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On Daybreak Africa: A United Nations panel of experts has accused Uganda of clandestinely offering support to (M23) rebels who are currently engaged in an all-out war against Democratic Republic of Congo troops in the eastern part of the country. Plus, experts say South Africa’s international relations could change dramatically depending on which parties are in a coalition government. Another female presidential hopeful says she has been denied participation in Rwanda’s July presidential and parliamentary elections. The Nile River is suffocating with waste. The Malawi government has announced funeral arrangements for Vice President Saulos Chilima who died Monday in a plane crash. A Kenyan aid group is providing sanitary pads through converted ATMs. 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.

South Africa’s new unity government is beginning to take shape, with members of parliament expected to re-elect African National Congress leader Cyril Ramaphosa as president on Friday. The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, reports global forced displacement surged to historic heights last year driven by conflict, persecution, human rights violations, climate crisis and other disturbing events. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in Chad recently, one of the last countries Moscow is trying to ally with in the Sahel region, which not long ago was France's sphere of influence.