DAR ES SALAAM - Fresh protests have broken out in Tanzania's major cities, a day after elections marred by clashes between opposition supporters and the police. Gunfire was heard in the northern city of Mwanza, while clashes broke out in the capital Dodoma and the main city Dar es Salaam, which is under heavy security with major roads blocked.
PARIS - Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
South Africa's ambassador to France, Nathi Mthethwa, has been found dead near the four-star Hyatt Regency Hotel in Paris, French officials have told the BBC.
NEW YORK - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says recognition of a Palestinian state is "sheer madness, it's insane and we won't do it", adding that recognition by several other countries like the UK and France is "disgraceful".
The Assemblies of God-Back To God (AOG-BTG) church is coming under increasing scrutiny from its members amid emerging concerns over governance shortcomings, alleged financial mismanagement, and the use of church resources to fund legal disputes.
