•The National Consultation on Political Parties Charter in Mali resolve to appoint Army General Goita as President and to dissolve all parties.
•Amnesty International decries rising cases of rights violations in Benin and Côte d’Ivoire
•Nigeria’s Main Opposition Peoples Democratic Party at a crossroads as thousands of its members defect to the ruling APC.
•And, in Ghana, President Mahama launches a Health Trust Fund to tackle the country’s growing chronic disease burden
