•Political parties announce a massive rally in Bamako on Friday to demand an immediate return to constitutional rule.
•The 5th West African Episcopal Conference gets underway in Dakar with a focus on security and rights issues.
•Reaction trails Ghana’s President Mahama’s decision to dismiss appointees who fail to declare their assets latest today, May 7
•And, UNICEF ranks Nigeria first on a global scale as the country with the highest number of malnourished children.