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On Daybreak Africa: Guinea’s National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) and opposition political parties have called for new nationwide protest, despite a government ban. Plus, South Sudanese express mixed viewpoints as their country marks the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the war of independence. Zimbabwe’s Gold-Backed Digital currency hopes to stem devaluation and the IOM helps Nigeria's displaced people prepare for extreme weather. 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: The office of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says preparations are being made for a delegation of six African heads of state to visit Eastern Europe to discuss a plan to end the war in Ukraine. Gunmen targeted a convoy of U.S. Embassy staffers in southeast Nigeria, yesterday, killing two of its Nigerian workers and two policemen. Plus, officials in Cameroon say 18 separatists have disarmed and surrendered to authorities in the biggest defection since the conflict broke out in 2017. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Sonny tips off Wednesday’s show with the National Basketball Association (NBA) play offs, where the Denver Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, 132-126 in game one of the Western Conference Finals. For this and more, stay tuned to Sonny Side of Sports!

A new report by the Bayelsa State Oil and environmental commission says that Nigeria needs $12 billion to clean up decades-old oil spills in southern Bayelsa state over a 12-year period. Bayelsa is one of the major oil producing states in the Niger Delta. Kenyan environmental scientist and National Geographic explorer Margaret Awuor talks about her work on protecting mangroves.

Africa News Tonight: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has visited the scene of the flooding disaster in the east. More than 1,000 shops in Tanzania's busiest market remained shut for a third day today as traders protested a new tax, in a rare public demonstration against the government. And, Gunmen targeted a convoy of U.S. Embassy staffers in southeast Nigeria, yesterday, killing two of its Nigerian workers and two policemen. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

On this episode of Straight Talk Africa, South Africa’s government has denied a U.S. diplomat’s allegations that it provided arms to Russia. Will this affect the relationship between Pretoria and Washington? Also, VOA’s Paul Ndiho and Omary Kaseko report on their travels to parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where the M23 rebels once ruled, documenting the lives of the displaced