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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: The immigration deal between Rwanda and Britain is set to commence Tuesday amid failed blocking attempts by human rights groups but support from British and Rwandese officials; Democratic Republic of Congo officials say M23 militia seized Bunagana, a key border town with Rwanda, adding on-going accusations that Kigali is backing the militia group which is primarily Congolese Tutsi militia.

Kenyan athlete Julius Yego won his fourth African title in the men's javelin throw over the weekend in Mauritius. It was one of 10 gold medals won by Team Kenya, which topped the medals table. We'll hear from Yego on Monday's program. He's shown in the photo winning the world title in China in 2015. Also on Monday's show, Sonny previews Game 5 of the NBA Finals plus much more.

Coming Up on Africa News Tonight: United Nations officials are slamming Britain for its agreement with Rwanda scheduled to commence tomorrow, arguing the asylum deal between the two nations sets a bad precedent and that there are better ways to address Britain’s refugee problem; Over 100 Burkina Faso civilians were killed in the village of Seytenga by extremist rebels in what experts say is one of the bloodiest clashes since January’s military coup.