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Uruguay's former president Jose Mujica arrives with his wife, Lucia Topolansky, at La Moneda Palace in Santiago, as Chile commemorates the 50th anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet against socialist President Salvador Allende. IMAGES
Leaders from West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS stage a summit over Mali's political crisis, three months after slapping tough sanctions on the Sahel nation. IMAGES
On the closing day of the African Union's annual summit, Bankole Adeoye, head of the AU's Peace and Security Council, condemns a recent "wave" of coups that has seen an unprecedented number of member states suspended from the 55-member bloc. SOUNDBITE
West African leaders began a key summit to address the latest coup in the region. Emergency talks in the Ghanaian capital Accra were triggered after Burkina Faso on January 24 became the third member of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be overtaken by the military in less than two years - which Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo calls 'of grave concern' in his opening statement. SOUNDBITE
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa lands in Newquay Airport to attend the G7 Heads of Government meeting at Carbis Bay in Cornwall, UK. IMAGES
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