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Daybreak Africa: Rising Tension Continue Between Rwanda and DRC, UN Guterres Praises Ethiopia’s Cease-Fire, Gambia’s Central Bank Is Hacked
Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA correspondents, sports news as well as listener comments.
Africa News Tonight - South Africa Ramaphosa Yet to Step Down; W.H.O Reports Challenges Sending Aid to Tigray Region
Africa News Tonight: Allies to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa say it is “premature” for the Southern African leader to step down from his post, a development which was followed by the presidential spokesman telling reporters that Ramaphosa’s decision is imminent. World Health Organization authorities report that the global aid group does not have unfettered access to transport aid into Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, despite a cease-fire deal that was signed in early November, between federal authorities and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Sonny Side of Sports – Atlas Lions Top FIFA World Cup Group F, Qualify for Round of 16
On Friday’s show: Moroccan football fans celebrate their team’s qualification to the knockout Round of 16 after defeating Canada 2-1 on Thursday and are set to play Spain on December 6. We will also hear from Mike Mbonye who speaks to Chukwuleta Chigozie, the Vice President of the Sportswriters Association of Nigeria about the Atlas Lions performance at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Africa News Tonight – South Africa ANC Meets to Talk Ramaphosa Impeachment; Kenya Ruto Suspends Election Commissioners
On Africa News Tonight: South Africa’s ruling African National Congress Friday held an emergency meeting focused on determining the future of President Cyril Ramaphosa, soon after an independent panel reported that the ANC’s leader broke the law and suggested an impeachment inquiry. Kenyan President William Ruto has suspended four election commissioners who refused to endorse the August presidential race that declared him victor over opposition veteran Raila Odinga.
World AIDS Day/PEPFAR in Africa
In honor of World AIDS Day, host Carol Castiel reprises a conversation with AIDS activist, journalist, and historian, Emily Bass about her book, To End a Plague: America’s Fight to Defeat AIDS in Africa. Bass discusses the genesis and impact of PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDs Relief created under President George W. Bush and its positive legacy in Africa.
Israel’s Extremist Politics
David Makovsky, distinguished fellow and director of the Project on Arab Israeli relations at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Natan Sachs, director of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, discuss with host Carol Castiel why Israelis voted to return former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) to power along, with an alliance of far-right politicians, and the domestic and global ramifications of this turn of events.
