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On this edition of Straight Talk Africa,guest host Vincent Makori will discuss the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world is still going on. Last week, fighting broke out once again between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and Ethiopian government forces. Salem Solomon, the Real Time News Desk’s lead editor, and Joseph Siegle, the center’s research director, are among the guests
The United Nations Security Council meeting on peace and security in Africa is chaired over by Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China and President of the Security Council for the month of August
Yellowstone National Park is celebrating its 150th anniversary by highlighting the stories of the native tribes that were evicted from the park at its founding in the Western U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming
Despite six months of fighting, Ukrainians abroad remained united.Local Ukrainian communities helped in organizing this year’s independent celebrations in Denver to support Ukrainians back home
At the United Nations headquarters,Victor Madrigal-Borloz, an independent expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, briefs reporters
AA major campaign against suspected members of the Islamic State group within a camp housing IS terrorists’ families has been launched in Syria by Kurdish forces backed by the United States. Narrated by Sirwan Kajjo,VOA’s Zana Omar has the story
Nigeria’s child marriage rate, which is among the highest in Africa, is being addressed by aid groups working in rural communities
The main opposition leader in Kenya, Raila Odinga, is challenging the results of the presidential election to the Supreme Court for the third time in his career. For refusing to admit defeat once more, some critics are moking the former prime minister. However, legal experts say that Odinga’s petitions have been crucial in improving the integrity of Kenya’s elections and the stability of its democracy
After a gap of 16 years, killings of the minority Pandit Hindus in Kashmir have resumed, raising concerns about the safety of the minority group
Global demand for poultry and seafood is rising along with the world population. Some companies hope to provide meat-based items made in laboratories that taste and feel like animal flesh