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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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Kenya began three days of mourning today after its defense chief and nine other military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash yesterday, the latest accident to hit the nation's military. The group WaterAid says a lack of clean water in health facilities across seven African countries is causing enormous rates of infections, which lead to tens of thousands of avoidable deaths. Africa’s top basketball event – the BAL – returns to the court with Nile conference play.
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.
A year into Sudan’s conflict, the country’s healthcare system is wrecked, but one volunteer at an Omdurman hospital says he can’t leave his patients. A company is offering to help people fleeing the war in Gaza to enter Egypt – for thousands of dollars per person. The Cameroon Medical Council, an association of doctors, says the state of health care is a growing concern in the country, which faces a doctor shortage, and newly trained physicians increasingly leave for better pay.
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.
In Washington, Sudanese community members and human rights groups demonstrated in a call for U.S. action to end the year-long conflict in Sudan. Today, former U.S. President Donald Trump goes on trial on criminal charges in New York. More than 80 girls have not returned home, 10 years after the extremist Boko Haram group kidnapped hundreds from a school in Chibok, Nigeria, and since then, hundreds more school children have been snatched, leaving activists weary in their fight to return the victims.
United Nations and international agencies warn the lives of millions of people in Sudan are at risk, saying the world is turning a blind eye to the enormous humanitarian needs facing this war-torn country. Kenyan doctors continue their strike calling for better pay and working conditions, but President William Ruto says the country has no money to meet their demands. More than 250 humanitarian and human rights groups are calling on all United Nations member states to immediately halt arms transfers to Israel and Palestinian armed groups.
160 groups are urging the Biden administration to approve an 18-month Temporary Protected Status, or “TPS,” for Congolese citizens, saying clashes involving militant groups over territory and natural resources, extrajudicial killings by security forces and rising tensions with Rwanda have led to chaos. Claude Kamana, the President of the Congolese Community of Washington Metropolitan (CCWM), tells VOA’s Carol Van Dam more than six million people in the DRC are internally displaced.
Opposition candidates are accusing Chad’s military ruler General Mahamat Idriss Deby of flouting election rules and launching his campaign before the official starting date on Sunday. More than 150 organizations delivered a letter to President Joe Biden and top cabinet officials, urging approval of an initial, 18-month Temporary Protected Status, and Special Student Relief designation for citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo. As Russia aims to expand its influence in Africa, it plans to create an expeditionary force of 20,000 mercenaries, but one expert says the war in Ukraine might delay that goal.
The United Nations refugee agency reports thousands of people flee Sudan every day in search of safety as the conflict, which has been raging for nearly a year, shows no signs of abating. Lisa Schlein reports from Geneva.
A labor group says Nigerians are having a tough time handling a government-mandated electricity tariff hike. The Association of Electricity and Allied Companies warned of possible social unrest if President Bola Tinubu fails to reverse the over 245% increase. Political analyst Abubakar Mohammed tells VOA's Chinedu Offor that power supply has worsened since the new tariff went into effect.
The opposition Egyptian Party for Development and Reform urged President Abdel Fattaf al-Sisi to form a strong cabinet that can tackle the economic crisis and focus on industrial and agricultural production. It also asked Sisi to enact political reforms that support political parties and allows them to compete for the peaceful transition of power. VOA senior analyst Mohamed Elshinnawi discussed this with the party president, Mohamed Anwar Al Sadat.
30 years ago, one of the darkest episodes of the late 20th century occurred: more than 800,000 men, women and children were slaughtered in Rwanda. Most were ethnic Tutsis, but moderate Hutus were also murdered. The nation was rebuilt, but the trauma of genocide still lingers today. Nola Haynes, a political science professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, tells VOA’s Carol Van Dam at the time, Americans were being fed a certain narrative about African countries.
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.
The United Nations refugee agency reports thousands of people flee Sudan every day in search of safety as the conflict, which has been raging for nearly a year, shows no signs of abating. South Africa’s electoral court ruled that former President Jacob Zuma can run in the May 29 general election, overturning an electoral commission decision to bar him. Human Rights Watch says just before the Rwanda genocide in 1994, its employee on the ground warned the U.S. government and aid groups about the impending violence, but was ignored.
Rwanda genocide survivors continue to grapple with fear and trauma, which they say is exacerbated by misinformation and genocide denial. Two senior U.N. officials have been in Zambia to assess the country’s worst drought in 20 years, and say the affected communities need immediate humanitarian aid. With South Africa’s election set for May 29th, high unemployment and weak economic growth are crucial issues for the ruling African National Congress.
Sudan's prosecutor's office accused on Wednesday former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok of "inciting war against the state" and other charges that could carry the death penalty, according to state television. The prosecutor's office is loyal to military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, whose regular armed forces have been at war since April 2023 with paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. Fifteen other people, including journalists and politicians who, like Hamdok, live abroad, face similar charges such as "violating the constitution."
David Monda, professor of political science at City University of New York discussed this development with VOA’s Mohamed Elshinnawi.
The World Food Program, WFP, this week said a convoy of desperately needed food aid reached Sudan’s conflict-stricken area of Darfur. This was the first in months. VOA’s Lisa Schlein has more from Geneva.
Sudan’s former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and 15 others, including journalists who live abroad, have been accused of inciting war against the state by the nation’s prosecutor’s office, according to state television.
For more, VOA’s Mohamed Elshinnawi spoke to David Monda, a political science professor at City University of New York.
The World Food Program reports a convoy of food aid has reached the war-wracked Darfur region for the first time in months. Africa’s leading diamond producer, Botswana, has written to the Group of Seven leading industrial countries seeking to reverse an initiative requiring all producers to send gems to Belgium for certification. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed Judith Suminwa the head of the government, the first female prime minister in the country.
South Africa's speaker of parliament Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has surrendered to police after a court refused to hear her application to prevent her arrest on corruption allegations. The Africa Center for Strategic Studies study shows disinformation is a growing challenge to stable African societies, and that China’s Africa-focused media try to improve perceptions of China and its political system, and disparage the United States. Autism Awareness Day seeks to educate the world about autism spectrum disorder, which affects about one in 100 children worldwide.
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