In this edition of Straight Talk Africa guest host Peter Clottey is discussing the elections in Namibia taking place on November 27. He is joined by Christine Esperanza Aochamus general secretary of the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), Graham Hopwood executive director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and political analyst Rakkel Andreas.

This week on Straight Talk Africa, Somaliland opposition leader Abdirahman Cirro defeated incumbent president Muse Bihi Abdi in the November 13 elections, with 64% of the vote. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but lacks international recognition. How will the new president navigate this complex political situation? Guest host Peter Clottey is joined by VOA Horn to Africa Service Acting Chief Harun Maruf, political analyst Guleid Ahmed Jama in Hargeisa and by research fellow at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield in the U.K.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa host Vincent Makori discusses the process of the presidential transition in the United States with VOA Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman. He also examines the possible directions of the US foreign policy toward Africa and the world of President-elect Donald Trump. Vincent is joined by national security law and foreign policy expert Johanna Leblanc and visiting researcher at the Lasky Center for Transatlantic Studies of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Michael Walsh.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Vincent Makori discusses the outcome of the U.S. presidential elections. The American voters have spoken -- and former President Donald Trump has been elected for a second term in the White House -- defeating Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. What does this mean for the foreign policy of the United States towards Africa? Vincent is joined by the director of the Africa Program at the Wilson Center Oge Onubogu and the former special envoy for the Sahel and the Great Lakes Regions of Africa, Ambassador J. Peter Pham. Earlier in the show, VOA White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara and VOA Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman discuss the outcome of the election night.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa host Vincent Makori discusses the US presidential election taking place on November 5th. The race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is very close and everyone is watching the seven key battleground states that can sway the election to either side. Vincent is joined VOA White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara, VOA Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman, Executive Director of the Sine Institute of Policy & Politics at American University Amy K. Dacey, and Professor of International Politics at American University Kwaku Nuamah.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, talks to Vincent Makori about Africa and its future and stresses the need for good governance. Also, Chinasa T. Okolo, fellow at the Center for Technology Innovation in the Governance Studies program at Brookings Institution, discusses how Artificial Intelligence can be a tool to enhance government accountability.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa host Vincent Makori is discussing the intensifying conflict in the Middle East. He is joined by journalists Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem and Patricia Khoder in Beirut, senior resident scholar of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, Hussein Ibish and senior research associate at the Institute for Global Dialogue, Sanusha Naidu.

In this special edition of Straight Talk Africa, guest host Yeheyes Wuhib speaks with members of the African diaspora about the November 5 race to the White House between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and how the outcome impacts U.S.-Africa relations.

Panelists are : Ambassador J. Peter Pham, the first U.S. special envoy for the Sahel region of Africa, Kwaku Nuamah, a Ghanaian-American professor at American University in Washington D.C., and Philomena Desmond-Ogugua, an international development professional who promotes U.S.-Africa trade and investment.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa, Vincent Makori explores how Artificial Intelligence is evolving in Africa and discusses with his guests whether it can fuel economic growth. He is joined by VOA Africa technology reporter Paul Ndiho, Dr. Rose Nakasi, lecturer at Makerere University, head of Makerere AI Health Lab and fellow at Google AI for Global Goals and by Ambassador Philip Thigo Special Envoy on Technology for Kenya.

In this episode of Straight Talk Africa, host Peter Clottey discusses issues that the Africa delegation is pursuing at the United Nations General Assembly. His guests are VOA’s United Nations correspondent Margaret Besheer, Professor of Global Affairs and Director of the Office of Civic and Community Engagement at the State University of New York, Yetunde Omede and former United Nations Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, James Jonah.