Burkina Faso's interim government says the leader of a short-lived coup, General Gilbert Diendere, has been handed over to authorities and is now in police custody. We get the latest from our regional correspondent. Also, as Nigeria marks 55 years of independence, President Buhari calls on his countrymen to stop "unruly behaviour", urging them to become model citizens. And in Zimbabwe, a poor harvest blamed on drought and land reforms is putting some in an increasingly difficult position.

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