Africa 54 - July 20, 2021 Top Stories: In a Tigray town young men and women march to a training camp, officials from three of Ethiopia's region say they are sending troops in support of the federal army - raising fears of a showdown in Tigray's west that could spark a new refugee crisis. David Doyle reports.. A South African court granted former President Jacob Zuma's request for a delay in his arms deal corruption trial on Tuesday, and adjourned proceedings for three weeks .Zuma is accused of receiving kickbacks over a $2 billion arms deal from the 1990s. More than 200 people have been killed and hundreds of businesses destroyed in the riots following former president Jacob Zuma's 15 month imprisonment. Protests initially flared in Zuma's home province KwaZulu-Natal before escalating into arson and looting in other provinces. For more perspectives on the impact and other underlying causes of the riots, Managing Editor TV, Vincent Makori spoke to Darren Taylor, South Africa based Journalist. Two armed men, including one who wielded a knife, attacked Mali's interim president Assimi Goita on Tuesday in the great mosque in the capital Bamako, an AFP journalist saw.The attack took place during prayers for the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha. Goita has since been taken from the scene, according to the journalist, who said it was not immediately clear whether he had been wounded. The number of people unable to access adequate food in the world is on the increase. A joint report by United Nations agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO and the World Food Program, indicates that food insecurity has been on the rise since the mid-2010s. For more on the subject, Africa 54's Linord Moudou spoke with Cindy Holleman, Senior Economist with FAO. Female refugees are among the most vulnerable to losing out on education, a problem made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. To combat the challenge, U.S.-funded aid group RefuSHE offers learning programs for refugee women and girls in Kenya. Brenda Mulinya reports from Nairobi. Muslims in Lagos, Nigeria are were out on Monday in a last-minute rush, shopping for the Eid Al-Adha holiday, which marks the end of the Ramadan season..On Saturday the government announced that it had put six states on red alert after seeing a 'worrisome' rise in COVID-19 infections, urging people to curb gatherings and hold prayers outside the mosque . Nigeria, is now facing a COVID-19 third wave after detecting the more transmissible Delta variant. Kenya Chess Youth: More than half of the Kenyan capital's nearly 5 million people live in slums, where many young people are lured by drugs and crime. In one neighborhood, a group is using the game of chess to help transform the lives of young people. Lenny Ruvaga reports from Nairobi. After last year’s summer Olympics in Japan were postponed because of the pandemic, some American student athletes have been balancing school and training in anticipation of this year’s Games in Tokyo. Connor Smith has this report