
Unrest in Burkina Faso
Reports of a 'mutiny' underway in Burkina Faso, as gunfire and heavy military presence are heard around the capital Ouagadougou.
Reports of a 'mutiny' underway in Burkina Faso, as gunfire and heavy military presence are heard around the capital Ouagadougou. Journalist Henry Wilkins reports live from the ground.
Also in the programme: We hear from the lawyer of a group of Maasai herders facing eviction from their ancestral land in Tanzania; The Macondo Literary Festival kicks off in Nairobi; The Resident Presidents' satirical take on the future of the Commonwealth.
(Photo: President of Burkina Faso Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Credit: Presidency of Burkina Faso)
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