Security is tight in Conakry over fears of further street violence between party rivals Guinea’s run-off poll due on Sunday is in doubt after the new electoral head found serious logistical shortfalls.

A suspected outbreak of cholera has killed at least 135 people in central Haiti, officials have said. The director-general of the health department, Dr Gabriel Thimote, said he was awaiting laboratory test results to confirm cholera was the cause. The victims suffered diarrhoea, acute fever and vomiting. More than 1,500 people were infected, officials said.

The African Union (AU) has asked the United Nations Security Council to approve a no-fly zone and naval blockade of Somalia. Ramtane Lamamra, the AU’s commissioner for peace and security, said the move would deter pirates operating off the country’s coast and prevent fighters and shipments from reaching the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab group, and other groups fighting to topple the largely powerless UN-backed government.

French workers will step up their protests against pension reforms next week, a top trade union leader says. ernard Thibault, head of the CGT workers’ confederation, made the statement as union leaders prepared to discuss plans to hold a seventh day of national protests across France.