An Egyptian TV presenter has been sentenced to three years in jail after she discussed ways of becoming pregnant outside a conventional marriage.

Doaa Salah, a presenter on Al-Nahar TV, asked if her viewers had considered having sex before marriage, and also suggested a woman could marry briefly to have children before divorcing.

Libya’s coastguard intercepted 299 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries on two rubber boats east of Tripoli on Tuesday, officials said.

The migrants were intercepted near the town of Zliten by one of several coastguard vessels that Italy repaired and delivered to Libya earlier this year.

In the aftermath of Somalia's deadliest bombing trucks and tankers will be banned from entering Mogadishu during the day in the wake of two deadly attacks on the Somali capital in just two weeks. It is hoped that the ban will improve security at a time when the effectiveness of its current measures is under the spotlight.

Mozambique’s government is under fire for buying 45 cars at an estimate cost of $2m (£1.5m) in a time of austerity.

According to independent TV station STV, the vehicles include models from Mercedez, Toyota land-cruiser, Ford Ranger, Hyundai and Peugeot.

Liberia’s Supreme Court has stayed next week’s presidential run-off election until it considers a challenge to first round results by a losing candidate who has alleged fraud.

Third-place finisher Charles Brumskine’s Liberty Party contested the results of last month’s vote, which set up a Nov. 7 run-off between former soccer star George Weah and Vice President Joseph Boakai.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has rejected the results of the re-run presidential election that saw Uhuru Kenyatta gaining a second term. Odinga pulled out of last Thursday's presidential re-run. In his first official reaction to the re-run, Mr Odinga called it "a sham" but made no mention of any legal challenge.