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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.

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Coming up on Africa News Tonight: The Hague-based U.N. court Thursday opened the trial of Rwandan tycoon Felicien Kabuga who is facing genocide related charges, accused of being the main financier of Rwanda’s 1994 massacre that witnessed the death of over 800,000 people. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has assured his country that the Ebola outbreak in the East African nation is under control, saying no travel restrictions will be imposed.

Former South African football star Benni McCarthy says the highlight and lowlight of his career was scoring two goals for Porto that knocked his beloved Manchester United out of the UEFA Champions League in 2004. Porto went on to win the trophy. McCarthy is shown scoring one of the goals. On Thursday's Sonny Side of Sports, Darren Taylor will have a feature on Benni McCarthy, who is now a first-team coach with Manchester United. Man U will be back on the pitch Sunday when it plays local rival Manchester City. Sonny will also have a report on the resumption of the English Premier League after a nearly two-week break.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: Six Ugandan medics have been placed in isolation and are receiving treatment following contraction of Ebola after being exposed to the virus at a referral hospital in Mubende district, the epicenter of the outbreak in the East African nation. The trial of Guinea’s former military leader Moussa Dadis Camara, along with 10 other men which opened Wednesday for their links to the 2009 stadium massacre and mass rapes committed by security forces, has been adjourned until next week.