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On Daybreak Africa: US President Joe Biden used his final presidential address before the United Nations General Assembly to urge unity in the face of challenges including conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan. Plus, an African leaders make yet another appeal for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Meanwhile, an analyst says a permanent seat without veto power would be maintaining the status quo. A new global poll finds South Africans feel among the least Safe. The Ugandan and Congolese armies rescue 40 people from ADF rebels in eastern DRC. Delegates from African countries meet in Botswana to discuss the trade in live elephants. For this and more tune in 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.

Nigeria has joined the growing calls by Africans leaders at the 79th U.N. General Assembly in New York for U.N. Security Council reforms. President Joe Biden pushed for a greater international response to the mpox outbreak and promised to send 1 million vaccine doses to affected African nations. Ethiopia's foreign minister has warned that Egypt’s weapons shipments to Somalia could exacerbate regional tensions, after Cairo and Mogadishu signed a security deal.

Tanzanian conservationist and filmmaker Aika Kirei is the creator of the award-winning animated series Chiku & Katope. She tells VOA's Jackson Mvunganyi that storytelling helps build empathy and responsibility toward nature.

Every Wednesday, Straight Talk Africa goes behind the headlines to analyze the news and emerging trends shaping African societies. The show covers the diverse stories and insights of Africans from across the continent and in the diaspora, using social media to make the show's content more accessible, and bring our audience's views and questions into the conversation.