World Refugee Day: From Refugees to Changemakers
In this edition of Straight Talk Africa host Vincent Makori discusses the plight of forcibly displaced people on the continent and talks to 2 former refugees from South Sudan, who have now become changemakers. John Thon Majok is the Director of Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC and Mary Maker is the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Refugee Agency. VOA United Nations Correspondent Margaret Besheer also joins the show from the UN Headquarters for a look into the global trends for refugees.
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