Latest on Burkina Faso coup
The latest following the overthrow of Burkina Faso’s leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba, who has been replaced by Col Ibrahim Traore.
We bring you the latest on the situation in Burkina Faso, which has a new military leader, after Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba was overthrown at the weekend and replaced by Col Ibrahim Traore. ECOWAS wants the new leadership to uphold a commitment to carry out elections by 2024.
Plus, in Somalia at least four people including the regional health minister have been killed in two suicide bombs in Beledweyne. The jihadist militant group al-Shabaab says it carried out the attacks.
And a Kenyan court grants the Lolldiaga community 60 days to file for compensation, after the British Army started a fire that destroyed thousands of acres of land.
(Photo: Burkina Faso coup leader Col Ibrahim Traore; Credit: Getty Images)
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