Africa 54 - October 11, 2021 You are watching 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: A trial on the assassination of Burkina Faso's former president, Thomas Sankara, begins Monday, more than three decades after he and 12 others were killed in a 1987 coup. Former President Blaise Compaoré, the main defendant in the trial, who lives in exile in Ivory Coast, will not be attending. Climate change is battering the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar and several U.N. agencies have warned in the past few months of a "climate change famine" there ….. Half a million children are expected to be acutely malnourished in southern Madagascar, 110,000 severely so, the U.N. Children's Fund says, causing developmental delays, disease and death. The Africa Union says it has decided to transition current mission in Somalia to a joint mission between the United Nations and the Africa Union. In a statement, the Peace and Security Council of the Africa Union says it endorsed an AU independent assessment team’s recommendation on a hybrid mission for Somalia. The planned date for the mission is January 2022. The Spanish coast guard boat transported 36 migrants intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean to the island of Gran Canaria on Sunday.. Migrants, including women and children, were rescued 6 miles off Canary Islands and transported to Arguineguin port.Spain's Canary Islands have experience a surge in seaborne migration that has seen thousands make the dangerous crossing from Africa to the Atlantic archipelago.Data from the Interior Ministry showed more than 13,100 migrants had arrived by sea to the Canaries archipelago by September 30, more than double the number in the equivalent period in 2020. Children were inoculated with the world's first approved malaria vaccine in a part of western Kenya where the disease is prevalent. The President of the African Development Bank says Africa is ready for increased US investments. Dr. Akinwumi Adesina (Ah-day-shinah) says before the global coronavirus pandemic, Africa still had the sixth fastest growing economies in the world adding that the fundamentals remain valid today. His remarks come as he held a series of meetings with senior US government officials and business leaders here in Washington DC. Dr. For more about his meetings here in Washington DC, VOA's Peter Clottey reached Dr. Akinwumi Adesina via Skype A new report calls DR Congo's $6 billion deal with China on mining resources 'unconscionable', saying few of the promised benefits have materialised, and that may bolster the country's bid to revise the terms of the contract. In Nigeria, a country heavily reliant on revenues from its oil exports, entrepreneur Ifedolapo Runsewe has identified another type of black gold: used car tyres. As the U.S. national rate of COVID-19 infections declines, vaccine mandates for some jobs are pushing some employees to get the shots while others protest. Ten years ago, Steve Jobs passed away from pancreatic cancer at age 56. Jobs played a huge role in making Apple one of the most successful companies in the world. But what does Apple’s future look like