Burkina Faso's coup leaders say they have freed President Michel Kafando, but the interim prime minister remains under house arrest.

... and other nuggets from the news in Africa this week

Tanzania obtains a court order preventing Malawi from burning 2.6 tonnes of ivory, saying it needs to use the tusks as evidence for the prosecution of suspected poachers.

After the coups in Burkina Faso, the BBC's Milton Nkosi asks why so many military takeovers are carried out by presidential guard units.

The way Kenya gets its power could be changing forever.

At least 37 African Union soldiers were killed in an attack by Al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia on Tuesday, according to military sources in Uganda and Somalia.

Nigeria’s army of former diplomatic and official passport holders on Monday found the documents to be worthless pieces of paper, the federal government announcing they have been revoked.

Those affected by the order include former governors, legislators, Ministers, Commissioners, Special Advisers/Special Assistants, Chairmen/Deputy Chairmen of Local Governments, Heads of parastatals, and civil servants.

Chad's ex-leader Hissene Habre is carried into court and held down by masked security officers at the resumption of his war crimes trial.

Egypt's agriculture minister is arrested on corruption charges in the first case of its kind under President Sisi.

Many Christians are to afraid to sleep in Garissa, Kenya, fearful of attacks from the terror group al-Shabaab. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports.

The Minnesota dentist who killed beloved lion Cecil speaks out about the hunt for the first time. CNN's Boris Sanchez reports

Brent Stapelkamp is looking for Jericho. He raises a blue VHF receiver and twirls it above his head. All we hear is static.