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Border war erupts in Congo

2 months ago | wng.org | Onize Oduah

Trucks covered with white tarps stopped at the Rwandan border city of Gisenyi this week. Throngs of displaced residents poured out—some carrying suitcases and others hauling mattresses and personal belongings in plastic bags and backpacks. Long lines of white buses transported them to a makeshift camp after fighting escalated this week across the border in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
World Tour: Crisis in the DRC

2 months ago | wng.org | Onize Oduah

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: World Tour, with our reporter in Africa, Onize Oduah. AUDIO: [Sound of people fleeing] DRC crisis — ONIZE ODUAH: We start today in Central Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo where heightened rebel violence in the eastern region has sent millions fleeing. Gunfire rocked the region’s largest city of Goma on Monday as the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels claimed they captured the city.
World Tour: South Africa ends rescue from illegal mine

Jan 22, 2025 | wng.org | Onize Oduah

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: World Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Oduah. AUDIO: [Ongoing rescue]South Africa illegal mine — We start today in South Africa where authorities have ended their search for people stranded in an illegal gold mine after a standoff turned deadly. At least 87 miners have died after police first surrounded the mine in the town of Stilfontein in August as part of an effort to clamp down on illegal mining.
World Tour: Sudan military celebrates a victory

Jan 15, 2025 | wng.org | Onize Oduah

NICK EICHER, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: WORLD Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Oduah. SOUND: [SINGING]We begin today’s World Tour at celebrations in the North African nation of Sudan. Soldiers and civilians danced in the streets of the key city of Wad Madani on Sunday, one day after Sudanese armed forces recaptured it from rebel forces. Wad Madani is less than a hundred miles south of Sudan’s capital of Khartoum.
World Tour: France withdraws from Ivory Coast

Jan 8, 2025 | wng.org | Onize Oduah

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: WORLD Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Oduah. ONIZE ODUAH: Ivory Coast-France — Today’s World Tour begins in the West African nation of Ivory Coast. Authorities there have said French forces will start to pull out this month. Here’s Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara.
World Tour: Ghana celebrates a new president

Dec 11, 2024 | wng.org | Onize Oduah

NICK EICHER, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: WORLD Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Oduah. SOUND: [CHEERING CROWDS]ONIZE ODUAH: Ghana election — We begin today on the streets of Ghana’s capital, Accra. Crowds cheered after a former president won a Saturday vote. John Mahama served as president from 2012 to 2017. His weekend victory follows two failed attempts to return to the top office.
World Tour: Georgian protests over EU delay

Dec 4, 2024 | wng.org | Onize Oduah

NICK EICHER, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: WORLD Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Oduah. SOUND: [PROTESTERS]We start today at protests in the Black Sea nation of Georgia. Protests have continued for days in the capital city of Tbilisi … since the government decided last week to suspend talks of joining the European Union for four years.
World Tour: Protests in Angola

Nov 27, 2024 | wng.org | Onize Oduah

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: Next up, WORLD Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Oduah. SOUND: [PROTESTS]ONIZE ODUAH: We start today in the southwestern African country of Angola, as thousands of opposition supporters march against the government. President Joao Lourenco has ruled the country since 2017. Opposition members accuse him of authoritarianism. The lead opposition party, which was once a former rebel group, organized the march. Alvaro Chikwamanga is the party’s secretary general.
WORLD Tour: India’s Prime Minister strengthens ties with Nigeria

Nov 20, 2024 | wng.org | Onize Oduah

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: WORLD Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Oduah. SOUND: [MILITARY BAND]ONIZE ODUAH: We begin here in Nigeria, where Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wrapped up an official weekend visit. Indians living in Nigeria welcomed Modi at the international airport in Abuja on Sunday. It’s the first time in more than 15 years that an Indian leader has visited Nigeria.
World Tour: Russia strengthens African ties

Nov 13, 2024 | wng.org | Onize Oduah

NICK EICHER, HOST: Coming up next on The World and Everything in It: World Tour with our reporter in Africa, Onize Oduah. AUDIO: [Camera shutters, conference]ONIZE ODUAH: Russia-African ministers — We start today in the Russian city of Sochi, where officials wrapped up the first-ever conference with African political ministers. The Russia-Africa Partnership Forum builds on last year’s Russia-Africa summit and comes after Russia hosted the BRICS summit of emerging economies last month.