Guinea junta releases roadmap to civilian rule - a podcast by BBC World Service

The military junta which has been ruling Guinea since overthrowing President Alpha Condé has laid out its roadmap to civilian rule. Under the terms of the transition plan, members of the junta will be barred from standing in elections.

Plus, Russia’s government says Mali has made a deal to use Wagner Group contractors to fight jihadist militants, as thousands of French troops are poised to leave.

And we hear from Kenya's Defence Minister Monica Juma, who's been nominated to be the next Secretary General of the Commonwealth.

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