Somalia – Kenya diplomatic tiff worsens

Somalia is accusing Kenya of involvement in the fighting in Beled Hawo, a town in the semi-autonomous Jubaland region, close to the border between the two countries. Last month the two countries cut diplomatic ties over these and other disagreements.

Heavy rains and flooding displace thousands of people in Mozambique as Tropical Cyclone Eloise hit over the weekend.

Ghana prepares to bury the late former President Jerry Rawlings.

(Picture: A Kenyan Defence Force soldier is pictured in Ras Kamboni, southern Somalia on December 13, 2011. Photo Credit: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)