Senegal President Diomaye Faye appoints Aminata Touré as High Representative of the Head of State.

Mali’s Special Court on Financial and Economic Crimes sentences five people over a nine billion CFA Francs cotton scandal.
President of the ECOWAS Commission Touray engages President Boakai of Liberia to calm political tension

Women’s Rights Organizations in Niger welcome the government’s policy of Free Delivery for Mothers at public health centres.