9 June 2013 Last updated at 12:28 ET

Prayers as Mandela stays in hospitalHussein Gallo, 7, stands by a mural of Nelson Mandela in the Soweto township in Johannesburg

Prayers are said in churches across South Africa for ex-President Nelson Mandela who has spent a second day in hospital because of a lung infection.

Funeral ceremony for one of the demonstrators in Benghazi on 9 JuneLibya army chief of staff 'resigns'

Libya's army chief of staff, Youssef al-Mangoush, resigns after clashes between protesters and militia in Benghazi left at least 30 people dead, sources say.

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