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Burkina Faso?s military said on Sept.16 it had stripped interim President Michel Kafando of his functions and dissolved the government, seizing power in a coup less than a month before elections meant to restore democracy in the West African country. 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday he was shocked to see how refugees were treated at Hungary's border with Serbia.

Ban "underscored it is not acceptable," according to Tanjug.

Turkey is hosting over 250,000 Syrians at refugee camps coordinated by the Prime Ministry's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, a senior governmental official has said.

As Hungary threw up the barriers to stop thousands of refugees trekking over its border from Serbia and into the European Union, undeterred migrants on the roads simply began to think of other routes to take. 

The Hungarian decision might relieve pressure on itself, but  also meant that new countries on the migrants' maps would be drawn into the crisis. 

A civilian member of the troubled United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic has been accused of sexual misconduct, taking the total number of such cases to 17, UN officials said on Sept.15.

A disarmament expert from Argentina has been appointed to head an independent panel tasked with determining who is behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria, the United Nations said on Sept.15.

Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound for a third straight day on Sept. 15, an AFP correspondent reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has called on the United Nations to act against Israel?s ?breach? of the sanctity of the al-Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem, a presidential source said late Sept. 14.

Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris – estimated to have a fortune of $3 bln – had already stated his intent to buy a Mediterranean island to provide refugees on Twitter. He is now looking at potential locations and is involved in talks to purchase two private Greek islands.

After UNESCO decided to look at Kosovo’s membership application - a move that infuriated Serbian officials - experts said that obstacles remain on Pristina’s path to joining the UN’s cultural body.