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Four officers have been detained for questioning in Burkina Faso, a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt. Also, although Tunisia was decades ahead of many other countries in the region and the world in giving women the right to choose whether to go ahead with unwanted pregnancies, taboos remain. We take a closer look. Finally, we see how Africa's wine market is becoming increasingly full-bodied.

Currently, the estimated daily passenger capacity of the Lagos Blue Rail is 175,000 passengers. But has the coming of the Lagos Blue Rail impacted the city's popular yellow buses also known as Danfo? How are operators of commercial buses and passengers adjusting to the new reality?

The self-governing island says it will bolster its defenses and hopes it will serve as a deterrence against the Chinese navy. It is only expected to be fully operational in two years.

Interior ministers from across the European Union are meeting to explore ways to deal with the arrival of migrants arriving by sea.

Morocco has slowly transformed from a transit country to a destination country for sub-Saharan African migrants — almost half of whom are women.

Six young people from Portugal are taking European governments to court over an alleged failure to act quickly enough on climate change. The plaintiffs say the lack of immediate action is a breach of their human rights.