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BBC News.

There has been widespread in national condemnation of shooting in Nigeria on Tuesday, in which Amnesty International and witnesses said security forces killed at least 12 protesters in the city of Lagos. The Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said those responsible for what she called “cowardly acts” must be held accountable. The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for end to brutality.

A ceremony is taking place in Paris in honor of a teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded by an Islamist teenager for showing a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad in class. President Emmanuel Macron said he embodied the country’s will to diminish Islamists, in order to live as free citizens. The president said France would never turn its back on cartoons and caricatures.

The US makers of the opioid that killed thousands of the Americans has pleaded guilty to charges related to its push to sell more of the drug. Prosecutors said Purdue Pharma had prioritized earnings over the health of patients when it encouraged doctors to prescribe OxyContirr.

Pope Francis has voiced support for civil union laws for homosexual couples. Catholic observers say they are his clear remark yet on the issue. The Pope said same-sex couples have a right to be in a family.

Thousands of anti-government protesters are taking part in a national strike in Columbia with the largest demonstration centered in the capital Bogota.

Repeated clashes between a posing political factions in Ivory Coast in the run-up to a controversial presidential election are reported to have left 7 people dead. Officials in the eastern port town of Dabu told the French press agency that 4 bodies have been retrieved on Wednesday and 3 the previous day.

BBC News.