The African Union has urged the United Nations Security Council to delay the prosecution of the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for a year to avoid destabilizing Sudan. The AU's chairman, President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi, accused the International Criminal Court of pushing for a "pound of flesh" from President Bashir, who denies charges of genocide and war crimes in Darfur.
The Kenyan police have leaked documents to the media that outline how an al-Qaeda cell inside the country operates. The cell has been linked with the bombings in the Ugandan capital Kampala in July, in which more than 70 people were killed. Our East Africa correspondent Will Ross reports.
The documents say tens of youths from across Kenya have joined the cell, have trained in Somalia and some have even fought alongside the Islamist group al-Shabab. There are details of how the Kampala attacks were planned, and we are also told that plans for twin attacks on Nairobi have begun. The timing of the leak is interesting. There is some disquiet here, especially amongst the Muslim community after 36 Kenyan Muslims were arrested and sent to Uganda. Ten of them have been charged in connection with the bombings there.
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Britain has for the first time published its threat level from Northern Ireland-based terrorism, raising it from "moderate" to "substantial". That's the third highest category. The Home Office said there was a strong possibility that dissident Irish republican groups opposed to power-sharing in Northern Ireland would attack the British mainland. The threat level from international terrorism has remained "severe" since January. That's one below the "critical" top level.