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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: Kenyans anxiously wait for the announcement about who will lead the East African nation for the next five years as the IEBC continues tallying votes while preliminary results suggest a tight contest between rivals Raila Odinga and William Ruto; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and DRC’s President Felix Tshisekedi have agreed to directly communicate on how to end violence in eastern DRC.

On Thursday's show, we'll hear from Rotem Genossar, the manager of the Athlete Refugee Team at the recent world championships in the USA. Also on the program, we'll hear from Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti, whose team beat Eintracht Frankfurt Wednesday, 2-0, for a record-equaling fifth UEFA Super Cup trophy. Ancellloti will comment on star striker Karim Benzema, who scored one of the goals, as well as this year's World Cup being hosted in Qatar during the mid-season of the major European club football leagues.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is facing mounting pressure from citizens who are pleading that the West African leader abide by his campaign promise to alleviate Nigeria off increasing attacks by jihadists and criminal gangs; A search party for hundreds of prisoners has been put out in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, after inmates fled a facility in Butembo, during an attack by gunmen which left five people dead.