AfroVerdict

For today's exclusive episode, AfroVerdict is joined by a group of professional journalists from Africa as they visit Sputnik Africa during their trip to Russia. After visiting the Russian capital of Moscow, the journalists will travel to St. Petersburg to take part in the Second Russia-Africa Summit.

Happy World Youth Skills Day everyone! Today I'm joined by the Secretary-General of the Pan African Youth Union to discuss the role of the youth in developing African countries, the skills they need to do so and what obstacles young Africans face to harness the continent's talent.

Mambo, friends! Today's podcast features a language expert, Mayya Nikolskaya, who shares with us her take on the significance of Kiswahili for the African continent, the language's history, as well as the impact of Russians learning African languages on the relations of the two regions.

In today's episode on AfroVerdict, your host, Viktor Anokhin, is joined by Tatyana Shishkova, a professional vocalist based in Kampala, Uganda. She came there with the objective to create an album where she combines Russian folk songs with Ugandan instrumental beats.

In today's AfroVerdict episode, your host, Viktor Anokhin, is joined by Zimbabwe's Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Monica Mutsvangwa to have a conversation on Russia-Zimbabwe cooperation and Zimbabwe's ability to persevere through Western sanctions.

With more and more countries realising that the unipolar global system no longer has a place in today's world, nations see hope in multilateralism. On this occasion, your host, Viktor Anokhin, sits down with Ethiopia's Ambassador to Russia, H.E. Uriat Cham Ugala, to discuss pressing global issues and matters of national importance to Addis Ababa.

In today's AfroVerdict podcast your host, Viktor Anokhin, is joined by South Africa's BRICS Sherpa, Anil Sooklal, to discuss BRICS determining role in the developing multilateral global architecture and South Africa's chairship in the group.

Two Zambian politicians visited Russia to attend the SPIEF last week and your host, Viktor Anokhin, took the opportunity to get their perspective on major pressing topics on the international agenda, such as the role of BRICS, anti-Russian sanctions, the African peace initiave and the Ukrainian crisis among other things.

As Zimbabwe has been living under Western sanctions for more than 20 years, AfroVerdict host, Viktor Anokhin, is joined by Zimbabwean anti-sanction group's chief to hear the citizens' verdict on the way the sanctions affect their everyday.

Today we join South Africain celebration of Youth Day to commemorate the youth that sacrificed their lives during the liberation struggle against apartheid. AfroVerdict host, Viktor Anokhin, sits down with Bongani Baloyi, president of the Xiluva party in South Africa, to get his take on what Youth Day is all about. Today, we join South Africa's celebration of Youth Day to commemorate those who wer...

As our world increasingly intertwines with technology, society becomes more engaged and dependent on ICT, AfroVerdict host,Viktor Anokhin, sits down with Daniel Adeyemi, a tech journalist to discuss the prospects of implementing 5G technology throughout the African continent.

In continuation of the last episode, your AfroVerdict host, Viktor Anokhin, proceeds to discuss ways of engaging in business between Nigeria and Russia with a politician, two businessmen and Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora in Russia.

As Africa assumes a more prominent role in the world, your host, Viktor Anokhin, sits down with a businessman, a State Commissioner and a Chairman of the Nigerian diaspora in Moscow, as well as the Chairman of the Russian-Egyptian Business Council, to discuss trade opportunities between Russia and Nigeria.

On May 29, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act. Reacting, US officials condemned the law and even revoked the visa of the Speaker of Parliament. Today your host Viktor Anokhin is joined by Hon. Asuman Basalirwa, the MP who introduced the bill to talk about its importance to Ugandan society.

In today’s episode of AfroVerdict, your host, Viktor Anokhin, sits down with Khulekani Skosana, a South Afircan youth leader, who continues his struggle for equality and freedom, despite being sanctioned by the Kiev regime for his observer mission to the Donbass region in 2022.

Besides being popular amongst people, what else, apart from its appealing hue, does the colour found in salmon, prawns and other marine animals have? Your host, Viktor Anokhin, sits down with a biochemical researcher to talk about astaxanthin - the molecule responsible for the colour and the health benefits it offers. “Vitamin C is a very common oxidant. Astxanthin is actually several times strong...

We currently live in a world where it is at times hard to keep up with the rapid development of technology. When artificial intelligence joins the picture, things might get a little overwhelming. But where does Africa find itself in this complicated technological environment? For today's episode of the AfroVerdict podcast, host Viktor Anokhin invited Adegoke Oyeniyi, a technology journalist and fo...

As May 21 marked World Remembrance Day of AIDS Victims, AfroVerdict' host Viktor Anokhin, is joined by Dr Anthony Ajayi, a researcher with the African Population and Health Research Center in Kenya, to discuss community-based approaches in managing the rate of the deadly infection.

As we get closer to July’s Second Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia's unofficial northern capital, AfroVerdict's host Viktor Anokhin welcomes Nigerian entrepreneur and youth leader, David Okpatuma, who shares his take on the current state of Russia-Africa cooperation, explaining why such partnership is "common sense".

In today’s AfroVerdict podcast episode, your host Viktor sits down with Mothusi Kamanga, a social justice activist and law graduate from the University of Johannesburg, to discuss the problem of repatriating objects of African historical significance.

In honor of Nelson Mandela's inauguration of May 10, 1994, AfroVerdict featured a clan relative of Mandela and an SADF veteran. They offered their take on the meaning of the inauguration and what Mandela’s rise to power meant for the country.

In turbulent times, preserving cultural heritage is as relevant as ever. Today, as we are joined by Dirk Pienaar, a conservation and tourism manager at the Khomani San Community Property Association, we learn that heritage encompasses more than architecture and objects of cultural significance.

Multipolarity means there's an opportunity for the world to collaborate at a much deeper level on issues of trade, economic development and even on climate change, Mikatekiso Kubayi, a researcher at the UNISA Institute for Global Dialogue reveals in a dialogue with AfroVerdict.

South African sherpa to BRICS and a research associate with the Institute for Global Dialogue discuss BRICS development in the energy sphere and how the development of an alternative currency within BRICS could affect African countries.

As South Africa gears up to celebrate Freedom Day, which marks the first democratic elections held in South Africa on April 27, 1994, AfroVerdict host Viktor Anokhin sits down for an interview with the General Secretary of the South African Communist Party to hear the story of Chris Hani, one of the nation's most prominent anti-apartheid heroes.