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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.

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South Africa is face on going criticism for its decision to host Russian and Chinese navies next month for a multilateral maritime exercise. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration says critics should not question its relations with Moscow that date back to the liberation struggle. 

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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.

On Africa News Tonight: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Monday was in Zambia where she met with authorities and spoke on debt relief for the southern African nation. 

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Friday started her 10-day trip to Africa in Senegal where she will be meeting with leaders from the continent to discuss economic partnership between Washington and Africa.

Gabonese authorities Friday confirmed the death of Foreign Minister Michael Moussa Adamo and told the media that the 62-year-old official lost consciousness and was taken to a military hospital where he died soon after midday.

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Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission Friday announced that 2023 elections will be held between July and August. But the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change says the nation is not ready due to several unsettled electoral issues that need immediate attention.

U.S.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Friday re-affirmed her nation's commitment to Africa after starting a three-nation tour of Africa in Senegal where she said Washington realizes Africa’s “massive economic potential.”

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Pope Francis is set to travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan in a week and a half where he will hold prayer services, meet political leaders and talk to African members of the Catholic church.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen started her three-nation Africa tour where she will highlight Washington’s efforts to deepen U.S.-Africa economic ties, including by expanding trade and investment while promoting sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

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A recent UNICEF report says millions of Nigerians are at risk of facing hunger between June and August 2023 if urgent action is not taken to “scale up preventive nutrition intervention.”

United Nations peacekeepers Wednesday reported that 50 bodies were found in mass graves in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and add, the central African nation blames the deaths on Lendu militias from CODECO.

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is preparing for a 10-day tour of Senegal, Zambia, and South Africa where she will re-affirm Washington’s commitments to the continent. Yellen's tour follows soon after the continent's leaders met with U.S. officials in December during the US-Africa Summit.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday addressed the World Economic Forum where he highlighted that the global community is flirting with climate disaster and challenged leaders to create favorable conditions to address climate change.

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Senegalese authorities Wednesday reported that over 62 people have died in eight days after two major traffic accidents.

Police officials in Nigeria’s central Niger state Wednesday said an angry mob torched a police station, other buildings, and cars after reacting to the killing of a Catholic priest.