Radio

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 pursuit to find Britain’s new prime minister has commenced and one of the names that have emerged as a candidate to replace Boris Johnson is Kemi Badenoch, the daughter of Nigerian immigrants who was elected to parliament in 2017, having held junior ministerial jobs but never served in cabinet; Kenyan university students have begun a nationwide peace and voting campaign ahead of the East African nations August 9 elections with a goal of swaying youth away from participating in election violence while encouraging peers to vote.

On Tuesday's show, Sonny will have lots of news about the World Athletics Championships, which begin Friday, July 15, in the US city of Eugene, Oregon. The track and field action will take place at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field, which has a history spanning more than 100 years. Also on the program, plenty of women's football news, with updates on the Africa Women's Cup of Nations tournament in Morocco; the European Women's Football Championship in England; and the CONCACAF Women's Football Championship in Mexico.

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: Cameroon’s president Paul Biya says the West African nation is going to increase funding targeted towards growing wheat in response to protests sparked by wheat shortages and price hikes resulting from the war in Ukraine; Preparations for Senegal’s July 31 legislative elections have geared up and campaign period has commenced.