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Daybreak Africa — Former US President Indicted & More
On Daybreak Africa: Former U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday evening made history by becoming the first leader in the North American nation to be indicted on criminal charges. Plus, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris departed Tanzania Friday for Zambia, where she will complete her week-long diplomat visit to Africa. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!
Africa News Tonight - US Vice President Kamala Harris Arrives in Zambia, DR Congo Trapped in Cycles of Brutality and Misery & More
Africa News Tonight - US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived Friday in Lusaka, Zambia for the final stop of her weeklong trip across Africa. Human rights experts warn that ongoing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has trapped the country in continuing cycles of brutality and misery, which will not end until the fighting ends. And, For the first time, Mozambique’s Defense Minister Cristovao Chume has asked foreign military personnel stationed in the country to share their knowledge with Mozambique’s security forces to help end violent extremism. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!
Sonny Side of Sports: Nigerian Rueben Chinyelu Shares Experience with Stade Malien Team in Basketball Africa League & More
On Friday's show, Muqbil Yabarow catches up with Reuben Chinyelu, a 19-year-old Nigerian player in the Basketball Africa League (BAL). Chinyelu talks about his experiences with NBA Academy Africa, his current BAL team Stade Malien and his reasons for choosing to play for Washington State after being heavily recruited by American colleges and universities. Stade Malien finished atop the Sahara Conference standings and qualified for the BAL Playoffs in May in Kigali, Rwanda. The BAL's third season will resume on April 26 when Nile Conference games tip off in Cairo, Egypt.
Africa News Tonight - Former President Donald Trump indicted, Jailed South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Denied Parole & More
Africa News Tonight - US Vice President Kamala Harris says the U.S. government will provide more than 500 million US dollars in bilateral assistance to Zambia this year. Former US President Donald Trump, the first ex-president to be charged with a crime, is expected to turn himself in and appear in court on Tuesday in New York. And, Oscar Pistorius will remain behind bars, a South African parole board decided Friday, after the double-amputee athlete applied for early release. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!
Science Edition: Artificial Intelligence/ChatGPT
Artificial Intelligence or AI is technology that allows computers to think and learn so that they can perform many tasks normally done by humans. Mark Bryan Senior Foresight Consultant at the Future Today Institute joins Rick Pantaleo on the Science Edition of Press Conference USA to talk about AI and the impact this technology will have on our daily lives.
TikTok Controversy
Elly Rostoum, former US intelligence official, now a political science lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, and David Greene, Civil Liberties Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, discuss the national security and civil liberties concerns surrounding TikTok, whose parent company, ByteDance, is owned by China, with host Carol Castiel. Democratic and Republican lawmakers, worried about risks to American users and national security, grilled the TikTok CEO at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. Rostoum and Greene spar over the pros and cons of banning the popular social media app in the United States.
