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Africa News Tonight
Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine show featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics, and the African diaspora.
Sonny Side of Sports
Next month, the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup will make history when it kicks off for the first time in the Middle East. And, in the last five years, the underlying potential of Africa’s sport industry is evident in the number of new leagues that have captured global attention, from Soccer to the NBA’s expansion across Africa with the launch of the Basketball African League (BAL).
Africa News Tonight
Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine show featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics, and the African diaspora.
A Conversation with H.E. Audra Plepytė, Lithuanian Ambassador to the US
Host Carol Castiel talks with H.E. Audra Plepytė, Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States, about her country’s solid backing of Ukraine as it repels Russian aggression and its special role, among other Baltic states, in warning the transatlantic alliance about the Kremlin’s malign activities for decades. Ambassador Plepytė expresses appreciation for US leadership and confidence in Europe’s ability to withstand the upcoming winter despite high energy costs and condemns Moscow’s bogus annexation of Ukrainian territory and reckless nuclear weapons threats.
30th anniversary of the Mozambique Peace Accords
On the 30th anniversary of the Rome General Peace Accords, which ended the Mozambican civil war, host Carol Castiel speaks with leading experts Alex Vines, director of the Africa Program at the London-based Chatham House, and Anne Pitcher, professor of political science and Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan who reflect on progress and setbacks in this strategic southern Africa country, which is struggling to contain an insurgency in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
