An explosion at the opening of a new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha killed at least one person and wounded 57 more, police said, Reuters reported May 5.

A suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Qatari officials in Mogadishu on May 5, killing 8 Somalis, officials said, Reuters reported.

At least 24 people were killed in ethnic clashes in Wukari, Taraba state, on May 3, AP reported May 4.

Two senior Chadian generals and a member of parliament allied with President Idriss Deby were arrested May 2 for alleged involvement in a foiled coup plot on May 1, a government prosecutor said, Reuters reported.

The United States will send about 10 military personnel to Mali to provide liaison support to French and African troops and 12 soldiers to guard the U.S. Embassy in Bamako, a Pentagon spokesman said April 30, The Washington Post reported.

A French special forces soldier was killed and two more were injured during a reconnaissance mission in northeastern Mali on April 29 when their vehicle was hit by an explosion, according to a statement by the French ministry of defense.

Security forces clashed with Islamist militants in Borno state's town of Bama, leaving at least seven policemen and 10 insurgents dead, a military official said April 29, AP reported.

Malian security forces have broken up an Islamist cell centered in Bamako belonging to the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, a police source said April 28, AFP reported.