A storm of accusations swirl across West Africa as Burkina Faso and Niger point fingers at Benin, claiming their coastal neighbour harbours the very militants wreaking havoc at their borders.
Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger exit ECOWAS, form AES, deploy 5,000 troops, and expand trade via Morocco’s Atlantic Initiative and Niger’s gas pipeline.
 The skies above Julius Nyerere International Airport witness history as Tanzania's first locally assembled Czech-designed aircraft launch commercial operations.
