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Health Chat is a live call-in program that addresses health issues of interest to Africa. The show puts listeners directly in touch with guest medical professionals. It includes a weekly feature spot, health news and comments from listeners on health issues. The program is hosted by veteran health reporter Linord Moudou.

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa goes into isolation after testing positive for COVID-19; Ethiopians testify on the impact of the war between the military and the Tigrayan forces; drought in Madagascar leaves millions of Madagascans experiencing hunger and malnutrition.

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.

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.

A joint defense board is expected to begin this week the screening of 53,000 troops drawn from various armed parties to South Sudan’s peace agreement in preparation for their unification, graduation and deployment; The government-run South Sudan Media Authority has shut down a radio station in Kapoeta and a newspaper in the capital Juba over the last week

Tonight, host Mike Hove, focuses on the detection of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Zimbabwe and surge in Coronavirus related cases.

Nigeria has been recording massive growth in its information technology sector, but only one fifth of IT workers are women. Aid groups are trying to help women and girls enter the IT world by teaching them about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Timothy Obiezu reports from Abuja.

Nigeria has been recording massive growth in its information technology sector, but only one-fifth of IT workers are women, according to government figures. Aid groups are trying to help women and girls enter the IT world by teaching them about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Timothy Obiezu reports from Abuja. Camera: Emeka Gibson.