Guest host Linord Moudou reports that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari order to defeat Boko Haram insurgency within three months. We get an update on President Salva Kiir not going to Addis Ababa for the final phase of peace talks. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Cuba to raise the U.S. flag. We get reports on Morocco women and World Elephant Day. VOA’s Esther Githui-Ewart reports on the latest trends and we end with Ivorian music sensation Serge Beynaud.