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An Australian mining company said it would pay the military government of Mali $160 million after the authorities detained three of its executives for over a week in a dispute about taxes.

Burkina Faso has a tradition of armed community militias for whom the government created an official role in 2020, which has since been expanded under the military government.

Last year marked a turn of the tide, as the junta saw a fresh wave of attacks from insurgents that have since pushed the military government to breaking point.

Schools in Niger will start the new academic year almost a month late because of heavy rainfall and flooding, says the military government.

The number of people in Myanmar who have died in the wake of Typhoon Yagi rose to more than 220, with nearly 80 others still missing, according to the military government.