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On today's Daybreak Africa, Atupele Muluzi, head of the United Democratic Front and son of former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi explains why he is running for president this year, the lead lawyer representing more than 30 hotels in South Sudan says his clients are suing the government in the East African Court of Justice for nonpayment, and an international relations experts remembers what the late U-S President Jimmy Carter did for Africa. All that 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.

Today US lawmakers gather for a joint session of Congress to certify Donald Trump's presidential election win --a procedure that happens every four years after the vote and two weeks before the president's inauguration. 2024 was a year of conflict, with wars in Gaza and Ukraine claiming thousands of lives, and Africa was not spared, with conflict in Sudan, rebel attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and terrorism across the Sahel region. Cameroon’s military says it has seized several hundred weapons and combat uniforms that were being smuggled to a hideout of the Nigeria-based terrorist group Boko Haram.