•The Summit for a New Global Financial Pact opens with a 2.5 billion commitement to Senegal’s renewable energy transition.

•Guinean Minister of Justice Alphonso Charles Wright fails to appear before a court for a hearing into a case filed against him.

•The Italian government and the UN migration agency IOM, sign a multi-country agreement to promote intra-regional labour migration.
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•And a new report released Thursday says over 200 million children in Africa suffer from stunted growth and malnutrition.