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On today's Daybreak Africa, the head of a powerful African regional bloc offers help to Mozambique as it grapples with post-election violence, a look at the catastrophic tsunmai that hit East Africa and Indonesia 20 years ago, and Nigerian authorities investigate a Christmas day airstrike. All this and more on Daybreak Africa.

African Beat showcases the latest and the greatest of contemporary African music and conversation. From Benga to Juju, Hip Life to Bongo Flava, Bubu to Soukous and more, host David Vandy has his finger on the pulse of the hottest African music and related issues today.

Nigerian authorities in northwest Sokoto state have launched a probe into a military airstrike that killed at least 10 people this week. Tensions continue to mount in Chad, with opposition and civil society groups vowing to disrupt Sunday’s local council, regional and parliamentary elections. Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy Commissioner has opened a criminal case against China’s Xinfeng Investments for alleged illegal mining of lithium in the country’s northwest.