The Washington, DC Mayor’s Office on African Affairs envisions the city as a community that thrives on the full engagement of its ethnically, linguistically and socially diverse residents. Mamadou Samba Director or the Mayor's Office on African Affairs and Loide Rosa Jorge,

Vice Chair on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Commission on African Affairs join host Shaka Ssali to explore to work of the OAA.

Four teams are in the hunt to reach Major League Baseball's World Series. Britain's Andy Murray is closing in on the world number one men's tennis ranking. Alex Noren has fun on the golf course, leading him to the fun of taking home a big winner's check.

Shaka Ssali discusses conflict in Darfur with Niemat Ahmadi, Founder and President of Darfur Women Action Network.

The Major League Baseball playoffs are underway as teams aim for the World Series. A long time baseball favorite retires. A long time golf favorite is not quite ready to return. Big names in tennis play in China.

Shaka Ssali talks about the latest Democratic Republic of Congo developments with Claude Gatebuke, Executive Director, African Great Lakes Action Network and with Ntal Alimasi, Independent Consultant in Governance and Anti-Corruption.

It took a few years, but the United States is back on top of team golf by winning the Ryder Cup. NFL great Peyton Manning takes American-style football to China. The Major League Baseball playoffs are underway as Atlanta says goodbye to the Olympic stadium and broadcast great Vin Scully calls his last game.

Shaka Ssali discusses South Sudan’s latest developments with John Tanza, Host, VOA South Sudan In Focus, Ambassador Gordon Buay, Consular and Diaspora Affairs in South Sudan Embassy, and Honorable Stephen Par Kuol, South Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition.

Golf legend Arnold Palmer dies at age 87. Major League Baseball mourns the untimely loss of Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez. Rory McIlroy makes a stunning win at The Tour Championship. Fog doesn't stop French golfer Alex Levy from winning in Germany.

Shaka Ssali chats with author of “Black Hawks Rising,” Dr. Opiyo Oloya and with Milton Allimadi,

Publisher of the Black Star News, about Somalia.

Tim Tebow tries to become just the eighth athlete in more than four decades to play both professional football and baseball. Italian golfer Francesco Molinari wins his nation's national title for a second time. A controversial national anthem protest spreads to women's soccer.