Follow Voice of America - Straight Talk Africa, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/voanews25 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 01:19:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKScj5tRG9gtcaCY3L745TL_ On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams discusses the International Criminal Court trial of Ali Kushayb, the alleged Janjaweed leader accused of committing war crimes during Sudan’s conflict in Darfur that began in 2003. Plus, we look at the challenges some African countries face as prices for food and energy skyrocket due to Russia’s war in Ukraine.]]> Wed, 11 May 2022 21:34:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKScj5tRG9gtcaCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRfa1Pz7jPTR-zdsCmHakzH On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, guest host Peter Clottey brings you more from his exclusive interview with President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. Plus, we reached out to Ugandans who disagree with how the president has ruled the country since coming to power in 1986.]]> Wed, 04 May 2022 21:31:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRfa1Pz7jPTR-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKQjYBGYWL_5iZVjH6qdYdAk On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, we spotlight the growing threat on media freedoms around the world and in Africa ahead of World Press Freedom Day. We’ll also discuss the war in Ukraine, which has placed some African countries at odds with the Western nations.]]> Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:33:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKQjYBGYWL_5iZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKQ0cje9rNbS0ZVjH6qdYdAk On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes for young people to run for political office in Africa. Guests include Ayisha Osori, director of the Executive Vice President's Office at Open Society Foundations, Temi Ibirogba, sub-editor at The Republic, Maria Byrd, a correspondent for Channels TV and international affairs analyst Calvin Dark.]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:37:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKQ0cje9rNbS0ZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRCpZUNbP9lmezdsCmHakzH On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes for young people to run for political office in Africa. Guests include Ayisha Osori, director of the Executive Vice President's Office at Open Society Foundations, Temi Ibirogba, sub-editor at The Republic, Maria Byrd, a correspondent for Channels TV and international affairs analyst Calvin Dark.]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:30:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRCpZUNbP9lmezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKSmdc86yIoMCl1cWWor9YPv On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes to unlock to promise of Africa’s free-trade zone. Our guests include Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Val Okaru-Bisant, CEO and founder of Afrocosmo Development Impact, Frank Samolis, co-chair of the International Trade Practice Group at Squire Patton Boggs and Natasha Kimani, strategy and research lead at Africa No Filter.]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:36:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKSmdc86yIoMCl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKSIUAmYJKwnLezdsCmHakzH On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes to unlock to promise of Africa’s free-trade zone. Our guests include Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Val Okaru-Bisant, CEO and founder of Afrocosmo Development Impact, Frank Samolis, co-chair of the International Trade Practice Group at Squire Patton Boggs and Natasha Kimani, strategy and research lead at Africa No Filter.]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:30:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKSIUAmYJKwnLezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKQ7kXc8puc5LiejEQ2Mq9rY On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes to unlock to promise of Africa’s free-trade zone. Our guests include Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Val Okaru-Bisant, CEO and founder of Afrocosmo Development Impact, Frank Samolis, co-chair of the International Trade Practice Group at Squire Patton Boggs and Natasha Kimani, strategy and research lead at Africa No Filter.]]> Wed, 06 Apr 2022 21:33:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKQ7kXc8puc5LiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRnBuXQo06jP8b1naedg1wr On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group and security in West Africa. Guests include Ivory Coast Prime Minister Patrick Achi, Travis Adkins, the president and CEO of U.S. African Development Foundation and Nathaniel Powell, analyst at Oxford Analytica.]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2022 21:34:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRnBuXQo06jP8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKS9qFqOkyUG5uT5HJgy6HUf On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss why so many African students were studying in Ukraine. What’s next for thousands of international students who are fleeing the country amid Russia’s invasion? Plus, we discuss reversing Africa's "brain drain.” Our guests include former President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Abena Boaitey-Sowah, educational consultant at CW Education and Career Services, Anesu Masube, founder of Opportunities for Zimbabweans and Dr. Nesochi Okeke-Igbokwe, physician and medical media expert.]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:34:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKS9qFqOkyUG5uT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKR8qYt-ZmD46Zs0ohxaO6Yr On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the war in Ukraine. How effective are international sanctions against Moscow and how will they affect African countries? Guests include Philip Crowther, a correspondent for the Associated Press, Myroslava Gongadze, VOA’s Eastern Europe chief, J. Peter Pham, Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Mimi Kalinda, CEO and co-founder of Africa Communications Media Group and Moustafa Bayoumi, a professor at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:32:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKR8qYt-ZmD46Zs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKSVAeHfEpoLWnn9ye8UNv30 On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the war in Ukraine. Could Russia’s aggression create a new world order? Guests include Steve Herman, VOA chief national correspondent, David Monda, a professor at City University of New York and Yetunde Odugbesan–Omede, a professor at Farmingdale State College.]]> Wed, 09 Mar 2022 21:31:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKSVAeHfEpoLWnn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRcQrIEyQwXwJVjH6qdYdAk On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes for young people to run for political office in Africa. Guests include Ayisha Osori, director of the Executive Vice President's Office at Open Society Foundations, Temi Ibirogba, sub-editor at The Republic, Maria Byrd, a correspondent for Channels TV and international affairs analyst Calvin Dark.]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2022 21:36:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRcQrIEyQwXwJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKTjITzQSrcGRJVjH6qdYdAk On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes for young people to run for political office in Africa. Guests include Ayisha Osori, director of the Executive Vice President's Office at Open Society Foundations, Temi Ibirogba, sub-editor at The Republic, Maria Byrd, a correspondent for Channels TV and international affairs analyst Calvin Dark.]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2022 21:30:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKTjITzQSrcGRJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKQOjzfYSP2AlClmFkX7M1Jw On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the impact of Russia and China’s presence in Africa. Guests include Salem Solomon, lead editor of the Real Time News Desk at Voice of America, and Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, lecturer of African Studies at Howard University.]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:31:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKQOjzfYSP2AlClmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRCm6HyIN4y4eT5HJgy6HUf On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests look at "informal" [non-planned, non-approved] housing and explore how targeted urban planning can improve living conditions. Guests include Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Buwa Binitie, a property developer in Washington D.C. and urban economist Astrid Haas.]]> Wed, 16 Feb 2022 21:32:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRCm6HyIN4y4eT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKThTAMCfiEod5s0ohxaO6Yr On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams brings you a special town hall program on the current state of affairs in the fight against COVID-19 and what is needed for African nations to respond, recover and rebuild. Guests include Mo Ibrahim, founder and chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Phionah Atuhebwe, vaccines introduction medical officer at WHO Africa, Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, deputy director of Africa CDC, Shabir Madhi, dean of the health sciences faculty at University of of Witwatersrand, Dr. Tsion Firew, assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center and Aloysius Uche Ordu, director of Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings Institution.]]> Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:31:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKThTAMCfiEod5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKSEg_zB3tpLPpVjH6qdYdAk On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests look at the future of finding work in Africa. Her guests include Amolo Ng’weno, CEO of BFA Global, economist Eyerusalem Siba and Veda Sunassee, executive director of Africa Leadership University.]]> Wed, 02 Feb 2022 21:30:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKSEg_zB3tpLPpVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRiAU28-B_V-yejEQ2Mq9rY On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams takes a look at the effect of the #MeToo social movement on women in Africa. Guests include Audrey Kawire Wabwire, media manager at Human Rights Watch, Naasu Fofanah, an author and women’s rights activist and Rosebell Kagumire, editor of AfricanFeminism.com]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 21:30:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKRiAU28-B_V-yejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKSaMPhxqyFrU11cWWor9YPv On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams takes an in-depth look at the life and legacy of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Plus, Africa sends a new envoy to Washington. Guests include Allan Boesak, a South African cleric, politician and anti-apartheid activist and Hilda Suka-Mafudze, the Africa Union ambassador to the U.S.]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:31:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/9xf5X_JygKSaMPhxqyFrU11cWWor9YPv