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On Daybreak Africa: The Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress have suspended their nationwide strike over the government’s decision to end the fuel subsidy. Plus, Malawi revokes the citizenship of refugees wanted abroad. An immigrant from Nigeria has been sworn in as the new mayor of the US city of Colorado Springs, Colorado. World Food Safety Day warns consumers of food-borne illnesses that affect more than one million people per day. 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: Judges at a U.N. war crimes court ruled that elderly Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial but said slimmed-down legal proceedings in his case can continue. The Vatican says Pope Francis will be undergoing abdominal surgery in a Rome hospital. And, U.S. First Lady Jill Biden has wrapped up her second visit to Africa in three months. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Juliana Siapai, a South Sudanese journalist and entrepreneur, has recently opened two sports facilities - one for female boxers, and the other for female football players. Siapai will join us on Wednesday's show to speak about her efforts to inspire and empower future generations of female athletes. Also on the program, Fisayo Dairo, the chief football writer at www.aclsports.com, takes a look at Saturday's UEFA Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan.

Legendary South African musician and activist Jonathan Butler was the first black artist to be played by white radio stations during apartheid in South Africa. Butler joins VOA Up Front host Jackson Mvunganyi to talk about his new album "Ubuntu." Also, Nigerian music executive Oluwaseyi Ladele on how to leverage and grow Africa's creative economy.

Africa News Tonight: Journalists in Cameroon say the government’s indefinite shutdown of a radio station and suspension of four reporters is a sign of a growing crackdown on the country’s news media. The Vatican says Pope Francis now is safely out of a three-hour surgery at Rome's Gemelli hospital today for his second abdominal surgery in two years. And, after a week of protests in Senegal in which 16 deaths have been reported and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, Human Rights Watch is calling on Senegalese authorities to conduct a full, independent investigation into the crackdown in the capital Dakar and around the country. 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 violent protests that rocked Senegal’s capital Dakar last week, killing 16 people and injuring hundreds. Guests include Abdourahmane Dia, managing editor of VOA Afrique, political analyst René Lake and Rama Salla Dieng, political scientist at the University of Edinburgh.