Nigeria’s top general says he refuses to investigate a Reuters report alleging the military ran a secret abortion program for almost ten years; The U.S. – African Leader’s Summit, which starts next week, is meant to build partnerships between African entrepreneurs and American investors, as VOA’s Paul Ndiho reports; And, 2022 was a year of economic crisis, fueled in large part by the pandemic and the February Russian attack upon Ukraine, as Henry Ridgwell details.