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Daybreak Africa: US Rights Group Calls for Regional Force in BFaso
On Daybreak Africa: US-based group Human Rights Watch says armed Islamist militants in Burkina Faso have killed scores of civilians, looted, and burned property, and forced thousands to flee attacks across the country since 2022. Plus, an aid organization warns of a looming food crisis in Sudan. Economists warn that Sudan’s conflict will harm the economies of its neighbors. Sierra Leone’s opposition leader calls for the resignation of electoral commission almost a week before the June 24 vote. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!
Africa News Tonight: African Leaders Start Mission to Mediate Between Ukraine and Russia & More
Africa News Tonight: Presidents Macky Sall of Senegal and Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa are heading a delegation that is visiting Kyiv today and St. Petersburg tomorrow to press for an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Mali's military is holding a referendum on a new constitution Sunday, a key step toward a return to constitutional rule and a presidential election expected next year in the West African country. And, The World Food Program is scaling up food aid to support 5.9 million people across Sudan over the next six months as hunger rises in the war-torn country. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!
Africa News Tonight: African Leaders Meet Ukraine's Zelenskyy, U S Condemns Human Rights Violations Committed in Sudan’s Violence, & More
Africa News Tonight: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after meeting African leaders in Kyiv on Friday that peace talks with Russia would be possible only after Moscow withdraws its forces from occupied Ukrainian territory. The United States has condemned human rights violations committed in Sudan’s two-month-old violence, particularly reports of sexual violence and targeting of civilians along ethnic lines by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias in West Darfur State. And, Young people in South Africa today commemorated Youth Day with a loud call for the government to pay more attention to the many challenges that they face. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!
Legacy of Juneteenth and the Significance of the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act
In this encore presentation, host Kim Lewis and VOA senior national affairs correspondent Chris Simkins, talk with award winning historian, author, journalist and professor, Jesse Holland about the legacy of Juneteenth and why Americans of all races should take part in the observance of this national holiday. Holland also discusses the history of lynching in the United States and what it took to finally pass the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law.
Trump Indictment: National Security Implications
The 37-count indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal charges of willfully retaining documents containing national defense information and then refusing to return them is especially grave because 31 counts relate to violation of the Espionage Act. Tess Bridgeman, former deputy legal advisor to National Security Council and co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, and Bill Galston, senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, analyze the damage done to US national security and the political ramifications of former President Trump’s alleged actions.
