Eight people are swept away by flash floods and a ninth is killed by lightning as more thunderstorms lash southwestern Algeria. Five people are killed in storms in Morocco. (IOL)
At least 11 people die following two days of riots in Kampala, Uganda. (IOL)
At least 7 die in several separate attacks and suicide bombings in Russia's North Caucasus. (AP)
At least three people die and several others are injured in Somaliland when angry demonstrators clash with riot police. (IOL)
10 Warhol paintings dating from the late 1970s are stolen from the private collection of Richard Weisman in Los Angeles, USA. (BBC)(RTÉ)