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Africa News Tonight - January 15, 2025
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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.
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Manage episode 461280433 series 3408335
Контент предоставлен VOA Digital and VOA Africa. Весь контент подкастов, включая эпизоды, графику и описания подкастов, загружается и предоставляется непосредственно компанией VOA Digital and VOA Africa или ее партнером по платформе подкастов. Если вы считаете, что кто-то использует вашу работу, защищенную авторским правом, без вашего разрешения, вы можете выполнить процедуру, описанную здесь https://ru.player.fm/legal.
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.
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1 Africa News Tonight: AU leaders face challenges at summit, US moves forward on deportations, marking Valentine’s Day despite higher costs - February 14, 2025 24:56
The African Union summit is getting started in Addis Ababa with the organization facing multiple challenges, including the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The United States is moving quickly with mass deportation plans by sending some migrants to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and rapidly deporting others. Today is Valentine’s Day, when people in many countries celebrate love, and in Nigeria, people are adjusting their celebrations because of the rising cost of living.…
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1 Africa News Tonight: Church leaders talk to DRC rebels, Namibia doctors push cervical cancer fight, Democrats, Republicans debate US aid - February 13, 2025 24:55
A delegation from the National Episcopal Conference of Congo and the Church of Christ in Congo, two of the largest church organizations in the country, went to Goma to talk to the M23 rebels controlling the city. Cervical cancer is one of highly preventable and doctors in Namibia are advocating greater access to health care and the HPV vaccine to reduce the prevalence of the disease. U.S. Democratic lawmakers are concerned President Donald Trump’s freeze of foreign assistance might damage national security, but Republicans say a review of U.S. Agency for International Development programs is necessary to combat waste and fraud.…
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1 Africa News Tonight: Fighting expands in eastern DRC, Niger set to map out political transition, Horn of Africa presents risks, rewards - February 12, 2025 24:56
Fighting erupted Tuesday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a two-day lull, with M23 fighters attacking positions of the Congolese armed forces in South Kivu province at dawn, despite a call from African leaders for an immediate ceasefire. Niger is set to hold a national convention to map out its long-awaited political transition following the July 2023 coup that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Regional experts say the Horn of Africa has both great economic opportunity and great risk of widening conflicts.…
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1 Africa News Tonight: Refugees tell of Sudan hunger deaths, Zimbabwe deals with growing informal market, using AI to protect Kenya forests
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Sudanese refugees who have made it to Chad speak of burying infants who died of hunger in Darfur’s Zamzam displacement camp and say that people are dying in frequent Rapid Support Forces shelling of the camp. Zimbabwe’s traditional stores are struggling as customers flock to informal vendors to buy cheaper products amid a struggling economy, forcing the government to ensure it does not lose critical tax revenue from informal businesses. Conservationists in Kenya are using an artificial intelligence-powered application to monitor forest degradation and launch reforestation projects.…
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1 Africa News Tonight: Namibia voting goes into third day, Biden heads to Angola, EAC celebrates its 25th anniversary - February 10, 2025 24:55
Namibians returned to vote today in 36 re-opened polling stations, two days after the country’s election was marred by technical problems. U.S. President Joe Biden visits Angola next week, after his administration has forged close economic ties with the oil-rich southern African country. Celebrations are under way to mark the 25th anniversary of the East African Community in Arusha, Tanzania, as partner states work to eliminate barriers to cross-border trade and enhance regional economic growth.…
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1 Africa News Tonight: UN council calls for probe of DRC conflict, Sudanese refugees face sexual abuse, governments coping with US aid freeze - February 07, 2025 24:54
At a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, members called for an independent fact-finding mission to investigate serious human rights violations and abuses committed in the provinces of North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Aid groups say sexual violence is a constant threat for women inside Sudan’s embattled region of Darfur, but refugees VOA spoke with also say it’s a problem for those who have fled the region. African governments gear up for what is to come following the 90-day pause in U.S. foreign aid as they worry about the potential effects.…
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1 Africa News Tonight: M23 meets the public in Goma, Kenyan tech company aims to reduce plastic waste, US Democrats rally to protect USAID - February 06, 2025 24:55
The M23 rebel group had its first public meeting today since seizing the city of Goma after deadly clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A Kenyan tech company is using plastic waste to print 3D models that help students with their learning while reducing damage to the environment. The U.S. congressional Democratic leadership warned President Donald Trump this week they will use upcoming government funding talks as leverage to fight the administration’s changes at U.S. government agencies such as the U.S. Agency for International Development.…
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1 Africa News Tonight: Goma returns to normal as DRC fighting goes on, Nigeria aims to cope with US aid freeze, US allies reject Gaza proposal - February 05, 2025 24:55
Urban life has cautiously resumed under the shadow of conflict and a deepening humanitarian crisis in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, even as rebels fight to control the mining town of Nyabibwe. Nigerian authorities have launched a special committee to develop a transition plan for USAID-funded health programs following U.S. President Donald Trump’s 90-day halt on most foreign aid. U.S. allies and other nations have been rejecting President Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza, permanently displace Palestinians and turn the enclave into a “Riviera” of the Middle East.…
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1 Africa News Tonight: Rebels call ceasefire in DRC, UNICEF warns of DRC displacement crisis, Darfur refugees describe harrowing conditions - February 04, 2025 24:55
The alliance of rebel groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has declared a humanitarian ceasefire starting today, but the DRC government is dismissive of the move. UNICEF says the number of displaced people in the eastern DRC has surged the past few days because to fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels. On Chad’s border with Darfur, VOA met with refugees who tell harrowing stories of what the United States has described as acts of genocide in Sudan, allegedly by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.…
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The fall of Goma has rattled Africa, causing international condemnation and fears of a humanitarian crisis. Residents say eastern DRC’s largest city is cautiously coming back to life after days of intense fighting. The Congolese Red Cross and ICRC said at least 700 people were killed in the battle over Goma. Zihindula Mulegwa, attorney and former spokesman for former DRC President Joseph Kabila tells VOA's Paul Ndiho the rebels have vow to march to Kinshasa.…
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South Africa’s government and citizens say they’re shocked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to cut all aid to the country. Trump said in a post on X that South Africa is doing “terrible things,” including confiscating land, which he describes as a “human rights violation.” As Darren Taylor reports, the Pretoria government says it hasn’t seized any land.…
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1 Africa News Tonight: Hospitals overflow in Goma, South Africans surprised by Trump aid threat, big trade sends Doncic to the NBA’s Lakers - February 03, 2025 24:55
Hospitals are overflowing with wounded patients in Goma, the largest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as rebels consolidate their hold after a week of fighting. South Africa’s coalition government and many citizens say they’re shocked by U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement he will cut American aid to the country. In a surprise trade, the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks trade star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, while LA’s Max Christie heads to Dallas.…
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.
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1 Africa News Tonight: Diplomatic tensions rise over DRC conflict, President Kagame lashes out at South Africa, crews search for crash victims - January 30, 2025 24:55
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 are searching for the remains of those who died when a passenger jet collied with a U.S. Army helicopter and crashed late last night.…
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1 Africa News Tonight: World seeks end to DRC conflict, some Goma areas are calm, aid groups concerned about Trump funding plans - January 29, 2025 24:55
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 review, but aid groups and human rights watchdogs warn the move will put lives at risk.…
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