AFRICA• Nigeria plans peace talks with militants in the oil-producing south to end attacks that have slashed output.• Burkina Faso cancels an arrest warrant for the former prime minister of Côte d’Ivoire (the speaker of its parliament), Guillaume Soro, over his alleged role in a coup attempt.• Former AU official Jean Ping, who is running in Gabon’s upcoming presidential elections, shuns a police summons.• Sudan and South Sudan resume talks over issues like borders and oil revenues.• British forces arrive in South Sudan to serve in a UN peacekeeping mission.• Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s president, pledges to overhaul state oil firm Sonangol to improve its efficiency.ABROAD• Brazil’s chief prosecutor asks the supreme court to authorise the arrest of the presidents of the senate and of the ruling party for allegedly obstructing police probes.• A car bomb explodes on a bus near Istanbul’s tourist district, killing 11 people.• Britain circulates a draft UN resolution auth...
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