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On Daybreak Africa: At least 20 million children miss out on one or more vaccines globally, the WHO says during World Immunization Week. Over 1,300 delegates and 400 companies participate in the American Chamber of Commerce summit in Nairobi. Malawi and Israel sign labor export deal on farm workers. Malawi’s information minister says President Chakwera and Vice President Chilima enjoy cordial working relations despite corruption allegations. Liberian President Joseph Boakai loses tenured case in the Supreme Court. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!

Malawi and Israel have signed a new deal for Malawi to send unskilled laborers to Israel. The agreement is a departure from a previous arrangement where nearly 1,000 laborers were recently sent to work in Israel through private labor agents. Malawi officials say the new deal will help address challenges workers were facing under the previous arrangement. Lameck Masina reports from Blantyre.

Malawi’s information minister says President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Chilima have always had cordial working relations. Vice President Chilima was arrested and charged with corruption in 2022. He was later stripped of some of his constitutional duties. Now, President Chakwera has tipped the vice president to represent Malawi at Friday’s Tanzania Union Day commemoration. Information minister Moses Kunkuyu tells VOA’s James Butty, corruption allegations against the vice president are being adjudicated in the courts, which have not imposed any travel restrictions.

The U.S. Secretary of Commerce says it’s not enough for the United States to just say it plans to invest and collaborate more in Africa; it must also show up. In her first official trip to East Africa, Gina Raimondo says she also plans to listen and learn as she participates in the fourth edition of the American Chamber of Commerce summit in Kenya this week. VOA’s Nairobi Bureau Chief Mariama Diallo was there and has this story

Liberia’s Supreme Court this week ordered President Joseph Boakai to withdraw his nominations for tenured positions. Dennise Nimpson reports from Monrovia.

On Daybreak Africa: Amnesty International is concerned about rights abuses in Zimbabwe. Plus, the Kenyan government threatens to halt paying the salaries of striking doctors. At least 94 percent of malaria deaths occur in Africa, the WHO says on World Malaria Day today April 25th. Nigerian President Bola Tinubu warns of the link between illegal mining operations and the financing of terrorist activities across Africa. Togo’s largest opposition party says it will never accept the new constitutional reforms approved by parliament. President Joe Biden signs a $95 billion foreign aid package. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!