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South Sudan delays unity government

Leaders have agreed to delay government formation by 100 days

South Sudanese political rivals President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar of the SPLM in opposition have agreed to postpone the formation of a unity government, previously due for the 12th November, by a hundred days.

Unidentified gunmen have attacked a convoy transporting workers of Canadian gold mining company Semafo in eastern Burkina Faso. At least 38 people have been killed, and 60 more were wounded. The BBC's Louise Dewast brings us the latest.

We speak to Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who has tweeted that he doesn't want to be called 'His Excellency' anymore because the title is a "symbol of executive arrogance". Instead, he's chosen to be addressed only as 'Mr Governor'.

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Thu 7 Nov 201919:06GMT

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