Opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye elected president in Senegal

Also, Nigeria looks into getting an international arrest warrant for a cryptocurrency executive who escaped custody and reportedly fled the country using a smuggled passport. Nadeem Anjarwalla had been arrested over money laundering charges levelled against the global cryptocurrency exchange platform, Binance.

Plus, Mali's government has launched a new label to designate its meat products and to help boost the local economy. The livestock sector represents  the country's third most important export, after gold and cotton.

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