Vincent Makori heads up the reporting team to inform you about Africa, the U.S. and the world.

Vincent Makori heads up the reporting team to inform you about Africa, the U.S. and the world.

Vincent Makori heads up the reporting team to inform you about Africa, the U.S. and the world.

Vincent Makori heads up the reporting team to inform you about Africa, the U.S. and the world.

Vincent Makori heads up the reporting team to inform you about Africa, the U.S. and the world.

Vincent Makori heads up the reporting team to inform you about Africa, the U.S. and the world.

Zanzibar opposition leader Seif Sharif Hamad is in Washington, DC to meet with U.S. government officials about the political situation in Zanzibar. VOA’s Vincent Makori sat down with Hamad, who is the leader of the Civic United Party, to discuss why he insists he was legitimately elected president, but denied the victory, when the government-appointed electoral body decided to nullify the vote.

U.S. President Barack Obama met privately with the victims' families of Orlando shooting massacre at a gay nightclub that left 49 dead and 53 wounded. The president offered words of solace to the families and survivors, along with a renewed plea for action to prevent assault weapons from landing in the wrong hands. VOA’s Ramon Taylor reports.

U.S. Naval aviation forces are now striking Islamic State simultaneously from the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. VOA’s Vincent Makori reports and gets an update via Skype from Carla Babb, VOA’s Pentagon correspondent.

VOA’s Vincent Makori wants to know what you think about issues that affect your daily life. So, today we’ll take a look at some of your thoughtful comments on Facebook to our stories.