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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: •Senegalese President and AU Chairman, Macky Sall confirms AU meeting requests by Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the Ukraine crisis •Ukraine’s ambassador to South Africa meets government officials of the Southern African nation amidst high tensions between Kyiv and Pretoria over viewpoints on Russian aggression. •South Africa officials report 20 dead and property damaged in KwaZulu-Natal, due to prolonged rains and heavy flooding. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Humphrey Onyanabo, the head coach of Nigeria's national U-18 boys basketball team, says the new Basketball Africa League (BAL) is a big boost to the development of the sport on the continent. Listen to Coach Onyanabo's comments on Tuesday's show, and also tune in for Sonny's preview of Tuesday's BAL games in Cairo, Egypt: Petro de Luanda (Angola) v Cobra Sport (South Sudan) Zamalek (Egypt) v Cape Town Tigers (South Africa) Petro and defending champion Zamalek both won their opening Nile Conference games by big margins. Petro pounded Cape Town, 90-61, and Zamalek defeated Cobra Sport, 80-63.

Health Chat is a live call-in program that addresses health issues of interest to Africa. The show puts listeners directly in touch with guest medical professionals. It includes a weekly feature spot, health news and comments from listeners on health issues. The program is hosted by veteran health reporter Linord Moudou.

VOA's Sonny Young brings you the latest sports news and trends as well as questions and comments from sports fans around Africa and the world.

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.

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.