Japan has urged businesses and households in parts of the country to cut electricity use by up to 15% to avoid possible blackouts.

The country is facing power shortages this summer because its 50 nuclear reactors have been taken offline.

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has funded a rural ICT project aimed at providing Arua Secondary with ICT skills for self- sustainability and economic development.

Armando Angulibo, Training Coordinator, commented on the exercise, saying it was projected towards community empowerment through the use of ICT.

A Malaysian high court has sentenced five men, including three Mexican brothers, to death for drug trafficking.

Police arrested the men in a drug-making facility in 2008. They claimed that they were cleaners and not making drugs.

Vietnam-based Viettel announced in Maputo, Mozambique, the official launch of Movitel – the group’s first mobile network in Africa to join its already flourishing networks in Asia and Latin America.

In just over a year since being licensed, Viettel has built 12,600 kilometres of fiber optic cable and 1,800 mobile stations in Mozambique.

A court in India has granted bail to former Telecoms Minister Andimuthu Raja after 15 months in jail.

Mr Raja is accused of mis-selling telecoms licences, which auditors say cost the country about $40bn (£24.5bn). Prosecutors say he changed licences' eligibility criteria to favour certain firms in exchange for bribes in 2008. Mr Raja has denied all the charges.

EU naval forces have conducted their first raid on pirate bases on the Somali mainland, saying they have destroyed several boats.

The EU forces were transported by helicopter to the bases near the port of Haradhere, a well known pirate lair.

Airtel Tanzania has launched “Super 5” , an offer that provides affordable solutions to its subscribers who frequently use voice calls, social platforms and SMS to communicate.

Cheikh Sarr, Airtel Marketing Director, commented saying that this is the most competitive offer in the market that seeks to combine quality and affordable rates on online data services and voice.

A man convicted of killing an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran two years ago has been hanged, Iran's state media report.

Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was convicted of killing Professor Massoud Ali Mohammadi by detonating a bomb outside his home in January 2010.

Forty-nine mutilated bodies have been found dumped by a roadside near the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico.

Security officials said the 43 men and six women had been decapitated and had their hands cut off, making identification difficult.

Essar Telecom’s Yu Mobile has launched a new service ‘Credo4yu’, which is a pre-paid credit service that gives access to emergency airtime to its subscribers.

Subscribers will get up to Ksh 20 ($0.23c) of emergency airtime credit when they need to make urgent calls.