Several people were reported killed by gunfire in Burkina Faso yesterday, when thousands of protesters marched on the capital Ouagadougou, setting parliament buildings on fire. reports said protesters took over radio and television stations belonging to the state. Protesters also set fire to homes of several of President Compaoré's relatives and advisers, and to the offices of the governing party.For a closer look at this, AM Live host Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Willian Assanvo, Senior Researcher and the Institute for Security Studies in Dakar, Senegal.

Mohammed Nalla, analyst at Nedbank Capitals looks at

1.Lots of SA data yesterday somewhat upbeat ...
2.Rand supported after a brief foray weaker yesterday. What is the outlook
3.US GDP for 3rd quarter up by 3.5%

** ICBC ( Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ) Posts Biggest Jump in Bad Loans Since ’06 on Economy

** Zambia not at ease with Guy Scott as interim president for 3 months

** Thursday investment destination – India

The search for Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain Senzo Meyiwa's killers is continuing. Police are yet to arrest anyone for the murder that happened on Sunday evening. Yesterday police released a 3D identikit of two of the three suspects.

In Nigeria, Stallion Motors unveiled one of its locally assembled Hyundai models at another interactive session with automobile media in Lagos.

The Ethiopian Electric Power headed by Engineer Azeb Asnake signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a US-based company Green Technology Africa Inc. (GTA) to generate 300MW of solar energy.

** The Federal Reserve has officially announced an end to its quantitative easing bond-buying program

** Expectations for PPI, unemployment and SA budget data all out today ...

On the Forum@8 this morning we look at the gender agenda. Where are women placed in the structures of our society? Are they just mothers, domestic workers and PA's or are we seeing them as leaders? The progress of women towards decision making positions in business, government, and academia continues to provoke debate. What will it take for us as South Africa to drive the gender agenda? Is it enough that we have only legislated that we have a 50/50 representation BUT fail to see no action or enforcement taken? Nomboniso Gasa Independent Researcher and Analyst on Gender, Politics, Leadership and Cultural Issues and Janine Hicks who is a Commissioner at the Commission for Gender Equality both say South Africa has made progress since the dawn of democracy.

Small business development minister Lindiwe Zulu, addressed the summit and expressed concern over the statistics showing that almost 80 percent of small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) fail in their first year.

The Road Accident Fund says it has paid out well over over R22 billion to road accident survivors in the 2013/14 financial year and also reports that the number of people arrested for defrauding the Fund rose from 290 to 478 in the 2013/14 financial year.

The ANC has denied assertions made by NUMSA, that the country's poor and working class had lost faith in the party.