Irish supermarket workers who went on strike to force a ban on produce from apartheid-era South Africa are set to attend Nelson Mandela's funeral.

Car bomb destroys police station in Colombia, killing at least eight people; authorities blame it on the country's biggest rebel group, the Farc.

Fourteen prisoners alleged to have been held in secret and without charge by the Pakistani army appear before the Supreme Court in Islamabad.

Uganda's parliament gives iPads to all MPs at a cost of $370,000 - a move which is criticised by many people.

An American teacher is gunned down by unknown assailants while jogging in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, local officials say.

South Africa holds a day of "prayer and reflection" for President Nelson Mandela, the first in a week of commemorative events.

South Korea expands its air defence zone after a similar announcement last month by China in an overlapping area raised regional tensions.

French troops reach the town of Bossangoa in the Central African Republic, which has been paralysed by communal fighting.