The trial's begun of one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent human rights campaigners. Mohammad al-Qahtani faces a number of charges that includes setting up an illegal organization, turning international organizations against Saudi Arabia and breaking his allegiance to the king. Mr al-Qahtani is an economics professor who cofounded the Saudi human rights organization. He told the BBC he'd been trying to expose the Saudi authority is oppressive and said he had committed no crimes.
"This is a political trial. First of all, it's an illegal trial. It 's a maneuver by the regime to silence us regarding human rights abuses that we have been recording and documenting".
If found guilty, Mr Qahtani could face five years in jail.
Early results from the general election in Angola suggests the formerly Maxist-ruling party the MPLA has won three quarters of all votes, only slightly down on the previous ballot. If confirmed, the outcome means president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who's been in power for more than three decades will get another term. Louise Redvers reports from Rwanda.
The MPLA's victory has never been in doubt. The question was how much it would win by. With half of the votes counted, it seems it is on course to securing a large majority in parliament. The election, only the second since the end of Angola's three decades of civil war in 2002 has been dogged by claims of regularities. UNITA, who has led the criticism accused the MPLA of trying to fix the vote has said it may not accept the final results.