In this edition of Straight talk Africa host Vincent Makori is discusses how the new U.S. administration under President Donald Trump will engage with Africa. He is joined by Ambassador Rama Yade, Atlantic Council's Africa Center senior director and by Ambassador Tibor Nagy former U.S. assistant secretary of state for African Affairs during the first Trump administration.

In this episode of Straight Talk Africa, Vincent Makori discusses the elections in Ghana, where opposition leader and former President John Mahama won with 55,6 % of the vote. He is joined by VOA reporter Paul Ndiho in Accra, professor of international politics at American University Kwaku Nuamah and the director for policy engagement and partnerships at the Center for Democratic Development in Ghana Kojo Asante.

In this edition of Straight Talk Africa Vincent Makori discusses the first trip of U.S. President Joe Biden to Cape Verde and Angola. He is joined by VOA Portuguese reporter Mayra de Lassalette, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Witney Schneidman, political analyst Marisa Lourenço and the president of Pro Bono Angola Association Bartolomeu Milton.

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.