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On Daybreak Africa: Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of the infectious disease, the Associated Press reports. Plus, Sudan files a case against the paramilitary RSF at the International Court of Justice. South Sudan’s SPLM/A-IO condemns what it calls the arbitrary detention of its members. Activists call for measurable action toward gender equality as the world marks International Women’s Day Saturday. Guinea’s military junta says 2025 will be the year of elections, but some ask “is the country ready. the US and Britain talk war in Ukraine and European defense; and a summit of European Union leaders vows to increase investments in defense. For these 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.

United States officials, African ministers, institutional investors, private financiers, and service and technology providers have gathered in Washington, D.C., for the 10th annual Powering Africa Summit. The United Nations World Food Program continues to warn of food shortages across southern Africa, with good rains arriving too late for farmers to plant crops. In Sudan, UNICEF says armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid the nationwide conflict.