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Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA correspondents, sports news as well as listener comments.

African Beat showcases the latest and the greatest of contemporary African music and conversation. From Benga to Juju, Hip Life to Bongo Flava, Bubu to Soukous and more, host David Vandy has his finger on the pulse of the hottest African music and related issues today.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: South Africa has used the COP27 climate summit being held in Egypt to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to finance renewable energy projects amid growing concerns of lack of transparency around the financing of the energy transition in the southern African nation. The U.S. government Monday announced a reward of up to $10 million for information that will aid in the search of three Somali leaders of terrorist al-Shabab group who are wanted for attacks that led to the death of thousands of people in East Africa.

Cameroonian star Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers scored a career-high 59 points Sunday night and added 11 rebounds, eight assists and seven blocked shots in what's being described as one of the most dominant performances in National Basketball Association history.  Sonny will report on Embiid's big game, during which Philadelphia beat the visiting Utah Jazz, 105-98. Sonny will also have lots of World Cup news on Monday's Sonny Side of Sports, including "Six Fun Facts" about football's premier event, which kicks off in six days in Qatar.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: Senegalese President and leader of the African Union Macky Sall is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali. Cameroonian health workers and diabetics took to the streets on November 14 amid World Diabetes Day commemorations to speak out against insecurity that is being blamed for an increase in deaths among diabetics.