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On Africa 54: U.S. lawmakers who are part of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), a body which oversees legislative oversight of the nation’s military, including the Department of Defense, met Tuesday for a confirmation hearing of Pete Hegseth, a former broadcaster and veteran who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next U.S. defense secretary. Plus, Ugandan tech entrepreneurs revamp the nation’s public transportation system with electric buses. This and more news-related updates on today’s Africa 54!

On this week’s Straight Talk Africa, guest host Peter Clottey focuses on the ongoing fighting in Sudan between the nation’s army, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Guests include: Danica Damplo, the Policy Manager at the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Brian Adeba, senior policy advisor at The Sentry for Sudan and South Sudan and by Jean-Baptiste Gallopin, senior researcher at the Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division of Human Rights Watch.