In Brief

Arab, African aid ‘lacks co-ordination’
KHARTOUM – Somalia’s President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said Arab and African aid for his famine-ravaged country lacks co-ordination, Sudanese state media reported yesterday.

Trial of Ben Ali relatives, allies resumesTUNIS – The trial resumed yesterday of 23 relatives and allies of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on charges including trying to flee Tunisia in illegal possession of foreign currency and jewellery.AU troops, bombers killed in MogadishuMOGADISHU – Two African Union soldiers and two would-be suicide bombers were killed Monday during a shootout in Mogadishu, an AU force spokesman said.20-mil-year-old ape skull found in UgandaPARIS – A team of Ugandan and French paleontologists announced yesterday they had found a 20-million-year-old ape skull in northeastern Uganda, saying it could shed light on the region’s evolutionary history.TV boss fired after Quattara not coveredABIDJAN – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has fired the head of public television after no news team was sent to cover his return from a trip to the United States, a minister said Monday.