•Niger’s political crisis calls for a tour of three West African nations by the Algerian Head of Diplomacy – Attaf.
•A consortium of civil society organizations in Mali calls for agreement between Bamako and the ex-rebels.
•A building collapse in Nigeria’s capital Kills two as a similar incident in Dakar claims five lives.
•The 15 edition of the BRICS summit ends in South Africa with an agreement on expansion.