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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: Tallying continues for Angola’s historic 2022 elections, however preliminary results announced earlier on by the National Electoral Commission, show ruling MPLA is leading with 52 % of the vote while opposition UNITA is trailing behind with 42%; Democratic Republic of Congo health officials struggle with a medical response to the announcement of a new Ebola outbreak in the Beni region of North Kivu province.

Zimbabwe's World Boxing Council interim super bantamweight champion Kudakwashe Chiwandire is training for a title defense, and she's also showing gratitude as boxing gives her a powerful new purpose in life. Chiwandire says boxing has helped lift her out of poverty. Michael Kariati will profile the female fighter on Thursday's show. Also on the program, "Iron Mike" Mbonye talks with Colonel Sam Ahmedu (Retired), the president of FIBA Africa Zone 3, about upcoming basketball programs in the 8-country zone.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to commence his three-day trip to Algeria in a bid to smooth out rocky relations between the two nations; Nigerian and Cameroonian governors plan to re-open markets and rebuild schools along the shared border between the West African nations, soon after declaring the area free of Boko Haram militants.