Africa

A 40-year-old farmer committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope in his room in Esaman, a suburb of Elmina in the Central Region of Ghana. “The deceased always said he will one day kill himself,” according to neighbors. “They did not take his comments serious because he was always …

A reckless driver has killed two teenagers boys at Peace Parliament in Obuasi East district of Ashanti region of Ghana, according to reports. “The two teenage boys were walking on the shoulder of the road when they were crashed by the speeding vehicle,” reports said. “The boys died on the …

A 39-year-old man has stabbed his brother in-law to death at Pupsupu, a farming community in the Nkwanta South of the Oti Region, Ghana, reports said. The duo were sleeping in the same room when the suspect committed the heinous crime. The suspect stabbed and hit his head with a …

A boy and a girl died prematurely after being struck by thunder at Begoro in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region of Ghana. The incident occurred in the evening during a heavy downpour in the area. “The victims between 14 and 16, were walking under the rain to …

A United Arab Emirates court has dismissed South Africa’s request to extradite Atul and Rajesh Gupta, brothers who face charges of political corruption, but the Gulf state said on Friday the extradition request could be resubmitted, Reuters reported. The Guptas are accused of using their connections with Jacob Zuma, president …

Twenty-seven migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died or were missing after two shipwrecks on Friday and Saturday off the coast of Tunisia, a spokesman for the court in Sfax, in the center-east of the country, told AFP. These are at least the sixth and seventh shipwrecks since the beginning of March, …

Four people have been arrested for allegedly torturing a suspected watermelon thief to death in Bauchi State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased was caught after stealing seven watermelons valued at N2,000 from a summer farm in Dallaji Village,” Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil said. “His hands …

A South African pilot managed to land his plane leaning against a cobra present in the cockpit, a gesture welcomed by the country’s authorities on Friday. “I felt this cool feeling, kind of going up my shirt,” Rudolf Erasmus, a South African pilot who suffered a huge scare during his …

A Ugandan court charged a government minister and her brother with fraud and detained them in a rare corruption case against the country’s top official. The minister, Mary Goretti Kitutu, and her brother appeared before an anti-corruption court on charges of stealing roofing sheets for housing in the country’s poorest …

Gunmen have killed 50 people during two attacks on a village in north-central Nigeria, according to reports. “47 people were killed in Umogidi village in Benue state and three other people had been slain in the same place,” the chairman of the Otukpo local government, Ruben Bako said. The motive …