•The United Nations Secretary General express deep regrets over the expulsion of a UN envoy in Niamey.
•The Burkinabe Transitional Government reports gunfight between the army and insurgents in Yama – in the outskirts of Ouagadougou.
•President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria appoints new chairperson for the anti-graft agency after the resignation of Abdulrasheed Bawa.
