Mariama Diallo

Mariama Diallo is the newest Nairobi Bureau Chief/Africa Correspondent. Before her move to Kenya, she was a senior reporter covering national and world affairs for Voice of America in multiple languages in Washington, DC. She was also recently the VOA acting bureau chief for the agency's West Africa office.

For many years, Mariama co-hosted Straight Talk Africa, one of VOA’s flagship programs, a daily news 60 seconds roundup VOA60 Africa and is also a regular, long-time contributor to many other programs in Washington and elsewhere.

Fluent in French, English, Fulani and Wolof with knowledge in Spanish, Turkish, Swahili, Portuguese, Creole, etc., Mariama began her journalism career at the state Radio and TV in her native Senegal where she studied at the school of Economics at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar. She later graduated from American University in Washington, DC, with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and Computer Science.

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