Global Week in Review: Akon to Bring Electricity to Homes in Africa

A search for a Malaysia flight continues, plus more news.

Akon - Akon was served with an order to pay $5,000 per month to the mother of two of his children. According to court docs, it's another bill added to the six child support payments he already has to make to other mothers. Though he lost custody in this instance, he maintains say over all major decisions and will cover the health insurance for his two offspring.  (Photo: AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file)

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Akon to Bring Electricity to Homes in Africa - The search for a Malaysia Airlines flight continues; Haiti's new cardinal holds first Mass in capitol, plus more global news. – Natelege Whaley (@natelege) Singer Akon, whose parents are Senegalese, is using millions of his own dollars to help light millions of homes in Africa by the end of 2014. His campaign, “Akon Lighting Africa,” launched this month. He is partnering with Give1 Project, ADS Global Corporation and solar energy companies.   (Photo: Jason DeCrow/AP Photo, file)

The Search for Malaysia Flight Continues - The search continues for a Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight that vanished from radar while it was en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpar on Saturday. There were 239 on board. The cause is still a mystery, but officials have found that two passengers traveling on the flight boarded the plane with stolen passports. (Photo: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency/AP Photo)

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The Search for Malaysia Flight Continues - The search continues for a Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight that vanished from radar while it was en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpar on Saturday. There were 239 on board. The cause is still a mystery, but officials have found that two passengers traveling on the flight boarded the plane with stolen passports. (Photo: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency/AP Photo)

Haiti's New Cardinal Celebrates First Mass in Capitol - Cardinal Chibly Langlois led several thousand people in his first Mass on Saturday for a three-hour ceremony in downtown Port-au-Prince. He encouraged the people to show compassion for each other. "Many people wouldn't be able to eat or to have a house if they didn't have a family member to help them. We must share what we have." (Photo: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)

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Haiti's New Cardinal Celebrates First Mass in Capitol - Cardinal Chibly Langlois led several thousand people in his first Mass on Saturday for a three-hour ceremony in downtown Port-au-Prince. He encouraged the people to show compassion for each other. "Many people wouldn't be able to eat or to have a house if they didn't have a family member to help them. We must share what we have." (Photo: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)

South Africa: Mandela’s Comrade Continues Human Rights Work - George Bizos, a Greek-born lawyer, who defended Mandela during his 1960s trial, continues to work in the human rights world for the Legal Resources Centre. He currently is the executor of Mandela’s will. He said that Mandela’s legacy is hard to follow. "But I do believe that we should remind them constantly of what the leader that they praise stood for." (Photo: Denis Farrell/AP Photo, FILE)

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South Africa: Mandela’s Comrade Continues Human Rights Work - George Bizos, a Greek-born lawyer, who defended Mandela during his 1960s trial, continues to work in the human rights world for the Legal Resources Centre. He currently is the executor of Mandela’s will. He said that Mandela’s legacy is hard to follow. "But I do believe that we should remind them constantly of what the leader that they praise stood for." (Photo: Denis Farrell/AP Photo, FILE)

Miners Rescued in South Africa - In Johannesburg, 11 miners who were trapped while working in an abandoned mine were pulled to safety by rescue workers on Sunday. Reports state that 200 miners could still be trapped in the mine, according to those who had been underground.  (Photo: AP Photo)

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Service Held for 22 Miners Who Died in South Africa - 22 Zimbabwean illegal miners, who were gassed to death in South Africa, were laid to rest Friday. The men were trying to avoid being arrested by South African police, who were waiting for them to emerge. Instead, they exposed themselves to the fatal gas. (Photo: AP Photo)

Ivory Coast's Sifca to Invest $74 Million in West Africa - Sifca, an agro-industrial group, will be investing $75 million into several West African countries. A portion of the money will go to palm oil plantations in Liberia and in Nigeria. A power station is also set to be built in the Ivory Coast.(Photo: Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images)

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Ivory Coast's Sifca to Invest $74 Million in West Africa - Sifca, an agro-industrial group, will be investing $75 million into several West African countries. A portion of the money will go to palm oil plantations in Liberia and in Nigeria. A power station is also set to be built in the Ivory Coast.(Photo: Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images)