Africa

Gunmen have shot dead a middle-aged man after church service in Amagba, Edo State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The incident has left the community in shock,” reports said. Residents in the community have continued to raise concerns about the safety of worshippers in places of religious gathering. Residents are calling …

A farmer is battling for his life after he was hacked over a disagreement about missing GH¢70 at Panto Village in Akuapem North Municipality in Eastern Region, Ghana. “The victim returned from snail hunting at midnight and found that his money, Ghc70 cedis, had been stolen from his room,” reports …

South Africa’s health authorities are urging residents of the province of Gauteng to be vigilant about the liquids they consume as the death toll from a winter outbreak of cholera rises to nearly 50, local media reported. Unions and community groups have demanded more government intervention to improve water quality. …

Iceland is still the most peaceful country on the planet, according to the result of the 2023 index of the Institute for Economics and Peace, a think-tank based in Australia which publishes its ranking of the most “peaceful” countries each year. Iceland has been at the top of the rankings …

Mozambique officials in South Africa say at least 10 of their nationals may be among the 17 fatalities after Wednesday night’s gas leak in an informal settlement in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. At least four of those being treated in hospital after the incident in the densely populated Angelo shanty …

Amnesty International Ghana has condemned lawmakers in the country for unanimously supporting a redrafted anti-LGBT bill which seeks to impose a three-year prison sentence on people identified as LGBT. People who campaign for LGBT rights could also face up to 10 years in jail. Amnesty Ghana director Genevieve Partington says …

Health authorities in Nigeria have announced an epidemic of diphtheria in the capital, Abuja, after the death of a four-year-old child, local media reported. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said there had been multiple outbreaks across the country since late last year, with almost 800 confirmed …

Lawmakers in Ghana have backed a proposed amendment to an anti-gay bill that would make identifying as LGBT punishable by a three-year prison sentence. People who campaign for LGBT rights could also face up to 10 years in jail. The amendments were backed by a cross-party group of MPs, but …

Three students of the Kwadaso SDA Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, have been suspended by the management of the institution for one year for their involvement in a leaked sex tape, local media reported. The three students, all of whom are in their first year, …

Some 18 million doses of the first RTS,S malaria vaccine will be delivered to 12 African countries until 2025, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) announced on Wednesday. “Malaria remains one of the deadliest diseases in Africa, where it kills almost half a million children under …