•Ghana’s President John Mahama wraps up his Sahel tour in Burkina Faso with a pledge to jointly fight terrorism and foster regional integration.

•Ogoniland in Nigeria’s Niger Delta drags Shell to a UK court over continuous contamination of water sources and biodiversity.

•The creation of a LEGAL INCUBATOR gets underway in The Gambia

•And, 620 million funding deficit may hamper assistance to vulnerable groups in Nigeria and the Sahel by April, WFP says.