• Bandits kill at least eleven villagers in Katsina State, north-west Nigeria • Mali’sTransitionalpresidentGoïta assumes the role of Defense Minister following the death of General Sadio Camara • Pressure mounts on the GambianGovernment, as family issues a seven-day ultimatum over Omar Badjie’sdeath • Niger bans sleeping in mosques and Quranic schools as a security measure against terrorist attacks