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Africa News Tonight – VOA Sits Down With IMF Over Sub-Sahara Report; Burkina Faso Leaders Meet to Discuss Future Plans
Coming up on Africa News Tonight: IMF officials sat down with VOA to discuss a report released Friday which focuses on a range of challenges faced by sub-Saharan Africa, among them surging inflation, rising interest rates, food insecurity and drought. Representatives of Burkina Faso’s military junta Friday met with political parties, social and religious groups to discuss the future of the West African nation.
Sonny Side of Sports: Kenyan Star Kipchoge Nominated for 2022 World Athlete of Year Award & News on “World of Football" Exhibition in Qatar
Kenyan star Eliud Kipchoge is in contention for his third World Athlete of the Year award. The 37-year-old Kipchoge won the prize in 2018 and 2019, and he's one of 10 nominees for the 2022 award. On Friday's show, the world record holder and two-time Olympic marathon champion talks about the focus he tries to bring to each race. Also on the program, VOA's Gwen Outen has a feature on Qatar's Olympic and Sports Museum opening a "World of Football" exhibition ahead of the country hosting the FIFA World Cup next month.
Africa News Tonight – Nigeria Floods Kill and Displace Hundreds; Tunisia Coast Guard Finds 11 Migrant Bodies
Coming up on Africa News Tonight: Nigerian community leaders say hundreds of lives have been lost and families displaced following recent floods that have lasted weeks. Tunisia’s coast guard Friday said it recovered 11 migrant bodies that were lost at sea while trying to reach Europe.
A Conversation with Ruth Ben Ghiat about the threat of Authoritarianism
On this edition of Press Conference USA, host Carol Castiel speaks with New York University Professor of History, Ruth Ben Ghiat, who specializes in threats to democracy like fascism, authoritarianism, and propaganda, about the outcome of recent elections in Italy and Sweden as well as well-established authoritarian trends in Hungary, Russia and even the United States.
Iran Anti-Regime Protests
On this edition of Encounter, two Iran watchers discuss what triggered the recent women-led anti-regime protests in Iran and brutal crackdown by Tehran. Veteran foreign policy journalist, Laura Rozen, and director of the Iran Program at the Middle East Institute, Alex Vatanka, join host Carol Castiel to analyze the significance of the protests sparked by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, and their wider ramifications.
