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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and his Senegalese counterpart Macky Sall are welcomed at Bamako airport by Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Five West African heads of state are expected in Mali to try to resolve the socio-political crisis that has gripped the country since June. IMAGES
Images show burned-out buildings and the charred remains of the village of Sobane-Kou in central Mali after a mass ethnic killing. Nearly 100 people died in the gruesome overnight attack according to officials. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility but the massacre, targeting a village inhabited by the Dogon community, bears the hallmarks of tit-for-tat ethnic attacks that have claimed hundreds of lives. IMAGES of the village of Sobane Kou
South African President Jacob Zuma has won another term at the head of the African National Congress. But as time goes by, the ANC's dominance on politics is finally starting to fade. Next, a Belgian court has approved a long-awaited judicial probe into the death of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba. Finally, we meet one musician in Mali who's trying in his own way to stop the Islamist movement that has taken over the north.
As Senegal's Muslims mark the end of Ramadan, the nations's newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, arrives at the Grand Mosque of Dakar, to join other worshippers for the Eid al-Fitr prayers. IMAGES
A night vigil is held at a ceremony in Kigali paying tribute to victims 30 years after the Rwandan genocide. The 100-day massacre at the hands of Hutu extremists started on April 7 in 1994 and claimed the lives of 800,000 people, largely Tutsis but also moderate Hutus. IMAGES
New Senegalese president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is urging "more solidarity" between African countries in the face of "security challenges", after his swearing-in in Diamniadio. "I reaffirm Senegal’s commitment to strengthening efforts for peace, security, stability and African integration,' he tells his countrymen and foreign dignitaries in speech after taking the oath of office. SOUNDBITE
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