Luxury liners on Caribbean cruises will continue to dock at a port in northern Haiti despite last week's earthquake. Royal Caribbean International uses it as resort near the largely unaffected port of Labadee. A company's chief executive said it was important to support for Haitian economy, and the company's ships were also bringing in vital supplies.
Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered more troops into the city of Jos in the centre of the country where more than 100 people have been killed in religious clashes. He is also sending top security officials. Fighting between Christian and Muslim youths has spread beyond the city's boundaries, forcing thousands of people to flee. A curfew is enforced. Caroline Duffield has this report from Lagos.
After three days of killings, the Nigerian military is moving in to take control of the town of Jos. Colonel Galadima Shekari, a senior officer in charge of forces, told the BBC that the violence would be brought to a swift end. He promised that he would rigidly enforce the 24-hour curfew, and he predicted that the unrest would be over by Wednesday morning. Thousands of people have fled their homes since an apparent dispute over property fled into bloodshed.
Caroline Duffield in Lagos.
World News from the BBC.
The Kenyan minister for Immigration has warned Somali politicians taking refuge in Kenya that they should either stay in refugee camps or go home. Around 130 of Somalia's 550 members of parliament currently live in Nairobi. The minister Otieno Kajwang accused them of causing trouble inside Somalia and of creating problems in Kenya too.