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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: A ceremony is held to mark the symbolic hand over of the remains of DRC’s first Prime Minister Patrice Emery Lumumba to the late leaders’ children by Belgian authorities; Analysts argue Ukraine is unlikely to receive support from Africa in its bid to defeat neighboring Russia amid Moscow’s on-going “special military operation” and Kyiv’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiyy addressing the African Union Monday.

Tuesday's show is topped by Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur, who has reached a career-high #3 in the women's world rankings. The 27-year-old Jabeur continued her strong season over the weekend by lifting the Berlin Open trophy in Germany. It was her third career title. And her climb to #3 equals the highest singles ranking for any African player - male or female - matching the place reached by South Africa's Amanda Coetzer in November 1997. Also on Tuesday's show, Mugume Davis Rwakaringi in Kampala profiles Ugandan women's football player Hasifah Nassuna.

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, news and comments from listeners. The program is hosted by veteran health reporter Linord Moudou.

Coming Up on Africa News Tonight: United Nations officials warn that hunger is looming in Sudan where approximately a third of the northeast African nations’ population is already facing acute food insecurity, which coupled with conflict and climate change is pushing millions of people deeper into hunger and poverty; Mali’s military government says Islamist militants in the central Mopti region have massacred 132 civilians, an occurring which officials say is one of the deadliest attacks of the decade-long militant insurgency.