The US Secretary of State John Kerry has, for the first time, pledged direct American assistance to the armed opposition in Syria. In a move which's been seen as a major policy shift, the American aid will include food and medical supplies, but not weapons.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta has told the BBC that the pressure of waiting trial at the International Criminal Court has been hard for him and his family, but he maintains his innocence. He is one of the front-runners for the post of president in Monday's elections, but he is facing trial at the ICC for allegedly orchestrating violence after the disputed 2007 election. However, Mr Kenyatta said it was important to focus on the country's future.
We are very clear as to what we need to do for this country to move forward. And what I'm doing is not just for myself, it's actually for this whole nation to be able, first and foremost, to heal and to move forward, in order for us to able to ensure that this kind of scenario never occurs in Kenya again, and no other individual has to go through what I have gone through.
The health ministry in Israel is setting up a committee to investigate why contraceptive injections were widely given to Ethiopian immigrated women. It will look into allegations the steps were a deliberate attempt to reduce births in the Ethiopian-Israeli community. The move follows an Israeli television documentary that claimed a number of Ethiopian women had been given the injections against their will.