Burkina Faso leader calls for calm after mutiny
Shots are heard in Burkina Faso's capital city Ouagadougou amid reports of an attempted mutiny by disaffected troops.
Burkina Faso鈥檚 military leader has called for calm and has said he was in talks with disaffected troops after gunfire and a blast in the capital raised fears of a second coup in eight months.
The East African court has dismissed a case brought by Maasai pastoralists to stop the Tanzanian government from evicting them from their ancestral land. But their lawyer tells us they will appeal.
And as the South African born comedian Trevor Noah announces he is quitting his popular US show, we hear from performer known as the Queen of Zulu comedy on why he is an inspiration.
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