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On Daybreak Africa: Somalia calls for an end to the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia before next November. Plus, the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit concludes in Nairobi. The number of deaths due to recent floods in Kenya nears 240. Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias are accused of killing “thousands of people” in West Darfur state. Friday is World Lupus Day. A senior Zimbabwean official says corruption is hurting the economy. The abortion debate continues to flare ahead of the US elections in November. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, and allied militias killed “thousands of people” in West Darfur state and committed “crimes against humanity and genocide,” according to a report released today by Human Rights Watch. The report says attacks on the Masalit tribe and other non-Arab groups last year were some of the worst atrocities in the ongoing civil war that began in April 2023. Jean Baptiste Gallopin, a co-author of the report, tells VOA’s Carol Van Dam, the information is based on over ten months of research with several trips made to Chad, Kenya, and South Sudan, where researchers met survivors from el-Geneina, the capital of West Darfur.

The former head of the country’s anti-corruption commission — says fraud, graft and mismanagement is costing the country nearly $2 billion U.S. dollars annually, devastating the economy and ordinary citizens. As Columbus Mavhunga reports, it is the first time a senior Zimbabwean official has made such an accusation public

At least five million people globally have a form of lupus.
This is according to the World Lupus Federation which says the autoimmune disease affects largely women of childbearing age.
Systemic lupus, which is the most common type of lupus in the world, is prevalent and severe among people of African descent globally.
Maureen Ojiambo reports.

With deaths nearing 240 and about 235,000 people displaced, Kenyans are mourning their lost loved ones and trying to rebuild after weeks of heavy rains that resulted in deadly floods and landslides. And it’s not over yet as more rain is expected through June. VOA Nairobi Bureau Chief Mariama Diallo has this report

Malawi’s agriculture minister says the most productive and cost-effective way for African governments and farmers to deal with the high cost of imported fertilizer is to invest in organic fertilizer. Sam Kawale spoke Thursday at the conclusion of the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was organized by the African Union and the Kenyan government. He tells VOA’s James Butty, African governments and farmers have been brainwashed into believing that inorganic fertilizer is better than organic fertilize