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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: Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and two of his predecessors’ express hope that their meeting held Thursday will kickstart the easing of the national socio-political climate; Military officials in Togo say a military aircraft accidentally targeted and killed seven teenagers in the country’s north and mistook them for Islamist militants.

On Friday's show, we'll hear from Woman of the Match Rasheedat Ajibade, whose 56th minute goal helped lift "The Super Falcons" of Nigeria to a 1-0 victory over Cameroon in the quarterfinals of the Africa Women's Cup of Nations football tournament in Morocco. With the win, Nigeria kept intact its streak of qualifying for every Women's World Cup. Also on the program, we'll hear part two of Mugume Davis Rwakaringi's interview with Majida Nantanda, the former coach and captain of Uganda's national women's football team. Plus lots more sports news, including Friday's opening of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: U.S. based polling firm Gallup reports Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the least places to receive internet connectivity globally, however, notes some improvements in five countries in comparison to before the COVID-19 pandemic; Ugandan authorities say hundreds of people in the East African nations Karamoja sub-region have died in the past three months due to severe food shortages.