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Northern Mali is slowly getting back to life without Islamist rule, but for many Arab families, things are almost worse than before. Next, the case of Oscar Pistorius, accused of the murder of his girlfriend, is provoking a new debate on gun control in South Africa. And the short film "Asad" not only takes a hard look at how boys are pushed into piracy in Somalia - it's also up for an Academy Award.
A parole board is expected to decide if South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius should be released from prison early, a decade after he killed his girlfriend, a lawyer for the victim's family says outside the correctional facility where the parole hearing was taking place. "We have been advised that there will be a decision later today." SOUNDBITE
Mourners in Cape Town queue outside St George's Catherdral to pay their final respects to Desmond Tutu whose body is lying in state for a second day ahead of his funeral on Saturday. IMAGES
People gather outside St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town to pay tribute to South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu. His funeral will be held on January 1 at the church, his former Parish. IMAGES
South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius is due to be sentenced this week for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, following years of legal twists and turns.
Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is facing up to 15 years in jail after South Africa’s top appeals court on Thursday scaled up his conviction for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp from culpable homicide to murder.