•Senegal and Guinea-Bissau sign historic peace agreement for Casamance after Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko’s visit

•Air strikes kill scores of bandits in North West of Nigeria

•PPACI launches 2025 Renaissance Festival, with a push for Laurent Gbagbo for presidency in Cote D’Ivoire

•Global Rights Groups Report Widespread Repression of Civil Society in the Sahel

•The 29th edition of Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) gets underway in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso