In tonight’s edition: The death toll from the bombing of herders in central Nigeria has risen to 40.  Africa is less secure than it was a decade ago, with a marked deterioration in the rule of law. but there is progress in the empowering of women. We hear from some of those behind a top report on the state of African governance. And several people lose their lives and over a dozen are missing in Madagascar in the wake of tropical cyclone Cheneso.