•18 girls perish in canoe accident in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Jigawa
•Ghana’s President, John Mahama assures Nigeria there will be no mass deportations saying that recent fears sparked by old video are unfounded
•Burkina Faso’s media regulatory body suspends radio station for 3 months for referring to the current government as a “junta”
•Liberia enacts new legislation to curb exportation of unprocessed rubber
