Sub-Saharan Africa

This year marks 50 years of independence for 17 sub-Saharan African countries. President Obama is hosting a three-day forum in Washington, D.C. with approximately 120 “young African leaders.” The event kicks off today and ends Thursday.

As Ghana prepares for President Obama’s arrival, excitement is running high among Africans both in Africa and in the U.S. Will Ross, BBC correspondent, joins us to set the scene for President Obama’s first official trip to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Barack Obama will head to Ghana Tomorrow in his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa as president. Joining The Takeaway from Accra, Ghana, to discuss the emotional and political implications of the president’s visit is David Amanor, from BBC Network Africa.

For years, educated South Africans moved away to seek better job opportunities and to escape from the country’s rampant crime problem, but now, those young educated South Africans are being drawn back to their homeland

The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, warned today that 6 million children are at risk from hunger in Ethiopia and more than 120,000 kids are in need of immediate medical care