•Flags fly at half-mast in Nigeria as the country mourns former president Muhammadu Buhari…meanwhile, African leaders and the AU have been paying glowing tribute to the late Nigerian leader

•Vice President PPA-CI Ahoua Don Mello urges the party to consider backup candidates amid Gbagbo’s ineligibility

•Togo’s military goes to the polls today for municipal elections ahead of the July 17 elections amid government’s ban on new protests

•Beninese journalist Comlan Sossoukpè to appear in court following controversial extradition from Côte d’Ivoire