As intense fighting continues between Israel and Hamas, hospitals in southern Gaza are warning that overcrowding at shelters for the displaced, deteriorating sanitary conditions as well as shortages of food, clean water and medicine are making children ill and risk spreading more disease. Voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo are determined to cast their ballots next Wednesday despite the security challenges, keeping their hopes high that the winner will bring positive change to the country. And in our entertainment report, American opera and oratorio star Justin Austin joins Heather Maxwell in studio with to talk about how singing opera is still relevant today in America and Africa alike. All this and much more is coming up on today’s Africa 54!