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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.

Hundreds of illegal miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, in South Africa’s North West province, will spend Christmas day underground. Chad's electoral commission has asked the central African state’s military to help protect election officials and candidates, amid a spike in attacks on campaign teams ahead of the December 29 elections. In 2024, lobby groups from Africa's coal sector regularly made a case for the continent to continue using it to generate electricity, but new data show that Africa’s continued coal dependency will threaten efforts to limit carbon emissions.

Namibians returned to vote today in 36 re-opened polling stations, two days after the country’s election was marred by technical problems. U.S. President Joe Biden visits Angola next week, after his administration has forged close economic ties with the oil-rich southern African country. Celebrations are under way to mark the 25th anniversary of the East African Community in Arusha, Tanzania, as partner states work to eliminate barriers to cross-border trade and enhance regional economic growth.

Mozambique has already begun constructing homes for victims of Chido, which killed 73 people in the country, and battered Malawi after devastating the islands of Mayotte. United Nations human rights chief Volker Türk is calling for an end to the siege of El Fasher in North Darfur, which has resulted in hundreds of civilian deaths, more than a thousand injuries and widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure. Cameroon journalists are taking preemptive measures to prevent disinformation in the country’s election next year.

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.

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.

The French military said it is sending four to five planes a day with up to 50 tons of assistance, including food, water and medicine to Mayotte, while Mozambique begins cleaning up from Cyclone Chido. ECOWAS leaders gave Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger six months to reconsider their decision to quit the bloc, but one expert doesn’t think they will reverse course. A Ugandan International Crimes Division Court has ordered the Ugandan government to pay reparations to war crimes victims affected by atrocities committed by former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo.

Namibians returned to vote today in 36 re-opened polling stations, two days after the country’s election was marred by technical problems. U.S. President Joe Biden visits Angola next week, after his administration has forged close economic ties with the oil-rich southern African country. Celebrations are under way to mark the 25th anniversary of the East African Community in Arusha, Tanzania, as partner states work to eliminate barriers to cross-border trade and enhance regional economic growth.

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.

The rebel group led known as Hayat Tahrir al- Sham faces huge challenges in governing Syria, where in Damascus today a funeral turned into a protest rally. In southern Africa, former liberation movements, their political skills shaped by struggles against colonialism and white minority rule, either lost elections or have felt their grip on government weaken severely. Scientists in Kenya say they are studying a mealworm native to Africa that can consume and biodegrade plastic.

A former U.S. ambassador to Syria says it’s important for Syria’s future for the to be international engagement, especially in supplying crucial humanitarian aid. and collaboration with regional allies to foster stability and security in Syria. In an attempt to end polarization in Zimbabwe's media, an organization is hosting sports events for journalists from the privately owned and state-run news organizations. Nigerian authorities are seeking to launch a “national action plan” on gender-based violence, or GBV.

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.

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.

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.

There is a positive pre-election mood in Accra as Ghana prepares to hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday. President Joe Biden met with workers in Angola and spoke with leaders about what the president called the largest U.S. investment in a railway project outside America. Biochar has been used for years as soil enrichment, but research on its properties and potential benefits have recently gained the attention of foresters and agricultural producers, because it can help reduce climate change and enhance crop yields.

In a busy day in Angola, U.S. President Joe Biden toured facilities at the Lobito port, the terminus of the U.S-backed Lobito corridor rail project, joined by the presidents of Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The group Preventing and Ending Mass Atrocities, PAEMA, recently released a blueprint to put Sudan on a path to peace after 19 months of war, calling for an international presence to protect civilians. Botswana has dropped 14 criminal charges against former President Ian Khama, including illegal possession of firearms and corruption.

President Joe Biden is using the first visit to Angola by a US president to promote Washington's investments in the sub-Sahara African nation. Elections in Africa are often marked by high stakes and heightened tensions, which is decidedly unhealthy for voters. In recent days, millions of people in southern Africa were hit with long electricity blackouts, a crisis authorities blame on mismanagement and corruption, but also on climate change.

After promising to visit Africa two years ago at the U.S. Africa summit in Washington, President Joe Biden makes his first presidential trip to the continent where he is visiting Angola with a quick stop in Cabo Verde. In Kenya, one health facility provides affordable care to everyone, especially people living with HIV/AIDS. In Guinea dozens of people were killed during a stadium stampede at a football match in the town of N'zerekore, after police fired tear gas to halt protests over a penalty call.

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.

In Namibia, voting extended into today after many voters were unable to cast their votes yesterday because polling stations had problems. The 2025 edition of the annual U.S.-led African Lion military exercise will take place in Tunisia, marking the “most extensive exercise” hosted in the country. Africans living in the U.S. add new flavors to the Thanksgiving holiday, with foods from their home countries joining the traditional treats such as turkey and pie.