Burkina Faso, Syria, Kiribati.

Today's three stories you should know.

Burkina Faso

As mentioned in many previous newsletters, Burkina Faso has for years been plagued by armed groups linked to ISIS and al-Qaeda, with thousands of people killed and a million forced from their homes. Burkinabes have decided they don’t want to take it anymore, and they’ve taken to the streets to express their anger. Today, security forces fired tear gas as hundreds of people marched in the capital Ouagadougou, calling for President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to resign. The conflict is part of a wider insurgency that is also being fought in Mali and Niger.

More from AP here.

Syria

Fighting between ISIS and the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces has continued for a third day in Syria, after ISIS launched a daring attack on a prison in which thousands of its members are jailed. The assault on the Ghwayran prison in the northern city of Hasakeh represents a serious escalation in ISIS activity since its so-called caliphate was defeated three years ago. Kurdish forces say they are currently holding more than 12,000 ISIS members from about 50 countries in various jails.

More from Al Jazeera here.

Kiribati

Extremely bad luck for the remote island nation of Kiribati, which had so far recorded just two cases of COVID-19. The first international flight to the country for 10 months landed with 36 of its 54 passengers testing positive. The passengers were placed in quarantine but three security guards at the quarantine facility have now also contracted the virus. The nation of 120,000 people has gone into lockdown.

More from BBC here.