A moderate Islamist party in Morocco has been confirmed as the winner of Friday's parliamentary elections. Final results show the Justice and Development Party won more than 100 of the 395 seats in the Assembly of Representatives. Under a new constitution, King Mohammed is obliged to choose a prime minister from the largest party. The constitutional reforms were introduced in July in response to protests inspired by the Arab Spring.
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has announced the second group of areas to be handed over from Nato to Afghan control - part of a planned transition to put Afghanistan in control of its own security by the end of 2014. Among the provinces and cities to be handed over are several where the Taliban carry out regular attacks. From Kabul, Bilal Sarwary reports.
Under the plan, six provinces, seven cities and dozens of districts will be handed over to Afghan forces. The seven Afghan cities include the volatile city of Ghazni. Only last month, a mother and daughter were stoned and then shot by the Taliban just a few hundred metres from the local governor's office. Afghan security forces will also be taking control of three key districts in Helmand province. Marjah, Nawa and Nad Ali have all seen heavy fighting between insurgents and British and US forces.
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An opposition leader in Yemen, Mohammed Basindwa, has been given the task of forming a new government as part of a power transfer deal signed last week by President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Mr Basindwa was a key figure in an alliance that led to months of protests against the president. He'll be interim prime minister until Yemen holds elections in February.