Jeffrey Feltman, the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, says he met Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan the day before the military coup to discuss the fragile transition to civilian rule.

Mali's government has announced the sacking of senior military officers and the dissolution of an ethnic militia, a day after the massacre of more than 130 Fulani villagers.

Palestine’s Hamas says a plan by President Abbas to dissolve the parliament would deepen divisions.

Bahraini parliament passes a bill barring members of dissolved groups from running for elections.

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolves the parliament, with critics accusing his government of playing “dirty tricks.”

Cambodia's Supreme Court has dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has officially dissolved the lower house of the country’s parliament, paving the way for snap elections.