Up Front - VOA Africa

On this fresh, fast-paced show VOA's Jackson Mvunganyi talks to teens and young adults about politics, trends, lifestyles, health, entertainment, and other issues touching listeners’ lives.

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The leaders of Sudan's seven neighbours in a joint statement called on the warring parties to commit to a ceasefire, appealed to regional states not to interfere in the conflict, and agreed to facilitate delivery of aid.

A new report says that imported second hand clothes do not threaten the local textile industry

On this fresh, fast-paced show VOA's Jackson Mvunganyi talks to teens and young adults about politics, trends, lifestyles, health, entertainment, and other issues touching listeners’ lives.

For more on Upfront visit www.upfrontafrica.com

Is Africa falling behind the space race? NASA Space Scientist, Dr Brook Lakew joins us in Studio.

Cameroonian Afrobeats singer Gomez Oba wants to use music to unite his people.

During the two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, Mehret Okbay was one of the few journalists reporting from Mekelle, the region's capital. Okbay talks about the some of the challenges of reporting from a war zone.

Abdullahi Halakhe is a senior advocate for East and Southern Africa at Refugees International.

He recently visited the Sudan-Egypt border and tells us about the humanitarian situation involving Sudanese who are escaping the conflict in Sudan

Jackson Mvunganyi and Nanythe Talani host two special guests: Olwak “Shufto” Jenaro, a young Sudanese American write, whose new memoir tells the story of his journey from Khartoum, Sudan, to living as a refugee in Cairo, then, resettling in the U.S. as a child. Also, Refugee International President Jeremy Konyndyk, who will focus on the humanitarian crisis on the African continent - and the challenges faced at borders by people fleeing conflict, along with some of the responses by the international community and agencies providing help to millions affected by conflict.

On this fresh, fast-paced show VOA's Jackson Mvunganyi talks to teens and young adults about politics, trends, lifestyles, health, entertainment, and other issues touching listeners’ lives.

For more on Upfront visit www.upfrontafrica.com

Legendary South African musician and activist Jonathan Butler was the first black artist to be played by white radio stations during apartheid in South Africa. Butler joins VOA Up Front host Jackson Mvunganyi to talk about his new album "Ubuntu."

Also, Nigerian music executive Oluwaseyi Ladele on how to leverage and grow Africa's creative economy.

On this fresh, fast-paced show VOA's Jackson Mvunganyi talks to teens and young adults about politics, trends, lifestyles, health, entertainment, and other issues touching listeners’ lives.

For more on Upfront visit www.upfrontafrica.com

On this fresh, fast-paced show VOA's Jackson Mvunganyi talks to teens and young adults about politics, trends, lifestyles, health, entertainment, and other issues touching listeners’ lives.

For more on Upfront visit www.upfrontafrica.com