Burkina Faso ambush kills 47 people

Forty-seven soldiers and civilians were killed in an ambush by Islamist insurgents; An Ethiopian doctor previously based in Afghanistan, now transferred in Kazakhstan, tells us how safe is the situation back in Kabul for local Afghans and NGO workers; Is the Ethiopian government trying to control the narrative of the war being fought there?; And our Letter from Africa explores what drives people to spend lots of money on funeral ceremonies.