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On Daybreak Africa : Dozens of journalists and media workers were killed last year, with the majority of the deaths being work related, the highest number since 2018. A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists, says the over 67 deaths occurred while covering the war in Ukraine and other killings in Latin America. Plus, Nigerian women push for top positions in federal and state legislatures. 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: As we mark World Press Freedom Day, the chairman of the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate says the ongoing conflict there has exacerbated existing restrictions on media. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the international community to engage with the parties involved in the conflict in Sudan to stop the fighting. And, Rwanda’s state-run broadcaster says heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides in the western and northern parts of the country, killing at least 109 people. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Wednesday's show tips off with a Sonny Side of Sports salute to Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers, the Cameroonian big man who won his first Most Valuable Player award in the National Basketball Association (NBA). We'll hear reaction from Embiid who becomes the second MVP winner from Africa, joining Hakeem Olajwon, the Nigerian who won for the Houston Rockets in 1994. Sonny will also have an update on the NBA Playoffs and Nile Conference action in Egypt in the men's Basketball Africa League.

On World Press Freedom Day we talk about the importance of a free media and some of the threats journalists face in their line of work. We talk to Ahmed Sahid Nasrallah, President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, Sadibou Marong, the director of West Africa Bureau, Reporters Without Borders , Muthoki Mumo, the Sub-Saharan Africa representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists and voices from across the continent of citizens talking about the role of the media in their communities.

Africa News Tonight: On World Press Freedom Day, Muthoki Mumo, sub-Saharan Africa Representative for the Committee to Protect Journalists talks about physical attacks on journalists, calling them an extreme form of oppression. Police in Zambia have surrounded the home of former President Edgar Lungu and are demanding they search it as part of a corruption probe. And, a top United Nations official is calling on Sudan’s rival military leaders to publicly commit themselves to the safe delivery of humanitarian assistance to millions of people struggling to survive amid escalating fighting. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the state of press freedom in the world with a focus on the African continent on this Word Press Freedom Day. We’ll discuss how political crises affect free expression and how new technologies and innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI) can blur the line between what is real and what is manufactured reality. Guests include VOA Africa reporter Ignatius Annor, Jessica Jerreat, VOA Press Freedom editor and Sadibou Marong, director of Reporters Without Borders' West Africa bureau.