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Learning English programs use a limited vocabulary and short sentences. They are read at a slower pace than VOA's other English broadcasts. Our broadcasts were formerly known as Special English.

As It Is takes a daily look at issues in the news in the United States and around the world.

Learning English is VOA’s multimedia source of news and information for millions of English learners worldwide. Learning English began as Special English, which Voice of America launched in 1959. Special English newscasts and features were a primary fixture of VOA’s international shortwave broadcasts for more than half a century. In 2014, our line of products was expanded to include more English teaching materials, and the service became known as Learning English.

Learn English as you read and listen to news and feature stories about health, medical and lifestyle topics.

Arts & Culture is our weekly program about music, pop culture, society and life.

A short video explaining an expression used in American English

Words and Their Stories programs explain idioms and expressions that many learners of American English find difficult to understand.

New developments in science, space exploration, environment and technology

VOA Express ni matangazo mapya yenye mwendo wa kasi yakiangalia habari mpya za mchana na maelezo ya maswala yanayohusu vijana na wanawake. Matangazo haya yanafuatilia habari zilizojitokeza nyakati za mchana na ripoti za kina za habari ambazo hazisikiki sana katika matangazo mengineyo.

Half-hour broadcasts in Afaan Oromoo of news, interviews with newsmakers, features about culture, health, youth, politics, agriculture, development and sports on Monday through Friday evenings at 8:30 in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Innovations and trends in education in the United States and around the world.

Studio 7 for Zimbabwe provides comprehensive and reliable radio news seven days a week on AM, shortwave and satellite, and the Internet.

Join veteran journalist Shaka Ssali on Straight Talk Africa every Wednesday as he and his guests discuss topics of special interest to Africans, including politics, economic development, press freedom, health, social issues and conflict resolution.

The Voice of America (VOA) is an international multimedia broadcasting service from the U.S.A. with news and information in more than 40 languages. VOA broadcasts approximately 1,500 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of 123 million people. To find out more visit us at VOANews.com.

Africa News Tonight is a 30-minute news magazine program that airs twice each evening Monday through Friday, at 1600 and 1800 UTC/GMT. Africa News Tonight brings you the latest news from our correspondents on the continent, as well as interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs, human rights activists and government officials. The show also examines developments in science and technology, the environment, development issues, the African diaspora, business, lifestyle and culture.

Matangazo ya saa nzima kuhusu habari za kutwa, ikiwa ni pamoja ripoti kutoka kwa waandishi wetu sehemu mbali mbali duniani na kote Afrika Mashariki na Kati, na vile vile vipindi na makala maalum kuhusu afya, wanawake, jamii na maendeleo.

VOA Asia presents the best and most interesting stories from our veteran reporters covering Asia. VOA Asia tells what U.S.-Asian relationships might mean in your daily life, and what Asians think about life in the United States.

Sonny Side of Sports is an energetic and action-packed look at both world and African sports. Since the show's creation in 1999, host Sonny Young has delighted listeners with a lively presentation that combines humor, props, sound effects and correspondent reports from Africa and all over the globe.Sonny Side of Sports is broadcast Monday through Friday at 1630 and 1830 UTC/GMT. » Become a fan on Facebook: Chat with Sonny and meet fellow sports fans from around the world» Read the Sonny Side ...

Mu kan komo da karfe 8 na safe agogon Najeriya da Nijar domin sake gabatar muku da labarai da hirarraki, da sharhin jaridu kama daga Najeriya zuwa Nijar har Ghana, da kuma ra’ayoyinku.

Amakuru ku Mugoroba (1730-1800 UTC): Amakuru ashyushye yo mu Rwanda, mu Burundi, muri Afurika no hirya no hino kw’isi. Aha tubaha n’ubusesenguzi ndetse n’ibisobanuro byihariye ku makuru agezweho.

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An Interactive, Fast-Paced, Radio Program Connecting Youth in Africa and the United States On this fresh, fast-paced show, co-hosts located in the U.S. and in Africa talk to teens and young adults about trends, lifestyles, health, entertainment, and other issues touching listeners’ lives. “This show is fun and interactive," says co-host Jackson Mvunganyi. “We give our listeners a chance to say what they think about a range of topics. I’m thrilled to be part of such a dynamic, cutting-edge sh ...

Join host Carol Castiel for this 30-minute weekly newsmaker program that provides listeners around the globe with information and insights on a wide range of topics spanning U.S. politics, foreign policy, global health, science and culture. About Press Conference USA Carol Castiel hosts this 30-minute weekly newsmaker program that provides listeners around the globe with information and insights on a wide range of topics spanning U.S. politics, foreign policy, global health, science and cult ...

Are you an English learner? Do you have a smartphone? Great! You can learn English "on the go" with content published on www.learningenglish.voanews.com ( We do not own any of our content. Not in any way affiliated with VOA )

Idaacadda Galabnimo waxaad ku maqashaan wararka ugu danbeeya ee caalamka, barnaamijyo, ciyaaro, wareysiyo iyo waliba heeso. Jadwalka: Maalinle Wakhtiga maxalliga ah: 16:00 UTC, xilliga: 1300 Muddada: 60

Washington journalists from print, wire services, and broadcast media discuss the top news stories of the week. Drawing on their contacts and sources at the White House, Capitol Hill and elsewhere, our panel of journalists provide unique insights and analysis that go beyond the headlines and give listeners the "inside" story on what they see and hear in the news. Subscribe to a Podcast of the show Broadcast Schedule Issues in the News is broadcast on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. You can a ...

Idaacadda habeenimo ee Evening Edition waxaad ku maqashaan wararkii ugu danbeeyey ee Soomaaliya iyo Caalamka, barnaamijyo iyo wareysiyo ka turjumaya dhacdooyinka ka dhacaya daafaha Dunida. Jadwalka: Maalinle Wakhtiga maxalliga ah: 20:00 UTC, xilliga: 1700 Muddada: 60

Idaacadda Subaxnimo ee Saaka iyo Caalamka waxaad ku maqashaa wararkii habeenimadii xalay ka dhacay Soomaaliya iyo waliba caalamka, barnaamijyo, wareysi xiiso leh, ciyaaraha, dhanbaallada dhagaystayaasha iyo waliba wargeysyada caalamku waxay saaka ku waabariisteen.

A short video explaining a word or term used in news stories

ဗီြအိုေအအသံလႊင့္ဌာနသည္ အလယ္ပိုင္းႏွင့္ အေရွ႕ပိုင္ းဥေရာပေဒသ၊ ေကာ့ေကးဆပ္စ္ေဒသ၊ ဗဟိုအာရွေဒသ၊ ႐ုရွား၊ အေရွ႕အလယ္ပိုင္းႏွင့္ ေဘာ္လ္ကန္ႏုိင္ငံမ်ားသို႔ အစီအစဥ္မ်ား ထုတ္လႊင့္ေနသည့္ ႏုိင္္ငံတကာ အသံလႊင့္ဌာနျဖစ္ပါသည္။

How Americans use English grammar in everyday conversation.

Quick, informative, fun. VOA’s International Edition brings the world together with U.S. perspectives. Experts, analysts, social media views and newsmakers themselves help tell today’s stories everyone wants to hear. Brighten your day with VOA’s International Edition. Broadcast Schedule Sun-Thu 2230, 2330 UTC/GMT Mon-Fri 0130, 0330, 0430, 0530, 0630, 1230, 1330, 1430, 1700, 1900 UTC/GMTContact Us E-mailvoanews@voanews.com Postal Mail Voice of America 330 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D ...

Se premye pwogram jounen an ki gen ladan dènye nouvèl sou Lèzetazini, Ayiti ak rès mond la. Pami segman yo genyen espò, dyasporama ak editoryal la. Orè Lendi - Vandredi Tan Inivèsèl Kowòdone 1230 UTC Dire 01:00:00 Koute MP3 | Podcast

Se 2èm pwogram jounen an, avèk nouvèl tou nèf sou Lèzetazini, Ayiti ak rès mond la. 2 fwa pa semèn (mèkredi ak vandredi) se yon pwogram lib tribin "Dyaloge ak Etazini", sou Ayiti oubyen yon tèm enpòtan konsènan Lèzetazini ou rejyon Amerik Latin nan.

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ፈነወ ትግርኛ 1900 ፈነወ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ ድምጺ ኣመሪካ ዕለታዊ ካብ ሰኑይ ክሳብ ዓርቢ ን 30 ደቒቕ ካብ ዋሺንግተን ዲሲ ይመሓላለፍ። ፈነወ ትግርኛ ኣብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ካብ ሰዓት 10 ክሳብ 10:30 ምሸት ወይድማ ብኣቆጻጽራ ኢትዮጵያ ድማ ካብ ሰዓት 4 ምሸት ክሳብ 4:30 ይመሓላለፍ። ፈነወ ትግርኛ ብናይ`ቲ መዓልቲ ዓበይቲ ዜናታት ይጅምር ። ካብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዝረኽቦም ቃለ-መጠይቓትን ሰሙናዊ መደባትን ድማ የስዕብ።