An estimated 1,400 people are ordered to leave the Eiffel Tower in Paris after an anonymous phone-call threatens an attack, French officials say.

Defeated Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga vows to seek peaceful ways to end a row over poll results, after the Supreme Court rejects his appeal.

King Abdullah of Jordan swears in the smallest government in four decades, as PM Abdullah Ensour sets to tackle the budget deficit.

Thousands of Chilean students clash with police on the streets of the capital, Santiago, during a protest calling for education reforms.

Pope Francis is set to celebrate his first Easter Sunday since his election, with an open-air Mass in St Peter's Square and the "Urbi et Orbi" address.

Five members of the South African military are killed in a helicopter crash as it patrolled the Kruger National Park for rhino poachers.

Churches across South Africa are to hold prayers for Nelson Mandela, who is spending a fourth day in hospital being treated for pneumonia.

A district attorney in Texas is shot dead, becoming the third leading justice official to be killed in the US in a matter of weeks.