Armed conflicts and attacks
A rocket and shelling attack in Kidal, northern Mali kills three people, including a UN peacekeeper. (Al Jazeera)
A bomb explodes outside French supermarket Carrefour in Alexandria, Egypt, killing one person and wounding six. (AP via News24)
Boko Haram
Arts and culture
American writer and producer Sam Simon, co-creator of the longest running animated sitcom, The Simpsons, dies at the age of 59 after a 3-year battle with terminal colorectal cancer. (BBC)