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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 African tavern owners are asking authorities for protection following a weekend of mass shootings in Johannesburg on Saturday and KwaZulu-Natal province on Sunday morning that left over 19 people dead; Two explosions in Togo killed over seven children and injured two, pushing authorities to investigate the incidents to confirm that nature of the explosions in the Northern Savanes region.

Olympic bronze medalist Ese Brume of Nigeria is hoping to leap to another medal at the World Athletics Championships, which begin July 15 in Eugene, Oregon. Dare Esan, the Head of Media for the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, will comment on Brume's medal chances on Monday's show. Also on the program, Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur says she's confident she'll one day lift a Grand Slam trophy after finishing runner-up in women's singles at Wimbledon.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: Family members of Angola’s former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos who died last week at age 79, have asked for an autopsy because they believe there was foul play involved in the death of dos Santos, who died while receiving medical treatment in Spain; The Zimbabwean government has introduced a range of measures to stabilize bread prices which economists say skyrocketed to more than $1USD per loaf, an amount that several citizens felt was crippling their pockets.