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Today on Daybreak Africa, voting is over in the close runoff election for president in Liberia, US President Biden says there's no going back to status quo before the Hamas attack in Israel as an analyst looks at post-Gaza war scenarios, a Nigeria labor strike is back on, and the World Food Program says millions of people in Somalia are being pushed to crisis-level hunger by devastating floods. All this and more on 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.

UN agencies warn that the number of people living in modern slavery is growing, reaching 50 million--according to a 2021 report. Modern slavery victims are often entrapped and exploited to provide cheap or free labor in industries and homes around the world. Joanna Ewart-James the Executive Director, Freedom United joins us to talk about her organization's mission to fight human trafficking and modern slavery through global advocacy campaigns. Gambian restauranteur Hatib Joof talks about his mission to bring West African cuisine and food culture to the Washington DC region. A young Kenyan man is arrested for impersonating a lawyer, after winning 26 cases for his clients. Josephine Muthengi joins us from Nairobi to talk about the implications of this case on Kenya's judicial and education system.

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.

This week on Straight Talk Africa, pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protesters recently clashed in South Africa as the ongoing Israel-Hamas war creates a wide range of viewpoints across the African continent. Join Haydé Adams and her guests, David Onserio Monda, professor of political science at City University of New York and Ziyanda Stuurman, senior analyst at Eurasia Group, for an in-depth discussion about the attitudes of African nations toward the Israel-Hamas war.