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Images of the reinterment ceremony of Thomas Sankara, in the presence, among others, of the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla. IMAGES
A helicopter takes off from a military airport, after the landing of Burkina's ex-president, Blaise Compaoré, following 8 years in exile. A convoy of vehicles is also seen leaving the site. IMAGES
Burkinabe vote on Sunday to elect their mayors during the first local elections held since the fall of former president Compaore in 2014. IMAGES
South Africa's ruling ANC suspends the country's former president Jacob Zuma from the party. "The NEC concluded that exceptional circumstances exist to justify and warrant an immediate decision to suspend former ANC President Jacob Zuma in line with Rule 25.60," says ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula. SOUNDBITE
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara arrives in Berlin and is welcomed by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Several African leaders are expected in the German capital to take part in the G20 "Compact with Africa" conference. IMAGES
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa calls on Ukraine and Russia to de-escalate their conflict, as he arrived in the war-torn country on a mission to broker peace. SOUNDBITE