A car bomb has exploded near a government convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least seven people, officials say.

Libyan MPs pass a law banning top Gaddafi-era officials from political office, a week after militias backing the law laid siege to two ministries.

A car bomb has exploded near a government convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least eleven people, officials say.

A car bomb explodes near a government convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least seven people, according to officials.

A senior tribal leader in Abyei, an area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, is shot dead in a stand-off involving a rival Arab militia.