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South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in for a second Term as president amid a governing coalition deal. As America commemorates the end of slavery on Wednesday’s Juneteenth federal holiday, we’ll highlight the story of a community started by a freed slave that thrives since 1833. All this and much more, coming up on Africa 54!

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.