The conflict over gold mines in the Kori Bogde region, on the border between Chad and Libya, has resulted in hundreds of deaths, according to unofficial estimates, while the Government has declared 100 people dead in clashes that began as a result of a two-person conflict that has evolved into a "massacre".

In an attack by terrorists, five Chadian soldiers were killed in the Lake Chad area, which in recent years has become an important stronghold of Boko Haram and ISIS.

In the minutes of a cabinet meeting, it was revealed that the Democratic Republic of the Congo was close to concluding a deal with the Florette Group, controlled by Israeli investor Dan Gertler, which may be able to recover some $2 billion worth of mining and oil assets.

In response to the January 24 coup that ousted President Roc Kabore, the African Union announced today the suspension of Burkina Faso's membership.