Syria, BRICS states consider a new currency - December 09, 2024

Dec 09 2024 24 mins  
Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama has won the country’s presidential election, and his National Democratic Congress looks set to capture the most seats in parliament. In the wake of Syria’s government collapse, some citizens say they hope the rebels’ victory will bring freedom and prosperity, but there are warnings of uncertainty in the coming days. Experts say I

Africa News Tonight: Ghana ready for election, road traffic slows between Cameroon and CAR, Morocco looks for ways to work with Sahel states - December 06, 2024

Dec 06 2024 24 mins  
The nearly 18.8 million Ghanaians registered to vote will be able to take part Saturday in the country's ninth general election since multiparty politics was reintroduced in the early 1990s. Road transportation has failed to fully resume between Cameroon and the landlocked Central African Republic after a top-level crisis meeting this week to reopen borders Cameroon sealed after es

Africa News Tonight: Ghana prepares for elections, Biden backs Africa rail project, biochar helps farmers and climate - December 05, 2024

Dec 05 2024 24 mins  
There is a positive pre-election mood in Accra as Ghana prepares to hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday. President Joe Biden met with workers in Angola and spoke with leaders about what the president called the largest U.S. investment in a railway project outside America. Biochar has been used for years as soil enrichment, but research on its properties an

Africa News Tonight: Biden tours Lobito port, new plan for Sudan peace offered, Botswana court drops charges against Ian Khama - December 04, 2024

Dec 04 2024 24 mins  
In a busy day in Angola, U.S. President Joe Biden toured facilities at the Lobito port, the terminus of the U.S-backed Lobito corridor rail project, joined by the presidents of Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The group Preventing and Ending Mass Atrocities, PAEMA, recently released a blueprint to put Sudan on a path to peace after 19 months of war, calling for

Africa News Tonight: Biden promotes US investments in Angola, Africa elections cause stress, drought leads to southern Africa power cuts - December 03, 2024

Dec 03 2024 24 mins  
President Joe Biden is using the first visit to Angola by a US president to promote Washington's investments in the sub-Sahara African nation. Elections in Africa are often marked by high stakes and heightened tensions, which is decidedly unhealthy for voters. In recent days, millions of people in southern Africa were hit with long electricity blackouts, a crisis authorities blame

Africa News Tonight: Biden heads to Angola, Kenya clinic helps HIV/AIDS patients, scores die in stampede at Guinea football match - December 02, 2024

Dec 02 2024 24 mins  
After promising to visit Africa two years ago at the U.S. Africa summit in Washington, President Joe Biden makes his first presidential trip to the continent where he is visiting Angola with a quick stop in Cabo Verde. In Kenya, one health facility provides affordable care to everyone, especially people living with HIV/AIDS. In Guinea dozens of people were killed during a stadium s

Africa News Tonight - November 29, 2024

Nov 29 2024 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: Namibia extends voting, Tunisia prepares for international military exercise, diaspora joins US Thanksgiving feasts - November 28, 2024

Nov 28 2024 24 mins  
In Namibia, voting extended into today after many voters were unable to cast their votes yesterday because polling stations had problems. The 2025 edition of the annual U.S.-led African Lion military exercise will take place in Tunisia, marking the “most extensive exercise” hosted in the country. Africans living in the U.S. add new flavors to the Thanksgiving holiday, with food