Security forces in Senegal arrest Twenty-eight person linked to separatist group - MDFCasamance, in southern region of Zinguinchor. Contract teachers in Conakry Threaten to suspend classes in public schools, protesting exclusion from recruitment exercise into civil service Sierra Leonian President Bio apologises on behalf of the state to civil war victims. And Gambian government launches the first-ever student loan scheme to expand access to Education.