Africa News Tonight - VOA Africa

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.

Voting progressed peacefully today in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland’s presidential election. At the annual United Nations climate change meeting in Azerbaijan, developing regions, including Africa, argue that wealthy nations do not understand the structural and financial roadblocks they face in confronting climate change. Zimbabwe has recorded new cases of cholera several months after declaring the end of an outbreak that had killed more than 700 people over 18 months.

For Africa, the COP29 climate talks are expected to be a critical moment for the future of global climate action, and the so-called “Finance COP” will see the establishment of the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance. The breakaway region of Somaliland in East Africa holds general elections tomorrow. The government of Chad said Tuesday that hundreds of Boko Haram fighters are fleeing the country and crossing into Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria, after clashes with Chadian forces over the weekend.

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.

Donald Trump’s agenda calls for him to deliver on key campaign talking points: border security, strengthening the economy and putting America first. Huldah Hiltsley has made history in the Midwestern U.S. state of Minnesota, becoming the only person born in Kenya to win election to the state House of Representatives. In Mozambique, tensions remain high after a day of protest violence in the capital, Maputo, where reports say three people died and dozens were injured in clashes with police.

African leaders say they’re looking forward to strengthening their partnerships with the United States under President-elect Donald Trump, but some international affairs experts say his new administration may change how Washington engages with the continent. The United States is gearing up for a transfer of power, with President Joe Biden congratulating President-elect Donald Trump on his victory and Vice President Kamala Harris conceding defeat. In his first speech since the election, President Biden praised Harris and encouraged Americans to “bring down” the temperature in discourse.

Donald J. Trump, who served as president from 2017 to 2021, will return to the White House next January. Economic concerns drove U.S. election results. A long-serving U.S. diplomat expects Trump to shift foreign policy.