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| THE INDEPENDENT | Shaka Ssali, the Ugandan-born longtime anchor of the Voice of America (VOA) programnme ` Straight Talk Africa’ has officially retired.
The 69-year old Shaka Ssali aka Kabale Kid who has been listed among Uganda’s leading intellectual exports signed out on May 19 with an interview conducted by his colleague Vincent Makori, the anchor of VOA’s live news magazine programme, Africa 54.
VOA has named South African-born journalist Haydé Adams to replace Shaka Ssali as the anchor of the hour-long Pan-African news and talk show.
Adams is one of the original co-anchors of VOA’s `Our Voices’ program; the VOA’s first continent-wide TV show by and for women.
`Straight Talk Africa’ covers topics ranging from politics and economic development to social issues, press freedom and conflict resolution.
World leaders and local newsmakers alike regularly appear on the program.
It is available on single market and national