Burkina Faso to join forces with Mali to fight terrorism

Burkina Faso tightens security in the capital and announces closer anti-terror cooperation with Mali, days after dozens are killed in an extremist attack in Ouagadougou.

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Also, 28 people are quarantined in Sierra Leone as medics race to contain those who came into contact with the latest Ebola fatality there. This comes as the region thought it could put the outbreak of the deadly virus behind it.

And there are warnings of a looming refugee emergency in Malawi, as more Mozambicans flee across the border.

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