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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: Tens of thousands of Kenyans Tuesday celebrated the end of the 2022 election drama following the inauguration of former Deputy President William Ruto who was declared winner by the constitutional court after a petition by rival Raila Odinga; The Democratic Republic of Congo received $65 million from Uganda as the first of five annual war reparations payments following a February order by the International Court of Justice which pushed the east African nation to pay the central African nation.

Some of Africa's top football stars are back on the pitch this week in UEFA Champions League group stage matches. Algeria's Riyad Mahrez, the 2016 African Footballer of the Year, will put on his Manchester City jersey when the team hosts Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday. Fisayo Dairo, the chief football writer at www.aclsports.com, will talk about Mahrez and other African players to watch in the UEFA Champions League campaign during Tuesday's show. And VOA's Gwen Outen will preview Tuesday's Liverpool - Ajax Champions League match.

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: Celebrations continue in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, following the inauguration of the East African nation’s fifth democratic leader, William Ruto, however experts watching political developments say Ruto has a lot of work to do addressing a range of challenges faced by his country; Global labor rights organization, the International Labor Organization says 50 million people were living in modern slavery in 2022, which according to ILO officials represents a spike in forced labor and marriages which has increased over the past five years.