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On Daybreak Africa: Zimbabwe writer and filmmaker, Tsitsi Dangarembga, says her acquittal by the Zimbabwe High Court proves her earlier conviction was a miscarriage of justice. Plus, a Malawi court orders the government to allow Rastafarian children to Wear dreadlocks in Class. 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.

Africa News Tonight: Health agencies warn that viral hepatitis could kill more people by 2040 than HIV, tuberculosis and malaria combined if it remains a neglected and underfunded disease. A member of Tunisia’s security services opened fire on Jewish pilgrims and fellow officers at the festival of Lag B’omer on the island of Djerba, killing four people and wounding several others before police fatally shot him. And separate outbreaks of Marburg virus disease have been reported in Equatorial Guinea in early February and late March in Tanzania, causing 12 deaths so far. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

On Wednesday's show, Sonny and Muqbil Yabarow discuss the ongoing National Basketball Association Playoffs. In NBA playoff action Tuesday night, the league's recently crowned MVP, Cameroonian big man Joel Embiid, tallied a team-high 33 points to help lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 115-103 road victory against the Boston Celtics. Philadelphia now leads the best-of-seven series, 3-2. And the Denver Nuggets defeated the visiting Phoenix Suns, 118-102, and now lead that series, 3-2. Denver's two-time league MVP, Serbian big man Nikola Jokic, tallied a triple-double: 29 pts., 13 reb. and 12 asst.

This April 14th marked 9 years since the Boko Haram Militant group kidnapped 270 girls from a school in Chibok. Aisha Muhamed Oyobode, one of the founders of the #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign released a book, titled The Stolen Daughters Of Chibok. Our correspondent Hanae Bezad talks with two agropreneurs in Morocco asking the question 'Will regenerative farming replace conventional farming?

Africa News Tonight: The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused East African forces deployed to fight rebels in his country of working with the enemy. Scores of journalists in Cameroon's troubled Northwest region have protested after rebels claimed responsibility for killing their colleague. And, South Africa could be without electricity for 16 hours a day this winter, as power infrastructure continues to erode and new green energy projects stall. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

On this episode of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the ongoing conflict in Sudan that has witnessed warring generals Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of the Sudan Armed Forces and his rival Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces descending the nation into chaos. We also look at Liberia’s upcoming general elections and will be joined by journalist Robney Sieh, writer of the unofficial biography of President George Weah.