•Human rights organizations and victims association of September 28, stadium massacre in Guinea welcome the arrest of former army chief Claude Pivi.

•Senegal’s General Directorate of Elections removes candidate sponsorship requirements ahead of November legislative polls.

•Cote d’Ivoire races against time to trace Niger-based Ivorian journalist Serge Adou who disappeared under mysterious circumstances

•And, the Gambian authorities speed up plans to ratify several international treaties.