Africa

Tanzanian health authorities have declared the end of first-ever outbreak of Marburg, a deadly Ebola-like virus with a fatality rate of up to 88%, Reuters reported on Friday, citing the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to the WHO, nine cases, including six deaths, were recorded in the outbreak. While there …

A man attacked his 39-year-old wife with a machete when she asked for divorce in Pankese, in the Birim North district of Ghana’s Eastern Region, according to reports. The suspect attacked his victim in the evening when she was fetching water. “The couple had been having some misunderstandings for some …

At least nine people died in Senegal in clashes between security forces and supporters of opponent Ousmane Sonko. It follows Sonko’s two-year prison sentence for “youth corruption” which calls into question his candidacy for the presidential election of 2024. “We noted with regret violence that led to the destruction of …

New Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised reforms to address insecurity in the country, in his first formal meeting with security and intelligence chiefs since becoming president, the BBC reported. Terrorism and an Islamist insurgency are entrenched in the north-east of the country, banditry and armed militias are common …

Six peoples were killed as gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded two communities in the Ahoada East and Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State in Nigeria. The rampaging cultists first killed one person in the Abarikpo community, Ahoada East, while five persons were killed in the Odiereke-Ubie community, …

The Brics summit of heads of state will be held in South Africa’s main city Johannesburg in August, Reuters agency reported, citing Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor. Her comments follow speculation that South Africa could ask another country to host the summit as it will be under legal obligation to arrest …

The Senegalese opponent Ousman Sonko has been sentenced on Thursday June 1, 2023 to two years in prison for corruption of youth, according to reports. The verdict is in for Ousmane Sonko in his trial against Adji Sarr. In a highly tense political context, the Dakar criminal chamber sentenced opposition …

A doctor has been dismissed for prescribed chocolate ice cream and video game sessions to a 9-year-old child suffering from a sore throat and flu-like symptoms in Brazil. “A 37-year-old mother from Osasco, took her sick child to a state-owned clinic for a checkup”, reports said. “The doctor displayed unprofessional …

A middle-aged man has raped a 12-year-old as she was hawking snacks in Igbokoda, the headquarters of the Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The suspect lured the victim into an uncompleted building in the town where he perpetrated the act,” reports said. “My daughter told me to …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni proves unwavering, after signing what international community termed as one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws. The anti-homosexuality law carries penalties of up to the death penalty. Mr Museveni says it was necessary to prevent members of the LGBTQ community from being ‘disoriented‘ from ‘recruiting’ other …