•Expert Reaction trails International Monetary Fund’s latest statement on Senegal’s public debt ratio.

•The UN Human Rights Commission frowns at the prolonged detention of peace activists and the Sadi opposition members in Mali.

•The Nigerien Army decorates Abdourahmane Tiani as a full General and takes an oath of office as Transitional President.

•Progressive peace returns to Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, following a decade of insurgency.