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In this episode of Healthy Living, We look at challenges and opportunities to combat Female Genital Mutilation in Africa. Nigerian gender advocate, Lois Tofunmi Amele, discusses efforts to provide therapy to women who have undergone FGM. And a U.S.-based NGO helps victims of FGM with reconstructive surgeries. Plus, the American Red Cross raises concern over blood shortages in the U.S.

On this week’s edition of "Our Voices," we focus on the inclusion of disabled persons in the workplace, especially in Africa where there is a population of over 80 million disabled people, according to the United Nations. Guests include, Lois Auta, the founder and executive director of the Network of Women with Disabilities and Cedar Seed Foundation. We are also joined by Veronica Lomofa Amartey, the CEO of the Challenged Foundation Ghana.

Eritrean refugees in Southern Israel struggle to rebuild their lives as the war in Gaza raqes on. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was reported dead on Friday in prison where he was serving a long jail term. And- Music time in Africa host Heather Maxwell, takes viewers on an inside tour of the Grammy Museum with chief curator Jasen Emmons! All this and much more coming up in today’s Africa 54!