Top Stories: It has been a harrowing week for many of South Africa’s citizens. Violence, arson, and looting, triggered by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma last week for contempt of court has engulfed the nation. But slowly the malicious vandalism is beginning to ebb in some areas, leaving communities to pick up the pieces. President Cyril Ramaphosa's patience is being tested and he says that the unrest that has roiled South Africa in the past week had been instigated -- and his government will not allow anarchy and mayhem to prevail. Community members in some of South Africa’s worst affected areas began a cleaning initiative on Thursday, removing trash from the streets of Johannesburg and Durban. One community member talks about the harm of vandalizing and looting your own neighborhood. Several neighborhoods were quiet on Thursday, ahead of an expected surge in soldiers on the streets. Now to Libya, where Amnesty International says that migrants being held in detention camps are subject to horrific sexual violence at the hands of guards, including being forced to barter sex for clean water, food and access to sanitation. The report, which focused on migrants intercepted in the Mediterranean and who disembarked in Libya in 2020 and 2021, suggests worsening conditions in the camps despite being recently placed under the control of the Libyan interior ministry. Pope Francis and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are calling for the camps to be shut down. At least 20 countries across Africa are in the grip of a third wave of COVID-19 infections, according to Africa CDC. Still, the rates of vaccinations are still very low. Millions of Nigerians who were once on solid financial footing, can no longer reliably feed themselves or their families. The World Bank says about 18 percent of households in Nigeria have at least one adult who doesn't eat for an entire day at a time, compared to six percent before the pandemic. Jayson Albano has the details. India’s popular holiday destinations are crammed with visitors with what some have termed “revenge travel” — the urge to vacation following long coronavirus shutdowns. But as Anjana Pasricha reports, authorities warn that the massive holiday crowds could reverse the gains made recently in the world’s second worst hit country. U.S. President Joe Biden hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House on Thursday. The two leaders highlighted a stronger transatlantic relationship and cooperation on a range of issues, but differences remain on the Nord Stream 2 Russian natural gas pipeline. Twenty-nine elite athletes from eleven countries comprise the International Olympic Committee’s Refugee Olympic Team. The group will compete in the Summer Games in Tokyo that open later this month. The space-tourism industry got a major boost aboard a billionaire’s rocket ship. If you like to keep ahead of the current trends in African music, we’ve got you covered! Ethno-musicologist and host of VOA's Music Time in Africa radio show, Heather Maxwell, has this round-up of the latest Top 3 artists-on-the rise.