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On this week’s Red Carpet, we spotlight Rema, an Afrobeats star from Benin city in Nigeria who recently made history for the genre after his song titled “Calm Down” became the first to reach 1 billion on-demand streams. Plus, host Jackson Mvunganyi sits down with Heruy Aregawi Gebremariam, an Ethiopian visual artist who uses his work to document all the places he has lives since he left the Horn of Africa nation five years ago.

On this week’s Healthy Living we look at how heatwaves impact people’s wellbeing. Kenya-based medical expert Dr. Theophilus Wangata weighs in on the matter. Plus, efforts are underway in Kenya to ensure that the East African nation has better access to affordable clean cooking. This and more health-related updates on today's Healthy Living!

On this week’s edition of Our Voices, we speak to experts about how young African women are striving to occupy positions in public office, including parliament. Guests include Sifisosami Dube, the regional programs officer at IDEA’s Women in Political Participation, and Amini Bonane, a candidate for council in the U.S. county of Fairfax, Virginia.

If you want to know what’s trending in news, health, sports and lifestyle, then tune in to Africa 54. Airing Monday through Friday, this 30-minute program takes a closer look at the stories Africans are talking about, with reports from VOA correspondents, and interviews with top experts and analysts. Africa 54 also serves viewers with timely information about health, education, business and technology. And for the young and young at heart, Africa 54 provides a daily dose of pop culture, including music, fashion and entertainment.