•Insecurity in Nigeria’s Benue State fuels fear and displacement among farmers amid rising violence

•Embattled Thiam re-elected president of the PDCI amid ongoing legal dispute ahead of the October elections in Cote D’Ivoire

•Committee probing petitions seeking the removal of Ghana’s Chief Justice begins hearings today, May 15

•Gambia’s President Adama Barrow vows transparency and accountability over Jammeh asset sales