Indonesia said Thursday it would evacuate all 60 foreigners as well as female prisoners from a jail on Bali island currently under the control of rioting inmates.

Indonesian forces backed by water cannons and armoured vehicles were locked in a tense stand-off outside a prison on Bali island Thursday after rioting inmates took control for a second night.

Inmates at an Indonesian prison in Bali, which holds 12 Australian drug mules and other offenders, took over the jail again after a second night of riots Wednesday, a military official said.

Inmates at an Indonesian prison on Bali island, which holds 12 Australian drug mules and other offenders, took over the jail again after a second night of riots Wednesday, an AFP reporter said.

Indonesian police and military forces opened fire at a prison on Bali island after a second night of riots on Wednesday, an AFP reporter said.

Indonesian security forces Wednesday stormed a riot-hit prison housing murderers, paedophiles and Australian drug mules in Bali after a night of arson and rock-throwing.

Togo's president on Tuesday led African calls at the UN Security Council for greater action to counter crime syndicates and terrorism in West Africa which he said threatens governments.

Thirty members of a feared Mexican drug cartel were on the loose Tuesday after dozens of rival gang members were killed in a prison massacre apparently organized with the aid of authorities.

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Members of the Zetas drug cartel plotted with prison guards to orchestrate an elaborate escape and kill 44 of their rivals in one of the worst episodes of prison violence in Mexico, the local state governor said on Monday.

Members of Mexico's Zetas drug gang killed 44 rivals from the Gulf cartel in a prison riot before staging a mass escape, possibly with help from authorities, Mexican officials said Monday.

At least 44 inmates were killed in a Mexican prison riot on Sunday, just days after a deadly inferno in a jail in Honduras, again highlighting terrible overcrowding in Latin American prisons.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Violence at a prison on the outskirts of Mexico's northern business city Monterrey killed at least 20 people on Sunday, authorities said.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Violence at a prison on the outskirts of Mexico's northern manufacturing city Monterrey left at least 44 dead on Sunday, authorities said.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 44 people died in a fight between rival gangs at a prison on the outskirts of the northern Mexican manufacturing city of Monterrey on Sunday, authorities said.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 44 people died in a fight between rival gangs at an overcrowded prison in northern Mexico in a violent outbreak that authorities said could have been a distraction that allowed some inmates to escape.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 44 people died in a fight between rival gangs at an overcrowded prison in northern Mexico in a violent outbreak that authorities said could have been a distraction that allowed some inmates to escape.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - It took just seconds to ignite the fire that killed more than 350 inmates in a Honduran prison on Valentine's Day, but the country's messy spiral into lawlessness has been years in the making.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia is redesigning its fight against Marxist guerrillas, making the destruction of key rebel military and financial units as much of a goal as killing their leaders, sources familiar with the plan say.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon Thursday urged Afghanistan to make fighting drug trafficking a priority as opium harvests soar in the world's top producer, and said the world must help in the effort.

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday.