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On Daybreak Africa: U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi marked World Refugee Day Thursday in Sudan and South Sudan where he appealed for an end to the war. Plus, Malawi swears in a new vice president Friday, Rwandans vote in presidential elections in two weeks. The ANC Youth League asks new the coalition government to focus on issues critical to South Africa’s youth. Namibia’s High Court will rule today on criminalizing same-sex relations. Protests in Kenya continue over proposed tax increase. The lack of legal framework complicates the policing of political deep fakes. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!

Amnesty International has called on authorities in Namibia to ensure the safety of the LGBTQ+ community as a court prepares to rule Friday in a case challenging the laws that criminalize same-sex relations. Vitalio Angula reports from Windhoek Namibia

Rwandans will head to the polls on 15 July for presidential and parliamentary elections. They will choose between three presidential candidates, including current President Paul Kagame. Kagame has governed Rwanda for decades, securing presidential victories in the elections of 2003, 2010, and 2017. Each time, he got over 90 percent of the vote. VOA’s Douglas Mpuga reached Gongaza Muganwa, a journalist and political analyst, to find out how the campaigns are progressing.

After months of expressing anger on social media, thousands of Kenyans gathered in Nairobi and elsewhere this week to protest a bill that would increase taxes to pay for loans and development. Demonstrations that began Tuesday continued into a third day, even as the government scaled back part of the proposed tax increases. The protest Thursday went on for hours and police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse demonstrators who occupied streets in central Nairobi. Mohammed Yusuf reports.

The African National Congress Youth League has been reacting to the inauguration of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and the formation of a Government of National Unity (or GNU) this week. Addressing the media Thursday, ANC Youth League President Collen Malatji called on the coalition government to focus on issues critical to the youth

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has named Dr. Michael Biswick Usi as the country’s new vice president. He replaces the late Vice President Chilima who died in a plane crash on June 10 along with eight other Malawian officials. According to Malawi’s constitution the president must appoint his second-in-command within seven days from the date of a vacancy. Information Minister Moses Kunkuyu tells VOA’s James Butty, the new vice president will be sworn in Friday