Africa 54 - October 22, 2021 | Airstrikes Continues in Tigray, Protests in Sudan, & More 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: Ethiopia conducted an airstrike on the capital of the northern Tigray region on Friday for the fourth day this week, as fighting has intensified between the central government and regional forces. Hundreds of thousands are estimated to have taken to the streets in Sudan's capital Khartoum and across the country on Thursday, opposing the prospect of a return to military rule. Somalia's president and prime minister resolved a dispute over appointments to security bodies, allowing a stalled process to elect a new parliament and president to go ahead, the government spokesman said late on Thursday. A group of mixed-race women who were abducted as children by state officials in what was then Belgian Congo is suing the Belgian state for crimes against humanity. Kenya lifted a nationwide curfew this week that has been in place since March, 2020 to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The announcement was made by President Uhuru Kenyatta. During the course of the pandemic, Kenyan police have been accused by community human rights groups of brutality and killings while enforcing the curfew. In an interview with Africa 54 Managing Editor Vincent Makori, Irũngũ Houghton, the Director of Amnesty International Kenya, says COVID was expected to inflict different forms of pain to citizens, no one expected police high-handedness. One of the world's last two northern white rhinos, a mother and her daughter, is being retired from a breeding program aimed at saving the species from extinction, scientists said on Thursday (October 21). American activist, Tarana Burke first coined the phrase Me Too in 2006 to help black women share their stories of sexual trauma. Back then, Burke had doubts whether Me Too would catch on -- but it did. VOA’s Haydé Adams takes a closer look at the movement and how it has helped survivors of sexual harassment and abuse hold some of America’s most powerful men to account. India has administered one billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccines, a significant milestone for an immunization drive that had struggled to get off the ground earlier this year. More than 50,000 Afghan refugees who are now housed at U.S. military bases will be resettled throughout the United States in coming months. The largest number will be heading for California and Texas. Mike O’Sullivan reports, the Afghan American community and local officials are getting ready. Voice of America has been hosting live music performances by artists around the world for decades. Today we go back in time to enjoy one such vintage performance by an Afrofusion band, from our flagship radio program, Music Time in Africa