AfroVerdict

Nuclear energy might well be the key to a future with enough electricity to supply every household on the planet. With many countries growing more interested in Africa's energy sector, AfroVerdict host sits down with a CEO and an activist to see how Africa can benefit from Russia's expertise and assistance in the development of this sector.

Happy International Artist Day! To celebrate this creative day, AfroVerdict host sits down with Maxwell Boadi, a Ghanaian painter to talk about his path to becoming a full-on artist and what his paintings bring to the world.

The 2023 BRICS Games kicked off on October 18 in South Africa, with the teams contesting in five types of sport to promote unity and camaraderie between the different cultures of the participating countries. In this episode, AfroVerdict host speaks to the organiser to shine light on the significance of the Games and the values they promote.

In the wake of Putin's visit to the Belt and Road Forum in China and his speech covering a wide range of topics, including the recent deadly strike on the hospital in Gaza, AfroVerdict hosts a discussion with two international relations experts to tackle the hot topics head on.

While Sputnik hosted a workshop for journalists from North Africa and the Middle East, the world observed International Day for Universal Access to Information. Your #AfroVerdict host gives the floor to co-hosts from Lebanon and Syria for the group to discuss cross-border transfer of knowledge, freedom of access to information, privacy and copyright laws.

Russia held its Russian Energy Week from 11–13 October, an event dedicated to addressing global energy issues. In this episode of AfroVerdict, four experts get together to analyze the significance of the conducted event, the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian escalation on the energy security of the African continent and other energy-related issues.

The adoption of the proposed Family Protection Bill, prohibiting LGBTQ activities in Kenya, may hit the country's economy hard due to the possible loss of Western financial aid, believes Prof. Fred Ogola. Your AfroVedict host joins the scholar to discuss what the East African nation could do to preserve its values under such circumstances.

The handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been a slippery slope as we've observed tremendous escalation this weekend resulting in death and injury of civillians on both sides. AfroVerdict host, Viktor Anokhin, joins experts to discuss the conflict's origins, US weapons used by Hamas and Israel's failure to predict the attack.

On October 5, the 20th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club – an international thinktank – came to an end. Many important statements were made by Russia’s President, as well as experts. Your AfroVerdict host sits down with four participants to analyze the ideas brought forward at the Valdai Club.

It goes without saying that people can genuinely do a lot to help save animals. However, what about the opposite? Can animals help people to save human lives? Your AfroVerdict host sits down with a representative of a Tanzanian-based NGO to discuss how rats clear Sub-Saharan Africa of land mines.