Angie Omar is an international multimedia journalist who has produced content for digital and radio for the Voice of America. Omar has also worked for Aljazeera and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Watch VOA Africa’s top news highlights of the week including Kenya’s controversial elections, Angola’s elections, and more. Angie Omar has the details.
Angolans will vote this week in a critical election described as the most competitive for the key southern African country with some calling it a test for democracy in the African continent.
Watch VOA's Africa top news' highlights of the week including the controversial Kenyan presidential election and the release of a VOA Sudanese journalist in South Sudan. Angie Omar has more.
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi says that the flexibility afforded to passport applications and collections in South Africa is being removed to protect the integrity of the document.
According to new statistics provided by a World Health Organization (WHO) assessment report, life expectancy in Africa has risen by almost ten years.
Watch VOA Africa’s top news highlights of the week including Kenya’s presidential elections and the lack of support and trust African female entrepreneurs suffer from their communities. Angie Omar has more.
The word is celebrating today the contribution of youth on International Youth Day. This year's theme is "Intergenerational Solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages," according the UN. This year’s celebration aims to battle ageism, an age-based discriminatory behavior.
Watch VOA Africa's top news highlights of the week including locating and killing al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri by the U.S. drone strike and Omicron new variant affects many places in the U.S. and Europe. Angie Omar has more.
Watch VOA Africa’s top news highlights of the week including the impact of the end of voting on Tunisia’s referendum on democracy, the fight against slavery and racism in America, and more. Angie Omar has the details.
Africa's mobile industry has become the norm for payments in many of the continent's nations. But the move by some African governments to tax electronic transactions, known as the e-levy, could impact both buyers and sellers.
A new forecast by the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that COVID-19 deaths in Africa are expected to decline by almost 94 percent in 2022, compared with 2021 which was the pandemic's most deadliest year.
Autocracy is controlling sub-Saharan Africa. Tunisia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe are accused of pivoting to authoritarianism. In this analytical report, Africa observers discuss the advance and ebb of democracy across the continent.
The Russian war in Ukraine is causing fuel and food prices to rise rapidly affecting dry African countries that depend heavily on imports. The war is compounding the economic problems caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
With Africa facing tough economic conditions, more and more young people aged seven to fourteen are compelled to forego school to earn money to help feed their families. Analysts say the Covid-19 pandemic and inadequate national social “safety nets” are making the situation even worse.
Starvation is set to worsen in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania during the upcoming “lean interval” between harvests when food stocks are most depleted. The NGO International Rescue Committee is urging the global community to take rapid action to address the Sahel's extreme hunger.
Russia has been trying to expand its global influence in Africa for decades. And the nature of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiatives on the continent raises concerns in Washington and elsewhere.
