1.Six soldiers killed by militants, says Somalia
The Somali government has confirmed that Islamist militants seized a military base in the south of the country early on Monday before soldiers retook it after heavy fighting.
A spokesman said six soldiers were killed, along with dozens of al-Shabab fighters.
An al-Shabab spokesman had earlier said the attack on the base at Baar Sanguni near Kismayo had killed 27 soldiers.
2.Ethiopia and Eritrea announce football friendly
The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) and its Eritrean counterpart have agreed to stage a historic friendly game between the two nations in Asmara next month.
Both nations have been avoiding games that pitted them against each other since the 1998-2002 border war. But they now want to play again, following Ethiopia and Eritrea's diplomatic thaw and declaration that the "state of war" is over.
Ethiopia boycotted games against Eritrea in 2000 and the 2010 Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecefa) Under-20 tournament, which was hosted in the capital, Asmara.
3.De Beers moves 200 elephants from SA to Mozambique
The mining company De Beers says it has started an operation to move 200 elephants from a nature reserve it owns in South Africa to neighbouring Mozambique.
De Beers says its Venetia Limpopo Reserve is currently home to more elephants than the ecosystem can sustain, whilst across the border Mozambique's elephant numbers have been declining.
Moving 200 elephants over a distance of 1,500 km (932 miles) is an ambitious task.
4. Kenya news presented by married couple
National television history was made in Kenya when a husband and wife team presented the news together for the first time.
Leading Swahili TV news presenter Lulu Hassan took to the air yesterday to present Citizen TV's Swahili-language bulletin alongside her husband Rashid Abdalla.
Ms Hassan presents the popular Nipashe Wikendi programme on what is Kenya's most popular TV station.
The pairing has been touted as the first ever married couple to present the news on Kenyan television.
5. Greece wildfires: At least 20 killed, dozens injured
Forest fires raging across Greece have killed at least 20 people, the government says, as the authorities there seek international assistance.
Hundreds of firefighters are battling the blazes and people have left their homes near the capital, Athens.
Early on Tuesday government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos confirmed that the death toll had risen to 20.
Most of the victims were trapped in the seaside resort of Mati, 40km (25 miles) north-east of Athens, and died either in their homes or their cars.
More than 104 are injured, 11 seriously, he added, with 16 children among the casualties
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