•Burkinabe Transitional government names former Junta leader, Damiba, as primary suspect in January 3 failed coup
•Former army colonel Claude Pivi dies in detention while serving a life sentence for the 2009 stadium massacre in Guinea,
•Ghanaian President, Mahama, pledges continued fiscal discipline as he marks one year in office.
•And resident Doctors in Nigeria begin an indefinite strike on January 12 over unkept promises by the government.