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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: U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has reportedly nominated Senegalese diplomat Abdoulaye Bathily to be the new United Nations envoy to Libya, soon after France’s U.N. ambassador Thursday expressed belief that the U.N. Security Council would greenlight Bathily’s appointment; Kenya’s Supreme court Friday heard final oral arguments ahead of Monday’s verdict to determine the outcome of 2022 presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s election petition.

A prized Michael Jordan basketball jersey will go up for auction next week. It's another item that's expected to fetch big money in the sports memorabilia market. VOA's Gwen Outen will have a feature on Friday's show. And some top football stars are fetching big money after the European transfer window closed. Sonny will have reaction to some of the signings, including Gabonese star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang moving from Barcelona to Chelsea.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: Africa’s largest e-commerce company, Jumia, this week launched its first commercial drone delivery service in collaboration with California based company Zipline to make deliveries and plans to extend services to other parts of West Africa; South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare signs a deal with India’s The Serum Institute of India to produce four vaccines to be used in Africa.