Children play during the visit of Emir Djibril Diallo, chief negotiator in the talks between the jihadists and the Thiou population, at the displaced camp of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso.[Reuters]
Two years after local emir Djibril Diallo fled his home in northern Burkina Faso following death threats from Islamist militants, he received an unexpected request: to return and take part in peace talks with the same people who wanted him dead.