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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: Rwanda rejects a United Nations report that confirms allegations that Kigali’s troops have been conducting military operations in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and are supporting the M23 rebel group; U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled for a three African nations tour to start on Sunday in South Africa during which he is expected to lay out Washington’s strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa.

The top-flight football leagues are kicking off on this Friday in England, France and Germany. Spain's best league, La Liga, begins next week, and one of La Liga's high-profile transfers is Antonio Rudiger. Rudiger has family ties to Sierra Leone and he plays at the international level for Germany. VOA's Gwen Outen will have a report on Real Madrid's 29-year-old defender. Also on Friday's show, VOA's Sirwan Kajjo will have a report on 20-year-old refugee Afghan athlete Marzieh Hamidi, who plans to compete in taekwondo at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: Analysts say militant Islamist violence in Africa’s Sahel region is accelerating faster than any other part of the continent leaving Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger exposed to attacks from violent extremist groups; Guinea’s military government has been denounced by Amnesty International for arbitrary arrests of dissenters and use of excessive force to stop demonstrations.