Africa

Twenty-two migrants aboard a boat en route to the French island of Mayotte, in the Indian Ocean, died in a shipwreck on Saturday off the coast of Madagascar, Malagasy maritime authorities announced on Monday. Forty-seven people were said to have taken the boat clandestinely, intending to reach Mayotte, but it …

A woman is battling for her life after her husband inflicted cutlass wounds on her for threatening to end their marriage at Kudjie in the Jasikan Municipality of the Oti Region, Ghana. The victim sustained multiple injuries and is currently on admission at the Ho Regional Teaching Hospital. The 40-year-old …

South Africa has deployed military personnel to hospitals as a public health crisis intensifies after medics joined other public service workers in a strike to demand better pay. The military personnel are offering medical services in the worst affected facilities. Public workers have been protesting since Monday last week to …

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have killed fishermen as they were fishing in the Lake Chad region in Borno State, Nigeria. “The fishermen were killed while on fishing and wood-cutting activities by terrorists riding on motorcycles,” the local government area confirmed. “The terrorists started shooting sporadically killing 29 while seven others …

Some terrorists killed a pastor’s son and whisked away his wife and three others as they attacked Karimbu-Kahugu Community in the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. “The assailants invaded the village and went straight to the clergy’s residence,” report said. The terrorists operated for over an hour …

A 35-year-old man has been put before a Gender Based Violence Court at the Police Headquarters in Accra for abusing his 15-year-old daughter sexually claiming the act is a tradition. The victim resided with the father and her stepmother. “The stepmother traveled for a funeral leaving her husband and the …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is concerned about the ongoing wage strike by public workers that is affecting essential services in the country. The strike by the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) started on Monday, as the workers demanded a 10% pay hike after rejecting …

Police in Nigeria say at least 25 people have been killed in an attack by Islamist militants in north-eastern Borno state. The attack took place in the fishing town of Dikwa which is near a stronghold of Boko Haram insurgents, local media reported. The UN says extremist violence since 2009 …

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed claims that his new cabinet is bloated and says he is committed to restructuring the government, local media reported. Opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen on Thursday asked President Ramaphosa in parliament if it was fair for ministers to be “living like …

A burial ceremony has been held for the 21-year-old soldier, Sheriff Imoro, who was gruesomely murdered at Ashaiman in Ghana. It was a sorrowful moment for the family, friends and colleagues from the Ghana Armed Forces as they paid their last respects. Sheriff was interred at the Military hospital following …