Tunisian police have clashed with hundreds of hard-line Islamists after the
authorities banned a Salafist group from holding its annual meeting. At
least one protester died in the Tunis suburb of Ettadhamen and several
police and protesters were injured. Police also clashed with protesters in
the central city of Kairouan where the Ansar al-Sharia meeting was planned.
The government banned the congress last week, saying it posed a threat to
public security.
The group urged its supporters instead to gather for the meeting in
Ettadhamen.

United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron is to host an international conference in London to help Somalia end more than two decades of conflict. The conference will focus on rebuilding its security forces and tackling rape - a largely taboo subject in Somalia. Somalia is widely regarded as a failed state, hit by an Islamist insurgency, piracy and a famine from 2010 to 2012. At least seven people were killed in a car bomb attack in the capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday. Al-Shabab, which is part of al-Qaeda, said it carried out the attack.

South African Members of Parliament have approved a controversial media bill after a three-year battle over the legislation. Dubbed the secrecy bill, lawmakers say the Protection of State Information Bill will safeguard state secrets. It has been substantially altered during its passage through parliament. Critics say it still does not provide enough protection for whistleblowers exposing corruption, with penalties of up to 25 years in jail for revealing classified information.
It was passed by 189 votes to 74, with one abstention in the National Assembly.

Police in Senegal have arrested son of former President Abdoulaye Wade on suspicion of corruption. Karim Wade’s lawyers said he is suspected of illegally amassing about $1.4 billion during his father's rule. Karim was a senior minister during his father's rule from 2000 to 2012, and was in charge of major infrastructure and energy projects. Investigators had set him a deadline of yesterday to prove his innocence, after accusing him of corruption a month ago. His lawyers said they submitted documents relating to his assets to a courthouse earlier in the day.

At least 19 people have been killed in bomb and gun attacks in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Sixteen people, including nine attackers, are believed to have died after gunmen stormed the city's main court buildings.
Later a car bomb was detonated on the road to the airport, killing three; including two Turkish aid workers and the attacker.
The Islamist militant group al-Shabab says it carried out the attacks.