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Gambia runner-up to challenge Barrow's win BBC World Service Ousainou Darboe, opposition leader and presidential candidate for the United Democratic Party (UDP), speaking to supporters outside his home. Ousainou Darboe rejects the results of the Gambia's first presidential electionGetty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Mr Darboe questioned the conduct of the pollImage caption: Mr Darboe questioned the conduct of the poll The runner-up in The Gambia's presidential election, Ousainou Darboe, has said he plans to challenge the result in which the incumbent, Adama Barrow, won with 53% of the vote. Mr Darboe said his team was collecting evidence and would pursue the matter in court if lawyers decided there was a case. He called on his supporters to remain calm. Mr Darboe was one of three unsuccessful candidates who questioned the conduct of the poll, but one of them - Essa Mbaye Fall - has now congratulated Adama Barrow on his re-election. African Union election observers said the election was conducted largely in a fair and transparent manner
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Comments Lesley Marie Everyone’s arms are crossed which, denotes discomfort or, hostility. She spoke so eloquently. Peace Freedom il y a 2 semaines I admire her poise, intelligence, and articulation. However, her message will fall on deaf ears. We have expressed this sentiment to colonizers for thousands of years, in millions of ways. We have written books, song songs, given speeches, preached sermons, published articles, produced movies, funded movements, and on and on, to deliver this message. I have come to the conclusion that they understand and know the truth. They just pretend to be confused to delay justice. 858 89 AFFICHER PLUS DE RÉPONSES the.kesh.kesh il y a 2 semaines A person speaks like this when they have a connection to something. She definitely knows who she is!
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Africa 54 - November 26, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, Thursday to push their demands for a fully civilian government and denounce the October coup. Mohamed Abdelsalam says his 18-year-old son Mido was his "backbone". Last month he was killed as he protested a military coup in Sudan - one of 42 such reported fatalities. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is on the frontline with the army fighting rebellious Tigrayan forces in the northeastern Afar region, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported on Friday.Abiy was wearing military fatigues and speaking to the television in the local Oromiya and Amharic languages, according to the broadcast. Reuters could not independently verify exactly where it was filmed. Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission on Thursday recommended prosecutions be pursued over crimes committed during the era of former President Yahya Jammeh. Several UK tourists have expressed their disappointment and alarm after having to cut their vacations short after the detection of a new COVID-19 variant in South Africa. The EU, Britain, and India are among those announcing stricter border controls as scientists sought to determine if the mutation was vaccine-resistant. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says that about 26 million people in various conflicts zones around Africa can not be reached by humanitarian groups. Armed groups, poor infrastructure, and the remoteness of the areas they live in mean that people must travel long distances and take great risks to access supplies or medical attention. The Tunisian navy rescued 487 migrants on Friday from an overloaded boat that ran into difficulty in rough seas in the Mediterranean as they tried to reach Europe. The vessel was carrying migrants from Egypt, Syria, Sudan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and the Palestinian territories. The navy said they included 13 women and 93 children. In recent months, several drowning incidents have occurred off Tunisia, with an increase in the frequency of attempted crossings from Tunisia and Libya towards Italy. Unless Britain acts, the English Channel will become a graveyard for more migrants including young children who embark on the perilous journey for a better life after fleeing wars and poverty across the Middle East and Africa, charities said. Cameroon's largest lake, Lake Ossa, has been invaded by salvinia molesta, an aquatic fern native to Brazil which hinders navigation, makes fishing impossible, and blocks water access. Now, to combat the spreading plant, a local aid group is training fishermen to harvest the fern and transform it into organic coal. Germany will have a new government next month after three parties agreed to form a coalition, ousting the ruling Christian Democrats of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel. The new government under Olaf Scholz faces an early test of foreign policy, as Russia has deployed tens of thousands of troops on Europe’s eastern borders. Henry Ridgwell considers Berlin’s future relationship with Moscow. NASA tests an asteroid-assaulting system to protect planet Earth. Plus, Japanese tourists are ready for the trip of a lifetime, and a look at the historic, sky-darkening lunar eclipse. In honor of UN’S Universal Children’s Day on November 20th, Music Time in Africa Host Heather Maxwell brings music produced in 2021 by children into focus. Joining her to present is VOA Colleague Kwame Ofori
Racial profiling-Malicious Prosecution-Police Brutality -Atef Bandary-Delta Airlines DL 1105 Part 1 https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/c... https://medium.com/@alprince093 https://www.atefbandary.com/press.php# https://www.pinterest.com/alprince557... On may, 29th 2015 , I was flying back from Argentina after a vacation and lot of dental work which was very cheaper than doing it in United States. I flew by Delta Airlines, the flight was going from Buenos Aires , Argentina To Atlanta, Georgia To Salt Lake City, Utah to Palm Springs, CA. On the way from Atlanta to Salt Lake City , in the very beginning of the flight , a pilot who worked for Jet Blue, which is a co-partner of Delta Airlines , who was sitting in the back of the plane as Undercover , once he saw me walking to the restroom , he went directly to the flight attendants and told them that I looked like a terrorist and had them checking me up in the passenger manifest, then when he found that I had an Arabic name , He asked them to do back ground check on me, they found that there was nothing against me , but still they were suspicious about me , I was followed around every time I went to the bathroom , and I was followed every time I walked to check on my roommate who was sitting in the middle of the , and I was sitting at the back of the Plane , This Pilot who accused me that I looked like a terrorist , he spread the rumor all over the plane , and had some of the passengers following me as well, by the end of the flight while I was waiting at the line for the bathroom because I had diarrhea and they denied me to access the bathroom and had me soiled my pants , I was trapped by the passengers and Delta Airlines Crew , I fell on the floor of the plane then they dragged me to the back of the plane and then handcuffed me, I was restrained to my seat and by the end of the flight they called the Salt Lake City Police to remove me from the flight , then I had to rent a car to drive home from Salt lake City To Palm Springs , CA “ more than 12 hours driving” on my soiled pants. And that was not the end of the story , 6 months later I was indicted with federal charges ,and I was accused of interference with a flight crew duties which could result to 20 years in prison if I was found guilty. My life was stopped at this time from any thing but to struggle very hard to fight this. But it was not too easy for me being Egyptian and Middle Eastern to find a lawyer specially with this kind of accusation of being a terrorist , I had to go to Salt Lake City to hire a lawyer as my charges was at Salt Lake City, Utah. I hired a lawyer in Salt lake City and I had to pay him in advance $10,000.00 who told me that I had a good case and he would fight hard for me , I believed him , but when approaching my Criminal trial date , he flipped from representing me to pressuring me to plea guilty from a crime I never committed , I said no, he didn’t take my answer of NO, he sent me serial of emails , threaten me that I had to plea guilty , otherwise that I would be in prison , I challenged him and said no, and I looked for another lawyer who believed in me and helped me to win my criminal case. All what happened caused me a lot of trauma, sadness and distractions in my life for no reason , but because some racist pilot , thought that I was a terrorist just because I looked like a Middle Eastern. I am Egyptian American , a refugee , America is my country of choice . I came here 27 years ago , asylee from a society who had no Justice and lot of corruption and lot of prosecution for innocents people , I was a refugee here in America to avoid all of this , and live In freedom ,and to live the American dream. I left Egypt to escaped from corruption and abuse of power and construction of Justice, because I was afraid I might face it there in Egypt. But in spite of that , all happened to me here in America which smeared my American dream of Justice and Freedom. My message is to everyone : we are all under the same roof , all off us , all religions, all colors , why can’t we accept each other , forget about : colors, religions , races : we all have to face destiny , It’s not a good policy to bully or highlight a race or a culture,. In my opinion , the only solution that we have to accept each other
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We're Extremely Sad To Report 'Sister, Sister' Star Tia Mowry Had Gone Through This... Tia Mowry is getting candid about her postpartum depression struggle after the birth of daughter Cairo. Tia Dashon Mowry-Hardrict is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her starring role as Tia Landry in the sitcom Sister, Sister, opposite her twin sister Tamera Mowry. The sisters then starred together in the Disney Channel Original Movie Twitches and its sequel, Twitches Too. Mowry met actor Cory Hardrict on the set of their film, Hollywood Horror.[14] They dated for six years, then became engaged on Christmas Day, 2006,[15] and married in California on April 20, 2008.[16] On January 11, 2011, People announced that Mowry and Hardrict were expecting their first child; Mowry made the announcement herself on 106 & Park. The pregnancy was documented on the show Tia & Tamera featuring her sister, Tamera Mowry, on the Style Network. She gave birth to a son on June 28, 2011. On November 8, 2017, Mowry announced that she was pregnant with her second child, a girl. Their daughter was born on May 5, 2018.
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Africa 54 - November 22, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Sudan's civilian prime minister Abdalla Hamdok was reinstated on Sunday - but protests continued with some pro-democracy groups accusing Hamdok of "selling out the revolution". U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday expressed deep concern during a visit to Dakar, Senegal for the stability of neighboring Mali and violence in Ethiopia. Conway G. Gittens has more on Blinken's final stop in Africa. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently announced it had imposed sanctions on the Eritrean Defense Force, whose soldiers have fought in the Tigray region alongside Ethiopian forces, and Eritrea's only political party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice. Eritrea’s foreign ministry slammed the sanctions saying they are meant to destabilize the country. After a century and a half-hidden away in luxurious private collections and displayed in grand European museums, thirteen stolen Ethiopian artifacts have finally returned home following months of private negotiations. Spanish Coastguard rescued three ships carrying migrants off the coast of Gran Canaria on Sunday night. The boats carrying respectively 38, 36, and 48 people, including seven women and a little girl, were intercepted south of the Spanish island. All the migrants were safely transferred to Arguineguin port by the authorities. Gunmen killed a policeman and kidnapped five Chinese nationals near a mine in the southeast Democratic Republic of Congo overnight, a local official and an army spokesman said on Sunday. It was not clear who carried out the attack near the village of Mukera in South Kivu province. Relations are already strained between Chinese mining companies and local authorities, who say some firms are operating illegally without licenses. A Kenyan ride-hailing company has introduced electric bicycle rentals for the first time in the capital, where air pollution and motor vehicle traffic are problems. Lenny Ruvaga reports from Nairobi. People took to the streets in several European countries over the weekend to protest tighter coronavirus restrictions. As parts of the EU see record spiking cases, elected officials in some of those nations have begun limiting public life for the unvaccinated. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more. As people in the United States prepare to gather for the Thanksgiving Day holiday, health authorities continue to push for vaccination to protect against COVID-19 and say all inoculated adults can get a booster shot. Michelle Quinn reports. The U.S. aims to raise COVID-19 vaccine production by more than a billion doses in 2022.The intended increase in effort and manufacturing comes as U.S. lawmakers are questioning inequities in global vaccine distribution and vaccination rates among richer and poorer nations. VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson has more
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Africa 54 - November 18, 2021 Top Stories: Security forces shot dead at least 15 people and wounded dozens as thousands of Sudanese took to the streets on Wednesday on the deadliest day in a month of demonstrations against military rule, according to medics U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to deliver a major speech on the Biden administration’s Africa policy Thursday in Nigeria on the second leg of his three-nation tour of the continent. The U.S. State Department says Blinken will hold talks with his Nigerian counterpart, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama, as well as President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Three convicted militants, one of whom had taken part in a 2015 attack that killed 148 people, were recaptured on Thursday after they escaped from a maximum security prison in Nairobi, the directorate of criminal investigations said. Flags were flown half mast in South Africa on Wednesday, as the country entered four days of national mourning. Emer McCarthy of Reuters reports. A Ghanian entrepreneur is helping prepare students in rural areas for the modern economy by teaching them about robotics. His roaming classes have been so successful that Ghana's Ministry of Education has adopted the lessons in schools. Victoria Amunga reports from Accra, Ghana. The World Health Organization says Europe is once again the epicenter of the pandemic. As Henry Ridgwell reports, the latest wave of infections is casting a shadow over recent signs that European economies were rebounding. Customers need to show proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to enter indoor bars, nightclubs, wineries, and other venues in Los Angeles County, California. The rule – which took effect on November
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Africa 54 - November 12, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Ethiopian government security forces have reportedly rounded up and detained hundreds of ethnic Tigrayans, in a crackdown on suspected supporters of the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front. The crackdown comes as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for all sides to pull back, stop the fighting and bring a "halt to what is happening on the ground." Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was sworn in on Thursday (November 11) as head of a new transitional council he appointed to lead the country following the military takeover late last month, shrugging off domestic and international pressure to reverse the coup. The new 14-member Sovereign Council, for which one member is yet to be confirmed, includes civilians representing Sudan's regions but none from the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) political coalition that had been sharing power with the military in a democratic transition since 2019. The latest developments in Sudan are "very concerning" and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wants to "see a return to the transition as quickly as possible," a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday after Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced he has formed a new transitional council. Sudan's main civilian coalition says it wants a return to pre-coup conditions, following a military takeover last month, and supports calls for "marches of millions." U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric also again called for the release of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other political leaders. Authorities in Ghana are trying to save an endangered monkey species from the risk of extinction. Authorities say human activities are destroying habitats of white-naped mangabey monkeys that only live in a few parts of West Africa. Cyber security specialists say there are thousands of social media accounts offering fake vaccination cards and promising to add vaccination records into electronic databases. The Swahili Village, an African restaurant, has opened in the heart of the American capital. Kevin Onyona is its founder and chef. Mr. Onyona, who hails from Kenya, wants to build a cultural bridge between the African continent and the world through food and various opportunities. Street gang leader Gloire Balume extends a capoeira kick at his friend, who ducks and blocks the threatening leg, before responding with a deft kick of his own. A documentary about the impact of climate change in Africa is a highlight of the annual French film festival in Los Angeles this year. The festival, “City of Light, City of Angels,” or COLCOA, draws filmmakers from Paris and fans from Los Angeles. This week’s entertainment takes us to Cameroon. Ethnomusicologist Heather Maxwell presents a music video that has launched a rising star. The song makes a strong, and entertaining case, for improving girls’ education and literacy in the country
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Africa 54 - November 11, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Ethiopian authorities have rounded up high-profile Tigrayans - from a bank CEO to priests as well as United Nations staff - in a mass crackdown on suspected supporters of rebellious northern forces, according to people linked to the detainees. Former South African President F.W. de Klerk, the man who oversaw South Africa’s transition from apartheid to full democracy for its majority black population, has died at the age of 85.A spokesman for the F.W. de Klerk Foundation said the former president died at his home Thursday after a brief battle with mesothelioma, a form of cancer that affects the lungs. Terrorist attacks on gold mining operations in Burkina Faso are becoming a regular occurrence. For VOA, reporter Henry Wilkins looks at the impact the attacks are having on the lives of survivors and what it could mean if extracting gold, the country's primary source of income, becomes too dangerous. Like many nations hit by COVID-19, South Africa has seen rising unemployment and hunger since the onset of the pandemic. Award-winning waste converters are helping farmers in Ivory Coast turn mountains of agricultural by-products into compost for their fields or gas for their cooking stoves. The United States and China surprised the COP26 climate summit Wednesday with a joint declaration to develop long-term strategies to try to limit global warming below 2 degrees Celsius over the next decade. It comes as delegates enter the final hours of negotiation on a deal to slow global warming. Children between the ages of 5 and 11 are rolling up their sleeves to get their first COVID vaccine shot as mini doses of the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine has been approved for children. The United Nations says nearly 690 million people worldwide were undernourished in 2019. The UN also projects that this number could continue to increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts say among other things, climate change, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic are contributing to an alarming worsening of the global malnutrition epidemic. For more insights, Africa 54 Linord Moudou spoke with Shawn Baker, Chief Nutritionist for the U.S. Agency for International Development - USAID. Street gang leader Gloire Balume extends a capoeira kick at his friend, who ducks and blocks the threatening leg, before responding with a deft kick of his own
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Africa 54 - November 9, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: The U.S. State Department on Monday said Washington believes there is a small window of an opening to work with the African Union to make progress on peacefully resolving the conflict in Ethiopia as a special envoy returned to Addis Ababa. State Department spokesman Ned Price said Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, will meet with the African Union's envoy for the region, former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, on Monday night. Live NYC Remote interview with VOA U.N. Correspondent Margaret Besheer on discussions held Wednesday by U.N. Under-Secretary-General for political and peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo, A.U. Horn of Africa envoy Olusegun Obasanjo and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. At least 18 people were killed on Sunday in an artisanal gold mine collapse in southern Niger, the local mayor said on Monday. The disaster took place in the southern Maradi region, near the border with Nigeria. The death toll is likely to rise, said the mayor of the commune of Dan Issa, Adamou Guero, The Governor of the Maradi region, Aboubacar Chaibou, visited the site on Monday and promised better working conditions for people at the site. Niger begins three days of mourning Tuesday, honoring at least 25 young children killed when their thatched roof classrooms caught fire in the southern part of the country on Monday, according to the council of ministers. The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in Sierra Leone's capital has risen to 115, a health ministry spokesperson said on Monday as hundreds gathered on the outskirts of Freetown at a mass burial of the dead. Bar owner Mohamed Lamin Mansaray says he and his 10 family members have received no help after a tanker explosion - which killed at least 99 people in Sierra Leone last week - destroyed his business and home. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa aims, among other things, to promote the economic and social development of its member States. Africa 54's Linord Moudou spoke to Antonio Pedro, the newly appointed Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Non-fungible tokens - a kind of digital ownership, are increasingly being used by artists in Nigeria and across Africa to sell more of their works and at higher prices. Although more states are mandating the COVID-19 vaccine, a few groups are still exempt from getting them. Angelina Bagdasaryan has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. With the arrival of a new season and low COVID-19 infection rates, the South African government has reopened music events across the country to the delight of audiences and artists. For VOA, Zaheer Cassim joins music fans in Johannesburg as live performances become the norm again. A documentary about the impact of climate change in Africa is a highlight of the annual French film festival in Los Angeles this year. The festival, “City of Light, City of Angels,” or COLCOA, draws filmmakers from Paris and fans from Los Angeles
A Wreath for Udomo A Wreath for Udomo is a 1956 novel by South African novelist Peter Abrahams. The novel follows a London-educated black African, Michael Udomo, who returns to Africa to become a revolutionary leader in the fictional country of Panafrica and is eventually martyred.[1] The novel explores a revolutionary politics, exploring the diversity of actors and political communities needed to overcome colonial oppression.[1] First US edition (publ. Knopf) The novel was controversial at the time of its publication, because it represented revolutionary independence from a tropical African country, before the first such independence by the Gold Coast.[1] Critic Bernth Lindfors described the character of Udomo as being modeled off real revolutionary leaders in Africa, including Kwame Nkrumah, Jomo Kenyatta and Nnamdi Azikiwe.[Wikipedia]
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Peter Abrahams . Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (3 March 1919 – 18 January 2017[1][2]), commonly known as Peter Abrahams, was a South African-born novelist, journalist and political commentator who in 1956 settled in Jamaica, where he lived for the rest of his life.[3] His death at the age of 97 is considered to have been murder.[4] Peter Abrahams Peter Abrahams (photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1955) Peter Abrahams (photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1955) Born Peter Henry Abrahams Deras 3 March 1919 Vrededorp, Transvaal, Union of South Africa Died 18 January 2017 (aged 97) Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica Occupation Novelist, journalist, political commentator Nationality South African and Jamaican Notable works Mine Boy (1946); A Wreath for Udomo (1956 ). WIKIPEDIA
Mine Boy is a 1946 novel by South African novelist Peter Abrahams. Set in racist South Africa during the lead-up to apartheid, the novel explores the stereotypes and institutions that discriminate against working-class black Africans. According to Nigerian scholar Kolawole Ogungbesan, Mine Boy became "the first African novel written in English to attract international attention."[1] Plot Edit The plot follows a black miner, Xuma, as he goes through a number of struggles, including introduced disease from Europeans as well as political and social trauma.[2] Xuma moves from his town to Malay camp, a black area of Johannesburg, in search of work at the gold mines. Leah, an illegal beer brewer, gives him a place to live. Xuma is against the racist treatment of black Africans and fights it. Xuma falls in love with Leah’s niece, Eliza, who is assimilationist, and then with Maisy. Xuma becomes a successful miner, working for the supervisor Paddy. One of Leah's tenants, Johannes, and others, die in a mine accident and Xuma and Paddy lead a strike. WIKIPEDIA
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Africa 54 - November 4, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: The State Department says U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will travel to Ethiopia Thursday and Friday, after rebel forces from the northern Tigray region said they were moving toward the capital and the government in Addis Ababa declared a state of emergency. South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday was nursing a fresh political headache after its worst election result, as local polls showed support for the legacy party of Nelson Mandela dipping below half for the first time. Results from 99% of polling stations in local elections gave it 46% of votes cast, suggesting anger over corruption and poor service delivery had led some voters to defect from the party of the country's liberation hero, and others to stay away. As world leaders talk at the COP26 climate summit, Madagascans like Masy Celestinea are forced to live on cactus flowers amid successive droughts caused by climate change. As climate change triggers deadly heatwaves, droughts and floods, three U.N. agencies on Wednesday will roll out funding plans to improve weather forecasting in vulnerable countries. Namibia's Jakapita Kandanga was among young climate activists who sailed to the U.N.'s COP26 climate conference on board a Greenpeace ship. The COP26 climate summit is taking place against the backdrop of an ongoing global pandemic. As richer nations begin to reopen thanks to rapid vaccination programs, most people in developing countries are still waiting for their first dose. Animal welfare advocates in Kenya are campaigning against the battery cage system of commercial poultry management. The system has been banned in Europe, out of concern for the birds’ welfare, but it is beginning to gain popularity in Africa. The different diaspora groups that make up the United States inevitably have fought for representation through the voting process. VOA is profiling a group of emerging politicians with direct ties to Africa who are changing the face of American politics. The Tour du Faso, a ten-day bicycle race through the conflict-stricken West African country of Burkina Faso, began in the southern city of Banfora October 29. One Burkinabe rider hopes to build on his Summer Olympics performance and secure victory despite security concerns. Senegal has all the makings of a vibrant surf scene: consistent breaks, warm water, and a friendly, inviting culture. But without access to the raw materials needed to shape their own boards, many miss out on the fun. One local surfer found a unique way to create his own boards and has now launched a business with the goal of becoming the first Senegalese surfboard shaper. From a mosque founded by some of the Prophet Mohammed's first disciples to 6th-century churches carved from rock, there are fears that some of Ethiopia's ancient cultural heritage has been irreversibly damaged amid a conflict in the country's north. David Doyle has more. Although 58% of Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, many still hesitate to get the shot. And while the COVID-19 vaccine may be relatively new, the phenomenon of vaccine pushback is not. Liliya Anisimova has the story, narrated by Anna Rice
Africa 54 - November 3, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Staff members and their children have been abducted from a university in Abuja, the university said on Tuesday, in a rare raid on a large institution in the capital. Ethiopia declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, state-affiliated media said after rebellious forces from the northern region of Tigray said they had made territorial gains southward over the weekend and threatened to march on the capital. The announcement came two days after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged citizens to take up arms to defend themselves from the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and authorities in Addis Ababa told residents to register arms and prepare defenses. A report on abuses committed during the war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region will be published on Wednesday. However, a spokesman for the party controlling Tigray said investigators did not visit many sites where violence occurred. The joint investigation by the United Nations Human Rights Office and the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission set out to document alleged violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law committed by all parties to the conflict in Tigray. African nations at the COP26 summit have criticized rich countries for failing to meet their promise of giving billions of dollars to help them cope with climate change. But agreements to protect rainforests and slash methane emissions were welcomed. Namibia's Jakapita Kandanga was among young climate activists who sailed to the U.N.'s COP26 climate conference on board a Greenpeace ship. U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced ambitious climate commitments at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland. He also slammed Chinese and Russian leaders for not doing their part. Animal welfare advocates in Kenya are campaigning against the battery cage system of commercial poultry management. The system has been banned in Europe, out of concern for the birds’ welfare, but it is beginning to gain popularity in Africa. Victoria Amunga reports from Kakamega, Kenya. The different diaspora groups that make up the United States inevitably have fought for representation through the voting process. VOA is profiling a group of emerging politicians with direct ties to Africa who are changing the face of American politics. One is Oye Owolewa, whose parents came from Nigeria. The COP26 climate summit is taking place against the backdrop of an ongoing global pandemic. As richer nations begin to reopen thanks to rapid vaccination programs, most people in developing countries are still waiting for their first dose. Henry Ridgwell reports from the summit in Glasgow on whether distrust between richer and poorer nations could hamper climate negotiations. Although 58% of Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, many still hesitate to get the shot. And while the COVID-19 vaccine may be relatively new, the phenomenon of vaccine pushback is not. Liliya Anisimova has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. In September, COVID-19 case numbers in Africa dropped by 35%, and nearly 1800 deaths were reported across 34 African countries in the same period, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In Uganda, the government loosened its anti-coronavirus restrictions as the COVID-19 transmission rates continued to decline. For more insight, Africa 54's Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, spoke to Dr. John Mundaka, Obstetrician & Gynecologist at Sebbi, a small private hospital leveraging technology to provide medical care to COVID 19 patients in Kampala, Uganda. Senegal has all the makings of a vibrant surf scene: consistent breaks, warm water and a friendly, inviting culture. But without access to the raw materials needed to shape their own boards, many miss out on the fun. One local surfer found a unique way to create his own boards and has now launched a business with the goal of becoming the first Senegalese surfboard shaper, as Annika Hammerschlag reports from Dakar
Africa 54 - November 2, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Fears are growing for construction workers trapped in the rubble of an under-construction high-rise building, which collapsed in Nigeria's mega city Lagos on Monday. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said he is alarmed over reports that rebellious Tigrayan forces have captured two towns in the neighboring Amhara region. The United Nations on Monday accused the Democratic Republic of Congo's army of beating to death a human rights activist protesting illegal taxes in the war-torn east of the country. Cabral Yombo, the leader of a civil society group in Hombo town, was killed by soldiers operating on the alleged orders of local administrative officials, the U.N. Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) said on Twitter. An army spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment. Partnership for Integrated Protection, a local human rights group, said Yombo was tortured on Friday and died of his injuries at a hospital in the city of Bukavu on Sunday. Early results from South Africa’s local elections on Tuesday gave the ruling African National Congress (ANC) 46% of the vote, with results in just over a quarter of polling stations nationwide. The electoral commission said it expected 90% of results to be finalized by Tuesday evening, in a poll widely seen as a referendum on the ANC’s 27-year stint in charge of Africa’s most industrialized nation. World leaders are gathered in Glasgow Scotland this week for a pivotal climate summit, COP26. Experts warn that climate change and global warming may reach catastrophic levels if more is not done to address issues such as cutting greenhouse gas emissions. According to the United Nations, about four billion people have been affected by events related to the changing climate over the last decade, including deadly floods, wildfires, drought, and malnutrition. Africa 54 Correspondent Linord Moudou spoke in an exclusive interview with Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, who joined her from the climate summit and asked him how concerned we should be about climate change. At the U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, U.S. President Joe Biden apologized for the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate accord under his predecessor, Donald Trump. Biden said the U.S. is now back at the table to lead on climate. But as White House Correspondent Patsy Widakuswara reports, it’s unclear just how much he can deliver. There are stark warnings from scientists that a failure to agree to much deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions will result in catastrophic and irreversible climate change. But as Henry Ridgwell reports from Glasgow, Scotland, hopes are already fading that the COP26 climate summit will result in any new deal to save the planet. Visually impaired people too often struggle to get ahead, especially in developing countries, including Zimbabwe. But Zimbabwe this month appointed its first visually impaired judge to the country’s High Court bench. Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare, Zimbabwe. The different diaspora groups that make up the United States inevitably have fought for representation through the voting process. VOA is profiling a group of emerging politicians with direct ties to Africa who are changing the face of American politics. One is Naquetta Ricks, who came from Liberia.
Goncourt: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (born 1990) is a Senegalese writer. Raised in Diourbel, Senegal and later studying in France, Sarr is the author of three novels as well as a number of award-winning short stories. He won the 2021 Prix Goncourt for his novel La plus secrète mémoire des hommes (The Most Secret Memory of Men), becoming the first Sub-Saharan African to do so. WIKIPEDIA
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Africa 54 - November 1, 2021 1 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Managing editor Vincent Makori and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Security forces shot dead three people during nationwide protests in Sudan on Saturday, a doctors committee said, as hundreds of thousands of people demanded the restoration of a civilian-led government after a military coup. Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets on Saturday demanding that General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan who toppled Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok's cabinet last Monday relinquish power and pave way for a civilian-led government. Tigrayan forces claim to have seized the strategic town of Dessie in Ethiopia's Amhara region on Saturday (October 30), where thousands of ethnic Amharas have sought refuge. Some farmers and organizations in Africa are adopting smart and technology-based solutions as the continent seek to prepare itself for the effects of climate change. In Kenya, one group has invested in cold storage facilities to ensure that excess agricultural produce that would have otherwise become gas-producing waste is collected, stored, and distributed to those in need, including victims of drought. The 26th United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change, or COP26, delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, kicked off on Sunday in Glasgow, Scotland. Issues high on the agenda include finalizing the rules for the Paris Agreement’s market mechanism and wealthy countries’ unmet finance pledges to developing countries to help them tackle climate-related challenges. G-20 leaders concluded their two-day summit in Rome Sunday with an agreement to work to reach carbon neutrality “by around mid-century" and pledged to end financing for coal plants abroad. But they failed to agree on phasing out coal domestically. The different diaspora groups that now make up the United States inevitably have fought for representation through the voting process. VOA is profiling a group of emerging politicians from the African diaspora who are changing the face of American politics. In Samburu County, elephant calves rush across a dusty enclosure to take a gulp of milk, exposing their budding tusks as they opened their small mouths to take in feeding bottles
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Africa 54 - October 28, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Managing editor Vincent Makori and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: SUDAN UPDATES: Latest reports say General al-Burhan has fired ambassadors to the US, China the European Union, France, Qatar, and the head of the Sudanese mission in Geneva. After the military takeover of the Sudanese government, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who was released from custody Tuesday. The U.S. is calling for a return to the civilian-led transition to democracy, as VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports. The African Union has suspended Sudan's participation in all activities until the restoration of the civilian-led authority it said in a communique dated on Tuesday.) Meanwhile, global powers have condemned the military coup in Sudan and called on security forces to release those who were detained unlawfully. Bryan Wood reports. Skype Guest: Nabeel Biajo, South Sudan In Focus The African Union says it intends to buy up to 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna in an arrangement brokered in part by the White House, which will defer delivery of some doses intended for the United States to facilitate the deal. Pro-government Zimbabweans say sanctions imposed in 2003 and earlier by some Western nations, including the United States, because of election rigging and human rights abuses, are derailing the country's economy’s recovery. Once commonplace, abuses by state security forces against civilians in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have dropped sharply in the previous year, according to rights groups. Reporting from Burkina Faso, where the decline of 77% has been the biggest, Henry Wilkins discovers what is behind the drop and what lessons can be learned. Nigeria loses thousands of doctors every year to Europe, North America, and the Middle East due to poor salaries, benefits, and working conditions back home. Nigerian health authorities are promising to improve compensation to stop the country’s medical brain drain but as Timothy Obiezu reports from Abuja, it may not be enough. Nigeria is the first African nation to launch a digital currency - the eNaira - a move its leaders say will expand access to banking and enable more remittances. Ciara Lee has the details. Global pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions are just a fraction of what’s needed to prevent catastrophic global warming. That’s the warning from the United Nations, ahead of the critical COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, Britain next week – where world leaders will try to agree on further action to combat global warming. Henry Ridgwell looks at what is at stake ahead of the meeting. Nigeria is one of the top producers of oil palm in the world. The business is highly lucrative and primarily dominated by smallholder farmers, with 80 percent of the local market share. Recently, Releaf, an Agritech start-up that makes African farmers and food factories more efficient, secured $4.2 million in seed funding to drive the industrialization of food processing in Africa. For most perspective, Africa 54's Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, spoke to Ikenna Nzewi, CEO and co-founder of Releaf, based in Lagos, Nigeria. A popular new music app uses artificial intelligence to “ democratize” how musicians of all skill levels learn and play music. VOA’s Julie Taboh has more
Boubacar Boris Diop Wins Prestigious 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature October 26, 2021 21:00 ET | Source: World Literature Today NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday evening that Boubacar Boris Diop is the 27th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Awarded in alternating years with the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature, the Neustadt Prize recognizes outstanding literary merit in literature worldwide. Francophone writer Diop (b. 1946, Dakar, Senegal) is the author of many novels, plays and essays. He was awarded the Senegalese Republic Grand Prize in 1990 for Les Tambours de la mémoire as well as the Prix Tropiques for The Knight and His Shadow. His Doomi Golo was the first novel to be translated from Wolof into English. Toni Morrison called his novel Murambi: The Book of Bones "a miracle," and the Zimbabwe International Book Fair listed it as one of the 100 best African books of the 20th century. Writer and translator Jennifer Croft nominated Diop for the Neustadt Prize. Croft won the Man Booker International Prize in 2018 for her translation from Polish of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's Flights. Robert Con Davis-Undiano, World Literature Today's executive director, notes that "it is a high honor that a senior African writer of Mr. Diop's stature has won the Neustadt Prize. This is landmark for the prize and for Mr. Diop's growing and much-deserved renown in the West." Highly respected within the literary community for its recognition of excellence, the Neustadt Prize is often referenced as the "American Nobel" for its reputation as a lead-up to the Swedish Academy's annual selection. Any living author writing from anywhere in the world is eligible for the Neustadt Prize. The jury is composed of acclaimed international authors, and that fact helps shield the award from external pressure by booksellers, publishers and others who may have interest in influencing the outcome. The Neustadt Prize announcement was made via Zoom as part of the 2021 Neustadt Lit Fest. The Neustadt Prize is the first international literary award of its scope to originate in the United States and is one of the very few international prizes for which poets, novelists and playwrights are equally eligible. Winners are awarded $50,000, a replica of an eagle feather cast in silver and a certificate. A generous endowment from the Neustadt family of Dallas, Denver and Watertown, Massachusetts, ensures the award in perpetuity. CONTACT: tdstubb@ou.edu (405) 325-4531
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Africa 54 - October 26, 2021 | Turmoil in Sudan, Bomb Attack in Uganda, & More You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Sudanese protesters demonstrated into the night Monday after the military seized power in an apparent coup. Security forces opened fire on protesters earlier Monday, killing three demonstrators, according to the Sudan Doctors Committee. The group said at least 80 people were injured. Islamic State claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed at least one person in Uganda's capital Kampala on Saturday night, the militant group said in a statement posted in an affiliated Telegram channel late on Sunday. A South African judge on Tuesday dismissed an application by former president Jacob Zuma to have the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial removed. This year's three-day YouthConnekt Africa Summit ended recently in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. YouthConnekt is an initiative described as a unique, home-grown and innovative drive that connects youth to government and private sector jobs as well as entrepreneurship opportunities. Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa, the U.N. Assistant Secretary-General and the Africa Director of the United Nations Development Program, was a high-profile official who attended the YouthConnekt Africa Summit. Madagascar is known for its rich and diverse wildlife, but experts say forest degradation is a growing threat to both animals and humans. As Anne Nzouankeu reports from Madagascar’s Tsitongambarika Forest, there are success stories thanks to reforestation efforts meant to reverse the effects of climate change. Climate activists like Nigeria's Goodness Dickson say high costs are barring them from attending the COP26 climate conference, and that means their voices will not be heard. The United States will soon reopen its air borders for foreign visitors who are fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine or those who can present a negative COVID-19 test within 24 hours of travel, the White House announced Monday. The new rules take effect Nov. 8, and “only limited exceptions” will be allowed, senior Biden administration officials said during a background briefing with reporters. Chronic fatigue, brain fog, insomnia, heart problems and difficulties breathing – these are just some of the symptoms of long COVID. Lesia Bakalets looked into what long COVID is and how U.S. doctors are treating it.
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Africa 54 - October 25, 2021|Apparent Coup in Sudan, Violence in Somalia, & Pope Francis on Migrants You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is under house arrest in what appears to be a military coup, according to local TV reports. At least 30 people died and over 100 were injured in intensified fighting between the Somali National Army and its former ally Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) in the Somali state of Galmudug over the weekend, residents and hospital officials said. Pope Francis on Sunday urged the international community to end the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya and other unsafe countries where he said they suffer “inhumane violence.” Ethiopia conducted two air strikes in Tigray on Sunday as the government intensifies a nearly week-old campaign of aerial bombardment against the rebellious forces who control most of the region.One strike hit the western Tigray area of Mai Tsebri, targeting a training site of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), government spokesperson Legesse Tulu said. The other hit the northern Tigray town of Adwa, targeting a military manufacturing facility controlled by the TPLF, the government said in a statement. Mali's interim authorities will confirm a date for post-coup elections after national reform consultations in December, a representative of a U.N. Security Council delegation said after talks on Sunday.The timeline is a further sign that Mali's military leadership is likely to extend an 18-month transition to constitutional rule that it originally promised would culminate in presidential and legislative elections on Feb. 27, 2022.The U.N. delegation met transitional authorities, political parties and civil society representatives in Bamako over the weekend to assess Mali's progress back to democracy following the August 2020 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. In Kenya, campaigns are in high gear for the presidential election in August, 2022. Already there are concerns that once again, the elections will take place in a state of anxiety and unless steps are taken now, there is a likely prospect of yet another disputed election. In an interview with Africa 54 Managing editor, Vincent Makori , Irungu Houghton , Executive Director Amnesty International ,Kenya, says to begin with, Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s (IEBC) nationwide voter registration drive ahead of 2022 polls is raising concerns. Millions of people in the United States are gearing up to get COVID-19 booster shots amid ongoing controversy over vaccine mandates. Michelle Quinn reports. Researchers at a specialized lab in Italy say understanding climate change effects requires recreating them in a controlled environment. So, they built one. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more. The South Korean television show, Squid Game, has become Netflix’s biggest series launch ever, topping 111 million viewers globally. Karina Bafradzhian examines the phenomenon of the Squid Game
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Africa 54 - October 21, 2021| Police Brutality in Nigeria, Protests in S.Sudan, & Refugees in Kenya You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Activists in Nigeria gathered this week to demonstrate the one-year anniversary of massive street rallies last year against police brutality. Protesters called for the military to overthrow Sudan's civilian leaders on Tuesday, amid what Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has called the "worst and most dangerous" crisis of a two-year transition from autocracy. Rwandan prosecutors said on Wednesday they would appeal against a 25-year jail sentence handed to Paul Rusesabagina, a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide. Kenya told the United Nations in April, it will shut by June 2022 two camps holding over 410,000 refugees who fled from wars in the East and Horn of Africa, adding it planned to repatriate some and give others residency. Suspected Islamist militants killed 16 people and burned down houses late on Wednesday in a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a witness, and a civil society leader said. An army spokesman in the area said early on Thursday that a combat patrol unit had clashed with the rebels, but gave no further details. Mumbere Meleki Mulla, the coordinator of a local human rights network, confirmed the death toll and blamed the attack on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group active in the region. The ADF has operated in the dense forests near the Ugandan border for more than three decades and began killing civilians in large numbers in 2014. In late 2019 Congo's army launched a large-scale operation against them, sparking a violent backlash. A French woman of African origin is leading a campaign to encourage more members of France’s African diaspora to register as bone marrow donors to potentially save lives. Antony Blinken is making a major push for democracy on his first journey to South America as U.S. secretary of state, visiting two stable democracies, Ecuador and Colombia, at a time of rising violence, authoritarianism, and populism in the region. China is the center of manufacturing for the world. So, when COVID-19 hit, manufacturing was disrupted. Producing delays gave way to shipping delays. Now it’s difficult -- and sometimes impossible -- to get certain items. In Belarus just over the border from Ukraine, many children have been living with chronic radiation sickness since the reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power Plant exploded in 1986. They have returned to school after being unable to escape contamination for yet another summer due to pandemic border restrictions. Residents of Halabja, a Kurdish city where thousands died in 1988 from a chemical weapons attack launched by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, are mourning the death of Colin Powell – the former American general and secretary of state. Gas attack survivors credit Powell with being instrumental in ousting the Iraqi regime and recall his 2003 visit to the city
Africa 54 - October 22, 2021 | Airstrikes Continues in Tigray, Protests in Sudan, & More You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Ethiopia conducted an airstrike on the capital of the northern Tigray region on Friday for the fourth day this week, as fighting has intensified between the central government and regional forces. Hundreds of thousands are estimated to have taken to the streets in Sudan's capital Khartoum and across the country on Thursday, opposing the prospect of a return to military rule. Somalia's president and prime minister resolved a dispute over appointments to security bodies, allowing a stalled process to elect a new parliament and president to go ahead, the government spokesman said late on Thursday. A group of mixed-race women who were abducted as children by state officials in what was then Belgian Congo is suing the Belgian state for crimes against humanity. Kenya lifted a nationwide curfew this week that has been in place since March, 2020 to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The announcement was made by President Uhuru Kenyatta. During the course of the pandemic, Kenyan police have been accused by community human rights groups of brutality and killings while enforcing the curfew. In an interview with Africa 54 Managing Editor Vincent Makori, Irũngũ Houghton, the Director of Amnesty International Kenya, says COVID was expected to inflict different forms of pain to citizens, no one expected police high-handedness. One of the world's last two northern white rhinos, a mother and her daughter, is being retired from a breeding program aimed at saving the species from extinction, scientists said on Thursday (October 21). American activist, Tarana Burke first coined the phrase Me Too in 2006 to help black women share their stories of sexual trauma. Back then, Burke had doubts whether Me Too would catch on -- but it did. VOA’s Haydé Adams takes a closer look at the movement and how it has helped survivors of sexual harassment and abuse hold some of America’s most powerful men to account. India has administered one billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, a significant milestone for an immunization drive that had struggled to get off the ground earlier this year. More than 50,000 Afghan refugees who are now housed at U.S. military bases will be resettled throughout the United States in coming months. The largest number will be heading for California and Texas. Mike O’Sullivan reports, the Afghan American community and local officials are getting ready. Voice of America has been hosting live music performances by artists around the world for decades. Today we go back in time to enjoy one such vintage performance by an Afrofusion band, from our flagship radio program, Music Time in Africa
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Africa 54 - October 20, 2021 | Airstrikes in Tigray, Food Crisis in Northeast Nigeria, & more You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Managing editor Vincent Makori and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Ethiopia launched its third airstrike this week on the capital of the northern Tigray region on Wednesday, stepping up a campaign to weaken rebellious Tigrayan forces in an almost year-old war. Tigrai Television, controlled by the region's Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), said the attack targeted the center of the city of Mekelle but gave no details of casualties or damage. Ethiopia's government said the airstrike targeted buildings where Tigrayan forces were repairing armaments. The World Food Program says it urgently needs funds or it may have to cut food rations to more than 500-thousand people in Nigeria's conflict-ravaged Northeast. A year after Lagos bloodshed, Nigerians say promises of police reform prove hollow. Demonstrators said soldiers and police opened fire on October 20, though both denied firing live rounds. Rights group Amnesty International said 12 protesters were killed in two districts that night, triggering the worst street unrest since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999. Laborers from Kenya say they have endured abuse in the Middle East, often at the hands of their employers. But an aid agency is offering them a chance at rehabilitation and reintegration. Hundreds of survivors of forced labor are now able to access support offered by a group that provides a soft landing for those in need. Ahead of the COP26 climate conference, a report is warning of the dire consequences for Africa from global warming, and the continent's lead negotiator says more money and better tracking of funds is needed. Senegal seized more than two tonnes of pure cocaine from a ship off its Atlantic coast, the navy said on Tuesday, in the West African country's largest-ever cocaine bust. The 2,026 kg of cocaine was found on a ship 363 km (226 miles) off the coast by naval forces backed by air support from the French air force, the navy said in a statement. The ship had five crew members aboard, it added. Approval of U.S. leadership around the world rebounded during the first six months of President Joe Biden’s term, after a record low in the last year of President Donald Trump’s administration. This is according to a new Gallup survey of people in nearly 50 countries. In support of the International Decade for People of African Descent, proclaimed by the United Nation's General Assembly resolution to be observed from 2015 to 2024, the Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) identifies high achievers of African descent in public and private sectors from all around the globe. Earlier this month, MIPAD unveiled two global 100 lists of Most Influential People of African Descent in the creative industry. Africa 54's Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, spoke to Kamil Olufowobi, Chief Executive Officer, MIPAD in New York. The 12th Silicon Valley African Film Festival, which took place over an October weekend in San Jose, California, featured 116 films from 36 countries. More than half of those were directed by women. Collectively, these films are changing visions of Africa. In New York City, artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada unveiled a unique piece of art called The Hug, created to honor those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. At the unveiling, the artist was joined by a very special orchestra
mardi 19 octobre 2021
Africa 54 - October 19, 2021 | An Airstrike in Tigray, Migrants Rescue off Libya, & more You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Managing editor Vincent Makori and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Three children were killed and one person was wounded in an air strike on the capital of the Tigray region in Ethiopia on Monday, the United Nations cited local health workers as saying.The health workers said the casualties were caused in the strike on the outskirts of Mekelle, Jens Laerke, spokesperson of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told a briefing in Geneva on Tuesday. Three-year-old Saba died from malnutrition in Ethiopia's Amhara last month. Conflict in neighboring Amhara has spread to the region, forcing thousands to flee their homes - carrying with them stories of hunger and brutality. A boat carrying 80 African migrants was rescued after it malfunctioned off the coast of the Libyan city of Garabulli on Monday (October 18), a coast guard official said. The migrants, including women and children, were from Mali, Gambia, Sudan, Nigeria, and other nationalities. A floundering economy, in-party fighting and ceaseless corruption allegations are plaguing South Africa's ruling African National Congress. The upcoming local elections on November 1st will test whether loyalties to the party that brought an end to apartheid will prevail or shift in favor of a new political order. The death toll of Tuberculosis has increased globally for the first time in more than a decade, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is one of the findings of the latest World Health Organization’s Global TB Report. Burundi on Monday ( rolled out its first COVID-19 vaccines, months after most African countries, the latest step in the East African nation's shift towards a more active approach to containing the pandemic. Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 from complications due to COVID-19. His family wrote in a statement on Facebook he was fully vaccinated, and that they had “lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American. After Cyclone Idai hit in 2019, some Zimbabweans turned to activities like illegal gold panning to survive. Now Voluntary Service Overseas, an international development charity, is giving them a new option – bee keeping. The 12th Silicon Valley African Film Festival, which took place over an October weekend in San Jose, California, featured 116 films from 36 countries. More than half of those were directed by women. Collectively, these films are changing visions of Africa.
Africa 54 - October 18, 2021 | Drought in Kenya, Airstrikes in Tigray, & deadly Attack in Nigeria You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Managing editor Vincent Makori and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories The United Nations warns that 2.4 million people in Northern Kenya will struggle to find enough to eat by November after a second consecutive season in which rains have failed. For some in northern Kenya, their wealth is held in livestock. But under a blazing sun, the work of a lifetime is evaporating. Consecutive droughts are pushing millions of people towards hunger. Airstrikes hit the capital of northern Ethiopia's Tigray region on Monday and injured several civilians, according to television controlled by the area's Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Tigrai TV said the attack on the city of Mekelle was carried out by "Abiy Ahmed," referring to Ethiopia's prime minister and the government forces he leads. The military and the prime minister's spokesperson did not immediately respond to requests for comment. An aid worker in Tigray said there had been air strikes in Mekelle. Reuters was unable to verify the reports in an area that is off-limits for journalists. In Ethiopia, thousands of Amhara families are fleeing to the town of Dessie from fighting further north of the country. Officials warn the already overcrowded makeshift camps, where displaced people sleep in rows in school classrooms, will fill further after renewed clashes. Gunmen killed at least 30 people in an attack in northern Nigeria's Sokoto state, the governor's office said on Monday.The assault began at a weekly market in Goronyo on Sunday and continued into Monday morning, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said in a statement.Iliyasu Abba, a local resident and trader, told Reuters that there were 60 bodies at Goronyo General Hospital mortuary, while others sustained injuries while escaping.The men were "shooting sporadically on us after they surrounded the market firing at every direction killing people."Abba said the gunmen had at least initially overpowered police who tried to intervene. A police spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A Spanish coast guard vessel rescued 44 migrants in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday (October 17) and took them to the port of Arguineguin in Gran Canaria. The coast guard also brought the body of a dead migrant ashore with the group.The Red Cross said all migrants were men from the Maghreb area, without giving more information about nationalities.Coast guards wearing full protective suits unloaded the dead body in a stretcher and assisted injured migrants off the vessel.Data from Spain's interior ministry showed more than 13,100 migrants had arrived by sea to the Canaries archipelago up to September 30, more than double the number in the equivalent period in 2020. Spotify is targeting Africa for growth in music streaming, but the Swedish giant is dependent on mobile phone firms to make payments work. In Kenya, Spotify has teamed up with mobile payments app M-Pesa, owned by local network Safaricom.African rivals such as Nigeria's Boomplay are making similar moves. HAITI MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED: A group of 17 U.S. missionaries, including children, has been kidnapped by a gang in Haiti, according to a voice message sent by a religious group aware of the incident. The effects of climate change are expected to push more than 200 million people from their homes by 2050, according to the World Bank. The impacts are already being felt in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, where four major weather disasters struck in a nine month period. Recently, a U.S. advisory panel unanimously endorsed booster shots of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for adults over the age of 18. The move comes as vaccines and public health protocols in the United States remain politically charged issues. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports. Afghan businesswomen say that they have been forced to close their businesses as the Taliban have imposed a ban on women working outside. Yalda Baktash has the story
Africa 54 - October 15, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that an additional 17 million coronavirus vaccines will be donated to the African Union, as he met with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta. The World Health Organization's endorsement of the world’s first malaria vaccine marks a major advance against the mosquito-borne illness, which kills some 265,000 children in Africa annually The killing of a five-year-old girl by a military police officer has inflamed tensions in Cameroon's English-speaking South West Region, where secessionists have been battling government troops for nearly five years. The Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) returns to Burkina Faso Saturday after being canceled last year due to the pandemic. One Burkinabe director, who has made a film documenting a nursery for the infants of sex workers, talks about the importance of telling African stories through cinema. Kenya police say they have arrested the husband of Agnes Tirop, the key suspect in the murder of the 25-year-old two-time World Championships medalist. Emmanuel Rotich, is suspected to have stabbed Tirop multiple times before fleeing their home. He was arrested in Changamwe, Mombasa Thursday night after being trailed for two days. Meanwhile scores of Kenyans gathered outside the home of the late Tirop on Wednesday to mourn her tragic demise. The family of former South African President Nelson Mandela is putting roughly 100 of his belongings up for auction to help fund a memorial garden in his honor, including some of his iconic shirts. The effects of climate change are expected to push more than 200 million people from their homes by 2050, according to the World Bank. The impacts are already being felt in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, where four major weather disasters struck in a nine month period. The world’s most famous “starship captain” takes the trek of a lifetime. Plus, new software makes possible virtual trips through the universe, and a mining company in Greenland offers a potentially planet-saving alternative to aluminum. Big music news from Northern Ghana! Dagbon has a new chief of the talking drum. Alidu Mohammed speaks with Heather Maxwell to share his news and music from Tamale
lundi 18 octobre 2021
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samedi 16 octobre 2021
Africa 54 - October 15, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced that an additional 17 million coronavirus vaccines will be donated to the African Union, as he met with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta. The World Health Organization's endorsement of the world’s first malaria vaccine marks a major advance against the mosquito-borne illness, which kills some 265,000 children in Africa annually The killing of a five-year-old girl by a military police officer has inflamed tensions in Cameroon's English-speaking South West Region, where secessionists have been battling government troops for nearly five years. The Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) returns to Burkina Faso Saturday after being canceled last year due to the pandemic. One Burkinabe director, who has made a film documenting a nursery for the infants of sex workers, talks about the importance of telling African stories through cinema. Kenya police say they have arrested the husband of Agnes Tirop, the key suspect in the murder of the 25-year-old two-time World Championships medalist. Emmanuel Rotich, is suspected to have stabbed Tirop multiple times before fleeing their home. He was arrested in Changamwe, Mombasa Thursday night after being trailed for two days. Meanwhile scores of Kenyans gathered outside the home of the late Tirop on Wednesday to mourn her tragic demise. The family of former South African President Nelson Mandela is putting roughly 100 of his belongings up for auction to help fund a memorial garden in his honor, including some of his iconic shirts. The effects of climate change are expected to push more than 200 million people from their homes by 2050, according to the World Bank. The impacts are already being felt in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, where four major weather disasters struck in a nine month period. The world’s most famous “starship captain” takes the trek of a lifetime. Plus, new software makes possible virtual trips through the universe, and a mining company in Greenland offers a potentially planet-saving alternative to aluminum. Big music news from Northern Ghana! Dagbon has a new chief of the talking drum. Alidu Mohammed speaks with Heather Maxwell to share his news and music from Tamale
jeudi 14 octobre 2021
Africa 54 - October 13, 2021 | Conflict in Amhara, Somalia-Kenya Sea Border Dispute, & More You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Ethiopia's federal military reportedly launched a ground offensive against Tigrayan forces in Amhara region on Monday. The U.N.'s top court has set a new sea boundary in a ruling that hands Somalia several offshore oil blocks that are claimed by Kenya. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta’s remarks after chairing the UNSC. He made remarks regarding the ICJ ruling as well as the Pandora Papers. In an interview, the chairman of U.S. drugmaker Moderna has confirmed that Senegal, Rwanda, and South Africa are three 'potential' sites for its planned vaccine plant in Africa. The Spanish coast guard rescued 91 migrants off the Canary Islands on Tuesday (October 12), according to officials. One migrant boat had 43 adult males and a second carried 48 adult males. They were all transferred to the Port of Arguineguín in a Spanish Maritime Rescue ship. Sudan's security service has slapped a travel ban on members of a task force overseeing the country's transition to democracy, government sources said, as tensions between civilian and military leaders threaten to boil over weeks after a failed coup. The political crisis erupted on Sept 21, when Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said rogue troops still loyal to Omar al-Bashir had sought to derail by force the revolution that removed the ousted president from power in 2019. ICC hears CAR suspect personally beat prisoners War crimes prosecutors have alleged that a former Central African Republic "Seleka" faction commander personally beat prisoners. A global deal to ensure large multinational companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% and make it harder for them to avoid taxation has been recently agreed upon by 136 countries. But as White House bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara reports, the world has a long way to go before the deal is implemented. Across the world, people wearing a face mask while in public has become the norm to help prevent the transmission of COVID-19. However, they are still expensive for ordinary people. To alleviate this challenge, A Ugandan company, Biogenics Limited, has established itself as a critical player in the Healthcare industry and as one of the leading distributors of top-quality medical equipment, supplies at affordable cost. For more, Africa 54's Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, caught up with Dr. Hasahya Tony, CEO, Biogenics Uganda Limited in Kampala, Uganda.
Africa 54 - October 13, 2021 | Conflict in Amhara, Somalia-Kenya Sea Border Dispute, & More You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Ethiopia's federal military reportedly launched a ground offensive against Tigrayan forces in Amhara region on Monday. The U.N.'s top court has set a new sea boundary in a ruling that hands Somalia several offshore oil blocks that are claimed by Kenya. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta’s remarks after chairing the UNSC. He made remarks regarding the ICJ ruling as well as the Pandora Papers. In an interview, the chairman of U.S. drugmaker Moderna has confirmed that Senegal, Rwanda, and South Africa are three 'potential' sites for its planned vaccine plant in Africa. The Spanish coast guard rescued 91 migrants off the Canary Islands on Tuesday (October 12), according to officials. One migrant boat had 43 adult males and a second carried 48 adult males. They were all transferred to the Port of Arguineguín in a Spanish Maritime Rescue ship. Sudan's security service has slapped a travel ban on members of a task force overseeing the country's transition to democracy, government sources said, as tensions between civilian and military leaders threaten to boil over weeks after a failed coup. The political crisis erupted on Sept 21, when Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said rogue troops still loyal to Omar al-Bashir had sought to derail by force the revolution that removed the ousted president from power in 2019. ICC hears CAR suspect personally beat prisoners War crimes prosecutors have alleged that a former Central African Republic "Seleka" faction commander personally beat prisoners. A global deal to ensure large multinational companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% and make it harder for them to avoid taxation has been recently agreed upon by 136 countries. But as White House bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara reports, the world has a long way to go before the deal is implemented. Across the world, people wearing a face mask while in public has become the norm to help prevent the transmission of COVID-19. However, they are still expensive for ordinary people. To alleviate this challenge, A Ugandan company, Biogenics Limited, has established itself as a critical player in the Healthcare industry and as one of the leading distributors of top-quality medical equipment, supplies at affordable cost. For more, Africa 54's Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, caught up with Dr. Hasahya Tony, CEO, Biogenics Uganda Limited in Kampala, Uganda
mercredi 13 octobre 2021
Africa 54 - October 12, 2021| COVID19 in Kenya's refugee camps, Violence Against Migrants in Libya You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on many people’s mental health, especially among vulnerable groups like refugees. In Kenya's urban refugee camps, aid agencies are trying to help people cope with anxiety and depression. Hundreds of migrants and refugees waited outside a United Nations centre in Tripoli on Sunday to seek help in escaping Libya after what aid groups called a violent crackdown in which thousands were arrested and several shot. The International Criminal Court on Tuesday (October 12) will hold hearings to ask judges to confirm the charges against former Central African Republic "Seleka" faction commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kain. Mahamat Said Abdel Kain, who was detained and transferred to The Hague in January, faces accusations of crimes against humanity committed in 2013. A judge for the court said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Said was responsible for crimes including torture, persecutions, enforced disappearances and other inhumane acts. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday hands down its judgment in a case filed by Somalia against Kenya over contested parts of the Indian Ocean believed to be rich in oil and gas.The ruling comes after Nairobi last week said it had revoked recognition of the court's jurisdiction.Somalia filed the case in 2014 at the United Nation's highest court for disputes between states. The trial of 14 people accused of plotting to assassinate Burkina Faso's former president Thomas Sankara started on Monday, more than 30 years after he was gunned down in one of the most infamous killings in modern African history. Mozambique's police said on Monday that they had killed the commander of an armed wing of a breakaway faction of the main opposition group Renamo. The government claims that the armed group, called Renamo military junta, is responsible for several attacks and killings of civilians, plundering of property, looting and arson in the central part of the impoverished country in the last few years.Mariano Nyongo, the leader of Renamo military junta, was killed early in the morning in fighting between the Defence and Security Forces (FDS) and the insurgents in Sofala province, General Commander of Police Bernardino Rafael said. The attacks by the splinter group have hobbled a peace treaty and disarmament process initiated after President Filipe Nyusi of the ruling party Frelimo signed a ceasefire with Renamo in 2019. The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has been holding a series of meetings with top US government officials and business leaders. As part of the bank's effort to attract increased US investments in Africa. In part two of Peter Clottey’s interview Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, spoke about President Joe Biden's Africa agenda; Chinese business and investment activity in Africa; and Africa’s position ahead of November’s global climate conference, COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. Experts call is a milestone in the fight against Malaria. For some, the RTS,S vaccine approved by the World Health Organization is a step in the right direction, but more remains to be done to save lives. WHO says every two minutes a child dies of malaria, and about 400,000 people lose their lives each year due to the mosquito-borne disease. Most of the victims are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. Mosquirix, made by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, is 30% effective in preventing Malaria, and requires four doses. For more perspectives, Africa 54 health correcpondent Linord Moudou spoke with Dr. Akpaka Kalu, Regional Adviser for Tropical diseases with the World Health Organization African Region. He discusses the RTS,S vaccine significance in malaria-control on the continent. Ten years ago, Steve Jobs passed away from pancreatic cancer at age 56. Jobs played a huge role in making Apple one of the most successful companies in the world. But what does Apple’s future look like
mardi 12 octobre 2021
Africa 54 - October 11, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: A trial on the assassination of Burkina Faso's former president, Thomas Sankara, begins Monday, more than three decades after he and 12 others were killed in a 1987 coup. Former President Blaise Compaoré, the main defendant in the trial, who lives in exile in Ivory Coast, will not be attending. Climate change is battering the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar and several U.N. agencies have warned in the past few months of a "climate change famine" there ….. Half a million children are expected to be acutely malnourished in southern Madagascar, 110,000 severely so, the U.N. Children's Fund says, causing developmental delays, disease and death. The Africa Union says it has decided to transition current mission in Somalia to a joint mission between the United Nations and the Africa Union. In a statement, the Peace and Security Council of the Africa Union says it endorsed an AU independent assessment team’s recommendation on a hybrid mission for Somalia. The planned date for the mission is January 2022. The Spanish coast guard boat transported 36 migrants intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean to the island of Gran Canaria on Sunday.. Migrants, including women and children, were rescued 6 miles off Canary Islands and transported to Arguineguin port.Spain's Canary Islands have experience a surge in seaborne migration that has seen thousands make the dangerous crossing from Africa to the Atlantic archipelago.Data from the Interior Ministry showed more than 13,100 migrants had arrived by sea to the Canaries archipelago by September 30, more than double the number in the equivalent period in 2020. Children were inoculated with the world's first approved malaria vaccine in a part of western Kenya where the disease is prevalent. The President of the African Development Bank says Africa is ready for increased US investments. Dr. Akinwumi Adesina (Ah-day-shinah) says before the global coronavirus pandemic, Africa still had the sixth fastest growing economies in the world adding that the fundamentals remain valid today. His remarks come as he held a series of meetings with senior US government officials and business leaders here in Washington DC. Dr. For more about his meetings here in Washington DC, VOA's Peter Clottey reached Dr. Akinwumi Adesina via Skype A new report calls DR Congo's $6 billion deal with China on mining resources 'unconscionable', saying few of the promised benefits have materialised, and that may bolster the country's bid to revise the terms of the contract. In Nigeria, a country heavily reliant on revenues from its oil exports, entrepreneur Ifedolapo Runsewe has identified another type of black gold: used car tyres. As the U.S. national rate of COVID-19 infections declines, vaccine mandates for some jobs are pushing some employees to get the shots while others protest. Ten years ago, Steve Jobs passed away from pancreatic cancer at age 56. Jobs played a huge role in making Apple one of the most successful companies in the world. But what does Apple’s future look like
lundi 11 octobre 2021
dimanche 10 octobre 2021
samedi 9 octobre 2021
vendredi 8 octobre 2021
Africa 54 - October 8, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Nigerian police say 187 people have been freed from armed gangs of kidnappers amid a security crackdown in the restive Zamfara state. Moderna plans to invest about $500 million to build a factory in Africa to make up to 500 million doses of mRNA vaccines each year, including its COVID-19 shot, as pressure grows on the pharmaceutical industry to manufacture drugs on the continent. With the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa has seen hunger increase nearly threefold, according to a national survey. One man is helping to tackle the problem by launching community farms to help feed inner city residents. Google plans to invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to ensure access to fast and cheaper internet and will back startups to support the continent's digital transformation. German officials unveiled this week what they said is the world's first commercial plant for making synthetic kerosene. It’s seen as a climate-friendly way to produce jet fuel and could potentially be game-changing. Aviation currently accounts for about 2.5 percent of worldwide emissions of CO2, a not-so-friendly greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Three years after the murder of Washington Post columnist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, human rights activists and many others around the world are furious the United States has failed to sanction Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is accused of ordering the killing. Inspired by his love of Jet Li movies, Uganda's Kizza Ssejjemba took up Kung Fu. Today he has trained with Chinese experts, stars in action films and is training a new generation. Burkina Faso has been making headlines for an Islamist insurgency that has created one of the world's fastest growing humanitarian crises. But one man is showcasing what the country has to offer beyond conflict with a group he created called “Burkina Faso is Chic.” In this week’s entertainment takes a look at this summer’s music hits with Heather Maxwell’s Top 3. And she has a surprise guest that you may recognize
Africa 54 - October 7, 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top News: In Burkina Faso, at least 400 people have been awaiting trial on terrorism charges for years, including several minors under the age of 16. The Takuba task force is an elite group of European soldiers tasked with turning the tide in decade-long insurgency that has killed thousands in the Sahel region. But there are challenges. The humanitarian agencies operating in Somalia and Somali officials say they deeply regret the arrests and forced displacement of thousands of people who have been expelled from the town of Las Anod by authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland. The forced displacement has been taking place since Saturday as police in Somaliland citing security concerns rounded up the people from their businesses, homes and streets, officials and witnesses said. Female circumcision, known as female genital mutilation (FGM), is illegal in Kenya but is still being forced on young girls in some areas. Cases increased after schools closed due to the pandemic, but one survivor is fighting the practice in an ethnic Somali community. The pandemic is changing how many of us access health care. In the United States and elsewhere, studies show that virtual medical appointments are effective, help patients manage their care and keep people out of hospitals. Victims of sexual abuse by priests in France are calling for historic reform of the Catholic church after an independent commission found that hundreds of thousands of children had suffered systematic abuse over the past seven decades. Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo are campaigning to protect Congolese rumba - a music steeped in historic anti-colonial significance
jeudi 7 octobre 2021
mercredi 6 octobre 2021
Africa 54 - October 5, 2021| Violence in S.Sudan, Namibia' Genocide Deal, & Pandora Papers You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: At least 36 people were killed in clashes between people of four communities in South Sudan over the weekend, according to Warrap state officials. The Government of Namibia has welcomed the $1.3 billion dollars, part of a 1904-1908 German genocide reparations deal. While the government calls it a step in the right direction representatives of the Ovaherero and Nama communities, the main tribal groups affected by the German genocide consider it a raw deal. In part two of our special report, representatives of the Ovaherero and Nama explain what they would consider a fair deal for the atrocities committed against their communities. Confidence Musasiri has more in this report narrated by Jessica Kaimu World leaders, politicians and pop stars are among thousands of individuals revealed to be concealing huge wealth through a network of anonymous companies. The revelations, known as the ‘Pandora Papers’ are part of a huge leak of almost 12 million files from the archives of several legal firms, which shed light on the secret world of offshore finance. Henry Ridgwell has more. Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio says the country is changing into a West African country that respects the rule of law and protects the fundamental rights of citizens as enshrined in the constitution. Mr. Maada Bio, who is currently holding a series of meetings with top US officials and business leaders, says the negative narrative about his country is changing for the better. He says that’s due to his administration’s policies – including transparency and accountability – that are encouraging to the country's development partners. In part two of our interview, President Julius Maada Bio spoke about the inclusive development of his country and about creating an enabling environment for private businesses and foreign investors. Coal provides more than 75% of South Africa’s energy supply, but public and corporate pressure is mounting for that to change. Protests were seen across the country last week and now a proposed Chinese-backed coal power plant may be scrapped. Linda Givetash has this report from Johannesburg In Ivory Coast, there’s a new tool in the fight against counterfeit pharmaceuticals. A start-up company now helps pharmacies digitally trace the sale of drugs to their customers. Yassin Ciyow has more in this report narrated by Lionel Gahima. The World Health Organization and International Council of Nurses say only 15 of Africa's 54 nations have fully vaccinated 10% of their populations against COVID-19. A growing number of countries are mandating vaccination, which observers say, will encourage more people to get the jab. The continent is grappling with a low supply of vaccines. In addition, myths and misconceptions are fueling people's hesitancy and reluctance to get immunized. For more on the subject, Africa 54 health correspondent spoke with Tolbert G. Nyenswah, Senior Research Associate at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Former Deputy Minister of Health, Emergencies and Epidemic Control of Liberia. Female circumcision, known as female genital mutilation (FGM), is illegal in Kenya but is still being forced on young girls in some areas. Cases increased after schools closed due to the pandemic, but one survivor is fighting the practice in an ethnic Somali community. Brenda Mulinya reports from Garissa, Kenya. Burkina Faso has been making headlines for an Islamist insurgency that has created one of the world's fastest growing humanitarian crises. But one man is showcasing what the country has to offer beyond conflict with a group he created called “Burkina Faso is Chic.” Henry Wilkins reports from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
mardi 5 octobre 2021
Africa 54 - October 4, 2021 | Interview with Sierra Leone President, Sudan's Economy, & More You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: The head of the World Bank, David Malpass, has said Sudan's economic situation is "gradually improving" but will require patience. David Doyle has more. Ethiopia's parliament confirmed incumbent Abiy Ahmed as prime minister for a five-year term on Monday, cementing his power domestically amid mounting international concern of his government's handling of the conflict in northern Ethiopia.Abiy's party won a landslide victory in June's election. He was sworn in on Monday, and a ceremony was being held later in the capital Addis Ababa attended by several African heads of states. In Namibia, the government has welcomed the US$1.3 billion 1904-1908 German genocide reparations deal, as a step in the right direction despite cautioning that the amount can never be good enough and insisting an improvement of the terms of reparations, is not out of the question. This, as scores of the Ovaherero and Nama community, the main tribal groups affected by the German genocide took to the streets this week to reject the deal struck by the southern African country’s government and its former colonialist. Confidence Musasiri has more in this report narrated by Jessica Kaimu Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio says the Free Education policy for all children forms an integral part of his human capital development agenda to improve the lives of the country's future generation. The move, the Sierra Leonean president says, has lifted a heavy burden off the s houlders of all parents in the West African country irrespective of their political inclinations or societal status. …In a sit down interview with VOA's Peter Clottey, President Bio also talked about good governance, transparency and the need for accountability. In Ivory Coast, there’s a new tool in the fight against counterfeit pharmaceuticals. A start-up company now helps pharmacies digitally trace the sale of drugs to their customers. Yassin Ciyow has more in this report narrated by Lionel Gahima. Coal provides more than 75% of South Africa’s energy supply, but public and corporate pressure is mounting for that to change. Protests were seen across the country last week and now a proposed Chinese-backed coal power plant may be scrapped. Linda Givetash has this report from Johannesburg. Female circumcision, known as female genital mutilation (FGM), is illegal in Kenya but is still being forced on young girls in some areas. Cases increased after schools closed due to the pandemic, but one survivor is fighting the practice in an ethnic Somali community. Brenda Mulinya reports from Garissa, Kenya. The U.S. is the global leader in vaccine donations, pledging to send 1.1 billion doses to help the world fight the COVID-19 pandemic. But it has shipped only 15% of the doses it has promised. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report. There’s a new weapon against COVID-19 and it’s in capsule form. VOAs Carolyn Presutti explains how it’s a breakthrough and why other pills have been discovered that we haven’t heard about. The sound of African beats and the smell of spices filled the streets of northeast Washington, D.C., recently, with the Afro beats block party and Jollof cook off returning to the Nation's Capital after being canceled last year due to covid-19. The event celebrated traditional African food, music, and culture
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Africa 54 - October 1, 2021 | Somalia's 1st oxygen plant, Sexual Abuse in Congo, & Covid in Nigeria You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Somalia's first public oxygen plant was launched on Thursday in a country where the life-saving medical gas has been largely unavailable during the coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Organization's response to an independent probe, which found that some of its staff were among 83 aid workers involved in sexual abuse and exploitation in Congo, has been praised. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres was "shocked" by the information that Ethiopia has declared seven senior U.N. officials working in the country persona non grata, U.N. spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay told a press briefing on Thursday; "We are now engaging with the government of Ethiopia in the expectation that the concerned U.N. will be allowed to continue their important work,". As the coronavirus has spread in Nigeria, Africa's most populated country, so have myths about the virus, especially among children. A Nigerian author has written a children's book to help them understand the pandemic and ways to avoid being infected. It has been 18 months into the COVID 19 pandemic, and experts say the oil and gas industry, which has been hard hit, faces a slow recovery. The African Development Bank in its African economic outlook 2021 says Angola’s oil-driven economy is expected to expand in 2021, with a GDP projected growth of 3.1percent. For more perspective, Africa 54's Linord Moudou spoke with Antonio Henriques da Silva, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Special Economic Zone of Luanda-Benguo, and President of AIPEX, the Agency for the Promotion of Investments and Exports of Angola. The sound of African beats and the smell of spices filled the streets of northeast Washington, D.C., last weekend, with the Afro beats block party and Jollof cook off returning to the Nation's Capital after being canceled last year due to covid-19. The event celebrated traditional African food, music, and culture. After an 11-year hiatus, world music star Lokua Kanza recently released a new album and since September, has taken up a new role for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Heather Maxwell reached out to him in Paris to find out more. Burkina Faso's six-year conflict with terrorist groups linked to Islamic State and al-Qaida is spreading to the country's southern region, say analysts. Reporter Henry Wilkins went on a patrol with a group of vigilantes as they prepare to defend against the Islamist militants near the southern town of Bobo Dioulasso In Ivory Coast, there’s a new tool in the fight against counterfeit pharmaceuticals. A start-up company now helps pharmacies digitally trace the sale of drugs to their customers. Female circumcision, known as female genital mutilation (FGM), is illegal in Kenya but is still being forced on young girls in some areas. Cases increased after schools closed due to the pandemic, but one survivor is fighting the practice in an ethnic Somali community. Brenda Mulinya reports from Garissa, Kenya
Africa 54 - September 30, 2021 | Nigeria Reopens Schools, Ethiopia's Elections, & COVID19 in Africa You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Nigerian authorities are reopening schools in northern Kaduna state after more than two months of shutdown due to insecurity. The region has suffered a string of armed kidnappings at schools and the UN's Children's Fund, UNICEF, says about one million Nigerian children are "afraid to return to school." Members of a banned Shi'ite Muslim group in Nigeria say police opened fire during a procession on Tuesday in the capital Abuja. Ethiopians in three regions where elections had been delayed head to the polls on Thursday to vote for their representatives and one area will also vote on whether to form its own regional state. Mali's Prime Minister was met by cheering crowds as he returned from the United Nations - where he said the West African country felt abandoned by former colonial power France Russia is delaying the appointment of panels of independent experts to monitor violations of U.N. sanctions on South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali, diplomats said on Wednesday, leaving their work in limbo. The head of the World Trade Organization said on Tuesday that the low COVID-19 vaccination rate of around 4 Percent in Africa was "devastating," saying that trade should help address vaccine inequity. Following a tumultuous several weeks in which the president fell victim to an assassination plot and a massive earthquake flattened parts of the island, many Haitians fled their home country. And the United States turned away some at its southern border. But this is not the first Haitian exodus. As VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports, Haitians fleeing Haiti is a cycle that is generations old. A new national survey conducted by the Eurasia Group Foundation finds that most Americans say they want more diplomacy and fewer U.S. military deployments around the world. The findings come in the first large-scale opinion poll conducted since the end of the 20-year U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports. The global health crisis saw the number of international vistors to Kenya plummet by two-thirds, but tourism sector workers like massage therapist Marion Minayo are hopeful for a recovery. Doctors around the world have seen an unusual rise in Tourette-like tic disorders over the past year. Matt Dibble reports on how social media may be the trigger
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Africa 54 - September 29, 2021 On this edition of Africa 54: UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said he believes famine has taken hold in Ethiopia's Tigray region, where a nearly three-month long "de-facto blockade" has restricted aid deliveries to only 10% of what is needed; An independent commission has found that 21 out of 83 alleged perpetrators of sexual abuse in DRC were employed by the World Health Organization; & an initiative to help brilliant Kenyans achieve their dream of studying in the USA regardless of their financial background
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Africa 54 - September 27, 2021| Protests in Tunisia, Theoneste Bagosora Died in Mali, & more. VOA Africa147 vuesDiffusée en direct le 27 sept. 2021 You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Mali could push back presidential and legislative elections from late February to avoid their validity being contested, its prime minister handling a post-coup transition said. Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel regarded as the architect of the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed, died in a hospital in Mali on Saturday. Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Tunisian capital, Tunis, Sunday to protest President Kais Saied’s recent decrees bolstering the already near-total power he granted himself two months ago. Moviegoers returned to plush red seats in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday for the country's first public cinema screening since before a civil war broke out in 1991. Professional soccer player Francis Deng Kowal imagines that life without soccer would be "very harsh", and that's why he founded a soccer academy in Egypt with the hope of inspiring young African refugees through the sport. For Serge Makolo, roller skating is a way to forget his troubles such as the volcanic eruption that destroyed his home. And he's hopes it might one day earn him a medal on this highest global stage. Widakuswara U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday hosted the leaders of India, Japan and Australia for a meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or the Quad, part of his foreign policy push to focus on the Indo-Pacific region and counter a rising China. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is defending President Joe Biden's foreign policy record, as the administration faces pressure over its handling of Haitian migrants on the U.S. border, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and a nuclear submarine deal with Australia that angered France. A time of intensity. That's what House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, is calling this coming week in Congress as lawmakers are expected to vote on a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, but also consider the Democrat-backed $3.5 trillion sweeping social spending package, core to the Biden administration agenda. The Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Spanish Canary Islands continues to spew lava and debris, one week after it erupted and forced thousands of people to flee their homes. A local airport has reopened, but planes remain grounded as ash clogs runways and lava fills the skies
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Africa 54 - September 24, 2021| UNGA 76th Session, Planting Program in Nigerian Refugee Camp, & More You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Nigerian refugees have halted accelerating desertification at a camp in northern Cameroon through an ambitious planting program - a part of Africa's Great green Wall initiative. Live Coverage of the 76th Annual United Nations General Assembly As health systems globally continue to face the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the health crisis has highlighted the need for governments, partners, and stakeholders to strengthen and invest in health. Investing in the African health sector has been on the agenda this week during the UN General Assembly. ABCHealth, in collaboration with UNECA and NIH, gathered participants this week to collaborate on a path for universal health for Africans. After 16 years, Germany is preparing to bid farewell to Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after elections scheduled for Sunday. As Henry Ridgwell reports from Berlin, Merkel was Germany’s first female chancellor and its first leader to have been raised in the former East Germany. The Biden administration is pushing back against accusations of “deeply flawed” policies, leveled by its special envoy to Haiti, who resigned Wednesday over what he called an “inhumane, counterproductive” response to the recent Haitian migrant surge along the U.S. southern border. For Serge Makolo, roller skating is a way to forget his troubles such as the volcanic eruption that destroyed his home. And he's hopes it might one day earn him a medal on this highest global stage. The Kennedy Center in Washington began its 50th anniversary season in mid-September with musicians back on stage and spectators in their seats. But there are some COVID-19 measures are in place for the new season. In entertainment this week we take a look inside the cover of a new book published by Indiana University Press on Malian photography. 20 years in the making, the book and its companion on-line archive open up generations of photographers’ works to international access, while also preserving and protecting the collections from damage, art theft, and illicit trafficking of cultural property.
Africa 54 - September 23, 2021|Namibian Protesters Storm Parliament; Turmoil in Tunisia, & More. You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Managing editor Vincent Makori and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Hundreds of protesters climbed over a fence to storm Namibia's parliament building on Tuesday, angry at a Germany genocide compensation offer they say is too small. Sudanese authorities have taken control of lucrative assets that for years provided backing for Hamas, shedding light on how the country served as a haven for the Palestinian militant group under former leader Omar al-Bashir. The takeover of at least a dozen companies that officials say were linked to Hamas has helped accelerate Sudan's realignment with the West since Bashir's overthrow in 2019. Tunisian President Kais Saied declared on Wednesday he will rule by decree and ignore parts of the constitution as he prepares to change the political system, prompting immediate opposition from rivals.Saied has held nearly total power since July 25 when he sacked the prime minister, suspended parliament and assumed executive authority, citing a national emergency in a move his foes called a coup. South African Airways (SAA) staff broke into song and dance at the country's biggest airport on Thursday (September 23) at the sight of the national airline taking to the skies for the first time in a year……The government has said it will sell a majority stake in SAA to a local consortium and a due diligence process has been mostly completed, but the share purchase agreement is not yet signed. A new guild of bronze casters in Nigeria's Benin City have created pieces of art to give to the British Museum, in the hope of encouraging the return of the looted Benin Bronzes. Afghanistan's Taliban leaders have asked to have their representative speak to the United Nations General Assembly this week, as other world leaders call on the Taliban to grant equal rights and opportunities to girls and women. U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticized the treatment of thousands of Haitian migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border Wednesday, as the U.S. increased deportation flights out of the state of Texas. The bipartisan criticism came as top Biden administration officials condemned images showing U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing migrants seeking asylum. Women Giving Back is a Virginia non-profit that helps women and children who are undergoing financial hard times or who are struggling to start over after leaving abusive relationships.
Africa 54 - September 22, 2021| Attacks in Burundi, UNGA 76, & Haitian Immigrants to the U.S. You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: At least two people have died and 50 wounded in the latest in a string of attacks to hit Burundi. Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al Sisi called for "a comprehensive, balanced and legally binding agreement" on the operation of a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia.Speaking in a pre-recorded statement to the United Nations General Assembly from Cairo on Tuesday (September 21), Sisi said, "The Nile is Egypt's lifeline, which explains the extreme anguish that Egypt feels over the Renaissance Dam." At the 76th United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Joe Biden called on world leaders to unite against threats confronting the world today, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. However, he is facing an uphill battle to convince allies that America is back and ready to lead the fight. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has more. This week New York will see one of its first large gatherings since the coronavirus pandemic, when more than a hundred world leaders are expected to return to the United Nations for their annual meetings. South Sudan’s Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior visited Washington, D.C. before heading to New York to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly. Mrs. de Mabior sat down with VOA’s Nabeel Biajo over the weekend and talked about her country’s challenge in creating a unified and well trained military as well the progress towards attaining gender equity. In Zambia there are just five ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists and one audiologist for a country of 17 million people. However, a government plan is seeking to address and has trained more than 200 nurses, clinical officers and community health workers. Clara Frenk has our report The Biden administration is utilizing a controversial policy as the basis for the mass expulsion of the more than 12,000 Haitians arriving at the U.S. seeking asylum at the Del Rio, Texas, border crossing. Access to safe drinking water is a challenge for people all over the world. However, in Malawi, a new cutting-edge technology dubbed "intelligent tap" or (Itap) brings a sigh of relief to many households. People in the rural communities use automated teller machines "ATM cards to get water from water kiosks. For more, Africa 54's Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, spoke to Mayamiko Nkoloma, innovator and managing director, iMoSyS, the company behind iTap in Malawi. Instead of throwing away broken gadgets, repair enthusiasts encourage people to try fixing their own things with fix-it clinics and free tutorials. Matt Dibble reports
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Africa 54 - September 21, 2021| Failed Coup in Sudan, UNGA 76t, & an Interview with S.Sudan VP Top Stories: Sudanese authorities on Tuesday said they had foiled an attempted coup and that the interrogation of suspects is due to begin. Police in London appealed on Tuesday to anyone with information about the murder of a Nigerian boy whose torso was found in the River Thames 20 years ago to come forward to help them solve the case, which they believe may have been a ritualistic killing.The boy was aged five or six when his body, which had had the head and limbs severed, was found floating near Tower Bridge. Police believe he was trafficked from Nigeria to Britain, possibly via Germany.The boy's identity remains a mystery. Police have named him "Adam" and say forensic tests show he was from Nigeria. This week New York will see one of its first large gatherings since the coronavirus pandemic, when more than a hundred world leaders are expected to return to the United Nations for their annual meetings. South Sudan’s Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior visited Washington, D.C. before heading to New York to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly. Mrs. de Mabior sat down with VOA’s Nabeel Biajo over the weekend and said her team has been meeting with “friends” of South Sudan including the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to brief them on the implementation of South Sudan’s 2018 peace agreement and seek their support. She also discussed the size of her delegation given the COVID-19 restrictions and the challenges that the Coalition Government is trying to overcome. Donkey owners in Kenya are demanding a permanent ban on the slaughter of the animals after a court lifted a temporary ban earlier this year. They say their donkeys are being stolen and killed to meet a demand for beauty products and so-called medicine in China. BloLab, a startup in Benin is converting plastic jerricans into computers using recycled components and distributing them to the public at a low cost. U.S. authorities have closed the port of entry at Del Rio, Texas, as more than 12,000 Haitians have arrived seeking asylum, and the Biden administration is flying them out in what may be the fastest large-scale expulsion of migrants in U.S. history. Germany is preparing to elect a new leader in elections scheduled September 26, as incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel's 16 years in power come to an end. As Henry Ridgwell reports from Berlin, her successor will face a series of immediate geopolitical challenges — from the rise of China to balancing transatlantic relations. The crew of a sailing ship is working to revive a clean-energy way of delivering goods in New York state. VOA’s Aaron Fedor sails with them along the Hudson River to learn about the history of some of the places along the way and the benefits of trading under sail
mardi 21 septembre 2021
Africa 54 - September 20, 2021| Development in Guinea, Court Finds Paul Rusesabagina Guilty & more Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Guinea's junta has said they will not bow to pressure from West African leaders to allow ousted President Alpha Conde to leave the country. A Rwandan court on Monday found Paul Rusesabagina, a one-time hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood film about the 1994 genocide, guilty of being part of a group responsible for terrorist attacks. Former Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, ousted in 2019 after mass protests, was given a state funeral on Sunday (September 19) that was attended by senior officials but received little of the attention given to such occasions in the past. New York next week will see one of its first large gatherings since the coronavirus pandemic, when more than a hundred world leaders are expected to return to the United Nations for their annual meetings. VOA U.N. Correspondent Margaret Besheer reports. This week New York will see one of its first large gatherings since the coronavirus pandemic, when more than a hundred world leaders are expected to return to the United Nations for their annual meetings. The 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly is under way, and city officials and residents are girding for the commotion it will bring, along with fears of an increased risk of COVID-19 spread. Tina Trinh reports. Haitian migrants who were deported Sunday to Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, aboard three U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flights criticized the way they were deported and their treatment during detention. The "Justice for J6 rally" took place Sa:turday near the U.S. Capitol. Law enforcement officials worried about violence similar to what occurred in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. VOA's Carolyn Presutti shows us the massive police presence to keep protesters and counter protesters apart. The US has ended its longest running foreign war, with the full withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan on August 31st. But several challenges remain, including what to do with terror suspects still detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. China's new rules for minors playing online games, the global gaming industry wonders what’s next
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Africa 54 -September 17, 2021|HRW on Tigray, ECOWAS Sanctions Guinea Junta, & Much More Top News: Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan militias raped, detained and killed Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, according to Human Rights Watch, an international rights watchdog. Soraya Ali reports. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions in response to the military coup in Guinea. The decision was made during an emergency meeting in Accra, Ghana. A growing number of Republicans, including state governors, have vowed to mount legal challenges against President Joe Biden’s sweeping measures to compel workers and federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has the story. The United States, Britain and Australia are hailing the announcement of a new security pact which will see Australia getting U.S. nuclear-powered submarine technology in a bid to counter China in the Indo-Pacific. China has condemned the deal, and France is outraged, after Australia abandoned its submarine deal with Paris. Brian Taylor, an immigrant from Sierra Leone who is known in New York City as the Harlem Groomer, lost 80% of his non-essential business during the pandemic. But he found a unique way to keep doing his job and along the way inspired a national movement. Elena Wolf has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. Nearly all of New York City's 300,000 employees were required to be back at their workplaces this week as the city ended remote work. But not everyone is pleased with the way the return was rolled out. More with VOA’s Mariama Diallo. Voice of America has been hosting live-music performances by artists around the world for decades. Today we go back in time to enjoy one such vintage performance: a song by the world’s leading *ngoni player from Mali and his family band.
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Africa 54 -September 16, 2021|ECOWAS' Summit on Guinea, Civilians Dead in Nigeria, & Tigray Conflict . Top Stories: Ethiopians displaced by fighting between federal troops and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the Amhara region received aid from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society. The Nigerian air force said on Thursday it may have killed and injured civilians while pursuing suspected Islamist insurgents in the northeast state of Yobe, in an incident that residents said left at least six people dead. West African leaders are gathering in Accra on Thursday to determine how the region's main political and economic bloc can steer Guinea back towards constitutional rule following a coup that ousted President Alpha Conde last week. Rwandan conservationist Olivier Nsengimana is on a mission to save the iconic grey crowned crane bird from extinction and is looking after hundreds at a sanctuary in Kigali. Clara Frenk has more. Police in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region say they arrested a man at an airport as he tried to smuggle 200 lizards to Egypt. Video footage from Somaliland police shows a suitcase with plastic containers inside, allegedly used to smuggle the lizards. It was not immediately clear why the suspect was illegally exporting the reptiles, the police and wildlife authorities in the region. Germany joined France on Wednesday in expressing concern about an agreement between Mali's military rulers and a Russian security company that would bring Russian mercenaries into the African country.Diplomatic and security sources have told Reuters that mercenaries hired by the Wagner Group would train the Malian military and provide protection for senior officials. Thursday September 16 is International Identity Day. It's marked as tribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 which calls for identity for all individuals by 2030. ID4Africa is an NGO that aims to help develop robust ecosystems in the service of development and humanitarian action. Iceland is now the home of the world's largest direct air capture and storage plant of carbon dioxide. The plant aims to remove 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide - one of the main contributors to global warming - from the air each year. Three British Afghan women are on a hunger strike near the British Parliament to protest the treatment of women in Afghanistan by the Taliban.
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Africa 54 -September 15, 2021|Developments in Guinea, India's COVID-19 Vaccines, & Business in Ghana You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Guinea's junta leader Mamady Doumbouya has urged heads of political parties to "not repeat the errors of the past" at the start of a week of discussions aimed at forming a transitional government. David Doyle has more. India is considering resuming exports of COVID-19 vaccines soon, mainly to Africa, as it has partly immunised a majority of its adults and supplies have surged, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. India, the world’s biggest maker of vaccines overall, stopped vaccine exports in April to focus on inoculating its own population as infections exploded. With kidnapping and violent attacks rampant in northern Nigeria, some civilians have grown impatient with security forces and have taken up arms themselves. Sudan's exports grew 68% in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2020, but the economically-struggling country's central bank says it's still insufficient. Soraya Ali has more. Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, Benin set up a service to allow people to register their business online. The E-registration system has worked so well that this West African country is now the world's fastest place to start a business, according to a U.N. agency. Moki Edwin Kindzeka narrates this report by Anne Nzouankeu in Cotonou, Benin. U.S. President Joe Biden says extreme weather caused by climate change is putting America in a “code red” situation. He’s pushing two massive bills in Congress, totaling in the trillions of dollars, to reverse the damage. From Washington, VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell looks at what’s at stake. As Americans continue to grapple with the economic downturn from the pandemic, state and city governments are providing funding to train job seekers in high-demand occupations. Some of that money comes from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act to train people in fields such as computers, data technology, construction, health care and hospitality. VOA’s Penelope Poulou has more. In Ghana, many young girls and women show great interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. Unfortunately, but perhaps not surprising, the under-representation of women in STEM fields persists across the country. A female lead organization, Yielding Accomplished African Women, promotes women's participation in STEM and fosters the largest community of African female developers and financial analysts in the country. For more, Africa 54 Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, spoke to Diana Wilson, CEO/Founder, Yielding Accomplished African Women, in New York
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Africa 54 - Sept 8, 2021|Developments in Guinea, Dropout Rate in S.Africa’s school, & Covid in Kenya You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Managing editor Vincent Makori and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Guinea's main opposition leader said on Tuesday he was open to participating in a transition following a military coup over the weekend, as the soldiers who seized power consolidated their takeover. A meningitis outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo's north-eastern Tshopo province has killed 129 of the 267 people who have been infected since the first cases were discovered in June, the health minister said late on Tuesday A new national study has found that South Africa’s school dropout rate has tripled following disruptions to education brought on by the pandemic. Educators and non-profits are now racing to intervene and encourage youth to re-enroll. Kenyan authorities say the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced thousands of youths onto the streets, and many are turning to crime. To meet the challenge, aid groups are trying to reintegrate homeless youth through sports with the goal of keeping them out of trouble. New research shows that coronavirus vaccines not only offer protection against infection and serious illness – but may also help prevent so-called ‘long COVID’, where symptoms can last for weeks or months. Sudan summoned Ethiopia's ambassador to Khartoum to inform him that 29 corpses found on the banks of a river abutting Ethiopia were those of Ethiopian citizens from the Tigray ethnic group, Sudan's foreign ministry said. Two small children were among the dozens of migrants rescued from the English Channel on Tuesday (September 7) after a summer that has seen record numbers attempt the dangerous journey from France.Reuters witnesses on Tuesday saw two boats arrive at the headland of Dungeness in Kent, southeast England, one of the closest points to France in Britain. A greater share of U.S. soldiers survived the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq than those who fought in previous wars. Advances in medicine and new concepts about trauma care over the past 20 years have made the difference. In 2002, VOA’s Kane Farabaugh — then a reporter for the U.S. military — visited Afghanistan in the early stages of America’s 20-year presence in the country. As the United States ends its military engagement, Farabaugh follows up with some of those he met in those early years to discuss the U.S. withdrawal and the legacy of their mission. Uganda boasts nearly 47.4 million people, according to the latest United Nations data. But perhaps not surprising is that there is a housing shortage estimated at over 2.4 million units. Now, Anne Rweyora, a Ugandan social entrepreneur, is on a mission to change that narrative and provide a pathway to homeownership for low-income families. For more, Africa 54 Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, spoke to Anne Rweyora, Co-Founder and CEO of Smart Havens Africa, based in Kampala, Uganda
mardi 7 septembre 2021
Africa 54 - Sep 7, 2021| Ramaphosa Welcomes Zuma' Medical Parole, ECOWAS on Guinea & Tigray' Famine VOA Africa You are watching Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Managing editor Vincent Makori and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: Video from the World Food Programme reflects the severe humanitarian situation in Tigray with supplies of food aid running out and the United Nations warning that a de facto blockade is bringing millions to the brink of famine. West African heads of state will hold a virtual summit on Wednesday to discuss the coup in Guinea, a spokeswoman for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Tuesday.West African countries have threatened sanctions over the overthrow of President Alpha Conde, who was serving a third term after altering the constitution to permit it, which his opponents called illegal. The soldiers who seized power in Guinea over the weekend have consolidated their takeover with the installation of army officers at the top of the country's eight provincial regions and various administrative districts. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday (September 6) welcomed the decision to place former President Jacob Zuma on medical parole due to his ill health.Last month, prison authorities said Zuma, serving a 15-month sentence in Estcourt prison for contempt of court, underwent unspecified surgery at an outside hospital where he had been sent for observation. He remained in hospital with more operations planned.The 79-year-old's eligibility for medical parole follows a medical report received by the Department of Correctional Services, it said in a statement.Addressing the media, Ramaphosa said the African National Congress (ANC) wished Zuma a quick recovery. South Africa's school dropout rate has tripled following disruptions to education brought on by the COVID pandemic. Educators and non-profits are now racing to intervene and encourage youth to re-enroll. Disabled fashion designers have long struggled against discrimination, especially in developing countries such as Malawi. To combat the problem, Malawian fashion brand House of Xandria on Saturday organized the country's first fashion show for people with disabilities. Acclaimed contemporary artist Appolinaire Guidimbaye employs used bullets to create messages of peace in Chad - a country recently threatened with insecurity. In 2002, VOA’s Kane Farabaugh – then a reporter for the U.S. military - visited Afghanistan in the early stages of America’s 20-year presence in the country. In 2001, Justin Tirelli, a fire and emergency medical services captain at the Arlington County Fire Department in Virginia, had been on the job only a few months. On September 11, he was called to work after a plane crashed into the Pentagon. Masks will be with us for a while longer, but even though our faces are covered, we can still smile.
Africa 54 - September 6, 2021| Guinea Military Coup, Diamond Mine Leak DRC, SA Jacob Zuma On this edition of Africa 54: Members of the Guinea military staged an apparent coup, declaring on national television that they had arrested President Alpha Conde, dissolved the country’s constitution, and sealed off land and air borders; Twelve people have died, and thousands made ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a leak at Angola's biggest diamond mine polluted a tributary of the Congo River; & South Africa's jailed former president Jacob Zuma is placed on medical parole due to ill health. Top Stories: Soldiers who staged an uprising in Guinea's capital on Sunday said in a short broadcast on state television that they have dissolved the constitution and the government in the West African state, while videos shared on social media showed the country's president Alpha Conde being detained by army special forces. Twelve people have died and thousands made ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a leak at Angola's biggest diamond mine polluted a tributary of the Congo River. David Doyle has more. South Africa's jailed former president Jacob Zuma has been placed on medical parole because of his ill health, the government's correctional services department said on Sunday. Hundreds of homeless migrants and their supporters are continuing to camp in front of Paris City, demanding better accommodation.Nearly 1000 immigrants and homeless people set up tents on Wednesday September 1st in the Andre-Citroen park with the support of the Collectif Requisitions, which includes the immigrant aid organization Utopia 56, have not been provided with shelter.
Africa 54 - Nigeria Kidnapped Girls Rescued, US Ships Vaccines to Ghana, Kenya, Poet Poetra Asanetwa VOA Africa234 On this edition of Africa 54: Five girls who were among 73 children kidnapped from a school in northwestern Nigeria are rescued, according to police in Zamfara State; The United States ships more than two million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Kenya and Ghana through the COVAX global distribution program; & To wind up the week, we go to Accra, Ghana, where spoken word artist Poetra Asanetwa talks to VOA’s Heather Maxwell about her craft and performs a short poem. Top Stories: Five girls who were among 73 children kidnapped from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, police in Zamfara State said on Thursday, although other sources gave different details in the aftermath of the mass abduction. Wednesday's attack on a secondary school in the village of Kaya was the latest in a spree of raids on schools across the northwest by armed gangs seeking ransoms. Amid the latest wave of COVID-19 infections, less than 1 percent of people in Africa's most populated country, Nigeria, have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. Nigerian authorities are scrambling for more vaccines but say misinformation and myths are discouraging uptake. Timothy Obiezu looks at efforts to dispel the rumors in this report from the capital, Abuja. The United States on Thursday shipped more than 2 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to Kenya and Ghana Thursday through the COVAX global distribution program, a White House official said. The United States sent 880,320 doses to Kenya, bringing the total number of doses sent to the African country to just over 1.76 million, the official said. It sent 1,229,620 doses to Ghana, the first shipment to that country. Thursday's shipments were the latest installments in a U.S. vaccine diplomacy push that has sent vaccines to dozens of countries. The doses are being delivered through COVAX, jointly run by the World Health Organization and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). South Africa is deploying a train to drive its lagging vaccination campaign forward and inoculate those living in rural communities. Fighting broke out in Tripoli early on Friday between rival armed forces, according to witnesses. These are the heaviest clashes in the Libyan capital since the conflict between eastern and western factions paused a year ago
Africa 54 - September 2, 2021| South Africa Jobless Rate, Tanzania Minster Speaks on COVID On this edition of Africa 54: South Africa’s jobless rate hits 34%, among the highest in the world, as the country’s economy is stifled by the pandemic and July’s riots; Some in the deaf community in Kenya's capital Nairobi lobby for the widespread use of transparent face masks, saying face masks make it difficult to communicate and lip-read; & Tanzania’s minister of Foreign Affairs speaks with VOA on why the country has not been able to provide accurate COVID-19 related data to the WHO. Top Stories: South Africa’s jobless rate has hit 34% — among the highest in the world — as the country’s economy is stifled by the pandemic and July’s riots. Black women are among the worst affected with 41% unemployed. The deaf community in Kenya's capital Nairobi says face masks make it difficult to communicate and lip-read, and some are lobbying for the widespread use of transparent face masks. There’s been an increase in COVID-19 deaths across Africa since mid-July 2021. However, there are concerns that the limited testing may have resulted in an undercounting of COVID-19-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. Insufficient data collection may mean the incidence and prevalence of COVID-19 are now well known. In a recent interview with VOA’s Mary Mgawe, Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Liberata Mulamula explains why her country has not been able to provide accurate COVID 19 related data to the World Health Organization. Shamim Mwanaisha was inspired to take up coding when her seven-year-old son expressed an interest. Now she runs a club teaching underprivileged students everything from H-T-M-L to spaceflight amid Uganda's strict COVID-19 lockdown. Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei says it wants to train up to 3 million African youths to work with digital technology, including cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence. But experts warn there could be potential negative impacts of China’s growing tech influence in Africa.
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UB40 - The Earth Dies Screamin 1980 [HQ]. UB 40 The Earth Dies Screaming A warm dry wind is all that breaks the silence, The highways quiet scars across the land. People lie, eyes closed, no longer dreaming, The earth dies screaming. Like scattered pebbles, cars lie silent waiting, Oil less engines seized by dirt and sand. Bodies hanging limp, no longer bleeding, The earth dies screaming. The earth dies screaming The earth dies screaming Your country needs you, lets strike up the band. The earth dies screaming The earth dies screaming Despite all odds we must defend our land. Half eaten meals lie rotting on the tables, Money clutched within a bony hand. Shutters down, the banks are not receiving, The earth dies screaming
UB 40 The Earth Dies Screaming A warm dry wind is all that breaks the silence, The highways quiet scars across the land. People lie, eyes closed, no longer dreaming, The earth dies screaming. Like scattered pebbles, cars lie silent waiting, Oil less engines seized by dirt and sand. Bodies hanging limp, no longer bleeding, The earth dies screaming. The earth dies screaming The earth dies screaming Your country needs you, lets strike up the band. The earth dies screaming The earth dies screaming Despite all odds we must defend our land. Half eaten meals lie rotting on the tables, Money clutched within a bony hand. Shutters down, the banks are not receiving, The earth dies screaming
mercredi 1 septembre 2021
Comments Hic Nuntio She is very smart, hard working, intelligent and beautiful. Indeed it is difficult to think that one wasted a lot of time studying, but at the end of the day, ALL that knowledge acquired while studying is going to give her an edge on whatever she decides to do with her life; I know because I went through the same thing during my young years. With time and the correct decisions she'll get ahead. The main thing is not to get pregnant and when she does, to do it with the right companion, someone who would help her accomplish more things in life, and together make a better team. Remember: knowledge will provide her more tools that will help her live a better life and to make better and informed decisions. Best of lucks to Codou Diop.
mardi 31 août 2021
Africa 54 - August 31, 2021| Food Insecurity Madagascar, New COVID variant in SA, Afghanistan On this edition of Africa 54: A combination of drought, sandstorms and pest infestations have destroyed harvests in southern Madagascar, leaving more than 1.1 million people in severe food insecurity; South African scientists detect a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are yet to establish is transmissibility and immunity provided by vaccines and prior infection; & The United Nations marks the end of toxic leaded gasoline use in vehicles worldwide. Top Stories: A combination of drought, sandstorms and pest infestations have destroyed harvests in southern Madagascar, the United Nations has warned, leaving more than 1.1 million people in severe food insecurity. The African Union is developing guidelines for the use of genetically modified crops across the continent, officials said, amid criticism from campaigners that some policies favour big business and lack adequate public input. South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are yet to establish whether it is more contagious or able to overcome the immunity provided by vaccines or prior infection. The United Nations Environmental Program held a ceremony Monday marking the end of toxic leaded gasoline use in vehicles worldwide. A company in Nairobi, where the UNEP is headquartered, is working on the next step — converting buses and utility vehicles to electric power. It’s August 31, the deadline imposed by President Joe Biden for U.S. forces to be out of Afghanistan. At least 122,000 people were evacuated by the U.S. military and coalition forces, 5,400 of them Americans
Lee 'Scratch' Perry dies at 85: Dub and reggae pioneer who worked with Bob Marley passes away in Jam All Stars, Lee 'Scratch' Perry has died at the age of 85. The pioneering dub and reggae artist is said to have passed away at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, western Jamaica, according to local reports. A cause of death has yet to be determined. Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness confirmed the death in a statement, saying: 'My deep condolences to the family, friends, and fans of legendary record producer and singer, Rainford Hugh Perry OD, affectionately known as 'Lee Scratch Perry.' Adding: 'Undoubtedly, Lee Scratch Perry will always be remembered for his sterling contribution to the music fraternity. May his soul Rest In Peace.' Rainford Hugh 'Lee' Perry was born in rural Jamaica in 1936 and moved to Kingston in the '60s to pursue music. He is survived by wife Mireille and six children. Lee earned accolades as a pioneer of reggae and dub music, and helped bring the sound around the world by producing groups like the Congos and Bob Marley & the Wailers
lundi 30 août 2021
On this edition of Africa 54: Internet services in South Sudan are disrupted and security forces deployed on the streets, as residents have sheltered inside after activists call for protests against President Salva Kiir's government; Suspected Islamist militants kill at least 19 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; & Thousands of Americans gathered in Washington to demand federal legislation to protect voting rights. Top Stories: A dinghy carrying around 55 migrants landed in the middle of the night on Sunday (August 29) on a beach in Spain's Canary Islands. Internet services in South Sudan were disrupted on Monday and security forces were deployed on the streets, which were quieter than usual as residents sheltered inside after activists had called for protests against President Salva Kiir's government. Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to local authorities. The attackers looted houses and started fires in Kasanzi-Kithovo near Virunga National Park in North Kivu province overnight between Friday and Saturday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. At least 30 soldiers were killed and 60 wounded on Sunday in Houthi strikes on a military base belonging to forces of the Saudi-led coalition in southwest Yemen, according to a spokesman for the southern forces and medical sources. In the Netherlands, lawyers from an international law firm representing more than 200 victims have filed a petition calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the six-year Saudi-led coalition war in Yemen. The lawyers from Guernica37 International Justice Chambers of London say they’ve submitted evidence compiled by survivors, their relatives and families of the deceased who were killed during the war. Toby Cadman the lead attorney spoke to VOA's Peter Clottey about the prospects of holding accountable those responsible for committing human rights violations and crimes against humanity during the war in Yemen.
Africa 54 - August 27, 2021 | Kabul Airport Bombing, Some Abducted Nigerian Students Released, VOA Africa On this edition of Africa 54: At least 13 U.S. troops and dozens of Afghans are killed by Islamic State suicide bombings at and near the Kabul International Airport; Gunmen release students abducted three months ago from an Islamic school in north-central Nigerian state of Niger; & Two surviving elders of the USA’s “Black Wall Street” massacre of 1921 are set to visit Ghana this month
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Africa 54 - Aug 26, 2021| Killings in Central Nigeria, Desertification in Burkina Faso, & Migration Top Stories: After dozens were killed in an attack on a village in central Nigeria, protesters have marched to government buildings in the city of Jos - some of them carrying the bodies of the deceased. Abubakar Adam sold his car, a plot of land and cleared out his savings hoping to secure the release of his kidnapped children - but for the bandits in Nigeria's northern Niger state, it still wasn't enough. In Part three of VOA’s Peter Clottey’s interview with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema they discussed the need to preserve the civil liberties of the people. President Hichilema reflected on his inability to freely express his dissatisfaction in the past under the former administration and how important it is for the will of the people to be heard. A Belgian-African company operating in Burkina Faso is planting trees to help curb desertification and open up lands for grazing cattle and farming. The project by the company, Hommes et Terre (trans: Men and Earth), is taking place in Burkina Faso’s dangerous conflict zones where expanding desertification is a cause for strife. Henry Wilkins reports from Ouagadougou. Spanish coast guards transported 46 migrants rescued in the Atlantic Ocean to the port of Arguineguin on the island of Gran Canaria on Wednesday. The dinghy which was intercepted 40 miles south of the island of Gran Canaria was carrying 30 men and 14 women, including a baby and a minor. Two migrants, both men, were taken to hospital due to dehydration and a woman and her baby were also checked by medical personnel The impact of the pandemic has increased wildlife poaching around Africa's national parks, as people who lost their jobs hunt the animals for food. To help protect the animals, anti-poaching organizations have been formed, including a squad of vegan, women rangers. Parfait Hakizimana suffered a life-changing injury as a child in an attack on his Burundian village. But now he will be chasing a taekwondo gold medal as a member of the Refugee Paralympic Team in Tokyo. The Biden administration said Wednesday it was on track to evacuate all Americans out of Afghanistan by the August 31 deadline for a military drawdown. But U.S. lawmakers say time is running out for the evacuation of Afghan allies who face significant challenges from the Taliban to make their way to Kabul airport. U.S. allies say they have no choice but to follow the U.S. timetable and withdraw their forces from Afghanistan by August 31 — despite fears that not everyone will be evacuated in time. Britain called an emergency summit of G-7 leaders Tuesday to discuss the crisis. Henry Ridgwell reports from London. Army Specialist Christopher Horton was a sniper who was killed in ambush in eastern Afghanistan on September 9, 2011. He was 26 years old. His widow, Jane Horton, is an advocate for fallen soldiers and the families they leave behind, known as Gold Star families. She's also worked as a senior adviser to the Afghan ambassador and the U.S. secretary of defense. She took VOA Pentagon Correspondent Carla Babb inside her own visits to Afghanistan, her husband's legacy of service and sacrifice and what the drawdown means to her.
vendredi 27 août 2021
jeudi 26 août 2021
Africa 54 - Aug 25, 2021. Top Stories: The Somali government reopened schools this month despite a new wave of coronavirus infections. Despite COVID-19 vaccines being available to all South African adults, uptake remains low with just 20 percent of adults having received a first dose. The Muslim Association of South Africa is one of many groups combatting vaccine hesitancy by delivering jabs to doorsteps. ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA INTERVIEW PART TWO: Clottey Guest: Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia VOA’s Peter Clottey continued his conversation with newly inaugurated Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on his vision for Zambia that include encouraging democracy and developing infrastructure strategies that will help stabilize the country and the economy. Abubakar Adam sold his car, a plot of land and cleared out his savings hoping to secure the release of his kidnapped children - but for the bandits in Nigeria's northern Niger state, it still wasn't enough. UN Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is urging support for Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan. The UNHCR chief visited Um Rakuba camp in eastern Sudan where refugees who escaped fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have settled. A criminal trial over the $2 billion debt scandal that crashed Mozambique's economy is underway this week and South Africa says it's ready to extradite a chief suspect that it has detained. Uganda on Wednesday received 51 people evacuated from Afghanistan after the Taliban swept back into power, but officials said they would stay temporarily until resettled by the United States and other nations.The evacuees included men, women and children, according to statement by the Foreign Ministry. They are in transit to the United States and other countries, the statement said. Last week, Uganda said it had agreed to a request from the United States to temporarily take in 2,000 Afghans fleeing the country. U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday the United States will complete its mission of evacuating Americans and Afghans from Afghanistan by the August 31 deadline. While the pace of evacuations has accelerated, U.S. lawmakers remain concerned about the threat posed by the Taliban and Islamic State in Khorasan, and by the lack of U.S. preparation for the chaos unfolding in Kabul. At 23 years old, Arnold Nyendwa is a Zambian multi-award-winning inventor – who is already making headlines internationally, perhaps for a good reason. Inspired by circumstances surrounding his community, for example, unreliable electricity power supply, he set out on a mission to invent Zambia's first stainless-steel stove that uses gas, electricity, and solid fuel. For more, Africa 54 Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho, via Skype, spoke to Arnold Nyendwa, Founder/CEO; Venturus Jumpstart Ltd, a Stainless-Steel Tech company based in Lusaka, Zambia
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Top Stories: Chad's former President Hissene Habre, an ally of the West during the Cold War who was later jailed for war crimes and crimes against humanity, died on Tuesday in Senegal aged 79, according to the spokesperson at the Senegalese Justice Ministry. A new presidency begins in Zambia as Hakainde Hichilema as President today. VOA’s Peter Clottey had an exclusive opportunity to sit down with President Hichilema to discuss his vision for Zambia. In Part One of this interview, the President spoke of his agenda for the future of the country, what he hopes to accomplish in the first 100 days of office and how he plans to tackle the debt situation that is choking the economy. Al Shabaab fighters stormed a military base in the center of Somalia on Tuesday and took over a nearby town, according to residents. Residents of Amara in the Galmudug region said the attack started in the morning with al Shabaab fighters setting off a suicide bomb, targeting government special force units, known as Danab and Darawish. Amid a severe fourth wave of infections, members of Kenya's Maasai community queued up to get vaccinated on Monday. Health authorities in Guinea continue to monitor people who have been in contact directly or indirectly with a man who died of Marburg virus earlier this month. To find out more about Marburg virus and the current situation in Guinea, Africa 54 Health Correspondent Linord Moudou spoke with Dr. Georges Ki-Zerbo, WHO Head of Office and Representative in Guinea. Elevated houses. Water level sensors. Rebuilt natural barriers. Coastal communities are struggling to hold back the destruction from climate change. But in our new ‘code red’ era, more radical steps are on the horizon. A vacation in Africa usually conjures images of palm-fringed beaches or safari tours - but in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho, one resort is attracting tourists seeking a more adventurous skiing destination. Some international students in the United States are struggling to get fully vaccinated before returning to school this fall. As the Taliban tightens its grip on Afghanistan, the group is vowing to protect minority and women’s rights. But many Afghans in United States are concerned about the well-being of their family and friends and the future of their homeland. Greece has completed the construction of a border fence along its frontier with Turkey, as European fears grow of an influx of refugees from Afghanistan. As Henry Ridgwell reports, memories of the 2015 European migrant crisis are still powerful, – but many analysts say that six years on, it is much tougher for migrants to reach Europe
Top Stories: Bandits have released 15 more students kidnapped last month from a Baptist school in northwest Nigeria, officials told Reuters on Sunday (August 22). School administrator Reverend John Hayab said that parents had raised and paid an undisclosed ransom to free the students, who were among more than 100 taken on July 5 from the Bethel Baptist High School. Migrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia are flooding the streets of Necoclí, a town in Colombia across the Gulf of Urabá from the Panamanian border. More than 11 thousand migrants are stranded at the port as more arrive with plans to travel north to the United States. UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi met with South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir and called for lasting peace and viable solutions to help rebuild the country after years of conflict. Grandi has met with President Kiir as part of efforts to find lasting solutions. Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook , Twitter and Whatsapp, though it does not plan to block the global services, the state communications security agency said on Monday. Uganda's foreign minister says the talks with the administration in Washington have yet to conclude about providing assistance to refugees from Afghanistan. Speaking to VOA’s Peter Clottey via skype General Al-Haji Abubaker Odongo Jeje says his country has the capacity to offer 2,000 Afghans safe refuge. The Biden administration is vowing to safely evacuate all Americans who want to leave Afghanistan even as the situation at the Kabul airport grows more tense. Evacuations continued Sunday for Americans and Afghans who helped the U.S. military, and the U.S. has ordered commercial airlines to help. Western nations, particularly the United States, have evacuated thousands from Kabul but the process is chaotic. VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem was stuck at Kabul’s international airport for days. In this video story shot on her cell phone, she explains that the biggest difficulty right now for those wishing to leave Afghanistan is getting inside the airport. As the Taliban take control of the Afghan government, women say they are fearful for their future, with many skeptical of the Islamist group's pledges to respect women’s rights. President Joe Biden said Friday that if the Taliban want aid and recognition, that will depend on how they treat Afghan women and girls. VOA’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports. For Italy’s journalists, covering the mafia has always been dangerous. There have been attacks recently against some reporters and almost two dozen are currently under police protection because of threats.
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The Beverly Hillbillies (The original sales pitch pilot for CBS) UNAIRED PILOT..... "Who are these people?! Where are they from?" a narrator asks, as a 1921 Oldsmobile Model 43-A touring car rumbles down the road in sunny Southern California. This is the original opening to pilot of The Beverly Hillbillies. The episode was never aired, only used to sell the sitcom to CBS. The same familiar faces (and car) populate the episode. In fact, it is largely the same script and plot as the first aired episode, "The Clampetts Strike Oil." But there are some key differences. One major difference immediately jumps out. Perhaps you have already taken note of it. The show was initially called The Hillbillies of Beverly Hills. Additionally, the iconic theme song, "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," was not yet in place. Instead, the Clampetts drive along to some generic bluegrass banjo pickin'. There are also additional scenes tacked on in an epilogue. Overall, it's fascinating to see how a new series was pitched especially one that became an unlikely ratings behemoth. THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES..... Is an American sitcom originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from September 26, 1962 to March 23, 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr. The series is about a poor backwoods family transplanted to Beverly Hills, California, after striking oil on their land. A Filmways production created by writer Paul Henning, it is the first in a genre of "fish out of water" themed television shows, and was followed by other Henning-inspired country cousin series on CBS. In 1963, Henning introduced Petticoat Junction, and in 1965 he reversed the rags to riches model for Green Acres. The show paved the way for later culture conflict programs such as The Jeffersons, McCloud, Diff'rent Strokes, The Nanny, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Doc. Panned by many entertainment critics of its time, it quickly became a huge ratings success for most of its nine year run on CBS
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Top Stories: The head of the United States' humanitarian agency says aid workers will run out of food this week for millions in need in Ethiopia's conflict-ravaged Tigray region. South Africa's government said in a statement that it will offer vaccines to those aged between 18 and 35 from Friday as it chases a target of 300,000 inoculations per day. Uganda said on Friday it had suspended the operations of 54 non-governmental organizations, a move that one of the groups described as "political persecution." The NGOs affected include charities whose work defending the rights of political activists and people affected by a crude oil production project in western Uganda has irritated some government officials. Possible Q&A with Peter Clottey on the latest developments in Zambia as the country prepares to inaugurate Hakainde Hichelima as new president following his landslide election victory. Saturday (August 21) is the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, a day that is unfortunately relevant in Burkina Faso which is engaged in fighting Islamist militants. A Burkinabe nonprofit, Go Paga, is helping widows and orphans grappling with the loss of husbands and fathers to rebuild their lives. A Burkinabe poetry collective is using words and music to create a "revolution around reforestation" in a country hammered by three decades of desertification. Elevated houses. Water level sensors. Rebuilt natural barriers. Coastal communities are struggling to hold back the destruction from climate change. But in our new ‘code red’. President Joe Biden remains defiant amid a political storm triggered by the swift Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and the chaotic end of America’s longest war. Whether he can survive the crisis depends on many factors, including the safe evacuation of Americans. As the U.S. leaves a vacuum in Afghanistan, people worldwide are watching China’s response. The two countries share a border and have on-and-off ties that predate the September 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. A private spaceflight company sues NASA. Plus, a modified space spoon, a mega meteor shower, and an international spacecraft passes Venus. Voice of America has been hosting live-music performances by artists around the world for decades. Today we go back in time to enjoy one such vintage performance: a song by one of Zimbabwe’s greatest, late music icons
Top Stories: Ivory Coast has identified an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu near the commercial capital Abidjan and has taken steps to curb its spread, the livestock ministry said in a statement.Testing confirmed the presence of the virus after a large number of poultry started dying in the Grand Bassam commune on July 20, the ministry said on Wednesday.Ivory Coast, which last declared avian flu outbreaks in 2006 and 2015, is the latest of several West African nations to declare H5N1 outbreaks. Clashes between herders and fishermen in northern Cameroon have killed at least 32 people this month, with 19 villages torched, the U.N. refugee agency said on Thursday.Some 11,000 people fled to Chad and a further 7,300 were displaced in Cameroon's Far North after fighting broke out on Aug. 10 between Choa Arab herders and Mousgoum fishermen and farmers, the UNHCR said. Officials described the fighting as Cameroon's worst ethnic violence in years. The latest news on Zambia’s President-Elect Hakainde Hichilema transition. In northern Nigeria some men keep hyenas as pets or perform with them at festivals - but one traditional leader says the culture is dying as it clashes with modern ideas about animal welfare. For decades, African athletes have traveled all over the world to take part in the Olympic Games. Yet Africa itself has never hosted the games and some are asking what it would take for an Olympics to happen on African soil. In South Africa watersports are usually the preserve of a mostly white elite - but in the country's predominantly black Soweto Township, one canoe club is trying to change that. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan began after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, with U.S. forces helping Afghan allies to drive out the Taliban, who gave al-Qaida safe harbor. Twenty years later, the war has ended with the Taliban back in power in Kabul. The Biden administration announced booster shots Wednesday for Americans who have been fully vaccinated. Students in America are returning to class for a new school year just as the number of Delta variant COVID-19 cases increase around the country. Experts say children seem to be more vulnerable to this variant, raising questions about how to protect students, especially those who are too young to be vaccinated. Sisters Rosy and Donna Khalife arrived in the U.S. with their family in the mid-1980s after fleeing conflict in Lebanon. After graduating from college, they started a box subscription service to encourage kids to put down gadgets and engage in the real world. Before long, the small company was worth millions.
Top Stories: When Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan took office in April, she vowed a U-turn in politics from her predecessor, the late John Magufuli. But the arrest of opposition leader Freeman Mbowe in July has dimmed hopes that Hassan will her turn back on Magufuli's iron-fisted style of rule. In a Nigerian port drones, helicopters and attack boats have been put on show as a part of a U.S.-backed initiative to tackle piracy in the Gulf of Guinea - the most dangerous place on earth for seafarers. But experts say hardware alone will not solve the problem. Ivory Coast expanded its Ebola vaccination drive in the commercial capital Abidjan on Tuesday , after launching a campaign to vaccinate health workers the night before in the wake of the country's first positive case in 25 years. Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency raised the death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake to nearly 2,000, with nearly 10,000 others injured. Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace disrupted search efforts for a time Tuesday. A new breed of safari vehicle is silently making its way across Kenya's Maasai Mara. Nairobi-based Opibus is converting the gas-guzzling vehicles to offer tourists a more eco-friendly and quiet experience. Thanks to carbon emissions, our oceans are turning to acid. It’s dissolving the shells of oysters and attacking global shorelines - damaging ecosystems that suck more carbon dioxide from ocean waters than all the world’s vehicles spew into the air. In this first of a series of reports. America’s NATO allies are scrambling to evacuate their citizens from Afghanistan following the U.S military withdrawal from the country, and the collapse of the Afghan government. Many European officials have voiced fears that the Taliban takeover will increase the risk of terrorism and cause a renewed influx of refugees. Several Egyptian opposition television stations are based in Istanbul, where they broadcast programming critical of Egypt’s government led by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Turkey was a strong supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, but with Turkish-Egyptian rapprochement efforts underway, the opposition TV channels face an uncertain future. According to a policy statement released by the Bank of Uganda, the second wave of COVID-19 appears to have hit the economy severely and reduced prospects for a quick recovery. However, Access to the internet, a growing middle class, and the changing shopping habits due to the coronavirus pandemic have led to the rise of e-commerce businesses and a surge in online sales. . Tech accessories for women often translate to devices in assorted shades of pink. Now one startup is merging the latest technology with jewelry, creating audio earrings that it says don’t compromise style or sound.
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Africa 54 - Aug 16, 2021| Zambia Election, U.S.Special Forces in DRC, Update on Afghanistan & More VOA AfricaTop Stories: Supporters of Zambia's opposition leader celebrated his election victory in the early hours of Monday - but with an economy in dire straits, the partying may be short-lived. Zambian President Edgar Lungu conceded defeat on Monday after a landslide election win by opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, marking the southern African country's third peaceful handover of power to an opposition party. Special forces from the United States will soon deploy to Democratic Republic of Congo's restive east to gauge the potential for a local anti-terrorism unit to combat Islamist violence, President Felix Tshisekedi said on Sunday. Jailed former South African president Jacob Zuma has undergone unspecified surgery and remains in hospital with more operations planned, prison authorities.There was no word on a potential discharge date for Zuma. When farmers near Cape Town harvest rooibos leaves in December , they will become the first generation to grow and sell a tea with a unique regional status, a designation awarded to other such products as French champagne or Irish whiskey. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook southwestern Haiti Saturday morning, leaving hundreds dead, injured or missing, taking down buildings and cutting off communication to at least two cities. As the Taliban look set to takeover Afghanistan, aid workers vow continued civilian support but acknowledge the situation looks grim for the most vulnerable, including children. Women in particular fear a return to the harsh treatment that they endured the last time the Taliban controlled the country in the 1990s. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more. As the United States continues to pull its embassy staff from Kabul, Afghanistan, the Biden administration is defending its withdrawal from the war-torn nation while critics say the U.S. departure may create a humanitarian crisis and a haven for extremists. The resignation of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo under a cloud of sexual misconduct allegations comes four years after the #MeToo movement exploded across the world.
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Top Stories: Doctors in Nigeria are on strike over unpaid salaries and poor benefits. But the strike by some 40 percent of the country’s medical workforce comes amid a fresh wave of coronavirus infections, severely straining Nigeria's healthcare system. Timothy Obiezu reports from Abuja. Kenya's oxygen production firm Hewatele is doubling production this year to keep up with surging demand from hospitals that are treating critically ill COVID-19 patients, the company said. Soraya Ali of Reuters reports. Malawi had nearly seven million malaria cases last year, more than a third of the population, with 2,500 lives lost to the mosquito-borne disease. However, one village has become a model for how to eradicate malaria and in June was honored as the first ever to have zero malaria cases for a whole year. Lameck Masina reports from Machinga district in southern Malawi. Zambia prepared on Friday to begin announcing results of a tight presidential election between top contenders President Edgar Lungu and main rival Hakainde Hichilema held amidst restrictions on internet access and violence in three regions. The African Union (AU) Poll Observer Mission that monitored Zambia's elections said the process was peaceful. The observers say representatives of political parties at the polling stations they visited had no problems and were pleased with how the elections were administered. Former Sierra Leonean president Ernest Bai Koroma, who led the AU poll observers, says he was pleased with how Zambians conducted themselves during the voting. VOA's Peter Clottey sat down with the former Sierra Leonean president and began by asking him about his observations of the election process. The extreme hot weather in the Mediterranean region is continuing to trigger wildfires, with dozens of people killed in Algeria, Greece, Italy and Turkey in recent days. Thousands of hectares of restored Mangroves are changing the lives of local fishing communities in Senegal by helping them tackle and adapt to the climate change. Senegal is among the worst affected countries on the continent. Today’s entertainment spotlights one artist keeping ancient Zimbabwean music and dance culture alive and well. Ethnomusicologist, Heather Maxwell speaks with him about Zimfest USA, the Harare music scene, and his hope to restore the important role of women in traditional Zimbabwean music
Top Stories: A new report by human rights group Amnesty International says Ethiopian government forces and Eritrean forces have been systematically raping and abusing hundreds of women and girls in the conflict in the country's northern Tigray region. VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports. Zambians went to the polls on Thursday in a showdown between President Edgar Lungu and main opposition rival Hakainde Hichilema that looks too tight to call and comes amid mounting debt and a flagging economy. The African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia said it had started investigating reports that civilians were killed during a gunfight between its troops and al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab fighters.The force, known as the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), said the incident occurred on Tuesday following an ambush, while its soldiers were on patrol along the Beldamin-Golweyn Forward Operating Base in the Lower Shabelle region. A trickle of Mozambican families started to return to their homes and villages after a joint force of Mozambican and Rwandan troops regained control of a strategic port from Islamic extremists. The joint Mozambican and Rwandan force is visibly in control of Mocimboa da Praia, patrolling public and private buildings, the port, the airport, the hospital, markets and restaurants The Tanzanian government on Wednesday suspended a local newspaper for running what it called a false story saying that President Samia Suluhu Hassan would not vie for office in 2025, the first newspaper suspension in Hassan's tenure.The suspended newspaper, Uhuru, is owned by the country's ruling party Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), which has in effect been in power since 1961.T Thousands of hectares of restored Mangroves are changing the lives of local fishing communities in Senegal by helping them tackle and adapt to the climate change. Senegal is among the worst affected countries on the continent. Persistent droughts linked to climate change, saw nearly 40 percent of its mangrove area lost since the 1970s. The mangroves not only cultivate wildlife and sea life like shellfish, but also act as a protective barrier between the land and the sea. Mangroves are essential for preventing soil erosion, holding back rising sea levels and promoting marine ecosystems. Funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Senegalese government, more than 50 thousand families in the region benefit from mangrove reforestation. This also includes loans and training in how to add value to their produce. Hawaiians are turning to traditional practices for insights on coping with climate change. As Mike O'Sullivan reports from Honolulu, they are seeking inspiration from the past to achieve sustainability in the future.
Top Stories: The United Nations says armed attacks in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria region are still being witnessed. Gunmen have attacked and killed residents and left many others nursing serious injuries. A team of peacekeepers have stepped up patrols in the area to help improve security and assess the human rights situation there. The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan discussed with Sudanese officials accelerating steps to hand over those wanted by the court, two senior Sudanese government sources said on Wednesday.The cabinet has already agreed to extradite those wanted by the court, but the decision needs approval in a meeting between the cabinet and the sovereign council, a joint military and civilian body formed to run Sudan's transitional period following the ousting of long-time president Omar al-Bashir, who is among the accused. The leader of an armed group that Ethiopia's government has designated a terrorist organization says his group has struck a military alliance with the Tigray forces who are now pressing toward the capital, as the conflict that erupted in the Tigray region last year spreads into other parts of Africa's second most populous country For more than six decades, the cocoa that Richard Ambassa Mbassiga harvested from his plantation in central Cameroon faithfully paid for everything his family needed. Now he's battling drought. Zambia will hold it’s general elections on Thursday . The polls will take place in a tense political environment and also in the midst of a serious economic crisis as well as the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. VOA’s Peter Clottey is in Lusaka covering the election. The Zambia Federation of Disability Organizations (ZAFOD) is expressing excitement over the increased number of members to contest in the general election. But the organization, which advocates for the rights of people with disabilities, says it is disappointed with negative comments that sought to undermine the candidacy of their members during the campaign period. Paul Mbewe is the vice president of ZAFOD. He tells VOA's Peter Clottey that members of the group will continue to monitor the elections to ensure the electoral commission fully complies with the court's ruling. Virginia Giuffre, an accuser of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has filed a lawsuit against Britain’s Prince Andrew – alleging that he raped and sexually abused her several times when she was 17 years old; a claim Andrew has consistently denied. The Coronavirus Pandemic fueled an online shopping boom in Nigeria that resulted in E-commerce sales rising to nearly 66 percent, according to business analysts. A54 Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho via Skype, spoke to Paul Orajiaka, CEO of Auldon Toys – a leading manufacturer of African themed toys “unity girl dolls - in perhaps one of the largest and busiest open-air markets in Africa is called Idumota, located on Lagos Island. He says his online sales have boosted his business. When the pandemic paused global travel in 2020, some tour guides moved online to lead livestreamed tours of popular destinations.
Top Stories: Ethiopia’s office of the prime minister said on Tuesday that "all capable Ethiopians" should join the fight against Tigrayan forces. The statement came roughly six weeks after the government declared a unilateral ceasefire. Aid groups say COVID-19 has caused greater suffering, both psychologically and economically, to women than men, especially in developing countries like Kenya. Lenny Ruvaga looks at one aid group helping women get through the pandemic in this report from Nairobi. Ifrah was born in Somalia and fled the outbreak of war in 2006 at the age of 17. Now she is an international campaigner against FGM and a High-Profile Supporter for the U.N. Refugee Agency, UNHCR. Clara Frenk has the story The mining industry has long been one of South Africa’s largest sectors, but women are still a minority in its workforce. Now, a group called Women in Mining South Africa is trying to change that through a mentorship program to help young women enter the field. For VOA, Linda Givetash reports from Johannesburg. A South African court on Tuesday again postponed a long-delayed corruption trial against former president Jacob Zuma to September 9 following his hospitalization last week. Zuma was expected to appear at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday for a $2 billion arms deal corruption case that led to his sacking as South Africa's deputy president in 2005.Zuma, 79, is serving a 15-month sentence at Estcourt prison in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal after he failed to heed a court order to attend an inquiry in corruption during his time as president. He was moved to a hospital on Friday for medical observation. In Nigeria's northern Kano state, Janet Peter stirs a thick and frothy brown liquid inside a large cast iron pot, worrying all the while that religious police will come and chase her from the restaurant where she operates. Health authorities in Guinea have confirmed one death from Marburg virus, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Monday. It marks the first time that the deadly disease has been identified in West Africa. There have been 12 major Marburg outbreaks since 1967, mostly in southern and eastern Africa. Guinea's new case was first identified last week, just two months after the country was declared free of Ebola following a brief flare-up earlier this year that killed 12 people. The World Health Organization is calling for urgent action to improve practices regarding the disposal of electronic waste. The W-H-O says those most severely affected by the impact of E-waste are women and children in low and middle-income countries. Humans are unequivocally to blame for global climate change – and massive cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are urgently required if the world is to avoid catastrophic warming, according to a report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published Monday.
Top Stories: As new and more potent coronavirus variants emerge and reports show some vaccines declining in efficacy, countries -- mostly in the developed world -- are getting ready to provide booster shots. But many health experts say they are not needed – at least yet – and the World Health Organization says available vaccines should go first to the unvaccinated in less-developed countries. Migrants rescued by the charity rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 on Saturday night were transferred to the "SNAV Adriatico" ship for a mandatory two-week quarantine. At least 51 people were killed when Islamist militants raided three villages in central Mali near the border with Niger, according to a regional administrator. Rwandan and Mozambican security forces say they have recaptured the port town of Mocimboa da Praia, an insurgents' stronghold. Last month, the Rwandan government deployed a thousand -strong force to Mozambique to fight alongside the country's army and troops of the 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC). Zambians are set to choose a new president, parliament and local representatives on Thursday . Analysts say the country remains tense due to the much-anticipated competitive contest between incumbent President Edgar Lungu and main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema.The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) is calling on all political parties and their supporters to accept the outcome of the general election. The group is also encouraging political parties that dispute the results to seek redress in court. Abyudi Shonga is the president of the Law Association of Zambia. He tells VOA's Peter Clottey that it is important for the political parties and their supporters to respect the results of the polls. The U.S. intelligence community is expected to send a report to President Joe Biden later this month examining the two leading theories on the origins of COVID-19. One claims the virus was accidentally released from a lab; the other that it emerged from human contact with an infected animal. VOA’s Jesusemen Oni reports from Washington. The Russian government’s COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy with its Sputnik V vaccine has run into some problems. China’s “wolf warrior” diplomacy represents China as an aggressive, rising s)uperpower. The name is inspired by the Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warrior film franchise, whose first film debuted in 2015. VOA’s Penelope Poulou spoke with experts on film and Chinese diplomacy about the franchise, its Hollywood influence and its phenomenal appeal with Chinese audiences
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Chimp escape: Primate swings from live power lines, falls from electrici. Description Chimp escape: Primate swings from live power lines, falls from electricity pole euronews72 096 403 vues14 avr. 2016 An escaped male chimpanzee was captured by city officials after falling off an electricity pole in northern Japan on Thursday. The chimpanzee escaped from the Yagiyama Zoological Park in Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture, in the early afternoon, according to city officials. The chimpanzee was on the loose for over an hour before climbing an electricity pole, where officials shot the simian with a sedative ..
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The Omani village which gets 3.5 hours of sunlight a day 9 JUN 2016 SHARE Rumours that residents in remote village in Oman only have to fast 3.5 hours a day this Ramadan excite other Muslims in the country who have to endure 15 hours of fasting in 40C temperatures. Wekan village, Oman. Wekan village, Oman. (TRT World and Agencies) This week Muslims all over the world began fasting for the holy month of Ramadan. According to Islamic teachings, Muslims who are healthy enough to do so are required to abstain from eating and drinking from the onset of dawn till sunset. As fasting times are dependent on the position of the sun, the length of time a Muslim spends fasting depends on his or her location. In the far north, such as countries like Norway and Finland, Muslims are fasting up to 21 hours a day, but in places like southern Chile and New Zealand fasting lasts around nine hours. (TRT World and Agencies) Due to the fact that the Islamic calendar is based on a lunar system, which consists of 12 months that are 29-30 days each, the Islamic year is approximately 10 days shorter than the commonly used Gregorian year. Therefore, Ramadan moves forward by around 10 days every year. While Muslims in the southern hemisphere are enjoying an easier Ramadan this year in comparison to their northern counterparts, Ramadan is now beginning to gradually move into the winter months, meaning that within a matter of years it will be Muslims in the north who will be fasting just a few hours a day. Men in traditional Omani garb. Men in traditional Omani garb. (Public Domain) But for Muslims closer to the equator, where daylight hours and temperatures are more stable throughout the year, this makes very little difference. However, Muslims in the Sultanate of Oman, a relatively quiet and peaceful country in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula, were briefly overjoyed this week when news went viral of a remote mountain village where the residents only have to fast for three and a half hours a day. Located around 150 kilometres west of the capital Muscat, the village of Wekan is situated at an altitude of 2,000 metres above sea level. Famous for its apricots, grapes and pomegranates, the village is surrounded by cute, picturesque gardens and is popular with hikers who appreciate the untouched, natural beauty of Oman's Green Mountains. : .. ..## pic.twitter.com/WikESzJDY5 — f_balushi (@f_balushi) January 17, 2016 The village is largely overshadowed by mountains, leaving it with access to direct sunlight only between 11:00am and 2:30pm every day. This has led commentators to speculate that people in Wekan only have to fast for three and a half hours, perhaps in a quest to find a loophole that would allow them to escape fasting for 15 hours a day in 40C temperatures. Muslims attend Friday prayers at Sultan Qaboos grand mosque in Muscat, October 26, 2007. Muslims attend Friday prayers at Sultan Qaboos grand mosque in Muscat, October 26, 2007. (Reuters) The rumours were quickly dispelled by Oman's tourism ministry, while the country's Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs dismissed the claims as an incorrect interpretation of fasting rules. "Even if it is difficult to see the sun in some mountainous areas, it doesn't mean that the sun has not risen," an official from the ministry told the Times of Oman
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