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On Daybreak: Zimbabwe's main opposition party demands a re-run of the August 23 presidential elections. Plus, An analyst will prescribe his solution to the election impasse. Zimbabweans in South Africa are outraged over President Ramaphosa’s congratulatory message to Mnangagwa amid disputed elections Results. Liberia’s opposition parties sign an MOU to safeguard October’s presidential elections. Malawi’s opposition wants the president to resign over economic challenges. Militiamen killed a dozen civilians in DRC’s Ituri province. For this and more tune 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 is a lively news magazine show featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics, and the African diaspora.

On today’s Sonny Side of Sports: Reporter Eugene Uwimana kicks off the show with a report detailing a five-year advertising deal between Rwanda and German football giants, Bayern Munich — an addition to the deal between the East African nation with English giants Arsenal and France’s Paris Saint-Germain. This and more on today’s Sonny Side of Sports!

Military officers in Gabon said they had seized power on Wednesday and had put President Ali Bongo Ondimba under house arrest. This follows a similar move in Niger where the Presidential guard, In late July, soldiers detained President Mohamed Bazoum at his home and installed a military junta, marking the ninth coup in Africa since 2020. Ugandan Singer Irene Ntale joins us to talk about the country's vibrant music industry.

Africa News Tonight is a lively news magazine show featuring VOA correspondent reports, interviews with African officials, opposition leaders, NGOs and human rights activists. News feature stories look at science and technology, environmental issues, humanitarian topics, and the African diaspora.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the fate of Wagner group, the Russian state-funded private military company, after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash last week. There has been speculation about whether Wagner will continue its operations on the African continent and to what extent. Guests include Danila Galperovich, VOA Russian Service correspondent, Andrea Ngombet, founder of the Sassoufit Collective, Vanda Felbab-Brown, director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors at Brookings Institution.