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On Daybreak Africa: Nigerian environmental rights group, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) said its disappointed with a ruling by the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court Wednesday in favor of Shell Oil and Gas Company, that it was too late to sue its two subsidiaries over a 2011 offshore oil spill off the coast off the country’s Niger Delta region. Plus, The U.S. Congress holds hearings on the Sudan conflict as peace talks continue in Saudi Arabia. Hundreds are displaced in an attack on a Ugandan village by suspected South Sudanese gunmen. 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: UN experts are calling for impartial and independent investigations into the atrocities committed against civilians in Sudan by two rival armed forces. High on the agenda at the summit of the BRICS countries in August is the group’s possible expansion. And, rights groups are urging Nigerian authorities to suspend the resettlement of people who fled Islamic militants in the country's northeast. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

On Thursday’s show: Reporter Yaw Ofosu Larbi profiles James Dadzie, a Ghanaian student-athlete at Western Texas College in the US, who now holds Ghana’s 200m record after clocking 19.79 seconds at a meet held in Lubbock, Texas. Sonny will give us more athletics-related news as he previews Saturday’s Kip Keino Classic meet set for Nairobi, Kenya, where Kenyan sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala is promising to break his continental record of 9.77 seconds. For this and more, stay tuned to Sonny Side of Sports!

Africa News Tonight: The UN World Food Program warns more than 2 more million people in Sudan could be pushed into hunger in the next few months because of the continued fighting between two military factions in the country. Financial institutions are bankrolling hundreds of new fossil fuel projects across Africa, at the same time as donors give the continent billions of dollars to switch to green energy. And, UN members attending an emergency session on Sudan at the UN Human Rights Council Thursday adopted a resolution condemning the human rights violations committed in relation to the 2021 military takeover of Sudan and the conflict that broke out on April 15, 2023. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!