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On Daybreak Africa: Kenya’s President William Ruto will ask China for a fresh $1 billion more in loans for infrastructural investments during the tenth anniversary meeting of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Plus, the chair of Liberia’s elections commission is content it conducted the October 10 polls with integrity and credibility. ICRC says extensive humanitarian needs remain unfulfilled in Sudan. Humanitarians ask: who bombed a hospital in Gaza. The US says It doesn’t know who was behind the explosion at Al Ahili Arab hospital . Gaza families are trapped outside their homes as they try to survive airstrikes. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!

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.

Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine show featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics, and the African diaspora.

VOA's Sonny Young brings you the latest sports news and trends as well as questions and comments from sports fans around Africa and the world.

Breast cancer is a significant health concern in Africa, and it presents several unique challenges in the region. Dr.William Dahut, the Chief Scientific Officer for the American Cancer Society joins us to talk about the importance of early diagnosis and the barriers to accessing breast cancer treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. We are also joined by award winning musician Melanie Edwards to talk about the power of music therapy.

Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine show featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics, and the African diaspora.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, Israel continues its barrage of airstrikes on Gaza as it vows to wipe out Hamas’ control of the Palestinian territory. U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Tel Aviv on Wednesday in an effort to prevent the war between Israel and Hamas from escalating into a larger regional conflict. But Biden's overall plans hit a major road bump late Tuesday as Jordan called off a four-way summit scheduled for Wednesday with Biden and other leaders. In a new development, Biden says that Israel is agreeing to allow humanitarian assistance into Gaza from Egypt with the understanding that inspections must be allowed – and that the aid should only go to civilians and not Hamas. Hussain Abdul-Hussain, research fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Amr Salah Mohamed, a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute join Haydé Adam for a discussion on the wider implications of the Israel-Hamas war.