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Former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaor茅 is back in the country, after being in exile in Ivory Coast since 2014. Mr Compaor茅 returned at the invitation of the military junta ruling Burkina Faso, to take part in discussions with other heads of state aiming to bring an end to the country鈥檚 political impasse. Blaise Compaor茅 was tried in absentia for the murder of late president, Thomas Sanakara.

In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned as the Conservative leader, 48 hours after dozens of ministers stepped down in protest over his leadership. Mr Johnson says he plans to stay in Downing Street until a new party leader has been elected to replace him as PM.

Also, on the program we have an update on the trial of the Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremdu, who along with his wife, Beatrice, are accused of conspiring to bring a person to the UK for organ donation. The couple appeared at the Uxbridge Magistrate鈥檚 Court today. The judge has accepted that the complainant is not a child as previously reported.

Plus, there does not seem to be any light at the end of the tunnel on South Africa鈥檚 power crisis, now in its 15th year. Among other operational and financial problems bedeviling the country鈥檚 state-owned power company, Eskom, a wage strike started last week crippled the company. This has led to one of the worst black outs South Africa has ever experienced.

Photo: President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. Credit: Reuters