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On Daybreak Africa: Former Ghanian President John Dramani Mahama has won Saturday’s presidential primary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Plus, former Liberian Vice President Joseph Boakai’s bid for October’s presidential elections gets a boost with an endorsement, and Zimbabwe faces a fresh wave of price hikes. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

VOA Africa brings you the latest news from Africa and the world in five minutes. Listen to VOA Africa's News in Brief each morning at 0400, 0500 and 0600 UTC.

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: Loud explosions rattled Khartoum today as Sudan's capital degenerated further into anarchy with hospitals, banks, shops and wheat silos ransacked by looters. South Africa’s business sector is concerned about the economic consequences of rising tensions between Pretoria and Washington. And, Mali's interim military government has rejected a U.N. human rights office report on the alleged execution of at least 500 people by Malian soldiers and unidentified foreign fighters during an operation last year. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

We tip off Monday’s show with news related to the 2023 Basketball Africa League, where veteran shooting guard Carlos Morais of Angola’s "Petro de Luanda" has been highlighted as one of the players to watch during the play offs that are set for Kigali, Rwanda. Sonny also updates on the weekend’s National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs where historically successful teams, the "Boston Celtics" and the "Los Angeles Lakers" remain in contention to win the trophy. For this and more, stay tuned to Sonny Side of Sports!

Africa News Tonight: The international medical aid group Doctors Without Borders – known by its French acronym MSF – says access to critical HIV tests is under threat because US diagnostics corporations Abbott Laboratories and Becton Dickinson (BD) have decided to stop making equipment to run point-of-care CD4 tests. Doctors Without Borders, also known by the French acronym, MSF, is sounding the alarm this week as it treats an unusually high number of sexual assault victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province. Plus, the world’s biggest chocolate producers are enjoying record profits – but are failing to pass on the benefits to cocoa farmers, many of whom are suffering falling incomes and worsening poverty, according to a report from the charity Oxfam. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!