Despite the fall of their key stronghold of Afgoye, al-Qaeda-linked Somali militants vowed to intensify the war against government and AU troops.
Lesotho’s voters head to the polls in a tight election where bitter rivalries among the three main party leaders have overshadowed worries about jobs.
Caster Semenya, with doubts over her real gender long buried in her past, has said she is aiming to follow in the footsteps of new coach Maria Mutola.
Pep Guardiola is to lead his Barcelona side into his last game as manager in Friday’s Spanish Cup final against Athletic Bilbao.
Australia’s mandatory detention of refugees will be brought under fresh scrutiny with a high court challenge on its security checks of detainees.
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has extended his contract until June 2016 after taking the Spanish giants to victory in La Liga.
The US Senate has approved new sanctions against Iran aimed at convincing the Islamic Republic to suspend its uranium enrichment.
Sudan and South Sudan will this week set a date to restart face-to-face peace talks after bitter border conflict and the missing of a UN deadline.
The attack on Mali’s president Diancounda Traore by angry protesters puts the post-coup transition in the West African country in danger, the UN says.
Six Somalis will go on trial in a Paris court charged with kidnapping the crew of Le Ponant in the pirate-infested waters of the Gulf of Aden in 2008.