Daybreak Africa - Voice of America

Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA correspondents, sports news as well as listener comments.

Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA correspondents, sports news as well as listener comments.

Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA correspondents, sports news as well as listener comments.

On Daybreak Africa: Uganda’s president on Monday signed into law tough new anti-LGBTQ legislation supported by many in Ugandans but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. Just hours later, eleven activists petitioned the constitutional court seeking to block its implementation. Nigeria has a new president. Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos state, and a chieftain of the governing All Progressives Congress, was sworn-in at Eagle Square in the capital, Abuja, on Monday. And, In Sierra Leone, the main opposition All People's Congress (APC) launched its manifesto document Monday, ahead of the coming June 24 general election. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA correspondents, sports news as well as listener comments.

On Daybreak Africa: There were new violations on Thursday of Sudan’s short-term ceasefire which took effect on Tuesday. The UN says the fighting between the Sudan military and the Rapid Support Forces has forced more than 1.3 million people to flee the country. Plus, the UN Asks Malawi To stop forceful relocation of refugees and Zimbabwe journalists aim to avoid violence in this year’s elections. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA correspondents, sports news as well as listener comments.

On Daybreak Africa: Campaigning for Sierra Leone’s June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections officially began Tuesday. President Julius Maada Bio is seeking re-election as candidate of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). He is being challenged by 12 other candidates. Plus, the U.N. estimates more than 843,000 have been displaced by the fighting in Sudan, Media workers stage a one-day blackout to protest military curbs on press freedom. Thursday, is Africa Day – with a focus on foreign interference on the continent. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

On Daybreak Africa: The media in Guinea has imposed a blackout on the activities of the military junta led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya beginning Tuesday. In a statement issued Monday, the press associations declared Minister of Telecommunications and government spokesperson, Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, an enemy of the press. Plus, Sudan refugee children seek schooling in Chad. The acquittal of suspects in a $100 million drug bust sparks a public outcry in Liberia and the opposition in DRC protests election preparation irregularities. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

Pope Francis has called on Sudan’s warring parties to lay down their weapons and give dialogue a chance to end the suffering of civilians. Plus, a new study said police are among the top human rights violators in Uganda. Uganda’s parliamentary speaker appeals to the East African Community to support its anti-LGBTQ bill and former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar wants to call 100 expert witnesses to support his election fraud claims. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

On Daybreak Africa: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has called for urgent scale-up of interventions and funding to respond to rising sexual violence against children and women in the DRC’s North Kivu Province. Plus, Zambia launches a DNA lab to investigate sexual offenses. Rights groups say Sudan's warring sides show a reckless disregard for civilians in Western Darfur, and Malawi Uses Force to Relocate Refugees. African countries work to reduce road accident deaths as the world marks Road Safety Week. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

Each morning, Daybreak Africa looks at the latest developments on the continent, starting with headline news and providing in-depth interviews, reports from VOA correspondents, sports news as well as listener comments.

On Daybreak Africa: Guinea’s National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) and opposition political parties have called for new nationwide protest, despite a government ban. Plus, South Sudanese express mixed viewpoints as their country marks the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the war of independence. Zimbabwe’s Gold-Backed Digital currency hopes to stem devaluation and the IOM helps Nigeria's displaced people prepare for extreme weather. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

On Daybreak Africa: The trial of Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for alleged rape is set to resume Tuesday in Dakar. Plus, Nigeria Police investigate killings amid violence between farmers and herders. Nigeria Opposition demands live broadcast of election tribunal hearings. An Ethiopian radio show on rural women comes under criticism – for excluding men. And Kenya’s president fires a Permanent Secretary for alleged corruption.

On Daybreak Africa: Former Ghanian President John Dramani Mahama has won Saturday’s presidential primary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Plus, former Liberian Vice President Joseph Boakai’s bid for October’s presidential elections gets a boost with an endorsement, and Zimbabwe faces a fresh wave of price hikes. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

On Daybreak Africa: Amnesty International has welcomed a UN Human Rights Council vote to probe human rights abuses committed in the battle for Sudan between the army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. Plus, South Sudan authorities hand back over nine abductees to Uganda and western countries consider designating Russia’s Wagner Group as a terrorist organization. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

On Daybreak Africa: Nigerian environmental rights group, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) said its disappointed with a ruling by the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court Wednesday in favor of Shell Oil and Gas Company, that it was too late to sue its two subsidiaries over a 2011 offshore oil spill off the coast off the country’s Niger Delta region. Plus, The U.S. Congress holds hearings on the Sudan conflict as peace talks continue in Saudi Arabia. Hundreds are displaced in an attack on a Ugandan village by suspected South Sudanese gunmen. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

On Daybreak Africa: Zimbabwe writer and filmmaker, Tsitsi Dangarembga, says her acquittal by the Zimbabwe High Court proves her earlier conviction was a miscarriage of justice. Plus, a Malawi court orders the government to allow Rastafarian children to Wear dreadlocks in Class. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

On Daybreak Africa: Leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says the country’s Constitutional Court is playing politics with important electoral issues by not postponing scheduled elections, however the court said the party’s application did not discuss the costs of postponement. Plus, Sudanese are cautiously optimistic about the ongoing peace talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!

On Daybreak Africa: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is mourning hundreds of people who died after floods last week swept the eastern part of the country. Plus, a prominent blogger is shot dead in Uganda. For this and more, stay tuned to Daybreak Africa!