GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has set Oct. 23 as the date for parliamentary and local elections, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said on Monday.

TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian policeman and three Islamist militants were killed on Monday in a security operation near the Algerian border, two weeks ahead of presidential elections on September 15, state television reported.