In Africa this week, South Africa approves Pfizer's coronavirus booster shots for over-18s, as the Omicron variant dominates rising new infections; in the Gambia, freshly re-elected President Adama Barrow faces the stark early challenge of lowering the political temperature in the fledgling democracy and tackling its economic woes; Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed returns to Addis Ababa from the battlefront after pro-government forces claim major advances in their fight against Tigrayan rebels; and in Burkina Faso, over 30 years ago, radical leader Thomas Sankara sent 600 youngsters, most of them orphans, to train in Cuba. Within a year, Sankara's dream of immersing marginalised children in Burkina's revolution was wrecked after he was cut down by assassins. Today, scores of those who were enrolled in his scheme have died before their time, some by suicide, and many have mental health problems.

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