Burkina Faso releases detained Nigerian Air Force crew after emergency landing Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian military personnel who were detained after a Nigerian Air Force C-130 aircraft made what authorities in Ouagadougou described as an unauthorised landing at the Bobo-Dioulasso airfield. The detained officers — two crew members and nine passengers — were questioned over suspicions that the aircraft might have been linked to the recent failed coup attempt in Benin Republic. They were later cleared and have since returned to Nigeria. While the Nigerian government insisted the aircraft made...