Shaka Ssali hosts this call-in program that examines topics of special interest to Africans.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams discusses the International Criminal Court trial of Ali Kushayb, the alleged Janjaweed leader accused of committing war crimes during Sudan's conflict in Darfur that began in 2003. Plus, we look at the challenges some African countries face as prices for food and energy skyrocket due to Russia's war in Ukraine.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, guest host Peter Clottey brings you more from his exclusive interview with President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. Plus, we reached out to Ugandans who disagree with how the president has ruled the country since coming to power in 1986.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, we spotlight the growing threat on media freedoms around the world and in Africa ahead of World Press Freedom Day. We'll also discuss the war in Ukraine, which has placed some African countries at odds with the Western nations.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes for young people to run for political office in Africa. Guests include Ayisha Osori, director of the Executive Vice President's Office at Open Society Foundations, Temi Ibirogba, sub-editor at The Republic, Maria Byrd, a correspondent for Channels TV and international affairs analyst Calvin Dark.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes to unlock to promise of Africa's free-trade zone. Our guests include Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Val Okaru-Bisant, CEO and founder of Afrocosmo Development Impact, Frank Samolis, co-chair of the International Trade Practice Group at Squire Patton Boggs and Natasha Kimani, strategy and research lead at Africa No Filter.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes to unlock to promise of Africa's free-trade zone. Our guests include Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Val Okaru-Bisant, CEO and founder of Afrocosmo Development Impact, Frank Samolis, co-chair of the International Trade Practice Group at Squire Patton Boggs and Natasha Kimani, strategy and research lead at Africa No Filter.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group and security in West Africa. Guests include Ivory Coast Prime Minister Patrick Achi, Travis Adkins, the president and CEO of U.S. African Development Foundation and Nathaniel Powell, analyst at Oxford Analytica.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss why so many African students were studying in Ukraine. What's next for thousands of international students who are fleeing the country amid Russia's invasion? Plus, we discuss reversing Africa's "brain drain.” Our guests include former President of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Abena Boaitey-Sowah, educational consultant at CW Education and Career Services, Anesu Masube, founder of Opportunities for Zimbabweans and Dr. Nesochi Okeke-Igbokwe, physician and medical media expert.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the war in Ukraine. How effective are international sanctions against Moscow and how will they affect African countries? Guests include Philip Crowther, a correspondent for the Associated Press, Myroslava Gongadze, VOA's Eastern Europe chief, J. Peter Pham, Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Mimi Kalinda, CEO and co-founder of Africa Communications Media Group and Moustafa Bayoumi, a professor at Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the war in Ukraine. Could Russia's aggression create a new world order? Guests include Steve Herman, VOA chief national correspondent, David Monda, a professor at City University of New York and Yetunde Odugbesan–Omede, a professor at Farmingdale State College.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss what it takes for young people to run for political office in Africa. Guests include Ayisha Osori, director of the Executive Vice President's Office at Open Society Foundations, Temi Ibirogba, sub-editor at The Republic, Maria Byrd, a correspondent for Channels TV and international affairs analyst Calvin Dark.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the impact of Russia and China's presence in Africa. Guests include Salem Solomon, lead editor of the Real Time News Desk at Voice of America, and Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, lecturer of African Studies at Howard University.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests look at "informal" [non-planned, non-approved] housing and explore how targeted urban planning can improve living conditions. Guests include Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Buwa Binitie, a property developer in Washington D.C. and urban economist Astrid Haas.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams brings you a special town hall program on the current state of affairs in the fight against COVID-19 and what is needed for African nations to respond, recover and rebuild. Guests include Mo Ibrahim, founder and chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, Phionah Atuhebwe, vaccines introduction medical officer at WHO Africa, Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, deputy director of Africa CDC, Shabir Madhi, dean of the health sciences faculty at University of of Witwatersrand, Dr. Tsion Firew, assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center and Aloysius Uche Ordu, director of Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings Institution.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests look at the future of finding work in Africa. Her guests include Amolo Ng'weno, CEO of BFA Global, economist Eyerusalem Siba and Veda Sunassee, executive director of Africa Leadership University.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams takes a look at the effect of the #MeToo social movement on women in Africa. Guests include Audrey Kawire Wabwire, media manager at Human Rights Watch, Naasu Fofanah, an author and women's rights activist and Rosebell Kagumire, editor of AfricanFeminism.com
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams takes an in-depth look at the life and legacy of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Plus, Africa sends a new envoy to Washington. Guests include Allan Boesak, a South African cleric, politician and anti-apartheid activist and Hilda Suka-Mafudze, the Africa Union ambassador to the U.S.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests look at "informal" [non-planned, non-approved] housing and explore how targeted urban planning can improve living conditions. Guests include Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Buwa Binitie, a property developer in Washington D.C. and urban economist Astrid Haas.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the significance of European and U.S. museums returning African art and objects looted during colonial times. Guests include Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba, an African art curator at New Orleans Museum of Art, Dan Hicks, professor and author of “The Brutish Museums” and Oluwatoyin Sogbesan, a cultural historian and curator.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and guests take a look at the history of African diaspora communities in the United States and Latin America. Guests include Calvin Dark, global affairs analyst at RC Communications, Barbara Santos, multimedia journalist for VOA Portuguese and Johanna Leblanc, national security law and foreign policy analyst.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams brings you the best interviews from the show in 2021. Featured are conversations with Aya Chebbi, a youth activist, Abdi Nageeye, Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, Elizabeth Wathuti, a climate change activist, Sangu Delle, CEO of Africa Health Holding and Johnny Miller, photographer of Unequal Scenes.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and a guest panel review the top stories from Africa in 2021 from COVID-19 vaccine drives and coup attempts to economic recovery and advancements in culture and technology. Guests include Patsy Widakuswara, VOA's White House bureau chief, Vincent Makori, managing editor of VOA's Africa 54, Emira Woods, a pan-African strategist, VOA Portuguese reporter Mayra De Lassalette and VOA French to Africa reporter Arzouma Kompaore.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss whether the Nobel Prize awards are in-step with the times and relevant to Africans. Guests include Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, lecturer at Howard University, novelist and playwright Alexander Nderitu and Salem Solomon, News Center editor at Voice of America.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests look at the future of finding work in Africa. Her guests include Amolo Ng'weno, CEO of BFA Global, economist Eyerusalem Siba and Veda Sunassee, executive director of Africa Leadership University.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the significance of European and U.S. museums returning African art and objects looted during colonial times. Guests include Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba, an African art curator at New Orleans Museum of Art, Dan Hicks, professor and author of “The Brutish Museums” and Oluwatoyin Sogbesan, a cultural historian and curator.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams discuss the complex political situation and growing humanitarian disaster in Ethiopia. Her guests include Carine Kaneza Nantulya, Africa advocacy director at Human Rights Watch, and Heather Murdock, VOA's Middle East correspondent.
Host Haydé Adams looks at coup d'états on the continent and asks are military power grabs making a comeback? From Sudan and Chad, Guinea and Mali we'll look at the causes and consequences of the latest series of takeovers, and attempted coups in African countries.
A look at the history of African diaspora communities in the United States and Latin America. Guests include Calvin Dark, global affair analyst at RC Communiations, Barbara Santos, multimedia journalist for VOA Portuguese and Johanna Leblanc, national security law and foreign policy analyst.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams examines the impact of COVID-19 pandemic protocols, restrictions and lockdowns on African travel and tourism. Our guests include Kamil Al-Awadhi, vice president for Africa and the Middle East at the International Air Transport Association, Kojo Bentum-Williams, communications expert for the U.N. World Tourism Organization, Paul Frimpong, economist at the Institute of Certified Chartered Economists and Lenias Hwenda, CEO of Medicines for Africa.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams takes a look at the effect of the #MeToo social movement on women in Africa. Our guests include Audrey Kawire Wabwire, media manager at Human Rights Watch, Naasu Fofanah, an author and women's rights activist and Rosebell Kagumire, editor of AfricanFeminism.com
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, we explore vaccine inequity on the African continent. We also look at efforts for COVID-19 vaccine development and manufacturing in Africa. Host Haydé Adams brings you a conversation with Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and our guest Phionah Atuhebwe, a medical officer at the World Health Organization, talks about lagging vaccinations across Africa.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams discusses the attributes of free and fair elections and the signs of a rigged voting system. The guests include Rushdi Nackerdien, an advisor at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Patsy Widakuswara, VOA's White House bureau chief, Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, a lecturer of African Studies at Howard University and Vincent Makori, managing editor of VOA's English to Africa TV.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams explores the growing call for climate justice across Africa. Our guests include Lily Odarno, director of Energy and Climate Innovation, Africa at Clean Air Task Force, Glory Oguegbu, a climate change activist, Elizabeth Wathuti, founder of the Green Generation Initiative, Kemo Fatty, executive director of Green-Up Gambia and Muthoni Masinde, creator of the ITIKI app.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams discusses the possible shift in the terrorism hotspots on the African continent. Her guests include Vanda Felbab-Brown, co-director of the Africa Security Initiative at Brookings Institute, Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar, executive director at West Africa Centre for Counter-Extremism, Yetunde A. Odugbesan-Omede, professor of Global Affairs and Political Science at Farmingdale College and Anne Speckhard, professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and guests discuss whether false reports online are hurting Africa's COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Our guests include Michelle Quinn, VOA Silicon Valley bureau chief, Dr. Joachim Kikomeko from Amsterdam University Medical Center, Grace Gichuhi, researcher at Africa Check, Temi Ibirogba, program and research associate for the Center for International Policy's Africa Program and Odanga Madung, a data journalist.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams explores the state of mental healthcare across Africa and what attitudes toward mental health say about societies. Our guests include Ben Weobong, an epidemiologist at the University of Ghana, Dr. Nesochi Okeke-Igbokwe, a physician and health expert and Sangu Delle, a Ghanaian entrepreneur.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams explores the state of mental healthcare across Africa and what attitudes toward mental health say about societies. Our guests include Ben Weobong, an epidemiologist at the University of Ghana, Dr. Nesochi Okeke-Igbokwe, a physician and health expert and Sangu Delle, a Ghanaian entrepreneur.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, we'll talk about reparations and redress following Namibia's negotiations with Germany on compensation for colonial-era genocide. Host Haydé Adams is joined by political analyst Hoze Riruako, Pena Brock, a researcher at Namibia Institute for Democracy, political scientist Joshua Kwesi Aikins and Phiwokuhle Mnyandu, a lecturer of African Studies at Howard University.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, we look at what it would take to bring the world's greatest athletic competition, the Olympics, to Africa. Host Haydé Adams is joined by Mwamoyo Hamza, acting managing editor of VOA's Africa Division, Paul Frimpong, an economist at the Institute of Certified Chartered Economists, Radwa Saad, a Ph.D. student in Africana Studies at Cornell University and Abdi Nageeye, a silver medalist in the Tokyo Olympics.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and guests discuss whether false reports online are hurting Africa's COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Our guests include Michelle Quinn, VOA Silicon Valley bureau chief, Dr. Joachim Kikomeko from Amsterdam University Medical Center, Grace Gichuhi, researcher at Africa Check, Temi Ibirogba, program and research associate for the Center for International Policy's Africa Program and Odanga Madung, a data journalist.
On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams explores whether investigating former leaders is good for democracy. Our guests include Chris Maroleng, executive director of Good Governance Africa, Ziyanda Stuurman, a South African author and independent researcher and James D. Long, a professor at University of Washington.
In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams looks at what's behind the social uprisings led by youth across Africa. Our guests include Kamissa Camara, expert for the Sahel at the United States Institute of Peace, Dimah Mahmoud, Sudanese activist and political analyst and Aya Chebbi, youth activist and former African Union youth envoy.
In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams looks at Africa's urban development. She is joined by Wandile Mthiyane, architect and CEO of Ubuntu Design Group, Emana Nsikan-George, climate researcher and sustainability practitioner on climate actions, Christian Benimana, managing director of MASS Design Group and Johnny Miller, photographer of Unequal Scenes.
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