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Africa
Hosni Mubarak dies at 91. His autocratic rule of Egypt ended with a citizens' revolt
The Egyptian leader kept a tight grip on his country through decades of repression, corruption and cronyism, only to be ousted in the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings.
- by Will Englund and T. Rees Shapiro
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Renewables
Renewables push: Senegal opens West Africa's first big wind farm
Wind farms remain scarce throughout sub-Saharan Africa compared with solar plants but Senegal hopes to draw 30 per cent of its energy from this plant.
- by Nellie Peyton
Islamic State
Concern grows as Islamic State, al-Qaeda join forces in West Africa
Fighters appear to be co-ordinating attacks and carving out mutually agreed-upon areas of influence, putting at risk territories so large they could "fit multiple Afghanistans and Iraqs".
- by Danielle Paquette and Joby Warrick
World politics
Rivals on track to form unity government in South Sudan
South Sudan's former rebel leader and its President have committed to forming a unity government, quashing fears that Saturday's deadline would be pushed back.
- by Denis Dumo
War
Ship captain arrested in probe of arms trafficking to Libya
The captain is under investigation for allegedly transferring military goods to Libya with as-yet unidentified Turkish military officials in violation of a United Nations arms embargo.
- by Frances D'Emilio
War
'We have ways to escalate': Rival factions threaten long war over oil
Libya's recognised government and Khalifa Haftar's National Army are wrangling over the capital, Tripoli, and wealth.
- by Ulf Laessing and Aidan Lewis
War
Arms embargo in Libya has 'become a joke'
The Libyan civil war has killed more than 2000 people and exploded into a proxy conflict that's drawn in regional and global powers.
- by Patrick Donahue and Samer Khalil Al-Atrush
Crime
Motorcycle gang massacres dozens of villagers in Nigeria
Hundreds of people have been killed in the north-west of Nigeria since last year, in attacks the government attributes to 'bandits'.
Evolution
Ghost cousins: DNA hints at a missing African population
Scientists have tracked down a gene in living people from Nigeria and Sierra Leone that does not fit previously discovered branches of humans.
- by Carl Zimmer
World politics
Sudan to send toppled leader to ICC to face war crimes charges
Omar al-Bashir has been jailed in Khartoum since he was toppled after mass protests last year.
- by Khalid Abdelaziz and Denis Dumo
Food bowl
UN warns of 'major shock' as Africa locust outbreak spreads
Uganda will deploy military forces to help with ground-based pesticide spraying, while two planes for aerial spraying will arrive as soon as possible.