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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.

On Africa News Tonight: The son to Mozambique’s former President Armando Guebuza, Ndambi Guebuza Wednesday was sentenced to a maximum 12 years in prison alongside 19 defendants who were linked to a corruption scandal that triggered a nationwide financial crisis. Drama surrounding South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa continues after a Sundanese businessman said he paid for 20 rare buffalo from a farm owned by the Southern African nation’s leader, amid an ongoing saga linked to robbers grabbing at least $580 thousand from the same farm.

Moroccan football fans are celebrating their team advancing to the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time. "The Atlas Lions" of Morocco beat Spain on penalty kicks Tuesday, 3-0, in Qatar, to become the first Arabic-speaking squad and fourth African team to reach the last eight of football's premier event. Morocco follows Cameroon (1990), Senegal (2002) and Ghana (2010) as the African teams to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals. On Wednesday's show, we'll hear reaction from Moroccan fans in Qatar; Morocco's head coach, Walid Regragui; and Fisayo Dairo, the chief football writer at www.aclsports.com, who attended the Morocco-Spain match in Qatar.

On Africa News Tonight: Authorities under the Economic Community of West African States this week agreed to establish a regional peacekeeping force focused on fighting terrorism and restoring democracy in the region, especially in countries going through a transition after a military coup. Officials at the U.N. Refugee Agency report the displacement of at least 20,000 from South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, who are fleeing escalating conflict in the region and fleeing into neighboring Sudan.

Every Wednesday, Haydé Adams discusses “what’s now and what’s next for Africa.” Straight Talk Africa goes behind the headlines to analyze the news and emerging trends shaping African societies. The show covers the diverse stories and insights of Africans from across the continent and in the diaspora, using social media to make the show's content more accessible, and bring our audience's views and questions into the conversation.