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May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day – and the latest rankings say the journalism environment is bad in seven out of ten countries . Amid a shaky cease-fire agreement -- clashes continue in Sudan’s capital as the U.S. engages top Sudanese officials ... And ... we’ll have the latest exciting Basketball Africa League Highlights from Cairo. All this and much more coming up on today’s Africa 54!

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams and her guests discuss the state of press freedom in the world with a focus on the African continent on this Word Press Freedom Day. We’ll discuss how political crises affect free expression and how new technologies and innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI) can blur the line between what is real and what is manufactured reality. Guests include VOA Africa reporter Ignatius Annor, Jessica Jerreat, VOA Press Freedom editor and Sadibou Marong, director of Reporters Without Borders' West Africa bureau.