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Straight Talk Africa

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VOA’s Straight Talk Africa is a 30-minute program that examines topics of special interest to Africans. Every Wednesday 18:30 -19:30 UTC.

 Washington, DC
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Joined January 2014
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🇺🇸🌇🌅A total lunar eclipse was visible in the Western Hemisphere overnight Thursday, with the best views in North America and South America.
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The moon turned red last night for skywatchers across the U.S. VOA Horn of Africa Services’ Tigist Geme, captured these images in Silver Spring, a city in the U.S. state of Maryland Thursday evening.
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🇿🇦💶💶💶European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a new $5.10 billion (4.7 billion euros) investment package for South Africa Thursday at the eighth EU-South Africa summit in Cape Town.🧵
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In his opening remarks, Ramaphosa said the summit attests to the "long-standing and close relationship," that is a "partnership based on shared values and common interests."
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The Council of the European Union named South Africa as the EU’s largest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa, with $53 billion (49 billion euros) worth of trade in goods in 2023.
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🇦🇴🇨🇩🇿🇼🇿🇦🇪🇹 VOA 60: Direct peace talks between DRC, M23 rebels to kick off in Angola next week, and more
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🇿🇼🇨🇩The Southern African Development Community or SADC said Thursday that a summit of regional heads of state had terminated the mandate of its troop deployment in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and decided on a "phased withdrawal."🧵
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The SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, SAMIDRC, — made up of soldiers from Malawi, Tanzania and South Africa — was sent to the region in December 2023 to help the government of the DRC, also a SADC member, restore peace and security.
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SADC extended its mandate late last year. @AFP @Reuters
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🇸🇴A car bomb exploded Tuesday at a hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne, kicking off an hours-long militant attack that killed an unknown number of people.🧵
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The Cairo Hotel houses traditional elders and military officers involved in coordinating the government’s offensive against the militant group al-Shabaab. The al-Qaida-affiliated al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Beledweyne, about 335 kilometers (208 miles) north of the capital, Mogadishu, is the capital of the Hiran region and a strategic location in the ongoing campaign against al-Shabaab.
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🇫🇷🇿🇦South African-Grammy winning singer Tyla was spotted Tuesday sitting next to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour as models strutted the runway to showcase Chanel's women's ready-to-wear collection for fall/winter 2025-26 in Paris.🧵
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The Paris Fashion Week began March 3 until the 11th in the French capital, yet again without an artistic director.
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