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On today's Daybreak Africa, the FBI says the Texas man who drove a truck into a New Orleans crowd killing at least 14 people, likely acted alone and pledged his support to the Islamic State, an analyst says 2024 was the year for the resurgence of ISIS, and a strange, metallic object crashed into a Kenyan village this week. Tune in for all this and more on today's 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.

Since its enactment in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA, has been at the core of U.S. economic policy and commercial engagement with Africa and one expert says African nations should work together on trade talks. More than 1.1 million doses of an oral cholera vaccine have arrived in South Sudan, as the government launched a program to inoculate more than 80 percent of the population. The 119th U.S. Congress will come into session Friday, but after a contentious battle over government funding last month, the Republican Party’s seemingly unified control of the Senate, House of Representatives and presidency faces challenges.