Tragic Palm Sunday for Egypt's Coptic Christians

Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced a three-month state of emergency after attacks on two Coptic churches that left at least 44 dead. The measure allows authorities to make arrests without warrants and search people's homes. It needs to be approved by parliament before it is implemented.

One of Russia's main opposition leaders Alexei Navalny will be released following two weeks in prison for his involvement in organising some of the largest anti-government protests in recent years.

Uganda's academic and social activist Dr Stella Nyanzi is to appear in court on Monday in Kampala charged with cyber harassment and offensive communication, after she criticised Uganda's first lady in an outspoken social media post. The academic, whose work is seen as provocative in some circles of a largely conservative society, had accused the first lady - who is also the country's minister for education - of being "totally out of touch with the reality of the masses".