•Insurgents kill at least 22 villagers during a local ceremony in Niger’s northwest capital of Tillaberi.

•The Burkinabe Transitional government frees 10 individuals, including journalists, forcefully drafted to the battlefield.

•Chadian Parliament inaugurates its first Congress in Ndjamena with a major task of reviewing the existing constitution.

•Pressure Mounts on Ghanaian Government to Declare a State of Emergency Over Illegal Mining Activities