•Cote d’Ivoire’s constitutional council announces final list of presidential candidates excluding former president Gbagbo and other opposition figures

•Ghana’s Interior ministry sets up mediation committee to resolve ongoing Gbenyiri land conflict

•Resident Doctors of Nigeria’s federal capital territory Begin 7-Day warning strike over unpaid salaries, manpower shortage

•Reaction trails Senegalese President Diomaye Faye’s first cabinet reshuffle