The Africana Voice

11/05/2025

https://www.africanavoice.com/all-news/africa-news/president-suluhu-hassans-97-victory-sparks-deadly-protests-in-tanzania/

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been declared the winner of Tanzania’s October 29 election with more than 97 percent of the vote, the National Electoral Commission announced. The result extends the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party’s six-decade hold on power but has triggered deadly unres...

11/05/2025

https://www.africanavoice.com/all-news/the-africana-voice-digest/the-africana-voice-weekly-digest/

The Africana Voice’s Weekly Digest is a weekly roundup of the stories shaping our global moment, from elections and conflicts across Africa to the growing contest between the United States and China for technological and AI dominance. We also track how these global shifts impact African and Caribb...

11/05/2025

https://www.africanavoice.com/all-news/africa-news/tanzanias-historic-election-marred-by-crackdowns-and-torture-allegations/

Tanzania’s October 29 general election was meant to be a milestone. If successful, President Samia Suluhu Hassan will become the first woman ever elected president in East Africa. Yet instead of celebration, the nation faces fear, abductions, and escalating unrest. Suluhu Hassan, who took office i...

10/18/2025

https://www.africanavoice.com/all-news/kenya-news/why-riggy-g-must-stand-in-bondo/

When the nation gathers in Bondo to bury former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, one man’s presence or absence will speak volumes. For Rigathi Gachagua, once deputy president and now impeached and politically adrift, the decision to attend the burial is about more than symbolism. It is a test of wheth...

10/18/2025

https://www.africanavoice.com/podcast/the-lion-sleeps-raila-odingas-last-walk-and-his-life-and-legacy

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In this special episode of The Africana Voice, Steve Mokaya reflects on the life, legacy, and final chapter of Raila Amolo Odinga, a man who defined Kenya’s political soul for over half a century. It’s a deeply human, powerful look at the end of an era, and the echoes of a life that changed a...

10/18/2025

https://www.africanavoice.com/all-news/kenya-news/after-raila-who-will-lead-odm-and-the-luo-nation-now/

NAIROBI, Kenya (TAV) – On October 15, when former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga died, Kenya lost a national figure, but the Luo nation lost something deeper, its political compass. For decades, Raila was both party leader and community patriarch, roles that overlapped but were not identical. A...

10/18/2025

https://www.africanavoice.com/all-news/kenya-news/mama-ida-a-warrior-widow/

In the sweeping arc of former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga’s political life, one constant remained, Mama Ida. For fifty years, Ida Anyango Odinga was his partner, confidante, and anchor, the quiet force behind a man whose name became synonymous with Kenya’s struggle for democracy. A life bu...

10/18/2025

https://www.africanavoice.com/all-news/kenya-news/six-defining-moments-in-raila-odingas-political-life/

Few African politicians have shaped their nation’s destiny as profoundly as Raila Amolo Odinga. His five-decade career spanned prison cells, protest marches, power-sharing deals, and moments of near-revolutionary symbolism. These six episodes capture the arc of a life that helped define modern Ken...

10/18/2025

https://www.africanavoice.com/all-news/kenya-news/raila-dead-at-80/

NAIROBI, Kenya (TAV-Updated 10/15/2025) -Raila Amolo Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister, veteran opposition leader, and one of Africa’s most enduring champions of democracy, has died in India at the age of 80. Odinga reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment in the south...

10/18/2025

https://www.africanavoice.com/israel-gaza-conflict/trumps-gaza-truce-advances-as-nobel-peace-prize-winners-announcement-nears/

CAIRO, Egypt (TAV) – Cautious optimism is sweeping through the Middle East as Israel’s cabinet approved a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Hamas, marking the most significant halt in hostilities since the Gaza war began nearly two years ago. The truce arrives on the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize anno...

10/01/2025

The prosecution alleged that Kabila maintained ties with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and helped enable murder, r**e, torture, and the occupation of Congolese territory.

KINSHASA, Congo (TAV) — A military court in Kinshasa on Sept. 30, 2025, sentenced former Democratic Republic of the Congo President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia, convicting him of treason, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The ruling, unprecedented in Congolese history, came after pro...

09/30/2025

South Africa’s Ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa, has been found dead outside the Hyatt Regency hotel in Paris.

According to reports, the diplomat had booked a room on the 22nd floor, where a shattered window was later discovered. France’s media suggest the possibility of su***de, though investigators have not ruled out other circumstances.

South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation has confirmed his death, stating that a formal investigation by French authorities is underway.