Africa 54 - June 28, 2021 Africa 54, your daily news and feature magazine-style program, from the Voice of America. Host Esther Githui-Ewart and a team of correspondents zero in on the big stories making news on the continent and around the world with context and analysis. Top Stories: In East Africa, where three employees working for the Spanish branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres have been killed by unknown perpetrators in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to the medical charity. MSF-Spain said in a statement Friday, it lost contact with a vehicle carrying the team on Thursday afternoon. A local security official says an estimated 30 people are dead following an Al-Shabaab attack on a town in the country's semi-autonomous state of Galmudug. The insurgents used car bombs in the assault on a military base in Galmudug's Wisil town, located in central Somalia, triggering a fight with government troops and armed locals. The United Nations is strongly condemned the attack on one of its Temporary Operating Bases in the Gao Region in Mali. The assault left 15 peacekeepers from Germany injured, according to preliminary UN reports. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Friday, that a casualty evacuation process was underway. Authorities say suspected suicide bomber was blown up in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday when his improvised explosive device was detonated in a busy intersection in eastern city of Beni. It was the second blast in Beni on the same day. No one was killed in the two incidents apart from the suspected bomber in the second blast. Earlier on Sunday, another explosive device was detonated in a Catholic church in Beni, injuring several people. So far, no one is claiming responsibility. Beni's mayor says a curfew has been declared in the city of more than 230 thousand over concerns that there could be another bombing attack. Hollywood actress and special envoy for the UN's refugee agency Angelina Jolie is praising Burkina Faso's efforts in helping people displaced by Islamist militants. But rights activists say Burkinabe authorities have also been fueling the conflict with hundreds of detentions without charge and even extrajudicial killings. South Africa are tightening COVID-19 restrictions for 14 days because current containment measures are insufficient to cope with the speed and scale of new infections. The announcement was made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in a televised address on Sunday. The country, the worst-hit on the African continent in terms of recorded cases and deaths, is in the grip of a "third wave" of infections. It recorded almost 18-thousand new cases on Saturday approaching the peak of daily infections seen in a second wave in January. Under the new measures, all gatherings are prohibited, there will be a curfew from 9 pm to 4 am and the sale of alcohol is being banned. Schools are closing and restaurants will only be able to sell food for takeaway or delivery. A Nigerian man who was persecuted in his home country for being gay found refuge in the United States. Now Edafe Okporo runs a New York City shelter that primarily aids members of the LGBTQ community - and his writing is giving him an even bigger outlet for his activism. Derek Chauvin is facing 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, the case that triggered international protests and call for greater racial reckoning. The former Minneapolis police officer was convicted on two charges of murder and one charge of manslaughter in April. The Biden administration’s $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure agreement on spending to rebuild roads, bridges and other projects faces a critical week that could determine the scope of U.S. infrastructure investment. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to El Paso, Texas, on her first official visit to the U.S. southern border on Friday. Her focus – following up on her Guatemala and Mexico trips and seeing firsthand the detention centers that hold migrants and how U.S. Customs and Border Patrol is managing the situation. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Vatican City Monday, after being warmly welcomed in France and Germany. Blinken is meeting with the Pope and top Italian leaders as he participates in ministerial meeting on Syria, defeating Islamic State fighters and he's to attend a G-20 meeting. No Paris, Rome, or Latin America. The most popular honeymoon destinations became hard to reach for average American couples during the pandemic. So where do newlyweds go to after getting married? Valentina Vasileva has the story, narrated by Anna Rice