•Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko launches Senegal’s 2050 transformative development Agenda

•Burkina Faso captures Adama Oumarou, a leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara

•Mass protests in Liberia disrupt United Methodist Church services over same-sex marriage

•And, teachers’ unions in Cote d’Ivoire threaten three-days nationwide strike for salary increment and other benefits