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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: Experts say Britain Monday will close its longest-serving monarch chapter amid the burial of Queen Elizabeth II, who led the British empire and the Commonwealth for approximately 70 years; Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says the Horn of Africa nation has discussed new strategies in Washington regarding fighting al-Shabab militants.

You might say the Las Vegas Aces came up aces as they won their first Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) title. The Aces defeated the host Connecticut Sun on Sunday, 78-71, to win the best-of-five championship series, 3-1. WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player Chelsea Gray is shown in the photo going up for a basket in Game 4. We'll hear from Gray and her coach, Becky Hammon, on Monday's show, and "Iron Mike" Mbonye chats with former NBA player Olumide Oyedeji about the 22-year history of his foundation.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s administration is catching flak from critics who say the decision to sell public assets to Gulf countries is very risky and shows no long-term strategy to boost the north African nations economy; Cameroon has accused armed separatists of abducting five catholic priests, a nun and two worshippers from a church on the West African nations border with Nigeria.