Burkina Faso's coup leader apologises to the nation and pledges to hand over power to a civilian government. Also, in Nigeria, dozens of people are killed in multiple bomb blasts in Maiduguri. Boko Haram extremists are the main suspects and they're also blamed for several deaths in a double bombing in Cameroon. And Bujumbura accuses its neighbour Rwanda of trying to destabilise the government of President Pierre Nkurunziza.

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