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Africa Gorillas on the Brink
Somalia Fighting
Film 'Enjoy Poverty'
Somali Success Story
VOA TV2Africa: Ivory Coast Electoral Dispute
African Music and Fashions
VOA TV2Africa: Rwanda Genocide Revisited
VOA TV2Africa: NBA Luol Deng Southern Sudan Vote
Gravity Light
Kenya Elections Discussion
Young African Leaders Forum
Ebola Outbreak
Princess Basma Bint Saud Interview
Ebola African Leadership
Poaching, disease and loss of habitat threaten the existence of Africa's famed gorillas. VOA's Rebecca Ward reports the United Nations environmental program says the threat is even greater than previously thought.
VOA's Vincent Makori talks to Harun Maruf, of VOA's Somali Service, discusses the security and humanitarian situation after heavy fighting erupted in Somalia...
As relief organizations work to feed the needy, a new film "Enjoy Poverty" focuses on the role of aid workers in helping Africa's most desperate people. VOA'...
Like many in Somalia, one young Somali Woman, Yasmin Yonus, is now living in the U.S. and has overcome many obstacles. VOA's Heather Hatzenbuhler has her ins...
2010/12/03 - VOA TV2Africa Residents are on edge while the military has sealed the country's borders and shut down international news broadcasts over the nat...
African music and fashion are finding a large audience all over the world and a Kenyan-born artist, Liz Ogumbo, is helping to lead the way. Africa 54's Ndimy...
2010/09/20 - VOA TV2Africa 'The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art organized the event as part of it's ongoing "Global Africa," lecture series featur...
2010/12/22 - VOA TV2Africa Chicago Bulls Luol Deng talks about the importance of voting for those who live in the Diaspora. VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports.
An electric-powered devise is called "Gravity Light," which costs just $5.00, uses the force of gravity to keep the lights on. VOA's Paul Ndiho has more.
VOA's Vincent Makori talks to Regina Njogu, a lawyer and analyst about the upcoming elections.
U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting a town hall meeting with 115 young leaders from 46 sub-Saharan African nations at the White House. VOA's Ndimyake Mwak...
VOA's health correspondent Linord Moudou reports on how 2000 people have died from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and now more than 30 people have died f...
During a recent visit to Washington, Princess Basma Bint Saud, the last of 115 children of the late King Saud, of Saudi Arabia, stopped by our VOA studios to...
The Ebola outbreaks in Nigeria and Senegal were recently declared over, but transmission of the disease remains widespread in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Health experts from countries that have successfully dealt with past Ebola outbreaks tell VOA's Mariama Diallo that the leaders of those currently-affected nations must switch their focus in order to start seeing some positive changes.
There has been a rise in piracy off the west coast of Africa and Michael Frodl, of C-level Maritime Risks, provides open-sourced intelligence information to ...
Shaka Ssali hosts this call-in program that examines topics of special interest to Africans. Originally published at - http://www.voanews.com/media/video/2685792.html
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has agreed to fly to Ethiopia for talks and to consider forming a transitional government to try and end four months of fi...
Straight Talk Africa on August 8, 2012 -VOA's "Straight Talk Africa" host, Shaka Ssali and his guests discussed the rising engagement of India on the Africa ...
Kenya has been plunged into a national healthcare crisis as thousands of medical practitioners, pharmacists and dentists union members are striking for bette...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Straight Talk Africa Host Shaka Ssali and his guests discuss how to settle the impasse between President Salva Kiir and his former Vice-President Riek Machar as peace talks stall in Ethiopia. High Level One on One Q&A;: Dr. Riek Machar, fmr. Vice President of South Sudan & Chairman of Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition - via phone: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Washington Studio Guests: South Sudanese Ambassador Garang Diing Akuong and John Tanza Mabusu,Host and Managing Editor,VOA's South Sudan In Focus Originally published at - http://www.voanews.com/media/video/2676418.html
The principal of a Nigerian school where 107 girls were abducted Wednesday is denying a military announcement that most of the girls have been recovered. Nigeria's joint information center said late Wednesday that only eight of the abducted students were still missing. VOA's Vincent Makori gets an update from VOA's Heather Murdock via Skype from Abuja.
Nigerians hold their presidential election in less than two weeks. The poll which was originally scheduled for February 14 was postponed until the 28th of March due to security concerns. For the voters, especially the youth, their hope is that whoever wins, will improve things in the country. VOA’s Vincent Makori reports and later talks further with Emmanuel Ogebe, international human rights lawyer and expert in bilateral U.S.-Nigerian relations, and Kadir Hassan, PhD analyst of Nigeria affairs.
Vincent Makori heads up the reporting team to inform you about Africa, the U.S. and the world. Watch the show Monday-Friday @ 1630 UTC/GMT. Visit VOAnews.com and visit us on Facebook. Originally published at - http://www.voanews.com/media/video/2676180.html
The European Union’s border operation is preparing for a record number of migrants in 2015 where most of them try to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Africa into Europe. A United Nations investigation into human rights in Eritrea found "very clear patterns" of violations and an absence of rule of law. VOA’s Vincent Makori talks to Mike Smith, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea.
What the hell is wrong with me. i try to see what im not able to see. i try to be what im not supposed to be. i?ve tried everythin? but nothing works for me. i guess id better stick to my tv. its the only thing that makes me feel free. i can change the channels whenever that i please. ive got a cable to fulfill my precious needs. im a failure to this world and im week. im a geek, a tv freak. The way i find the pleasure that i seek is when i watch tv and when im a sleep. one program more while this whole worlds gets sour and i get to watch it on a screen im a geek, geek.
(Originally by Randy)
What the hell is wrong with me.
I try to see what im not able to see.
I try to be what im not supposed to be.
I've tried everythin' but nothing works for me.
I guess I'd better stick to my tv.
Its the only thing that makes me feel free.
I can change the channels whenever that I please.
I've got a cable to fulfill my precious needs.
Im a failure to this world and I'm week.
I'm a geek, a tv freak.
The way I find the pleasure that I seek is when I watch tv and when I'm a sleep.
One program more while this whole worlds gets sour and I get to watch it on a screen