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Tags: Didier Drogba  Football  Chelsea  Sonny Young  VOA  Voice of America 

VOA Sonny Young continues his discussion with VOA's Vincent Makori on where football star Didier Drogba will go after Chelsea.

Tags: Egyptian elections  Egypt  Mohamed Elshinnawi  Vincent Makori  VOA  Voice of America 

VOA's Vincent Makori interviews VOA's Mohamed Elshinnawi regarding the historic elections in Egypt.

Tags: Independence  Eritrea  Peter Clottey  Vincent Makori  VOA  Voice of America 

In East Africa, Eritrea celebrates 21 years of independence. VOA's Vincent Makori discusses with VOA's Peter Clottey about the celebration

Tags: Africa  Food  Security  Vincent Makori  Donald Kaberuka  African Development Bank  President Barack Obama  Partnership  Foods  actionaid USA  Katie Campbell  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

Donald Kaberuka, with the African Development Bank, reacts to President Barack Obama's new global partnership to improve food security in Africa. VOA's Vincent Makori talks to ActionAid USA Katie Campbell about food security.

Tags: Africa  Technology  IT  Vincent Makori  Mobile  Inventors  Computers  Tablets  Market  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

Africa is the fastest growing mobile technology market in the world and African inventors are making moves to grab a slice of the fiercely competitive computer tablet market. VOA's Vincent Makori reports.

Tags: Africa  Food Security  Foods  Safety  President Barack Obama  Vincent Makori  Scott Stearns  Group of Eight  G8  Meeting  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

US President Barack Obama is focusing on African food security and highlighting it at the upcoming Group of Eight meeting. VOA's Vincent Makori talks to VOA's State Department Scott Stearns about the meeting.

Tags: Africa  Liberia  President Charles Taylor  Trial  Oral Arguments  Sentencing  War Crimes  Ndimyake Mwakalyelye  Vincent Makori  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor spoke in his own defense on Wednesday as judges hear oral arguments in the sentencing phase of his war crimes trial. Co-hosts Ndimyake Mwakalyelye and Vincent Makori report.

Tags: Africa  South Sudan  Politics  Vincent Makori  Pagan Amum  Secretary General  South Sudan's Ruling Party  SPLM  Heglig  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

VOA's Vincent Makori continues his conversation with Pagan Amum, the Secretary General of South Sudan's ruling part SPLM, defending his country's invasion of Heglig.

Tags: Africa  South Sudan  Sudan  Corruption  Vincent Makori  Pagan Amum  SPLM  Government  Charges  Crime  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

VOA's Vincent Makori recently talked to Pagan Amum, the Secretary General of South Sudan's ruling party, SPLM, defends his government against the charges about little is being done to end the corruption problem.

Tags: Africa  Vincent Makori  Mali  Human Rights  Abuse  Human Right Watch  Researcher  Corinne Dufka  Abductionsn  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

VOA's Vincent Makori talks to Human rights Watch researcher Corinne Dufka, who recently returned from Mali and spoke with witnesses to abductions and directly with victims.

Tags: Africa  Journalists  Press Freedom Day  Media  Vincent Makori  Harun Maruf  Somali  Somali Service  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

VOA's Vincent Makori talks to Harun Maruf, Senior Editor with VOA's Somali Service, about the reporting challenges in Somalia.

Tags: Africa  Sudan  Vincent Makori  Yasir Arman  Secretary General  Sudanese People  Liberation Movement  North  SPLM-N  South Sudan  Border  Conflict  VOA  Voice of Ameria  In Focus 

VOA's Vincent Makori continues his interview with Yasir Arman, Secretary General of the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement - North (SPLM-N) about the Sudan South Sudan border conflict.

Tags: Africa  Sudan  South Sudan  Poltics  Vincent Makori  Ysir Arman  Secretary General  Sudanese People's  Liberation Movement  North  SPLM-N  Border  Conflict  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

VOA's Vincent Makori talks to Yasir Arman, Secretary General of the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), on the Sudan and South Sudan border conflict.

Tags: Africa  Nigeria  Violence  Attacks  Bombs  Terrorism  Ndimyake Mwakalyelye  Military  Vincent Makori  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

Nigerian military forces have raided a suspected militant hideout in an operation authorities said targeted suspects from a deadly attack Sunday. VOA's Ndimyake Mwakalyelye and Vincent Makori report.

Tags: Africa  Sierra Leone  Celebration  Vincent Makori  Charles Taylor  Independence  Commemoration Day  Crimes  War Crimes  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

Sierra Leone is celebrating today, not only because of the conviction of Charles Taylor, but also because if is the country's Independence Commemoration Day. VOA's Vincent Makori reports.

Tags: Africa  Nigeria  Blast  Crime  Terrorism  Ndimyake Mwakalyelye  Vincent Makori  Bombs  Attacks  Newspapers  Abuja  Kaduna  Killings  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

Bomb attacks on newspaper offices in the capital Abuja and in the northern city of Kaduna killed 6 people and wounded several more. VOA's Ndimyake Mwakalyelye and Vincent Makori report.

Tags: Africa  Charles Taylor  Verdict  Vincent Makori  David Vandy  Crime  Corruption  Radio  African Beat  Sierra Leone  Violence  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

VOA's Vincent Makori talks to David Vandy, host of the VOA radio program, "African Beat,' discusses the verdict. He is a native of Sierra Leone, who witnessed some of the harrowing experiences during that extremely violent period in his homeland.

Tags: Africa  Charles Taylor  Verdict  Vincent Makori  Liberia  President Charles Taylor  Guilty  War Crimes  Humanity  Special Tribunal  The Hague  David Crane  Special Court  Sierra Leone  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity by a special tribunal in The Hague. For more perspectives on the verdict, VOA's Vincent Makori talks on the phone from The Hague with David Crane, former prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, who originally indicted Charles Taylor.

Tags: Africa  Sudan  South Sudan  Fighting  Violence  Vincent Makori  Ndimyake Mwakalyelye  China  Restraints  President Salva Kiir  War  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

VOA's co-hosts Vincent Makori and Ndimyake Mwakalyelye report on how China's leader is calling for restraint from the two Sudans after South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said Sudan has "Declared war" on his country.

Tags: Africa  Kenya  Gibe III  Dam  Vincent Makori  Omo River  Environment  Ikal Angelei  Friends of Lake Turkana  Goldman  Envrionmental  Prize Winner  VOA  Voice of America  In Focus 

Many Kenyan residents say the Gibe III dam project, located along the Omo River, will have a negative impact on their environment. VOA's Vincent Makori reports and talks to Ikal Angelei, founder of Friends of Lake Turkana Kenya, 2012, Goldman, Environmental Prize Winner.