Uganda rejects the decision by the International Court of Justice to pay reparations of $325m to DRC, Libya's parliament selected a new interim prime minister amid a controversial vote; And, a new initiative in Senegal to reduce vaccine inequity and make the continent more vaccine self-sufficient.

Local authorities are cracking down on illegal refining in Nigeria's oil-rich Delta State; Ugandan has appointed a former military intelligence chief, who is blacklisted by the U.S., to the top command of the country's police force; And, an interview with World Mobile group CEO and founder in Barcelona, Spain who speaks about connecting Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous island off the coast of Tanzania, online through a mobile network built on blockchain technology.

The U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday that 13 million people across the Horn of Africa face severe hunger, calling for immediate assistance; Tunisia's Western donors voiced "deep concern" at the president's move to dissolve the Supreme Judicial Council; And, an interview with Dr. Amadou Sall, CEO of Institut Pasteur of Dakar, who speaks about the institute’s COVID vaccine development efforts.

Cyclone Batsirai Kills at Least 10 in Madagascar, destroying homes and cutting power; The governor of the Nigerian commercial capital Lagos has purchased two high speed trains to start a metro system; And, Senegal's capital Dakar erupted with jubilation on Sunday night as the national soccer team won its first ever Africa Cup of Nations.

Ethiopia's Lalibela, once hosted pilgrims visiting the famous rock churches, is struggling to heal from the woes of war; The Sudanese Professionals Association said it is refusing to meet with the UN Special Representative to Sudan; And, activist and artist Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi is fighting an anti-LGBT+ bill in Ghana.

Twenty-six people have died after lightning struck a high-tension power cable on the outskirts of Kinshasa in DRC; World Health Organization scientist said BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has been found in five African countries; And, villagers in Zimbabwe say a Chinese mining company has told them they will have to leave their homes to make way for a plant.

Guinea-Bissau officials report 6 dead in a failed attempt to overthrow President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, Humanitarian groups report over 60 dead in a militia attack at a displaced persons camp in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; VOA analyses the impact of military takeovers in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali on the rise in insurgent violence.

Nigerian officials confirm 11 security agents and several villagers were killed by gunmen in the north-central state of Niger; South Africa no longer requires those who test positive for COVID-19 without symptoms to isolate and has reduced the isolation period for those with symptoms; VOA’s Peter Clottey interviews education experts about the state of education in developing countries especially during the pandemic.

Kenyan police arrested a suspect after an improvised explosive device killed and injured passengers in a bus traveling near the Somali border. The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso in response to last week's military coup; And, one protester was killed as security forces confronted thousands of people protesting against military rule in Sudan.