Nigerian listeners react to Trump’s VOA Hausa closure

Listeners of the popular Voice Of America (VOA) Hausa radio service in Northern Nigeria and other neighbouring countries have turned to other stations for their news updates after the radio station stopped transmitting.

The station was affected by a recent executive order by US President Donald Trump.

Mr Trump announced an executive order on 15 March, to effectively dismantle the US Agency for Global Media, which supervises VOA. Following the order, the head of VOA said all of its…