A charismatic 37-year-old, Burkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré has skilfully built the persona of a pan-Africanist leader determined to free his nation from what he regards as the ...

Jenny Rowlands has been at the Town Hall for eight years ­– six of them as the boss. A well-known figure in local government circles, she has spent more than 40 years working for councils – and ...