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Africa News Tonight: With the number of people living in cities projected to rise to five billion by 2030, experts say it is critical that efficient urban planning and management practices are in place to deal with the challenges brought by urbanization. A coalition of opposition groups won a majority of seats in Guinea Bissau’s parliament, beating the ruling party in the country’s first legislative election since the president dissolved the National People’s Assembly more than a year ago. And, VOA’s reporter who worked out of Sudan for many years managed to escape the violence in Khartoum via Saudi Arabia and Egypt. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: A coalition of opposition groups won a majority of seats in Guinea Bissau’s parliament, beating the ruling party in the country’s first legislative election since the president dissolved the National People’s Assembly more than a year ago. In the United States, former President Donald Trump has said a federal court has indicted him on criminal charges related to mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate. And, in Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government will hold a ceremony tomorrow to officially confer national hero status on late nationalist Ndabaningi Sithole. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: Close to 200,000 Zimbabweans in South Africa are breathing a sigh of relief after the department of Home Affairs delayed their pending expulsion by 6 months. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani have agreed to launch a joint initiative to aid and support Sudan as its military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces continue to battle for control of the country. And, Some legal experts say South African government officials could be charged as accessories to war crimes should they not arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he visits Johannesburg for the summit of the BRICS countries in August. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: Journalists in Cameroon say the government’s indefinite shutdown of a radio station and suspension of four reporters is a sign of a growing crackdown on the country’s news media. The Vatican says Pope Francis now is safely out of a three-hour surgery at Rome's Gemelli hospital today for his second abdominal surgery in two years. And, after a week of protests in Senegal in which 16 deaths have been reported and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, Human Rights Watch is calling on Senegalese authorities to conduct a full, independent investigation into the crackdown in the capital Dakar and around the country. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: Judges at a U.N. war crimes court ruled that elderly Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial but said slimmed-down legal proceedings in his case can continue. The Vatican says Pope Francis will be undergoing abdominal surgery in a Rome hospital. And, U.S. First Lady Jill Biden has wrapped up her second visit to Africa in three months. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!

Africa News Tonight: Nigeria’s main labor groups - the Nigeria Labor Congress and the Trade Union Congress - agreed to suspend their strike scheduled to begin tomorrow over President Bola Tinubu's decision to end the fuel subsidy. Participants at a high-level UN conference in Nairobi are calling for sustainable urban development to create better cities and transform the lives of urban residents around the world. Plus, Yemi Mobolade made history today as he became the first Black mayor of U.S. city of Colorado Springs. For this and more, stay tuned to Africa News Tonight!