Nairobi bus hit by deadly explosion
At least three people have been killed and several injured by an explosion on a bus in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
The blast hit the 32-seater bus near the Eastleigh suburb, which is home thousands of Kenyan Somalis and Somali immigrants.
Some reports say a grenade was thrown onto the bus.
The Eastleigh area has suffered several attacks, blamed by officials on Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group.
The group was behind the attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi earlier this month in which 67 people died.
Police said the bus had been close to a girls' school when it was hit.
The Kenyan Red Cross said on its Twitter feed that 15 injured people had been taken to hospital.
Mali unrest: Kidal attack kills two UN peacekeepers
Two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in a car bomb blast in the north-east Malian town of Kidal.
The blast hit a bank guarded by the peacekeepers and set fire to a UN armoured vehicle, eyewitnesses said.
Three other people have been wounded. More casualties are feared as the bank building collapsed. The dead are believed to be Senegalese.
There was no immediate claim for the attack which happened early on Saturday morning.
French troops defeated Islamist rebels in northern Mali almost a year ago, but insurgent attacks have continued.
Kidal is a stronghold of separatist Tuareg rebels, who said they were ending a ceasefire two weeks ago.
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