A UK firm announces plans to build what they claim is the biggest solar power plant in Africa, which aims to provide electricity to 100,000 homes.

Police in south-western France reportedly arrest two people suspected of having acted as accomplices of Islamist killer Mohamed Merah.

Police in Japan raid the offices of the company responsible for operating the Sasago tunnel that collapsed on Sunday.

A convoy in which three Somali ministers were travelling is attacked as fierce fighting erupts near the al-Shabab base of Jowhar, officials say.

Players of the Eritrean national football team are missing in Uganda after the team was eliminated in the group stage of the Cecafa Cup.

A rescue operation is launched for 12 crew members missing after the sinking of a cargo ship in the Black Sea near the Turkish city of Istanbul.

A court in Paris hears that the head of an aid group accused of trying to smuggle African children into France was a "manipulator".

South Africa is to deploy a reconnaissance aircraft to combat a massive rise in rhino poaching in recent years.