MOGADISHU (Reuters) — A large blast wounded at least two children in Mogadishu on Monday near where a national reconciliation conference — twice delayed over insecurity — is due to be held next month, witnesses said.

TRIPOLI — Libya’s supreme court on Wednesday begins hearing the final appeal of six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting children with HIV, raising the prospect of a swift end to the eight-year crisis.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) — Sudan is ready to attend Darfur peace talks under joint UN-African Union mediation to resolve a conflict which has driven 2.5 million people from their homes, its foreign minister said on Monday.