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On Daybreak Africa: Zimbabweans based in South Africa warned their fellow countrymen of scammers that are claiming to be immigration agents and offering fake permits as a replacement to the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit that is set to expire on June 30. Plus, Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi threatened to walk away from a diamond mining deal with industry giant De Beers. For this and more, stay tuned 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.

A group of Ukrainian protesters has sailed a yacht close to a Russian warship docked in Cape Town ahead of South Africa-hosted war games with the Russian and Chinese navies; The U.N. says at least 73 migrants are presumed dead in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya; And, Cameroon's health ministry has dismissed a report of two suspected cases of Marburg virus in the country after the first deadly outbreak in neighboring Equatorial Guinea.  

Veteran boxing analyst Nnamdi Moweta returns to Wednesday's show to take a look at some of the big upcoming prizefights. We welcome back Nnamdi during Black History Month here in the USA. Nnamdi's first boxing report on the Voice of America was in 1982. Also on the program, the chief football writer at www.aclsports.com, Fisayo Dairo, analyzes the victories Tuesday by AC Milan and Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League competition.

A female Kenyan senator was booted out of the chamber for wearing a white suit with a menstrual stain; Nigeria's Department of State Services (DSS) has warned politicians not to publish false or harmful information in the run-up to next week's presidential election; And, a former Egyptian anti-corruption chief has been arrested again after completing a five-year prison term.  

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams looks into the significance of Black History Month in the United States. We'll examine why many educators say Black history is under threat. Plus, we'll discuss what repatriating artwork looted from African countries during colonial times means for how African artworks are collected, preserved and exhibited in future. Guests include VOA reporter Ignatius Annor, Calvin Dark, president of RC Communications and Ngaire Blankenberg, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art.